Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-10-22

beck aud ssnti .1nonopoly - held ~
FaFibault, md the following nominat ions
wsrs made: etste senator, g. N. Batehei-.
dor; rsprssentat ives, William lew, ~. ~.
Swain, John Powers, y. 8. Mather. 34S
]. Percy Dewart, son Of Rev. g. H... Dew
art Of Cannon Falls, died suddenly 1t.
Hamlins university, where he va at-
tending school. W..
The democratic convention for the,
Twenty.eighth senatorial district nominal
ed Tor senator r. 1T. Graham; representa-
tiyes, George A. Chase, Joseph 1ngeholt,
Hennepin East; Philip Jacoby, Isanti; 3.
w. Morrill,, Anokacounty. 455.
Dakota Peoples county convention
nominated for senator, A. II. Truax. pres
ent incumbent; representatives. 1gnat titus
Donnelly and A. $. Bradford. Ignatius
Donnelly made a speech, in which he de-
clared his intention to work Tor the entire,
Republican ticket from governor down! 70
coroner, and would stump the county to
! that end. i 800. zss. rs
The proprietor OF the Parker hotel at,
Sank Center was arrested for breaking into
A. J. Smiths warehouse. He was caught.
in the act, taken before thejustiee, pleaded
guilty. and was bound over to courtin
$500 bonds, and failing to put up the So
curity was taken to St. Cloud.
The belief that Rantenberg the Winona,
defaulting savings bank clerk, 10 safe in
Canada, is correct. Sheriff Bogart tracked
him to La Crosse. where he bought q ticket
for Toronto via Port Huron.
Joseph Church, an old resident food.
hue county, was found dead near the old
Eames place, four miles below Red Wing.
He with his son, had started for his home
in Florence, with some CATTLE he driving
the team and the boy driving the cattle.
When near the Eames place the boy dis
covered that he was dead.
The democrats OF Dakota county have
! nominated D. T. Akin, senator; James
! King, Jacob Kummin, representatives..
At Duluth, r. S. Munger was nominated
| by the republicans for Senator and s. j.
Knox for Representative.
The board OF regents OF the state univer-
sity has appointed the following commit
| tees for the ensuing school year. Execu-
tive-Messrs. Pillsbury, Giltllan, Kiehle.
| and Buckham. Course OF Study-Messrs.
| Davis, Clarke, Pillsbury and President
Northrop. Agricultural Farm-Messrs.
Pillsbury, Hubbard and Nelson. Library
and Museum-Messrs. Kiehle, Clarke and
Northrop.
Winona has a sensation in the disappear
ance of a bank clerk with some 81 200 In
! cash OF the banks funds. The culprit is
r. Rautenberg. German OF "a years, small
of stature, with smooth face and all the
| facial characteristics OF a Jew. A year ago
| last December F. A. Rising took the Dung
man into his employ, and assisted him in
various ways, appointing him clerk in the
is treasurer. Young Rautenberg posed as
a great temperance advocate, and was al
ways quite anxious to thrust himself for
ward in such moves as the organization OF
the Y. NJ. c. A.
Estelle, daughter of Judge and Mrs. L. W.
Collins DIST. Cloud died OF diphtheria. She
was seven years OF age.
DR.. M. F. Moon OF Austin, died Oct. ~
from the results OF the accident which befeli
him Sept. 20.
John Erickson, living near Moorhead,
lost his house, barn and 1890 bushels OF
wheat by prairie fire.
At Dresbach, Winoua county, August
Gerstmann, young unmarried German,
| went hunting in the marshes on the Wis
consin side, expecting to meet a friend
there. When three days passed without his
returning, q search was instituted, and
two days later the searching party found
the missing mans dog and followed where
the animal led. Soon a rubber boot torn
| with shot was found and little further
the dead body OF Gerstmann with a bad
wound in the foot and fatal shot wound
in the forehead. It seems clear that tho
foot wound was accidental, but that owing
to suffering from the wound, exposure,
hunger and despair OF assistance the I'M
fortunate man terminated his own exist.
ence.
Dieudonne Joachim OF the town of Wells,
| while singing at The funeral service OF Fer
dinand Duchene, at the French Catholic
church Faribault, dropped dead from
heart disease.
| Wells is Boosting Of q beet raised near
that place that is two feet in length and
weighs seventeen pounds.
John Pocinck OF St. Cloud town, COM
! mitted suicide by hanging himself
Judge Y oung decides that the Minneapolis
Bar association must pay taxes on its
library.
DIR. J. B. McGaughey OF Winona, has de-
clined the Democratic nomination for
state senator. The county committee fll-
ed the vacancy with w. A. Finkelenburg, q
young German.
At Elbow Lake, the railroad and thresh-
ing crews came into town and began to
drink. A row broke out between Hills
men and a threshing crew, in which the lat
ter were badly dem ora lized The sheriff
and officials were powerless. The saloon
III.
when ten OF Washburn's men came in. 4
! row began and lasted all day.
At Eau Claire, Peter Robbeault. convict
ed for assault with intent to murder officer
Elliot three weeks ago, was sentenced to
two years in the state prison. one day Of
each year to be in solitary confinement.
The report OF the assass nation OF ex-
President Gonzales OF Mexico was false.
Longfellow wrote in 1861, he had "onlv
imaginary associations with Minnchaha.
never having seen itexcept in day Dreams
An important change will take place in
the officers OF the Winona & St. Peter Nov.
/. s. Sanborn, assistant general superin.
tendent OF the Northwes tern at Winona
for the past three years. is promoted to
the position OF assistant general superin-
tendent at Chicago, succeeding w. s. Mel
len, resigned. p. Hollenbeck, as assist
ant general freight agent OF Winoua
| who has been with the Northwestern three
years, succeeds Mr.. Sanborn and is in turn
succeeded by E. j. Foster, division freipht
agent at Chicago.
In the United States District Court at
St. Paul, Rice and Ryan, who robbed The
St. James Postoftice, were convicted "a
the offense. The prosecution proved that
Rice and Ryan were arrested in the very
act Of committing the robbery. The evi-
dence in this respect was SO clear and
straightforward as to make doubt almost
impossible. 81 )
Scott county democrats nominated for
Senator. Mat Nachbar OF Helena; represen-
tative, &. j. Farisy OF Credit River. IS.
The following is a complete official censu,
OF the Sisseton Sioux Indians: Total nnm-
Der OF Inhabitants, 1,496. The ponnla.
ton has fallen of since the last ceusns fak.
en- in 1885, when it was ], $40. n. IN.
dams are generally healthy and contented
with their lot. .ti.zE !. $3.50
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The saw mill of James Ca,n,ae a D.