Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-03-16
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

NEWS IN MINNESOTA
A Chs, of smallpox has developed at
Kasson.
The rural delivery route at Waseca
will be in operation April 2.
Company G, Minnesota national guard,
is to be reorganized at Winona.
Christ Church (EpiscopaD St. Paul,
will celebrate its centennial in June
State Auditor Dunn reports timber
thieves unusually active this winter.
DIR. A. B. Cole of Fergus Falls has
declared himself q candidate for con-
gress.
The flour mill at Starbuck has been
destroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000; insnr-
ance, $4,000.
The Butler Ryan company has been
awarded the contract for the state CAPT
toll dome. The bid accepted was for
$278, 1874.
The St. Paul charter commission has
of the council from trying to get jobs
for constituents.
Charles Fischer, river engineer, iv-
ing at Saltwater, has perfected a rotary
engine for which great things are
claimed by those who have seen it.
The annual session of the Grand
Lodge, A. O. U. W., will be held at the
capitol March ~. Some 500 delegates
will be in attendance for three days.
David G.. Gorham has been elected by
the board of county commissioners to
the Office of register of deeds for Henne-
pin county, to fill the unexpired term of
Frank G. Metcalf, removed.
Judge Ell Torrance of Minneapolis
has been appointed judge advocate gen.
eral of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie, with the rank of brigadier general.
He was formerly department command
er of Minnesota.
According to the new rules fled by
the state board of boiler inspectors,
steamboat engineers will be required to
pass an examination for color blindness
has accepted the rules.
The experiment. of raising Belgian
hares for market proposes is to be tried
at Winona. A number Of poultry fam
ciers and sportsmen have purchased
stock and will do what they can to make
a success of the venture this year.
A fine body of ore has been discovered
within the city limits Of Virginia, Oh
the Mesaba range. The ore body is be-
tween the tracks of the Missabe road
and Wyoming avenue. This is the third
town on this range under which ore has
been discovered.
The Minnesota commandery. Loyal
Legion, will hold stated meeting Tues
day evening, March 10, at the West
hotel, Minneapolis. General John B.
Sanborn will read the paper on Chilli
tary Campaigns Of September, 1862, In
Guiding the Battle Of Iuka."
Henry G. Gilbert of St. Paul, grand
regent Of the Minnesota grand council,
Royal Arcanum, has issued circular
announcing the 10Th annual meeting of
the grand council Tuesday, March ~.
in Elks' hall, St. Paul. The order has
nearly so councils in the state.
Governor Lind has indefinitely post
poned the case against the county COM
missioners of Cass, charged with APP,
propriating county funds to aid spoke
factory in which three Of the number
were interested. The three rendered
their designations and others have been
chosen in their places.
Secretary jackson of the state board
has completed his inspection of the St,
Peter asylum. He finds it very greatly
overcrowded. In one ward 227 women
were compelled to use the space intend
ed for $50, and the men are not less
crowded. The removal of 100 patients
to Anoka will occur this week.
Superintendent A. J. Smith of the
St. Paul schools states that the number
Of teachers sick at the present time is
larger than at any time during the
school year. About 2 per cent of the
corps is off duty. Grip is the most COM
mon cause of complaint among the
teachers and sore throat among the
children.
The state auditor announces the fol-
lowing sales of state lands: Chippewa
county, at Montevideo, April 9, fore
noon; Big Stone county, at Ortonville,
April 9, afternoon; Traverse county, at
Wheaton, April 10; Stevens county, at
Morris, April IL; Swift county, at Ben
son, April ID; Pope county, at Glen
wood, April Is; Grant county, at FL
bow Lake, April II; Douglas county, at
Alexandria, April IS.
At Caledonia, the jury in the Glenn
ents case brought in a verdict of grand
larceny in the first degree, as charged.
Clements was charged with wrecking
the Bank Of Preston. NJ r. Todd, who
was interested in the bank at the time
of the failure, was the principal witness
for the prosecution. He testified, among
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