Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-06-14
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.

Scarlet fever is raging at Houston.
Forest fires are burning near Tower.
Fifth district farmers are organizing q
Farmers alliance. Is " -
Minnesota Baptists were in session ct
West Duluth last week.
Minneapolis sent {, 600 barrels of flour
to Johnstown last week. ~
| The United States court at Winona
has adjourned to July l.
Disastrous fires are reported from the
pine regions north of Brainerd.
The Minneapolis Grand opera house
benefit to the YOUNGSTOWN sufferers netted
| $7l3. = 49,
The Glencoe Register says the price Of
beef cattle has advanced cent pound
since the inspection law was passed.
Twelve old soldiers have left the SOL
| diers' home on account of the holding
back Of their pension money by the otd-
cials.
| Gen. "Tecumseh" Sherman has given
| a conditional promise to astend the state
G. A. R. encampment at Litchtield
Jure II.
| The paving cutters at work for M.
Breen at St. Cloud have struck, their
wages having been reduced to 2 cents
per block.
w. P. Todd, of Browns Valley, who
made himself prominent in the county
seat removal election, has been arrested
for perjury.
Frank Stranson's barn in Birch Coolie,
containing twelve horses, several calves
and machinery, was burned. Loss, ST.
500; no insurance.
Judge Farmer has appointed H. D.
Brown, r. NJ. Todd and I. Gulbrandson
commissioners on the board of public
works at Albert Lee
The annual reunion in Duluth of the
first Minnesota occurs July IL and ~.
Senators w ashburn and Davis are among
the speakers expected.
The marshal Of Madison threatens t.
have number of citizens arrested be
cause they interfered with him when be
was performing his duty.
The Milwaukee depot at Hopkins was
burned Sunday night. All the records
Of the company and the American Elk.
press company were consumed.
| Among the presents at recent Fari
is said the freshness of the pair haG
something to do with the matter.
Observer Healy, of the state weather
service, says that the frosts last weeh
have not hurt the wheat, but that veget
ables are very generally injured.
| a tramp outraged the 1O-year-oli
daughter of Robert Stratton, of Rapidan
and the child is in precarious condition
Parties are securing the neighborhooc
for him.
A company has been organized K
work the Granite Falls gold mine. Stocl
was sold to the amount of 100 shares ont
evening last week, mostly to Granite
Falls parties.
Gov. Merriam has addressed letter K
the penitentiary managers recommend
ing that arrangements for the manufac
ture of binding Irvine at the prison b<
perfected as rapidly as possible.
The captain Of Company F, at Fergu,
Falls, has been notified that unless bet
ter showing were made the company
would be- mustered out. The boys prom
Use to see that improvement takes plac.
Immediately.
A man giving his name as T. s
Wright, and claiming to be postofic,
inspector, was arrested at New Ulm anG
will be taken to Chicago to answer K
the charge of representing himself as s
government official
Governor Merriam has addressed let
ter to the managers of the state prison il
regard to utilizing the convict laoor ir
the manufacture of binding Irvine. HI
desires thorough investigation as to thu
feasibility of the scheme.
The action of the board of managers 81
the Minnesota Soldiers home in appro
priating all but 81 of the monthly pension
of inmates is to be brought to the atten
ton of the government pension depart
ment Commissioner Odell says the
management will get themselves init
trouble by their action.
Under the guise of an act to insure
the accuracy OF town plats it is said thai
a law was passed by the last legislature
which practically precludes anybody but
a county surveyor from surveying OF
plating any town site or addition
thereto. The surveyors of Hennepir
county lay the blame at the door of thu
county surveyor of that county, but h.
denies the soft impeachment.
Browns Valley still holds the county
seat. The county commissioners me
there to canvass the election returns. Til,
Wheaton crowd were present to take tn,
records as soon as the vote was declared
Judge Brown granted All injunction
which was served as soon as the result o.
the vote was declared. This will tax,
the matter to the supreme court, where
the constitutionality of the law will b
tested