Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-11-28
From tho Hrai,ierd Journal.

{ From tho Hrafsiert J3ufLaL
Arrangements have laeeissusapde II. cent
ineDee manufacturing 4agur again ut the
Brainrrsl Touring ,ni1a in a few days.
A,the special meeting Of the E " G ,utt-
,~eitla,t saturday evening q mo,ion was
carrie 10 levy lax of $40 600 fox city
purposes st. + .s@
Ezra Nsrihfiejd'the brean nanufxc.u
rer ON sixth street ss,,kfs, sssideaiy Ise-
p ,rsed vita his family assout a wetk 4 "a,
an | IL said TO hare gone 4. IenDessAe
4 report hes deem in ciwaaati,as sLc past
two or three days that \ largs s,sluesiea
of the number of ~m p4Ay.s III aassc n T.
shops WIS about sss take essaee- <ja in.
yestigssF,n We Learn, shat there Will BE- q
sIighs reduction in the neu lature, bat
she exact sxten, oil The reduction is not
yet knewa. ~
This .wsek 100 men EN- ,a yca At safe n.
j. shops in this city were discharged.
Previous to the r.xluctina llkse were
about 5s0 msas ut work, and ssse winser
Force remaining amounts to 400 men.
Lass-year the reduction Of rmpaoycs took
places ase na~nth earlier. The total mum.
Der employed was about $50, atsd asp OF
these s~ere discharged, Leaving -s,ay 900
ut work This winter there will he At
least 100 more ssaea at work than there
was last winter, and railroad men ex-
pzexs The opinion tina, tho number now
employed is the smallest c"asis,ent with
kseping the trains in motion The Rsusi
ness of the company Is much larger than
it was year ago. 1t .:as intended recent
" to lay off one OF the three lsassengsr
,raias each May daily, bat slis las a'eea
fouud imprsetiea@|s, aasd the at~ aanae
card, which goes into effect next Sunday
Tor the ~ iater, petains an ilse passenger
trains an the same tigl,e at Bra;acrd, sx-
cepting fiat The west hound ereaing
train is FIVE minutes later. Last winter
was an unusually good one fer tisedom
from acoden "a, requiring repairs at the
shops. Besides thx't the small force
working .ds1riag the ss,,nnrer has a'een
able to do nnly she merk that wss seces-
sary for i'm mediate recas ,sanA an iRscssease
may become Ecccesary At any time.
Bradford is in better shape saaan it was
a year ago. Instead of $50 naen being
discharged, there are tssay Iso; the nc
duclioa takes ~ nce q asonth later; the
most Of tbs unemployed ls''erers hay
}s. the city during tire past gear, aud
there wild not be near 20 many cases Of
substitution. In business and trade cir
r cles, competition has been reduced some.
what except in groceries, provisions,
-four and feed, wnd in these lines the .sx-
listing competition ami reduction of
prices are almost r,ll,tous to deslers. Ia
dry goods and clothing there ought to be
Il better trade than thereI was l st wrter
Luml ering interests do mot PROMISE
;anuch this year, but BraiReud will pro-
badly get az snnch Essss3eas from that
source as it did last season. On the
whole the business Of ,]lis city will be a
little better than It WAS last wi tier, lN&
it will be hard winter financially ntY.
-yrth, less
Australia has mortal antipathy 10 spar.
rows, and to CRAFTY it offers bounty fos
robbing birds nests. In one county the
present year $3.50 dozen Of spasrows'
eggs have been certyued and the AeoHty
rai @ ,hep,, and still the sparrows live
and sing, and probably do some little
mist hief