Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1891-01-02
TO Hear Stanley.

To Hear Stanley. ~. -
| Mr.. and Mrs. I. E.. Staples, Miss
Lulu Pond and Messrs. A. r. David
son and Homer Hilborn went to Min
neapolis Monday, on Invitation o
Maj. Pond, under whose manage
ment Explorer Stanley is making his
present lecture tour, to hear one Of
the greatest men ii the day tell
something OF his work. Mr.. Stanley
was greeted with q crowded house
and his lecture was very interesting.
although in style Of delivery and
| voice he has many superiOrs on the
platform. His hearers expected tt,
listen to Stanley, however, and it Is
as a bold and successful discoverer
and not as an orator that he appears
| before the public. His account of his
remarkable travels in the Dark Con
tinent made al impression on the
hearers that could not he obtained
| from books, and those who We're able
| to he present were fortunate indeed.
The peculiar people with whom he
came ~AfcOntact during his travels.
and the no less peculiar countries in
habited by them, certainly provide a
field for much study and research.
tie gave Il very striking description
u the immense forest through which
his party consisting OF 800 people)
Travelled. for seventy-eight days, on
their recent trip to the relief of Emin
Pasha, and scarcely a foot OF which
could be penetrated without cutting
down trees, vines add VARIOUS forms
If vegetation. The route was es-
.>ecially marked to afford identified
zion ON the return trip, but four
months later not q trace Of their
inrmer route could be found, so rapid
lnd vigorous was the growth VI the
vegetation. This vast forest was in
labited by race OF pig .nies, smaller
chan any other existing people, and
the few OF these natives that We're
brought to the open country quickly
lied from the effects of the changed
conditions. No lecturer has met with
heartier welcome than Mr. Stanley,
md his tour In this country is as
great a success in its line as was his
"trip through Africa.
The Little Falls visitors were
guests Of the Stanley party for sew
ersll hours, and greatly enjoyed the
social visit with the several men,
| Ders.
The assessment Of personal proper
tv is one Of the mot misleading and
unfair acts Of officials, and the mis-
leading Information that property
owners will give is startling, The
Scott county grand jury recently
investigated The matter in that
county, and the res l. was an ex-
posure OF the system in that section
which is probably not much worse
than in most other localities in the
state. A part Of the report Of the
grand jury says:
"We iind by examining the assess.
ment books OF the town OF Glendale
for the year 1890, and by witnesses
before us that the personal property
Ot said town is n 1t all listed for as
sessnent; the assessment roll Of said
town sho that there are NO saving
nachilas in said to Va, while we have
ample evidence that there is Oac in
almost every house; that there are
Illy IS sheep in said town, while VIZ
have good evidence that there are
several men in said town who own
from 20 to So head ea:h; the assess
nent roll disclOseS but % wagons,
while we are informed. that there are
nearly twice that number; one man
las seven horses ald no wagons;
olly 10 horses and colts listed,
wlile there Is nearly twice TINT NUM-
Der in the town; Ole man is known
to h.tve two wa 5ons but none as
sessed against him; we find the total
household and Office furniture
! amounts to $685. and agricultural
implements and machinery to $685.. .
There will be market in Motley
this winter for over eight thousand
cords Of wood, beside ties, piling,
! wv logs and other timber. Aud this
will employ about all the men who
are inclined to work. There is nc
cOntroverting the fact that q timber
country, with some open land that
can hc easily brought into a state Of
cultivation, is the best natural con.
hitiOn to claim the attention of q
poor man in search of a home, and
| Sl1ch is the kind of q ct,,,ntrv wa In We