Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-12-08
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Dec. John Bolster will leave
for New Mexico soon where he will *
stay short time after which he will
go to California, where he intends to
spend the balance Of the winter. He
is making this trip for his health 8
Mre. Christina Heinep, sister of B
Henry LANCER. died suddenly at her
home in st. Joseph, Stearns county, :
last Thursday.
Jacob Cunningham of Granite left
with his family for Oklahoma Mon ::
day. :.
Peter and Adam BilliR Of WahpetoD,
n. ~, were visiting their sister Mrs.
Jacob Nohner here over Sunday. -.
The Ricn Prairie Milling Go. has
put in new feed mill with which
they can grind 95 ton of feed der day.
A. p. Stoll left Wednesday for q s
business trip to St. Cloud. and the !:
cities. =
A crew Of men are still working on
the roads In the town of Hillman.
They are hauling ground with sleighs. :
Born-Tuesday, to DR.. and Mrs.
Seguin, son.
The supervisors of the town Of
Pierz will meet at the illage hall
on Thursday Dec. 18th, at o'clock
p. m. to receive bids and let the con.
tract to furnish the town $4,000 feet
of oak plank and bridge timbers. Also
to corduroy with rock the meadow on
the south line of Frank Karel's land
and the swamp between sections 18
and "a.
Henry Schneppenheim returned
from Grandin, N. D., Saturday where
he has been employed as blacksmith
on the Brown farm. He worked a
blacksmith on that farm for several
years and has been re. engaged for
next year. On Monday he prepared
and moved his fish house to the lake
and will now enjoy fishing for some
time.
The supervisors of Buh will meet in
Lsstrup un Thursday Dec. 18th to re-.
ceive bids to furnish the town with
4. 900 feet Of oak or tamarac plank.
1t is reported that Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman Rust, who went from were to
Quincy, WASH. last spring. were
killed. Others again state that Rust
killed his wife and then committed
suicide. They mad left Quincy some
| time ago but their relatives here do
not know where they located. Mts.
John Fleckentein, mother of Mrs.
Rust, is having the matter investi.
gated.\
The c. o. F. court elected the fol-
lowing officers Sunday for tho cext
year:
Chief Ranger-A. E. Macho>
! Vice G. R.-Peter WIRING.
Past y. R.-B/ Gross.
Finance Sec.-Frank Marshik.
Recording Sec. Thielen.
Treasurer-Henry Wilkes. :
| Trustees-Thoo. Stumpf. Jos. 81.
The elected officers will be installed
at their next meeting on Sunday JAN.
7th.
The sad news has been received,
through letter from Henry Gerwing,
Jr:, under date of Lenora Lake. sas-
katchewan. Nov. 24th. of the death Of
prominent resident of Buh. MI. Ger
wing died Nov. 20th at the hospital at
Humboldt, Saskatchewan, OF blooa
poisoning, the result of cutting his
knee with a draw knife while doing
some carpenter work at his home.
Little attention was paid to the cut,
and only when he caught cold some
time later was physician summoned.
Mr.. Gerwing was taken to the hos
pital and died there nine days later.
Henry Gerwing was 81 years of age, a
native of Germany. In early man.
hood he came to America. He took q
homestead in Buh town many years
ago, and had lived there a til moving
permanently to Canada Oct. 30, 1904.
He and all his children had taken
hpmesteads in Canada. MIR. Gerwing
was twice married. BY his first wife
he had eight sons-Barney. aged about
80 years, Henry, Anton, George,
John, Joseph, Chris and William,
and y stepson, Herman. He was
married second time to Mrs. Anna
Wesseling, by whom he had two
SONS. Albert and Gerhard. the latter
about IA years of age now. The eleven
boys are all living in Canada. De.
ceased also had q sister in Cincinnati.
Mr.. Gerwing leaves to his family
three valuable farms in this section,
besides property. The funeral TOOK
place Nov. 28d at Lenora Lake, which
is new posto@ce. with George Ger
wing AZ postmaster.
Mr.. 9erwing was man of positive
con victions. strong in his likes and
dislikes, yet respected by all az q
hardworking, well-meaning citizen.
May he rest in peace. The family
have the sympathy of all their old
friends here.
LASTRUP
Dec. 7.-Luckin Broe. are trying 10
Enish threshing az they have s jobs
left.
Geo. Mullner and Jos. Sickety left
for the woods Wednesday.
joe. Smuda and Jake Girtz went to