Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-31
Minnesota School Book Agents.

In response to aquestion Of Samuel Whiting,
president Of the school board of Clearwater,
Wright county, Attorney General Hahn recent
ly gave an opinion that section ~, general
eohsol Laws, prohibits a merchant who has
been appointed agent for the sale of school text
books from acting as q member of the school
board at the same time. If he does, he is
liable to the fine imposed by that act The
section would apply to any one furnishing any
article covered by the words F'beoks, apparatus
Or furniture" The fact that such . person
has acted as q member Of the board would not
many way affect the validity Of the act of the
board His being interested in the sale of any
Of the prohibited articles does not cause q
vacancy in the board 1t simply renders
him liable to the punishment imposed by Sec
ton ~.
The Catholic total abstinence societies Of St
Paul md Ramsey county, with the guidance
and suggestions of Bishop Ireland, are making
active preparations TO carry ON a vigorous
temperance campaign ths winter. AS far as
decided their plans contemplate the holding OF
public mass meetings at some hall in st. Paul
every two weeks, and the holding of local soci-
ETY. meetings each Intervening evening A to-
tai abstinence cadet corps is also under PROCESS
Of formation All of these plans will be fully
formulated at the quarterly meeting, Sunday,
Nov. :, nj $50 p. H., OF the Father Mathew
society's rooms
Rev. Samuel Williams, father of S. G. Will
liaans, nfs5t Paul, died at the age of eighty two
Deceased was Congregational minister, born
in Boston, July q 1902, and graduating from
Harvard college and Andover. Some years of
his life were spent at Brewster, Mass, in min
isterial work, where he met and married Tenn
II De-,
1879 MI. Williams came to Minnesota nine
years ago from South Andover Valley, New
York and lived with his son until the time of
his death. w.. -.
The Pillsbury "A. mill, at Minneapolis on
Monday, turned out 6,197 barrels of -four, or
about 800 barrels more flour than Was ground
in any previous twenty -four hours run. The
sun is the biggest on record.
DR.. ". F. Van Dyke for many years prom
inent resident physician and surgeonat Waba-
sha left for Ashland, Or, with his family, and
will make that place his home in the future.
Several St Paul firms were caught by the
failure of Steel, at Sun River, Mont, but none
to any extent H. ...,
Horse thieves got away with fine mare,
harness and wagon belonging to Mark Hale, at
Rich Valley, Mimi.
). M. Mclean Of Fergus Falls, who shot him
self accidentally in the leg while hunting few
days ago at Elbow lake. died. The physicians
found it necessary to amputate the limb as the
only means of saving his life, and the result
proved fatal, He was member OF the j. s.
Billings Lumber company and stood high
among business men. %'.uA (" ar: -, "
Mr.. Eels Gilbertsoa of Elbow Lake, Grant
county, was kicked by one of his horses and
died from the injuryreee ived on Saturday. He
was forty four years.e Of age, and leaves wife
and numerous children il, Oak fl#$ sssE
W r. Seward, for twelve years with Maj.
Smith, paymaaster, us. A, has accepted the
position Of cashier Of the cotton house Of Hill,
FoEtaine & Co, of Memphis, and wild leave for
that city in a few days, accompanied by his
family. &Ss.;la5 ] q 53,5y5
Il A fys-year- old daughter Of Henry Kaphaus-
man OF Hart, riding 10 company with q number
Of little girls in q lumber wagon, tel from the
seat down between the wheels, 81 lich3 passed
over her head, causing instant death. 81.
Quite peculiar case in the healing OF q
wound has developed at Duluth More than q, {
three weeks ago John johnson, q iaborer 81
the sawnlill Of the Duluth Lumber company,
vas injured on the head by . stick flying from