Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-03-14

Lake.. 20 4 Wilkin..." 500 1913
Ii seSnr 4 sss Wrishs sSss
Lyon. 49,. 1905 To3IIYell wMed-
Mcleod; -. a,1ss 1921 icine.... 1,747 ss1
Martin ... 1923 6s2 Totals POI ,e74 s7s, e5a
Meeker 49,. $40 1,4e2'I
Cents are omitted from the amounts due each
county.
J. w Harding, prominent man
ufacturer at Lake City is dead. He
owned and ran steamboat on the Mis-
sissippi in 1856.
The Benson Scandinavian dramatic
club is travelling from town to town in
the state and drawing profitable houses.
Thomas j. Webster, an old resident
of Lake City, died Jan. rs, i'll Port Or
ange, Fla, Of consumption.
Freeman Lamb, ninety -one of Gull
ford, is dead
John johnson, a boarder at the Scandi
navian house, Montevidco, committed
suicide by shooting himself through the
head. He lived recently in Minnea-
polls.
Minnesota congressman are taking q
hand in the Dakota governorship CUES
ton.
The Owatonna postof1ice appointment
still hangs fire.
D. V. Gilmore Of Anoka was crushed
and killed by log in camp north Of
Aitkin.
1t was reported that Isaac De Cour-
cy, a Fergus Falls pauper, ninety years
old, had received q back pension of &c.
900. It seems he has not, but expects,
such good fortune.
Assistant Superintendent of Public
Instruction Pendergast has been COM
putting the population Of Minnesota from
the returns Of public school pupils. In
March, 1880, there were Ice, 521 pupils
enrolled and the population as given by
the census was 7SO,773. The enroll
ment in March, 1884, is POI ,674, from
which Mr.. Pendergast computes the
present population to be 951, 800.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed with the secretary Of state of Fisher
Roller Mills company, of Fisher, Polk
county, with capital stock OF $40. 900,
which may be increased to $50, 200,
and the limit Of liability, $4,000. The
incorporators are Hugh Tompson, John
Gleason, A. D. Stephens and others;
all of Fisher. Also articles of the Tow
arzystwo Polskie Rzymsko Katolickie
Bratnlcl Pomocy Sroietogo, a Polish
mutual benefit society of St. Paul, the
incorporators being Frank Kanka, John
Blachowski and others.
Several subscribers, at various times,
have written inquiring as to what trees
satisfy the requirement of the timber
culture act. Under date of May. IS,
1880, the land epartment>decided that
the planting and cultivation of the fol-
lowing trees meet the requirement;
Cedar, pine, fir, larch, elm, oak. black
locust, alder, beech, plane COTTON, but
tonwood OF sycamore), chestnut, spruce,
ash, birch, service tree (mountain ash,
maple. Gncluding box elder, walnut,
cottonwood, white willow, hickory,
wildwood tulip tree) butternut and
Eastwood. f..
a G. A. r. post, has been established
at North Pacific Junction, Carleton
county. The following members were
elected and installed: Commander, G.
NJ. B. Hatch senior vice, L.. w. Greene:
junior vice, George Page; chaplain,
W. s. Leech; surgeon, E. Berry; Of
ficer Of the day, A. Libby; officer Of the
guard, j. H. Cole; quartermaster.
George J. Ridley; adjutant H. Fl. Haw-
kins.
Mack's hotel, at Anoka, a large frame
building at Main and Ferry streets,
known for score or more ofyears as
the KimbaH house, was totally con-
sumed by fire, entailing a loss of nearly
$40 900, with an insurance on building
and furniture of $4,000. Citizens lent
timely aid in remying the furniture and
assisting the guests from the burning
building, all of whom escaped safely
with their effects The barroom fix
lures were mostly saved. "a
Jack Ellerston, who published a
Scandinavian paper at Albert Lea for,
some time, is sued in Chicago for s1O,-
600 damages by the Norwegian Swedish
consul, for q libel in the Kosrnos,
ID Maj. Strait was before the subcom-
mittee Of the appropriations committee
of Congress on Monday the Bird, and
had an item Of $40: 600 inserted in the
Indian bill for the Med Wacouton Sioux
Living Id Minnesota, for their mainten-
ance and education. These Indians are.
now living along the Minnesota river,
and are really entitled, Mr. Strait says,
to g portion Of the annuities made for
the support Of the Sioux Indians, but
rather than remain upon their reserYa-
ton IA Nebraska, have chosen to sever
themselves from the tribal relations and
adopt the customs OF the whites. "A
portion Of them are now occupying land
of their own ID Minnesota. This. Is IN
keeping with what is recommen ended by.
the secretary 81 the interior for the civ.
4 iliz q Of the Indians.