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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
NEW USE FOR A BICYCLE.
A Texas Deputy Sheriff Makes His Pras
oner Ride Behind Him. &c.,

A Texas Deputy Sheriff Makes His Pras.
oner Ride Behind Him. .@'
Josh Messenger, a deputy sheriff Of Gray
son county, Tex, has a brand new device
for bringing In prisoners whom he has ar
rested. He Ia probably the first peace Of
6cer in the United States to adopt 1t. Tho
device Is nothing more nor less than that
of bringing them on the rear step OF his
bicycle
II should think you'd be afraid to risk
yourself in your prisoners power to that
EXTENT" suggested one Of an interested
circle of auditors se Mr.. Messenger had
been explaining how It il done
"Well, that was Whit that fellow thought
the other night when brought him in
didn' t have bit of difficulty in explaining
to him how matters stood. As a matter of
fact it Is every bit us safe to bring prison.
or In standing on tho rear step OF your
wheel rs any other way and possibly safer.
II the fellow Is on one horse and you on
another, he may make some motion and
get the advantage of you before you can
help yourself, but II he's standing on the
step Of your bicycle he's got to hold on to
your shoulders. 1t don't make a bit OF
difference how dark night 1t is, II he goes
to make tho least unusual motion, you can
feel him, and you can throw him of the
wheel before he can wink an eye. Before
he can get up again you can cover him
with your gun, and there he Is. y
Chow about that fellow you brought In
from Southmayd?"
ooh, l almost forgot to tell about him.
he was fellow charged with murder.
After some little argument I persuaded
him to get up behind me on the steps of
my bicycle"
Here MIR. Messenger paused moment
and smiled rather surdonically.
"What arguments did you use?' asked
one of the crowd.
"Oh, l just persuaded him" was the
reply, with a significant emphasis. "Ol
course took his gun away from him, and
then he got UP behind inc all right enough.
After we had gone some little distance nc
seemed to take notion to talk.
"'You seem to be u sort of expert with
a bicycle, no said. But how do you know
may not be just as good myself? l can
feel my thigh pressing against your six
shooter, but what Is there to prevent me
from taking 1t away from you, shooting
you and then riding off on your wheel?'
II just sorter laughed and said, oh, ]
don't reckon you'll do anything as bad as
0ll that.
"Just about that time felt him make
some peculiar kind of motion. never did
know whether he was In earnest In trying
to escape or whether he was just joking.
I'm not even sure whether he himself knew
or not. The first thing he really did know
he was crawling out from under barbetl
wire fence and was looking up tho barrel
Of big navy six shooter, with the moon
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19

d. HI. Freeman, Of the firm of Free
man & Stray, the well known lum-
herman, in speaking III logging this
year said to the st. Cloud Times Tues
day: II would not he surprised II we
would have three more weeks OF
hauling, but nevertheless ths cut is
going to fall short this year every
where. In the early part Of the sea-
son, hauling was interierred with on
account Of the ice on the lake not be-
ing thick enough to support loads
and during the past two months the
heavy snow has hindered. We are
going to fall short OF what we ex-
pected TO cut. Bnt this will not
have any serious effect as there Is a
disposition by the lumbermen tn
still further curt8il the cut this year.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
A Detecfiye'a Miatake.

James Harmon is new detective on the
New York force. Anxious to win laurels,
Harmon spotted James Mckay, and, for
some inexplicable reason, made up his
mind he was policy fend. Mckay is a
member of O Congregational church and
sings in the choir.
Harmon saw Mckay talking with some
men on tho street and handling some slips
of paper covered with figures. He prompt
IL arrested him for trying to sell policy
slips. In court Mckay explained that 1t
was one of his duties to select the hymns
to be sung in church on Sundays he
marked the numbers of the hymns down
on a slip Of paper, designating which were
to be sung in the morning and in the even
ing. He wrote the words morning" and
"evening" on top Of the numbers. This
was what Harmon thought was q policy
drawing.
Mckay was discharged, and the detect
avs Wa roundly reprimanded y.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19

