Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-02-06
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Sherburne has decided to license liquor
saloons.
A new court house is felt to be greatly
needed in Martin county,
Otter Tail county has seven insane people
in the asylum at st. Peter.
Cattle buyers have been picking up all
kinds of stock in Jackson county. 49,:
Much sickness is reported in Lake City.
Pneumonia is the most prevalent disease.
The Congregational society of Lake City
will build new church edi6ce. next season.
Leap year parties are in vogue all over the
State, and seem to be numerously and Joy
ously attended. = -
During the year ending on Jan. "a. Martin
county paid bounty on thirty-two wolves
slaughtered.
One of the churches in Morris is putting
religious newspapers on file in the hotels
and other public places.
The Pipestone County Star says new
postofice has been established at tho State
line, called clone Tree.'' T.
Rothsay, Wilkin county, and Andrew B.
Peterson appointed postmaster.
Grin Prentiss, who was formerly sheriff Of
storm in the Black Hills country.
Gen. Fitzpatrick is delivering his popular
lecture, ''Sherman's March to the Sea,'' in
numerous towns and villages inthis State"
The other morning fire broke out lin
Chase's mill, at Crookston, but was dis
covered in time to prevent q serious confa-
grafton. -'..
G. B: Wright will build eighteen houses
for rent in Fergus Falls next spring. Fami-
lies are being kept out of town for lack Of
houses.
Ex-Vice President Schuyler Colfax is de-
livering his famous lecture On Abraham
Lincoln in several of the towns of
Minnesota.
The Norwegian Lutheran church at Fer
gus Falls intend to build new church edi-
fee next season, their present house being
too small. - 1T '-'' ~. =
The wind mil, which drives Touring mill,
at Fairmont, has been put in complete re-
pair, and is now driving the mill in tip top
order. '''' :
Post, Buck & Seely, Of Lake City, have
an ice house having 10000 tons capability,
and it is already nearly fllsd-a few days
will complete it. ., tn . .
The stable of V. r. Clifford. of, Greenvale,
Dakota county, was destroyed by fire the
other night. A span of horses persisted and
ten tons of hay and other property we've
consumed. a., I'D. ,, ri ~. L. ,.,,..
A young man named Works, laboring. in
the Rum river pinerles, was SO frightened by
his associates, who dressed themselves up as
ghosts, as to cause his death. 4S''e5 49,
marked evidence of t; Q material growth
and prosperity of the county of Stevens,
says the Morris Tribune, is the. large number
of school houses that are building IN all
organized townships. 4 ~ 47'':'! u *-A
Martin County Sentinel: A large number
of our citizens have received bounty of. So
planted. It proves qui.e windfall to some,
and the best part OF it is that it IS to BE- re.
peated at the same rate every year for twenty
years. $50 ,i....,..;24 ,'rw 1Es = - u
Fergus Falls Journal: IN Capt. Knapp has
removed his government forces to the head
of Boom Island, near Osceola, where he will
channel. The work Just completed near
Marine, consists Of dam 358 feet long, and
one quarter of q mile of ri2rapping along
the shore. 5-=A- ''E'l' laws E''@ "a
Two boys of David Connell, Of Rochester,
aged respectively and 2 years old, found
their fathers revolver in q bureau drawer,
and, like many older human bipeds, they
| ssdidn't know it was loaded, but it went off,
sending bullet into the ceiling, and max
ing an ugly flesh wound in the left thumb
of the 4-Year-old Luckily no other damage
was done. '.s 's;5-S< - 3f.'e5 s's 5lss$
The business men Of Morris, Stevens
county, anticipate an unusually brisk trade