Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-07-05
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NEWS III NNESOTA.
Senator. Charles o'Neil os Wisconsin
has been selected to rescAle the tim.
Der cut on the White Earth reservation,
and will begin the work ID few days.
The report Of the st: Paul building
inspection department for June shows
that 118 permits were issued. The
cost Of Improvements aggregated
S3os, 90l, a Increase Of $4,000 over
last year. ..s:ssSsG .sse ....s -. =
4 The family Of Mr.. Hire, living five
miles north Of Kingston. together with
five men who were stopping there,
were poisoned Friday night by eating
beef. While very Ill yet all are ex-
pected to recover. = -. f. -: .
+ Patrolman John y. Murphy of the
st. Paul. police department has left
for Chicago to undergo treatment at
the Pasteur institute. He was bitten
by . dog on June S, which was since
found to, have rabies. ,-.~--..- -.
Nicholas Brill Of. st. Paul, So years
Of age, and a carpenter by trade, was
overcome by the heat while at work
on the top Of a building. He was re-
moved to- the city hospital, where
death occurred shortly AFTER y
The largest load of iron ore of the
season has just been taken out Of
Duluth by the !. L. Elwood of the
Pittsburg line, 247 carloads of ore.
making a little over 1900 gross tons
weight. This would be about seven
train loads. >~.~~.~--,.,-----~ -.-- .. -..
=. Secretary of State Hanson wants q
meeting Of the state drainage board.
The $25,000 appropriated by the legts.
lature is small compared with the
work needed: Every county in the
Red River valley has applied for
drainage work. : =,
Rev. George Shaw, pastor of the
Olivet Methodist church in St. Paul,
has gone to work in tailor shop
because his congregation, in raising
his salary of $500, persists in resorting
to church amusements and suppers.
He has not given up his pastorate. i.
The Office of assistant to the presi-
dent of the Duluth and Iron Range and
Duluth, Missabe and Northern roads
has been created, and it is stated that
J. s. Mattson, general superintendent
Of the Pittsburg, Bessemer and Lake
Erie. Is to be selected for the place. :,
At Brainerd Jacob Matson, a II
year-old F1nlander boy, shot and Sc
verely wounded John HILL, boy
about the same age, with 22-caliber
revolver. Young Matson fired three
shots, one taking effect in the thigh.
Matson was arrested and locked: up.
William, johnson, an old time resi-
dent Of Glencoe, committed suicide by
shooting. Mr.. Johnson has been
identified with the farming interests
Of Mcleod county for number of
years, and also at one time represent
ed that district in the state legislature.
John Benson and Hjelmer Herbert
met with horrible death in the town
Of La Grand, Douglas county, last
week. They were engaged in digging
deep ditch for the purpose of drain
ing lake, when the loose soil closed
around them and buried them COM
pletely. They were dead when taken
out.
The new horse disease which is puz-
cling veterinary surgeons in the East
and incapacitating horses in the Twin
Cities has found its way to Mankato,-
and seven horses are sick with it.
It is more prevalent in the country
than In the city and is seriously in
conveniencing many farmers during
the busy season..
A double shooting took place at WI
mona Wednesday Of last week. Joe
Campbell. a ne'er-do-well, shot and
probably fatally wounded his father
in-law, William Grundman, and then
shot himself! in the head. Grundman
was shot through the body in the re-
gion of the heart and it is not believed
that he can live. ---,s,* '-: i =.
- Creamery Inspector B. D. White
says that the butter output of Mime
sofa this>year will exceed that of any
previous year. The early warm
weather gave good pasturage for ~
cows and the spring ALTERNATING st-
tanned large proportions. Now the
warm weather land the flies have cut
down the output somewhat, but not
enough to AFFECT the result, {:
Congressman James A, Tawney has
received official notification from
Washington that the Winona normal
school can appoint two teachers for,
service. in the Philippines. They will
be furnished transportation from sar
Francisco to the Philippines and be
paid at the rate of 5000 q year, and
must be ready to sail on July 20. ST..
The jury IN the case Of Dr.. Wintner,
on trial at Granite Falls for murder
I IN the, first degree, brought in 1 YER
dict Of not guilty. The citisens are
very indignant over the result and
many threats are made against both
Wintner and the Jury. Wintner killed
William Lenard. aagambler. on April
- last. because the latter refused to,
return money De had Won IRON the
formers a.ss:fi 81. IF; fEs .zss.l5
III Dickman a. Watasha oosntys