Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1891-05-08
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS

East Grand Forks has twentyseven
saloons.
St. Cloud quarrymen have struck on
account Of trouble about wages.
Warren, MINI, is now q city. The
first charter election took place Tub
day.
A. 81. Sperry's stock barn at Willmar
and nine horses burned Saturday. Loss
$500.
Several Minneapolis policemen arc
charged with systematic wholesale
stealing.
It is reported that The Minneapolis
Evening Journal Is to swallow The
Evening Tribune.
w. B. Dunnell has been reelected
architect for the state insane hospitals
for the ensuing two years.
The strike of laborers employed on
street improvements at Duluth Is
spreading rapidly. Nearly 400 men are
now out.
The Northwestern Consolidated Mill
ing company is to be the name of the
new combine at Minneapolis. Six mills
are in the deal.
An effort is being made to start
large furniture factory in Mankato,
MINI. The board Of trade have taken
the matter in hand.
D. II. Freeman. of St. Cloud, Mimi,
was elected president of the Granite
Producers association of the United
States at the Chicago meeting.
The seven companies of the national
guard of the Twin cities have each Or
ganized base ball nine, and series of
matches between them is in prospect.
The Rev. William Mckinley, of Ham
line, has been appointed presiding elder
Of the Methodist church in the st. Paul
district, vice Rev. DR.. Forbes, resigned.
A baggageman on the St. Paul and
Duluth, named James Melville, had
both legs cut of by train near Fond
du Lac Saturday. His recovery is
doubtful.
Henry NJ. Rice, cashier of the Mime
apolis Flour Manufacturing company,
died suddenly while attending prayer
meeting at Westminster church Thurs
day night
The Minnesota Grand lodge, A. o. u.
w., is in annual session at Red Wing
this week. Between $50 and 300 dele
gates are present and much important
business is being considered.
P. Vanderhoof, a well-to-do farmer of
Gilmanton, MIMI, went out in his field
to work ten days ago and has not been
seen or heard Of since. Temporary in
sanity is feared. He leaves a wife and
three children.
Herbert G. Stout, the postal clerk
who got into hot water for stealing from
the mails; thence to the insane asylum.
and thence to the penitentiary, has been
sent to the government insane asylum
at Washington.
It is said that now the impeachment
proceedings in regard to Judge E. St.
Julien Cox have been expunged from
the records he will endeavor to collect
81, 900 for the balance of the term for
which he was elected.
Last Friday the body Of Nicholas Pc
terson was discovered in his shanty, a
few miles from Sturgeon lake, by Louis
Peterson. He had evidently been MUIR
dered and robbed, and suspicion rests on
young man who was hanging around
Monday, but he has not been seen since
Governor Merriam has informed the
principal oil companies doing Business
in St. Paul and Minneapolis that no
further oil inspection will be had until
some satisfactory arrangement has been
made regarding the matter pending the
meeting Of the next legislature and the
passage of law on the subject.
st. Paul and Minneapolis CAPITALISTS
have been negotiating with the Winni-
peg city council for some time for
q franchise for an electric street
railway, but they are not likely to
obtain it, as citizens have petiticned the
council to refuse all offers and 10 retain
the franchise.
The Duluth board of trade voted in
favor of an amendment to the rules gov
erning the sale of wheat for future de-
livery, providing that ali contracts for
the purchase and sale of wheat (unless
otherwise specife1 for delivery after
September, 1891, shall be for No. north
ern wheat" There was only one dis
senting vote.
Acting Secretary Chandler has de-
cided against Kristian Abrahamson and
seventy-two other persons for lands in
the Fergus Falls district, and declares
that the lands belong to the Manitoba,
The applications to enter the lands
were made by the parties in 1885 to
1883, and were rejected by the local
officers. This was affirmed by the
commissioner, and is now affirmed BY
the secretary. All the lands were in the
indemnity limits of the Manitoba. AL
though these men have made improve
ments on the lands they did not show
settlement before the withdrawal in
1859, when the Manitoba's right became
operative.
NO HEMP FOR THESE.