Little Falls herald., 1900-09-07
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

sNIyvO 1N UllNNEOUlA a
St. Paul Aasons viii erect templa.
Fifteen thousand people attended tho
state fair opening day.
Seven frame business houses Wero de.
stroyed by fire at Brownsdale.
John Donnelly, aged e3 years, one Of
the best known educators in the state,
is dead at St. Paul.
Three hundred farmers and business
men have erected a 10000 bushel eleva-
tor at Spring Grove
The Minnesota state board of charities
and corrections won a silver medal for
its exhibit at the Paris exposition.
Sam HaughdaLl of New Sweden.
Nicollet co7nty. has been awarded first
place in the butter exhibit at the Ptris
exposition.
Conrad Rasmussen committed suicide
at St Paul Park by hanging. He was
old and infirm and had been an inmate
OF the county poor farm.
The Improved Order of Red Men of
Minnesota held their great sun council
at Duluth last week. Next years con-
vention will be held at Walker.
Lieutenant General Miles, head of
the military establishment of the
United States, was entertaiQed in tho
Twin Cities Friday of last Week
Duluth is getting to be a great di-
vorce center. Every term of court 26
to 30 couples seek to and usually sue
ceed in severing the matrimonial honda
F. j. Hawn, superintendent of the
Breckenridge division of the Great
Northern, has resigned and B. F. Egan,
assistant superintendent of the North
ern division, succeeds him.
St. Louis county is employing nearly
all its short term prisoners, vags, petty
criminals, druuks, ETC., in improving
the poor farm, and the men are putting
IN 10 hours of exercise daily.
An open switch in the Tracy yard
was the cause of a wreck on the North
western road. julius Shielderich, en-
gineer, and F. l. King, fireman of q
switch engine, were badly injured.
Theodore Wallert, who confessed to
the butchery of his wife and four step
children, had hearing at Henderson
before Justice P. J. Aver, and was
bound over to the district court, which
convenes Dec. 3.
The Chippewa Indian school at
Tower opened for it's second year Mon
day with about 100 pupils. This school
was built for the Nett Lake Chippewas,
but SO far has not been able to secure q
single scholar from that band.
While running ~ miles an hour the
local St. Peter and New Ulm passenger
train collided with a double-header
freight at Mankato. Engineer Carroll
Of the passenger was killed and Fire
man Zisco and Baggageman Broderick
received injuries.
Sales of lumber amounting to 7,0OO,-
600 feet were made at Duluth in the
last few days to Chicago and Eastern
parties. Shipments for August were in
the neighborhood of $4,000. 600 feet
Most of the mills are busy and full
season Of saving is probable.
P. w. Corbett, assistant secretary Of
the Northern Pacific railway company,
died suddenly at St. Paul last week.
He was stricken down on the street
while returning to his Office from lunch,
and in less than two hours was dead
Heart failure is given as the cause.
A contract for the removal Of 1,OO0, 900,
cubic yards Of earth has just been given
by Corrigan, Mckinney & Cot Drake.
Stratton & Co. 1t is for the removal of
earth over the ore at the Stevenson
mine, Mesaba range, near Hibbing, and
is one of the largest earth contracts.
ever let.
One hundred and ninety deaths is.
the record in ST. Paul for the month
just closed, an increase Of 8S over Al
gust of last year. The unusual heat of
the month has had an appreciable eff
feet. Of IL deaths of children under l
year of age II were due to cholera in
fantum.
The store and postof6ce Of Dart g.
Oberg at Corvuso, Meeker county, was
destroyed by fire. There was an entire
loss, including all the postofice records
and stamps. The loss is about S. 900.
nearly covered by insurance. The At
las creamery building and it's conten-
also burned.
According to the figures = 7Teath =
Observer Outram of Min:t. :. lis tue
month Of August was tic Aus; st on
record. The average temperature for
the month was n and the nearest ap-
proach to these figures are those of the
year 1921, when the average for the
month was Is.
Lightning caused considerable dam
age near Preston Monday. The barn,
grain, hay and machinery of Knute
Simonson, were set ablaze and de-
stroyed, causing loss Of So, 500. Henry
E'sted, four miles east, had five COWS
killed, and one COW was killed in town.