Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-12-17

| grand jury by Judge tart, a rigorous I'M
| vcotigatiOn has been instituted to learn
| how much truth there may Ae in the req
| ports current about Rochester concerning
tho selling OF liquor to minors.
| Mrs. Charles Newton Of Fergus Falls;
gave birth to three fine daughters. Tho
weight OF the lnflnts was five pounds each
LIE sueur shipped 157, 900 pounds OF
! por! recently-ln aling 7o4, 1O6 pounds.
, shipped since the cold snap set in.
Lincoln county supports /, single p;ruper
and the county board recently allowed
St.5;' to pay for his barber bill.
boy named Peter Ulseth, residing near
Fisher, shot IL coon, and only woundin. it,:
| he proceeded to club it with his gun, which
went off and discharged a load into the
boys thigh. His life may be saved, and
also his leg.
Louis Fischer, Jr., q we'll known young
| German business man OF st. PAM, killed
himself on the morning OF the 10th, by
firing pistol bullet into his head. No
reason is assigned save dependency oc.
casionc3 by ill-health.
Fire destroyed the residence and barn of
+. l.. Mortimer, valued at $12 900. In
surancc $1,000.
At Wilmer, Sampson and Hall, indicted
Tor la rceny, were convicted and sentenced
for two years each. II
The Houston County Argus wants to
know how it happens that Minnesota flour
| sells in London at 81 80 per hunderd and
| costs at Houston 81 10
A California paper says Of Fleet +. Stro-
ther, q iormer we'll known resident OF st.
Paul: Among the lucky dabblers in stock
! is Auditor Slrother, who few days ago
ordered Brother Mckenzie to buy him
! 900 shares OF stock. The order was filed,
and ait"rwa ard the "watcll dog OF tho
treasury ordered the stock sold This
was done, and Mr.. Strother without ad-
vancing a dollar, cleared up s22, 900. -.
The tenth annual session OF the Min
nesota Educational association will be
held at the capital Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday Dec. IS, 20, 30. All rail,
roads will return members OF the associa.
ton al reduced rates, viz: One third fare
where a three -cent rate prevails; one-fifth
fare elsewhere.
Joshua Ashton, one OF the pioneer resi-.
dents OF Goodhue county, died at his home
in Red Wing. Mr.. Ashton mo ved to Min
mes ota in 1851 and settled in Red Wing in
1888. where he has since resided.
The following pensions have been allowed
recently to people in Minnesota: Darius
McFadden. Austin; w. p. Rogers,
Alexandria, Henry Rinker, rnt;sll; j. H.
henderson. Minnsa pcls; Jane A.. widow
| widow OF ". H. Peck, zumbrota Fredcr.
lex Bailey, Clitherall; Mary widow a,
j ohm Long, White Iear Lake; Sarah, Wild
ow OF Sowden Wilson, Anoka; W. a. Col
fee. New London; Charles Platt, Fairmont:
J. l.. Anderson, Austin; A. Somers Mime
apolis; A. E. McGinnis Claremont; James
Parmeter, Austin; c. &. Rollins Lake
increased-R Ammeu'lson. Wild Rice: N.
Hart, Silver Lake; +. Joerin, Verde. Pen,
sions reiss'led- G. Grover Aniret
Late Minnesota patents Ma, cus D.
Beardsle, Minneapolis, grain grader; Gust
Lager luist, MiNrea polls. latchway; Peter
r. SDaJh and a l.. ItemcI, Dassel, recep-
llrlc Tor holding nails; Matthew F.. Traitor.
Mnneap ohs, scafiord bucket; Charles |,
Wynau, Anoka, boiler feed regulator. =:
A careful estimate places the amount OF
lumber on hand III Minneapolis Dec. /.
1886, at about 1873, 900, 600 feet. +:
Mrs. C. /. Barnes, one of Prescott's
most esteemed ladies, was instantly killed
recently by being thrown from a cutter
against a tree. She was the daughter of
Moses Van Inmagen, who lived in Hastings
over twenty years ago.
The warehouse and office OF the Anoka
sash and door factory were burned. Loss.
| $4,000. ~
! Col. E. e. Mason. inspector general OF the
| department OF Dakota, has returned to
Fort Smelling from Faribault. where he
| was directed to make an inspection OF the
/, Shattuck military school. The colonel
was greatly pleased with his visit to the
school, which contains BIT present 177
cadets. The boys are in an excellent
| state OF discipline and rnade n very cred;-
bic display on the parade ground. a re- 9
port Of the inspection will be rendered IN
the secretary OF war. Is
H. W. Chiids, OF Fergus Falls, has been
selected for assistant attorney general. Il IS.
r. c. Mitchell, of the Duluth Tribune !:
| announces the temporary suspension Of
that paper. @s SIS, S.
Over million dollars was the anount
expanded by ST. Paul for public imurnye.
n,ents, streets, etc, during the year. @s7.
During Hon. Ignatius Donnelly,s
| visit to Grand Forks, Dakota a.
committee OF the chamber OF CO M ,nerc.s
waited upon him to obtain his influence in
securing an appropriation by the Minneso.s
ia legislature to aid in building a bridge.
! across the Red river between that civ and
East Grand Forks. He assured them az
his support OF, the measure Actor, II "a 4
| first taken in, the matter by residents al
East Grand Forks. Ill ss.5#. RI. So
There was q genuine sensationin the hna.s
mess portion OF Minneapolis when "a ~ ),
learned That Sheriff Brackett and his corna
OF deputies were out arresting the keeperas
Of houses OF ill.fame who had been ir,tiict.
ed by the grand jury. Heretofore thaaa
women have been very suspicious that the
grand jury would indict them, hut tI,is !
| time they seemed TO think that there Was
no cause for alarm. s 9ss 8 E7ss
Fuller 4 Carriers auction store ssst.
Cloud, was closed recently by Ingram Is
0leser of MinueapOlis TheywiiI X q sn,< -
g. G. Waller; The assets are bel waesi m S