Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-08-28

barley and lax seed crops snow similar IN
creased acreage OF oats there are L.
oo5. 002 acres: as compared with
,OS9, SIS in 1854. an increase OF 1884.
The corn crop shows 625 ,O7O in 1885 to
5a5, 1873 in 1884, an increase OF s3,S37
acres. The barley crop is 293, GOT in 1885.
as against 2S5, 1852 in 1854, au increase OF
$685. acres. Flax seed shows IL very graft
Tying increased culture, there being 229.51S
acres under cultivation. an increase OF as
533, or nearly 100 per cent over the 1876
O45 acreage OF 1854.
The new Danish Lut heran church at NJ
bert Lea will be dedicated Sept. 6.
Work on the new elevator at Ora ceville
has been commenced. 1t will be OF about
80, 900 bushels capacity.
Hon. E. T. Wilder OF Red Wing has been
appointed delegate at large to the North
western waterway convention ut st. Paul.
W. F. Mirick who killed Peter Gross at
Anoka. has been Jailed at Minneapolis.
Brit Mickey, aged twenty years, aud
George Merriam and George Mahey, all Of
Lake City, and aged about twenty
years, were a~raigncd before the municipal
court 81 Madison, Wis. cha rgea with stealing
S1O2 in United States bond coupons from
R. T. Mickey the father OF Brit. Young Nc
Key Was handed over to his father, VINO
will have him tried al Lake City and sent
to the Minnesota prison. The other boys
were released. r. F. Mickey was formerly
in the orygo,ds trade at Madison, James
vile and Oshkosh.
Col harrington will have Deputy Co..
lector Richards place in st. Paul.
John ". ComrAcE died at Princeton, in
Mile Laos county, which place he has made
his home most OF the time since ST.. Mr.,
Comrack went to Saltwater in l 81 4. For
d long time he WAS pilot on the Mississippi
river. He WAS elected scrgeant-;t arms !or
several OF the early sessions OF the terri
to1ial house Of representatives. lie mar
ried a daughter OF John Jackins in 1S49,
who then resided ut Saltwater, but snbse.
quently removed to St, Anthony.
The log ;rket is brisk at Stillwater and
a local 1um bernan thinks there Will he
another advance il. prices.
The State Bank OF MiEnea polls, with $6U-
900 capital nd K. X orts:csrt' cashier, has
been admitted To do business in MINIS ota.
The last number OF the Army and Navy
journal contained the following refernn &c o
St. PAuls crack company in the Grant
funeral procession at New York. "Con-
pany ., First Minnesota regiment, during
the parade, as well as on two subscq uen:
occasions in the arn,oiy CT the Twelfth resi-
mcnt, demonstrated q precision Of drill
which can hardly be surpassed Ivy any or
ganizatioD ia the country.'
The wheat that has been threshed in
Mcelscr county shows that the cror ,s very
uneven. Some pieces have gone less than
six bushels OF very shrunken wheat to the
acre, while Others are yielding we'll is
last year. both in quantity and quality.
The official census returns gives the vii
lage of Bird Island Il population OF o6I.
kenvilh county contains IL, II lnhahlt-
ants according to the official returns.
August Towsky an alleged physician OF
st. Paul, shoots his vie, probably not
fatally. No cause is assigned for the act,
though he claims that it was accidental.
Oliver Gibbs, IT,, thinks that Minnesota
ought to take part IN the second edition
Of the New Orleans exposition.
Vanduscn e. Co.'S elevator and coal sheds
at Minneot;2, thirty miles distant from
Tracy, burned recently, consu1nil. 81 can
load OF grain and d large quantity Of coal
! Tie FIRE company went from here on a spc
cial train, but arrived too late to be ofan,y
use. The origin OF the fire is unknown.
The commissioner Of sta tistics places the
wheat acreage Of Minnesota at 3,lS1 ,611
acres, an Increase OF II, 1877 over 1854.
In the vicinity Of kasota the average
yield Of wheatIs said to be twenty bushels
to the acre.
Detroit capitalists nay. been at Duluth
examining sites iOr extensive works to
munU,act uro stoves for the Northwestern
| trade. They VII! employ about 900 men
| and will probably select {, site on the west
side
Winona Republicans The eat ting Of small
gram is nearly Owe" in N;nnna county, and
stacking is in progress. Neither wheat no,
barley will come up to he average stand
ard OF last year: although there are exccp
! tiona fields that viii grade h. tier thar
! others. Corn prom, S"s l." ". the best CROP
! ior years. 1t is S,:sZin- nicely, and in about
! two weeks. should this weather hold, viii
! be beyond injury bE frost.
| The st. Joseph sisters have arrived If
/ Graceville and have taken possession o
! their proDertv. A >rsiO,l building T,OxG(
feet and threr st cries hish viii lie built this
! fall
! G. II. Nick cnney, late o! the RusFiori
Star has purchased Of NJ. {. Russell tn.
Lake City Sentinel, printing establishment
and has taken possession.
! Mayor Macdonald having taken his of
! fee OF receiver, OF the United States land of
| flee at st. Cloud, called Il special session
! OF the council and resigned AS mayor.
Three boys, Frank Kellogg, Frank Good
son and Walter Vaughn, aged about thir
| teen and fifteen wears. stole Il siiiN and ra1
away from Red Wing. They were traced t.
| the head OF the lake, aft erwurd to Fronte
! nae, where all trace OF them WAS lost.
New York World: Henry NJ. Rice OF Min
ncsota is one OF Gen. Toomhs' most init
mate friends. They served in congress to
gethcr, and Mr.. Rice located Gen. Toombs
Lake Superior lands for him. He lives il
St. Paul, and has hanging IN his parlor {
| life,size portrait picture Of Gen. Toombs
also by Healy. Once during the war, thu
| infamed people gathered at the door OF NJ"
| Rice and clamored for the picture thatthey
might destroy it. 1T is only over my deae
| lOdy tina f. Won GA II get IL - tJlint |v answered