sM wmmmmmsm mmmsm fek wifMr s5SESTS^B^8 *"&* HIIX Devoted to General News, and the Interests of Stevens County* -ts "r i' 7 W. H. GRAVES, Editor and PiMUHrf? VOLUME 1, NUMBER 13 I i "1 '"Wg •ri'M MORRIS, MIXN., SATURDAY, FEBUARY 17, '.877. NO MONOPOLY! HURRAH! HURRAH!! STEVENS 0). i:i:i'0|(TER._ MORRIS. Personal Menticif to th* click of the wire. ruausnEn KVRRY SATTUHAY, BY WAR ON HIGH TRICES, There has been much improvement made W. II. GRAVES, Women can now practice law. Hurrah 5. P. Sloggy, Esq, proorietor of the tmde, and farmers' rigfljts, to bey in the cheapest market, which is at ttsft in the Town of Morris dnring the past At Morris, Minn. Terms, $"2.00 per year. Brauible House Moorhead, registered at DOWN GOI PRICES Tildens barrel has a sp ggot in ever y tat". year, as will be seen by the following list. OLD RELIABLE FIRM the Central Wednesday. ADVERTISING HATES. P. A. Anbcrson, House $400 Tlie days are streching out, aa revoir 1 week. 1 mo. 6 moi. 1 yew. -v Brant, House 1.800 ON GOODS AT One Square, 75 $1.50 #4« fTW A. D. Smith was at th» ?sntril llmm beautiful Snow. 1IJ.S, i SUM. Quarter Column, 8.00 5.1K) 1S.00 30.00 Barn 150 Teusday* and Wednesday."- One Oiluuii, 7.00 11.00 40.00 70.00 O A. Bakke. HiUoon 436 Bad colds, as a general thing, are getting 1 BUSINESS CARDS. J- B. Miller, St Paul, took hi$ qpffec at better. .. Barrv Kichafh, House 130 Joh i Cranpell, Saloon BOO tae Central House Wednesdy. -A.3STID j|H T. BEVANS. The 6'oont has begua' wbeif»WHt be Tiiomas Calllhan, House 400 Attorney at Law. finished? Robert Love, Esq, oi Sauk Center was Saloon 350 iuter\"le\vuig Morris on Tuesday. IN 1871. ESTABLISHED A. Christianson & Co, Lumber 50 l«nd and Collection Nearly every body "Whats the Chas CroonlMaist' Store Buildiug 300 MOltlUS Mrs N KSOTA. news fiom Florida? PACHRTC AVEK^K MORIOS, STFNN. FALL and WINTER STOCK. vl" W. Cam bell, Litchfield was interviewing NEW John Deakitit, House 400 merchants on the unfljjiine questna W. -W. iRls\COT.I. 4. *. TOW». Dahl & Korl, Blacksraith Shop 200 We are Constantly Receiving New Goods A CRITIC calls Seguin's singing- *«nly a /^RISWOI.i & TODP, dnriug the )M»t weok. William Dragoo, addition to Store 75 for the winter Trade. Our reuiinisceme torneys at Law, Foss & Thatnent, Bam 125 Joseph Nelson, of PrecklLrid^ smflbd CARI.YLE: 0 is DRV GOODS DEPARTMENT .T. R. Folsom, Hotel 2.800 —"Simple scenest thou, ohf on ye -l/orrisites Wfcdnetiday I 1 IIS ^TEVENt* CO MISNKSOTA Griswold & Todd, Law Office 20$ solid. Dutch— built Petion—tf solid, surely Rial E tau-. Co!le tUu and Insnra-ice Aarcnts. J. Noiand. traveling salesman for the Completein et*ty*re*»pw:t. Hancock it Co, House 3"0 dull. Farms ami Town Luis, for ranli. or u ti-rrnw to •uit {lun.h.iserr. Ooveruimut Lanil located. Mouto Handy & Co, Store 700 wholesall Drygouds House of William Lee, loau on from one to five years' credit. [1 :lv PRINTS, ALL NEW SnADHSfe John House, Harnw Shop 200 fat. Paul, ca led on our merchants Mouduy. USaid Logan: I thought they'd deal a DEIjAINES, T. M. Lownter, Feed Store 200 SHAWLS, jack, but they gave mc the duce. ^lEO. A. J. OVERTON Judge A. ('.