The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-10-21
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS,

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Mrs, Larson returned from Duluth
!. WEDNESDAY evening. y - ="
! :Adolph Carlson of Chicago Bay spent
Wednesday night with friends here's;
Mrs. 9. $. Durfee loft yesterday for
Quincy, ILL.,, where she will spend the
winter. =: : - ::
II :, The Dixon made only one trip this
week, she having laid up in Duluth the
tore part of the week for repairs.
One Of the steam shovels at the BIZ
wabik mine loaded 1850 tons of ore onto
cars in nine working hours one day last
week. This is the best record yet made.
: Mr.. Eliasen Of West Superior left for
home yesterday after couple of weeks
stay on his farm on Maple Hill. He ex-
poets to move here with his family next
spring.
Thos Gordon and John Washington
OF Saginaw, Mich, who have, for the
past three weeks, been looking up pine
and mineral lands in this county for an
Ontario company, left for home on the
Dixon yesterday.
At large mass meeting held in Du-
luth last Monday resolutions readopt~
ed demanding the immediate repeal of
the Sherman law by the Senate, and also
urging that, after the repeal of said act,
Congress remain in session to the end
that further relief be afforded
A Tennessee genius has invented an
electrical appliance that will convert
Drain robber into dis6gured corpse the
moment he attempts to enter the express
car. It requires considerable attention
on the part of the exp press messenger
and the chances are that man. who
would run the electrical train robber
annihilator could pump a Winchester
with equally satisfactory results.-Moun-
tain Iron .Manitou.
John Erickson and a man named
johnson we're arrested in Duluth Mon
day for very clumsy attempt at forging
the the name of Watterworth & Fee to
check. They went into the clothing
store of Henry Moses and made pur-
'chases to the amount of $40 Offering in
payment check for SIS drawn in favor
Of John Erickson and signed Wattervorte
on Fol. Mr.. Noses suspecting some
thing wrong, told the men to wait while
he went out to get some change. He
returned in few minutes with an off,
Ger who arrested the mon.
About midnight last night VIM. NJ.
Abrahamson, the clothier, who resides
at 431 Lake avenue north, heard noise
in the lar and soon became convinced
that burglar was waiting there to get
an opportunity to loot the house. So he
FASTENED off after a policeman leaving
his wife in the house. The woman, not
at all frightened, took lamp during his
absence and proceeded to look for the
marauder in the cellar, who forthwith
made his exit.-Friday's Duluth Com
monwith.
LIEUTENANT PERRY will have to look
to his laurals. News has just been re-
ceived that the Arctic whaler Newport
Captain Porter reach ed "a degrees north
latitude this summer, the most norther-
ly point ever reached by man. She had
good sailing in an open sea north of the
Herschel islands, till within six degrees
OF the north pole. With dogs and
sledges the pole would no doubt have
been secured and brought home.-Grand
Rapids Review.
Ora s. Walker, living on Garfield ave-
nue., while out hunting near Cloquet
river, was seriously if not fatally injured
by the discharge Of gun yesterday He
stepped on the weapon and the charge
took effect in both legs below the knees,
pecessitating the amputating of the left
left leg, and probably a similar opera
zion later on the right. He was brought
to tho city and taken to St. Mary's hos
Pital where the operation was perform.
80 by Drs. Murray, Slaughter and Skog.
lind. The N ans chances for recovery
are very slim. He has wife and seven
Children. Late last night he was resting
as easily as could be expected At the
time Of the accident Walker was alone
and although SO terribly injured, he
dragged himself along through the
brush for more than two miles, until he
game to a settlers house, where the first
aid was given him. The nerve displayed
when the nature of his injuries is re-
membered, seems really remarkable
Sundays Duluth News Tribune.
Notice of HON estead Proof.
Land Office at Duluth, Mimi, June 2Sth 1898
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF his intention t
make final proof in support of his claim, and tina
said proof will be made before the register ant
receiver of the United States Land Office at Du