Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-10-25

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MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.
st. Cloud is to have an electric fire
alarm system.
DR.. Boman, of Minneapolis, who sued
given a verdict for $1,000.
The retail salesmen's association of St.
Paul has decided to prosecute retail deal
ers who keep open on Sunday.
Officer Abe WEIGH, of Winona, has
been appointed deputy collector Of GUS
toms, with headquarters at Pembina.
r. L. Frazee's large -four mill and saw
stroyed by fire Saturday night. C. P.
part Of it was saved.
The jury in the trial of Charles Hesse,
the wife murderer, of Hollywood, Carver
county, agreed upon verdict of murder
in the second degree. It Is stated that
on the first ballot ten were FOR hanging.
Fire from threshiug engine destroyed
q stable, between thirty and forty tons Of
hay and two sets of harness, together
with four valuable horset, on the farm of
Louis Dorm in Minneota.
A disease similar to pleuro- pneumonia
has made its appearance among the hogs
in the vicinity of Germantown. It is
said that they are being sold by owners.
The matter will be Investigated.
The idea Of stone quarry work in the
winter and a foreknowledge of iron
bound reformatory rules has toned down
any special exuberance among the con-
victs at the st. Cloud reformatory.
Andrew A. Void, alias Olson, charged
with the lnvrder of Hans Hagen, neal
! Breckenridge, few days ago, has made
full confession, in which he clears Mrs.
Hagen from any share in the crime.
The child Of Mary Roupe, at Window,
about six months old, fell into a pit OF
Stacking lime while the workmen were
| at dinner, and was burned to death. The
uncovered portions Of the body were
burned to the bone.
The president has directed the secre-
tary Of the interior to permit the Indians
on the White Earth, Red Lake and
White Oak reservations to cut and sell
| the dead timber on these reservations fol
| their use and benefit.
The comptroller of the currency has
declared first dividend Of 80 per cent
in favor of the creditors Of the First Ma
tional bank of Anoka on claims proved
! amounting to $40, 1876. This bank failed
April last.
DR.. G. N. Hewitt, secretary of the state
board OF health, accompanied by his
wife, has gone on. q European trip to
study sanitary methods. DR.. Franklin
Staples, of Winona, will be acting score
tary Of the board during his absence.
South Minneapolis is all torn up over
the fact that Mrs. George Weikoff has
left her husband and gone to live with
Henry Bratsch, whom she calls her
souls affinity and that Weikoff has
accepted $500 to square" matters.
Brainerd Roman Catholics are deeply
disturbed over thu removal of their pas
tor, Rev. Father Watxy, by Archbishop
Ireland. The punishment was for cler-
ical disobedience, and delegation after
delegation has in vain labored with the
archbishop.
- Two men entered the railroad station
at Mallory and demanded from the sta.
ton agent, who was there alone, certain
papers. He refused to deliver them, and
the men then drew revolvers and would
undoubtedly have shot him but for the
timely appearance Of section boss.
Albert MaIsll,. Of Blue Hill, Sherburne
county, was driving with child IN his
arms on Tuesday when q dog ran out
from a house, frightening the horse. Mr..
Marsh threw the child on the grass at a
safe distance from the wheels Of the
buggy, thereby saving it's life, but he
was thrown forward under the horses
feet and kicked to death. > 8
Lena Weinberger was burned to death
last May in Winona. Saturday her four
trunks were burst open, aud in their
false bottoms was found over $4,000 in
gold and bills. Where the money came
from is q mystery. Col Cockrell, for
whom the woman worked for thirty
years, says he was not aware that the
woman had any means.
The council Of the Indians Of the
Fond du Lac reservation with the
officers of the Duluth and Winnipeg,
ordered BY the government a short time
ago to consider the question Ct damage
to be paid them for the right Of way Of
the road across the reservation, was held
to-day. 1t was agreed that the COM
pany should pay them IS an acre for the
land SO used, which amounts to about
800 acres. |..
Parties from the Illinois coal regions
have purchased large tracts of land near
Renville, with the intention of prospect
ing for coal next spring. It ia thought
that there are very considerable veins Of
coal there, and their schedule Of opera
tions begins with the sinking of . shaft
800 feet deep, which prospectors prog
nosticate viii enable the mining Of coal
I at the mouth Of the shaft for price Of
not over 81. 30 per ton.
! An old man living q 1 bachelor north
1 of Mankato and whose name Is mn
known, ehot and seriously Injured i boy,
named Charley Brooks, the son 81 .
neighboring farmer. The old man had
been annoyed by boys, who played al
sorts OF pranks upon him, and lie wa
awaiting an opportunity to get even with
them. The gun, fortunately, was only
loaded with q heavy charge Of powder
and wad, and, while the wound Il &c
rious, il is not fatal.
The supreme court d Minnesota haa
rendered q decision in the care Of j. T.
Harrison. appelis.ns vs. Eieollet Ne.