Little Falls herald., 1900-08-31
NEWS IN MINES

u. w. Blakeiy, most esteemed clt-
zen of Winona, is dead. :
The exhibits and amusements at the
state fair promise to exceed all former
years. 5t..
DR.. Edwin K. Amoss, at one time the
leading physician resident on Daytons
Bluff, St. Paul, is dead.
I. Richardson & Avery of Duluth sold
about 6,0oo,o 900 feet of lumber Friday
and Saturday of last week.
John Kenkel, we'll known through
out the Northwest and resident of
St. Paul since 1852, is dead.
Sheriff Wagner of Ramsey county
was arrested at Anoka on charge of
shooting game out Of season.
Minnesota editors have returned from
their annual summer outing. The trip
this year included visit to the princi-
pal cities of Canada.
Paul. Hasch, a prominent farmer of
Buckman, was accidently killed Thurs
day by being thrown from his buggy
while driving across his field.
1t is reported town will be plated
at Bender Siding, on the Duluth and
Iron Range and Duluth, Missabe and
Northern railway. Two large mines
will be opened in that vicinity.
The St. Cloud Iron works has been
awarded the contract for the construc-
tion Of 5000 harrows by the North
western Harrow Manufacturing COM
pany, concern recently organized
there.
G. S. Wilson Of Duluth shot 200
pound black bear inside the Duluth
city limits. The bear had been at.
tracted to the vicinity OF civilization by
the wild berries which grow in pro-
fusion.
Frank Butler, who was arrested at
Alexandria charged with criminally as
saulting Anne Ernst. 13.year-old girl,
was held to await the action of the
grand jury. In default of $500 bail
he was taken to Fergus Falls and placed
! in jail
Articles of incorporation of the Split
Rock and Northern railway have been
filed with the register of deeds at Two
Harbors 1t is to be a logging railway
and operated in connection with the
Merrill & Rings Lumber company of
Duluth.
A clandestine marriage at West Su-
perior, in which the daughter of one of
the first families in Duluth was party
to the contract and the son of a First
street blacksmith the other, has Gre
ated much comment. Proceedings
looking to the annnlment of the mar.
riage have been begun.
A warrant has been issued. at St.
Paul for the arrest of Luther Case, vice
president and treasurer of the Capital
City Ornamental Iron, Wire and Brass
works. He is charged with obtaining
a line Of credit to the extent of 5000
from the Union bank of St. Paul by
means of false statement.
Bank Examiner Pope reports as fol-
lows on the condition of state banks on
July IA, 1900, the number of banks in.
|cluded being 146 in 1898, III in 1899,
and 1873 in 1900; resources, July ii,
1898, $29, 1872, 1887; June 80, 1899, $780,.
,570.66; July 81, 1900, s3S, ,6s5, ,212.21.
Liabilities showed the same
John Ford, farmer living near Ran.
dolph, Mimi, died at the Lexington
Park ball ground, St. Paul, Sunday.
Ford accom- panied the crowd of Hast.
ings people to witness the game. He
was sitting with his daughter in the
grand stand and was suddenly seized
with hemcrrhage of the lungs.
Rev. Norman G. Whitney, 60 wears
old, Civil war veteran residing at
Gray Eagle, this state, who was attend
ing the G. A. R. encampment at Chi.
cago, was knocked down and trampled
upon by runaway horse at North and
Milwaukee avenue and died two hours
later, without recovering consciousness.
Executive Agent Beutner of the state
game commission has sent to all game
wardens a circular letter inclosing a
copy OF the law requiring nonresident
hunters to pay license and instruct
ing them as to any man of whose resi-.
dence they have doubt to arrest him
and let him prove his place of residence
in court.
Two St. Paul colored men, Done ;
Gray. barber, and Marc IS :: =; chi .
son, a porter in a saloon. " anne IT,
volved in quarrel over .ra,le of
cards and by mutual conseu6 sett; ID the
difficulty with razors AS result GRAY
is lying at the city hospital at the poil. t
Of death and Hutchinson is at the Gen.
tral police station badly cut.
One Of the biggest deals in lumber
and sawmill property in Northern Mn
nesota in long time has just been
effected at Duluth. The St. Croix lum-
ber company of Saltwater has pur-
chased the interests Of the Knox Lum.
Der company at and in the vicinity of
| Winton, near Ely. The deal is said to
involve in the neighborhood of $500, 900.
Citizens Of Thief River Falls have
organized club for the purpose of ag;.
tating the, opening Of that portion of
the Red Lake reservation lying in Mar
shall and Red Lake counties. This idle
land comprises about one-third of Red
Lake county and'is the richest in the
county. 1t is not used by the Indians
to any extent, as only 80 or 40 make
their homes upon it.