Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-08-08
fifth nIinnesota District.

1fth minnesota District. I. sEI
The Rspnbli can CON ressional convention of
/ the Fifth district for the purpo ct nominal
/ Ing q oandi late as the successor Of Hon Milo
Mute, repres sentative, met IN the new court
house at Austin The convention was called
To- order by Chairman Wilkins. Maj. O..
Gould was elected temp chairman. After
t the usual formal business, Mr.
| " hits WaH nominated as tlis own successor, and
elected, Steele county alone being against HIM
re made brief speech of acceptance The
chairman announced the following compress
/ slonal committee for the ensuing year. v A /;
George a. Andrus TAT iarge), chairman: Lars
9. = Ha m fillmore; G. L.on,an, Houston;
Q. .. Ford, Wa basha; T. s. Peck, Dodge; w.
A. sperry, Steele; g. u Case, Mower,
+ ". &Fetige was arrested In Fergus Falls
stupidity drunk and bearing on his person let,
tiers to friends telling them to take care OF his
body Hestill wants to kill HIMSELF. iE..5.
A Faribault boy had fifty birdshot picked
out Of his hide the other day. He had
been dieting on fruit IN his neighbours garden.
Last weeks gale unroofed the Wabasha
county workhouse. No injury was done in
Mates + = ':rt - .,#
Hon. W. H. Officer is slowly recovering from
his protracted and serious illness He is able
to be about the house during part of every day,
but has not yet been out Of doors.
Nels Anderson, 81 swede, was drowned in the
bay at Duluth. while bathing. The body was
recovered He leaves O. wife and five chill
dren. d.. -~tt
+ William W., youngest son Of Gen. T, l. Ros-
ser, died at the summer residence Of the fam
lily at Lake Park, Lake Minnetonka, from
blood POISONING The trouble is traced to a
colored stocking worn over an abrasion, and
what at first proved to be- but G. temporary
| trouble proved fatal
Mrs Alice Walker, who lived in Sam Judd's
house in Marine, has been arrested for setting
it on fire, on the evidence of an accomplish.
Officer Laughlin of Minneapolis, shot On
Saturday, the the Goth, by Cantieny, desper-
ado, died on Monday. Cantieny was taken to
the st. Paul jail to save him from lynching
J. B. Babcock, one Of the most prominent
and respected citizens of Jackson, died aged
forty-four years.
A barn, twenty tons Of hay and horse, be-
longing to Hans Markson Of Havana, burned.
Mr.. LeFleur of Mcorhead, while at work on
a church in the town Of Moland, fell over thirty
feet Thursday, striking on his head and caus-
ing severe depression Of the skull, making
him unconscious. The operation Of trephining
was made, but the patient has not returned to
consciousness. 1t is feared that he has suf-
fered internal njur}es.
Now that the Northern Pacific has completed
the preliminaries toward securing the lease Of
the Oregon Railway and Navigation company,
the ratification and other formalities will be
gone through with in few days.
Monsignor Capel preached in the St. Paul
cathedral Sunday.
George Liessim, aged twenty-five, living q
few miles west from Winona, in fit of tenn
porary alteration stabbed himself several
times in the face, throat and body. He was
overpowered and taken to Winona. His wounds
are serious.
The Minnesota Editorial Association met at
Mahtomedi white Bear Lake, on Monday, Gov.
Davis delivered an address and the following
officers We're elected: For president B. B. Her
bert; vice presidents, A. y. McKinstry, ". j.
Whipple aud S. G. Pease; corresponding secre-
tary, Maj: 7. NJ Newson; recording secretary,
Liberty Hall; treasurer, D. Ramalay; executive
committee, H. P. Hall, H. A. Castle, ". H.
Nimmocks. The members started on Wednes-
day for an excursion to Lake Superior.
Rye, oats and barley arc about harvested in
southern Minnesota and the yield, as far as re-
ported, is fully up to expectations.
Traverse county farmers will hold conven-
ton Aug. i, to elect delegates to the farmers
senatorial and representative convention, to be
held 1T Herman, Grant county, Aug. s. The
5attar rOJvantinn will incInHa rapraSantofi vas
of the farmers, laborers and tradesmen, and
will consider the question OF relief from cor
porate oppression.
A meeting will be held at Herman, Aug. 2, to
organize brotherhood of Union veterans of
| the late war.
Brown & Bagley will build saw mill at Clo-
quet with capacity of 5000 feet per day.
Edward Ellis, y boy four years old, had his
hand severed at the wrist by mower d Bloom
ing Prairie
Nels Nelson, Swede, while under the in
fuence of liquor, proceeded to take a bath
in st. Louis Bay Sunday afternoon and was
drowned.
Ex~Mayor john L. Prince Of st. Paul, enter
tanned most brilliantly Monsignor 7. j. CapeL
Mrs. Ellen MeadowcsofO Goslee Of Lyle
town, Mimi, was seriously burned by attempt
ing TO kindle fire with kerosene. Her clothes
caught fire and before the flames were extin-
gl1ished her limbs were severely burned. She
has been confined to the bed since the acct
dent Her husband, i'll assisting to put out the
fire, had his hands SO badly injured that he
cannot work for sevIM weeks.
The st. Paul police caught William Rex, q
l,700 defaulter from Chicago.
c. F. Cornelssen, general store, Fergus
Falls, has assigned to Angle & Perkins. Me-
nartli Brothers, crockery, Fergus Falls, have
been attached by Allen, Moon & Co., St Paul.
| Both the involved concerns are small.
Between Big Stone lake and Lake Traverse
f, an artesian we'll 400 feet Deep with flow of
400 barrels in twenty four hours, rising to q
height of 100 feet above the ground has just
! been finished
A lotof rowdies from Ortonyille, Mimi, wen'
over tho lake to Big Stone City, Oak, and ere
ated disturbance at q camp meeting, going
| through several tents, scattering the contents
and destroying what they could, insulting
and frightening the women and children. They
also badly maltreated Rev. 0. E. Murray,
| but did not iniure him seriously. The fellows
then fled, and are being sought by Dakota Of
| fcers.
| r. Q. Balstad, of Fergus Falls, has been held
| for trial for stealing a steer from 3. a. Clarke.
Prof. II. r. Kingsley, of the Alexandria,
schools, has accepted the position of assis-
( tant professor Of mathematics at Michigan
university, Ann Arbor. ~.
Fergus Falls special:-The Amea & French
farm, seven miles west, eighteen hundred acres
under cultivation, was swept with the hail
Thursday, and some parts Of it are rot worth
harvesting. A. T. Coles $50 acres near the
city limits cut up 80 that the field presents
the appearance of being harvested. B. A.
| Peabody put his losses at 81 SOC. The Wemple
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