Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-08-29

|. fittliard ;Mslss:sR .Englshman about twenty
.faars Of age Who has been in this country only
Two or Ii,iVe 5,l o, .-s shot and
ait.,1 =, 49, S..-,>.c;nr, and friend, Mr.. Frost
bic. in Fox Lake MINI Frostbie tripped his
foot and fell, and as he went down his gun was
accidentally discharged, the entire yolley taking
effect in his companions head, anu killing him
almost instantly.
Near Lansing, number Of calves have been
lost by a mysterious disease called bloody
murrain The calves are taken sick and die,
some within sixteen hours, there beng no
cure. The disease is contagious.
A soldier of the war of 1912, hfr. Isaac De
Ccurcey, died in Faribault, at the home OF his
granddaughter, Mrs. Ray.
Peter McClosky of Carrollsyille lost his barn
and granary being set on fire by children play
ing with matches
A new $4,000 bushel elevator will be erected
at Eagle Bend, Todd county:
Mrs A. W. Fountain celebrated her hun
dredth birthday On Sunday, at the residence
of her daughter, Mrs. Stephen Francisco, IN
Florence township, Wabasha county
Carleton college opens Sept. 10. The atten-
dance promises to be large
handed down his decision in the suit of Stephen
F. Bueneman vs.. the St Paul Minneapolis and
Manitoba railway, affirming the order Of the
lower court denying new trial to the railroad
The suit was for So 600 for damages to Buene-
man growing out of in u1ies sustained by him,
by falling off the depot Platform at Alexandria,
Mimi, some five years ago.
The officers of the Northwestern Lumber
man, s association elected at the meeting in
Chicago are: 49,.
President A. G. Van Shack; vice president,
D. G. Merriman; treasurer, A. A. Biglow; sec
rotary, E. S. Hotchkiss; directors, E. E. Gre
pin, White Lake. Mich. A. Lay, Praverse City,
Mich. E W Durant, Saltwater, Mimi !; 0. H.
Ingram, Eau Claire, Wis. r. G. Peters, Manis-
tee, Mich ; ". O. Goodman, Menorainee, Mich:
J: H. Swan, Muskegon, Mich. r. M. Musser,
Mnscatine, Iowa; ". J. Young, Clinton, Iowa;
g. s Shaw, Davenport, Iowa: G. L Coleman,
La Crosse, Wis, j. M. Gould, Moline, H.. 6,
W Rody, Ludington, Mich. S. W. Farnhan,
Minneapolis; G. M White, Montrose, Iowa.
Theodore Kaupang, aged twelve years, Of
New Sweden, Mimi, was killed by the kick ola
horse Louis Edwards, aged fifteen, of Den
yer, MIMI, was thrown from horse and re-
ceived injuries from which he died soon after:
Anna Fildman, a child fourteen years old,
I'll.
ton, MINI, accidentally shot herself dead with
her brothers. gun.
Levi W. Stewart, son of Elder Stewart Of LIE
Sueur county, Mimi, Was arrested at LIE Sueur
after severe struggle, charged with burglariz-
ing the Kasota eating house. 1t is believed he
is the man who has been doing an active bust
ness in burglary and petty theving at LIE Sueur
and in the vicinity for some time past az
well as at LIE Sueur Center and elsewhere in!
the county during the past year.
At ST Paul Hugh Gallagher was run away
with and killed.
The liabilities of +. e. Schenck. of the Bruins
wick, Minneapolis, aggregated 1868. Net
assets, 50, 742
AtWinnebago City, the postofice and Ameri-
can Express Office was broken into Thursday
morning at one o'clock, and the safe drilled
open. The loss to the posto nce is about 800
in stamps and $25 in silver. The express
Office lost $lS in currency, and among other
valuable papers thirty blank express money
orders. &. r. Goodwfn's Office was entered
and $s taken from his safe. The contents Of
the safe was carried block, where they broke
open the iron chest and sorted the papers,
taking only part OF them
At Willn,ar, two tramps, named Frank Dig
now and Thomas Quigley, confined in the coun-
ty Jail on charge of burglary, made their es-
cape by crawling through one of the ventlators
but were soon captured
The Austin Transcript speaking of the pros
poets of the Minnesota g. Northwestern, saws;
''}.ae distance from Mona, Iowa. to ST Paul
via the new line is only Ito miles, instead Of
ll5 as has been stated and from Austin to St
Pa1l w miles, which lis five miles less than by
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul The route
selected north of Austin is the line west of
Brownsville. It will cross the Southern Min
nesota railroad about two miles east Of Ramsey
The reason given for selecting this route in
preference to vic Brownsville is thatit saves
fhe company over milo in distance, and will
cost less money, for grading and bridging
IracklayIng will commence in the spring just
as soon $as the ground is in proper condition,
probably about May 1, and will not consume
over forty days for the entire line.
Material for the Minnesota & Northwestern
railway at Cascade, Mimi, is now arriving at
Waterville. Thera will be about eight hundred
car Loads A spur track will be built from the
Mnneapoiis d St Louis at Cascade, and the
rails unloaded ready for track laying in the
spring. There are strong grounds for beliey-
ing that the work will be run in the interest Of
the Illinois Central Work on the Wisconsin
Minnesota & Pacific between Mankato and
Watesyine has not yet commenced, although
lA@ . II wy - COAl pletGG.5z
Montgomery & Morley have purchased 5000
acres Of swamp land in Ham Lake and Column
bus, Anoks county, and have already put in
hfty miles of bitches. It is expected to make.
5,OOO OF 9, Geo acres of the amount hay land be-
fore operations shall be suspended.
Mrs W q Murray, Of Lake city, delighted
numerous friends with an exhibition of a night
blooming cereus with six magnificent blossoms
upon it The same plant unfolded two blossoms
On the previous evening. =.s BIB Is 81 s,
During the heavy thund erstor1n on last sat,,r-
day afternoon the house OF John Rerier. a
farmer Of Eden Prairie, Hennepin county. was
strnck BY lightning and the owner, Just enter
us the bMlding by the front door, was violently
nnroWn TO the ground and seriously injured
Inc Dol bolt finally entered the cistern
William b Kinder, Of Waseca, died OF con-
sumption at VeYay, Ind, Aug ii, and MAS
buried Aug 16, beside his father at his home
at Hamilton, Ohio He stldied law in the
/ Ofiice OF Louis BroWneIl at IFaseca and
graduated as the Cincinnati Inv school. ara for
several years pant practiced law as 8 ulen1ber
OF the firm Of BToWnell & Kinder. at Waseca, \
being the .s son-iin-law Of his partner, Louis
man named Millette, was drowned about
ono and half miles north west az Crooks.
ton last Saturday evening while fishing.