Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-02
MINNES ol' 1 NEWS NOTES.

lear Anderson, aged twelve years. Os-5
Lear, with his father, Charles Anderson,
left his home in Crookston for st. Hll-
taire on Friday, the 18th, where the "a
| ther was holding claim. The father t,
| also persisted. ri .. III 81. ,=
AT La Crosse q son Of Sam Hyde
| formerly of ST. Charles, bled to death
from the lungs.
Sixty thousand tons Of coal will be
carried over at the Duluth and superior
| docks this season. 49,. H.. .s5ss
A thief stole the team of Sheriff Slog-
gy, Of Moorhead. ~ a&14@ gs.
The subcommittee of the committee
on commerce, Of the house ofrepresenta-
tives to whom was referred Mr.. Nelson's
bill to authorize the Mississippi water
Power and Boom company Of Brainerd,
! Mimi, to construct dam across the
Mississippi river have agreed to make
q favorable report on the bill to the full
committee. - : ~ Z
The receipts of wheat at Minneap oils
during the year 1883 We're 100000
bushels more than the receipts at Chi
cago. This statement seems almost In
credible, but the figures show it. The
! receipts at Chicago were 20, 32l ,451
i bushels, and at Minneapolis %, 273 900.
The annual report of the Minnesota
State Horticultural society has just been
issued from the press and is now ready
for distribution. It embraces the trans
actions of the society from March 7,
1883, to March l, 1884, with proceed
: ings, essays, discussions and reports.
The book is one of 437 pages, and was
complied and edited by the secretary,
Oliver Gibbs, Jr., of Lake City, MINI,
who will furnish copies gratuitously up
on application.
A case of desertion and supposed
elopement is reported from Saltwater.
The facts as far as they were found to
be are as followes: For about four
years past Mr.. George L.: George has
boarded in the family of Eir. W. a.
Babcock. About three weeks ago he
left the city and last Saturday Mrs.
Babcock, after her husband left for his
work departed for parts unknown, but
/ is supposed to be with George, who,
while in Saltwater, was much III her
company in public places, so much so
that gossips have been busy with their
names for some time past. No par
! ticular effort has been put forth on the
part of the husband to discover the
whereabouts of his missing spouse.
DR.. Weschler of St. Paul spent last
1 week in Benson, buying working oxen
and COWS for some Russia colonists at
Painted Woods, Oak, of whom he has
charge.
The little son of Mrs. Maxfeld, living
two miles from Benson, fell in pail Of
hot water while her back was turned
the other day and was fatally scalded.
The Hon. Ira P. Sbissler of Van
! Vert Ohio, has selected Mankato for his
; future home, and has entered into part
nership with Mr.. Pau in the practice
of law.
: Willie Gray, aged thirteen, son of J.
D. Gray, a shoe merchant of Anoka
was accidently killed on Tuesday, the
Oath, during charivari party, rendered
| Fred Champlain and wife, who were
! married on Sunday, the Goth. Willie
was killed by pistol shot, the bullet
severing the juglar vein. The weapon
was evidently held close to the boys
| neck when fired, as the wound was
powder burned. 1t is supposed the
shot was fired by a companion, as the
pistol was picked up near the scene of
| the accident.
The Minneapolis counsel is consider
ing q new liquor ordinance. Under it,
parties desiring to engage in the traffic
in the residence portion of the city must
first receive the trcit if hot direct sane
ton of 82@ per cent. of those living in
the district interested ) and all obtaining
livelihood by the sale Of vinous, fer
| mented OF malt liquors must do so di-
rectly, and not through agents etc. and
pay license fee of $500.
Notice has been received of the assign
ment Of A. W. Jones, general dealers,
Beardsley MIMI, with assets of 81 900
and liabilities of $1,000. Among the
ST. Paul firms interested-au of them
in small amounts-are Gotzian & Co,
P. II. Kelly & Co., Craig, Larkin &
Smith; Kellogg, Johnson & Go. !; Berkey
& Co.; Noyes Bros. & Cutler; Pollock,
Donaldson e Ogden; Gorden g. Fereu-
son; Lindeke, Warner & Shurmeier.
and the First National. A. NJ. Jones
went to Beardsley from Howard Lake
in 1883. --.- ~ :. = ~.
The regents Of the university formally
elected Prof: Northrop- president, at a
salary of $4,000, the action being unani-. I
nous. Prof. Breda was chosen to the
chair of Scandinavian languages, at a
salary of 81 300, and as has been the case
witheyery other professor of Norsk .liters
ture in western institutions, was <in-
formed that for time he would be ex-s
pected to teach Latin. The board ex-
pressed itself in favor of post gradu-s
ate summer school at the university. 4
provided it could be had for the NUM-
fcent sum OF $3.50. sss ..5z5. $sss.=-.= :.
3 Claude Van Alstyne Of Steele county
sentenced for life to State Prison, has
been pardoned by the Governor. Six
years ago he and another young man
named Tourtelotte were atwork cutting
for the father Of the latter, when con
stroyersy arose, and Tourtelotte made an
attack on Van Alstyne with tool, and
the latter defended himself with the
sharp instrument he was using at the
time. The result was that Tourtelottel
received q wound that resulted in his
death: There has for 9 long time been
= feeling that the sentence was too great
consld sring the provocation and a stronr, .,