Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-15
From Neighboring Exchanges.
From the Todd County Argus.

From the Todd County Argus.
Mannasses Sarf has found mort~
gage on a piece of land in Hartford
which he bought two years ago. It
was represented to him as being clear
OF incumbrance. It pays to look up
titles before buying land.
From the souk Rapids Sentinel.
Considerable sickness, superinduced
by the extreme heat Of the summer,
has occurred in our community during
the past few weeks. ",%.
Piers known as Nos. / and 2 in the
specification of the new bridge, were
completed yesterday. They are of
sound white oak timber, ballasted with
rock, and are built in a manner ensur>
ing durability, as well as to present a
good appearance. .,
From the Sherburne County Star,
The largest cornfield in the State of
Minnesota is in Sherburne county and
contains some six hundred acres. 1t
is close by Becker station, and in
plain sight Of passengers on the St.
Paul aud pacific railroad and is the
property Of Major A. NJ. Fridley aud
H. G. Fridley his son.
From the Douglas County News.
Early potatoes ripened too early
this year, and many are spelling in the
ground.
The telegraph Office at this place
did business last month amounting
to 1926 %, which is the largest busi-
ness done in any one month since the
Office was opened
From the Anoka Union, Aug. 10.
Last Tuesday afternoon the air was
full of grasshoppefs flying towards the
south. ~.
George Kelsey ascended the stairs
leading to our Office, last Monday, bear~
ing in his hands stalk Of corn that
measured twelve feet and two inches.
It's ahead of any ever raised in the
county.
One of the workmen employed at
the St. Paul mill put out fires among
the chips in six different places, one
day this week. They caught from
sparks from the smoke stack. Steps
should be taken to fix that stack, or
we may have another big lumber fire
this year.
From the Brainerd Tribune.
Rev. Frank r. MilIspauyh, former
Iy pastor Of St. Paul's parish church
and at present of Omaha, Neb, is in
town.
E. W. Weed has bought the Brain
erd Lumber and Manufacturing Cos.
building, and informs US that he in~
tends moving it up town and placing
it upon Sherwood's corner. He will
remodel it entirely, set it upon brick
or stone foundation, over a frost~proof
cellar, put tin roof upon it. with a
plate glass and iron front, two stores
below, with large and commodious
hall finely fitted up in the second story
The burnt district is beginning to look
up.
We have received communication
Of an intensely violent and vindlctive
character, accompanied with request
that we publish the same and we
hereby notify the writer and all others
of bis ilk. that the columns of the Tri-
bune will not be open for any articles
of this kind. In this connection We
would state, that it is much more hon.
orable and gentleman1y for any one who
has a grievance to have it out man
fashion, than to throw dirt behind an
ambuscade Of printers ink.
From the Benton County Press.
The State Fair will draw big
crowd from Benton County. Good
crops and favorable prospects for at
least fair prices, will induce many to
go.
The publisher of this paper don't
find much time to smoke fne Havanas
and sit in a cushioned chair perusing
exchanges the way most editors do
He has to stick type from 5 a. M, until
Z p. NJ, the week round, and does his
editing by the midnight lamp. With
only The assistance of an apprentice in
the Office we publish Little Falls pap
er every week with circulation of
300, besides Issuing our own journal
and doing the job work. We were
never in better health, take our .regu-
lar rations, and WHEN we go to bed
sleep sound. Ard we never felt bet
ter in our life.