DEPUTY SHERIFF MESSENGER AND HIS OUT
FIT.
light cleaning down it and me ut the
other end As soon as he could catch his
breath he gasrcd:
81 understand now why you wasn't
afraid of me; but, darn 1t, you needn't
have explained things quito SO blamed
hard
"Aftcr that he got up behind me again
and never said another word till we got TO
Sherman"
"How did you Get started at bringing in
prisoners this way?" asked some one.
II was mighty near forced into 1t, :" was
the reply. "Ono time went out after a
fellow named Zeb Harmon, who was want
cd as prosecuting witness in a certain
case. found him nine miles out in the
country, and l found that he wasn't very
anxious to come in. Ho declared he didn't
have any way to come. He didn't own
horse and couldn't borrow one and he
swore he wouldn't walk. was sorter puz
zlcd at first, but finally happened to
think maybe he could ride behind mo on
tho step Of my bicycle, and l told him SO.
He said he never was on bicycle and
couldn't ride one 1 told him didn't
know whether he could or not, but for him
to try, and If he couldn't Id let him of
from going in to town. guess he thought
that was a good way to get out of 1t, for
he hoped up behind me, cheerful as you
please. don't know which was the most
surprised, him or me, when we found that
the scheme worked to perfection. brought
him in, over mighty rough roads, too-only
horse trail part of the way. A bicycle can
come mighty near going where horse can
go. It's only the dude riders that can't go
where the roads happen to boa little bad"
The wheel Mr.. Messenger uses has no
special features except that it has step
on each side in the rear instead of on only
one side. This slight variation was made
for the special accommodation Of the pris-
oner, who has to stand behind. He rs
man Of powerful build and has the rcputa-
ton Of being as brave Texan as ever
faced bullets and gunpowder. He is by no
means a man whom the average citizen
would care to get into fight with: In tho
case Of an officer of different kind this
device might not work SO well.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19

!. TheH'Shskers have made a great
lit. Their Digestive Cordial ia said
to be5the most successful remedy for
st omach troubles ever introduced
1t iu.l,edia tely relieves ull pain and
distress after eating, builds up the
feeble system and makes the weak
strong.
The fact is, foods properly digested
are better than sO-called tones. The
Cordial not only contains food al-
ready digested. but Ia u digester OF
other foods. Food that ia not d.
gested does more harm than good.
People who use the Cordial insure
the digestion Of what food they eat
and in this way get the benefit OF it
and grow strong.
The little pamphlets which the
Shakers have sent druggists for free
distribution. contain much interest
ing Information on the subject OF
dyspepsia.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
NORTH PRAIRIE, MIMI, March II. 1896
TO THE EDITOR OF The TRANSCRIPT

NORTH PRAIRIE, Mimi, March IL, 1S96.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TRANSCRIPT,
Dear Sir-In last weeks issue VI
your paper. l notice that YOU have
the report Of the grandjury and that
u part Of the findings III that body IN
relation to school District NO. 6 Of
North Prairie, Minn.. were: THAT
the teachers open school ut a. III.
with prayer for about 10 minutes,
after that march the children to the
church where they stay from one
half hour to one hour and then
return to school," l, as an officer OF
said district have the pleasure t" In
form you and your readers that the
evidence before the grand jury either
was very ignorant of the facts, or it
was untrut hful ur predjudiced.
The fact ls that school opened the
greater number OF times at least ~
or. Is minutes before nine. for the
purpose, as the teacher told ME. Of
kdIulUk Il utllC ubObC W. vi eN'As
classes, and sel,iomIy precisely at
nine 50 putting the prayers out III
the regular school hours. The pray
ers never last over three minutes.
This fact am personally certain Ut.
The latter part OF the findings are
wholly wrong. The services ut the
above named church are held at Sa.
m. and last from 80 to 40 minutes at
" hich most of the school children
attend, however, III their own free
will and are thus back ut the school
at 10 or Is minutes Of nine. when
school il generally commenced. oil
the pupils being present.
- Respectfully Yours,
MAT. +. GELS Ell.
District Clerk.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
Hot Springs, Va.
Via GRID R0nr" and &c A a" R0nfeS

