Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-10-15
MINNESO Ia NEWS

AEtOuS LHE IGCSilG
at st. Paul were those Of Miss Jessie
Rice, to Charles E. Green, Of the North &
. ern Pacific railroad. Miss Markanet
. Porter. niece OF Captain and Mrs. Peter
Berkey, and Charles j. Berryhill, q prom
!; inents st. Paul attorney. az Duluth,
i Dwight e.. Woodbridge to Miss May. Mum
ger, daughter OF r. P. Munger. At Aiane 4
W. K. Marshall, and F. William Magraw
OF st. Paul. Miss Florence T., daughter
:: of Mr.. and Mrs. F. P. Harrington, and
and Mr.. Frank B. Daniels. Ell.
| The headquarters OF the departmental
Dakota will lie removed from Fort Smelling
to st. Paul. 4ss = 49,. WI n 5.t44a
First Lieut.. ". Grosbeck, Sixth infantry,
ia detailed az acting Judge advocate. De-
partment OF Dakota, and is ordered to re.
port in person to the commanding gcnerM
, OF that department. af
! Eastern rnillers will establish hea dquar-
: tiers in Grand Forks, OAK, to buy No.
!; Red river valley hard to grind in their
mills. '.s ~
! At Bird Island, Keake Brothers. -four
mill and two new houses were completely
destroyed by fire recently. The fire caught
F.; in the attic OF the mill, and was caused by
F! the friction OF q shaft. The loss was
$4,000.
i Prairie fires are destroying considerable
, property in Clay county. In Hawley and
skree townships many losses are reported.
!. The country between Moorhead- and
Baraesville is burned over. Large guam
! titles OF hay and some wheat stacks were
destroyed.
! At St. Paul, George Hill, a foreman in
the shoe factory OF c. Gotzan & Co., fell
down the elevator shaft and died instap-
taneously.
| Charles Neil, workman on the st. An
thony elevator, fell from y stage SO !eet
i high and was killed.
The total tax rate for the city Of St
/ Paul is liz mills. The tax for city pur
| poses proper 10 $50 mills, which upon the
assessed valuation Of city real and person
al estate 1854, 500, oOO) will produce SSH
200 the amount estimated by the control
| Ter as sufficient for all city expenditures.
The county tax is 81 mills, the board OF
! education tax 4.5O mills, and the state
! tax l.3O nills--a total OF l712 mills.
| The Republican legislative nominations
| in Ramsey county are-For Senatorial
! bert Scheffer. For Representatives-Jo ohm
! Norman, j. G. Elmquist ". l.. Anes W.
4. Merriam Col. c. D. Kerr, J. j. Ellis, E
G. Rogers.
| The Democra tic convention OF the Forty
, second district nominated George 9. Beck
I SA ~ O1OWI EdNeS lCf LNS SSilsLGc CHu lke
F, +. Pearce OF Norris for the house.
The Milwaukee 4 St. Paul has assumed
control OF the Hutchinson line and issued
its first time card. This gives Glencoe two
out and two in trains daily
i The Luger Lumber company s warehouse
AID Mckinzie's livery stable in Wabash
were burned. Loss, $2O,O insurance
| $lO5OU.
The marriage OF Miss Matte Langdon,
daughter OF the Hon r. 8. Langdon of
, Minneapolis, and Mr.. II. G. Truesdale,
prominent minneapolis attorney, was res
! Gently solelnnized at St. Marks Episcopal
: church i'll the presence OF a large number Of
invited guests.
! George X. Shaw and his brother, Judge
! Shaw OF Minneapolis, have sold their inter
est in the St. Paul Dispatch to George
! Thompson, present business manager Of
the paper. Mr.. Shaw will continue as edi.
; tor Tor the present.
The barn belonging to Edward A. Tews,
in the town OF Acoma, Mcleod county,
WAS burned. Loss, 81 400; insured, $3.50.
Isaac johnson, living mile south OF
! Lanesbord, fell in the mill pond while
fishing and was drowned. 1t is supposed
he was seized with !. tit.
The Mcleod County Farmers alliance
has made the following nominations: SEN
! t~'Hi, Al AAIlCS, cIjIScillitClNt, L. tolI
Ben unlin.
! The gross earnings Of the Minneapolis
! exposition, according to s. Iatemelt pre-
! sented by Assistant Treasurer Scott were
4; S79,7o7. IS, with sums to be collected sutG-
! cient in the aggregate to carry the total
! up to the round figure Of $50, 900. This
statement does not include receipts from
: privileges. These amounted to IS, 900,
making grand total OF SIS, 900 Ills the
/ result OF the seasons business.
The body Of a man was found in Red
Rye wood, near Perham, with o bullet
wound. 1t is supposed to be that OF George
! Keith Of Cornish, and it was probably
! case OF suicide. Keith was q bachelor.
large concourse OF citizens OF North
| field, students and friends from abroad
gathered at the site OF the Astronomical
! observatory to witness the ceremonies at
tends.nt upon the laying Of its cornerstone.
At the Democratic convention at Red
Wing senatorial district Peter Nelson OF
; that place was unanimously nominated
senator
The family of Bishop c. D. Foss have
returned; to Minnea polls, but the bishop
himself will attend conferences in different
states until November.
The state superintendent OF public i'm
struction has made the semi annual ap
portionment OF school funds. The
counties receive SO cents for each pupil
| Last March the amount WAS A3 cents fox
each pupil, and last October it was 9.O3
The total school population, is 241 ,654,
and the amount apportioned was 1924
73S. Aitkin and Benton counties tailed to
forward their reports, and in consequence
they received no apportionment. Becker
Beltrami and Cook counties have no
| schools.
The Meeker Republican county conven-
ton nominated the following: Senator, o.
II. Campbell; representative, Even Even
| son.
The St. Paul & Duluth's flour shipments
this season will be the largest the company
has ever known. This years movement
OF -four already exceeds that OF the whole
OF last year. Up to Sept. the company
movedl, ITO, 234 barrels,a s against ,076,-
| 600 barrels moved during the whole Of
last season. This is an increase OF 81 234
| barrels, and gives the company the mon tbs
OF October and November still to hear fro N.
Dr. Daniel Leasure, one of the most
prominent citizens and physicians OF ST.
Paul, died at his residence at the age of
81. DR.. Daniel Leasure was born near
Madison, Westmoreland county, Pennsyl-
vania on the 18th day OF March, 1919.
After serving for three months as captain
and acting assistant adiutant general on
the staff OF Gen. James A. Negley, he raised
the celebrated Pennsylvania Koundhead
regiment and was it's commanding colonel
for three years. .:s Fu.f
A Republican convention Of the Thirty
seventh senatorial district has been held.
H. E. Hoard OF Montevideo was nominat-
ed for senator, and j. H. Brown OF Lac
qui Parle and A. N. Johnson Of Benson
for representatives. i r. s.s... n
The marriage OF Miss Mamie Otis. dauph-
ter OF Mrs. George T.. Otis, to w. F. NewaIl
took place at Christ church. st. Paul also
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