Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-10-02

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Nathan II yricka as turned TO ST. Paul
from Washing ton, and it is meek less w say
lie is dissatisfied with the avn - pf the
conn mission which inv estigat ted the North
western post trad rship losses w Indians
He says the co nlrnissio cut has clam n,a
down to IS 0OO. ss.3@
&. 81 Blasdel, father 81 2. g: Blaadell { ri Il
ST Pau, died at Los Angelo Ca. HeWas.
IN old resident Of ST. Paul
The question as to who shall lay the corr
tler stone of the new court house at ST.;
Paul, is still being earnestly agitat ted and
becoming slightly serio BUS. he court no use
commissioners invited the Masons to per-
form the service, and they accepted the In;
yitation, but certain olicS societies
who oppose secret organiz ions, ARC used|
opposition to the Masonic cerem onies, and
are working on the commissioners to have
the lawyers conduct them. There is a
great deal OF suppressed feeling about the
matter. u &3Es5s 5S 4 If RAJ H. !.
! n Col. John Earring ton received his creden-
tials recently from Secretary OF the Treas.
ury Manning as custodian and collector o.
toms at st. Paul, vice Edward Richards
He FASTENED to the customs house and,
taking the oath OF office before Clerk Spen-z
cer, of the United States district court, took
possession Of the off re. " AT one time it was
thought that Capt. J. d Mood was to have
this place, but he was disapp ointed.
I Hon. Warren Adley OF Osakis died very
suddenly OF heart disease. 4S#t2S y
Mrs. Anna Roch 81 Wadena, who has
been demented since the death Of her hus-
band last spring, committed suicide by
hanging herself. She leaves one child. X
IA farmer from Vermont, who was rob-
bed OF S 1l2 by confidence men, became in
sane on IL Manitoba train, and caused
great excitement and terror among the pas
| sengers, until turned over to the sheriff at
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The United States circuit court at Winona
has set aside the verdict in the case Of Mrs.
Patrick English VS.. The Chicago, Milwau-
kee & St. Paul Railway Company, wherein
she was allowed IS, 900 damages Tor the
death OF her husband. r
Michael and William Wholley OF Houston
county are reported to have inherited over
81 ,O00,O 900 by the death OF relative.
I, The body OF H. f. Peterson, drowned in
Battle Lake. has been recovered by the use
OF dynamite.
Rev. E. III. Sheath, who has been preach
ing very acceptably in the First Congrega-
tional church at Benson for the past two
months, has been elected to the chair OF
psychology and ethics in the Wesleyan u,l-
iversity Middleton, Mass. and has gone
East to assume the position.
/ At Moorhead, the coroner's jury empan-
elled to determine how j. S. Hughes came
to his death, reported that they found The
| deceased was kicked and choked to death
by James Irwin and another man to the
jury unknow who havenot been arrested.
The funeral of w. w. McNair took place
at Minneapolis. At a largely attended
meeting of the bar association, prominent
members pay eloquent tributes to his
memory
The following prisoners arrived at the
State penitentiary: Charles G. Webber, OBJ
tanning property and money by false pre-
tense, one year and six months; Joseph
Goodrich larceny, two years and six
Brenna, two years: John Boyd, two years;
George Anderson, larceny, establishments,
seven years. This is the second term in the
Minnesota prison for Anderson.
F. Roseman of Milford, Brown county,
has lost two children OF diptheria, and the
third one is dying. Two more of his chill
dren are down with the disease. :.
Near Moorhead J. S. Hewes is murdered
by James Irwin because he refused to take
q drink.
In quarrel growing out Of a game OF
! cards at Mankato, Anton Hastings, car
penter, seriously stabs Fred Kroger, black.
smith.
J. D. Hunter, q blind man from Upton,
Ind, was robbed in St. Paul.
James Fowler, the six-year-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. James Fowler OF Minneapolis
was burned to death.
Mclean Bros, groccrs at Duluth, have
assigned to Fred H. Russell. The firm has
been III business two years, and was not a
large one. The assets are about 81, 900 on
stock and book accounts. IS, 600; liabili-
ties 50, 500, owed to IL large number OF
creditors, mostly in small amounts.
The postmaster general has appointed
the following fourth-class postmasters, the
Minnesota incumbents being removed I'M
Keighler, vice Mix; Benson, John D. Lyons
vice Winans, resigned; Claremont, Henry
G. Rand, vice Doe, resigned; Clearwater,
Simon Stevens, vice Fuller; Cannon River
Falls, S. S. Lewis, vice Schofield; Buffalo,
John c. Nugent, vice Taylor; Bristol Jona-
than Broadwater, vice Morris; Beaver
Falls, J. Leon Weld, vice Gerald; Cottage
Grove, H.C. Schranna, vice Furber; Belle
Plaine, s. r. Hamilton, vice Trebly; Avoca,
John. O. Cochran, vice Young; Delavan,
Michael Schied, vice Schlotf; Byron;D. Max
field, vice Kendall; Cordova, A. L. Sutton,
vice Courtwright; Barnesville, Austin J.
Fitzgerald, vice Thompson; Winnebago
City A. B. Davis, vice Winship; Window,
S. 3. Steadman, vice Cone; Dodge Center,
NJ. R. Dresbaugh, vice Faucheo; Wesleyan,
S. J, Stephan, vice Wozgska.
The Third Annual meeting of the Bicy-
clists OF the state was held at Minneapolis.
There were &C present. The Minneapolis
wheelmen naturally predominated, but
there were a good many from abroad-St.
Paul, Winona, Faribault. St. Cloud. St.
! Charles, Austin, Henderson, Pennington,
Wadena. Won Sicklen's time in tho mile
race, 2:57Ha is the best ever made on a Min
nesota track. He ran a mile in practice in
2:54. +. 4. .sE ~ j. - %3 43$
Hamline university at st. Paul opened
with large attendance Nearly one hum
dred students have already registered, and
many more names will be added to the list.
Nearly one half Of those already entered
are new students, many Of whom enter the
college department. s5S 5 al !%i
Treasurer Wilcox states that the total
receipts OF the State Fair will figure up
| about $48, 900, although the exact amount
| is not yet known. 55s
The marriage Of Fred 3. Snyder. Of the
law firm Snyder 4 Janlison, and Miss Sue
M. Pillsbury, daughter of ex-Goy. and Mrs.
John s. Pillsbury was solemnized at Min
neapolis at the residence Of the brides par