Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-12-13
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.

MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.
Boys can no longer buy cigarettes in
Minneapolis. -
The Ramsey county court house cost
over IL ,000, 900. " 4
S. A. Ianghem. of Preston. has been
appointed deputy warden Of the state
prison. -
About half the town Of Beaver Creek
was burned last week. There was but
little insurance. - ~
The great flour mill deal in Minneapo-
Lis has been clinched by payment,
$4,000, 900 down..
Michael Schiefer, wanted at Pandorf,
Bavaria, for double murder, has been
arrested in Minneapolis.
Beef cattle have been selling at $3.50
per hundred, live weight, in Blue Earth
county, for shipment to Iowa.
c. r. McKenny, well known to Mime
sofa newspaper men. has been appointed
enrolling clerk of the house of repre-
sentatives.
The supreme court decides that one
who executes bond may be liable upon
1t, though his name does not appear in
the body Of 1t.
Eight prisoners in the Duluth Jail made
an attempt to escape by saving the bars
Mt q window. They were surprised in
their work by the sheriff.
AT a wolf hunt near Long Prairie, in
which nearly 100 hunters joined, not a
wolf was slaughtered, but one poor little
''cotton tall came to his death.
Pilisbury Science Hall at the state uni
versity at Minneapolis, was damaged
$4,000 by fire. 1t was to this institution
that Ex-Governor Pillsbury recently gave
$4,000.
John Z. Blaisdeil, of Minneapolis, the
victim of the COLON forgeries, asks the
court to rid him Of his attorneys, Davis
4 Farnam, who present bill for over
$1,000, which MI Blaisdell considers ex-
horbitant.
DR.. E. E. Edwards. rector of Christ
church, Red Wing will remove to Men
Ononee, Wis, to take charge of mill
tary academy which has been established
under the auspices of the Episcopal
church.
j. II. Holland, travelling salesman for
Minneapolis liquor house, who fills Or
ders for small packages, was arrested at
Marshall for retailing without license.
He had taken about thirty orders, and
was fined $50 for the offense.
The trial at Saltwater of the bondsnle,.
of David Cover, for cutting pine Oh state
lands, fell through because the state was
unable to show that the logs had been
cut on its lands, as no evidence appeared
Oh the books of the surveyor general to
that effect. Judge Mcclure, in dismiss
ing the case, took occasion to give the
surveyor generals office o roast in regard
to loose methods.
james Ratledge and Chef Persornins,
while boring we'll Saturday in Tenhas-
sen township. about ten miles from Fair
mont, struck vein of natural gas. Their
drill and large amount Of dirt and
stone were blown violently from the
hole. The workmen thought it must be
gas and applied a match, when flame
shot up into the air about ten feet, it was
stu burning at last accounts, and at
night the light can be seen many miles,
and the roaring heard great distance.
The suit Of Mrs. Yapp against the St.
Paul Globe for $4,000 for having pub
iished an Associated Press dispatch con-
nectipg her name with the trial of Mrs.
Maybrick in Liverpool, ended in the
jury awarding her $i-just about enough
to buy her Thanksgiving turkey. L.
N. Stewart, of Minneapolis, wealthy
man, who sued The Tribune of that city
for calling him "a tax title shark ask
ing 1000 damages. vas awarded by
the jury the sum OF one ceut.
The state board of prison inspectors
met on Wednesday at Warden Randall's
Office. General routine business was first
transacted, when a general tour of in
spection was taken. Superintendent
Covell reported the pail and tub factory
ready for business and with the requisite
material on hand. The inspectors also
decided to start a broom factory on
small scale, the machinery for which is
now in the city, and increase the plant is
required.
The Gull Lake and Northern Railway
company has filed articles of incorpo-
ration. The object of the corporation is
to build and maintain railway from
Gull Lake, Cass county, Mimi, to the
northern boundary of the state. The
amount of the capital stock is $500, 1000,
in 800 shares. The incorporators are
John $. Pillsbury, William B. Ransom,
George a. Pillsbury, William w. Hunt
ington, Charles A. Pillsbury, Arthur
E. Bardwell and George P. Wilson, all Of
Minneapolis.
The supreme court has rendered de-
cision in the case of the State of Mime
sofa against Geert \. Vandersluis, Jr.,
which declares the constitutionality Of
the law regulating the practice Of dent
istry in Minnesota. The law in question
Affect. large number of dentists in the
state, and naturally they objected to its
provisions. aud raised the question of
constitutionality. The defendant in this
case, Geert A. Vandersluis, continued to
practice, although disqualified by law.
Action was brought against him BY the
state aud the lower ccurt decided IN
favor of the state. Defendant appealed
and the supreme court has now affirmed
the Judgment of the trial court AMI
clared that the law is va;''
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