Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-30

A horse thief named Murphy was
hanged in Helena, on Tuesday.
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4 bin 10 before the. Minnesota legis.
|aturs to establish, 4 Normal school At
Thirty million dollargs' worth ei
gold was taken from the mines Of this
during 1894.
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Arrangements have bvsn made for 4
of editors at New Orleans to
organize 4 national editorial Associa'
ton.
There is now lin sight" in this
country and Canada torty-sevon mil
lion bushels Of wheat; last year at this
time the amount WAS thirty three mil
iion bushels.
Mr.. Nelson has got T. favorable re-
port from the committ4e on commerce
on his bill authorizing tho nerret.r,
otwsr to construct !" Tight house 81
Grand hari.s. MIMI; to cost 90 200.
1==es
The ole vxted rxslwsys If New York
city carried aincs their commencement
to Dec. 81, 1884, 500, ,sst, POI passengers
and only ono person lost his hfe sftel
being on board the ears;and even thA
was due to his own car~aAssness.
The Liberty Bell has been take1
from Philadelphia to Now Orleans
aud ia on exhibition st the Exposition
JEFF Davis enlogizol it in a speech
when the special train bearing it stop
ped for short time at his homo a
Bexuvois, Miss.
It is probable that congress will soo'
reduce tho postage on newspapara
The price paid by pablishsre for send
ing papers outside Of the county il
which they are published 10 now tw'
cents u pound, and tho new rata will
be one cont : pound:
The Ramsey county poor farm ha
been presented to the state agriculture
society for fair grounds. 1t ia situets>
between St. Panl and Minneapolis
and is we'll suited to su,I, ESQ. sev
era| hundred acres Of land adjoipin
and embracing ,Ainnehaha falls will
10 bought for state park.
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During the seven months Of 1855
known As the season Of navigation, th
canals transported for delivery 1t tn
port of New York 81 SOL .424 bushels o
grain, while all the trunk lines &
railroads delivered at the same poin
during the same period, 2S,049,0 ,02
bushels.
A bill introduced by Senator O'Briel
provides that county attorneys sha|
keep \ book in which shall bo resord
. all GRIN inal trials, fines collected
sentences imposed, etc. This is to se
cure general record Of crimins
statistics to bs promulgated 'bs Nh
attorney general Of the state.
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It is 4 singular fs.t that tho cause
prohibition is making more progrcs
In Georgia than anywhere out Of Ne'
England. The prohibit;onists are in
majority in the House Of Represents
tives, and they appear determined t
pass a general local option law. Nine
ty counties in tho state have partial Q
total prohibition.
A brief acconnt Of a battle in Eayr
between the English under Gen. Stew
art and the Soudanse rebels is foun
on the second paEs. Since that tim
no reports have been received frol
the army, and it is feared that tn
rebels have snnihi'ated it. Englsa
will be obliged to send larger force
against her enemies in Africa fish
expects to conquer them.
The books printed in the South du
ing the war are now in demand anon
collectors. Ons ofthese was spellin
book printed on common wall pape
Another, more ambitious, was illustra
ed with the old trade cuts found
Newspaper offices, prodncinga comics
effect. Upon the title page is tho II
xend: "Printed in the fourth year I
the war of Independence"
Dispatches from Texas say that catt
and sheep aro dying by the thonsane
from hunger, thirst and cold. III
loss i. chiefly on ranges which hs
suffered from drought, both grass an
water bsing scarce and the cattle
poor condition, bat even in tho mo-
favored parts of the State a gre
amount of stock has already been 10
bv the unusual % verify Of the woa'h he
1t is estimated that 10 per cent Of Il
cattle and 20 psr cent Of the she's
have pcrished.
The English are greatly excit.
over the dynamite explosions whi'
to.k place in the government buildin
in London on Saturday last, and Il
feeling in that city Is generally tn
the attacks wsrs planned in Amsrit
The United States se enste has denoup
Cd the perpetrators, and the pub