Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-09-12
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the state, is dead at Duluth. 1.
James Middleton, q pioneer resident
OF the state, died last week at st. Paul
The State Agricultural Society
cleared in the neighborhood Of 900
on last weeks state fair. -
Richard Wigley, we'll known resi-
dent of Mankato, is dead, aged sixty
nine years. He was member of the
legislature in 1885.
John Dahlgren died near New
Paynesville while driving a team for
party Of chicken hunters. He was
seventy years of age.
Samuel Weller of Duluth shot bear
at Thirty-sixth avenue west and Su:
perlor street, that city, which is a
thickly settled residence district.
Live Stock and Dairy day at the Min
nesota state fair at Hamline brought
out the largest crowd ever in attend
ance. The visitors numbered over 53,-
600.
The flour production at the head Of
the lakes amounted to 214,500 barrels
during the month of August, COM
pared to 1885 barrels during the same
month last year.
Balloonist Jake Hoffman dropped
400 feet at the state fair grounds one
night last week because his parachute
failed to work. Both legs were bro
ken and internal injuries sustained
Mayor Ames Of Minneapolis failed
to appear Sept. 5 to plead to an in
dictment against him and his bail Of
$4,000 was declared forfeited. There
was no appearance on behalf of the
mayor.
Fred Male, a resident of New Ulm
since 1856, is dead, He served with
General Sibley in his campaign
against the Indians and was prominent
in all the affairs of the city and county
from their organization.
The Minnesota Veterans association
held its annual reunion at the state
capitol last week with 200 veterans
present. The session was taken up
with personal greetings and business
pertaining to the association.
The iron ore shirme nts for the past
season, up to Sept. 1, show an increase
of SOIL, 549 gross tons over last year.
The Missabe railroad broke all records
for one months business by shipping
947,69S gross tons during August.
William D. Lord of Minneapolis has
been arrested at Independence, Kan,
charged with having embezzled SIS,
600 from S. H. Hall e Co. Of Mileapo.
lis. Minnesota officers have been look.
ing for Lord for more than eighteen
months.
The Croohston Lumber company
has begun the work Of clearing of the
timber from 100 acres of land on the
south end of Bemidji lake upon which
it is to construct it's big saw mill.
the most complete. mill property in
Minnesota.
Gustave GrOesman, about thirty. five
years of age, living near Blue Earth.
went to his barn and committed sui
eide by hanging. A year ago last July
he was kicked by horse and has
since been speeches. and incapacitst-
ed for work.
While returning from the state fair,
accompanied by little girl playmate,
Ernest Bedford of St. Anthony Park,
aged ten years, was run down by an
eastbound Como-Harriet car and IT,
|stantly killed. The boys companion,
Margie Anglin, was seriously injured
and may die.
The Diamond Match company is re-
ported to have purchased mills ard
pine at Duluth and vicinity, the deals
involving 100000. Alger, Smith G.
Co. have bought the Mitchell & Nc
Clure Lumber company plants and tim.
her lands for S750,000.
William O'Brien of St. Paul has pur-
chased from Henry furnish and Daniel
Mel cod of Eau Claire. Wis, a large
tract of pine on the line of the Duluth.
Virginia and Rainy Lake road, be-
tween Virginia and Koochiching. The
consideration was 100000.
Professor Washburn, state entomol
ogist, says that IL per cent loss on &C.
count of the Hessian : is a very con.
sentative estimate for the counties @.
Douglas, Otter Tail and Clay. In spite
OF the presence of this insect, tbs
wheat crop is turning out wonderfully
The lumber production of Minneapo
lis this year will be about 10000, 90;
feet less than last, although there is
almost double the amount of buildings
under construction. The cause of the
S11Oi tdS0 - ~" NdIcI WHICH pE0Va1!SC
early in the year in the northern part
of the state.
twenty-five person were injured, ons
probably fatally, in collision of street
cars at st. Paul Sunday night The
accident was due to the imbecility of {
passenger who imagined he was per
petrating joke by pulling the trolley
down on the car in front, thus putting
out the lights and causing the second
car to run into the first.
The survivors of the Fourth Mime.
sofa regiment, at meeting last week
decided to retain the two flags of the
Thirty-ffth and Thirty-ninth Missis
sippi regiments which the survivors
of those regiments had asked to have
returned. Twenty of the veterans pres
ent were in favor of returning TIE
flags, and twenty-six voted to keeI
them.
Joseph freddy Cohen, alleged per
sonal representative OF Mayer kmes
and Chief OF Police Ames and "go.t2.
tween" for the Minneapolis city al
ministration between gamblers al:
women of the town, has been arrested
by the sheriff of Butte. Mont. Coher