Little Falls herald., 1898-01-07
NE EWS IN MIN NESOIA

~. W1nOna Du1l0lng improvements Tor
the year foot up to $3.50, ,O00.s
Dodge Center has voted $4,000 in
bonds for new school house.
Weeks Bros, general merchandise, at
Grand Meadow. have assigned.
The annual meeting Of the state agri.
cultural society will be held next week.
Minnesota Democrats are preparing
for gathering at Minneapolis, Jan. II.
Minneapolis concerns will test the
oonstitutionality Of the 1893 factory law.
w. w. Cleveland, St. Paul man, is
said to have ''struck it rich' in Klon-
dixie. . -
Attorney General Childs holds that
the state cannot tax interstate telephone
business. -. .. T. .,-< ',-l.S5
Mayor Doran Of st. Paal has issued
an order commanding the enforcement
of the cigarette law.
John Moshik, the condemned Mime.
apolis murderer, made desperate at
tempt to escape from Jail.
A movement is on foot to organize
military company at St. James, with
every prospect of success.
An order has been issued establishing
rostofice at Arthur, Otter Tail coun-
ty, William Moore postmaster.
Judge Canty has appointed A. J.
Miller receiver for Leonidas Merritt.
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National bank.
Thomas Feigh has sold 1872 acres of
water front at Two Harbors to Mich
igan lumbermen. It is said that they
will build large sawmill.
James Ferguson, serving reforma-
tory sentence at the Saltwater prison
for grand larceny, died of tuberculosis.
He was from Hennepin county.
Mrs. Pikkarmen, tried at Wadena on
the charge Of husband murder, was &C.
quilted. Axel Lindross, her alleged &C.
complice, plead guilty and got a life
sentence.
The Great Northern has opened the
Park Rapids and Leech Lake branch,
and has 1000 men at work on the
Eastern Minnesota between Duluth
and Fosston.
Fire was discovered on the top of the
Minneapolis public library in the stat
uary end Of the art department. A
chemical engine extinguished the blaze
with but slight loss to statuary.
Governor Clough has settled the diff
ferences between himself and Stem.
ographer Gus Wing over the latter's
bill for services in the prison investiga.
tion by allowing 1928. Wings bill was
for 1858.
Executive Agent Fullerton of the
fish and game commission has received
information of the seizure at Staples of
1900 grouse and partridges on the way
to Chicago by way of Staples and West
Superior. .-- -. .: 49,.
-Four hundred cars, averaging 500
bushels of potatoes, were shipped from
Anoka this fall and the average price
was S8 cents. This shows zoo, 900 bush
els shipped and over 1000 bushels es.
tamassd as stored. ;=es. =
a large number Of Montevideo sports.
men Organized wolf and rabbit hunt
along the timber Of the Minnesota and
Chippewa rivers. They returned with
185 rabbits, mostly cottontails, and one
fox. The wolves are still at large.
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An old landmark, the Sherman hotel.
at Fourth and Sibley streets, St. Paul,
was partially destroyed by fire Sunday
morning. The guests and employees
rushed to the streets half clad and
badly frightened, but all escaped safely.
Adam Pfeffer, who had second class
transportation from New Ulm to Ham.
burg, Germany, jumped through car
window Of the Atlantic express in the
vicinity of Southfork, Pa, and was in
stantly killed. Pfeffer was demented.
The boiler in the saw mill of William
J. Strahlmann, at Weaver, exploded,
tearing. the roof Of the mill to pieces.
Mr.. Strahlmann's g residence is but few
rods from the mill, and was heated
from the boiler. Part Of the boiler
landed on the roof Of the residence.
Governor Clough has filled most of
the vacancies or the state boards,
caused by the expiration of terms. The
former officials were reappointed, with
one exception. James Benton Atkin.
SOD of Itchfield was appointed to the
board Of pharmacy, to take the place OF
Lawrence A. Harding. :. s. s
At a conference Of State Superintend.
ent Pendergast, President Kleeberger
Of the St. Cloud normal school, and q
number Of the county superintendents
it was decided to hold combination
summer school at st. Cloud next sum.
mer. The counties uniting are Stearns.
Benton, Sherburne and Morrison.
The government engineers report
showing the number Of vessels and pas
sengers arriving and departing from
the Duluth-Superior harbor during the
past season says that 4, 1854 vessels and
25, ,O45 passengers arrived and that 4, 894
vessels and %, ,045 passengers departed.
This is slight increase over last year.
The telephone companies in Mime
sofa will pay 3 per cent gross earn