-" 20 avn ~ss~ " - ~
Prefect Fall Climate. $500 Feet Ele-
walton. Magnificent Mountain Sur
roundings. Most Curative Baths
Known.
From Chicago, st. Louis, Peoria
and all points tributary, Indianapo-
lis, Benton Harbor, Detroit, Toledo,
Sanduskv. Springfield. Dayton and
intermediate points, the "Big -Four
Route" have through vestibuled
trains daily to Cincinnati, magnifi
Gently equipped with Buffet Parlor
Cars, Dining Cars and Wagner Sleep
ing Cars. Direct connection made In
Central Union Station, Cincinnati.
with the beautiful trains OF the Ches-
apeake & Ohio Railway. without
transfer across the city. Write any
agent Big Four" forfull particulars.
or address d. B. Martin, General
Passenger and Ticket Agent, or E. o.
Mccormick. Passenger Traffic Mana
ger big Four Route" Cincinnati. 0.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
FlTzslMMoNs CHAMPION.
IA Blow over the Heart Decides
AZ The Fight In the | 4th
4g Round

SIN PAUL, Minn.,-Rohert Fitz'
simmons Is the heavyweight cham
piOn vi the world. He defeated
James j. COrbett in the fourteenth
round. The fight was fast from the
start and during the sixth and
seventh rounds 1t looked as
II COrLett was u winner.
Fits rallied and had COrbett very
weak In the eleventh round. C0rbett
rallied and the twelfth and thirteenth
rounds were In his favor. In the
fourteenth round Fitz landed a blow
over COrbett'A heart which knocked
him down. Just as ten wascOunted
Corbett recovered. and Referee Siier
awarded the fight to FitxstmmOns'
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
BOARD PROCEEDINGS.
IA Number of Applications for
Tax Attachments Heard
1 Bills Allowed. r

5& county AUDITORS once Little = dIIS'
Il MIMI, March, Is, special meeting of
# the board of county commissioners.
The board met pursuant to call.
y Present, Chairman j. j. jacobson,
III Geo. LaFond, Mic Hennen. Martin
Enke. J. J. Gross and j. A. Nichols,
8 county auditor. 4
The matter of Frederick Schlay In
regard to correction Of assessment
4. was laid over, no parties interested
appearing. w., ,,.f& 4 ~ ~. :
IF The request of W. A.. Bushy IN
/. writing. for abatement and correc-
ton of taxes not being In form, MI
I action was taken. .E.T. -
Tie request of Hans Nelson for
correction and abatement h taxes
. not being in form, no action was
4 taken.
Upon motion duly made the penal
ties ON the personal property OF Peter
Krall be refunded.
The following resolution was Of
I fered, and upon q unanimous vote.
\ duly adopted: r>
7. Be it resolved by the board OF
( county commissioners of Morrison
comfy, Minnesota, that said county
K of Morrison shall pay a bounty on
Il wolves. beginning with March 3, ~,
=, as follows: Bounty on any full
grown wolf killed during the months
of January, February. March, April
and May be S.; at any other time Of
the year 50; on u cub at all times 49,
i Second, that the entire carcass
must be presented to the county
auditor One-third Of said bounty
to be paid by Morrison county coun-
ty, and two-thirds by the state.
/ The application OF b. J. Hinkle
for abatement Of taxes, was upon
motion duly made aud carried. sent
to the state auditor for approval.
Motion made and carried that a
:. hearing. tie given the school petition
of E. Bates.
Motion made and carried that a
hearing be granted ON the school
petition of M. J. Madison.
1 Upom motion made and carried,
the bond OF G.. H. Brown, deputy
coroner, in the sum o! $500. with A.
( Heron and C. W. Woodwork as
h bondsmen, was approved.
The bond Of the GeriDa0 National
/ bank in the sum of $50, 900, with c. A..
h Weyerhaeuser,. Drew Musser. John
4. Wetzel, j. w. Berg and G. B. Buck
man az bOndsmen. was duly ap-
proved as a depository for county
funds.
The bond of the First National
bauk in the sum of $4,000, with A.
r. Davidson, M. NJ. williams. P. W.
Blake, A. Tanner and Drew Musser
as bOndsmen. was, upon motion,
duly approved as Il depository for
county funds.
The application of Joseph Grell for
abatement of taxes to the amount
of $4.SS, it being assessed to him
4 twice, was upon motion duly made
/ and carried, and sent to state audit
:. or for approval.
The application of Frederick Schlag
for abatement of personal property
taxes to the amount $N.66, for a
mortgage which he did not have,
a ~-,,x, co,,< IN <l,o Of a 70 ou6ifnr fOr an.
proval.
Thefollowing bills were allowed:
Howard Krych, wood for jail 70
Frank Sobieck, wood for
court house .................... Is Sc
p. Paul AldakOwski. same....... ~ u
Bro wn, Tracy & Co, repairs
on s.........:...........". 10
G D Barnard & Co, stationery IL w
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19
A BIG BLAZE.
The Little Falls Packing Com
pany's Plant Burned-LQss
About $4,000. /.

