Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-01-28
NEWS IN MINNESOTA.


Ex- Representative ]. G. Mullin Of the
Montevideo district, is dead. ...a.z
The grand lodge, Sons of Herman,
Is in session at Minneapolis this week.
Mrs. Fredericka Behr of Winona has
just celebrated her hundredth birthday.
Chippewa Indians think they are be.
ing cheated in the dispoiition of their
pine. 49,.
Erick Nopson and his mother.in-law
were killed in runaway near Stewart.
Vile.
It is stated that large number of
blind pigs are in operation in Hennepin
county.
DIR. Slaughter, a prominent Duluth
physician, committed suicide by takln g
poison.
A contract has been let for a bridge
across Kettle river at Sandstone, to
cost $500.
Business men of Kimball are nego-
tiating with capitalists for the estab-
ishment of a bank
A party of 25 Of the citizens of Daw-
son, is arranging to go to Alaska, and
expects to leave in few days.
A meeting Of the teachers of Pine
eounty has been held for the purpose OF
organizing teachers association.
Andrew G. Haugan, ex-city treas
urer Of Minneapolis has been convicted
of misrepresentation OF public funds.
State Insurance Commissioner Dearth
has begun an investigation of the con-
dition of several hail insurance COM
panies doing business in Minnesota.
Willmar schools are badly over
crowded and steps will be taken in the
near future to build an additional school
building. The enrolment now is 657.
The date of the marriage of Ignatius
Donnelly to Miss Marion Olive Hansen
of Minneapolis is said to have been
fixed for Washington's birthday,
Feb. %.
An order has been issued esta blishing
a postofice at Hewson, Isanti county.
Bertha M. Haney, postmistress; also al
Klondike. Crow Wing county, Lewis
P. Aiken, p postmaster.
The secretary of the interior has ap-
proved the selection Of clear list No.
~, by the Northern Pacific Railway
company, containing 3,432.S1 acres
located in St. Cloud and Duluth dis
tricts.
Sawyer & Mellen of St. Paul have
bought 1901 acres Of land just east Of
Kettle river and adjacent to Sandstone
from the Standard Lumber company
This is the largest land deal ever con-
summated in Pine county.
An unusual number of young brook
trout will be distributed through Min
nesota next spring by the state fish
hatchery. More than two million fry
will be sent out as against less than
one million distributed last year.
Representatives Of church and tenn
perance societies at Duluth have filed
with the state department articles Of
incorporation of the Civic Temperance
Cooperative association, which will
seek to aid in the enforcement of anti.
saloon laws.
More than 400 homestead entries have
been made in the southern part of
Beltrami county within the last three
months and there is an active demand
all along the line of the new survey for
vacant government land, whether it be
oak, poplar or jackpine in character.
Deputy Warden Lemon has returned
from Big Springs, Tex, having in
charge Sam L. Copeland, who is the
Moorhead bank robber that violated his
parole and skipped out. Mr.. Lemon
had no trouble in bringing him back
and arrived here a day ahead of time
The international bonspiel held at St..
Paul has ended. The St. Paul Jobbers
Union trophy was won by o. w. Rob.
ertson's rink of Milwaukee, Charles F..
Pfster trophy by A. E. McColl, Cam
bria, Wis, Duluth Jobbers Union
trophy by J. McDiarmid, Winnipeg,
consolation match by F. Knight, Bran
don, Man., Walker International tro-
ply by A. II. Smith of Duluth, John
johnson trophy by F. Mccarthy rink,
St. Paul.
.. Governor Clough has appointed H.
w. Lamberton of Winona, @. D. Gil
fllan of Morgan, Hudson Wilson of
Faribault, w. D. Kirke, Theodore
Schurmeier and J. w. Footner of St..
Paul, J. Newton Mind, F. G. Winston
and E. 8. Danforth of Minneapolis, F.
B. Daugherty of Duluth and Elmer E..
Adams of Fergus Falls, as commission.
ers to the Omaha exposition.
At the meeting of the board of man.
ayers of the state agricultural society
Secretary Randall and Treasurer Mo-
fatt were reelected for another year.
The whole board was present with the
exception of President Cooper, who is
in California Second Vice President
Elliot presided. Owing to the absence
of President Cooper the superintendent
were not appointed. There will be
another meeting about March l.
NO LACK OF MATERIAL,