Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-11
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ncapolis; Mary A. Powell, Bcllaire, Ohio;
Ella NJ. Stanton, Sank Rapids; Amy NJ
Stone, Pine Island; Mary L. Wakefield
EoresttCity.
The cornerstone of the Pillsbury Board
ing Hall, connected with the Minnesota
Academy grounds at Owa tonna, was laid
on Tuesday lst inst. Hon. W. r. kinyon,
master OF ceremonies. announced the pro-
sra:n.ne, which consisted OF music by the
band; PRAYER, by Rev. L. Wescott, and
chorus, Let Thy Light Shine Then fol-
lowed tie laying OF the corner stone by
Hon. George \ Pillsbury, assisted by the
architect, w. g. Dunncll and Master Mason
H. B. Woodley. Master OF Ceremonies
knyon, in /, brief address, thanked Mr..
Pillsbury, in the name OF the citizens OF
Owatonna, for his generosity and public
OF the box TO be placed in the corner stone
OF the New building, presented it to Mr..
Pillsburv.
Col. harrington, collector Of customs at
St. Paul, reports that the receipts OF the
office for May were Sl1 ,OS5. For the
eleven fiscal months OF the present year
the total recei pts have been 81 l,594. Is,
against S57, 1920, showing an increase OF
$54, S12.O6.
The Methodist society at Bird Island
have engaged the Rev. David Wolff OF
Bloomington, Ill.,, as pastor.
The dwelling OF Sam )ohnson, living six
miles east OF Mortified caught fire and was
destroyed.
The Minnesota cc1nlnandcry OF the mill
tarv orGcr oi the Loyal Legion celebrated
the first anniversary Of their orga niZatiou
by IL reception to Brig. Gen. It. III. l;uger,
at the Ryan House, st. Paul. There we're
present hctwccu seventy aud eighty OF the
!; No ny 81 NIL nj ed
by their wives and daughters, the officers
a t Fort Smelling and their ladies' Gen. LII
cius Faircnild and vile, and mayor Rice
In the case OF Hannah Anderson OF Bird
Island against Peter &. Lander for breach
OF promise, the plaintiff got a verdict OF
$1,000.
Judge ". E. Wootel. county Judge OF Red
River county, shot himself at GAINESVILLE,
Tex. dying instantly. lie had been accus-
eli OF appropriatins $4,000, but was scner-
ally considered innocent.
Johnann Most, the anarchist, WIS
sentenced at New York to the penitentiary
for one yearand fined $500. His acrociate,
EraNns n weig, got nine months in the
penitcn'iary and was fined $3.50. Schenk
was sent to he oen,tehtiary nine months
bat not fined. Recorder Snytne, in sem
fencing Most, expresses! deep regret that
heavier sentence. The prisoners were
transferred to Blackwcl's Island.
The barn OF j. ". Morgan ut Star Lake
was destroyed, with his horse, hay and
toolsiy lightning.
The lresby terrain church at Argyle was
burned being a total loss. The church had
! just been finished and was The finest in the
county.
John Whiting nineteen years old. fell TN
der a flat car aud was badly injured at
| Clithcral station near Battle AXE lie may
| recover.
! Internal revenue collections at St. Paul
for May were S113,S7G.17.
The propeller Peerless passed through an
ice field five miles long alter leaving Duluth
for Chicago a few days ago.
! Sheriff Monks, OF ManEutn, went to Still
water with two criminals, Hill and Jones,
the former for tw aud the latter for three
years.
! The London Times says of Mr.. Blaine's
| Portland speech: Mr.. Blaine may or may
not catch the Irish vote by performances
such as that Of recent date, and so win the
! prize which has been snatched from him
! once and again. But we refuse to believe
! that his ignorant and presumptuous rant
! represents the honest and independent
| opinion and reflections OF the Americans.
| 1t is peculiarly absurd that he should pose
| as the advocate OF a plan which he sup.
| poses, quite wrongfully, would place Ire,
| land in the position Of u state OF the Amer
lean union. He has been conspicuous for
the same reasons which now make him a
! f1attcrer of the Irish, in the bloody shirt
campaign against the southern state rights,
! and ii any southern state should now at.
! tempt to deprive negroes OF suffrage, b.:
would be the first to favor the settlement
OF that local affair by the armed interference
OF the central government.
! Robsrt Bowman, alias J. G.. Hogan, alias
| George Munroe. with IL dozen other aliases,
! q notorious PROBES sioual forger and men,
Der OF The Wilkes Elliot gang, passed through
New York on the way to Burlington, VT,
where he is charged with forgeries on the
First National bank OF Brandon, w.; the
Vermont National bank, Rutland County
| National bank OF Rutland, Vt. and the
Farmers and Mechanics Trust Company
OF Burlington. Bowman was arrested in
Chicago.
Archbishop Kendrck has been appointed
by the pope APOSTOLIC delegate to confer
| the cardinalitiai insignia OF Cardinal Elect
Gibbons. The ceremony will take place in
Baltimore on July l.
! The gross earnings OF the Northwestern
for the fiscal year ending May 81, will be
| about $24, 800, 600, which includes the es-
tinnated earnings OF the month OF May just
closed. The operating expenses and taxes,
estimating those for May, will be about
$13, 900; the interest, on the bonded
debt and sinking funds aboG IS, TOO, 600,
! making the estimated ne. ~eveDue $7,7O0,-
900. From this the dividends Of 6 per
cent. on common and 7 per cent. on pre-
I t0
has been declared, leaving q surplus oil
| 81. 255, 500. exclusive OF revenue derived
fr ON, the sales of lands.
| L. X. Church, OF N ew York, was confirm.
ed associate Justice OF the supreme court
| OF Dakota.
Louisiana proposes to give each disabled
! Confederate veteran 100 acres of state
! land.
Charles A. Buddensiek, the builder O.
mud houses who was sentenced to ten
years i'm pris onment and fined $500 for
| manslaughter, was taken to Sing Sing
prison.
A bill has been introduced in the Louisi-
| ana legislature to prohibit gambling in any
| form.
COL Benjamin @. A. Gresham, we'll known
in Indiana, was probably fatally kicked by
| q horse.
The senate committee on foreign relati or
has agreed upon an important measure in
regard to the inspection OF meat for e. por
tation, and prohibiting the importation o.
adulterated food and drink. 1t provides
for the inspection Of all cured pork ano
bacon intended for export, and requires 8
certificate from an inspector to be attach
ed to the invoice setting forth the whole
someness of the articles aud the date O
| importation. The second section made il
unlawful to import any adulterated or un
wholesome articles Of food or drink, anG
any violation of this section is punishable
by fine, imprisonment and confiscation O.
the articles. Another section authorized
the president to issue a proclamation cloa