| d .~..rt ~
| At about 1880 Monday night fire
was discovered IN the two story
fra me building occupied bv the Little
Falls Packing company. -
The fire department was on hand
promptly and the fire was confined
! to the one building. A little delay
was caused by the hydrant on the
corner OF Broadway and Second
street being frozen, hut connections
were made with the hvdrant ON the
corner of First avenve and Second
street, und the fire was soon under
icontrOl. ..'
The second story was occupied hy
the II mily of Chas. Lord. Nearly all
Of MIR. Lords household goods were
destroyed, and those saved were
greatly damaged by water. Mr..
Lord estimates his loss at about
$500 with no insurance.
The Little Falls Packing company
had recently made quite extensive
improvements ON the interior Of the
building, and had a large stock Of
meats on hand, which was all de.
stroyed.
A. W. Zaloudek, the proprietor Of
the Little Falls Packing company,
estimates his loss on stock and fix
lures at about $4,000, with $1,000
insurance. $500 ON fixtures and $1,000
on stock, carried in the following
companies:
London & Lancashire, represented
by the First National bank, $500 on
stock.
Hamburg Bremen, represented by
the First National bank, 300, on
fixtures.
Southern Minnesota Mutual. rep
| resented by s. Trebbv, $500, ON stock
and fixtures.
North British & Mercantile. repre-
sented by Srhallern & Brick, 800 on
fixturs and $500 on stock.
The building was owned by. r. F.
| FarrOw.
Mr.. Zaloudek will open his meat
market again as soon an suitable
location can be found. 1t Is not
probable that the building will be
repaired, as it ia too badly damaged.
Mr.. Zaloudek has built upa large
business in this city, and is a good
business man. He now has num-
Der of lOca lions in view. hut at
present does not know where he will
open up. go.
The family of Mr.. Lord had a
narrow escape, as they were all In
bed when the fire broke out. and
just had time to get out without
saving but very few clothes.
The stock of lard and other grease
in the building made it one Of the
hottest fires for some time. and the
fire department deserve great praise
for getting it under control so soon.
Bert Lambert, who was boarding
at Lords had a narrow escape. HE
roommate. Louis Sieckerd, had got
up and gone out in the early part VI
the evening, and when he shut the
door it locked, there being Il spring
lock on it.. When Lambert got up
the smoke was SO thick that he
didn't have time to unlock the door
and had to break it open to get out.
The Pioneer Press is publishing a
series of articles on growing sugar
beets in Minnesota.
1t is denied that there are any
diff ,rences between the Minnesota
senator's regarding federal patron
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19

The Minneapolis Journal has
resurrected the hen and half egg
and q half puzzle. 4. II. /.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19

LaxOl is not Il mixture Of drugs.
1t isznothiDg hut Castor Oh made
palatable.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19

4 Motion made and carried that a
license be granted Joseph Hortsch,
of Buchanan town. to sell liquor In
said town from March Is, 1897. for
one year.
The following bills were allowed:
VIM Dragoo, justice fees........ 20
* &c" :" 2 95
II H ROlhr. constable tees... 40
Arthur Tlce, witness W
Mat Kinney, 20
j u Clarg, ~
{ j ,Clarg, marshall N
j w Cofield. dep sheriff fees ~
Geo w Mosher, IL IL
Paul Kasparick. interpreters
faos ..,............ 90
H s Clyde, witness fees.....". "a
VIM Dragoo, justice ~
.5@s.< J." 20
Board adjourned until 8 a. m.
Tnns(10V
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19

