Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-04-01
NEWS in MIN NESOTA

NEVNO lN W Is i y, q
Navigation on the Mississippi below
Winona has opened.
The Winona city council IS consider.
ing establishing public baths.
o. P. johnson, general merchant at
Thief River Falls, has failed.
The hardware store and stock Of O.
a. Prigge Of Howard Lake has been
destroyed by fire. ,=.. .5. 81
The First Methodist Episcopal church
at Warren, q new building, was com.
pletely Quilted by fire. :s..s
Fire. at Garvin destroyed the general
stores of Miss Annie Shand and Mr..
Slater. Loss between 81, 900 and So, 600.
A Presbyterian church with 26 mem
bers has been organized at Lewiston,
with Rev. Mr.. Guichard of Utica for
pastor. =. -
O. NJ. Hangar, superintendent of
schools for Otter Tail county, has re-
signed to accept a position with a
school book concern.
The Great Northern hotel building at
Staples has been destroyed by fire. It
was occupied by several families, who
saved most of their effects.
Supervisor of Indian Schools Smith
will shortly be ordered to White Earth
agency to select sites for a new build.
ings about to be erected there.
The Avoca Catholic church with it's
contents burned Sunday afternoon.
Loss, $1,000. The cause of the fire is
unknown. The insurance is $4,000. "
Fire at Belgrade destroyed the de-
partment store of T. @. Anderson and
the building occupied by the Bank of
Belgrade. The loss is about $25, 900.
A special election will be held at Red
Lake Falls on April Is to issue $4,000
to pay off Observation-Disclosures Of the vii.
lage before its incorporation as a city.
There is proposition that the gov.
eminent officials in charge of Upper
Mississippi river Improvements, now
located in st. Paul, remove to Winona.
Foul play is suspected in the case of
William Walling Of Royalton, who
was supposed to have been accidentally
killed by logs rolling onto him On Pine
river.
Minneapolis public schools will close
May /, the attempt to raise by sub
scription the $4,000 necessary to keep
them open the rest of the school year
having failed.
Hon. John Ball Brisban, retired law.
yer, ex-legislator, ex-mayor of..St. Paul,
and one of the city's most prominent
men, is dead. Judge Brisbin was 70
years of age and had been a residentof
the state since 1858.
Melrose is to have an elegant new
Catholic church. The contract was
given to E. G. Richmond, who gave a
bond in the sum of $4,000. The corner
stone is to be laid amid imposing cere-
monies on the first Sunday in April.
Mrs. Margaret Williams, who has
been postmistress at Leroy for 26 years,
has resigned on account of ill health.
Her husband was appointed postmaster
by President Lincoln. After eight years
service he lost his life as a result of
fire in the postoffice. Then Mrs. Will
Jams was appointed and has served ever
since
Ed Housman, his wife and five chill
dren were burned to death. at Kent.
Housman, who kept saloon at Kent,
went home at 2 o'clock, and at o'clock
the house was in flames. The bodies
were almost wholly destroyed. The
coroner is Of the opinion that the fire
was caused by the explosion of lamp.
and that death resulted from suffoca.
ton.
1t is understood that James J. Hill
has in contemplation the erection of d
large steel warehouse in connection
with his elevator system at the head of
the lakes. The war ehouse will have a
capacity of 100000 bushels and will
be erected next to Elevator A of the
Great Northern system. 1t is under.
stood that the plans will be submitted
to contractors whiting few days.
Land Commissioner Hermann has
stated that reports received indicate
that the work of the timber estimators
on the Red Lake reservation will be
completed about April Is. AS soon as
all the reports are received he will di.
rect that the lands be sold at once,
both on account of the good prices to
be obtained at this time and for the
reason that it is best, in his opinion, to
dispose of this timber land as quickly
as practicable, thus removing the dan.
ger of loss by fire and possible depreda-