Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1891-05-29

MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS
Battle Lake b now full.dsdged In
oospsga1sd village. 81
T1spoltomcs at ny has hem placed
q ~ pessldsntial olasA
Three psrsons died last week at Min
nsapoae fIom Injuries received By being
struck electric cars.
MIN pSoli1 mills ground III, o7s bar
Iols Of hour last week, against IN, 90
~ cossspondiny week last yeaz.
Fra q. = Hunt, Minneapolis bicy.
eliIt9 eonteanplatse making . journey
Ground tia world on his wheel.
The Minnesota Farmers' Alliance In
euxance company has fled articles Of
incorporation. 1gnatius Donnelly u
Judson n. Gross, Of Minneapolis, b
ono Of board Of three commissioners
% 60 to Europe and examine into The
Immigrant question.
Tho homeopathic physicians Of Min
nosota held their twenty-sixth annual
convention ct the capitol Ut st. Paul,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of
last week.
: At tho special county election at
Northern Pacific Junction the question
Of bonding the county for e25, 0O0 TO
build roads and bridges was carried
almost unanimously.
Commencement exercises are being
held 1T tho Winona normal school this
week. The graduating class numbers
nifty, the Same number - last year, of
whom forty-dve are ladies and five
gentlemen.
Dr.. Z. n. Aorehouse, mayor Of Owa.
tonna, died Saturday morning, having
lived Just . week after receiving injur-
s1es by falling down stairs. The funeral
occurred Tuesday, and was In charge Of
The Masonic fraternity.
Two children OF Mr.. and Mrs. Felix
Lswler were burned to death in fire
which consumed their dwelling at Min
neapolis Saturday. Mrs. Lawler was
rescue that she may also die.
At the annual meeting Of the Mount
Vernon association. which took place
ct Mount Vernon last week, Mrs. Judge
Flandrsu, vice regent for Minnesota,
presented 81 $50 a. Minnesota's contrib
ution to the Mount Vernon fund.
Two well known Indian guides, Pete
Morrison and Jackson Carbon, were
drowned In North lake while endeavor-
Ing to rescue . Frenchman from drown
Ing. The Indians were drunk at tho
time the accident occurred, and upset
their canoe.
Chambers has appeared among the
horses In tho vicinity of Alexandria,
disease. The local boards have taken
steps to root out tho scourge. Probably
- many q 100 horses have been infec-
ted throughout the country.
Tho big lumber yards of J. w. Day &
Co. at Minneapolis, were wiped out by
fire about 8 4 m. "Wednesday, involving
. loss of between 10, 000, 900 and q, 00O,-
eco feet Of lumber, mostly last seasons
cut, worth about $12 . Thousand feet.
The total loss is placed at gees, 600; in
surance 914O, 600.
There is . postonice in Pine county
called Sandstone. It is on tho Kettle
river, and . railroad building through
that county has . town not . great way
Cd called Sandstone. Some OF tho
people in the vicinity want to get thu
two o@ces amalgamAted and some do
not. Tho matter has been appealed 10
tho department for settlement.
A Do Lacy Wood, editor Of The Two
stakes and move to Grand Marais, 4
A Do Lacy Wood Is famous n the T 1FH;
CAPS, who recently tarred and feathered
70 leave town on peril Of his life.
At Duluth, T. r. Yolton, proprie
tor of tho Saddle Rock restaurant,
was arrested ct the instance Of woman
who claims thak she IL his wife and that
he ran away from her two years ago
With 200 belonging to hef. Yolt0n
has been living here with . woman
whom everyone supposed was his wife.
A curious fact Is that just a. wife No.
arrives woman No. 3 skips out with
$1,000.
At Fergus Falls Saturday, Adelbert
Goheen, the murderer of Rosetta BRAY,
was sentenced to be hanged at such d
time after ninety days a. the governor
shAn decide upon. He took his sen.
tence In the same unaffected manner
that he has shown throughout the trial
There Is q rumor that he attempted to
hang himself in jail, but it is denied.
His counsel arc making an effort to
have his sentence changed to life i'm
pEisonment, and all but one juror signed
Tho petition. The judge, however, in
sentencing him, said there were no nit
igating circumstances.
J. v. Brewer, the commissioner of the
new Itasce state park, established by
the Last legislature, Is taking active
steps to look up the abstracts Of title in
order to secure lands within its borders,
owned BY private parties. The park Is
situated IN tho northern part Of the
state, about twenty miles from Park
Rapids. and contains about thirty-four
squire miles. The pioneer party to this
park viii b made up Of Professor
George D. Alton and Superintendent
w. j. West, of Faribault, who, with
several friends, will start about the
middle Of June for . stay Of several
weeks. ~ T.
Z An intere sting case has been decided
a$ Fergus Falls. Several years ago
Thomas 81. Garfield, the well-knoWn
farmer at Lake Park, sold one Owen
Cowles . valuable horse, taking his
note and security on the horse. About
four years ago CoWle0 desired to dis
pose Of tho horse and Mr.. Can6eld
chansed his security, taking third
mortgage on Cowleg farm. The sum
due Canfeld at that time was $741. The
mortgage was made out for $50. The
principal and interest now amount to
d, 100. Mr. Garfield attempted to COL
let By foreclosing his mortgage.
Cowles set up the claim Of usury. claim
ing that tke difference between the Sal
SD $40 was usurious. Mr.. Canheld
iSeaimed II was disbursed by him for
making out and recording the papers.
The Jury decided that the % was usuri-
on. so Candeld loses his 81, 100, If tho
supreme court doesn't reverse the de-
3sl1on. .ag
oldest Mason Deed Again.
BURLINGTON, Vt, Nay 4.-John B.
3Hollsnbeck, who was . lieutenant in
IL war Of 1919, died Sunday, aged %
Yoa0a Ha.Was the Oldest Mason In tho
world, having been initiated in 1918.
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