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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07
GEO. L.AFOND, T..
County Commissioner.
ORDER TO EXAMINE ACCOUNTS. DC
STATE OF MINNEsoTA,1 52, Il

COUNTY OF MORRISON On, 4 Z q. ia (
In Probate court, Special term August g.
In the matter of the estate of E. o,
Williams, deceased. n A
On reading and filing the petition of NJ.
NJ, Williams, administrator of the
estate of e. O. Williams, deceased, rep
.resenting, among other things. that he
have fully admin stored said estate, and
praying that time and place be fixed for
examining, settling and allowing the final
account:Of his. administration and for the
assignment of the residue of said estate to
the parties entitled thereto by law. n
It is ordered, that said account be ex-
an1ined and petition heard by, this court
on Saturday, the 18th day of August, "A. ID.
1896, at 10 o'clock a. M, at the Judge of Pro-
bate Office in the city of Little Falls, in
said county. ,.sE = go n
, And it is further ordered, that notice
thereof be given to all persons interested
by publishing copy of this order once in
each week for three successive weeks;
prior to said day of hearing, in
The Little Falls Transcript, a weekly
newspaper printed and published at Lit
tie Falls in said county. 5fE.
Dated at Little Falls the 9th day of
August, A. D. 1896. ,@:' =
@EG BY the Court, = 5-4' = .
;" NV N. RICHARDSON
Judge of Probate.
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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07

seemed for moment that the charging
column would be destroyed, but at the
crisis of the combat provisional bri-
gade lying between Hancock's most &C.
tive and exposed Enthusiastically
and Sleeper s-ran away from their par
apet and allowed the enemy to leap the
works. Hancock in person saw the pro-
visional brigade break for the rear. Rid
ing forward to a brigade acting as re-
serve to the cowardly one, he summon
ed it to retrieve the disaster. The men
refused to move and Rugged the ground
like partridges. Miles saw the plight of
his chief and Joined him, accompanied
by his staff and headquarters guard only,
for his troops were engaged elsewhere
buffeting the assaults Of the enemy:
With this handful, Hancock charged the
swarming ranks of Confederates who
had crossed the track, hoping to shame
the prostrate towards into action. At
last, after the gallant recapture Of three
Of Dauchy g guns by Miles own regi-
ment- the Sixty-first New York-this
unique shoulder strap phalanx-a corps
commander and division commander,
fighting with less than 100 followers,
and these chiefly brigade and regimen
tai officers and aids-de-camp- charged
to the very angle where the enemy had
broken through. In spite of Hancock's
appeals to the demoralized men, after
be had carried home the charge of the
little band around him, they refused to
stir. Werner's First New Jersey battery
wheeled into position in the center of
the field, and, firing in three directions,
saved what remained of the line. AL
most surrounded and dependent upon
men who shirked the fight, Hancock
was III despair. Already shattered with
many wounds, he felt that his warrior
strength, his career, his fame, likewise
his old corps, until that day invincible
in battle, were going to pieces.
Placing his hand upon the shoulder
Of one of his staff, he said, Colonel, I
do not want to die, but I pray God
may never leave this feld.'' Werner's
battery of Jerseymen kept the guns go
ing until nightfall. Miles indomitable
soldiers held the enemy aloof from the
road Of retreat, and Gregg's troopers
covered the rear as the corps marched
back to the main army.
GEORGE u Kn.NER
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07
SOME REMARKS.

