Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-01-08
MI NNESO Tll. ST 4 TIE NEWS.

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J5o Ia Harnering Of .Cloquet.s died in ST.
Faul iftil from inter importance. IS
John nlIs, B. Il Bunch sperous young.
farmer near shoa Les, iartin ,coun ty, dis
| appeared my sterio ,tsly about two years
ago; and. al hoigh Efforts was made, no
trace OF his whereabouts was ever found
The ma tier had been completely forg Oft EN-;
until .recentl y, when the superintendent OF
the Mnrtin county poorhouse was sent
Tor by one Of the inmates, a Mrs. Archer,
| who informed hin, that Bunch was murder
/ ed by her husband, . Ills brothers Thomas
and Martin, and John Lynch and George
! Colt. She said the Archers were dssper-
ate lot Of men, who were engaged in horse
stealing md other luwless acts; that tllay
/ mad frequently endeavored to induce
Bunch to Join them, but to no avail. and
| they finally determined to get rid Of him as
| dangerous man. E.3 &5.. & ,.s3 IL \
| Andrew Roos, in the penitent;ary at
! Saltwater under life sentence, had a merry
christmas. He received from The governor
| q notification Of the Communication Of his
sentence TO fourteen years, leaving him but
| Two or three more years to serve. He was
convicted on circumstantialev evidence of the
killing OF q man named Wilson at Wil1nar,
| kandiyohi county les 2. se.t} IS ; 3s5..
Samuel B. Strong, one OF the Oldest Ma.
! sons in the United States died at Jackson,
! Miss. 5. =
! While John Martins OF Belviiere WAS re.
turning home from Red Wing, and just as
he had reached the city limits, he was &C.
| cnsted by a couple OF men who wanted to
ride with him. After they had gone short
distance he was knocked in the head and
robbed OF $50, a key OF beer and lot OF
groceries and meat. 5+ =
| Charles jeremiah sperry, anearly settler,
| 0f Nav II l. go
sheriff OF Monongalia county, and held
many other positions of trust.
The Flanders Zeuner. Birchard cnse at
! Madelia was dismissed on the preliminary
| examination on account OF defective plead
| ings. -
A prominent grain firm at Duluth will
! soon build a -four warehouse capable Of
! storing 1000 barrels.
| Rev. Samuel Mills Of Emerson, Man has
! accepted a call to the Episcopal church OF
Fergus Falls.
Browns Valley is taking steps to organ
ize a fire department..
There will be an old settlers reunion at
| Pine Island Jan. T.
| Big Stone has leased the city's steamer
| to Red Wing parties.
| A farmers alliance has been organized at
| Graceville.
! Rev. j. r. Taintor has resigned the pas
| torate OF the Congregationalist church at
| Fergus Falls and accepted call to Roches-
| ter.
| The Graceville cheese factory has been
| leased to responsible parties, and will be
reopened in che spring.
Enough stock has been subscribed for to
insure the erection OF a farmers warehouse
at Delevan.
Over $1,000 has been subscribed for q
Baptist church at Fergus Falls.
While James Green OF Beaver Creek
township was on his way to Luverne his
horse stumbled and rolling over threw the
weight OF its body across the riders legs
| Mr.. Green lay in this situation nearly an
| hour before help arrived, all the time in
! by his horse.
Asyndicate has bought the Duluth street
| railroad. 1t is composed OF Thomas Low
ry and Samuel Hill of Minncar oils, Judge
| Wilson OF Winona, and A. S. Chase and G..
| G. Hartly of Duluth. The price paid is
| given out as 100000.
Bull Dog" Kelly will be extradited UNI
| less the state department reverses the de-
cision OF the st. Paul commissioner.
| The state dairymens convention meets
! at Albert Lea Feb. 2.
| On Christmas day Governor Hubbard
| pardoned from the state penitentiary
Thomas j. McAfee, alias Gerald Moore,
| and he has been released from the peniten-
tiary at Saltwater. McAfee was sent
| from Ramsey county last fall. He was
convicted of bigamy and sentenced to three
! years imprisonment at hard labor. The
case excited much interest at the time Of
| it's trial. McAfee deserted his first wife in
Dublin, Ireland, and came to New York,
where he engaged in business. During
! the voyage from the old country
he met and fell in love with his
second wife. who went by the name
| OF Countess Won Mutzenbach. Not long
| after arriving in New York the two were
| married. One day, while walking on the
| street, he met Thomas Lodge, the brother
| of his former wife: To escape suspicion he
| left with his wife for the West, intending at
| first to go to the Pacific coast. Instead,
| however, he stopped in St. Paul, where,
| under the name OF Gerald Moore, he en-
| gagged in the stationery business. Lodge
| followed him up, discovered his wherea-
bouts, and had him arrested.
| President Cyrus Northrup of the State
University delivered an able address on
''Teaching and Tea :hers," at the State
capitol in St. Paul. This was preliminary
| to the ninth annual meeting al the Mime
! sofa Educational association, the address
being principally for the delegates to the
convention. .a.~. .e.,s.s...,,
Jabez Lloyd, an old and respected citizen
| OF Mankato, died, aged about eighty.
Rev. Sheldon Jackson, the famous Pres
byterian bishop of the Rockies" and
recently from Alaska, is in Rochester
Thomas Carroll, arrested at Hinckley for
the shooting Of John Sheedy, is in the Gus
tody OF the Sheriff. Attending physicians
state that Sheedy's wound is a serious
| one, the ball having penetrated the upper
| portion OF the left lung.
The WOODEN mill, owned and operated by
Blood & Slonaker, in the southern part Of
| Winona, burned to the ground. The mill
had been running on full time lately and
| was doing Il good business. The building
and machinery were valued at $4,000, and
there was on hand over 1000 pounds OF
! wool. -: y : =. j
| Albert Lea is taking steps to secure the
| meeting Of the state dairylnen's convention
at that place. '-- !;t:%$ t}'e2 @.Esf35.El ~
st. Paul has $257, SIG inits treasury,
I Prof. Heaton and wife, Of Winona, have
| arrived at Weston, Or, where the former
assumes duties iusthe state normal school.
Prof. r. T.. Edwards, formerly Of the
! Colorado Agricultural college, and for. the
| past three years principal Of the Academy
OF Olney, ILL.,, has been called TO the Metho-
| dist church at Tavlors'. Falls y aTs
Saturday OF last week was the twenty
| third anniversary OF the hanging OF the SO
Sioux Indians at Mankato, and likethat
! memorable day was q warm pleasant one.
The old settlers who were there at the time
of the greatest hanging onrecord state that
iii there was any difference Dec. 26, 1862,
was the most pleasant.
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