Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-21
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.

{ The Southern Minnesot Ia Sheep Breeders
and Wool Growers' association will hold q
public shearing on the farm Of Milo Matter
son, near Eyota, Gu Tuesday, May rs. at
O'Clock p. m. i.
| The delinquent tax sale in Dakota county
amounted to about So, 500, about every
thing being sold. r. G. Jefferson OF St.
Paul was the principal purchaser.
! Dr.. John Knaus OF Moorhead was
] thrown rom his wagon during a runaway.
| He alighted on his head, receiving severe
cuts and internal injuries.
| Grace Episcopal church, destroyed by
| the tornado at Sank Rapids, will be rebuilt
soon. About 81 900 has been raised. for
the purpose. IA
4 Clay county citizens ask the Minnesota
! Agricultural society to offer a big premium
to the mothers OF triplets. ~
Hon. NJ. HI. Dunnell has returned to Owa~
tonna from Washington, and is staying
| quietly at his home. l.
| Charles Taylor was arrested at Moor
head, charged with outraging a Miss
Bierkell. @&I -
Gingcng gathering has become profitable
business around GAINESVILLE
The following are the rates OF licenses de-
termincd by the new council at Red Wing:
Liquor, $500; drays, $40; express wagons,
$40; auctioneers, 500; theaters and travel
ing shows, $40 a day; peddlers, IS to e25
each day; dog license, male, 81; female 50;
billiard, pool and pigeon hole tables, $40.
Mrs. P. Honan OF Nunda, Freeborn
county, died very suddenly. She was read
ing book or paper, when she suddenly
dropped dead.
Every postmaster in Minnesota has been
confirmed except the one at Mankato, who
WAS rejected, and at Preston who has not
been acted upon.
j. A. Sawyer of Minneapolis has been ap-
| pointed to clerkship' in the Office OF the
| first assistant postmaster general.
| W. Blaisdell OF Minneapolis pays fine
OF SIT 40 for refusal to pay street car lare.
| Some boys are arrested at Mankato for
| buying colts OF a Waterville farmer with
confederate scrip.
The Minneapolis millers will abandon
| their association on the ground that the
market has been built up.
Maurice G. Krayenbuhl Of Chaska gets
the West Point cadetship for that congress
sional district.
| Burglars make an unsuccessful effort to
get Mr.. Ricker's cash in a sale at Excelsior.
E. w. Winter is elected president OF the
| St. Paul Union Depot company.
! Quitclaim deeds to 81, 9O2 acres OF land
| in Rock county, situated in five townships,
from the Southern Minnesota Railway
company and the Southern Minnesota
Railway and Extention company were FL
| ed for record with the register of deeds at
Luverne. This includes all the lands own
ed by these companies in Rock county, and
! also places them on the tax rolls.
Charles Ploof, boy engaged to carry
water for work train, four miles east of
Spring Valley, attempted to jump on a
moving train. He fell and the train passed
oyer both legs, mangling them terribly.
! The St. Peter Breeders association has
been organized for the purpose Of import
! ing thoroughbred French coach horse.
Wheat and oats in the vicinity OF the
town OF Ottawa were badly beaten down
by severe hail storm.
Judge stearns Of Duluth granted d.
vorce to Mrs. McFadden on the ground of
cruelty.
The Little Falls, Mile Laos & Lake su-
perior Railway company has filed articles
of incorporation. The purposes of the
! company is to build one or more lines of
! standard Or marrow gauge railroad from
the village OF Little Falls past the south
end OF Mile Laos to a point on the eastern
boundary OF the state, and one or more
branch lines from some point or points on
the main line to the northern and also the
| southern boundaries of the state. The
| capital stock is So, 100000.
| A terrific wind-storm passed over Fari-
bault recently. accompanied by a rattling
sound like the falling OF hail. In the west
ern part OF the city number Of small out
! buildings were blown down. Many people
ran into their cellars. A black cloud pass
| ed over, and for a time the wind was ter
! rible.
Sheriff sewickey ofPolk county. ca ptured
Peter Jackson, Alias Peter Bailey, at East
Grand Forks. Several months ago the
| sheriff received Il description of the man,
| with orders to arrest him if found, us he
was wanted in Montana for stealing twenty
one horses at one time in 1884, and was
under indictment in Dakota for stealing n
team of horses at Inkster last summer
The culprit has kept himself concealed in
the pinery on the Clearwater river all win
| ter. OF which the sheriff was cognizant, but
was unable to capture him until he came
out. lie was we'll armed when captured.
heavy reward was offered for his arrest.
Building Inspector Pardee OF Minneapo-
| lis is exonerated by the jury. in qualified
manner, from responsibility for the
| Bracket block disaster.
]. j. Hill and other Minnesotians bought
blooded short. =. ns at the Dexter Park
sale in Chicago.
The Minnesota Renub,;can s+o+e C,s,+r.,
committee decides to hold a, Ia to c.,nven.
! ton date to be fixed herea flor
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o1" 'n:., 'i.; :" '.rresIeo In 81. raul,
mails through the Minneanolis nostoftce
+orr;h1o ro;n Co.. :,
ha;, 'eir. n"sad ,"'a u evorH. accompanied by
the town pe of M;,ford s;o ro"n feeen..S. IN
hail stones the size ofhens' evcs were n;cked
up. The destruction Of grain, fruits and
all vegetation is great. The wind vas SO
Gs4to s'i'o d 'ea.'n was taken from the