1t is denied that there are any
diff .rences between the Minnesota
senator's regarding federal patron
age.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19

The stock of lard and other grease
in the building made it one of the
hottest fires for some time. and the
fire department deserve great praise
for getting it under control SO soon.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19

The Pioneer Press is publishing q
series of articles on growing sugar
beets in Minnesota.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19

The family of Mr.. Lord had q
narrow escape, as they were all in
bed when the fire broke out, and
just had time to get out without
saving but very few clothes.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-19

The free soup kitchen is nowcon'
sldered doubtful form OF charity
An investigation in New York shows
that a large majority OF those ire
uuenting these rooms are unworthy
many OF them being professional beg
gars. -s......
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-08
Iasiei Indicted.

Boston, March O. j ,ssph A. Iasigi.
Turkish consul general in this city, has
been indicted on more than fifty counts.
All the counts charge him with embez-
element, and the sum total Of the embez-
element alleged is more than 500, 600.
This information was made public tod ay
by Dlstriot.Attorney Stevens at the close
OF the session Of the grand jury.
So The district attorney was seen by q
reporter this forenoon and asked If he
could make public any statement regard
ing the Iasigi matter.
sit is rule of the office not to make
public indictments where the person In
dotted is not arrested in this county" he
said, "but az Mr.. Iasigi is under arrest
in New York, can see no harm in say.
ing that an indictment has been found
against him There are more than fifty
counts" Mr.. Stevens said there would
be no hurry in taking steps to bring Mr..
Iasigi to Boston.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-08
TO SING THE DoxoLo0Y.
When Cuba Is Free, Crete Is Greek and
Turkey is Dead.

Baltimore, March 6.-Bisbop Hurst of
Washington electrified the Baltimore Me-
thodist conference today with his utter
ances in sympathy for Cuba and Crete.
He is not q member Of the conference,
but dropped in for visit and was intro
duced to the audience by the presiding
bishop. In general talk Bishop Hurst
referred to mission work in Cuba and
said be hoped the island would soon be
free. The sentiment was heartily ap-
plauded and the bishop, thus encouraged.
added: "When Cuba is free and Crete is
Greek and Turkey is dead, we will want
to take one whole day to sing the doxolo-
gy." The applause was renewed with
hearty amens and Rev. B. T. Clarkson
offered the following resolution:
"Resolved. By the Baltimore annual
conference in conference assembled that
the people of Cuba have our heartiest
sympathy in their heroic struggle for
independence.
The resolution was amended so as to
include Crete and adopted with hur-
rah.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-08
ANOTHER BLOW AT SPAIN.
The Enterprising Japs After His South
Sea Islands.

San Francisco, March 6.-The schooner
Wins has arrived from the South Seas.
bringing news Of the massacre OF dozen
or more of party of japanese traders
BY the natives of the Buk islands, a
part of the Caroline group. The surviv-
ing japanese traders have asked their
government to send war vessel to SUBJ
jugate the islands, although the latter
are Spanish. possession. 1t is known
that Japan is DESTROYS of establishing
colonies in tho South Sea and it is be-
lieved she would undertake the subjuga-
ton of Buk in disregard of the rights of
Spain. In that event serious complica-
lions would arise between The two gov
ernments.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-08
Great Britain Anxious for Conflict ii
South Africa.

South Africa.
London, March 6.-The st. James Co.
zette says it is rumored among persons
within the ministerial circle that Mr..
Chamberlain, colonial secretary, has sent
an emphatic intimation to President
Kruger of the South African Republic
that the aliens act which is in operation
in the Transvaal is in contravention of
the provisions of the London con INVENTION
of 1884, and must be withdrawn. The
Manchester Guardian says that the rela-
tions between Great Britain and the
governments Of the Transvaal are very
much strained, an d that Mr.. Chamber
lain ia anxious that the inevitable struc-
gle between the two shall come as quick
" as possible. According to the Guar
dian. Gen, Lord Wolselsy, oommander-in
chief of the B ritish army, is said to
have estimated that 20, 900 British troops
would be suffic Gent to conquer the Beers.
In the meantime it is understood that
President Kruger of the Transvaal re-
public is prepared to resist all intsrfer.
ence on the part Of England at oil costs.