Little Falls transcript., 1889-08-16
MINI ESOTA NEWS NOTES,

MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES..
"A railroad is to be built between Kas.
On and Mantorville
Armour is preparing to ship dressed
meat TO Duluth again. STA
The Renville county fair will be held
Sept. 18 and 10. at Hector.
"a site has been selected ct Duluth for |
the new linseed oil works, to cost $lQO,-
900. =
Governor Merriam has fixed Aug. ~
- the day for hanging Thomas Brown
at Mocrhead.
Constable Robel, OF Mankato, tried to
arrest two tramps and was shot through
the body. He will recover. L .s
Work is to be begun at once on the
Duluth and Winnipeg. Track viii be
laid as far as the Mississippi this fall.
Theodore Norelius, assistant state
bank examiner, was drowned in Chicago
lake while bathing. The body was re-
covered.
The St. Cloud Normal school will be-
gin its entrance examination Aug. 20,
and the regular work Of the term viii
begin the Goth.
J. Frank Collom, a prominent young
Minneapolis attorney, has been arrested
charged with forging tho name of j. F.
Blaisdell to $227 900 worth Of notes.
DR.. Williamson, assistant superintend-
snt Of the asylum at Middleton, N. Y,
has been elected superintendent Of the
new insane asylum at Fergus Falls.
Thursday, Sept. 5. competitive OK.
animation will be held at Litchfield for
the appointment OF cadet to West
Point from the Third congressional dis
trict.
The Austin high school has been ad-
vanGed to the first grade list by tho state
board. Three hundred and ninety-six
state certificates have been received by
the school this year.
Red Wings city council considers the
Salvation army parades nuisance, and
have asked the mayor to sit down on
them. The army will contest the right
Of the mayor so to sit.
Steve Brodie, the bridge jumper, has
just concluded an engagement with II.
NJ. Barnett Of Minneapolis to jump from
height Of $50 feet into Lake Mime
tunka for the sum of $500.
State Treasurer Bobleter says the reve-
nuc from the taxation of railroad re-
ceipts shows decrease of $10O, 900 upon
that Of last year. The revenue Of 1888
WAS S7l3,973.43, and this year it is $780,
COO.
N. p. Clarke's stables at tho fair
grounds, st. Cloud, burned. The stables
contained large nomber Of imported
Ciydesdale' horses, but they were all got
ten out except Clydesdale marc. Loss
5000.
Col. j. H. Davidson, OF St. Paul, has
made an assignment for the benefit Of
his creditors. Hs was largely interested
in the Prosser street locomotive, and its
failure to meet expectations is given as
the cause.
~ 0-year-old son Of Joseph Deidrich,
OF Palmer, Sherburne county, was play
ing with button after the fashion Of q
buzz saw, when the string broke and
the button entered one of his eyes, out.
ting it completely out. The physicians
say he will probably lose the other eye
also.
A novel weed exterminator, invented
by Supt. Kellie and Master Mechanic F.
A. Fraser, Of the $500 Line" is in use
on the Minnesota division. Super.
heated steam, dried in the fire box, is
forced through perforated pipes under
the locomotive, whitening oil vegetable
growth within its range.
Milton Wilson, serving life sentence
in the Saltwater prison for the crime Of
murder in the first degree, was par
dOned by Governor Merriam. He en-.
tered the prison Dec. 81, 1916, and was
then 49 years old. He has no home Oh
relatives, and the ex-warden has kindly
offered him home with him at Roth.
say.
Ernst Hoppe, laborer on the North
western road, took q heavy log chain
and locked it very tightly around his
son's neck, a lad some l3 years old. Hi
then put the key in his pocket and went
to work. After foul hours the neigh
bors discovered the boy and took The
chain off. The boy was suffering very
much and might have perished in a few
hours. The indignation of the citizeni
eliminated in their chaining him to &
post with the same chain that he usec
upon Ills boy.
George N. Seymour has left Stillwatal
for Venezuela in the interest of capital
lists of which ex-senator Sabin is presi
dent. Mr.. Seymour will report upon
the state Of the country and its re
sources, and this report will have mucl
to do with the acceptance of PROPOSE
tions made by the government to givt
the syndicate the exclusive right to built
and run railways, establish telephon,
and telegraph lines, put in electric
plants and manufacture paper of a su
perior quality from plant indigenous
to the country.
At Moorhead an application has beer
made by Attorney @. e. Brown, of Min
nenpolis, to Judge Mills to appoint ,
guardian for one Walter s. Cox, minor
Cox Is the alleged owner Of the origina
: town site Of GAINESVILLE, and his friend
will sue Mr.. Manville, of the St. Paul
Minneapolis s. Manitoba road to regal,
possession Of the lands. The case ha
caused considerable excitement from tn
= fact that the claim embraces nearly al
the land in New GAINESVILLE. The mo
tion was granted and Judge Mills will