Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-12-07


lied to buy wheat st an advance of cents
per bushel over the regular price, so as to
benefit the farmers as we'll as bring NOR t
wheat to market. The farmers are greatly
dissatisfied at present prices, and the amour
coming in il not OH the increase, but the
contrary.
John Henry, who assaulted his wife and
shot at her in Little Trout Valley, Winona
county re emily, was examined and held to
bail in $500. BE is also under bail in $500
Oh charge ofseduct,on.
Fergus Falls, Minn.,i il week or ten days
will hav new weekly paper entitled the
Democrat. Cant. J. D. Wood of St Paul
lett for Fergus Fails the 9th, and will take
charge OF the new weekly, which, as its
name implies, will be Democratic in
politics.
The state auditor is now engaged in send
ing out tree bounties, thousands a. which
are to be paid at the rate Of 81 and So per
acre. 49,,
=. Litchfeld letter says the syndicate Or
ganized there few days ago to raise the
price Of wheat three cents per bushe' were
successful, but are not yet satisfied , and so
better still. Merchants are generally pay
e in trade, six to seven cents higher, but
the farmers are quite backw ard in coming
forward.
In reply to communication from Sarah
r. Crawford. in bshalf of large number of
women of Anoka county complaining that
the law forced them into the anomalous 20
aition: of holding and diacharging the du-
| ties of an Office for which they cannot vote,
Attorney General Hahn recently referred
her to the opinion already rendered to the
effect that women are entitled to vote for
school officers within the district in which
| they reside; and they are eligible to hold
the office of county superintendent but not
to vote for that office. Two su creme court
decisions. of Massachusetts, and Kansas were
cited, holding that the right to hold an Of
| flee were two distinct rights, one not imply.
ing the other. This matter has aroused
much interest in different parts o. the state,
and it is very probable that it will be sub
united to the supreme court on test case.
Mr.. Charles A. Hinze, one of the earliest
settlers OF Blue Earth county, died quite
suddenly, on the morning Of the I'd from
congestion Of the lungs.
Charles Van Camper, for many years
past station agent Of the Chicago e. North.
western railway at Rochester, has been
promoted to the charge Of the station q,
Winona.
4 stock com pany is to be organized al
slayton to build q Touring mill at tina,
place. ~
! The total amount raised by taxation Tor
the d ferent funds in Freedom COUNTY is at
! follows: State SO 6902S school, S31, 549.2;
county, $21. S39 81 town, 20 584 So; othe1
| taxes, SIS, 1876 g.. Total ss4. v59.31..
1 AT Plainview, g twelve year old son O
Rev. J. Tisdall while skating broke through
an ali. hole. Mrs, Winters seeing the acci.
Edent, hurried after ladder and o small
! iron garden rake She slipped the ]adde
into the air-hole where the boy disappear &c
1 and goiDg down upon it felt around wit
her rake until she got hold of him, wher
1 she soon brought him to the surface, when
alter hard work he was restored to con
seriousness. $50. =, y n I: Z ". II + T.st.3
Ten years ago Mr.. Morrison Of Winon.
disappeared, and several years after, hi
Wlfe married William G. Hod ge of Sprin,
Valley, and lived with him four years. /
few weeks since, the first husband mad,
his appearance, and Mrs. Hodge pack et
i her household effects an 4 returned to be
first love, and they are now living togethe
in Dakota. 55z2ss }z=s s.S.
Mrs. u. j.. Davis Of Duluth was founi
dead in her home, the discovery bein.
made by ! er daughter. It il believed shl
I died Of ap0plexy.