Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-09-04
The Minnesota State Fair.

The success OF the Minnesota. sta tc fair,
Sept. I, s, O. 10, IL and II, on til" new
grounds midway between st. Paul and Min
! neapolis, seems to be already assured A
host Of attractive novelties have been ar
ranged for, and vast crowds will uildUubtetl-
~ visit the festival TO inspect the splendid
new property in which they are owners. The
grounds are on the line OF he ST. Pau, Mime
apolis g. Manitoba railway Is ,Einutcs ride
from each city. The railroads throughout
the mort Invest make reduced rates during the
fair The management offer S25, COU i'll
premiums and $l5, 600 III prizes for speed
trials. The stock display will be Immense,
and al other departments of agriculture
will be fully represented.
David Gamble has made 4 sale OF his
farm near Marshall on rather peculiar
; terms The purchaser VASE. W. ro!ncroy,
and the consideration is that l 900 push
els OF No. wheat shall be placed in the e.
evator here at CANDLES disposal each year
for four years, making i 900 bushels, when
Pomeroy is to have warranty decd
Francis King Of DalIin y. y, whose leg
was cut off by q mower at Hastings died.
! At the Congrega tional church in Wjnona
81 subscription of 500 was raised il, aid OF
the new Congregational church at iAsht on,
Oak.
Capt. John r. Beatty OF Mankako has
received the contract fCrturl,lsElin3 the 200.
car loads OF stone for the new insane
! asylum at Norfolk, Neb. The cement and
lime ustd will also be from Markato.
The Fargo Moorhead & Northwestern
filed articles Of Incorporation with the sec
rotary OF state, stating that the object Of
the corporation Was to operate Il railway
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point on the Red river, near IOOrhead,
by the most feasible routeto Ada, Norman
county, and thence in {; northcriy direction
to a point on the Red Lake river in Polk
county.
At La Crosse, Wis, Mrs. Nathan NyricI<
Of ST. Paul suffered q fracture OF the left
arm and dslOcatiOn o. the wrist by the
overturning Of Il hack i'll which she was
about to ride to the depot in order to take
q train for home,
S. 6. Calvin, secretary ofthe Beaver Falls
Building and Loan association and one Of
the most prominent citizens, has been ar
rested on charge OF mhczZllng $50, 900 OF
the funds OF the association. The accused
! gave bail and claims he will be able to prove
his Innocence.
Rev. Thomas Bnr1et, for several years
pastor OF the Presbyterian church Of Oro-
! Springs, Colo, Aug. II, Of quick cousump-
| tion, which developed from n cold brought on
by over work at Du Page Ill, last February.
The three burglars arrested at Wincn;s
had their examination before Judge Allen,
OF the. municipal court: on the charge of
burglary preferred By A. s. Gregory, and in
default of $500 bail, were sent to jail until
the October term Of court. They gave their
names as Dan Mcmahon, Thomas Rice and
Frank Smith. When arrested two seif-cock-
! ing revolvcrs Of large calibre were found up
on them.
The board Of equalization figures the to-
tai amount OF personal property in st.
Paul at s14, $3.50 900, and in the towns at
$296, 900.
Returns from all the counties show the
total population OF Minnesota to be l.,
11S, $50, or an increase Of 337,713 over
that of1SS0.
1t is expected that one OF the most in
teresting and valuable features Of the com
ing State Fair will be the dairy exhibit,
and the enthusiastic managers OF this de-
partme Mt are certain that it will rival any
thing heretofore seen in the United States,
and some do not hesitate to assert that
Minnesota has the world by the tail in this
respect. Z. s. Potter Of Minneapolis, the
superintendent OF the dairy department,
stites bhat q argc interest IS being taken
in the matter throughout the state. and
that Minnesota's seventy creameries may
be relied upon to give a display that will
easily surpass that OF the late New Orleans
exposition
Matthias Breer's award for building the
Ramsey county court house is formally ap-
j proved by the city council and the county
J commissioners. s:s5
! Thegamblers connected with Giles, seircus
reaped a rich harvest at Henderson. The
LIE Sueur Sentinel il informed that they
took in az aeast 81, 800, and perhaps 81