Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-23

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Hooking Valley miners are drilling,
and al outbreak is expected in few
days.
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Senator Blackburn says that there
are Sc, 900 applicants for office in Ken
tucky alone.
It is now conceded that Col. John G..
Spooner will BE- elected Uunited States
senator from Wisconsin,.
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The French for ces are being in
creased at Tonouin, and Il general for
ward mo venlent is .cx pecteu within a
short time.
General Drum says that during the
last five years 10,90l soldiers have de-
serted from the regular army, or near
ly every other man.
The Second Regiment Of Minnesota
volunteers held their annual reunion
at st. Paul on Tuesday. The attend
ance was quite larse~sy x
Fitz-John Porter is still trying to be
reinstated in the United States army,
and the question was brought before
congress again on Monday.
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Pillsbury q Iiuibert's elevator at
Georgetown, near Moorhead, was
destroyed by fire no Monday, together
with 10000 bushels Of wheat which it
contained.
Stock IS doing very we'll in Montana
this winter, as the weather has not
been unusually severe. The percent
age Of loss in Texas has been greater
than in Montana.
Z. S. Case, president OF the Bank Of
Wadena, has been compelled t" make
and assignment. 1t is thought the
liabilities are about So, 900, and the
| assets SlO, 900 more.
Judge Young has decided that all
officer arresting man for stealing 4
mule cannot collectthe $500 which the
state Jaw gives to An officer who arrests
a horse thief. 1t is held by the judge
that mvle is not horse
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The sparrjng match between Sullivan
and Ryan in New York on Monday
evening WAS stopped during the first
round by tho authorities. Both men
were in good condition, and the meat
ing Of those giants attracted great
crowd OF sporsinen.
Less than 25 per cent Of last years
wheat crop in Northern Dakota re-
mains unmarketed aud much Of that
amount is for seed. About 20 per
cent less land will be seeded TO wheat
i'll that locality the coming spring than
there was last season.
Hon. VIM. ~. Evarts was elected
Uuni!ed States senator from New York
by the state legislature on Tuesday.
It WAS a wise choice, and as he was not
identified with either the ha|f-breeds
or stalwarts, it is hoped that his elec
ton will end to unite the party ia that
state.
4 bill has been introduced in the
Dakota legislature to remove the capt.
tai from Bismarck to Pierre. South
Dakota, which favoIs this scheme,
controls over one half Of the votes Of
the legislature, but it is probable that
the governor would veto such bill
shou!e it pass,
The number OF immigrants from
foreign countries passing through st.
Paul and settling in the country tribu-
tary to that city during 1884 is placed
at 60, 900. One-third CT whom were
Germans, one-third Scandinavians,
1000 Britishers, and 10000 from all
other countries.
Letters from New Orleans state tina
the great Worlds Fair is not yet in
good working order, and that several
weeks will yet ella pse before the exhi-
bition is at it's best. Intended visitors
are advised to delay their trip, as later
in the season the weathe will be more
agreeable, and the Fair more attract
i've.
St. Paul papers claim that large
amount Of bogus butter is being sold to
the citizens of that city. 1t is com
posed two-fifths Of leaf lard, two;ifths
beef suit, and one-ffth genuine butter.
In appearance it resembles butter
very closely, and it is said that fully
two-thirds Of the article sold in st.
Paul as ''best creamery butter' is this
imitation, called bntterine.
The people of Oskaloosa,- Iowa,
voted for and carried prohibitory
amendment, and now after thorough
trial the city council has passed res
olrtion declaring the prohibitosy law
Il failure; that it is detrimental to the