The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-08
With the Long BolD
Strange Death of an Old Lumber Jack Deer RverMke
oConnor Floats Out Into the Unknown Accompanied
by the Ghosts From the Old Square Piano Which
He Chose as His Last Resting Place
Eye NATURES walks, shoot 1

THE Itaska brings hdngs Of the dramatic exit OF
Mike o'Connor who went floating out into the unknown
old square piano Mr. Jones' saloon at Deer Rver
Mr. OConnor stroled into the emporium about mdngn as
was his wont and privileged character he picked out
the best bed in the house, the piano. Other Lumber ooys
were lying the place dreaming OF home and mothe
or of some other lady ladies' and Mr. OConnos
the tue rosewood attracted particular notlce
After three had passed the bareeper saw that Mr.
OConnor had gone extraordinarily long time without
liquid refreshment Fearing unoward results from such
unparalleled abstinence he went and laid his hand on
the sleeper but deep his sunber that could not
be broken The News its euogy OF the deceased says
"O'Connor was a Canadian about so years of
age He has made Deer River his home most OF the
time for the past twelve years. He came to town
* about week ago and had money He was drink
ing all he could get, but that was only what his
friends would buy him it not enough to hurt
him He looked well and Felt good up to the time
he lay down. It is supposed heart disease was the
cause Of death.''
Edwin Carlile Litsey has little poem in the Bohemian
which he has called The sorceress' The lady has been
described in prose BEFORE but Mr. Lsey sees her
thus:
Beneath the shining coils of scented night
Which twine brooding brows with mystery
AS thru the Of wine, I dimly see
starss face shrinsd in in with vhth,n misty ght
Hes We fs teeth h true she would
Not spare And yet I come, who know this true,
I1 lift the cup, look in her eyes, sweet blur
nd drink, and die, to kiss the face Of her.
We respectfully contend that Eddie Ltsey and
that he is likely to lose his watch.
The Bob and Eva Mckinley Comedy company playing
their night for the at Deer Rver were
greeted by full house, but did not put good show
the parts being and the players green OF the farm
good vacation prominent occupant OF the front
seat elegantly chewing gum vile the hours was
George H. Spear Of Grand Rapids Iaska counts popular
choice for Of the state subject to the will Of the
republican state convention.
In the attempt discover how much reading OF the
daily paper his pupils doing principal OF one OF the
local had his pupils write the answers to live ques
TONS One of the queries ''Who is Emma Eames?'
Five of the were as follows:
1-She is singer for Evangelist Chapman.
2-She is the best sinner (singer) in the world
3-She is Minneapolis school principal
4-Emma Eames plays in ''School Girl'' at Metropolitan
b-She is a sister of the Mayor Ames.
6-She is a daughter of Mayor Ames.
This the children know much about Miss
. Eames 100000 or so Of their parents
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The Neehe N D., Cronotype worked last week be-
cause the boys both large and small worked off the old
Halloween night prank of bockadng Main street by means
of revolutionary barrcade of everything moveabe
from all parts Of Small barns outhouses, piles OF
wood old wagons and new fences sidewalks and what not
filed the the second story windows and men who
could not double threshng to perform II
the sober light of day the arduous stunts which visible
the morning after put in strenuous nights work ina
tbeir wives and mothers build the kitchen fire for the
next week of mornings Next year the Of Neche
the chief of police propose to station gatng at tn
head Of Main street any attempted blockade will be
ed at the point Of the bayonet until gore flows rivers
..' 49, .,<. .":: "A. j. R.