Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-08-13
THE HIST0RY OF
MORRISON COUNTY,

MORRISON COUNTY,
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~ BYsNATHANs RICHARDSON. H.. p: !:
Continued from last week 8 Transcript.
On the 14th day Of January, 1878, VIM,
v. Roy, the oldest son Of Hon. Peter Roy,
of this place, went out on the west side
of the Mississippi river hunting rabbits,
in company with another young man.
They became separated during the day,
and when night came William failed to
return home, which aroused the suspi-
cion of his parents that some misfortune
had befallen him. A party was raised
soon after dark and started out to search
for him, when he was soon found lying
dead upon the ice, about one mile below
town, and near the west bank Of the Mis-
sissippi river, with three rabbits that he
had shot The river had gone down
some after st had frozen overin the be-
Ilgy;;nn gy;n irsp pe.Wint ter. wl,iehs caused thessiee
| to be quite. slanting near the bank Of the
river, so it appeared that as he got onto
this slanting place he slipped and fell.
The hammer Of his gun striking on the
ice it went off, the charge entering his
breast. He apparently. fell dead on the
ice: William had reached nearly twenty.
one years of age, and was steady and in.
dustrious young man.
In August, 1856, a young man by the
! name of Charles St. German, a brother
! in-law of Charles Chortkey. of Belle
Prairie, went to church at that place, and
took his gun along and placed it.in an
old log building. When church was
over he went to get his gun, and while
taking it out it was discharged, the con
tents Of the gun entering his breast. He
fell dead right in full view of the congre
cation, who had but just got outside the
church, T.,
In the summer of 1859 Charles La
Mountain, brother-in-law Of Oliver
Bruseau, who now lives upon the farm
that La Mountain owned and occupied
near Little Falls, while he was running d
raft of shingles down the Mississippi in
company with a Mr.. Scharatte, who he
employed, the raft struck rock in pass
ing through Sauk Rapids, smashing it tc
pieces and throwing La Mountain and
.Scharatte into the river, where they were
both drowned La Mountain was well
known in this country, being one Of the
earliest settlers, and was an industrious
and enterprising young man. 1t may
:, not be amiss to mention that as they were
passing down over the rapids, and at the
time the raft struck, they were indulgine
in little hilarity, swinging their hats,
and making gestures to persons on shore
On the 18th day of July, 1866, Thomas
Hallinen and James Burns while cross
ing the Mississippi river in small boat
just below the falls or rapids, by some
means upset the boat and both were
drowned. Hallinen and his wife, who is
now Mrs. VIM. Harrison, of Belle Prai
rie, came to Little Falls in September
1855. The other man, Burns, was her
uncle, and came to the Falls afterwards
with his wife. They were both in the
employ of the Little Falls Manufacturing
company at the time of their death, and
resided together on the west side Of the
river, and had been in the habit of cross
ing in the same boat every day for "a long
time, 50 it is hard to account for the &C
cident, which produced a result so sad.
In the summer of 1856, a young man
by the name of Baker went out hunting
rabbits on the west side. of the Mississip
pi from Little Falls, and while crawling
up to a rabbit for a better shot, pulling
his gun after him through the brush, il
went off the charge entering his right
side. It caused his death almost instant
ly. Other hunters being near heard the
report Of the gun and heard him halloc
that he was shot. When they got to him
he was entirely unconscious. Mr.. Baker
was a stranger in a strange land
A son of widow Wilson, who after
wards married VIM. Franks, of Bellevue
went out hunting cranes, and while
crawling up to some of them, in order tt
get a good shot, his gun in some way
went off, the charge entering his side ant
causing almost instant death, which was
another sad lesson against careless han
ding Of firearms.
In 1859 Frenchman by the name O.
Joseph Sayoir, while working in the
lumber woods on Little Elk river, wa:
struck by a falling limb and killed.
am not aware that he had any relatives O.
friends in this country.
In 1878 John Ault lost "a son and onl.
child, seven years of age. He, with sev
eral other boys was playing on a raf
which was tied up at this place when h
by some means fell off and was drowned
In about 1854, while Henry Myers wa
away to the war, his wife came to Littl
Falls to live, and his little boy and onl.
son got drowned. -
Mr.. Terrance Carr, in about 1872, los
a small boy by his getting into the rive
and drowning. Mr.. .Carr's mother-in
law was then living with him, and moth
ing but an Irish wake would satisfy tn
old lady, so she. furnished the liquor 70
the occasion, on which the first and las
wake, as far as I know, was held in MOI
rison county. ...-. Ia.
, On the 22nd day of May, 1878, Waite
t F. Kendall, step-son of Rev. D. w. Ros
enkrans, of Little Falls, and Charlie
Walter Pedley,, about IA years of:age
! son of VIM. Pedley, a farmer adjoinin
the village, went out back of Mr.. Pedley'
, farm a short distance with gun to i
small lake to hunt ducks. There being
small dug or log boat at the lake
the boys took it and went out into tn
lake short distance. and were heard
5 fire gun. It was then near evening
and the boys not returning as was expec
ed as night came on, Mr.. Pedley went OF
;, to the lake little after dark and foun
:, the boys hats, powder horn, and the Ii
:. tie log boat upset on shore The Kenda.