Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-12-12
MINNESOTA NEWS.


collar bone.
The weather is favorable to building and
a number of barns are being built in
Worthington, the better to protect stock
during the winter.
The grain house at Delano is to be closed
owing to lack of patronage occasioned by dis
satisfaction with the style of grading prac-
ticed by the agent.
n. j. Westby, of Fremont, Fillmore
county, had his house and its contents de-
stroyed by fire, from defective fue. Loss,
81 800; insured for $3.50.
The East st. Cloud depot has been closed,
and persons wishing to take the cars at that
point are obliged to stand out in the cold and
await the arrival of the train.
There are over thousand driven wells in
La Crosse, the owners of which are watching
with interest the resistance to the payment
of the claimed royalty in Minnesota.
A 7-year-old boy in Owatonna was struck
in the eye by SNOWFALL, and it is feared the
sight is destroyed. The little rascal that
| threw it put stone in the snow ball.
Noah Unger, residing two miles from
Kassoil, Dodge county, on the 18th Novena-
Der, picked ripe wild strawberries. They
grew in the open air, though in a protected
position.
young man about II years old, son of
Barney Mclaughlin, of Manannah, Meeker
county, had his right hand mangled in a
| threshing machine, last week. DR.. Kennedy
was called, and found it necessary to ampu-
tate one finger.
Godfrey Zockah, aged 20, of Wiscoy,
Fillmore county, on a late Sunday loaded his
gun to 60 on hunting excursion, but be-
fore starting by an act of carelessness con-
| trlved to discharge the contents of the gun
| into one of his knees, making amputation
necessary.
The county treasurer of Winona county
| has paid bounty on precisely $4,000 gopher
heads. Ten cents per head has been paid
on about half of the above number, and eight
| cents on the remainder. One little boy
! bringing in $40 scalps, received at one time
| 1897 bounty.
| AS Otis Corbin, of Riverdale, was starting
| for church on late Sunday morning, his
horses became fractions and upset the wag
! on, throwing out violently upon the ground
| his wife and daughter and Mrs. Mayberry.
The latter was rendered insensible, and Mrs.
| Corbin was considerably stunned and bruis-
! ed. Medical aid was called, and the injured
parties are doing we'll.
A section hand on the s. M. railway nam
ed Ben Olson, living at Lanesboro, was paid
$1O more than he was entitled to. He was
asked by the paymaster if he received $40
too mnch. He gave negative answer,
afterward discovered $40 more in his pocket
than belonged to him, and having denied it
! Was scared out of his senses, and walked q
short distance from his home, cut his throat
with razor, was picked up, brought back
| and has since died.
Samuel Adams of New London, Kandiyo-
hi county, had one of his feet injured some
troubled him ever since, and lately gangrene
was developed, making amputation neces-
sary. HIS leg was taken off below the knee.
His recovery is doubtful. Mr.. Adams is an
old settler, prominent citizen and is be-
lieyed to be the wealthiest man in the county.
The heavy traffic on the 40 miles of the
Northern Pacific railroad, between Brainerd
and Fargo, is already beginning to tell on the
iron rails laid down in 1872, and the di-
rectors have decided to commence replacing
them with steel. An instalment of 500 tons
is now being manufactured at Chicago. The
pattern adopted weighs ffty-six pounds pei
yard, is four and a half inches high, and four
inches base.
Moses McCarty, of Darwin, about five
miles from Litchfeld, while driving at q
reckless, break-neck speed, was thrown fif-
teen feet on to the railroad track, suffering q
violent conclusion of the brain and other in
juries. He was taken up and cared for, but
lay in an unconscious condition for several
hours. He is slowly recovering, and it is
thought if no internal injuries are developed
he will get we'll.
At merry-making in the town of Bur
bank, Kandiyohi county, the bottle had
passed to freely, when an alteration &C.
CURED between Nils Nilsson and Ole Torkel-
son Leskerne. The last named drew his
pocket-knife and made a savage attack on
the other, cutting deep cash on one side OF
his face from his nose around to his ear.
The wounded man tainted and was uncon-
scious for some time. He will have his as
sailant arrested and tried for the offence.
St. Peter Tribune: Maurice Campbell, OF
Lake Washington, turned his cattle into his
corn field where he had finished husking
and soon after five of them died, and on
Sunday another one died. They undoubted.
ly died from the effects of smut which they
swallowed in eating the husks. The cattle
had been fattened and were nearly ready TO,
market. Farmers should not allow their cat
tie to run in their fields, as there is an un-
usual amount of smut on the corn this year
St. Charles Union: A little girl, who
at the South Shore depot in Winona on Sun
day afternoon, crying bitterly and stating
that she had been beaten by her STEP mother,
who lived on Mark street. Her father was
away from home. The child, who is but 10
years old, wishes to return to her grand
parents, who lives at Donnelly station,
Stevens county, where she is assured of good
treatment. Mr.. B. II. Langley and others in
terested themselves in the girls behalf, and
she will probably be sent to her grand
parents. Her back was black and blue from
/ the blows she had received.
John Evendorf, the man who was arrested
for the murder of the missing man, Ponce
let, was examined before Justice Keller, at
Hokah. James O'Brien, county attorney,
being unwell and unable to attend, the ex-
animation was conducted very ably by Hon.
Ed Thompson, of Hokah. Nothing was
ELECTED from the ten or twelve witnesses to
connect Evendorf with the affair in any
manner whatever. He seems to be halt
demented tramp, without any visible means
of support or any laudable object in view.
He. was sent by County Commissioners
Thompson to Dubuque, where he claims to
have family and friends.
An Emperor's Kindness.
Emperor William, Of Germany, is a
kind hearted old man. Two anecdotes
are told which illustrates his natural dis.
position:
An official of the German civil service
and his wife celebrated recently thei,
! diamond wedding. The Emperor, in his
retirement, heard of this event, and sen,
q medallion portrait of himself in 4 gold.
en- setting, o1namented with the impe-
lial arms, by wayof a wedding present,
and at the same time sent bis regret that
his inability to- write prevented his ap-