{Smith, of Litchfield, was H. T. ,ovett, Livery Stable 225 NUBIAS, registertd at the Centtal Wednesday. anil Counselor at Law. II SCARFS. Joliu Lyons, House 250 -ft dtlorneT CADY STANTOK'S daughter Margaet FELT M, M. Moore, abdition to Drug Store 76 E. Dunlap.Esq, Tokua, made his accustomed SKTRTS, graduated at Vussar,and is uow studying 'T^OBKECloNS PKOVPTLT MAlr AND ACCOVSTEl FOH. GLOVES. weekly visit to Morris ^Tuesday. T. J. Moore, Honse 300 medicine. Heal tstale ami Insurance Aft. MITTENS, Carpenter Shob 50 Iuilroad T. W. Sprague, of Alexandria showed his NOTARY ITBLIC, MEN & FELT 8&lilT^, The city of Buffalo has fallen heir to the E. P. Noel. Feeh Store 22 good nature! face in J/orris 7'uesday BOYS' bonds for sale at market price? magnificent library ox the late Dr. John jtfeat Market 223 HATS Taxes paid for non-residents. C. Lord. Beekman and wife, of St. Paul, AND CAPS, Ice House 125 D.J,\ WATEIt-FRCOFand OKRIS, S'lKVBXS CO MlNXKSOTA. READV 300 were at the Centraj House A/onday. Ho'i«e C. Olson, The newspapers are full of the ques MADE ^yiLLlAM K. HOLDEX. M. 3.500 Hotel J. R. Perkins, CLOTUING, tion: Can it go behiud the xeturns Mrs J. D. Good, departed OD^ Mouday Barn 600 GENTS, BEAVER CLOAKINGS. Physician Surgeon, Wait anp see AND for a vLit of a months duratioa uiuoug her US DERWEAR, House 2.000 L. E. Pearce, relatives at Minueapoiis. iteiuU-ii.'r'aciuf Avenue. M"rris. Mmti. Pro 300 Bars The Uuited States hM one mile of rail BOYS '•ssioual cail» promptly attended, both day and FLANNELS and 1 ARNS, Store 1100 road for every five hundred inhabitants s»hf. Patients froiu abroad can be lucommodated W. W. Griswold, of the firm of Griswold READ1HADE CLOTIIIXG, II iuse 1100 F. Shumaker, ith board. & ?'o.Ul, took a flying trip to Benson on Grasshoppers or no grasshoppers, w» 50 Barn Monday ft GENTS AND LAD1E& jj T. WIIEATUX, hear of consHerapin prt paratiou being F. O. Phillips, Millinery & Dwelling 1.000 1 1 i made .i building early in the spring. Practical Surveyor, Snndeil & Shumaker Store 1600 I. E. Pearce ,Esq'^has opened up a large i i- S. Sebofield, Wagon Shop 800 And CIVIL ENirlNKKii. Line* ruu. comers «slablished. and well sekcied stock of Furniture,iu his Forty thonsund people have recently A fine selection of uuii Mivtlivisuiii!' made. according to H. W. Stone, Finishihg House 350 u W t.re oil Pacific Avinae,md we would tf Novtrniuent survey and State la wo. Plats furVt signed the pledge in Pittsbnrg 'and twnety O. Strandness, House 300 ahcd and drafting done. Lauds exauiinedjaud say to those iu neeu ot eny of these goods OEOCKEEY seven salixas on one street arc offered W J. F. Todd. Honse TOO that you cannot do better both with regard To Let." n W. Wroodle.v. Lime House 50 JAN'D!! \\l! LAND! AND to price and quality of goods wt-*t of AND A FULL STOCK OF H. H. Wells. House 1.JJ0 Pools letrn nothing from wise igp Ht. Paul, ru 100 r. SAI.E BY But w'se men learn much from foois. iNut CLOTHING. Wolfl Wells tfc Stone, irrqrnvements 100 Grand Masquerade nail at schofields Ilall W- K- IER, -A "V ES. i, they leara to avoid their errors. We have a large Stock of Select Groceries Charles Wilson' Store Builbing 5f0 February, Thursday 22 1877. do not miss of all Grades. REAL ESTATE AGENT, Rev. P. Walsh, House SK correspondents', pi ease sen3 your this grand Ball of the season .J To TEAS A SPECIALTY', I Morris, Minn. J. D. Good. Warehouse and Hall 2r00 jottin^'N the first of the week and ye o 3/aking the aggregate of improvements A '.urge quantity of farming kinds in Editor will lie happy. We were short of pnper hist week on account Also Agents for the Celebrated Pope, Swift and adjoining Counties. for the past year, $48,600 of mistake made in our order of the L:»t TKeduoscbiy Trnsthte day tlis^rouud Reporter oilice, North ."t'.i St. Morns, American Sewing week previous, cousexueutly we did not Outside of ttie town of Mora* the increase f. Mi mi. hog came out. lie seen his "shadder" an have enough paper io go round and a few in valuation of assesment is uearly 50.000 sneaked back into Ins den to wait for six OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT COMPLETE IN EVERY RESPECT. KuF.TMO M.vS i* BEX PS. of our readers did not get