Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1893-07-07

st. Cloud has been increased from
$4,000 to $4,000.
"Signs" is sign put out today by
A. Fleig. Surely u sign maker ought
to have u sign.
Stuart's livery stahle is having
water put into it. w. B. Jones is
doing the piping.
Speaking tubes are to be put into
st. Gabriel's hospital. The work
will be commenced tomorrow.
Harry Lee, of Long Prairie, son OF
Speaker Lee rode over to this city
day or two ago and made excellent
time.
The city council will meet tonight
In adjourned session. Among the
subjects considered will he saloon
licenses.
SOlem Bros. report u rushing pho
tograph business even If there is a
financial depression. But they don't
observe it.
Judge Trettel returned yesterday
from Buchanan. He says the country
was sadly in need of rain, and he
thinks it got it.
The color of the Chemical is now a
beautiful cream. Its ardent admirers
say that's because it is the cream OF
the department..
The signal service erred not in it's
representations about the weather
last night. Itpredicted showers and
cooler weather.
Nels Peterson, who has been very
sick at the st. Paul hospital, is now
recovering rapidly and will come to
Little Falls in about ten days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Highly are now at
Charlotte, Mich. They stopped only
a short time in Chicago. They will
visit for some time in the Wolverine
state.
During the storm last evening at
Culdrum Peter Myers had one of his
oxen killed by tightening. The OK
was standing near a tree which was
struck.
Five have already paid their liquor
license, City Treasurer Casey reports.
He thinks there will be about eigh-
teen saloons which will run during
the summer
The lodge of the Knights of Macca-
bees will be instituted tonight
Among the members are Drs. Roberts,
Wight and Orr and Messrs Simonet
4reenearl and Bracke.
There is Ii movement on foot to
buy lumDcr aud enclose q hase hall
park near the depot. There 10 y
good prospect of Little Falls becom.
ing base ball headquarters
Mrs. Gates, OF St. Paul, who repre-
sents the Women's Foreign Mission
ary society, is in the city today. She
will make an effort to organize a To-
cal society in Little Falls.
Just as we go to press the town i.
thrown into cyclone of excitement
over foot race to occur this evening
between Alex Van Praag and Barney
Burton. The distance is 100 yards
and the purse $50.
The case of John +. Mier, who OBJ
structed the highway at Buchanan
and which commenced before Justic,
Simmons about two weeks ago, wa.
called today but another adjourn
ment taken for one week.
The financial depression doesn't
effect Little Falls. A. r. Davidson
found ten dollars this morning kick
ing round on the street and no on,
had picked it up. A banker can sc,
money farther than any one else.
The committee on arrangement
for the Fourth Of July celebration
wish it distinctly understood that al
of the exercises will occur in the cit.
and that all will be free including tn
base ball game between two cele
brated clubs, the Moxies, of Mime
apolis and the Little Falls club.
Silas Staples returned from Lincol,
today. He reports Lake Alexande
as a great place to catch fish, TWEEN
ty-tive fish an hour is about the av
erage. Several parties make bust
ness of fishing there, and export tn
fish to other places. MIR. Staples ant
wife will go there to spend Sunday.
Nine new houses have been erecte,
this season In Morrills's SECOND add
ton. The owAers are as follows
L. j. Wright, Olaf Haline, Johl
Smart, Mrs. Cole. and P. G. Potter
two houses by I. E. Staples; an,
those of P. Oslund and Joseph Tret
tel.
The summer school for MOrrisO
county opens at Brainerd mex
Wednesday, the day after the Fourt
OF July. The instructors are Pro
Van Dyke, of Wabasha, and Mis-
Laura A. Knott of the st. Clou
Normal school. A large number {
the teachers from this county wi
attend.
1t has been suggested that on til
Fourth III July, in firing the salut
that the cannOns be discharged int
the air and the clouds be hOmbarde
to produce rain. In many places tt
rainn.akers are doing that nov
The idea combines utility with a ce
ebration and If carried out would /
novel as we'll as perhaps quite usefu
That the growing crops are no
very much in need of rain IL evi,len
Large stock of watches, clocks
verware ETC., just received ut
=. G. j. MEALEY's.
Coughing leads to consumptio,
Kemp's Balsam stops the cough ,
once.
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