Senator Nelson, IN MS speech ab
Alexandra Saturday evening. said:
eve can now all see, and many
Of us feel the blunder Of 1892.
But what Of today The people
were fooled with promised tariff
reform in 1899. Can the Demo
cratic party, with their allies, the
Populists, fool the people with free
silver in 1896! The distress aris-
ing from the mistake Of 1892 is
now relied upon to further and
promote the silver scheme of 1896.
From Purgatory to Hades' Is the
Democratic guideboard of today. :
Gen. Clapp, in opening the
meeting at St. Paul Tuesday even
ing that was addressed by Senator
Davis, made a brief speech in
which he said:
"We listened to the sirens song
four years ago, asking us to take
the tax off the poor mans coat.
Well, we took off the tax and we
came very near taking off the
laboring mans shirt at the same
time" @.%"E1s
In discussing the free silver
question, Senator Davis said:
If any man is entitled to the
host dollar that the world affords IT
is the man who earns 1t by the
sweat of his brow. The wealthy
man can get around this matter
and make money out Of it; if a
change comes he is not the man
that is to be disturbed. It is the
man who goes home at sunset with
his days earnings.
Referring to the demand for
"cheaper" money that always &C.
com panied business depression,
the senator said:
"These crls.s in business affairs
recur continuously. We had one
in 1873; we recovered from that.
We have had one in 1898, and are
enduring it yet, and we shall re-
cover from that. But they are all
marked with this same headstrong,
unreasoning hallucination which |
am combating. Preceding 1873,
and about 1867, men of the same
way of thinking as those whom |
am arguing against tonight, took
it into their heads that it was
right, proper and honest, and for
the benefi; of the people Of the
United States, to pay the United
States bonded debt in paper money.
The same arguments were made
then as are made now. And some
of the survivors who are today de-.
Tending the Populist and Demo
cratic theories are the same men
who were advocating them them.
In 1S63-in the midst of q great
commercial depression such as now
is distressing us, the cry for the
unlimited issue Of green backs was
taken up (and is reiterated in the
Populist platform in St. Louis,
and we had to fight that out. The
American people fought it out in
audiences in this city and in every
city of the land, until that question
was settled; and it remained prac.
tically settled until the next ca.
lamity in the way Of a commercial
crisis came, namely, that Of 1898;
and that dead and buried spectre
arose in complete steel again to
confront the American people and
to call on them for their best ef-
forts to lay it in an eternalrepose. =
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07
SEEN in THE SHOPS.


The Newest Designs and Fabrics For Hoasa
ssE Decorations.
Denims still hold their own. Various
changes have been rung on this line,
but its popularity has never waned.
Just now it makes new bid for favor
In the embroide red portieres. couch Gov
5ers, sofa pillows and roll cases that are
the newest designs seen in this domestic
fabric. It cannot be purchased BY the
yard, as it comes just in the proper
lengths for either purpose. The embroid-
cry on the portiere runs down one side
and across the bottom; it is done in
white, and the pattern is ia tribe heavier
In the corner Those for couch have
the embroidery all around the edge,
forming an attractive border. Both Of
these articles have q finish Of fringe.
The denim comes In all the prevailing
shades, blue, pink, red, sage green, old
rose and Spanish brown. Some Of the
articles are further enhanced with q
geometrical design in white, appliqued
on in the middle, and on this is q little
outline design Of the same color as the
body Of the material. Screens also come
to match all Of these. Couch covers are
%. rs and the portieres 81. 95 per pair.
81 Sofa cushions intended for the porch.
hammock, yachts, ETC., are usually quite
gay, the brilliant coloring being per.
missible out Of doors. The upholsterers
are making up the gayest plaids mag
Unable into these pillows They resem-
bic the gaudy bandana Of the old south
ern negro However, it is a new fabric
and is called madras, and is similar to
Scotch bingham. The colors are fast,
and they form one Of the most service
able and inexpensive Of sofa pillows.
They are finished simply with a very
fine hemmed ruffle Of the same goods.
The material comes in two yard lengths,
at $1.20, or made up, but of not SO good
. quality, for 81. Decorator and Fur
nisher, which makes this report, also
adds:
Renaissance lace is the accepted style
for all purposes where white lace is used
window curtains, table linen and the
covers for dressing cases and stands.
Window curtains with this lace may be
had from Sc. rs up to 1915 per pair.
Some new designs in silkolines. a
cheap fabric somewhat resembling
china silk, are quite pretty and stylish
and in excellent tones Of color. These
are universally used for light summer
peries=and are 50 cheap that they can
be discarded at the end Of the season
without violating ones conscience.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07

opened fire with
eight guns. I'm
der cover Of this
fire five infantry
brigades dashed
across the open
space swept by
Hancock's bat-.
teries Canister
and shell from
the Federal guns
tore through the
Oonfe d te
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07

IF the employers Of labor should
back the proposition to pay work
ingmen in ;;t63, cent dollars the pub
lie would generally denounce it as
unfair. That proposition comes
from the SoutherniD Democrats and
Western Populists.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07
Little Girl's Dress.

