Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-05-30
NEWS IN MES Ola

l'NlIl ~ llH III -1 l!l.NlNl1ONJkAs
Amund Miller, living near Benson
Was killed by e wind storm last week.
Frank Hoyt, arrested at Minneapolis
TOR the popular astime OF taking an
umbrella, was sent to the workhouse
for 80 days. .. Il S Hi:
y q. Fred Stevens, surveyor general
Of logs and lumber for the Duluth dis
trfct, died very suddenly at his home
In that city from an acute attack Of
Brights disease. ~ Is :. 81
Luther Weir, a prominent and pros
porous farmer of Washington county.
was instantly killed by lightning while
at work in corn field at his home
near Lake Elmo. rs,sl@
The Eastern Minnesota, connecting
the Twin Cities with the head Of the
lakes and ore regions, and in which ].
J. Hill is known to be interested, has
been absorbed by the Great Northern.
Joseph B. Cotton has definitely re-
fused to become candidate for the
Republican nomination for congress in
the Duluth district. J. Adam Bede con-
tinues to be the only Republican can
didate for the nomination..
A storm resembling tornado struck
the schoolhouse situated about one
mile south of Brandon, Douglas coun-
ty, killing the teacher, Miss Ida Han
son, and injuring several of the pupils.
The building was destroyed.
The Great Northern has just sold
$4,000 acres of land in Marshall county
to the Henry c. futile Land company
f,r $3.50, 900. The former now has 120,-
original grant Of 2,125,000 acres.
Because his scholarship in the New
Ulm high school was not up to the re-
Quirements which his father had fixed,
Ora ]. Siegel, II years old, a son of J.
H. Siegel of the Eagle Roller Mills
company, committed suicide by shoot
ing. T.
A heavy storm, which for q time
neared q cyclonic nature, swept over
Duluth one day last week, unroofng
buildings and doing considerable dam.
age throughout the city. John Watson
was blown from an 18-foot tramway
and received broken leg and arm.
The supreme court has denied the
motion made by the Polk county com
missioners to quash the writ of Ger
ttorah, sued out by John uttck and
other taxpayers, and continued the
case until the October term of court
The legality of the state drainage law
will be determined by the action.
Bishop Trobec of St. Cloud has re.
ceived confirmation from Rome of the
death of Archbishop Zardetti, formerly
bishop of the St. Cloud diocese. He
was installed as bishop at st. Cloud in
1889. remaining there four and one.
half years, when he was named as
archbishop of Bucharest, Roumania.
DIR. Archie. Kingsbury, Winona den.
tist, was drowned in the Mississippi
river at that point while out boating.
In crossing the dam in the slough, the
boat, with Kingsbury and girl com.
panion, went down. Kingsbury sank
and did not rise. The girl went down
twice but was saved by two boys who
were fishing near by.
The Democratic state convention
will be held June Is in the auditorium
at Minneapolis. It will be composed
of 1887 accredited delegates. The
county conventions will be held Sat
urday, June 81. The only candidate
for governor under consideration by
the state central committee is former
Governor John Lind of Minneapolis.
Growing grains and hay throughout
Minnesota have made wonderful
growth during the week, according tc
the crop report of the Northern Pa
ciffc Railway company, and are now
far more advanced than in previous
years. The rains and the warm wealth
er of the past week have had their eff
feet, and vegetation is growing rap
idly.
All the binding Irvine at the peniten
tiary has been either sold or contract
ed. The board of control purchased
this years stock of sisal directly from
Yucatan, making a great saving. The
Irvine is sold at 9%c per pound, which
will bring in about 100000. Cast
sales to individual farmers aggregate
about $14O.00O-at least twice as mucf
as any previous year.
John Anderson, while engaged ii
painting the high bridge in st. Paul
fell 1875 feet to the river below. Both
legs we're broken, his right hip crushed
! and cut and gaping wound inflicted
| on his forehead. When he struck the
water Anderson started to swim to
! wards the shore $50 feet away. He
kept himself above water until res
cued. He is now at the city hospita
and it is said he will recover.
Engineer George A. Ralph Of the
state drainage commission has beer
looking over the work needed in the
counties selected at the recent meet
Ing of the drainage board. Norman
county is likely to get about four miles
of ditch this year, Marshall count!
about three miles of extension, Aitki1
county six miles, Wadena five miles
Becker one and one-half miles and Re-
Lake between four and five miles.
=! The census bureau has issued re
port on agriculture in Minnesota which
shows that the 154,659 farms of tn
state enumerated June 1, 1900, had ;
! value of $3.50 ,522,315, of which II pc
cent was in buildings. The value o
| farm implements and machinery wa
S30,099,23 and of live stock $4,000
097, The total value of farm product