Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-11-07
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.

nounced that they would be absent two years.
Col Allen Is in Boston, and his return homo
! is not expected at present The Indians were
ordered home by the Interior Department.
Returns to the state statistical agent show
that AZ creameries have been established this
year, making total Of 4o5 in the state The
amount of butter made this year 10 nearly
double last years total. lt=s 81, 49, T..
Eagle Brothers livery barn in Willard, was
burned, with two horses. Loss, 5000; insured
Inspectors of losses by hail in Sullivan town.
ship, have just reported a total loss last
harvest of 5000 bushels of wheat They will
ask the country commissioners of Polk for s
rebate Of taxes. 3 u
Rev. R, T. Sample Of Minneapolis, states that
the published reports concerning the ravages
of cholera in European cities were exaggerated.
and SO far as his observation extended the dis.
ease prevailed most extensively in cities and
towns paying the least attention to cleanliness.
During Monday and Tuesday 1900 acres OF
land, supposed to contain silver, last week,
St Louis county. Some of Duluth's wealthy
citizens are interested in the scheme
William Schengler, living near Willard, COM
mitted suicide by hanging while temporarily
deranged i
Adjt Gen. Mccarthy has received notice of
the allowance Of several pension claims, az
follows: Ninety-sK dollars to q st Paul
claimant; $72 to a Rice county claimant; 81,
400 to claimant at Alden, Freedom county,
and widows claim Of 81, 922 to resident Of
New Auburn. =
In The District Court at St Paul, Judge
Brill sentenced E. w. Robinson, who forged
an order on John Grauss, to a year at Still
water; Rice and Wilkins, who stole George
Tu1nbull's horse and carriage, to two years
and one year and nine months, respective.
ly, in the same place; Thamas White, for the
laceny Of $25 from T. Kallrida, spends
six months in the work house, George Slater's
unsuccessful attempts at rape locate him fol-
a year and six months at Saltwater; Peter
Ferntolez would have been burglar did he
not intend to spend year with Warden Reed;
Lawrance O'Neil has burglarious aspirat tons
on Rosenfeltzs store, and his next two years
of life will be spent at tho penitentiary; Peter
Godfrey plead guilty to uttering false order
on the Third National bank. o.,
An accident occurred at Gen. Washburnl
new building at Anoka Monday morning, re-.
ALI l11o u0dLu VI d young 1udu uallletC
Charles Knowles, whose parents reside in
Minneapolis.
Brainerd Tribune: disastrous prairie fire
swept over the country southeast of Menoken
recently, coming from the direction Of Long
Lake City. It destroyed fifty five hundred
bushels of oats, one hundred tons of hay, and
other property valued at $500, belonging to
II. G. Sinclair; wheat in the stack, q valuable
horse, COW anc calf belonging to j. B. Glass
cock. J. .. Rhineburger lost stable and
contents, estimated $3.50; George Doan, sta
bic and contents, valued at $500.
The Minneapolis board Of trade passed reso-
lutions condemning the abolition by the Mort l.
western Traffic association of special rates to
wholesale Minneapolis and St Paul merchants.
Brainerd people gave a ball for the benefit
of the poor Of the city which Melted $500.
Mr.. ". Mund, one Of the oldest citizens OF
Steele county, died last Monday.
Warden Reed received eight new boarders
Tuesday at the State Prison in Saltwater, al
contributed by Hennepan county. Morris Lii
iienthal, sentenced two years for larceny; John
Phillips two years for uttering and publish
ing as true forged order for money; John
Russell, one year for larceny: Alex Mcdonald,
two years for passing forged order; William
Haines and William Jones, one year and six
months each for larceny; John Heller, three
years for larceny; August La Croix, three years
for larceny.
On the 7th of November Gen. Henry H. sib-
ley viii have completed half century as
resident of what is now Minnesota. At the
period Nov. 7, 1884, when he arrived at Men,
dota, this region contained only a handful OF
white inhabitants, scattered here and there
Now there are fully one million persons occu-
plying the same ground During all this period
Gen. Sibley's residence has been in or in sight
of what is now St Paul
The work Of invoicing the bankrupt stock of
L. N. Baker OF Rochester is nearly completed.
Only one attachment, that Of Powers, Durkee
& Co., Of St. Paul, has as yet been filed, but
several summons have been received since the
store was closed, which if established as valid
Claims will swell the liabilities to about $15,-
600 The stock on hand is very good and is
estimated to be worth about $4,000
= After being out about three hours, the jury
in the case of Fred Baumann, Jr., indicted for
completely in ballot-bo stuffing at Winona re.
turned a verdict of guilty.
Oliver Gibbs, Jr., United States commits
sioner for Minnesota to the worlds fair at
New Orlerns, announces that the exhibits for
the Northwest, including Dakota, Montana and
Washington territories, will leave St Paul
on Nov. 10 or II The exhibits will be taken to
New Orleans direct on a special train
Hon. NJ E. Donohue, formerly member OF
the Minnesota legislature from Sibley county,
was killed by falling from his horse at Grand
Forks, recently.
A little son Of Mrs. Demeules Of Sank Rap
ids drank a half pint of kerosene oil, but il
didn't kill him.
A Houston county deputy sheriff delivered
to Warden Reed, at Saltwater recently the
following convicts: William r. Hohl, arceny
from the person, one year; John @. Raymond,
burglary, eighteen months; Frank McLain.
burglary, eighteen months. 81
" Frank Nugent was killed at Chaska Wednes.
day while trying to get upon all engine He
was an employ Of the Milwaukee & st. Paul
railway.
The report received at Duluth Of an outrage
upon and death of a variety actress, named
Daisy Donaldson at the Veruillion mines, was
a canard.
A young F'inlander was arrested at Duluth
TUESDAY, on Suspicion OF having ropOed TWO o.
his countrymen Of $500 :. y 2
Citizens Protective association has beer
organized in Minneapolis, to agitate for a re-
turn to low license.
At Chatfeld, John Bowers was held ~
BY three men and robbed Of $31 and his
watch.
Freight No. 10 and CahiIl's extra colided
$50 last Tuesday evening at tile lower part of
the Manitoba railway gard, Glyndon, staving
in the heads Of both locomotives and wreckina
ten cars of the first named train, which was
claim that their sight was obscured by the
smoke of burning stack near the track J.
r. Knowles of Fergus Falls, brakeman of N O
10, was thrown from the top of q car amid the
wreck and suffered q fracture of the left pelyls