For little girl just out of long
clothes and walking about, the quaint
style of long skirts or high wasted bod
ices is much adopted. A pretty summer
frock is made in fine white nainsook or
null muslin, the skirt long and rather
full and trimmed round the hem with 9
three inch frill Of spotted white mus
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07
Glass oven Doors.

The latest invention for the house,
wife's comfort is glass paneled oven
doors. Cooks may then watch the prog
ress Of food baking in the oven withous
allowing the cold air to enter or fear
the Earring Of closing the oven doors,
which is so often fatal to soufdes, cakes
and other dishes. .s~s ii r
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07
STORIES OF
TWO HEROES.
HANCOCK AND Ream's Station
4 & !, - =, on the Weldon raj
M4AG0. rood co,,fh - d

HANCOCK AND Realn's Station,
- =, on the Weldon rail-
lla' road, south Of PEI
tersburg. gave it's name to Q battle
fought there Aug. IS, 1864. For the
first hero Hancock, the superb; for the
second, Nelson A. Miles Hancock, with
two divisions Of his Second corps and
Gregg's division Of troopers, halted
there on the 24th, intending to make
the point q base for operations against
the road, which was to be destroyed.
Some weeks before Wilson'S mounted
raiders had thrown up hasty intrench-
ments, covering section Of the track.
The intrenchments inolosed q parallelo-
gram. Upon two sides the parapets were
80 close that an enemy attacking one
side would fire over and take in reverse
the defenders Of thesline beyond
Hancock expected help sent him and
stationed General Miles, with his divi-
sion, upon the road which served to
communicate with the main army
About O'Clock the Confederates at.
tackled along the whole 'front.' The as
sailants marched boldly from behind 8
shelter Of woods into the open ground
in front Of Miles Doubtless they were
ignorant Of what awaited them, for
they recoiled almost instantly from the
fire Of Miles rifemen and Of the Twelfth
Massachusetts battery, whose gums.
four In number, stood near the angle on
the east side Of the track. Two Of Glib
bon g batteries. the Browns First Rhode
Island and Sleeper's Tenth Massachu-
setts, posted across the track, aided in
the repulse .l J.. 5. ,a
There was o chance for Hancock to
retire after the first demonstration, for
Miles had kept the Petersburg road
open. But Hancock was not the soldier;
to retreat without fight, knowing as
he did that the Union commander wish
ed for an opportunity to meet the enc
my outside Of his strong intrenchments
He took it fol, granted that his chief,
we'll aware that large Confederate
force was menacing his expedition,
would hurry forward supports to defend
the working parties destroying the
track, especially as there were 10000
Federal troops lying idle within four
miles Of the scene. Orders were given
therefore to prepare for battle within
the intrenchments at Reams Station.
The one exposed front was barricaded
with fence rails, batteries were posted
on high ground to give range in all di-55
rections, and guns were planted where
they could sweep the level track if the
enemy ventured to cross it. The middle
Of the afternoon found Hancock as we'll
prepared as he ever would be in default
of re-enforcements. The Confederates
had been REINFORCED and numbered
ID, 900 men, the choicest in Lee g army.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07
why is It that one

why Is lI InaC one
man Is old and de-
crepid at As, and
another hale and
hearty at 8o7 It de-.
ponds on the care
he takes of himself.
Often a mans body
gets out of repair,
the trouble grows
until it lays him out
in bed. Whenever
q man feels that he
is not quite as we'll
80 hA ~Nrrh& - hn
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07

The Democ ratio state conven-
tion had little FUN by firing
three prominent, Democrats Of St..
Paul who .repndiated the Chicago
platform.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07
DASHED IN
WITH HIS BODY.
GUARD.
4, The fighting be-
gan at Rearns Sta
ton about 80 in.
the afternoon. Be-,

tween that hour and 5 o'clock the Con-
federates made three separate charges
to break the line at the angle Of Han
cocks dimsy trenches, where Miles d.,
vision held the key the road to Peters
burg. Failing to break through there
and cut of Hanoock's chances Of get
ting re-enforcements or Of retreat, two
batteries Of the noted Pegram battalion
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07
THE WORLD OF SPORT.

