Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-12-04
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.

neart uAstttse. one naiO Deen IN poor health
for number OF years. I&.5.s,. s,s.- =.
At Red Wing John Nystrom had Charles
F. Peterson arrested on complaint of SLAM
der. The jury awarded the plaintiff dam.
ages to the amount Of 1--WE cents. ,s..<..,! LII.
r. P. Barron, New York capitalist. is
prospecting at Mile Laos lake With a view
to erect possible summer resort there.
wien the St. Paul, Brainerd 4 Mort hives t.
ern railroad is opened. e.4.. 3, .-.r
George y. Baxter OF Faribault was an.
pointed United States district attorney.
vice Scar resigned.
Some idiot tagged freight train near
Hastings, and the second section ran into
it, causing bad wreck. s,a. 4, re-. !, =
Theodore Bartlett, a civil engineer, died
at st. Paul OF typhoid fever.
Capitalists are said to be contemplating
putting up large fax and Touring mills on
the st. Louis river, near Duluth.
The meeting OF the county. sunerintend.
ents oil Minnesota has been called for Mon
day, Dec. Is. at the state capitol. -. The
meeting Will be in session two days and will
be followed by the meeting OF the state
teachers association. The topics to be
discussed will be- Vista ton, Of Schools, )"
tons" "Grading Country Schools and
'Teuchers' Reading Circles"
= Register Hartley, OF the Duluth land
Office, expects to turn over the office to
his successor Dec. ], and will then return
to attend to his large business interests in
Brainert. d." '"s s'nt''s "ss'.se~, - s.-
The election OF Incorporation Of the vii
lage OF Hincklcy was carried in the afIirma-
tive by IL vote OF 81 in favor to 81 against.
At the competitive exhibition of the
scholars OF Michigan Academy OF Owaton
ma, the Judges on essays gave thtir de-
cisions, having read the compositions, the
authors b'lng unknown to them: First
prize, Miss ', Mead; second, prize. Miss n.
NJ. .one>. After long absence, the judges
returned, Hon. II. &. Hickman compl-
clamatlon, awarding the first prize to c.
d. Case, the second to i. l.. Carey, and the
third to F.. +. Eulfom.
The Assumption German Catholic)
Church at st. Paul raised over $4,000 at
q courch lair.
AT St. Paul, John Williamson, bookkcep-
er Tor He:h. d Rank, painters, was badly
cut with {. knife by Andrew Hanson, u
painter. r''
A. c. Daniels of Oronoco has received a
back pension OF $500.
Several urchns from seven to ten years
OF age at St. Charles secured a barrel Of
wine from ~ burning store and got glorious
ly full.
Hunters near Eagle Bend are killing g.
large number OF deer and the settlers arc
threatening to prosecute them.
Worthington lawyer took in 81, 900 on
appeals filed by settlers during the recent
land scare.
The Minnesota Land and Loan Company
OF Lake City has organized with capital
OF $25, 1000.
The Congrcga tional church OF Rochester
has extended II call to Rev. S. +. Mlliken
OF Ottunwa Iowa.
Bishop Whipple preached the commend O.
ration sermon before the Domestic and
Foreign missionary Society OF the Episco-
pal church in Philadelphia. The
Press OF tina city says: He wears a. black
skull cap, and has man marks OF individ-
uality and power"
Charles II. Clark, secretary OF the Mime
apolis Fair association, died from stroke
OF paralysis.
S. Rathbun OF St. Clond had letter a
few days ago from brother whom he had
not heard from before for fifteen years.
They parted boys fourteen ard seventeen
er met a stranger who told him there was
an S. Rnthbun in St. Cloud and he wrote to
see ii it WAS his brother.
Fire originated in the pork-packjng house
Of Haas Br IS, located on the corner of Kent
and Ladond streets. st, Paul and the build.
ing was burned to the ground, mourning a
loss OF 81 500.
About 1851 acres of state lands were
disposed of in Brown county, prices rang
ing from S. to S10.75 per acre.
The big pine sale recently made by the
Northern Pacific is ON land located on the
st. Louis river, and all tributary to Du.
luth.
A. A. Day has sold his farm in Empire,
consisting OF $50 acres, together with all
the stock, implements, grain, ETC., to A. J..
Gillette OF West St. Paul for $4,000.
Mr.. Window tells the Winona Herald
tina I he is not d candidate for amy office,
but adds: Il do not say that am per
manently out of politics for I expect to
take an interest in political affairs. But
at present am not candidate for any
Office
Quite a number of occupants of railroad
lantis in Renville county have been before
the Redwood Falls land office for the past
Ie" days on account Of the claim made by
Land Commissioners Sparks that the. WI
mona Il st. Peter company have more nd
han they are legally entitled to.
Pipestone is to have a new hotel contain.
ng fifty rooms furnished through out with
all the modern conveniences.
fire at St. Charles destroyed D. Bacon's
FURNITURE store and contents; also George
Smiths drug store. Wesholds harness
shop and DR.. Martins Office. Loss, So
900; Insurance, $4,000.
William Smith Of Red Lake Falls was ap-
pointed register OF the Crookston land
office. He formerly lived at LIE Seuer.
Neil Murray, son OF City Attorney Muir
ray OF St. Paul. was married to Miss Lucy
Alexa nder, at DEVILS Lake, Oak.
Peterson, hardware, at Preston, has
failed.
The Minnesota & Northwestern is said to
DC contemplating an extention to Duluth.
The propeller United Empire brought 200
Italian laborers from the line OF the Cana.
dian Pacific road, part oflwhom Will stay
in Duluth this winter, and the rest scatter
over the Northwest. DR.. Sherwin. puluth's
health officer, was at the boat, and would
allow none OF them to land without proc,
OF vaccination or being vaccinated. 80
Reports to Bradstreet's mercantile agency
in st. Paul are to the effect that q chattel
mortgage on the furniture of the Grand no.
tel at Fergus Falls was foreclosed. G. Peter
son, a dealer in hardware at Preston,
has made an assignment for the benefit OF
his creditors. The general store Of James
Blackburn at Hurley, Wis, has been closed
up by the sheriff on an execution
About $4,000 OF Georgetown school
bonds were: sold at SO cents. y.
John Lenga. while intoxicated, was killed
by the cars at Minneiska. @2fs III 'S*s -'f'&'3
John Zimmerman, stranger, was run
over and killed by q street car at st. Paul.
Hans Johnson Of CRANKY, four miles
nnrth OF Nicollett station, Nicolett Co.,
committed suicide by shooting himself in