Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-09-29
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

have arrived at Fort Smelling from
Cuba.
Fire at Moorhead burned the Western
Union Office, a jewelry store and two
stores.
DIR. George A. Hendricks, professor
of anatomy in the Minnesota university,
is dead.
Archbishop Ireland will respond to
toast at the Marquette club banquet in
Chicago.
Prominent merchants of Japan inves-
tgated business conditions in st. Paul
and Minneapolis Saturday.
An order has been issued establishing
q postotfice at Avery, Lake county,
Patrick 0. Boyle, postmaster.
A commission has been made out for
General Reeve to attic: the Dewey
| banquet as representative - Minnesota,
| Mrs. Caroline Townl>:- e of st.
Paul, daughter of a Rev -. mary sol.
der, has just celebrated H. I'D BIRTH
William G.. Morse Of Minneapolis has
been appointed immigration inspector
of the St. Paul district to succeed sam
uel Lowenstein
| Attorney General Douglas holds tho
supplementary school tax law invalid,
but advises action which will secure
decision by the state supreme court
The special election held in Hubbard
county resulted in decisive victory for
the proposition to bond the county for
$4,000 with which to build court
house.
| John A. Hummel Of the class of 1893
OF the Hastings high school, now state
chemist, has been admitted to the
American Association for the Advance
ment of Science.
| Cass Lake is to have another news
paper. A. G. Bernard of the Walker
Pilot will father the enterprise, and
expects to issue the first number within
the next month.
A gang of grain thieves are operating
at Big Lake. A. J. and s. E. johnson
and j. 0. Haven have been victims.
The former parties have lost a bout 200
as much corn.
The army worm or a similar worm
has been at work for some time past on
the oak trees in the vicinity of Cottage
Grove. They are all stripped of their
leaves, and in many instances the trees
are reported killed.
The railroad -four sheds at the head
of the lakes are choked with flour and
every road that brings -four for ship
ment by lake has cars full of it stand-
ing Oh the tracks III tie yards. The jam
is the worst ever ex; erienced there.
Articles OF incorporation Of the Al
bert Lea and Southwestern have ben
filed with the secretary Of state. This
road is to be constructed from Lyle, in
Mower county to Albert Lea. and is
said to be al extension of the Chicago
Great Western
James Taylor, who completed term
saturday in the state prison at Still
water, was upon his release rearrested
and is held at the Central police s.a-
ton, Minneapolis, for the sheriff of
Rochester, n. Y. where he is wanted
for breaking out Of Jail.
| Bert Warmer. aged 70 years, one Of
party Of 26 persons bound from Alichi-
gan, fell from passenger coach of the
Northern Pacific train a short distance
below Clear Lake. His head and body
were horribly broken and crushed. The
sum of $500 was fond upon his person.
lie
Rapids will p1l1 in large s;:?'nll at
Cass Lake within the next few months.
The site has been sncnrel and work is
expected TO beg j, Wl;ujn two weeks
John Neills Will have c,4a r. CT the
construction ana 81: pei; @nlt:,cy Of the
mill when co4aIltt-~..
The German C,::l.cIic church at
Shakopee "::!s broken in;o b., burglars,
who did NOT carry away ;.;,<' vu:'r: bles,
but who cut the fringe and t>%sS: Is off
ell the different sci:ipty banners. church
flags and vestmei;; worn by the priests.
An attempt was u4ade to open the tab
ernacle with a hatcher ANA screw driver,
which proved unsuccessful. A valuable
gold chalice is kept in the tabernacle.
The Ratchet and screw driver were left
on the altar.
! State Auditor Dunn has filed the
dates and places for fall land sales in
the following counties: Buffalo, Oct.
%; New Ulm, Oct. "a; Minneapolis,
Oct. %; Henderson, Oct. II; st. Peter,
Oct. 81; Saltwater, Oct 20; St. James,
Oct. %; Window, Oct.t "a; Worthing-
ton, Oct. 25; Luverne. Oct. 26; Pipe
stone, Oct. a.; Slayton, Oct. %. He
will conduct his sales on the double
header plan this year, selling lands in
this instance in the central and south
western parts of the state on the same
dates.
The schools of the state are to be bon
Gifted this year by the prosperous con-
dition of the permanent school fund.
When the apportionment is made the
various distri cts the first Monday in
October it will be found that they have
about $500, 900 more to their credit than
they had year ago, and they will re-