Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-06-20
The fourth trial Of William +. Thomp

The fourth trial Of William +. Thomp-
son at Minneapolis, on q charge OF emf
bezzlenlent from Farnham & Loveioy
was brought to close in the district
court by verdict pt not guilty.
Pert second of the annual report OF
the insurance commissioner, devoted TO-
statistics Of life insurance, is in the
press and will soon be issued. In a.
brief history Of life insurance in America,
the commissioner notes that there are
now forty-dve companies doing bust
ness, with aggregate assets of $500 ,00o,-
0O0 Their payments to policy holders
have exceeded $500, O00, 900. During the
year, two new companies, the Equitable
of Des Moines, Iowa, and the John Han.
cock of Massachusetts,, have been admit
ted to do business in Minnesota, and the
Charter Oak of Hartford, has with
drawn. There are now twenty-five
companies doing business IL the state.
The marriage OF Kendall Green Of
Faribault to Miss Hattie Winter, took
place at the Congregational church
Wednesday afternoon, Rev. E. Gale Of
fciating.
William, Jeese and Charles Stewart
of Ward township, Todd county, aged
respectively nineteen, seventeen and
fifteen, are in the Long Prairie jail for
three months. They became involved
in family quarrel, were bound over to
keep the peace, and in default OF $40
cost were jailed,
In the suit OF Beynon & Wales Of De-
ktoa against MI. Burdick Of the Diamond
mills, Owatonna, for damages to tie
amount Of 50, 500, for machinery left IN
the mill and for breach Of contract, the
jury returned verdict for the PLAIN
tiffs for S19J and costs Gordon I.
Cole Was counsel for the defense.
The barn of Frank Remelv Of George
town, Clay county. was struck i'v hight
ming Wednesday morning the lith, and
set on fire and burned to the ground,
The lightning also killed fo31r horses,
that were in the structure. Several sets
of harness and some farm implements
We're also destroyed There WAS no ILL.,
surance. The loss will approximate -,
500.
Thomas O'Neil, who has been held in
the Moorhead jail for q year OF more for
safe keeping, from Becker county. was
taken back to Detroit few days ago,
and has now been adjudgea insane, and
will 90 to ST. Peter.
Duluth is to lave arother paper,
called the Journal, with r. J. Magliro
editor and Fred PuIlle1 manager,
A few evenings since nicely dressed,
well appearing couple went to Saltwater
from ST. Paul to get married. They
caJledupon a pastor Of one Of the protes-
tant churches, and there discovered tht1
a license was necessary. The gentlc-
man went out to procure one. but w;'s
unable to find the clerk Of the court.
Returning soon, the party with gentle
man and his wife as witnesses, >irov,
across the bridge to Wisconsin, :sn,,
while sitting in the carriage the MAJ
riage ceremony was performed, and the
happy couple departed for home.
United States Marshal DeItv: Dep
uty Marshal Bracket, and uur other
deputy arrived in Duluth, Tuesday
morning with warrants for Ii" arrest If
parties indicted for alleged lard irau1s
It is said twenty two indictments Nera
found for pine land crookeIuess. >cvoll-
teen of then against citizens Of Dujs;tE.
The officers immediately served WAY
rants on G. p Byam. Frank Burke anN
Edward Lynch Burke and Lvrrh
gave bail before United States Com
missioner Carey in the sum Ct s;5OJ
each, but Byam, against whom there
are three or four indictments waS IN
able to get bondsmen The officer went,
around with him all day il ms search
for bondsmen, and this evening Brfllo
managed to give them the slip and es
capped. He went into a saloon. Where
Byam called for drinks, throwing . IS
gold piece on the counter and went out
the back way. The officer sat down and
waited for hin, to come back, but he id
not come.
The storm OF Saturday was quite Sc
we're north Of Mortified. lightning
struck in different places. Mean ras-
cade the barn OF Mrs. Klevberpl'"r
was struck and set on fire, and totally
consumed.
Ernest Sargent, aged sixteen, stole
800 from his employer, Mrs. ellison
Wells, but was captured at La Crosse.
At Detroit, Becker county, lur:
brought in a verdict Of $3.50 against tlIt
Northern. Pacific for running over wag
On in which Jacob .Wygart the driver
was killed. A charge Of manslaughtel
against the engineer was abandoned.
The house committee on public land;
has agreed to report bill providing
for the forfeiture of $500 acres of land
immediately north of Sioux City, which
is claimed by the Sioux City s. st. Paul
railroad.
The sixteenth annual meeting Of the
Minnesota State Medical society will
convene at the court house in Saltwater
Thursday, June 10th.
Warden Reed of the State prison re-
.ceived from Sheriff Holcombe of Wash
ington county August Stromberg.
larceny from a dwelling house, ont
year; from Fl. M. Richardson of Ohm
stead county Allen Robinson, arson, six
months, and Frank Smith, larceny in
dwelling house. one year.