llie KKVORTEK A I N E making total increase in County of Stevens, wcmore of winter. laht week, but to those who did not, we WE#1 ~)lll ST.. MOKr.lt. »1!tx. fflSOOtf 'IUK I.AWiLM \N[I BIST SF.I.F/TIIi STiH K OF would say we will be more earful hereafter Teacher of Vocal & lnrtrnmental 7",o weathe s ill continues Wiltl ar. 1 CROCKERY The Best Machine made, so say the showing tl«.i, et "."ns CVmohr is rapidly Muse. glorious. He l.are iuteniewed several of se&lrtn- up n i fust ii creasing in wealth come to the Lite/ary society this eve fcsSlDIES. ir ol l?st in'Mbitats and thay ad.nit tl.is TlS£3fS K K'ASi iNABf.E. niug ye of the naclielor skating party and AND gets away with tiu-m all. invite vour liacfielcr lritud :iso. GLASSWARE 1\- .WUNt'll. TO THE PEOPLE OF Prnj.retor nf Do not t:»p w'th rtyint' fortlu» poor Smile as we Tray at Dudley Field s p\ City Billiard Hall. and needy. I il lV w in a hundred weight BIOSTOKE COUNTY. quent purt ovei the Senate flag, that is llu Choice and L.5( *joi*. as: COB* 1 flour an 1 a liam once in a while, to kind of aigument that toils on the irrte^igent •tanHyonl-.ii.il. at Hie »5c* stand. V'iintie Avenue. We Respectfully announce, that our \C -.vMle vo-T prayers arc beln^ ansv.- Special Xoftee. MINN. ji ror. It should r« rt meuvbered th l. WEST OF Mr. Field is fresh from the cojrtroom J. Moo UK. flwvc this day appointed J. F. Trtdd .1. tp nion'-i I differ as to the effect Esq, rif Mori is, Stevens Co* Minnesota1,' Carpentsr Builder. AN1) S-A-IIsTT Petroleum V. Nashjr resolved: 1. that f.. the warn \veatl.« tfo i£the cheerful grass Deputy Town Clerk, for the 1 alt l.te td At OrtonviHt!, i« Complete in cveryDe1 Ml.»P Si'.. RT. Ihe diiuocrisv select a stri«-kly represenfa-' hopper and liis wo.ulerful eggi OS .Ha SOUTH Kear »:U v. V.n prej,: •:d to u.» cverythiag term Ditjl i.'ri.^, Feb ?t,h, 1ST7. tive uiaiocrat, and the rebnblikins astrick part mentj and Goods as cheap ae- tfce. :n my li.ie. on i«hrr u I'i- t-. THE BEST BRANDS OF FLOUR THE* .1ml now they say that Tildeu s barrel J. Fisher, Town Clerk. ly repuhiikins a st-ickly representative v»iVE .ME A OAI.L. ii"ii (inu-aateed. V. cheaiHst. was a myth- all promises and no disburse rebtil.iikin, witli umiiires uud one •W ments. lhiu! ©OOXQi lr T. MARKET AFFORDS, V KKBUB' SAT SAPIEXTI, ljo'dei* wich shel me. TTTE game of brag doa't win before the high joints. Law and facts count tBere Our Motto. CHOICE CIG VRS, TliliACCO, XOTICE OF ASSIGN irsiiVT. Our menhants are already displaying always on hand,: and soki as cheap as the cheapest. The decrease of the public debt during fresh garden seeds for sale. Don't hurry us, Tnvitiag jtou ail to Come and see Take notice that Jacob Cluistiausien, FINE GONFEOTiOlBY January was we may have a bitof a cold spell y. *nre HIGHEST MARKET PRIOEinCASH We are Resp'y Yours, of Morris, Stevens CouiUy, State of Mii.n gardening cornea SUN DELL & SnUMAKER. Grasshoppers hatd«a« out in Iowa esota.has made a general assigrmeiit »f i.ll gpr.A-TIOZ^TjEIR.Y &c. are He who brews unskilfully will have bad jiiunesota,Nebraska aud all those hopper his assets to the'uudersigned, for the e\|tml Will not be undersold. mt yeast antHJbad yeast wtll uiake bad bread. states with a rush and it is to"be hoped that WHEAT AND FUR. benefit of his creditors, according to law. H«rri«, Jliiiu. The ill consrquences of oneimpruent step they will all hatch so that when the next All debtors are hereby requested to p°.y F. M. TEELE & CO will be felt in mauy an after step. frost conaes^it will.kill them off H. T. LOVETT, ihi'ir accounts .to^me at once. TI1E Le Sueur Echo has tried to freez. new LIVERY AND SALE STABLE. GIVE TJS CTA-L,X,- ly hatched grasshopper, and finds that Morris, Feb 8th, 1877 Some say, "If each would sweep before they beat, the for standing cold Esquimaux his own door.we should have a clean street W. \l. Gri wo! 