Little Falls herald., 1899-06-09
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

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The village of Mabel has telephone
system.
The United States court has opened
term at Winona.
The Moorhead normal graduating
class this year numbered 43.
Hamline and Manchester college COM
mencements occur this week.
State capitol contractors say the walls
will be completed this summer.
Maccabees>are holding their annual
convention at Duluth this week.
! The pure food department has begun
prosecutions under the lard law
Ellsworth Benham, the we'll known
Duluth attorney, is mysteriously miss
ing.
O. 81. Andrews, gunsmith and dealer
in sporting goods Mankato, has as
signed.
The Merchants bank of Red Lake
Falls has been formally authorized to
commence business.
The Anderson tax law has been af-
firmed in Jackson county in the St. Paul
and Sioux City case.
Minneapolis has case of smallpox, q
child of Fire Chief Haney having been
taken with the disease.
The state bid in the assets of tho
State Bank of Minneapolis, nominal
value $317 200, for $3.50.
The state prison population has in
creased considerably during the past
month, now aggregating 525.
Dan F. Carmichael of St. Paul has
broken the century road record for Min
nesota. Time, hours 46 minutes.
The Minnesota congressional delega-
tion has decided to vote solidly for Hon.
D. B. Henderson of Iowa as Reeds sue
cessor.
The steeple of the Methodist church
at Spring Valley was struck by light
ming causing several hundred dollars
damage.
The state asylum board visited Hast
ings the latter part of the week and
staked out the ground for the new cot
tage hospital.
Trafford N. Jayne, the missing Min
neapolis attorney, has returned and
promises to straighten out his affairs.
He denies the stories Of shortage.
The graduating class at the Minnesota
state university this year numbere 800.
; Commencement exercises were held at
; the university armory on Thursday.
:, Governor Lind has received cable
gram from Major Bean at Manila stat
ing that the Thirteenth regiment is
guarding the railroad from Caloocan to
Guiginto.
= George Irish, St. Paul, has been ap-
pointed appraiser of Indian lands under
r the Dawes commission, subject to the
approval of the secretary of the interior.
: The position pays 81, 200 and expenses.
F. Williams, commission dealer at
, Pine Island, is missing. It is stated
+ that he owes country merchants from
e $4,000 to $4,000. A warrant is out
+ and the police are requested to watch
e for him.
c The Winona city council is seriously
(: : considering the purchase of the historic
: Sugar Loaf Bluff from John O'Dea, the
refuse stone, of which there is many
J. Thousand loads, to be used in macadam-
izing Streets
An explosion of dynamite occurred at
the new grade on the Omaha railroad
near East Henderson, and several men
were injured. Martin Swanson, the
foreman, received serious injuries about
!: the breast and arms.
The next Minnesota conference of
Il charities and corrections will be held at
' Duluth Sept. g. 7 and 8. The attend
: ance is expected to be large on account
, of the season of the year, and the
t. attractions offered at the head of the
lakes.
y Society ladies of Morris gave ladies'
l, minstrel performance for the benefit of
y = Company E, Third regiment, N. G. S.
!, M. 1t was a genuine old style burnt
r = coax outfit and was carried out in fine
t. shape, a large amount being realized
7. for the company.
g An order has been issued establishing
:: a postoffce three and a half miles from
+ Proctor Knott, St. Louis county, to be
E known as Adolph, P. A. Borlin, post
r master; also Nevas, Hubbard county,
j with Nellie johnson postmistress, and
r at Vida, Otter Tail county, with Albert
+ A. Woods, postmaster.
! The 119-year-old son of c. C. Fowler,
living four miles west of Donnelly, was
assailed by big Plymouth Rock roos-
ter, which punctured the boys scalp
twice with his spurs and then left one
of them imbedged in the skull in the
back part of the head. The injuries
are serious but not necessarily fatal.
At the Springfield, Ills, Memorial
day exercises Mrs. Julia E. F. LoEGell
t of Minneapolis, past department presi-
: dent of the Ladies of the g.. A. r. of.
:. Minnesota, on behalf of the G. A. R.
posts of Minnesota, presented beauti-
full silken United States flag which will
) in the future envelop the sarcophagus
of Lincoln.
The Winona Herald says meeting of