Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-01-09

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. tain a new advertisements of George v
9 Geissel's store IN Two Rivers. Mr.. a
:. Geissel has a complete assortment of 8
general merchandise, and is selling as t
. cheap as the cheapest. He keeps the c
Merrill school books also: ,~.@=~<..~s y
vi. Miss Lydia Pedley, Of this place,
has taken charge Of the primary de-
=" partment ofthe public school, at Brain f
ne ,rd, and the Brainerd people may rest b
r nt assured that they have secured the I
law services Of an excellent teacher.
We have a large stock of Gloves, 6
or Mittens and Blanket Goods. which we "
will sell regardless Of COST Come and
nd price them. a
VI L. WoRTH1NeroN & Co. 6
ay Frank Ledoux is doing a rushing T
business getting out railroad ties, con- b
- sidering the number of men employed
and the lack OF snow. He now has Z
about 1000 delivered on the line of
- the road, and will deliver 1000 more.
y HIS camp is eight miles northwest of ,
~ Little Falls.
IDS Go to L. Worthington & Co.'s and
up get a Crescent Axe. They are the
. best in the market. - >-
About ten days ago a son of Samuel Fl
Beckman, nine years of age, was 81
ers scalded very badly BY stove upset> p
ting and spil1ing hot water out of a b
tea kettle. On Sunday last the boy Il
go was unable to turn in bed, but he is 81
improving slowly. Mr.. Beckman lives ii
eight miles west Of Little Falls. il
We are paying the the highest ~
ow prices for farm produce. "
MAUR1N & MEDvED.
? On Thursday last young stallion, b
worth $3.50, belonging to John Dem a
ney, Of Green Prairie, broke one of f
III its legs, and had to be killed. The
colt was drinking at water hole that q
ere had been cut throug h the ice, when it o
is slipped ard both forward legs went y
into the hole, resulting as stated above. -
all Bring in your Beef, either dressed il
or on foot. l.. Worthington & Co. c
want it. 9
cb Last Thursday afternoon the resi-
dence of Mrs. Briggs, mile south
of Little Falls, was consumed by fire. g
at All the household goods were saved. +
The fire was first discovered in the =
n roof, and was not far advanced at that e
r. time but as she and her children =
were alone, no adequate measures were
taken to quench the fire. She is the
ms widow of Ezra Briggs, who was &
tie drowned several years ago. The loss J.
is about $500 ; insurance $3.50.
Don't forget to call around and ex- E
,ty anime L: Worthington & Co.'s new t
he line of Pocket and Table Cutlery. t
All goods warranted. If
ars The improvements during 1878 in
that portion of the township Of Little
Falls lying west Of the Mississippi riv~
er, are stated as follows: Twenty
gus nine new houses have been built, and 4,
SIS land has been cleared by each settler
amounting to from one to fifteen acres.
es. l.. Hamlin, W. L. Page, J. H. Irish
and Simeon Blair have the largest
number of acres of cleared land. 1880
-. acres of land is still vacant.
nty will sell the balance Of my stock
of Winter Caps at cost for the next 80
of days. LEON HoUDB.
A petition was sent to the postof6ee
department in Washington some time
~ ago to change the Rich Prairie mail
49,, route so that the starting point would
be Rice's station, Benton comfy, in
stead OF Little Falls. Hon. N. Rich>
for ardson was of the opinion that this Pc L
hat tition was gotten up in the interest of e
1.-TWO or three persons for their own es-
: pecial benefit, aud he has written to
err the department. about it, and has +
isit caused contemplation to be circu-
ere lated in Rich Prairie.
III We are selling the best 5 cent Ci~ a
gar in the county. Calland try them G
in and you will be convinced.
MAUR1N & MEDvED.
Hon. n. Richardson has received
tho letters from leading men in Sank Gem
,.s tire in reference to the building Of the
n proposed railroad from Little Falls to =,
., the head of Big Stone Lake. The ar 7
ticfe taken from the Stevens County
Tribune, printed in another column, ,
the shows that the subject is being agitat~