Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-04-17
MINNESOTA NEWS CONDENSED.

MllNENVlA MEMS GONDEnSED. 4.
The counties have shout all made returns
to the state treasurer on the March tax settle
ment The amount received aggregates about
$4,000 on the revenue, and about $20,OOO ION
the forestry and redemption funds.
Senator Sabin arrived at Saltwater few
days ago, where he will remain until the next
session Of congress
G.. s. Gordon's barn, with some hay, oats.
| ,tc., at Owatonna was burned by an incendiary
| ire Loss, &5OO. This was the fourth fire
started BY frebugs within forty eight hours.
I Pap Thomas Post No. 50 of Brainerd adopt
! I'd resolutions denouncing the action Of Plum
| mers Post No-50 Of MINNEAPOLIS with reference
to Gov. Hubbard's veto Of the appropriation
for q soldiers and sailors reunion. The Brain
erd post pronounces this action s'subversiv
/ Of good government, and worthy of Paris or
Central America"
| At Willmar, the case Of State vs.. Charles
| Dahlheim. indicted on March 8 last for having
committed rape upon his own daughter thir-
teen years old, was, on motion Of defendants
counsel, changed to Meeker county, where the
! prisoner will be tried in September =
Robert Miller, prominent Democratic poll
ican has bought the Fergus Falls Telegram,
and will hereafter run 1t as Democratic paper.
! Mortified will do about SOS, 900 worth OF
| building this season.
| Blyherg's store, one of the landmarks Of
| Pelican Rapids, burned recently
| Several glandered horses have been found
in the town of Otto, Otter Tail county.
! Brainerd voted to issue $50, 900 in bonds to
mil Ian no
Dennis Ryan, Esq, has returned to St. Paul,
having completed extensive arrangements for
| the equipment of his mammoth hotel, which
/ will be thrown open for the reception Of the
| public about the first of, July. The Hotel
Ryan has been leased to Mr.. J. II. Brugh OF
/ Boston and Mr.. Charles NJ Truman Of New
i, York for term of five years.
| Gov. Hubbard has pardoned Ed. Mack and
| Robert Lincoln both colored, and sentenced
| respectively to fifteen and ten years in the
| penitent.ary for an assault upon an Indian
! squaw.
MIR. T. r. Rogers, an old resident of Feather
/ stone, died at his home and was buried under
the auspices Of Red Wing Lodge No g. A. +.
! and A. NJ, Of which he was member
Nortllfeds new city council has made the
/ liquor license $500.
! Gen. j. Fl: Baker and the other railroad COM
missioners Gen. George L. Becker and S. S
Murdoch, qualified and the board held an III
formal conference at their Office at the capitol.
The low was considered and the scope of their
duties discussed. It is understood that Gen.
Baker will be chosen chairman, as the oldest
t and most experienced of the commissioners.
! Gen. Baker speaks in the highest terms of his
new coadjutors, and declares that the law
! will be given a thorough and convincing
trial
W. A. Sumner L. Co., who have been en-
gagged in the grain commission business in
| Minneapolis, with branch Office in St. Paul,
| announced recently that they would do no more
/ business.
! 1t is said the Milwaukee 4 St. Paul and
Fargo Southern will build union depot
| i4Ux10O feet, at Ortonville
There are about IS, 900 persons in Minnesota
who have to pay special government taxes for
the sale or manufacture of liquor, beer. cigars
and tobacco. These taxes must be paid before
May l, under penalty Of prosecution.
The c. N Nelson Lumber company of Still
water has completed a mortgage on it's entire
real property to the Boston Safe Deposit COM
pany, as trustee, to secure an issue of pei
cent. bonds OF sufficient amount to fund all
of the floating debt and to retire all of tho pre-
ferred stock Of the company.
John Norland, one OF the murderers of James
| Farley, hanged himself in the county Jail at
/ Duluth.
Andrew Kelly, brother of ?. Fl. of St Paul,
was taken to the insane asylum at Indepen-
| 1enco, L..
Two brakemen were arrested at Shakopee On
suspicion of having murdered Erick Hend-
; :ickson, whose body was found on the railroad
rack near there They gave bail for $1,000
each to appear for preliminary examination.
It IS estimated that the stock of logs in the
district tributary to Minneapolis aggregates
$4,000 900, as against 52S, 100000 for the sea-
ION of 1894. This indicates that the MISSISSIPPI
! II river lumhernen fully realized the necess1-
of reducing the supply and acted accord
ngly
The Northern Pacific becomes competitor
or business between st. Paul, Superior and
Duluth.
The name of the farm hand who was burned
death with Van Camps farm house, near Or
OnyilIe, recently, was Frederick Lyman,
acob Ingel Was badly injured
The death of the man who took poison in the
st. James hotel, Minneapolis brings 10 light
the fact that he was Ephralnl Smith, Caua-
dian in the employ of Washburn, Crosby & Co.
1t seems to be coaclusively established that
Andrew Alm1uist was killed by the cars al
Dassel, and not murdered, as first believed
Mrs. Wander Horck, who jumped into the
! river at Minneapolis, was found.
Wilkinson & Gilbert, general dealers at Vii
nx,1-n ~PN
oils The failure is q s'nall one.
Andrew Flynn, well-to~ do farmer Of Grand
Prairie township. who lived about half mile
south Of Ellsworth was found dead ON the
prairie He mad been to Rock Rapids and pur-
chased u vicious horse, and it is thought thai
be was thrown of and his neck broken
Joseph Kollnesky's saloon, ". f. Calkin's
law Office, Squire Sweeney's Office and Druids
hall. in Wayerly, were burned. Kollnesky'.
loss, $1,000; insurance, $4,000 Other losses
very light.
At the meeting Of John s Marsh post, &. E.
r., at Redwood Falls, resolutions were adopt
ed approving Of the veto of the $1,000 appro
priation for juuket.
Mrs. Platts, wife of Lieut. T. B. Platts for,
merly of the United States navy, died a
Worthington recently
Waterville has raised the price Of liquor Ii
censes to $500.
Mr. Isaac Plummer, an old and respected
citizen of Faribault, died at the residence O
his son, John Plummer, in the town Of Wells
recently, aged seventy seven years
Lanesboro has just opened $4,000 rollel
rink.
The regimental officers of the Second regi
ment, M. S N. G., held meeting at Mankat,
and elected First Lieut.. d. f. McGraw. of tn,