Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-05

and fell senseless on his back. He was
taken home in Il. hack just alive Doyle
was terribly punished, but could walk
home. Ii Murphy RECEIVERS the two will
fight again.
The Stnte of Minnesota and the Untaxed
Railroad Lands.
An important suit has been commenced
in the Supreme court OF Minnesota which
will undoubtedly result in a long and bitter
litigation. Attorney General Hahn, as
relator, filed information with the clerk OF
the supreme court for quo warranto
against the Southern Minnesota Railway
Minnesota, the Minnesota Central,
the Hastings & Dakota and the
St. Paul & Sioux City Railway companies.
There was seperate information filed
ton were originally granted to companies
incorporated by the state to aid in the
construction OF Railroads. AS the prop
erty Of railroad companies they were
exempt from taxation. But the original
corporations have been absorbed in larger
companies, and have only maintained their
organization for the purpose ofholding and
disposing Of their land grants. The Sioux
City and Southern Minnesota have ceased
land companies. For this reason it has long
been held by many that the exemption OF
thelands from taxation was inequitablc and
invalid. Efforts have been made to have it
80 declared by the courts and the legisla
ture, but SO far they have been fruitless.
Now the attorney general takes g short cut
to " legal settlement by proceeding by quo
warranto to have the companies issolved,
on the ground that they no longer perform
$Jo$, e..
ed
Tie St. Paul &; Sioux City company
would be the heaviest losers should the
corporation lose the case. They have
| somewhere in the neighborhood of4OO, 600
acres OF land yet in their possessio on the
Southe IN Minnesota has about 125, 900
i acres; the Hastings &; Dakota about 16O,-
600 acres; the Minnesota Central about
10000 acres, and the Southern Minnesota
extention about 10000 acres.
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Minnesota Postal Receipts.
A statement prepared in the postoffice
department gives the gross receipts OF the
presidential posto1tices for the last year.
In Minnesota the following return receipts
! in excess OF IS 900:
Albert Lea. S5,5Ss s4,a1oorhead.. S5,OS7 IS
Crookston. 5,6a4 60IOwatonna. 5,i23 So
Faribaut.... 9,017 o6lRochester. 1o,s73 IS
Fergus Falls 1855 49jst Cloud. 1892 -
H Has 5 dod 95jst Paul 1s7,957 q
Minneapolis 1856 ,o05 67:Winona ..... 1850 -
a National Editorial Association was
! organized at Cincinnati. The election OF Of
ficers resulted: President, c. IT. Jones.
Florida; vice president Gen. Leon Jastrem-
ski, Louisiana, and Edwin Hurbut, Wis
consin; corresponding secretary. w. f..
Pabor, Colorado; recording secretary, G.
Gilbert, Texas, assistant corresponding
secretary, Thomas Rust, Texas; treasurer,
j. Il. Bettes, Arkansas. An executive
committee was then chosen, one from each
state. The next meeting will be held in
Denver in June, 1887. a goldheaded cane
was presented to the retiring president,
B. B. Herbert OF Minnesota.
The flax and Hemp Manufacturers and
Growers association met i'll Chicago few
days ago. The dizziness OF the Irvine and
bagging industry OF this country was dis
cussed. Growers only receive eight cents q
pound for flax, whereas in 1870 they got
IL cents. The cause, it was claimed, was
due to combination Of manufac turers OF
manila Irvine and machine manufacturers,
SO that machines manufac tured will not
properly prepare the flax for Irvine purpos-
eS.
Forbush's hotel, five stores, the postof
flee and n dwelling at North Adams, Mich.
were burned. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
$1,000.
Annie, wife of Thomas Lauehlin of New
York, tried to throw vitriol into his face.
but it splashed over her own face neck
and hands, burning her in terrible man.
ner. The husbands hands were burned
severely also. Annie was arrested The
couple had separated and the husbands
refusal to live with his wife again caused
the attack.
DR.. Edward H. Coates, a St. Louis den.
fist, shoots and kills DR.. A. B. Keith. q
fellow professional for alleged intimacy
with his wife,.
wedding has united two OF the wealth.
lest Hebrew families in New York. The
bride is Miss Julia Wormser, of the firm of
|. S. Wormser. bankers This lady il
reputed to be the richest Hebrew heiresy in
the United States. The groom is Jefferson
Seligman, son of James Seligman, OF the
well known banking firm.
Gen. Delgado and his friends have sent a.
protest to Secretary Whitney against their
being trea ed as prisoners OF war by naval
officers in charge OF the steamer CITY of
Mexico, NOW at Key West. No permission
is allowed to confer with legal advisers or
take any steps to secure q hearing as en-
titled by law in their behalf. They request
the same privileges that are granted all
persons charped with violation of laws of
the United States.
The committee on pensions recommend
the repeal OF the limitation prescribed
against persons not enlisted in the army,
but who, while serving for the time being
as members OF the militia of any state.
under orders Of an officer of the IIn;ted
! States, were disabled in consequence of
wounds or injuries received in any engage
ment with rebels or Indians. The limita-
ton referred to expired in 1874, since
which time congress has been appealed to
in many individual cases for the passage of
special pension acts.
The chief complication of the home rule
question is the attitude Of Mr.. Chamber.
lain He is still working hard il, rr;ua4o