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


ON Rich Prairie 81
rs 81 Rich Prairie, July s.
q, ,uf .sI farm lll ers 40 now busy making
hay 7. sS.s
alentine Is putting up 4 house
Iin We yillags and The illage begins %
look like 4
Blueberries are plenty here and the
women md children ares out. every day
picking them.
mother young couple hap Oh
Tuesday morning ] ohn Koop Of
Brainerd and Miss isabelle Etdmpf OF
Rich Prairie were married ia The Cath.
5tolic church. Only the relatives were
invited. and the young couple departed
for their home in Brainenl soon after the
ceremony We give them credit for
not following the general rule which is,
the more beer Tie better the wedding. Z
Wo men who were cruising up IN
the woods came to q camp belonging to
Dlr. Page Of Minneapolis, and on en-
,ttering the shanty found an old man
lying on the floor. He Was asked soy.
eral questions but would only shake his
head and say .'I hare no friends. z "a
E[tnnan;in. h nei ghborhg camp promised to
care for him, and the question is, IS the
mar. cras IN i'll AZ siels ssss I. /. b: s Y
TIE Zenith was celebrated here by 4
picnic for the Catholic church. The
ladies' Of the congregation had been MAX
ingy eparations some eight or ten days
previous. The day opened nicely, and
Blake q BeAtfeld's cannon was fired at
sunrise Az about 4 O'Clock the people
began to arrive, and at95o'cloek there
was 9 short sermon jn the church, after
which the congregation went to the
picnic grounds in the grove back Of the
church. A bountiful dinner had been
spread by The ladies, and nearly everyone
partook.: 1t commenced raining at 2
O'clock and spoiled the fun, Part Of the
crowd gathered in the store formerly
occupied by Van der Haar, and the
young folks danced. In the evening
there was q dance at Mic Hennen's hall
at which aboul forty-fve couple were
present, and it Is said by all who were
there that it was the best party held here
for III long time. The church picnic
being stopped By the rain on the Fourth,
and the ladies having a large quantity Of
edibles on hasd, they concluded to open
up again on Sunday afternoon, which
they did. The amusements were rolling
ten pins, target shooting, ETC., and the
church choir sang several appropriate
songs which were listened to with
pleasure, The net receipts of the picnic
we've about $500. At the Stanchtield
farm the party was not so large as it
would have been if it had not rained, but
all present say they had delightful
time. So much for the Fourth. Some
Of the 'sboys' (all of them were not very
young either3 were not satisfied with
having sucha quiet fourth, and so got
on a big spree on the fifth; they had q
circus for a while with no serious results.
Sunday evening there was party at Mr..
Eisel's house, an after celebration of the.
Fourth, and a largsa crowd enjoyed the,
evening. E.: %s> ~. .> :.,5
sAsad accident happened last week
Wednesday in the camp Of the John
Martin lumber Co. Tom Dougall
or Tom NeWcomb was an employee of
Adams.& Co., Of Minneapolis, was en-
ployed to watch cattle for the above
Arm. Last week Mr.. Adams received
a telegram from Oak City stating that
Mr.. McDougall had shot himself. Mr..
A. took the first train and on arriving
at Rice's telegraphed TO coroner Nc
Mannis to meet him at Rich Prairie
but he did not receive the dispatch
until next day when it was too late.
Mr.. Adams arrived here Saturday
forenoon and started for his camp
rightafter dinner. He returned Mon
day afternoon and his statement OF
the case 10 as follows: On arriving at
the camp Of the John Martin lumber
Co., Mr.. Laiibee, who is taking care
ofsaid camp, told him that Tom Ne.
Dougalls stay ed with him Of late as the
camp of Adams had been destroyed by
FIRE this spring. "Wednesday July 3D.
after, they had breakfast Med ougall
took his Winchester and was going to
look for some cattle that had been
missing for some days and Nh. Larri-:
bee wentsinto q potato patch to do
some work. He had not been at work
agreat while before he heard the REF
port Of Ia gun, and started for the
shanty at once to see what was the
matter. On arriving there McD ougalls
also came running with his arms across
his stomach saying, s am shot"
Mr. Larribee inquired how it had hap-
pened and MAS told shat in climbing
over The fence the trilg.ger caught, and
caused the gun to be discharged the
ball catering on the left side. Mr..
Dougall lived abont one halt hour
shedied at SO clock w dnesda y morn
ing H9te Waas5 al out ss5 5 years old and
stated iust before he died that his
parents lived in Tompkins Co., New