Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-08-17
rapidly that nearly the entire district is al
ready entered About ninety per cent. OF
the settlers are Scandinay;ans. !


rapidly that nearly the entire district is al
ready entered About ninety per cent. OF
the settlers are Scandinav!ans. +
Report on the FIRST Regiment
From the official report to the governor, Of
Capt Gaines Lawson, on the First regiment
of the Minnesota guard, as inspected by him at
| White Bear, the following extracts are taken:
The only troops encamped at White Bear were
the First regiment N. G. S. III. Col. W. B. Bend,
| commanding-a fine tactieian, and an officer OF
great experience in the national guards OF New
York, and in every way. as far as coulo 1adges
capable of performing the duties Of his ofce Ina
company drills were quite good, win tendency
among the companies to lose dist aree: Five
| companies have been organized since the last an
nual encampmeut, and some OF them quite recently
Some OF the companies Of This regiment present the
appearance of veterans both in their drill and de-
! portmert in camp. The new COMPANIES of the
regiment were given an extra battalion drill, which
proved of great benefit. and before the encanp-
! n,ent was broken up all showed marked improve
ment in drill and many rngrsf'e t1f tnsy t e9q h9
| their stay in camp. The formal inspecson OF the
regiment was made by Col. Van CT We Of the gov.
errors staff There were nTss az 9 inc
| range--compauy D, Capt. Bean-aad some men OF
this company made very gcoa scores, the men
sSms of their on the
whole, in good order. Two companies are
! armed with the Springfield rife, caiibel
So. and the remainder with tie Springfield rife.
caliber 45, some with aud sons without the safety
| notch. All the compares have good armories.
This regiment is all uniformed alike which ADDS
much to their military aupGatiice discipline was
| well maintained. Guard duly was we'll perfor med
| There were two guard mounts daily. which gave
each officer and enlisted man an opeortunity to be-
come familiar with guard duty; in other words, the
| guard was relieved every twelve instead OF every
! twenty-four hours, which consider an excellent
| idea for weeks encampment. / would respect
that h to IAN sa @ a
! be applied to this regimentg except that which
refers to arInories.
The house on W. c. KaE:t:s farm. abort
| four miles south of Rochester was de-
stroyed by fire. Insured for $3.50, which
| only partially covers the less
Carl Gutherz is to pain. Il pos:rait of Ex-
! Gov J. s. Pillsburv for the capitol collec-
| ton.
! Willard Muncey OF North Prairie, Was
killed by being thrown from his wagon BY
q runaway horse. The accident happened
about midnight, and his little BOY was
alone with his dead father till 3 O'Clock in
the morning, when be wss found and the
coroner Immediately notified.
The Mobiles county fair W: oe held at
| Worlhington Sept. 49, 70 and ~
Parties who have just arrived from the
pine districts md norrher:, y.Crcion OF the
state report destructive .lres prevailing in
! the woods north of raj d Eupids, and 4
| large amount of valuable pine has already
! been DESTROYED It is ftlrth-r stated that
| one of S. c. BaglHy's camps |:uc' Guiding nay
| and numbering materially lc3 been swep:
| away, causing s-rions 1858 ~ tae oWne-.
The Traver: County q 5r;o,1 :i-al soc;e.y~
has been organized.
The tonn well at Browns Valley is Is
feet deep and flowing
: Mr.. Ole Emerson, ST. O.;}f f&r5e:4:-
dropped dead while moving fsr,ty il his
John Farrell who with S;a:.z sad Kicks.
was sent to prison on 2 lie >ante"c> iron2
Wabashs county In 1872. 70: ". .irderine s
man named E 'liott near hese;> Landing,
has been pacioned by tie governor, after
time for good behavior. Tb.. petition io-
the pardon sets forth that Farrell althCug-
pres ent and in company with Stack and
Hicks when the murder Was committed
demonstrated against the preparation Of
the terrible deed. Stack. wac died n
prison some time ago, contcssed when
on his death bed that Fay-et! was irno-
! cent.
The depot at Herman GIANT eoonry
| caught fire On the night OF tie 18th, from
lightning. The building VS. saved in Il
badly damaged condition, % :2"f 5e;1-E
nesrly all burned off, hat d! .oE fell T.
| The loss is from $500 to s. I9y}. nv.:'ry
the fire James Hendrix feI! frog1s the ROOT
and injured his side, Charles latter bad &
| foot slightly burned, AMI una =: a nand
/ burned while removing 5olls. The depot
| at Donneily was struck also. o.. inly slig2 It
! Il damaged.
Between l:30 O'Clock il he ,!.>.rnocn ana
sunset, Mr.. Hod Gll!ett of Lake City W =
| one of his large machines hires g OUT -
+, O70 bushels OF barley.
| John Foot, living near Ceate; was ~
ribly cut and mangled o. q moving ma
chine, and is not exrectt'. tc recover.
The head millers Of Miaaaav is have
| decided to organize.
The case OF George H. Ruols against !1c
county commissioners Of F:a<,53-I. County,
| for the land covered By the coHu'y build
! ings and known as cJurs nonEc So lare IS o.
| trial at Albert Lea.
Mr.. Bashford. proprietor Of the Ausr:n
Transcript whose office was destroyed 10y
the falling buildings, secured new mater
is1s in twenty four hours, aud issued h:s
paper in time and in good SHAPE.
At Kasota, little son OF Charles Pell;s
fell into newly completed wei, breaking
his neck and dying instantly.
PRS. Jane Gray 5wisshelm has recovered
from her illness, which was supposed 10 &c
fatal.
Boston counsel of F. W. Saav & - ros
brought suit at Bangor, Me, for $4,000
damages against the sheriff OF Penohscoy
| county for injury to business by attach
ment.
Amasa s. Lucas of stoughsoa, Mass,
agent for a Boston -four firm, - reported
disappeared under circumstances indicative
OF financial embarrassment.
In the town of Maple Ridge, Isans: ccac-
t., Stephen Eines, a young rlan from
Princeton, shot and fatally wounded tie
father Of a girl he was paying attention TO.
He told the girl she had to marry him CT
die, when the old man inte-fered. The
Sheriff is after Rines.
The T)anphfor of Gem nToruan