Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-03-22
NEWS NOTES.

Fergus Falls real estate Is taking lively rise.
Al Wahasha there IL no ice in the Mississippi
river. Ga 4,
Fa,iners at Mcorhesd have already cou,-
menced seeding.
F. Doping was arrested and Gnsd $50 at Fari-
bault tnr running . blind pig. Y -. - =
Judge, Rea OF Minneapolis will deliver the
soration at Brainesd on Decoration Day. IS,
Archbishop Ireland Is visiting the Indian
missions at white Earth aud Red Lake.
/. Anoka Is much excited over its city election,
Oh account Of the electric ligh. franchise.
There is now very little ice in the vicinity Of
Duluth and tugs run oil Around the shar0or.
The farmers in the vietsi.y d, Ausan are con-
sider!ng the plan u, hsi llsag = binding twine
factory. 8 Il 81 E&{R
At Two Harhopss the eleesien for recorder
resulted In = tie and the andidaae saipped
pennies to decide It, 81 r. & a..
E1-sheriF Pete. Nertz Of Brainerd writes from
Spokane Falls that he Is very lavoratly i'm.
pressed with the place, and has abont decided TO
locate there.
Wadena citizens had an exciting contest At
tucaTCACVtioh &"d Snas AScolsS wv so'SS' AsS'~
were the 1000 voters who were reported as vot-
ing ut thetlme OF tho connty Division contest. Is
The city of Brainssd sold $4,000 OF its bonds
tof. A. Kean 4 Co. os Chicago. last week, for %.
cents on the dollar, the purchaser to turniah the
bonds. The bonds are for the electric light
plnnt purchased by the city.
The board Of trade of the new "city" Of Sank
(eDtpr MIA for no irSt
that place became a city. and " ted to present q
proposition at the first city election for bonding
the city for $500 to build nm opera house.
Farmers in the vicinity o! Mason City To-,
have finished sowing wheat, md are now plow.
ing 70. oats and corn. The acreage OF wheat is
larger this year than for ten years. occasioned
BY the carly String. This will only aft ct the
oats acreage. :.
Work has been begun at West Superior. Wis.
on ore Of tho largest plants in the country for
the smelling and reduction OF iron ore. The
plant will cost S2,5o0,000, and steel rails and
other iron and steel products will be manu-.
factprsd on large scale. .~. ,-..
This renprts concerning The, spllng; Of Aip,hsr
on Indislss ressrva.ionastin Xosshsrna X,scsnlin
and Minnasetaswere rfssaekexssxstions and III
investigation shows tina. the Indians are receiv.F
ing good prices for tee timber and are we'll
satisfied with the contracts made. # "a
As tho present board OF county commissioners
In Stearns county seemed inclined 10 favor the
Republican paper in oticial printing an effort Is
being made to change the organization Of the
board 50 that members who were elected for
four years will hold but two years. The Jour
nal Press Is opposed to the scheme.
Near Aitkin on Sunday last. while Abner BON
ness wife and child were crossing Sandy Lake.
the Ice broke. letting them and the team through
into the lake. Mr.. Bonness succeeded In rescu-
ing his wife and child. and got the team to solid
ice, where Mrs. Bonness held them while he went
10 camp. one mile distant. for help and re.
turned and rescued the team.
Frank Minerette, while saving wood with
horsepower machine Mt Sank Centre.
was very seriously hurt and pos
sibly may not recover. The large belt
few of and struck him in the stomach full force.
knocking him down John sehrisden,, OF the
same plaza who was severely .injurnd n couple
Of weeks ago by being caught in the gearing OF
the horse power Of wood saw, has died.
Robert Manfnrd, wheat buyer at Perham for
the Northern Pacific Elevator Company and
Knute Johnson. prominent farmer,
were arrested recently. charged with
stealing 800 bushels of wheat by the Issuing OF
frauiulant wheat checks. johnson, in order to
save himself. confessed to the slyator company
10 the crime charged and to-day when the case
was called Manfor,l Was missing. Ec Is supposed
10 be In Winnipeg.
Atcleglsm from St ClopdsinH Tuesdays Globe
says: stir was caused among local attorneys
and politicians by the rumor that Judge D. B.
searle was to be appointed to foreign mission.
This would cause q vacancy.o on the bench which
many would like to fill, in an, interview J. The
Judge insisted that he knew nothing about II
and had no desire for such an, appointment
s'li .hers are naas,y who believe the story
without foundation.
ANoKA, March flowing to the past rather
open winter. .it was thought that not more than
half an average winters work would be the re-.
suit Of the labors III the Rum river pineries aud
tributaries but, in spite Of all inconveniences,
acarefuny prepared estimate shows that over
51Q00 900 feet Of logs hayo boon accounted for. n
follows Mile Laos lake, A.s97, 600: Bradbury
brook 80 000O; East branch, ,7,1750oo; Mike
Drew. 4.soo.o 900 old logs hung up from last fall.
15.Iso,ooo. The lumbermen are looking and
longing for early and heavy rains to make The
drive an expeditions one. then all will be serene.