Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-09-05
Il. x. Aaker Receiver ait Crookston Land
Office.

Office.
Hon. i. <. Aaker Of Alexandria, Douglas Co.,
has boon appointed receiver of the Crookston
Land Office, to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Paul sletten It will be remembered
pointed to fill the vacancy, but died be-
fore he had assumed the Office. L. K
Aaker was senator from Douglas coun-
ty in the last legislature Of 1854, having been
reelected to second term. He is a Scandina-
Wan, fifty eight years old, and a man of wide
Minnesota a IN 1S5, setted finally IN H iS
dria, and as a merchant has enjoyed marked
success, He has always taken great interest
in politics, and in the memorable Nelson-Kind-
red contest Of 1889 was Congressman Nelson's
first assistant in Douglas and Otter Tail coun-
ties.
St. Clair, who burned Sam Judds house at
Saltwater, was caught at Marine.
At Medford, Tuesday night burglar en-
tered the store of John Bailey by removing
large pane of glass, and secured $50 or $50 in
goods and money The thief took, among 9TH
er articles, a coat, a pair OF shoes and two doz-
en- silk handkerchiefs.
The treasury department has just discovered
q technical shortage in Gov. Germans accounts
as Indian agent in Minnesota thirty year ago
The state historical society is about to issue
3 history OF the Ojihway tribe OF Indians, writ
ten thirty years ago by ". ". Warren, all edu-
Gated half breed belonging to the tribe.
The secretary of the state board of emigra-
tion is now engaged in the preparation of on
exhibit for the board at the New Orleans inter-
national exhibition. He has partially COM
pleted q map Of the state on scale Of three
miles to the inch, Which will represent every
latest state map, and be colored to show the
location Of the pineries, the deciduous forests,
groves of timber, mineral deposits, and quar-.
RES of building stone. Besides the map, he
has in preparation three charts, 7x9 feet, one
of which shows the agricultural statistics OF
each county in the state; the second one, the
number and variety of animals III each county;
the third the population, the assessable prop
erty, and acreage Of unoecupied land. These
will be displayed in the department allotted to
the exhibits of the board.
Adjutant General Mccarthy has received in
formation that a new militia company had
been formed at St. Cloud, seventy strong,
which he will muster in next week.
Captain J. K. Arnold, was committed by the
probate court, to the inebriate department for
the insane, atRochester, Mimi, upon informa-
tion filed by Charles i. Chapel, his guardian.
This is The first commitment from Ramsey
county under chapter 1926 of the general
statutes OF 1888, which provides special pro-
ceeding for drunkards under guardianship who
are proper subjects for medical treatment Oh
account Of dissipation. The law requires the
three reputable physicians In this case Drs.
Stone, Owens, and Quinn composed the jury.
Capt Arnold is forty five years of age. He
was captain Of g company at the time of the
Sioux outbreak IN 1862, and was afterward adj
jutant of the Seventh Minnesota After the
war he was for some time clerk at the army
headquarters in st. Paul. and then drifted into
newspaper work, being connected with nuner-
GUS ventures in the business His latest at
tempt was the Crookston Northern Tier.
Secretary Young Of the state board Of immi-
grafton, has recently returned from a trip to
the southeast part of the state, during which
he visited Steele, Dodge, Freeborn, Waseca.
and Mower counties, inspecting the crops, etc.
He reports that he found very. little injury
done by rains, none whatever when the grain
was properly stacked The wheat yield, he
SAYS, is very large, the largest. he thinks that
has ever been in the state and at least 20 per
cent over that of 1871 Oats ere very heavy
and fine. and corn is forward and in ten days
will be out Of all danger Of frost Thig crop,
however, has been slightly injured by drought
The wheatis Of good quality and will grade as
No. i. n # y. / ,.s
Thursday evening the house and balm Of N
Tranlm situated between Mortified and
Waterford, was burned. Y cry little was saved
from the contents. Insurance a2,7o0 FL
Adolph, fifteen year-old son of Mr.: Berg
strom, living near Evansville, MINI, was &C.
identally shot and killed by his twin brother
u Sunday last Z
An unknown man aged about fifty years threw
himself in front Of the engine of q train at Twin
Lakes, on the Second division Of the Mirneap-
oils & ST Louis road recently, and was instant
" killed He had never been seen before in
that place and was undoubtedly q stranger He
Was we'll dressed, and appeared to have been q
merchant, but certainly was not . tramp.
Nearly all the losses sustained during the
Anoka FIRE have been ad justed BY the repre-
sentative Of the insurance companies, with
the exception OF that on the Washburn mill,
which viii also be adjusted within ten days
This Is very creditable record for the COM
pa1ies, and viii be graf efnily appreciated by
The people interested
Several cases Of leprosy are reported in Vel
low Medicine county Is. Y IS q Is
Hon. Lewis Harrington was buried Sunday
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