Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-09
Win"na has done $45o,0oo worth OF building

Anew 1000 pound boil arrived at the Grace T.
| vile Catholic church in time to toll the old
year out and ring the naw year in. q
The First National bank at st. Paul has m
creased it's surplus by $4,000 aud declared 4
| semi annual dividend OF 5 per cent
Mr.. Keogel CT sommerset who came to Steele
county last spring, having lost everything dur
ing the Ohio floods, while doing his daily work
fell dead.
Charles Fox, deputy clerk Of Clay county,
skipped suddenly from Moorhead and was ar
rested at St Vincent He is charged with Of
fetal crookedness
At Chaska, the body Of a young swede was
stolen from the cemetery. Dr. P G. Sheliooa
was arrested, charged with completely in the
crime The others escaped.
Antoine Superior, formerly porter 1t St
Johns college, st. Cloud, was picked up on
the streets of Faribault in donaented condition
He was adjudgsd insane, and taken to the asy-
lum at Rochester.
Thomas Joyce. tbs watchman at the bridge
of the Winona L. st. Potter road near the hospi-
tai for insane at St. Peter while walking across
the bridge fell and struck the ground near the
bank Of the river, thirty five feet below, being
dead whom found
A private banking house, the principal in
vestors being County Treasurer J. n Movers,
City Clerk George Kecne and c. L. Spanding.
the latter OF HARTLEY Rrothors 4 Den,ar, ia
about organized st B-a:ncrd expe ting to begin
business Jan. 20
There is movement on foot to divide the
Sixth Judicial district in which we are located,
and putting; Rock, Noble, Jackson, Pipe Stone.
murray and Cottonwood into new district
The matter will be submitted to the legislature
Belle Wright, aged nearly ten years, while on
her way to school, was run over and Instantly
killed, at Fu]du, by engine No. 343, Lddle.
engineer Her little body was terribly MAJ ne led,
being almost severed at the waist and neck, an
one hand cut Off
In Wilson, Mrs Louis B"inchharilt during
the absence of her hi abAul in Winona, packed
up her wardrobe, aud taking with her $l2, Of
his harl-earntl cash, started off for parts I'M
known, aIlng behind her the infuru.4 ton
that she would never >-turn
DR.. I. II. Kilbour.e late of one of The New
York hospitals. is how stopping at the hospital
for insane al 81, Peter. and will probably &C.
ccpt the position Of assistant physician as pr.
Mclntlre has resigned for the pui pose IF loaat-
ing III the practice OF medicine in Wisconsin.
Smith & Roshach, Wholesale and retail to-
baccouists, whose establishments is at the cor
ner OF Nicolet aTcuue aud Second street.,
Minneapolis. made an ASST, no1cut to MILAN!
Hooker, Of the firm Of Hupker & Manl.v for
the benefit OF creditors. Iiaiiltlcs $4,000
A man named joyce. who has been l." ire
tender on the bridge across the river between
the st. Peter hospital and hosota, 1cl off The
bridge and when picked up was dead. joyce
had been a hard urinkcr for several years, and
was no doubt the worse of liquor when lie
Another change is to be made in tho personnel
of the passenger depa tlnent of the Northern
Pacific. C. 3. Kinnan. At present chief clerk
IS to be transferred Il, New York. with the title
OF general Eastern pasr,.nghr agent He viii
be succeeded rs chief clerk by George s.
Marsh.
The interest in the gold discoveries in Lake
and Cook counties Still continues undated
and there seems, from what can be gathered
from those Interested and from street talk, that
il is likely to keep mp for lon, time, unless if
should be shown that there is I'd cause for all
the excitement
The Hcrnern County Horticultural Society
elected the following officers for tho ensuing
year: Presidential Pc:.rre Vic: presidnn,
Ezra B. Amee Trcasurer-Prof Asirc.
Secretarv-J. T. NortLlup. Executive Goa
mlttcc-Messrs. j. T. Grimes. H. I. Busse, J.
s. Gray William Lyons ant. &. H. Roberts
Bishop Toss, who lett Minneapolis for New
York recently, to attend the funeral Of his mo-
thcr, was accompanied by his wife. The de-
ceased had lived to tho great age of almost
ninety years; she was the widow Of Metho-
dist mini ster and tbs mother of three others.
only one Of whom survives her.
c. d. Fox, the defauiting deupty clerk Of
court of Moorhead, was takou back recently by
Sheriff Soggy and is now in jail at Moorhead,
and he will have his preliminary examination
before Judge Titus His deficit IS between ST.
300 and 81, 800 as he acknowledges He will
probably be remanded to jail to await tie
grand jury's action
The business of the St. Paul postof1ice shows
an increase over tia, of Last year. Despite the
reduction of ono-1hicd in the rate Of letter pos-
tage, the sale Of stamps shows ling off of
less than s., D0N On the other hand, the bus
iness OF the money order department has been
greater by $40, CUC than last year.
A banquet was given j. r. Hland arbitrator
for the Chicago, St Louis and Missouri River
association, recently at the Merchants hotel, s.:
Paul The banquet was given by the mer-
chants Of St Paul in acknowledgment of the
many courtesics shown them by Judge Hlaud
when he was general freight agent of the
Omaha road.
The Ramsey county court house commission
decided to complete the building according To
plans that will involve total expense OF sGiU,-
Goo Cut stone is to be used, and the structure
is to be fire proof through nut TIL" contract
is to be let as soon as possible, in order to
ceive the benefit of the present low prices that
prevail, particularly as regar Is iron.
The funeral Of the late Henry A. Wilson Of
St. Paul was soleulcnized last friday afternoon
at his late residence on SumnlitAvenLe. Many
were present, the members OF tie bar meeting
the court room at noon aud attending i'll
body to the number of thirty. There were
many handsome floral tributes. Rev. Clay
Macaulcy, OF Unity church, ofEciated
Business of the Tray land Office for tn
year ending Nov. 80: Final homestead proofs,
acres, So, 81. 20; final tin,cr- culture proofs,
20S2 So; homestead entries. II ,ti5. %: timber
culture entries, 9,5CS. ~; cash sales, 2,2O6 IS,
presumption dcclaratory statement filings
l7tjl. Is; total acres, g., 1864 This IS IL,
4S4 6t acres less than last yeAr business
Duluth Special Telegram The gold interest
received a fresh impetus rctantly by the pur-
chase by Greene Pack, on. % the heavics,
lunbermen of Michigan. Of the lot of land il
town 66, ranged, and town IS, range 6. Emery
brothers, H. M Land and Greene Pack, all
men of wealth, who have invested i'll gold land,
will start five mining camps, about 800 men
to the scene of the discoveries at once
Ex-Gov st. John of Kansas late prohibition
candidate for president OF the United States,
has been engaged to deliver series of lectures
in Minnesota, and his route, so far as it has
been arranoed ia SIS follows: Northinpton