'many a man talks and thinks much about Morris Weather Report. As:i^n.ic. WOLFF, WELLS & STONE. SADDLE HORSES. reforms, without thinking of the reform E Pea Morris, Minn. No*. 14, 1876. which is most 1b his power—the reform of Weather repo a ti! en vy mtL"* of Jannary himself. Esq, at 7 A. m. for the montn SJSGLE AND DOUBLE RIGS. Below zero State of Hfuticsota, i Iui.io.wU' Court. zero Above vss. One year's seeding. Is nine year's weed 20° Jan 1th n Couuty of Stevens. .'•••• log. If weeds are let to stand till they 21° In the matter of theEstn* of Tohn Rftt»y. 2th a*'"'Ka Laad-Hunting. Shooting, or Firhinir. have shed their seeds ,you will have very deceased. On reading and filing the petition MEDICAL HALL. fiirtitS'^t 'th tHam» that wi'l stand tire." 3tli long and great labour in clearing the land of Bridget Riley, of lite County of and drivers ii.id guides familiar with the country, 4° 4th office on 6th St.. Stevens, representing among other things afterwards- And so it is with bad practice 5th that John llilev, late of Stevens Countv, on when not checked early H. ALLEY, the 14th day of January, A. 1). 1977, n s .id 6th We beg to call the attention of the people Counselor, 14 County, died intestate, and being a ri sideut Tfli Attorney & of this County at the time of his death, In Morris and Stevens County to Ithe. fact 25® Better to wear out shoes than sheets EENSOH. MINX. leaving goods, chattels and estate, within we now have our 9® U. S. Fjtnd business a spL-cia!ty. Afrmcy That is to go about your busing acttrcly this County and that the said iietitiooer is Kir Office the Hartford and Springfield Iuaurauce Uoiupatiics. 17® for the widow of said deceased, and praying Established 1871, then to lie a-bed Some say. -'better wear |3th FALL WINTER that administration of said estate be to OlHee at The Benson House, Corner 14th and 19® AND out than rust out," A knife.or other iron fltU ?aehic Avenue. William Wuueh granted. It if ordered that 19® •J Braurii office at Morris. W. H. Graves In charge, tool, will wear out by constant use but if #tb said petition be heard before the Judge of DKALSR IS Keporter Office, North Kiftb St. Morno. Minn. laid by useless, the rust will consume it. 4° this Court on Monday. February K, 1877, 18th o at 1 o'clock, p. m., at 'hj Probate Office in J) L. UATEa, 14th STOCKS It. said County. Ordered, further, that notice 33R,"Z" G-OOIDS, 10® $5th Hennipin County farmer has invented thereof be given to the heirs of said deceased, KOnOPATHIC A. 20® l«th a machine by which he proposes to soon and to all persons interested, by pub READY mi CLOTHING, Physician and Surgeon. lis'iing a copy of tl is o"der f-r three successive Complete in every respoet.N t7tli put an end to the grasshoppers. This weekls prior to said day of hearing, Of ice hours, from 8. to 10 iflioe on4tb St 10® 18th A machine is to be worked by one man and STKVKNS COUNTY fienitaa, Mini). in ti e TE RTKI. a either by one or two horses,aud will destroy ,19th 10® weekly newspaper, printed and published RU GS Morris, in said county. 40 or 5o acres or 'hoppers per day. The VSOth 11® Ii0&& KJBRL, •^Patecl at Mon i:, the 25th day of Janu»n\ eost of thU'hopperdozer wiil be $40 or $50 Slth 8® SMPLETE WAGON and BUGKSM1TII SHOP A. D. UW?.