Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-03-07

Joseph Duffrae Of gley Gland, oli9, has y
brought suit yainst teof West Virgin
Ia men, headed BY e4-Gov. Farms oTtI, to 70 a5
cover $50, 600, the value OF some land whose
Etitle proves defective s23
II. A Venstrefo has been at Eau y
Claire for the pnrp Of collecting 81 Ooo g,
gift to Johan Sverdrup the untiring lea der O.
the Liberal party in plan i meet ,,
ing with general foyor, and one man mas SUD
scribed $3.50. n 5s$s II fs s$ 55
Frank Young who was sentenced to be hanged
at Helena Mon, for the murder Of Dam IA: Nc
Carly last July has been respited by President
Arthur unit ilDec a. in order that his attorneys,
Vivian and Mayhem, can take his case to the
United States supreme court 5S.5<
Samuel McIslroy, the we'll known engineer,
has LET ont the fact that the big Brooklyn bgidse
is not entirly perfect He says: That the
cables OF the East RIVER bridge have very con;
siderably heightened is shown by the fact thai
the suspender bands have been slipped nearer
the towers by several inches.
At San Francisco, two women horsewhipped
D. L. Regenberger, d prominent attorney. Re-
genberger was walking on kearney street when
the pair sprang out Of g. carriage, performed
the deed, re-entered and drove away. The
cause is said to be expressions Of the attorney
resenting the intrusion of the women in his So
ciety at a Mardi Gras ball the night before. s
Two weeks ago Virgins, the weather pro-
phet, advised Canadian and United States pa
pers along the seaboard of two heavy storms,
dangerous to shipping, that would happen in
the near future, one beginning the 9th Of Feb
ruary, and the second and greater Of the two
on the 26th of March. The first was true, and
Friday, the 29th, a blizzard almost unprece-
denied took place, and is now blowing.
Col Goodwin of Milwaukee has returned from
Washington, where he went to take steps to-
ward securing g pardon for George DaubeG,
convicted Of securing a United States pension
by fraud and sentenced to five years imprison-
nlent. He reports that the matteris we'll under
way and promises to result successfully Daub-
her has served six months of his term at Chea-
ter, ILL., His friends assert that his health is
failing, and, that he can not long survive u life
eff confinement.
Great excitement prevails over the discovery
of gold mine at Erin, East Tenn While out
hunting A. II. Bernathy found q cave and evil
dences Of gold. He took u lease Of the land
and is selling lots at big profits. Over s., COZ
worth of nuggets are on exhibition in d store.
Miners and railroad men are fockinS II. AL
ready there are over 200 strangers in town.
are crowded. Erin is q small place ON the
Louisville Il Nashville road, neal the Tennessee
river.
George Booth, superintendent OF J. Fame
chon's oil factory at Prairie du Chen, died
Tuesday night from the effects Of a dose OF
morphine. He had been out tho night before
at Il ball and was considerably under the in
fiuence Of liquor. Tuesday he went to his bus
mess as usual, but shortly after commencing
work sudden dizziness seized him, after
which he Went into stuloor and thus re-
manned till he died. No cause has been as
signed, except that lie had been of a 1nelan-
choly disposition for some time, which Is said
to have been caused by unreQuited love.
The case of Robert Bailey, colored, was tried
at Toledo, O., for marrying white girl, con
trary TO the law Of 1910, which imposes fine
Of 500 and three months Imprisonment for a
white person marrying one of negro blood, or
vice versa A demurrer was filed by the de-
tense that the law was unconstitutional under
the fourteenth amendment. The judge dis
missed the demurrer, holding that the law did
not discriminate i'll favor OF the white race, int
posing the same penalty or the person o. either
race marrying a woman OF tho opposite race.
Bailey was found guilty and given tho full pen
atty Of the law.
Mrs. Jane A. Brooks, widow said to be
worth half a million, WAS arrested at the Pal
nler house Chicago, Thursday night on a war-
rent sworn out on the allegation that she was
about to leave for parts unknown. A number
of years ago her husband went on tho bond Of
one Henry M. Curtis as administrator of the es-
! tate in which Stanley B. Seaton, then memo,
heir, but now well known amateur athlete,
was Interested Subsequently o suit was
brought against the Brooks estate, Brooks hav-
ing died, as surity for Curtis, it being alleged
that Curtis was a defanlter. The jury Thurs
| day rendereds verdict for $4,000 against the
| estate. Mrs. Brooks was arrested, as stated
On the allegation that she was about to leave
the city for the purpose Of escaping the penal
ty of the verdict. The lady went into Mysteries
from which she has not rallied, and it is feared
that she will Gle.