Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-09-26
manufacture and sale Of Intoxicating liquors In
the state, to popular vote.

| the state, to popular vote. @# a
! On Saturday afternoon the wood belonging
| to the railroad company at New York Mills on
| the N. P r R., took fire and about five hun
| dred cords were burned. About four hundred
! cords were sawed ready for use. No other
} property was burned with the exception o.
three or four freight cars The wood was all
heavily insured =
The sovereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows
| was formally welcomed at Minneapolis Monday
| by Hon. Eugene Wilson, as representative OF
| Gov. Hubbard on the part Of the state, and by
Mayor Pillsbury for the city. The first ses-
| sion was devoted to the presentation OF reports
and the afternoon to viewing the city and
points OF interest i'll the vicinity. Tuesday the
| lodge paid visit to st. Paul, where they Were
suitably entertained. ..1. -~ ....
Duluth's wheat receipts last week were 910.-
532 bushels, the largest in the history of the
place.
An inquest on the death Of E. A. Craig at
Fairmont resulted in a verdict Of death By his
own hand.
The Burns rape case engaged attention Of
the district court at Brainerd, Judge Stearns
Presiding, Monday. It promises to unfold some
very sensational features The defendant, in
the face of all alleged strong case against him.
sum moned a large number Of female wit
nesses, for what purpose did not yet appear.
Hamline university will open for the fan
and winter terms on the 93d inst. Prot.
Mearkle, teacher of mathematics, has beer
added to the faculty.
The marriage OF Henry H. Barber, Cashier OF
the First National banR, at Brainerd, to Miss
Jennie NJ, daughter of Hon. l.. P White, ST.,
agent of the Puget Sound Land company, an
III worthy w
sensation.
Gen. Washburn has donated site for the
Washburn orphanage at Minneapolis
At Minneapolis Adolph Schiller prays for
divorce on the ground Of too much step-son.
Otto Ioveland and Ole straun of Minneapo-
| lis were drowned at Minnetonks.
The Murray county fair will be held at Stay
ton Sept "a and g.
The jackson county fair has been postponed
| to Sept. 20 and30.
| About three months ago Charles Spires Of
Birch Dale, Todd county, disappeared sudden
! ly and has not been heard of since
St, Paul again owes a surprisingly low tax
! levy to the thrift vigilance and business Ca
| pacity of Comptroller Roche. His scheme for
! the levy Of 1884 was presented ~ the council
and promptly accepted. The new assessment
| of Sol, 0O0, 900 of course made some reduction
in the rate Of levy inevitable but it is not with
! out some skill and effort that it has been cut
| down to the sing'1larly low figure, Of sixteen
| mills for all purposes The city levy is III
| Mills the county and state demanding the
| rest There are few cities Of the size of St
| Paul, and in its progressive condition. which
| can show so low a rate Of taxation.
| The Minneapolis Tribune finally admits thai
| it is sold to A. J. Blethen, the business man.
ager and co-owner of the Kansas City Journal
! and William Z. Haskell, sou of e. Z. Haskell
editor Of the Boston Herald
! The Burns rape case was began in the dis
| trict court at Brainerd and the testimoney fox
! the state presented showed that Jack Burns a
sporting character and asaloonkeeper, took
girl named Emma Mays, aged twenty out rid
| ing, and having given her considerable drink.
| took her from the wagon and forciby outraged
! her. The physical proofs Of violence were
| presented by surgeon and the girls mother.
A sensational disclosure was that when Burns
| was served with the warrant bf arrest he got the
i officer to take him to see the girl to ascertain
if some settlement could not be made, and tie
| girl opened fire on him with revolver, but
| missing Burns, wounded the officer.
| The 1dazeppa mills schedule has been filed,
and shows assets of $25l ,2l2. ST. to pay iabili-
! ties Of sl3S. 100.
AS James Seaman, a farmer of the town OF
Sheridan, Redwood county, was returning
home from Redwood Falls he was thrown head
foremost from his wagon, owing 10 the front
wheels of his vehicle getting into aslough-holc
| in the road He was so badly injured thai
death resulted.
Rev. j. ". Horner rendered his resignation
of the passionate of the Congregational church
in Lake City, to take effect at the expiration OF
three months, giving as his reason therafo,
that he thought it would be for the interest O,
the church and society.
Last year Gocdhue county had an acreage Of
140.s35 in wheat, with a yield Of So, 695;
average per acre of II g. This year she has
an acreage Of 1873, SIS, but with an average yield
Of eighteen bushels to the acre, which is con-
sidered q low estimate the yield will be e.
51S 164 bushels. She still maintains her repU-
tation as the banner wheat county of the
state.
| A portion of the dwelling house of August
| Long, near Cokato was blown down by Mon
| days storm.
! The Third ward of Fergus Falls has voted
| SIC, 900 for school house.
The Mcleod county fair will be held at Hutch.
| inson Sept "A, Is, and 2G.
| Hon. J. D. Aliens fine residence in LIE 10,
! was badly scorched by fire. Damage over ST.
0O0
The following is the list of delegates ap-
pointed by Gov. Hubbard to represent Mime
sofa at tho eleventh annual conference of
charities and corrections, which meets at ST.
| Louis Oct Il, 1884, DR.. c. X. Bartlett ST.
Peter; Hon. j. F. Norrish, Hastings: Prof j.
F. Moves, FariDault; Hon. J. D. Ludden, j. G..
Richeldaffer, Mrs. Horace Thompson, Rev. r.
H. Hart, Rev. M MEG Dana and Dr. C. H.
E. s. Jones, D. c. Bell and Nelson Williams
Minneapolis; Hon C. H. Berry, Winona; Hon
Reuben Reynolds, Crookston; Hon. William W.
! Campbell, ltchield; Hon. IL r. Wells, Pres
ton: George H. Knight Far1banlt; Hon A. +,
| Young, Minneapolis; Hon. j. W. Ingersoll, St
| Paul
| J. l. Bliar, q marble cutter of Owatonna,
| who had been doing efficient service during
fair week as a special police, was assaultedla
Thursday night by some roughs of Barrett'a
! circus, who interfered with him while attempt
| ing to arrest some employees of the circus who
we're insulting a girl after the evening enter
! tainment was over. One rough struck Blair
| ACROSS the head with club After being re-
moved to his house the physicians discovered
| that his skull was crushed, and he died at 3
| o'clock Friday morning Sheriff Murray and
GtiICO HAtuCSsOS WOLF w LtoCLCSCcI auO dlIcSttC
| the assailant who was taken to Owatonna, and
| jailed
| Kelly, the murderer of J. L. Blsir, tho
Owatonna policeman, is visited daily by num-
beers of people. Some say he has murder
| written in his face; others say the negro blood
shows in his eyes, whilst others admire his
! manly form and looks. His weight WAS 2o5
pounds, but the worry of the past few days is
| fast reducing him.
Quite a. panic occurred among the little ones
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