Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-08-19
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Aug, 16. p. j. Newman moved to-
Rices with his family last Saturday,
where he will run the Northern Pacific
hotel.
John Kc bilka returned from a three
months trip to Bohemia last week.
FL. Zuleger was appointed village po-
liceman Saturday.
Math Valentine started to thresh on
Z. b. Buckman's farm Tuesday.
Opposition is still going on in our
village. One end OF the village is get
ting flour down to a reasonable price
ard the other end beer.
A few weeks ago Mike Krueger
claimed some one stole his light spring
wagon from his farm while he was alb
sent. Later he found the wagon in the
village, but the party having it in pos
Session claimed he bought it from him.
Mr.. Kruger says he knows nothing
about the sale.
Frank Feucht OF Leroy, Wis, who
bought William Bergs farm arrived
here with his family last week.
The lighting struck in Chas. Buetgen's
house Sunday afternoon, striking in the
chimney, and went through the house,
and out by the kitchen, a side building
that was attached to the house. The
ceiling in the house started to burn, but
the fire was put out before any damage
was done. The family was all in the
house at the time the lightning struck
but no one was hurt.
Gustave Hoffman OF district 50 has
rented Johu Grell's farm in the town of
Agram.
Andrew Schmidbauer bought Jos.
Gross share in the threshing rig owned
by Gross Bros. & Gassert.
The lightning struck in to a setting of
wheat and burned five stacks.
Rev. E. J. Nagl went to st. Johns
University Monday.
VIM. Berg bought P. S. Newman
house in the village and will soon move
it to upper town on the lot north OF
Nick Sehr 3.
Mr.. Hansen OF Buh ordered a Nc Cor
mick binder OF Hartman Bros. some
time ago, and later bought a Jones bin
der in Little Falls. He was notified to
take the binder ordered, but refused.
What the result will be, we will probably
find out later.
We had quite a bicycle excitement ia
the village Monday. Hans Boser, Rolf
Hopke and Math Zirrer were arrested
for riding bicycle On the sidewalk Sun
day afternoon. They were each fined
IS and costs by Justice Bentfeld. Mat
Ridlon our mail carrier; who was also
with the boys, paid his fine Monday eve
ming when he returned with the mail, to
prevent being arrested. Some party
made the remark that after threshiDg
he would get about so or 80 boys to
ride a wheel on the sidewalk and he
would be the leader. This is what the
village would like to see as that would
pay the salary OF the police about a
year and the village council oul1! buy
some -four again, az the remark was
made by another party. They are anx-
ious to see them come. Tuesday mora
ing, the IA year old boy OF Carl Fur
man came to Justice Ben tfeld to make
a complaint against Carl Flecken stein
III alSO OJl Iut SlUeW ak DuU Hl6
claim was rejected and the boy sent
home.
Jos. Bentfeld bought 2H horse
power engine from Chas. Estey for $40
to be used to run feed cutter.
Barney Gross bou ght a new self feeder
from Graham OF Little Falls. Monday.
Henry Hennen rented the part of
Henry Langer's farm south of the house.
We expect another school election
soon, to elect director in P. L. New
mans place. who left for Rices, if the
remaining officers will not appoint one.
Andrew Faust and Gus Dahlman who
are running Christian Grest's threshing
rig near Morris, report grain good in
that section, ard expect long falls
Stacking is nearly all done and the
threshing rigs will all pull out about
the last part of this week. 81"
John Kugsl in the village here
threshed 38k bushels OF wheat from one
acre.
John and Hanna took a Grip to Little
Falls Monday afternoon. sSz.k
Call on ". B. Jones, opposite city
hall, for bicycle repairing. full line of
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