- By the Cou Coods, Genti' Furnishing S2th 14® E. PEARCE. WI^^& liQUOR%,^ go Judge of Probate. v kllkinils of iv rk wcUdouu by skilledmechaiuyf 23th /?Boh fine weather! exclaims every one 1 Tlie best brandis the Markets aftord {warranted. Shop on ffth St., Slorrin. JQoa. 24th 10® you meet. Well if Minnesota can't ben* Also a full line of Patent Medicines, W 95th (*NSON UOUSK. the world for beautiful weather, then we PAINSS, 8 S6th don't know what the word beautiful signi Not toe tO Contractors. OILS, R. W. DUNN, PROPRIETOR. ..27th 10° Boots and Skoe& fies. "With the exception of one day. we PERFUMERY. "t/* Olasa Io Every Particula. '27th FAKOIW,'*-': featcd proposals will be received by the have had two weeks of as lutiful weather .*ding Now and Cominodioun. Hooms: i "UOILET 2ath l»o undersigned, building committee of school as ever was seen in any State in the Union uem. lit the Gro^rj" DejttrtmCTit you4wll1 find everj fhiug necessary for family Comfortable and Tastily Furnished. REQUISITES 30th district No. 7, town 1'3(J, range 42, for 9e Respectfully invite the Traveling Public GENERALLY .MCTREMELY IANKFUL FOR 4. ./ .|«pa.U and see us. Our terms are reasonable. building a school house for said district .919 The coining of double eagles with thej A full stock of School Books. Watt' m. plaus and specifications whereof may be I 1ABGB .»"'•••= new dies has begun at the Uuited State Paper, Window Curtaius .PPLETOTT MILLS, MATRON '-A-GEL' seen at the Office of J. D. Good, Morris mints, the coin is much handsomer than .. and Ilouse Furnish*•••« Minn. Proposals will he opened on the APPLETON MINN., that cast in the old dies, but its weight ma K. J. Hnsevodl, Notary Public, Ancttoneer,and iug Goods. W. LATIIROPH k BRO. first day of March next, at J. D. Good4 .- V kes it very inconvenient and combersome Land ^Igcnt, of Framuas, mdae Our Toy Department for the and all proposals must be under scaled After carryinghonte a basket full Saturday us a pleasant call Friday. Mr. Huscvold M0LlBs*Y8 PROPRIETORS. envelopes, duly lablcd "proposals for build UM night, our arms ached so jwe were more has a machine nearly completed with emh»y^ by fair dv.dlng to merit a co»tiiumm,atl—aof, tSs ST AE MILLS OF WEST n School House, "and addressed to bra ever in favor _of a paper currency which"he proposes to save his crops from D. Good, and may be sent by mail or FAIR DEALING AND ':.T' the grasihopplrs next seas-on provkleing Complete to a Dot. Medicines Com LOWEST" LIVING" PRICES ERNinir. delivered personal!}', It is a bad hour to,'make predictions on pounded they come agaiu. we shall more fully fbeB# have entire.y rpftttcd with Mills been tl The right to reject any or att bids the results of the deliberations of the clcc most Maohinitry. The explain the merits of this uiachiue in our approved Be Mit mad of flour in the market. Gronnd feed of reserved b^the_comniitcee. SWCUNDUlt AltTJOf. «. toral tribunal. It is a gratifying fact of arm ".in next issur. .llso we would call the attettion s*q Kie all*11y* OB hand. Wve a us rail. V.i A.Young. id the faruiiug comunitv to his new patent Come in and have an easy Chair with osj tx the situation that no man knows how it A. LATHROPH A BSO. V O IS OUR MOTTO. ALWAYS K®J» SHOW OOODFT Si W. -t -(J William Davidsoil^ 1 and observe our goods. Harrow, which in our estimation is jnst will" decide But to every Rebublicau Jest Job Printing, *'v' Andrew Erecksop. Resp't. the tibng larmers have been wanting. s. .r". "J* "Hk Beaudiv yeota, Ac. LARAOA DT KUSQII* who is confident of the justice of his cause Dated, Morris, Minn. Jan.20th,1877. F.M. TEELE & CO. the prospect is full of hope. Offlcc. Chenp, too Skating U all the rage at present, and Ps«ific A\eiiue, Mqrxis^ Minn. *r? 1' las is ID good d«m uir|I 3#iv t8, tM/ i'- -**t v -C* ./''"j -V V is^' .r-f ,r, k it- J~* *2-' mi -C 'i~~- ilk I Tr~ I T* I a a a s a a