The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-01-27
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6 Mrs. Leance garriboq has been seri::
: 0osly i'll this week n Ks II; . * J..
(. Last Tuesda,e night was the ooldest
Of the season, the thermpmeteE register
;. ing s. below atsMi dnight. Il !: w
A bill has eenintroduced in congress
to giva*permission to the Duluth & Win
snipeg to purchase right Of way through
the Chippewa and White Earth reserva-
{ Col W. F. Cody, better known as Buff
falo Bill arrived in Duluth last Monday.
He is on a visit to his sister, Mrs. Wet
more, and while there will look over his
numerous interests in Duluth. =
The United States inspectors who have
been looking: Into the circumstap CO
connected with the collision between the
steamers Philadelphia and Albany, both
of VIII ilch went to the bottom, have exon
Grated Capt. Albert Huff of, the Phila-
.delpkia. -:
John Kennedy, the young tough WHO
was recently sentenced in Duluth to the
state reformatory for: highway robbery,
was taken into the hall of the county
Jail preparatory to being sent away.
The turnkey allowed him some freedom,
and he at once flew out tho door. He
was too much OF sprinter for the turn
}>,y -.
1t is stated that at recent meeting
of the Duluth, Missabe & Northern di
rectors held in Duluth, it was decide6
to doubl7 track the line fro N Duluth +
Iron junction, to commence erection o:
repair shops at Wolff and to: issue g.
100000 in second mortgage bonds for
these purposes and to replace Others
against the Lake Superior Consolidated
mines now held by the Rockfellers.-Bi,
blk Range. 7
News! News!! News!!! News!'
It's enough to give fellow the blues.
Nobody married and nobody dead. no
body broken al arm or head. No on
came in to talk OF the ''snap," no one go.
booty and started a scrap, no one 60
run in for tax ng a horn, nobody hurie>'
and nobody born. Oh! for racket, i
riot, fuss, someone to come in and kic'~
up muss; something to stir up IT,
peace-l AIKEN air, some one to come in an7
give US a scare, somebody thumpe7
within an inch Of his life. someone run
off with another mans wife, someone to
run in and pay I'D his lres, anytime
anything, Just so it's news
The peonIe should be reminded that
the consumption of beer (accor7ing to
the last government report) has increas-
ed from two millions Of barrels, in 1852,
T.. to. thirty five millions of barrels, in 1893
this being an increase Of seventeen
times during the past thirty years. while
the population has only doubled, and
now averages three barrels Of beer an
!nually TO- every voter Or family in the
United States, while the consum ption Of
other :intoxicating-liquor his also largely
Increased: TITS significant that while
this increase has been going on the ar
rests for crime have also increased five
fold during the same period. From
.Our Nations Peril" in Demorest's
Family Magazine for February.
Word was received Monday, says the
Dul nth Herald, from John Weiyner and
his party of surveyors and workmen who
started for the new gold fields via Tower
about a week ago. A letter was brought
to W. G. Sherwood by an explorer
named Sullivan, who met. the party a
few miles from the mouth of Ash river.
They had a. hard time getting their
teams and supplies through. but all
were we'll and in good health, and are
hard at work laying out the, township by
this time. r.
! Rainy Lake city appearstosbs attract
ing great deal more attention outside
of Duluth than among those who are at
hand to take advantage Ct the oppor-
tunity offered by the opening up of the
Rainy lake and river district. No less
than three hotel mon have made good.
square, business-like propositions and
as soon as the sawmill gets to work and
lumber is obtainable there will be a
town built up in short order.
" Mr.: W. Il. Stead, the distinguished
London editor, has been in America for
some weeks, part OF which tine has
been spent in Canada. Mr.. Stead has
long been a. warm friend OF Lord and
Lady Aberdeen, and his recent sojourn
at Ottawa as the guest Of the Governor
General has resultsd in a very readable
and complete character sketch OF Lord
Aberdeen and his accomplished wife,
which appears in the January number
of the Review of Reviews. The article
is one which will be interesting in North