Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-01-02
MINNESOTA NEWS. !.

Bishop -Whipple, Of the diocese Of Mime
sofa, goes to Florida to spend the remainde,
of the cold season.
On Christmas day K. Bertrome, of Man
torville, had some of his ribs broken by the
upsetting of sleigh. !
The Benton County Press hoists the
names of Tilden. and Hendricks, for Presi.
dent and Vice President in 1880.
Mrs. McGlashlin made the Presbyterian
church at Owatonna Christmas present Of
handsome silver baptismal font.
A little son of DR.. Flood, of Mantorville,
was severely scalded on Christmas morning
by the upsettine of cup of hot coffee.
At the Gauser saloon, in Owatonna, one
night last week, q quarrel took place over
game of billiards. Pistols were drawn and
fired, but no one was hurt.
Hon. Amos Cogeswell, of Owatonpa, was
married on Christmas day to Mrs. Mary A.
Allen, at the residence>c CT the parents of the
bride in Meriden, Steele county.
P. Soucle, Frenchman. lost his footing
on slippery platform in Faribault, and fell
into an excavation, breaking some of his ribs
and receiving other severe injuries.
A few nights since some miscreant went
into the stable of John M. Thompson, OF
Orlando, Sherburne county, and cut the
throat of beautiful and very valuable
Arabian colt.
A woman undertook to walk from St.
Cloud to St. Joseph, distance of eight
miles. but took the wrong road aid turned
up at Little Falls, thirty-five miles from
where she started.
NJ anyof the local papers of the State say
that Sunday night, Dec. %, was the coolest
known in two years, the thermometer indi-
eating fifteen degrees, and at some points
twenty degrees below zero.
The new school building at st. Charles,
Winona county, is completed. 1t is q fine
| structure, and furnished with capitat bell
The winter term of the graded school will be
opened in the new building.
The Peter brothers, of Ellsworth, Meeker
county, have been on three weeks hunt
ing trip, during which time they killed
forty five deer and one bear-ten of the
deer in one day, and not much of day for
game, either.
An attempt was made some time since by
an incend1ary to burn the house of r. Arms
from, in the town of Washington Lake, Sib-
ley county. Kerosene oil was poured over
the shing es on one portion of the roof and
set on fire. The inmates of the house dis
covered the fire in time to extinghish the
flames.
The house of Mrs. Annie johnson, three
miles south of Dodge Center, was burned
with all its contents at 3 A. NJ, Dec. "a, With
the mercury Is degrees below zero. The
family b rely escaped with their clothes.
One of the boys had his feet frozen in
getting to the nearest neighbor, half mile
distant. No insurance.
A few days since at Anoka bottle con-
tanning ''the regular chalk mixture of the
United States dispensatory" exploded while
standing on shelf in drug store. 1t vas
of flint glass, and the fragments were thrown
violently about the room, but lucklly'hit
none of the persons present. Will chalk
mixture explode? Let druggists beware.
| st. James Journal, Dec. 20: Hella Glen
Boon, aged 8 years and 2 months, daughte
of Hedge Boon, of Long Lake, died at IL
o'clock on Thursday night of diphtheria.
The child was sick several days, the parents
supposing it to be affected with cold. Be-
coming worse, DIR. Bacon was sent for on
Thursday, and pronounced tue disease to be
diphtheria, but the child was beyond human
aid.
Litchfeld News-Ledger:: The members
of Father McDermott's congregation, with
whom he is deservedly popular, gave him q
pleasant surprise on Christmas day i'll the
shape of a handsome Waltham watch, with
heavy gold cases, to which was attached 6
magnificent gold chain. On the outside Of
the case are the initials, ST. McD.;' on the
inside is: presented by the members of his
congregation in Meeker and Kandiyohj
counties, Mimi" Father McDermott has
reason to feel proud of his beautiful gift
not fol, its intrinsic value, but as a reminder
that his efforts are appreciated by his flock.