Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-25
MINNESOTA STA TE NEWS.

Rock (Wis.) section OF the Chicago, Bur
lington a. Northern railroad. was struck on
the head by a.stone thrown from a blast
| and killed. He was fifty-five years old, re-
sided. back OF Stockholm, Wis, and leaves
! a widow and four children. 49,
At the annual meeting OF the Renville
County Agricultural socie ty, Charles Ken
ming was elected president, II. Y. Poore
secretary and Albert Brown treasurer.
The directors are as follows: F. E. Wolff
F. A. Marsh, NJ. r. Ridout, D. S. Hall, l..
L. Times, J. s. Bowler and S. T. Salter.
Dr.. ]. g. Riheldaffer, late superintendent
OF the sthte reform school, is temporarily
supplying the pulpit OF the Presbyterian
| church at Redwood Falls.
Frank Boseman of Minneapolis, while
! prospecting for iron near Tower, got lost
in the woods and is supposed to have
| persisted.
AT St. Paul, n sorrowing father and
| griei-stricken mother were just bending over
| the mortal remains of Michael Tucker, who
had just died OF fever, when the startling
and horrible intelligence reached them that
another son, Patrick, had just been drown
ed while bathing in the river.
John Peterson, aged fifteen years. son OF
Hans Peterson, OF Pleasant Valley, six
miles below Red Wing, shot his brother,
aged eleven. The brothers and two other
boys went to a field. John, who had a re-
volver, fired. two shots. Thinking that
! there were no more loads in the pistol he
commenced pointing and swapping it at
his companions. The revolver was finally
discharged, taking effect in the right breast
OF his young brother Fred.
James Lyons committed suicide at Char
les Barker's house OF illfame, one mile
south OF Rice Lake by drinking six ounces
OF carbolic acid, which killed him almost
instantly.
The wind did considerable damage in the
southern part of the county during the re-
centstorm In Henryville township, Jacob
knell had q large barn blown from the
foundation and badly wrecked In Beaver
Falls, N. Stone, John Bush and George Mar
tin each had a barn totally demolished,
and o. c. Anderson lost his barn and gran.
airy. good many outbuildings and trees
were blown down. No one was hurt.
A great jam OF logs formed in the Dalles
OF the St. Croix at T:.yIor's Falls. The
number OF logs in the jam is now estimated
by some at 1OO, 900, 600 and by others at
140, 100000 feet. This is the first jam for
five years, and the only one which ever ex-
tended farther up from the Dalles than the
foot OF Taylor's Falls.
party of young men were fishing in
Greenleaf lake. LIE Sueur county, when the
drowned. His body was recovered.
Louis Mitchell OF Lake Washington, LIE
Sueur county, was drowned in the east end
OF Lake Washington, about eight miles
from st. Peter. He was twenty five.
On Dec. ~, 1885, a defalcation of 500
was discovered in the accounts OF L. W.
Seeley, deputy postmaster at Lakeield,
Cottonwood county. Shortly after he dis
appeared. After entering Estherville, all
trace was lost. On Thursday the 10th
inst. the authorities at Chicago learned OF
the presence OF Seeley at Lakefeld and Or
| dered his arrest This was accomplished
Bassett P. Kidder Of Chicago took him to
St. Paul. Seeley' father made up the de-
falcation, but there are other claims
against him.
The twenty eighth Minnesota state Sun
day school convention is to be id at
Mankato, commencing the evening OF June
20 and continuing three days.
| The Mower County bank of Austin has
! closed it's doors. The suspension causes
| great surprise, as it was considered a sound
| financial institution. The liabilities, it is
belived, will reach 100000. Over $780,
600 has already been reported. 1t is as
serted that the deposits we're about $751;
900 and the assets over $4,000.
Judge Luther NJ. Brown ofShak opee died
| suddenly at his residence OF hem orrhage OF
the stomach. Judge Brown Was one OF the
! oldest settlers OF the MINES sofa valley and
| at one time judge Of the Eighth judicial dis
| trict and the foremost legal light OF Scott
| county. OF late years he had not been an
active practitioner at the bar He was
Democrat in politics.
thief broke into the money drawer of
| the depot at Minnesota City, and stole Sc
! in silver
The stable and granary OF Cornelius Nc
Graw. 16 miles south OF Litchfield, were
burned, together with three horses, some
hogs and q lot Of grain.
| According to the report OF the chief en-.
| gineer OF the fire department there have
been twenty fires in Anok;. the past year,
resulting IN loss OF nine houses, six barns
one shingle mill and damaging five other
buildings. Total loss, SIG, $50.
Anoka county is suffering from the worst
drouth OF the past half dozen years, and
farmers report that not more than
ha II a crop OF wheat or grass will be har-
vested.
Ashby will vote on a proposition to
| bond the town for $1,5OO to secure the
construction. OF a FIGURING mill at that
place.
One hundred Indians from F'Iandreau
are on a pilgrimage to Redwood Falls and
other points where Indians are located.
The dwellings on Levy Steenerson's farm,
near Fisher, were destroyed by fire. Loss
| 81 900; insurance 5000.
| A little child of Isaac w. Fnrgeson, liv-
ing near Marshall, was burned to death by
| prairie fire.
! Dennis Ryan has announced permanent
changes IN the management Of the Ryan
hotel at St. Paul. Brugh and Truman
have severed their connection with the
hotel. Mr.. Ryan remains proprietor and
| r. J. Keeghan becomes manager. Mr..
Keeghan is a New Yorker who has been
! West about three years. The receipts, it
is asserted, since the opening have averaged
$4,000 per month.
The following convicts from Otter Tail
county arrived OF the state penitentiary
George GREGG, forgery, two years; Henry
Pier, grand larceny first degree. two years;
Oliver c. Perry, burglary third degree, two
| years.
The contract for building an iron bridge
! over the .Zumbro river at Millville was
awarded to Horace e. Horton OF Rochest-
er, the price for same being 81, 600.
fine deposit OF brick clay has been dis
covered near Herman.
A large barn belonging to Cobb & VIII
| SON on the old Shaubult farm, three miles
! from the city OF Mankato, WAS burned,
having ignited from spark from a pipe.
The barn was the largest in the county,
and cost So, 800.
The Baltimore Sun says: "Over three
hundred car loads OF Minnesota -four in
sacks were on the tracks at Canton a few
days ago awaiting export to, Europe. The
| shipments are on through bills Of ladine
| and came by lake and Northern Cen 5raI
railroad. Two steamships for London and
one Tor Bristol, Eng, were loading will,
flour, harrelled meat, grain, etc. This
| movement OF -four direct from Minnesota
,nillers to Europeis attracting attention
| The steamship Lambert cleared Tor Lon.