Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-08
From Nejghboring Exchanges.
From the st. Cloud Times.

From the st. Cloud Times.
Not one of the 10 school districts
Of Stearns county have yet made ap>
plication for the Merrill school booke.
Our people do not take much stock in
the efficacy Of the law.
From the Sauk Centre Herald.
Trouble has commenced with the
parties who bought ties at the auction
sale last fall. It is claimed by De.
Giraffe l. Co., original owners Of the
ties that they were sold without author.
ity, and they are now instNutlng pro-
ceedipgs againft the buyers 10 recover
the ties or the value thereof, 20 cents
apiece.
From the Brainerd Tribune.
A telegram from'~John Davidson,
agent at Bismarck for the N p, adj
dressed to Mr.. Towne, Superintendent
at this place on Monday evening, ans
nounced that E Romer, until recently
the proprietor Of the Dominion House,
of this city, was found dead by the
east bound train, about>two miles from
Bismarck ON the railroad track. Sun
stroke is supposed to be the cause.
From the Alexandria Post.
There will be one CT two grain ele-
Vators at Alexandria, but by whom to
be built, has not yet transpired.
D. D. Merrill has designated Sims
& Nelson's store as the Douglas Coun>
ty Depository for State text books.
All orders DOW in for books, will, how
ever, be filled from the Auditors Of
Gce.
Last Saturday, in the town Of Moe,
Halvor Peterson, son of Peter Halver-
son, was working in a harvest field,
when he was struck by lightning and
Instantly killed. He was an excellent
boy sixteen years old.
From the Anoka Sun and Republican.
We understand that w, D. Wash
burn & Co. have raised the wages at
their mill and yard, common hands
now receiving $3.50 per day.
Mr.. E. B. King, of Otsego, Wright
Co., has shown us a new variety OF
oats, called the ''Hulless oat." It is
very prolific, yielding from IS to 100
bushels to the acre. They are equal
ly advantageous to the producer and
consumer. In the process Of thresh>
ing the kernel becomes separated from
the hull, leaving it IN prime condition
for the miller. If this grain proves
success as it promises, Mr.. King will
SOW largely Of it next spring, as spec
ulation:
From the St, Cloud Journal Press,
D. B. Searle, Esq, IS moving into
his elegant new residence, on Welles
avenue.
Baker & Roth's Combin alton did
not make much Of a Speculation out of
their exhibitions here on Wednesday
and Thursday evenings.
"A car load of blooded stock-Jer>
sey cows and heifers-arrived few
days ago from Massachusetts, for MIR.
N. P. C]arke's stock farm near this
city.
Prof. Sprague, one dav the early
part of this week, forded the Mississip>
pi river, on horseback, opposite the
mouth of the ravlne. How is that for
-~low?
Mr.. N. P. Clark returned on Tues
day after a five weeks absence in the
East and in Nebraska: In the latte,
State he purchased ten thousand head
Of cattle with which to FIJI his beef
contract with the Indian department
From the Anoka Union.
100000 feet Of lumber, board meas
ure, manufactured at Washburn's mill
last Tuesday.
A new engine house is to be built al
Elk River Immediately, and then VIC
are promised two trains day each
way. Speed the work.
The saloon of j. W. Huntoon wa!
taken possession of by Sheriff Eros
last Monday, and closed: A ciga'
dealer in St. Paul did it With a judg-
ment for $28.
There are number Of boys in this
city, who make it their business to en-
ter yards, where there are apple trees
and pluck all the fruit they can &c
hold Of. They stand good chance 0
being caught and made to pay good
y sum for damages.
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