At the close OF the recent whist con-
gress at Manhattan Beach Professor
Whitfield, the distinguished nlathema-
tician and composer Of whist problems,
on being asked what he thought Of
whist, said: II find it very slow indeed.
At home we always play for stake,
even if it is small one. We count hon
q, too, and that leaves more to chance
snd adds to the interest Of the game.
You Americans have made such a sci
ence of whist that you have taken all
the recreation out Of it. . Then he went
on to explain how much more quickly
q game Of whist is played in England,
saying that as soon as a hand is picked
up it's trick taking value ii considered
in relation to the state Of the score. If
q player sees he can make the points
necessary to 60 out (they play five
points to a game in England), he does
30 at once, and the rest Of the hand is
laid aside without another card being
played.
A number Of American whist players
who heard Professor Whitfeld's re-
marks disagreed entirely with him as
to the alleged superior interest Of the
English style Of play. Some Of them
did not fail to point out that the essen
tial difference is that here the game is
pursued as an intellectual pastime,
while in England the universal custom
Of playing for stake, to which Pro-
lessor Whitfield alluded, alters the char
acter Of the game. Players who have
given consideration to the matter ap-
pear to think thatthe difference in style
Of play would.make it difficult to form
any estimate Of the relative standard Of
whist ability in the two countries.
az AoWE's HOMlLiES.
Most mems ideas Of business air Is to
look at ones watch often and swear under
ones breath. $ s5
There are lots Of people who imagine
that reputation for wisdom Is to be ac-
quired by whispering everything they tell.
What is a poor man to dos If he does
not laugh at friends jokes, his friend is
disguised, and II he does laugh his friend
tells another joke
Why don't the farmers raise more dogs
and less corns The world seems to be full
Of chumps who will pay SIS for dog If
he Is very ugly or very big.
Nearly every man has the fool habit Of
sitting in the shade and wishing for
things and believing that he Is earnestly
SxiYirg for them Atchison Globe.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07
State Auditort Dunn notifies the
state institutions to decrease ex-
penses.

Donnelly was the chairman Of
the Populist committee that fixed
4 up the deal with the Democrats on
the state ticket. &
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07
MORRISON COUNTY EXHIBIT
STATE FAIR,
August 81 to September 5, 1906.

An appropriation has been made BY the
County Commissioners of Morrison county
for the purpose Of making an exhibit Of the
products Of Morrison county at the Great
Minnesota State Fair for the year 1896, and
as a means Of procuring products from the
pay the following premiums IN CASH:
Best bushel of winter wheat $l.50
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-07

For the best exhibit of different kinds of grasses hay
cut and dried in the shade and tied up in little
bundles Of say handful of each kind and placed
on a board in neat design 200
Any other vegetable will be taken and paid for not
named iii the above list that will add to the exhibit these
vegetables have got to be delivered and passed Thursday
August a. 1885, that will be loaded and shipped
to the State Fair grounds All exhbo be left at LaFonds
auction store. MID
For further particulars inquire of
-%. GEO. LAFOND
.." County Commissioner.
o+od Aruuc y @ Z
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-09
CRANSTON.
New Cotton Mil Soon to Be Erected.
Fire Alarm.

