The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-06-21


Mrs. I'll. l.. Hulburd left Saturday
noon for Minneapolis, and ac-
companied the Doctor to his home in
New York State, where they go to
participate in the festivities of the
golden wedding anniversary of DR..
Hulburds' parents.
Commencing on Thursday evening,
June 18th, and continuing for one
week, there viii be camp meeting ex-
ercises at VIM. Gausmans' grove in
the town of Pepperton. English
service on Sunday afternoon, July L.
A large attendance is expected, as q
general invitation is extended.
The Benson Monitor announces the
marriage of E. E. Stone, an old
time resident of Benson, but now of
st. Paul, to Miss jeanette Earhuff,
also of the sanity city, the event to
take place the 10Th, inst. Eric has a
large number of friends as well as rel
atives in Morris, who will join in con-
CALCULATIONS.
Fridays showers did q great
amount of good to growing crops, but
the rainfall was very uneven, light in
some portions, and not very heavy in
any. The crops need good soaking
rain and it is required ere long too.
In some localities where there is a
! sandy subsoil the crops have been in
jured somewhat by the drouth.
Our old friend, and one of the first
and best settlers in Stevens county,
Peder Bjork, has commenced the
erection of neat two story cottage
on Second street east, and will move
with his wife and daughter to town.
Mr.. Bjork has we'll earned a more
easy life, during the remainder of the
many days we hope will be yet spared
to him and his,
Notwithstanding the fact that the
road and poll tax are only half of
what they were for the past FIVE years,
there has never been more or better
work done on our streets than this
year. Councillors Newell, Judson and
Danielson have constituted the street
committee and Mr.. Newell has had
supervision of the work, and to him
is due much of the credit.
A trio of frail females and their
male proprietors, who were ordered
out of the village limits a week ago,
and had taken up temporary abode
near the N. P. track north of town,
were on Monday ordered out of the
county under penalty of prosecution.
This same vile outfit were bounced
out of Benson recently, and they left
this vicinity Monday in a hurry.
In overhauling some old papers in
the store room of the post Office last
Saturday, Postmaster Randall found
a bundle containing twenty-five
letters postmarked Oct. 6, 1890, that
by some accident had got into a
Irvine box during his predecessors
incumbency. This will account for
some old letters that may have been
received by our readers the first of
the week.
We have been requested to call at
tention to an almost impossible place
in the road between sections 3 and
in the town of Morris, and would sug-
gest until such time as the place re-
ferred to is made safe, that mark be
put up to warn passers of the danger.
One or two teams have had trouble
there, having been mired and only
extricated after assistance was
obtained.
The three parties, Iverson, Olson
and Suckstorp, indicted at Glenwood
for grand larceny in second degree
were sentenced, the first named to 81
years and the others to q years in the
state prison. Swenson got Il years
for burglary and G. Quist for assault
in second degree got 2 years. Ander-
son and J. Quist for abusing female
under sixteen years, got year each
in Saltwater.
| A merry camping party consisting
of Mrs. G. E. Camp, Mrs. DIR. W. W
Thurber and Mrs. D. T. Wheaton and
children, are enjoying the breezes on
the shores of lake Pomme de Terre
This week Mrs. F. A. Hancock anc
Mrs. W. F. Cooley are the guest O
the campers, and all report mos
delightful time. This lake is becom
ing popular and attractive and ii
destined to be ere long the resort fol
the summer months.
One of the largest and finest com
bined fire and burglar proof safe
ever brought to Morris was received
by VIM. Wunsch last week. Th
safe is a large double doored one
with a burglar proof steel chest will
cut off spindle, anti dynamite fange
and all the modern improvements. 1
is roomy also, has ample space fo
books and papers, and is very prettil,
finished inside an out. 1t is of tn,
Diebold manufacture.