Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-14


named Delano, near Green Bay, Wis, led
TO q battle during which one was pounded
to death with heavy chair, and another
probably fatally stabbed. ~ 4 s
The engagement OF Lieut.. J. n. Duvall,
Sixteenth infantry, to Miss Grace Baldwin,
daughter OF an officer of the same regiment,
is announced. ~. vi y Il EsS%I $.>$ ~
The house committee on public lands
has reported the bill of Delegate Clifford
granting to the Territory OF Dakota section
10, township 1O3, range 81 west, in
Aurora county, for the purpose Of reform
school for juvenile offenders.
Senator Ingalls,, according to q Washing
ton correspondent is exceedingly senti-
mental, as emotional as woman and az
gulleless as a child.
The house committee on pensions pro-
poses that the army pension bill shall be
accompanied with a revenue bill to provide
means for payment.
1t il understood that the president has
been requested by Senator Beck to with
draw the nomination OF Warren Green, son
OF the president of the Western Union Tele-
graph company, who was appointed con-
sui to Japan, the charges against him be-
ing 80 serious as to justify his rejection by
the senate.
tee, in their report against the education
bill. say it's object is varied, it's provisions
uncertain, its effects conjectural, giving
their reason for dissent at some length in
detail.
Mr. Gladstone, in q manifesto to his
Midlothian constituents, explains that his
great age has prevented his taking part in
the speeches OF the Easter recess, and has
Obliged him to reserve his limited powers
for the house of commons and for that
reason he uses his pen instead of his voice.
Continuing he says: Never have known
an occasion when parliamentary event
so rang throughout the world as the intro
duction OF the home rule bill. From pub
lie meetings, from the highest authorities
IN the British colonies and in America
from capitals such as Washington, Boston
and Quebec, from remote districts lying
beyond the reach of ordinary political ex-
element have received conclusive assur.
ances that kindred people regard with
warm fraternal sympathy the attempt to
settle, once for all, the troubled relations
between England and Ireland, which ex-
hibit the only great failure OF the political
difficulty, and to obtain in a reasonable
degree the main ends Of civilized life.
Gov. Hubbard and family are vacatins
their quarters at the Merchants and are re-
moving to their home in Red Wing where
they will be after May /. -
During a quarrel at Croke, Traverse coun-
ty, Theodore Wise was shot and killed by
T. Q. Bingstrom. &
fire in the woods on the Red Eye, near
Verndale, burned 100, 900 feet Of logs.
Charles Knapp OF Cam pbell, Mimi, is ar
rested, charged with issuing fraudulent
wheat tickets, and is subsequently injured
by falling from train.
Maj. A. E. Alden, a distinguished Min
nesota soldier, dies at Seattle, Wash.
The state treasurer reports 1928, 271. Sc
in the state treasury.
Rev. NJ. B: Lowrie, who has been preach
ing in the Presbyter church at Lake
City for several months, has been hired by
the society for year, and will soon move
his family there
The Rev. w. NJ. Bowdsh, OF the Mime
sofa Methodist conference, and for three
years pastor OF the Methodist church in
ZumbrOta died of consumption in Chat
field. He was buried at Anoka.
Gov. Hubbard has received draft for
SAG, SO4.S3 from the United States treas
urer, being the 5 per cent. fund due the
state for internal improvements. This
will be partially employed to pay for the
bridge building ordered by the last legisla-
ture.
A competitive examination under the
rules OF the United States civil service COM
mission OF applicants for the classified pos
tai service will be held in the United States
court room al the custom house, st. Paul,
at 10 a. NJ, on May %. Applications for
examination must be made on blanks pre-
scribed by the civil service commission five
days before the examination occurs. The
blanks can be obtained from Ed. s. Bean,
secretary OF the board Of examiners.
DR.. James w. Routh, died in ST. Paul re-
Gently. :
Stephen Hicks an old and we'll. known
citizen OF Hastings died, in the 8Oth year
of his age. ..I%. .. ~ -. =,
At Mortified, two lads about IA years
OF age, named Wager and Lillim, respective
~, were fooling with a revolver. Thelatte
placed the muzzle OF the weapon to the
shoulder OF Wager, when the revolver was
accidentally discharged. The ball entered
Wager's body at the shoulder, passing up
into the neck and out at the back. The
boy s recovery is extremely doubtful. y
Col. VIM. Fl. Shelley, well-known citi.
zen of st. Paul, died suddenly in Washing
ton, where he had resided for some time.
The double wedding OF Miss Mary G.
Smyth to George c. Squires. and Miss Lou
Use Smyth to Lieut.. E. F. Glenn, OF the
twenty-fifth infantry, at present stationed
at Fort Smelling, took place in st. Paul. :.
The survivors OF Company B, First Min
nesota volunteers, residing in Washington
county celebrated the, twenty fifth ami
versary OF the musteriugin OF the regiment
the celebration consisting OF a banquet and
social at the Sawyerhouse. There are now
g. 10. a az