Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1902-11-15
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ITEMS PUBLIsED IN THIS PAPER
WHEN MORRIS WAS
YOUNG.

Reprinted for the Benefit of Our OIdel
Residents-Week of December IS
1879. ....
Messrs. j. G. Hancock and Ole
Tewksbury accompany the widow Of
Mr.. G.. G.. Tewksbury to her home in
Vermont. '.
Trains are running on time-that
is their own time-they arrive when
they can and leave about the same
time. No cards-time cards we
mean
DAM.-The food gates at the River
side mill-dam gave way last Monday.
The cause of this break was flaw or
miscalculation in the construction of
the frame work which was not as
strong as it should have been. 1t
will take week to repair the damage
and get the water backed to it's
place again.
LOOK A LITTLE oUT-We have
heard that few sticks wood in the
wood yard have been charged with
powder for the purpose of giving
those who help themselves, small
size surprise party. It would be ad-
visable to have some one who knows
which sticks are Cooked and primed"
deal out the wood, as the effects Of
powder are very damaging when
brought in contact with fire. The
moral is plain, either buy and pay
for you wood or have your cook |
stoves insured.
A thrill of horror swept over our
little community last Saturday after
noon as the awful news of the shoot
ing of 6. 6. Tewksbury, by Frank
P. O'Brien, swept like wildfre from
end to end of the village. At first it
did not seem possible that it was
other than CHASTITY joke, but alas it
proved too true--poor loot was dead
cut down in the prime of manhood,
and by bullet from q weapon in the
bands Of a friend. It was awful
news, all the more terrible as a
young and loving wife was to hear
the dreadful and cruel tidings. The
scene CT the tragedy was in J. D.
Goods store and particulars are in
brief as follows: The deceased, +. P.
OBrien, J. D. Good, W. L. Collyer,
j. H. Evans and II. S. Gilbert we're
in the store and were talking, joking
and laughing together. While the
fun was at it's height Mr.. Tewksbury
in a playful manner urged a dog,
that was in the store, at Mr.. O'Brien,
who, thinking to frghten the dog.
and we presume to also give the
others a start, fired his revolver, the
pointing downward. The fatal
ball glanced or rebounded from a
steel rat trap and struck the I'M /
fortunate victim in the breast near
the neck killing him almost instant
ly.
HOUSE BURNED.--Last Thursday
morning Mr.. W. II. Mathews dwell
ing together with its contents was
destroyed by fire. Loss partly covered (
oy insurance. ,
DED1oAr1oN.-The dedicatory SER ,
vices at the new Congregational
church last Thursday evening we're
we'll attended. The exercises Of the
evening commenced with the reading
If an appropriate passage of scripture,
.ftec which the hymn "Bess the
Lord" was rendered by the choir. :
Rev. L. H. Cabb then delivered an S
address taking as his text the 2Sth
,erse, 7th chapter of Daniel, Rev. J. ,
L. Fonda followed with the "paryer :,
If dedication," after which in the
.bsence of Rev. E. S. Williams, Mr.. a
-!obb delivered the "address of greet
ng and welcome" The exercises
we're interspersed with music renered
in a most acceptable manner by the
choir. G
DRAMAr'os.-The performance of 5
he drama "Above the Clouds" and
he farce Thirty minutes for Re-
by the Morris Dramatic
Association on Monday and Tuesday 2
evenings was, not for amateurs but =
or any actors excellent. It is many