Little Falls herald., 1902-12-12
NEWS IN MINES

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loss of $4,000.
Timber wolves have created great
depredatiOns among the deer in North
ern Minnesota.
Minneapolis mills handled about 90,-
900 feet of logs less this year than
for many seasons past.
The customs collections in Mime
sofa for November amounted to $751;
600, an average monthly amount.
William Stocker is dead at Jordan,
aged ninety-four years. He was one
of the Oldest residents of that part Of
the state
Lake Pepin froze over Wednesday
night and navigation is now practic-
ally closed the full length of the Mis-
sissippi river.
BY the falling of a piece of timber
down the shaft of the Pioneer mine at
Ely Nick Polan was instantly killed.
He was struck on the head.
The district court of Hennepin
county has shut down for lack of
funds. There will be nothing doing
until the 1903 court fund becomes
available.
Mrs. Broughton, an old lady resid.
ing at Cottonwood, attempted to pass
in front of freight train: and as a re-
| suit suffered injuries that will proba.
bly, prove fatal. .<..->.~-~-. 49,.
The machinists' strike at the Amer
ican Hoist and Derrick company's
plant at st. Paul has been settled and
the men have returned to work with
| an increase in wages of 10 cents per
day.
Dick Palmer, a saloonkeeper at
Wilson's spur in Hubbard county, shot
Tom Seeleye with rifle, killing him
instantly. The killing was the result
Of a quarrel and Palmer is under ar.
rest.
The state board of health regards
the smallpox situation in the state as
growing more serious daily. For the
week ended Tuesday, 1874 new cases
were reported. and the week previous
115 cases.
Advance sheets of the biennial re-
port of the game and fish commission.
which is being prepared by Executive
Agent Fullerton, show that over TO-
900 licenses were issued to deer hunt.
ers this fall.
John B. Herring is dead at his home
near Ransom. He was eighty-four
years of age. He was county commits
sioner of Sargent county at it's organ.
ization and also held several other
minor offices.
Levi Bryant, an old settler of Aitkin
and prominent G. A. r. man, was
found dead in his home at Aitkin. He
lived alone and while preparing his
dinner fell upon the stove and was
burned to death.
The recent fiat increase of 25 per
cent in all commercial fire insurance
rates demanded by the companies do
ing business in this state has caused
a small-sized insurrection in the small
er towns of Minnesota.
+ Peter. Becker, residing near Belle
Plaine and one of the oldest settlers
Of that part of the state, while feed
ing his horses slipped and fell under
one of them and was kicked in the
head. 1t is feared that he will die.
II Judge Gray of the Hennepin eoun
!. ty district court has granted decree
of divorce to Baroness Nina Won Stein
wehr Baroness Won SteinWehr was q
Minneapolis girl whose maiden nan,*
was Clarke and she married the baror
In that city in 1893.
Captain John A. Vanstrum, one o
the first settlers of Kittson county ant
an Official for the past fifteen years
was found dead in his home at Hal
lock where he had killed himself. HI
stabbed himself over twenty times il
the stomach, finally causing death.
| Mrs. Otis Finhart, wife Of Otis Fin
hart, prominent farmer living thre'
, miles north Of Grand Meadow, mad,
an unsuccessful attempt to kill he
husband and child with butche
knife. She then set fire to the house
which was completely destroyed.
The state legislature will be aske'
; for an appropriation of 100000 will
|. which to defray the cost Of finishin!
the interior and halls and stairways O
the new capitol in marble and Mime
sofa stone. If the money is not voted
, plain plaster will be used for the pull
j.. pose.
Assistant Food Com missioner Dine
9 man has discovered that wood alec
\ hol is an ingredient of a brand OF ia
+ maica ginger that is being sold to l'ip
hermen and Indians as a substitute TO
| whisky. and it is the intention OF tn
department to prosecute the manufa<
:, turers.
The Pine Tree Lumber company G
Little Falls has closed one OF tn
;, most successful seasons in the hi:
:. tory of the mill. It has been in opera
ton continuously, day and night. 20
. saving days. 1t is estimated ths
about 65,0O0.000 feet of lumber ha
= been cut.
The secretary of the interior ha
rendered q decision confirming tn
= claim of Mrs. George Lydeck to- PAL
: of section 16, on which the townsite
+ Cass Lake is located. Mrs. Lydeck
claim was based on an Indian alto
e ment and the state claimed section l
as school lands.
Hogerie & Gotman's bank safe
St. Bonifacius, five miles northeast
Waconia was blown open Thursda
night. The robbers secured $500
cash and several thousand dollars
promissory notes. One thousand 20
s. lars in coin laying on top of the sal
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