Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-31
the saw. The stick broke the sknll jus. owe,

can actually breathe through the hole In his
skull. He promises to fully recover exceri
that he will always have the power to breathe
through tins hole. as we'll 8asl through Shis
nostrils or his mouth. 4 81
terrible prairie fire has been raging in
Murray and Ppestone counties. 1t did mncE
damage, burning several farm houses, grai1
ana hyystacks In same instances the farmer
lost everything. 1t being 80 early in the sea-.
son, many We're not protected by frebreaksi
The town Of Woodstock had q narrow escape
from the fire, it required the entire inhabitants
TO keep it ut Bay. A slight rain had SO checked /
ths fire as to bring thunder control.
= Ignatius Donnelly has, sued the, Pionse,
Press foran alleged libel laying his damages a
SIC, 900. ~ E%Nre}a sEfT: - - -
A Manitoba boarding Ihousekeeper named
Mcdonald traced his runaway wife to Duluth
and has had her and her paramour, Donald
Malcomb, jailed ii = ~ r
. ". W. Satterlee, secretary of The state Pro.
hibition committee, has issued a call to all Pro-
hibitionists in the state to observe Wednesday,
Oct 20, as q day Of fasting, humiliation and
prayer: The programme suggested for the
morning includes confession and humiliation
for want OF zeal in the propagation of prohibit
ton doctrines and for completely with the Ii.
censcd liquor traffic; declarations and recitals
on the evils Of intemperance, the political blind
ness OF license voters and the aggressiveness OF
the liquor interest
The Minneapolis mills made 4, 797 80 barrels
of flour last year-an increase of 1851 bar
rels. Total receipts of wheat during the crop
year was nearly y, 0O0, 600 bushels
The papers in the case of the assignment Of
Hon. James G. Lawrence and the Wabasha
Bruce Florer, cashier of the First National
bank, have been filed with the clerk of the dis
trict conrt. MIR. Lawrence's assets are set
down at $4,000, while the assets Of the mill
company are figured at $50 600 The assignee
has taken possession of the property and will
close up matters ut the earliest possible mo-
ment These assignments wore made inevita-
Bile by the recent failure Of the Mazeppa Mill
company and the Minnesota Elevator com
pany, consequently no one was surprised
when the news Of the assignments was
made public, although the friends of Mr.,
Lawrence and the other members Of the mi!
company earnestly hoped such an exigenc.
would be avoided.
A thermometrical tumble of over forty-nint
degrees within three days following the Goth
has had the effect Of making people believe
that winter is verify at hand. 1t is very prob
will yet see some warm and pleasant weathe,
before the trouble really begins in earnest
w. c. Lattmer, Perkins Il Lyons embezzlin,
clerk, returned to st Paul in charge Of an Off
Ger.
Articles of incorporation Of the Decorab,
Rochester & Red River were filed recently with
the secretary of state The capital stock is 49,
1000, and the principal place Of business
DEBORAH, Iowa. The railway is to run north
westerly and south east or southeaster ly
from DEBORAH, Iowa, as the directions may de-
eide to points in Iowa. Minnesota, Wisconsin,,
Dakota and Illinois, to connect with other
roads. The officers of the company are Will
liam H. Vatican, president; Hiram T: Horton,
vice president; Reuben H. Wales, treasurer,
and George w. Adams, secretary. The object
Of the company il to practically build an ex-
| tension to St. Paul and Minneapolis via Roch-
ester. The new road is generally admitted
to be fathered by the Burlington Cedar Rapids
Northern
Donald Malcolm and Mrs. Mcdonald have
been arrested in Duluth on complaint of Mr..
Mcdonald the husband of the woman, Man.
itoban, who says that his wife ran away from
him. Mrs. Mcdonald says she left her husband
because she had TO support him, and that she
came to Duluth where she found Malcolm, who
engaged ner as nOusekeepef, LII WHICH Cap.
acity she was acting when arrested
At the chapel OF Ursuline convent, in Lake
City on the 2lst, four young ladies we're in
vested with the religious habit and entered up
On their novitlate, their family names and the
co,lventual ones they assumed being as fol-
lows: Rosemary Dunn SISTER Stanislaus),
Bridget CaInpion (Sister Angela), Julia Bowd
(s'ister Josepll) and Ellen Quinn (Sister Coma
gay. On the same occasion Sarah A Quinn,
having reached the end Of her novitiate term,
made her VOWS.
May Alice, daughter OF Rev. DR.. G. ". 7.
Wright, who formerly resided at Lake City, was
married to Edgar l.. Perry of Maine at Wash
ington, D. G., On the Sth inst
A weekly paper: to be named the Barnes"
vile Times, will publish its first issue this
week.
H. L. Smith has become sole proprietor OF
the Lake City Graphic, Mr.. Messnler retiring.
The jury in the. case of Brandes, charged
the prisoner gave s., 600 bail for his future ap-
pearance.
A. j. johnson & Co., grocers in small
| way at Red Wing and successors to e. Ebstrom
& Co., have assigned to W. n McQuin. AS
sets and liabilities not given, but both small.
Joshua Tressler, the third of the three broth
ers who murdered Ole Iwessou in Blue Earth
county, MINI, Oct. G. has been captured in
Pottawattomie coanty, Iowa, and s now in Jail
in Mankato He was vigorously pursued by
Sheriff Cummings and his deputy and cs-Sher-
if Sheehnn Of Freedom county, with Marshal
TODD of Carroll, Iowa.
Fire gutted the blacksmith shop Of Albert
Oestrich in Duluth The building was owned
by J. D. Roy. Loss, $500 or s7o0 The build!
ing was formerly used as s. hospital by the St
Lukes society.
While James Bennett of Chester, Wabasha
county, was holding the lenders Of do,nhle
team attached to threshing machine on the
farm of his neighbor, l.. Bartlett, the water
gauge Of the engine burst, and the frightened
horses trampled upon Mr.. Bennett, inhicting
injuries that caused his death in an hour.
Deceased was sixty years old, an early
settler, and leaves widow and daughter
eighteen years old.
Five buildings were burned in Vests Paul
Thursday night The buildings were all owned
by John Il. Reimer, who resides at No. 154
Delos street, and were occupied as follows:
Saloon, Chris Miller; blacksmith and wagon
shop, William Reimer; the butcher shop was
empty and tho feed store occupied by Reimer
himself. Total loss So, 600,-insurance 5000
Miss Florence Van Deventer eldest daughter
Of David P. Van Deyenter, aud Clarence Seco,
of ST. Paul, MINI. son of Horace Secor Of New
York, were married at Cllffwood, n J. A
special train conveyed q number Of society
people. The bride is a very pretty blonde.
| Victor Miller, switchman, was killed by an
engine at st. Paul. He was an old and respect
ed citizen, having been in the employ of the
Milwaukee road for ten years, and inS the en-