Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1891-02-27
LAID At REST.
The Remains OF the Late Gen. slble
Buried Beside Those of His Wife.

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ST. PAUL, Feb. 21.-Reverently an.
tenderly, under the rites of the churc.
of which he was member, the remain
OF the late Gen. Sitley have been con
signed to the grave.
At $50 o'clock, the hour set for thu
funeral service, st. Paul's church wa
illed. There were the Minnesota com.
mandery Of the Loyal Legion, of which
the dead general had been presiden;
Acker post, of which he was member.
delegation Of the undergraduates O.
the state university of whose board of re
gents he had been president; the member
Of the Minnesota Historical society, O,
which the deceased had also been tue
president; Col. Mascn, the cOmnanlan,
of Fort Smelling, with his officers; tn,
mem bers Of the chamber Of commerce
his excellency, Governor Merriam, an.
officials of the state government an>.
members Of the two houses Of the legis
lature; his honor, Mayor Robert A.
smith, with prominent city officials, and
many from the body of citizens at large
we're present, even from among the poor
and lowly, who had always found q
friend in Gen. Sibley.
The clergymen who of6ciated were Rt.
Rev. NJ. n. Gilbert and Rev. John
Wright.
The pail bearers were Hon. Cyrus
Northrup, Mr.. A. II. Cathcart, Mr..
Charles Nichols, Mr.. Lewis Baker, Sr.,
DIR. Harvey Officer, Mr.. J. /. Beaumont,
.dr. j. D.. Ludden, Gen. j. W. Bishop,
den. George L. Becker, Professor Fol
we'll, Hon. Alex. Ramsey, Hon. John S.
Pillsbuly, Hon. Charles E. Flandrau.
Hon. Wescott Nilkin, Hon. A. H. Wilder,
Hon. R. r.. Nelson and Capt. Russell
TBlakeley. The interment took place in
he family lot at Oakland, where all
that was mortal of the man whose life
was filled and rounded out to an almost
perfect completion was laid to rest be.
Side the body Of his wife.
All state. county and city offices were
closed during the afternoon.
Professor Winchell Dead.
ANN ARBoR, Mich, Feb. 20.---Profes-
cor Alexander Wincheu died ut g. y. m.
Professor Winchell, at the time of his
death, held the chair of geology and
paleontology in the University Of Mich.
iRan. He was firm believer in the ex.
istence Of pre-Adamite race. Professor
Winchell was elected president Of the
Geological Society of America at Its laat
meeting.
A Heodosed Csaduetss.
''See that mani" asked a Broadway car
conductor, As he jerkcd his thumb toward
= passenger who alighted At Union square
Eyes; what OF its'
''Iu the last stages of consum ption, and
l.. ~~>fn khoxao
sluns."
"Well,"
"Well, it ian't two years ago since be
was freight conductor on road running
vest, and I was his head brakeman. Jim
.r,d were in the same crew for more than
.hrce years."
"And he got hurt. supposef"
mo. He got hoodooed by tramp. You
nay smile, but you can't alter my belief.
.nd be knows it as we'll as the rest Of N.
hat man used to he a terror to tramps.
indeed, we all did. Our train finally got
,lch q reputation among the fraternity
uat they called it 1.-THE Devils Own" and
wasn't once a week that any Of them
would try to beat US. I've seen Jim tackle
TX Of them at once, aud, Lord o. massy,
low he used to knock them about"
"But about the hoodoo?"
well, one night at Il water tank jim
,ulled a tramp of the buffers. He was 6
zap who wasn't posted, or he wouldn't
AVE beeu there. He was sick and weak
nd perhaps he was I'D honest fellow whc
vas playing in hard lnck. However, jim
,ullet him down and used him rough, nnd
While they were struggling the train backed
p and cut the strangers legs Off Lands
,nt what sight it was, and hc lived for 4
,uarter OF an hour and cursed Jim to hi
cry last breath. He called ont that th'
ord would surely punish him, and III
rayed that i'll luck might follow him, ant
e cast a hoodoo over him as sure as VI
tsnd here"
"Wellf'
"There Is no well about it. On the mex
rip Jim had collision, on the very uex
le mad hand smashed, and in six mouth
le lost his place. Then his wife died. I
harper beat him out of 600 he had save
~, and Jim trie,l to suicide from ferry
oxt. They saved him. but he's penniless
Walking in the shadow Of death, and III
vt you there isn't an hour in the day h
ioesn't recall the words of that dying man
I've slipped him many quarter in the las
,ear, but he won't want many more. He
got the death mark and he's got to 30. IT.
= case of hoodoo, sir, and every man on hi
Old train knows it is."-.New York Sun.