Little Falls transcript., 1885-11-06
n ESOT q s II q TE NEWS.
HEN, Foster Of Swan lake deserted his
family, nd alter selling his pro- perty skipped

JaH u.StAaA ~ bukEll6g
| BY shooting himself through the head
A,son of John Bonatrom of Rockford.
/ while hunting, Was accidentally and fatally
shot by a comp Il 4s s5. Il s5.9s
! Jarvis Howard of-Watlena secured a
! pension for Margaret Small Ct 81, 500, hut
I retained fors his own services $1,400. and
/ has been bound over by the United States
/ commissioner. ##
| Miss Mary Collett OF Eureka sank into
an unconscious state a few days ago,
and has remained 50 eversince. 4
/ James Baker, nine years old, son Of W. @
| a. Baker, u farmer OF Glyndofl, is dying
/ iron. the effects nj being dragged by ~
! frightened COW, to which the boy had at
tached himself by a rope around his waist.
| The house Of George Duffy in. the town
| of Oakland, was burned, with much OF its
contents. Mr.. Duffy is town clerk, but
| fortunately. the records of the town were 4
! saved. .a.,s'Ss." rg-.@.@
| The Winona Elevator company have
! their new elevator completed, and are plac- ,
| ing the machinery with a view to commenc
ing operations Nov. l. II
Rev. David r. Breed, who has been called
from una House OF Hope Church, St Paul,
to the pastorate oftbe Presbyterian Church
| of the Covenans on North Hnlsted street, !
near Orchard, Chicago has been duly in
stalled in his new posltlnu. &
| Work Upon the Burlington & Northern is
progressing rapidly. Upward OF 200 men
have arrived at Winona to do grading
work on the new road. From Trempea lean !
bluffs to Eastmoor, opposite Winona, an
air line enbankment thirteen feet high and
seven miles in length will be built and rip
| raped in the most thorough manner, the
material for rip-rapping having already
! been purchased on the Minnesota side of
the river. -
| The Mani toha company's proposed Du-
! luth extension, as far as surveyed from
Crookston, runs direct to Maple lake,
thence t. Poplar river, which is crossed on
section 1G town 14s, range Al. Theroute
follows the river to Poplar lake, IN section
Is, town 47, range 80, thense southeastern
ly to the north side OF upp~r Wild Rice
lake, in section 6 and I, in town las, range
3G. From this point the general direction
to Leech lake will be southeast.
| The But ter. Cheese and Dairymen's As
sociation will be held at Red Wing, Dec. IT,
and 1G.
Peter Jordan of Luverne county, was ar.
! rested for refusing to kill glandered horses
Nh Jordan refused to give bail and was
committed to the county Jail at Worthing-
/, ton to await the action OF the grand jury,
| which meets some time next February.
The Farmers Alliance OF Meeker county
! has decided to build a fiat warehouse ca
pable OF holding about 10 900 bushels OF
wheat. 1t is understood that farmers can,
by shipping their own grain, make from $lO
to $50 per car load. an q this is to be an .
experiment to test the matter
Hon Bruce Florer died of consumption
after IL lingering illness aged thirty years.
at Wabasha. He had been mayor of the
city, and was county auditor at the time
OF his death.
DR.. w. S. Morrison OF Fremont has
bought the Albert Eaton farm, situated
Il mile and a half east OF Fremont corners
-lS5 acres-for $4,000 cash, and will
proceed Immediately to erect suitable build
ings and make a beginning as the proprie-
tor OF model stock farm
There are at present confined in the Blue
Earth county Jail ten prisoners. Five are
from WatOnwan county, four from Blue
Earth and one from Cottonwood county,
awaiting the action OF the grand jury. The !
| four from Blue Earth county are Chan
lain, attempted murder; Erickson, larceny;
Douglas burglary, and Hoppe attempted
outrage.
f; A singular case is being heard before Court !
Commissioner E. T.. Corlss at Fergus Falls /
jarvis Howard OF Wadenn is accused of
| oVerchargin2 for service in securing a, pen !
| sion Of $500 for an Indian wotnafi and
! retaining 81, 400 for his share OF the
transaction. ttf !
State Fish Commissioner Sweeny will
have fifteen hundred goldfish for distribu-
hon for propaSating purposes.
The Riddell TOW in the Baptist Church at
st. Pani is not yet over. The two breth-
ren who were reinstated after RiCdell left
arc still under IL cloud for contumacy of
some sort.
4 T).,r, I,
kct Hall, St. Paul. p. r. l.. Harrlen.ours
presided and speeches were made by Bishop
Ireland and others. The secretary read q
! dispatch from P. II. Kelly, NJ Doran
and Dennis Ryan, dated at Washing
ton, in which, after expressing their
regrets at not being present at the n.ectins
NJ. Doran announced that he would give as
much us the most liberal contributor at
the meeting, while Kelly and Ryan each
contributed $3.50. The total OF contribu-
tions will reach about $1,000.
At the late term of the District Court in
st. Pa ul about Il dozen persons were SEN
! fenced to State Prison.
! 4 Massachusetts Association has been
formed at Minneapolis with several hun
! dred members.
| The Chicago firm that took the Rrainerl
! school bonds Offers to take the city bondg
to be issued to take up the floating indebt:
| ednes,, amounting to $4,000, ut 6 per
| cent per annllU.
! Parties at Brainerd are talking of build.
| ing y machine shop to cost So, 900.
at Moorhead Erick WaIlack was arrest
| ed charged with stealing $73.15 from
| Charles Johnson ut the Moorhcad house.
He pleaded guilty and was committed to
| Jail to await the action OF the district court
! Henry w. Dexter, for many years mer-i
! o1o,4 roll F.on,,nnl H..
| found insane and sent to the asylum at ST.
| Peter. He has been in business the
past year at Mankato. His trouble is said
! to have result ID from financial difficulties
Everett Hughes OF Mankato WIS thrown
| from buggy and killed. ~
! No speaker who ever visited Luverne was
ever accorded q more f1attering reception
than that rendered to Bishop Ireland by
! the citizens OF Luvernc and Rock county,
| By far the largest btildingin Southern Min
nesota conld not hold the crowd thatga
cred to hear him. His subject was "Tem-i
| perance. !" /
| Ducks and brants are more numerous on
Big Stone lake this fall than has been the
case for years before. Tie lake about the
| islands is at times completely covered by;
the immense numbers OF the fowls and peo.
! pile living on the lake there say the noise is
deafening. -. ssS5=E.
There has been good deal excitement in
La Crosse, over the sudden and unacconnt- |
able departure of Prof. J. j.. Cleveland, |
principal OF the Frst District school, a posi-
ton he has held for nearly ten years. /
| Cleveland went to La Crosse, from Blue
Earth City. where it is alleged he was |
obliged to leave snmmarily for improper |,
familiarity with young lady pupils. !.
+ Lieut.. Kingsman, who has beenin charge
! of the Yellowstone National Park all sum. !
1 mer, has returned to headquarters il, ]
| Omaha. He says the congressi onai appro-