Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-01-01
MI!NNES0T s a I 3 NEWS.


The estate 81 the lnte ". 4 w Il Men air soj
| Minnea Dolls inventories at 81 ,65S,1 S6.
Jarnes Downs OF Green Isle, MINI. died
at Glendive while enroute tp California.
Erick bison, Il wing near Cokato, was
thrown rom his wagon and 30 badIy injured
internally that he died within few DAYS
Ithereafter. s55. 2 i5 1. s52S' q
w 2. Haight at Winnebago City has
completed u thirty foot windmill, which
will run his two Iced mills. u.
st. Croix loggers are unhappy over The
continued warm weather. II
| 4 man named Martin was beaten To
death in q saloon fight at New Ulii.
High Smith, an old resident ofFaribau,t,
died from the effects Of cancer in the
| throat. III A Ej5s. 3 / .5
Rev. William Williams, lately OF Pierre,
| OAK, is about taking charge OF the Pres.
| by erian churches ut Chester and Oronoco.
supp lying each pulpit on alternate Sab
baths. ~
The railroad commissioners have held a
conference with Mr.. J. G. Boyden, general
Northwestern freight agent Of the Milwau-
kee d st. Paul, and effected an agreement
in regard to grain rates. 1t will be reneln.
beTed that the commissioners refused to
accept the tariff of the Milwaukee a St,
Paul, as the rates from a number Of sta
tions on the Southern Minnesota division
| were considered t5o high. Mr.. Boyden
consented to lower the tariffso it would
compare it'll the same rates for the same
distances that the other transit roads
made. .z,s,4... ,..<-:7
At Willmar, Joseph Blanchard withdrew
his plea OF guilty. and plead guilty
to manslaughter in the second degree,
whereupon Judge Brown sentenced him to
four and a half years in the penitentiary
at Saltwater. The murder OF George ohm
son was committed near Appleton in No.
vember 1884. The body was found in the
POmlne de Terre river, two miles from Ap-
pleton on the Goth OF March last. the head
being split open with an ak. Suspicious
pointed strongly to Blanchard who had
been trapping with Johnson on the river
and had camp near where the body was
found. ''-
The insurance upon the life of the late
Charles II. Clark, carried in the American
Legion OF Honor and amounting to So, OOC,
has been paid to his widow.
Firms in St. Paul are sending out cir.
culars, Offering to attend to payment OF
taxes on lands, due next month, and to
make examinatic MS OF the books OF the
been entered. The recent lax title decision
in Chauncey VS., Wass, in the supreme
court, is the foundation Of the business.
Company X, Minnesota National Guards
at Duluth held it's annual election with the
following result: Captain, Henry Dewitt;
first lieutenant, II. r. Armstrong; second
lieutenant, Eugene Poirer. All were elected
unanimously on the firstfornal ballot.
DIR. McLain has been Opposed from the
ministry and excommunicated from the
church by the St. Paul presbytery.
The record OF the St. Paul postoffice for
the past year shows an unexpected increase,
the business being over $500, 900 more than
it was last year.
/. The argument on the permission to file
information for a quo warranto by COL
Bend on Lieut.. Col. Harrison, was heard
in the supreme court recently. Senator s.
N: Castle appeared for Col. Bend, and
Judge Advocate General Hicks for Col. Har-
rison. Mr.. Castle presented the written
argument for the filing OF the writ, and also
Attorney General Hahn's reply to a re-
quest to take part in the action.
At St. Vincent, Woodhouse and Thomp-
son, charged with robbing Otto Blitz, a
st. Paul travelling man, assert their limo.
cence.
Congressman Wakefield will introduce /.
bill Tor the construction OF canal connect
ing the Minnesota and Red Rivers.
Mr.. Wilson of St. Cloud, who left his
daughters child at the door OF Father Nc
Golrick in Minneapolis, tells the whole
story ofhis daughters misfortune.
Park Moore, ar old and well-to-do her
NIT, is found dead near st. Peter.
Minneapolis society is pleasantly agog
over the announcement that NJ. ]. Hodg-
son. Jr., and Miss Lou Gardiner were Sc
| cretly married last summer.
At New Ulm Herman Koop and William
Trautmiller are charged by coroners ju.
ry with the killing OF the man Martin.
Fairbanks coal buildings, Huser's bill
lard hall and Bowen's bakery veburned
at Austin.
Rev. J. w. Ray rendered his resignation
of the passionate OF the Presby terian church
at Lake City.
|, The hail-storm sufferers at Hawley are
dissatisfied with the small amount OF dam
age money awarded them by the Insurance
| company.
John Dickerson and Lyman Fuller, Of
GAINESVILLE, have been trapping, and they
recently shipped to Minneapolis the skins
OF 1900 musk rats, Is minlzs, 5 coons,
and 2 skunks.
The Catholic church in St. Mary's town
ship, Waseca county, was burned recently,
after service, through defective furnace.
The church cost SIS, 900. Insurance ST..
900.
The residence Of Mr.. A. D. Davis, at Uti-
ca was set On fire by the rays OF the sun
| striking the reflector to ~ wall lamp. which
threw the focus on ~ stand that was COW
cred with newspapers, which caught fire.
The flames were extinguished.
At New Ulm in the coroners inquest on
the body OF the man who is only known as
Martin. the verdict OF the judge is: That
the deceased came to his death by being
struck and killed by a large and heavy
stick of cordwood in the hands OF and
feloniously and Intentionally used by Her
man Koop and VIM. Trautmiller that
they fe]oniously and Intentionally killed
the said Martin with said stick Of cord.
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