Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-12-11
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.

before. Inc department. Tor CUSTODIAN caBeSt
| is aecommodatinEal all it can and there areIi
| enough promised to fill the school DEPART
| ment, while applications are constantly W
being received by the superintendent only
to be rejected for want of room.
| At a meeting in St. Paul OF the Minnesota
commandry OF the Loyal Legion, the fol-
lowing applicants were admitted to men,
bership, the last named being member OF
the second class: Bvt. Brig. Gen. Edwin
| Cooley Mason, lieutenant colonel Fourth
United States infantry; Bvt. Mai. John
Patterson Rea, captain First Ohio cav.
airy; Byt. Capt. William@AlcCrory, first
Lee German Two Hundred and Second
Pennsylvania iniantry Maj. Samuel Car
son Mccormick, surgeon United Stat VOL
, unteers; Luther E. Newport, eldest son OF
| Companion Bvt. Brig. Gen. r. NJ. Newport.
tx7 Senator Henry NJ. Rice was unanimous
ly elected a member OF the third class
member hip being confined to those who
in civil life distinguished themselves during
the war by patriotic or other measures
calculated to improve the condition OF the
soldiers or sailors or assist in the tenmina-
ton OF the rebellion.
hundred men are now at work laying
track on the St. Cloud & Wilmar at the
rate OF a mile a day.
The news OF the drowning OF George and
Allie La Clair, sons OF County Commission
IT p. S. La Clair, in Italian lake, in the
town ofBurns, was received in Anoka.
The trial OF Ole Larkin, at Granite Falls
I Tor incestw concluded. There were three
indictments against him. The first was
tried by jury and he was convicted. He
then pleaded guilty to the charges contain
ed in the other two indictments, and the
Judge sentenced him to two years at hard
labor in the state prison.
stranger registering as ". NJ. Anderson,
attempted to kill himself at Saltwater by
taking poison.
Peter BUTTERFLY, on trial at Bird Island
for killing Joseph Hogan, was acquitted.
Horace B. Moore, who was appointed
collector OF customs at Duluth, is
present mayor of that city, and has
lived there for six years. He was elected
mayor last spring without opposition, and
his term Will expire in January. He was
born in Danville, VT, and is iorty-three
years old.
An unfortunate row in {: cooper shop
at Minneapolis, resulted in the death Of
Martin Norton at the hands Of August Oys.
At Winona Mr.. Roscoe Horton and Misc
Jennie Stevens, daughter OF Mr.. Henry
| Stevens, were married at the residence OF
the brides parents. ~s&
L. 2. freeman, late register OF the Red
wood Falls land office, viii re- engage in the
practice Of law in Mankato.
At a meeting of the Stockholders OF
| the Southern Minnesota Fair, held at
Rochester, the treasurer's report was
i read and 4 approveG.r It showed the
! total receipts :, ironlSstIis years fair to
be SIC. lo3.35S, ana the cot al disbursements
|$9S952. 40. y The action Of the state fair
managers in holding over their fair into the
next week, was mentioned and sharply
criticised. ~.
= Francis Burrows OF New York city, was
| married to Miss Gertrude W. Dodge OF
place in Eliza beth, N. J. The couple went
ON an extended wedding tour.
Shipments from Duluth the past season
included l3,45S, 1876 bushels OF wheat and
1, $4,000 barrels OF -four.
During the past eleven months St. Paul
d Duluth's earnings increased S49,44O.
This next session of the Farmers Nation
al congress will be held in St. Paul.
Two arrests were made at Appleton for
attempted rape, one OF which is that OF
John Wilson of Pegbert, Swift county,
charged with rape on his daughter aged
! fourteen, and the other G. 3. Brunton OF
| Appleton, charged with an attempt on
Mrs. Neuschwander. The first was taken
to jail at Benson, Appleton county, and the
otheris out on 81, 900 bail.
The Winona Harvester works propose
to increase the capital stock OF the com
pany by an additional 100000.
George n. Houghton OF Minneapolis has
erected a steam feed mill at Monticello,
with a capacity OF 1900 bushels per day.
reward is offered at Monticello for the
arrest OF the author OF anonymous scurril-
| tnf fnpe ,ny1,S nl1 i~a:,s
entparties,
The postmaster at Window ,raped the
| postotfice out OF respect for the deceased
vice president, and some unknown parties
IN the night tore down the same.
I George STEVENSON, d young man living
near Pelican Rapids, forged Il note for 1897,
and sold it to N. NJ. Paugen. H. was ar
rested.
The manufacturing establishments in Red
Wing employ 100 persons, who receive
annually $500, 900; the gross value OF the
manufactured products will amount to
IS, 600, 900 this year.
| The rite OF confirmation was administer
ed by Bishop Ireland to a class Of 1870
youths OF LIE Sueur and the adjacent
county. &t1{<
The merchant tailoring esta blishment OF
\. Il. Armstrong at Duluth, burned Loss
SIG, 0oO Insurance. $12,7O
The monthly balance sheet shows 1924
GoS in'the state treasury.
There. has been over 90, 900 bushels of
wheat sold at Hawlay this season From
present appearances there will not be as
much marketed as 'ast, vet there is con-
Siderable in the timber for SAL, but not at
| present prices.
The steamboat built last winter by Yer
| rllI Il, Mc(IraorDr m NilIo oo, 1,1,o ,r..
wrecked q few days ago.
Parties at Redwood Falls have ARRANGED
to start q brickyard next spring.
Frank Falkenhagen, a. German in the
employ OF a farmer three miles west of
tairmont, Martin Co., committed suicide
by hanging himself from @ beam in a large
| barn. The act was caused through fear
OF exposure and arrest for improper liberty
he had taken with twelve car-old girl.
His conduct with thegirl was not criminal,
and there was no criminal intent, but the
poor fellow brooded over the affair until it
made him desperate.
! John Erickson and Algot Johnson, two
single Swedes, were missed from Eliza beth,
| Otter Tail county and were found drowned
1 in a small lake.
Grand Meadow is getting to be quite
barley market. One day recently siO 600
was paid out there for that grain. ). ,
AT Granite Fa1ls.fAfrs p urvis was con.
yicted ofpoisoning her husband, and viii
be senteilced to State Frison.S ~ Il
The annual meeting oi the Minnesota
Valley Medical association was held Hat
Mankato few days ago. The officers
elected are as follows: President T. G..
i Harrington, Mankato; first vice president,
M.5N:%Hnnt. Waseca; second vice president,
Il. NJ; Workman. Sleepy Eye third vice
president, J. d. Simpson, Henderson. trans