There Is q very encouraging project on
foot in Cranston, at present. 1t il the
forming of a corporation 10 build a cot
ton mill between Crsnston Print Works
and Olntyville The site upon which the
prospective mill is to be erected Is on
the bank of the Pocasset river and borders
on Dyer avenue. IL Is owned by Mr..
Charles u. Bennett, the prominent real
estate broker. Mr.. Bennett Is much in
terested in the scheme and will be large
stockholder. 1t is reported that he mas
taken stock In payment for three acres
OF land upon which the mill will be erect
ed.
The stock is now upon the market and
so far, IL Is said, more than half OF IL has
been sold. Every circumstance, SO far,
has favored the erection of the mill. The
location is especially favorable, being on
the bank OF the Pocasset river and not
far from branch of the New England
Railroad. The Print Works company
through whose premises this branch runs
have consented to allow the necessary
traffic for the new mill through their
grounds. The town of Cranston exempts
from taxation, for term OF five years,
any corporation whose capital stock
equals or exceeds S25, 600.
The owner OF a spring on a hill close by
the site has given the company the priv
ilege TO use the spring, laying pipes from
IL TO the mill. Another feature that will
Undoubtedly help TO insure the success Of
the enterprise is the financial stand ing
and reputation of the originators OF the
enterprise. IL is impossible to imagi inc a
more ideal locality for mill OF this
kind. Those interested in the mill are
anxious to have the Cranston street line
of electric cars connect with the Dyer
avenue lire, thus affording ample means
for the mill help to reach the mill from
two directions, Johnston and Cranston.
The connection of these two lines has
long been favorably looked upon and il Is
thought that with the mill a surety the
belt line will also be assured.
The item in the town warrant that is
most indicative of advancement is the
request for 1900 TO put into the town
fire alarm system. The more thickly
populated sections think the proposition
Unnecessary and bordering on extrava-
gance; but the large part of the towns
population that live away from the centre
of population are strongly advocating the
proposition. The large area between
knightsville and Auburn, though sparsely
settled, contains much valuabl property.
In case OF fire in this section the alarm
must be carried afoot to Cranston,
Knightsville or Auburn, any of these
places being more than one-half mile
away. The long time that was taken to se-
cure apparatus and assistance in the case
OF the stock farm stable fire might have
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-09
CAYLOR'S BALL GOSSIP.
Real Stars Of the Diamond That
Have Never Shone.
How Dad Clark Became KnOwn--A Feasi-
bl: Farming Sysem Suggested.

witncut opportunity genius and talent
are lost TO the world. This is particularly
true when applied TO baseball players. Had
Thomas Gray lived 100 years later, his Inn
mortal 'Elegyn might have been shaped
somewhat differently. For instance, he
would probably have said:
Some village Pusio that with lightning shot
The sturdy batsmcn Of the Dreadnaughts
licked.
Some mute, inglorious Anson here may rot,
somo Tobeau who had never Dragged or
kicked.
The applause OF crazy rootcrs 10 conrs0nd,
The threats Of fines by umpjFes 10 degpise.
To strike cut sixtecn battors right of hand
And next year in their sal 'ries get rise.
Their lot foriyado, nor Handicapped alone
Their pitching greatness, but where'batting
thriyos a
Forbade to train their muscles like a etono
And play the eanSpf their immortal lives
am reminded OF this prophecy of the
British bard by the oxperieace of Pitcher
Clarke, who made sach a-success last year
with the New Yorks and who this spring
gives promise of outdoing his record Of
1895.
In 1893 Clarke pitched for the Erie club,
which won tho championship of the East
ern league. Somebody recommended him
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-09

There is considerable protest among
patrons Of the wheel in "Ole Virginny"
against the bicycle law which has just
been placed upon tho statute books OF that
state. The law is sweeping In its terms
and will, ifrigidly enforced, make bicycling
In the Old Dominion very fatiguing oc
cupation. IL provides that "any person
riding who shall meet or overtake vehicle
or wagon or person on horseback on any
public highway or bridge shall use ali
proper care in passing such vehicle or per-
son on horseback to prevent the frighten-
Ing of the horses that are driven or ridden,
and If said horse or horses appear to be
frightened be or they shall dismount and
stop, in order TO prevent accident from
fright of said horses. Any person violat
ing the provisions of this act shall be fined
not less than s2 nor more than s5 and
shall, in addition, be liable in civil action
for such damages as may result from neg
lect or want of proper care"