Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-12-03
MIlJNES0 TA NEWS.

NESO Ga NEWS.
Dana IN ST. Paul, Nov. i 9th, Susan 4. /,
wife q Dr.. u. MsG. Dana, 81 Plymouth
church. IS 2a
& Senator sabi1n,' telegra phed as follows To
Alien Arthur: Accept and convey to
Mrs. Nc Elroy and your sister my deepest
sympathy. The end 50 long xpected finds
us still unprepared and unreconcjled to
the earthly ending Of one Of The noblest
OF private citizens and best OF public men.
Adjt. Gen. AcCarthy has issued the fol-
lowing commissions: George Whitney cap,
tain Company 3. Second, regiment, vice
Kelmer, resigned; p. +. McGraw, captain
Company r, Second regiment, vice Wash
burn, resigned. .=f .sE IS III
Converse A. Pettingill Of Minneapolis
has commenced action against his wife,:
Hanna G. Pettengili, from whom he wants
an absolute divorce. The plaintM is thir.
ty-one years Of age and the defendant ten
years his junior. The unhappy wedlock
began in Minneapolis on May %, 1884
The principal charge is unfaithfulness, OF
which Pettengill says his vile was guilty
on divers occasions with one August Sand
ford. ,& Z 3% z ~ =: %Ss.H<g FIX 80
The Minnesota Transfer Dressed Meat
company filed articles OF interpretations
with the secretary Of state. The company
will engage at Minnesota Transfer in the
shipping Of dressed meat. The capital
stock is $4,000. IL So.
The Manitoba Railroad company is
building a two. mile spur track through the
granite region near St. Cloud.
It Tlo,J 80 - oo.~ a>,,~ ~,
which will turn out $50 barrels Of -four q
day. IL ~. &*%4
AT the sale OF state lands In Willmar
there were sold 16o acres OF university,
$50 acres OF internal improvement and
2,720 acres OF school lands. The prices
paid were mostly IS and So per acre.
The register of the Benson land Office
says that the land commissioner has ruled
that applicants under the homestead, pre-
emption and timber culture laws must
sta te in their application the place OF their
actual residence and their postoffice adj
dresses, otherwise the applications will be
returned.
Secretary Charles Bornarth, OF the Scott
County Agricultural society, has undertake
en- to unite all county societies in the state
and have them take concerted action to-
ward having the state appropriation equal.
~ divided among SOCIETIES holding annual
fairs.
Rev Fl. A. Newell. formerly pastor OF
the Presby terrain chufch OF Rochester, and
in charge OF a honrishing church, hiss az
cepted call from nscongregation in Salem,
Or, and has removed thither.
At Wabasha, Anton Gedert, who pleaded
guilty to the crime OF polygany, was SEN
fenced to two years in the peniten tiary.
Charles Hammond, indicted Tor mortgag.
ing property which he did not own, plead
ed not guilty. He was tried and acquit-
ted. Gerdert aud Henry a. Andrus con-
victed Of horse stealing, were taken to
Saltwater by Sheriff Burkhardt.
Anna NJ, vile of the late Herman Leasing
OF Manasha, has been granted a. pension
of SIS per month, dating from the date Of
the death her husband.
The state school land sales for Stearns
county held at St. Cloud was the largest
ever held. It amounted to about $685.
900 for over $500 acres. The highest
IS, an average of $3.50
Hon. John S. Pillsbury sues the St.
Paul Globe for libel.
A resident OF Spring Valley dug up a dirk
knife, ten inches long. On a plate OF silver,
fiveted with gold rivits on the handle, was
engraved: "1n hoe signo vinces." He also
found an Indian tomuhawk thatwas mi
mus handle and badly rusted and an In
dian bow and three steel-pointed copper
arrows, a gun barrel and lock, a copper
mounted powder horn, all but slightly in.
cured. Also the skeleton OF a man whose
stature in life is estimated to have been
about six feet and three inches; he had
string OF bears claws around his neck with
81 gold medal attached to it.
e. +. Drake, member of the syndicate
building the Duluth, South Shore & and
Atlantic, the new line between St. Paul
and Montreal, returned recently from New
York. interviewed, Mr. Drake said: The
been raised by the syndicate, which is com.
posed OF strong parties in Detroit, Chicago
and st. Paul. The road will be completed
by Oct. 1 1887. The completion CT the
Duluth, South Shore &, Atlantic will give
St. Paul a new line to tide water several
hundred miles shorter than any other
route.
The residence of Andrew Rocksted, of
Hastings, was burned to the ground.
Last spring wedding was to have taken
place near Cannon Falls, but few days
before the time set the brides parents lost
their house by fire, and the bridal trousseau
burned with the rest. Time sped by. A
new house was built, and on the 10th the
wedding was to have been, but again the
elements interiered. The snow blockade
kept the bridegroom from reaching the
house OF the bride.
Knute Nelson's opponent for congress on
the Prohibition ticket in that district has
received and accepted q call to preach at
Ladora, Ind.
At . meeting OF the directors OF the
German-An1erican National bank, St.
Cloud. the banks attorney was instructed
to bring suits against the Minnea polls
Evening Journal and st. Paul Dispatch il +
$4,000 each damages for publishing a re.
port that the bank had closed. 49, :
G.. Fl. Davidson has sold the Austin
Transcript to Charles H. Barnes Of Austin,
and Parke Goodwin OF st. Paul. Consid-
Grafton, 5000; possession to be given
Dec. l. Mr.. Davidson becomes business
manager OF the Quincy (Ill.) Daily Times,
OF which his brother-in-law is owner. 81
Moses Gallup, one OF the earliest settlers
OF Dodge county, dropped dead at his
home in Wasiopa on the evening OF the 10th.
The St. Paul, ST. Croix & Lake Superior
Railway company filed articles ofincorpor
alton with the secretary OF state. The
capital stock is placed at 81, 900. 900. The
object of the company is to build line
from some point in St. Paul through Ram.
sey, Washington and Chisago counties to
point on Lake Superior, probably Du-
luth. Branches will also bs bullt in the
several counties mentioned. It is the
object of the company to have the road
ready for operation by June I, 1887.
A delegation from Fergus Falls. consist
ing OF Judge. II. r. Tyler, Hon: j au1es
Compton, Capt: 0. C. Chase and e. r.
Corliss visited the Office OF the state board
of charities and corrections at st. Paul,
and set forth che advantages and claims
OF Fergus Falls for the new insane hospital.
Joseph Bobletters Secretary ofStateelect.