Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-12-09
NEWS In N nm SO TA

NE VS. N n I'M rs
D Nor. oifers : bonus for Touring
mill. SIS So
The postof6ce ct Osakis has been raised
70 the preside initial class. 49, Is f.ss. 50
The state convention of buttermakers
met at L:tchfeld the latter part Of the /.
week. 3ss5 81 s = s. $5# - 3. IS IS
The Minnesota society, Sons Of the
Revolution, will erect amemorial tablet
for Captain Joseph Hale. re- I i
John g. Lennon, the Blooming Prairie
postmaster, has been held to the grand
jury on charge of embezzlement.
Sd There Is likely to- be more trouble
with Leech Lake Indians On account OF !
attempts Of game wardsns TO arress
them. -->.. VI,
State Treasurer Koerner and Auditor
Dunn have completed the Investment
Of $30O, 900 Of schsel funds in Virginia
state bonds. S il 5Eisa# ><sS= i.
!. Executive Agent Fullerton stated in
IN address that Minnesota could earn
ts5o, go every year by controlling ito
game and 6sh. s. .l. ::es 5tz*5Ss I. 49, $50
Captain sigsbes has acknowledged the
St. Paul Commercial clubs gift of a low
ing cup for the cruiser St. Paul, and pre-
sented in return the ships Bible. 4
J. The jury in the trial of John Steen-
ereon, charged with the murder of Ruth
Parrish at st. Paul, brought in a verdict
of manslaughter in the second degree.
Land Commissioner Hermann is
stated to have denied he ordered the
cutting of dead and down timber to
stop or that he intends to issue such an
order. .-s
The state dairy department. has fin
ished rigid oleomargarine5 inspection
of Minneapolis. More than 100 places
were visited and number of seizures
were made. ..' -
The condition Of Major E. S. Person s
Of the Fourteenth Minnesota has i'm
proved so greatly that his complete re-
covery, it is now believed, is only a
matter of a few weeks.
Link" Thayer, the first of the men
tried at Fergus Falls ON the charge of
train robbery, has been convicted, not
withstanding the alibi attempted. He
got a 20 year sentence.
Little Falls has offered the electric
light and water company at that place
$45, 900 for it's plant, and accompanies
the offer with conditions that will prob
ably make it advisable for the company
to accept. u"
The ladies of Winona are making ar
rangements to organize an Audubon So
ciety.. The object is to prevent the
wanton destruction Of birds by boys and
to discourage the use by ladies in their
millinery of birds. birds wings, aigrettes
and the like. i
"A cablegram has been received from
General Reeve at Manila by Governor
;Clough saying. ''..Amosa Hawkins,
Company 1, Joseph Kramer, Company
l., very sick Fifty-seyen in general I
hospital, none dangerous. The food lie
abundant and always has been"
Indian Commissioner Jones has rel
ceived letter from Gus Beaulieu sayl
ing that there is scheme on foot to-
keep government witnesses from testify.
ing before the officers making an inves-
LEGATION of Marshal O'Connor's connec-
tion with the recent Indian outbreak.
j James McIndoo, the North Star
prodigy" alias the Madelia giant, VIII.
has been on exhibition in Forepaugh's
circus the past season, has returned tc
his home at Madelia. He has grown
two and one-half inches in height since
April, nov measuring Z feet, ~ inches
The beet sugar factory at St. Louis
Park shut down Tuesday morning after
10 days run. The output Of the fac
tory in that time was 2,50O, 900 pounds
of sugar, most of which was sold in the
Twin Cities. The first seasons work is
reported to have been entirely success
full. 80 4
The United States raised about 49,
100000 bushels of flaxseed in 1898, Of
which about II 900, 900 bushels were pro-
duced in Minnesota and the Dakotas-
Minnesota raises about one-fourth Of
the fa1seed crop of the country, and thi;
state and the Dakotas about two-third&
Of the entire crop. 80 49, -. =
Lucian T. Troutman, lately badly in
volved as secretary of the St. Cloud
Building association, and who was
saved from the penitentiary through the
good offices of brother, is dead at Jack
sonville, Fla, from typhoid fever fol- (
lowing nervous prostration. He carried
5000 life insurance. "
The annual meeting of the Pi1lsbury
Washburn Flour Mills, company was
held Friday. The report of the direct
ors shows that. the net profits for the
year are about $3.50, 900, which amount,
with an addition of about $25, 900 from
the reserve fund, will pay interest on
the debenture bonds, preferred stock
and income certificates .2 .:#s .: z..s.#