Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-08-16
NEWS q, MIN NESO

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q pearl valued &C 81. 90 Was foun]
sin the Mississippi river near Langdq
last week. 35s3=s
8 Elmer Mitchell. formerly . promi{
5nent Repub ltcan Of Duluth, 70 dying at
Spokane Of cancer ;sz ...s@
Hoboes Ire very. troublesome 6
Sleepy Eye and IS numerous minor
crimes are charged against them.
The large frame barn on the Mime
sofa Percheron horse farm near Gaze
novia was struck 81 lightning and
burned. St ls..,
william J. Dugan, ans old and prom.
inent resident Of Wabasha. committed
suicide by shooting. while in q At Of
melancholy. s.l. 81 5.. y:E1s,sss.r i
A movement has been started at
Duluth to increase the cost Of a city
liquor license to $4,000. The present
cost Is $1,000. y W. s:*, <, :E< s.
Henry Ochs. who came to Carver
county in 1854 and was one OF the best
known citizens of Chaska, is dead,
aged So years. - -. r.. -. e
j Several. Thousand excursionists
spent Sunday in st. Paul. Nearly ev-
cry section of the state and Western
Wisconsin were represented.
Matt and Jacob Peterson, woods
men. were run over by a train near.
Floodwood and killed. The former
was member Of the Thirteenth Min
nesota. ~
Mrs. Catherine Mora1 one of the
oldest settlers Of Dakota county, died
Sunday at the family home in Rose
mount. Mrs. Moran came to Mime.
sofa in 1854.
William H. Grant, pioneer settler
of st. Paul, died at the home of his
son at Sandstone Thursday. He was
70 years old. Mr.. Grant came to ST.
Paul in, 1858. -
Bids have been opened for the con-
struction of 20 miles of the Duluth,
Virginia and Rainy Lake road, but it
will be some days before any contracts
are awarded.
Reports that come from widely sep
arated sources confirm the belief that
interest In the coming state fair is
more widespread throughout the
Northwest than ever before. :: -,
: Receipts of hard coal at Duluth are
very small for July. Less than $4,000
tons came into all Lake Superior. as
compared with an average of more
than 100000 tons monthly for 1899.
"A new clam bed Of large proportions
has just: been discovered III the Mis-
sfssippi river a few miles north of
Winona. 1t was discovered by G.. w.
Squires, and is said to be very deep.
Waseca and Litchfield battled for
The baseball championship of the
state at st. Paul Sunday. the former
winning by a. score Of 8 to 2. Ten
thousand people witnessed the game.
Skemis = e. Moen's elevator, at
Worthington was struck by lightning
and entirely burned The heavy rain
and good work OF the fire department
saved adjacent buildings. Loss, $685.
900. ,. - ~.
: Lieutenant General Miles will make
tour of the Western states in Sep
tember.> He will visit Fort Smelling
on his trip, and he is anxious of hav-
ing one company of field artillery sta
toned there. 5.-..~n- =
Red Wing will have new hour mill,
the capital stock to be $10o, 900, most
Of 1t being held by Red. Wing peo-
ple.5 Nearly all the stock has been
subscribed, and. when all in, work
will commence. -. -. =
Fire at Winona completely wiped
out the big barrel manufacturing plant
Of Doud Sons : Co., and the factory
of, the Winona Rim company, together
with an immense stock of hardwood
lumber and manufactured articles.
: Walter B. Bourne, former deputy
county auditor OF Ramsey county, was
given a preliminary hearing before
Judge Hine in the st. Paul police court
and held to the grand jury on three
different charges forgery, false audit
ing and grand larceny. =: =, - =.
/ The census bureau has issued bull
letin on the sex,2geneIal nativity and
color OF the population Of Minnesota.
The state has 934 400 males and S1S.-
s04 females; 1.246,076 native born and
sol. 313 foreign born; total white 1.737,-
os6, including 1.232. 101 native born.
& Dr. n. M. Bracken Of the state board
n health fears an endemic nf dinh.