Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-09-11
MINNESOT 4 STA ID NEWS

Mr.. Louis Demeules, an old resident OF
St. Paul, died at hfs home recently Mr..
Demeules WAS born at ST Philippe, in the
county Of Huntington, Canada, on Feb.
II W. r. Merriam teleeraphed to the police
Of Sc. Paul from New York, that he had.
den titled and recoveredhis property stolen
from him BY burglars on Aug. ,is $8ss
i The state treasury has over 5000, 900 oil
hand in cash. 5$.s sssss< , aS
II A pleasant little affair occurred ii, ST.
Paul ut the general offices OF the st. Paul
s. s's Duluth. It consisted Of the pres
entntion. OF a handsome and valuable gold
watch and chain to Hon. James Smith,
Jr., general solicitor and ex-p esident Of the
company. The watch was the gift OF the
resident directors, officials and employees
of the road. FL ..zs .5@s' e = ..- -
A gentleman from Pittsburg, visiting St.
Paul and Minneapolis, writes to a friend at
home as follows. ST. Panland Minneapolis
are just the busiest municipalities in the
geography OF our country to-day. The peo-
pie don't sleep in either place. in order that
they may be up just q shade earlier than
their neigebor. Talk about the jealousy OF
Chicago and ST. Louis! Itpales before that
of St. Paul and Minneapolis. St. Paul is
making the most elaborate and enterpris-
ing corporate improvements. Streets are
being extended in oil directions, and three
new bridges are being built. Or about to be
built, spanning the river. They are scarce
" behind this over in Minneapolis, but I'll
give you a little instance showing you the
jealousy that exists. A photographer went
about taking views of the business houses
and street scenes OF st. Paul. Having fin
ished business there, he went over to Min
neapolis and proudly exhibited samples OF
what he had done for us as a surety OF
what he might de- for them. The samples
killed him. The people wouldn't give him
an order becaus he hadn't been over there
first.
III. III. Winchester, a Minneapolis travel
ing man, committed suicide in Sheldon,
Iowa.
Hastings seems to be needlessly excited
over young man who was engaged to two
girls, and, in the nature OF things, could
only marry one.
Elwood and Wilson, the noted burglars,
who, when arrested in New York, had some
Of their St. Paul plumber III their posses
sion, made a great effort to escape Jersey
City from the Toledo officer, and pretended
they were being kidnapped. The game didn't
work.
Mrs. Michael WEIGH of Minneapolis spent
a few days visiting friends in the interior
OF Minnesota She returned home via the
Omaha road. Before leaving the train,
while caring for her children, she missed
her satche], and could not find it. It con-
tanned two checks, one for $3.50 and the
other for $125; SITS in money, diamond
pin worth SIS, a gold watch and other
valuable property.
Edward Keller OF Hokah, has in
vented q device to prevent accidents from
people having their feet caught in the frogs
OF railroad tracks. The device is simple,
and consists Of u piece OF steel, SO curved
as to fit tightly in the crevices Of the frog.
The Milwaukee 4: st. Paul tracks in the
st. Paul union depot yard were supplied
with them recently.
The Northern Pacific has for some time
past been a. fruitful subject OF speculation
and conjecture. The latest report concern
ing the roads is that there is a scheme on
loot in New York to form a combination
between the Northern Pacific and the Rock
Island Milwaukee & st. Paul and Omaha
roads, somewhat on the order Of the old
tripartite agreement between the Union
Pacific and it's eastern connections at
Omaha.
A correspondent at Grand Rapids, OAK,
says the very lowest report from threshers
is 17K bushels; highest, 2SR. Three
tourths of it will grade No. 1 hard, and the
balance No. hard. At Luverne, Mimi,
the yield shows 19X bushels grading No. 2,
and it is claimed to be an average OF that
section. Gardner, Dak., says machines
report q fair yield from, three townships,
viz: One 10, one 20 and one 2OX bushels,
with an average OF Is. Grade about No. l
hard.
/ The Manitoba has prepared q time table
to govern the running Of trains to and from
the State fair grounds. Trains will leave
St. Paul and Minneapolis ut tbs, SIS, 3:15,
9:45, 1915, 1915, lilo, and IL :45 a. M,
and every twenty minutes thereafter until
4:15 y. m. The trains will run direct to
the passenger station on the fair grounds.
No stop at any intermediate points will be
made. Returning trains will leave the fair
grounds for both st. Paul and Minneapolis
at 7:45, S:45, 9:45, 1915, 1915, 11:15
and Has a. m, and every twenty min
utes thereafter until 6 pm. The last train
will leave at z y. m. The single fare will
be 20 cents and the round trip fare %
cents. Regular short line trains will beru
between the two cities as usual.
A little child sixteen months old fell
through stove-pipe hole to the floor in
the room below, at Zumbrota, the other
day, and was picked up insensible.
There has been 100000 worth OF farm
machinery and $4,000 worth OF binding
Irvine sold at Zumbrota during the present
year.
The Winona Bicycle CLUB will probably be
represented at the bicycle tournament az
Minneapolis Sept 20, by Messrs. ohm L.
Wilson, II. S. Bolcom and E. c. Smith.
The large boarding house neal the foun-
dry at Moorhead was partially burned.
The flames started in the second story AN!
are supposed to have come from 6 defec-
tive hue. The house was owned and occu-
pied by S. Samuelson. The furniture WAS
saved. The building WAS worth $4,000
and was insured for 81 900. Loss, $7O0.
Senator Sabin delivered an address at the
Red Wing Fair.
Mr.. WI. Van Dyke is in receipt OF a
letter from President j. j.. Hill, sstating
that he has no more bulls to. distribute to
farms along the Manitoba road. He has
already placed about 40 young thorough
bred bulls in the different counties traversed
by the Manitoba road. II
E. L. Thorns of Ashby, Otter Tail county,
lost threshing machine and forty bushels
of wheat by fire, recently. Loss about
$64O. -. "
The state railroad and warehouse COM
missioners lower the grade Of No. hard
rs per cent at the solicitation of Duluth
grain dealers.
At st. Paul DR.. II. s. Walrath and John
Barger are arrested, the one charged with
abortion and the other with seduction.
Frederick Herman of Buffalo, Wright
county, is under bonds on Il charge OF out
raging Mrs. Margaret Uhl. He broke open
q trunk with an AK and rifled it Of notes,
mortgages and other documents aggregat-
ing in value upwards OF 1000, after which
he took to the woods. Mrs. Uhl was found
some time afterward in an unconscious
condition. t5
The Albert Lea Standard says there is a
sharp demand for good teachers in Free
born county. =.
Mankato has shipped 200 car loads 81