Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-01-05
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PIERZ

Jan. 4.-The st. Joseph society
will hold their annual monthly meet
ing Sunday after high mass. -
Two young ladies Of upper town
have opened up dressmaking estab-
lishment In the Columbia hotel. -. -.
The G. O. F. court will hold their
monthly meeting aud install their
new officers Sunday evening at Z
o'clock.
The horse that Peter virnig has
been selling chances on will be rafled
in B. Gross's hall on Sunday, Jan.
7th at O'Clock. Everyone holding
ticket is invited to be present and
witness the rattle.
Tne supervisors of the town of
Pierz will meet at the village hall on
Thursday. Jan. 11th, at o clock to
receive bids and let the contract to
furnish the town IL, 600 feet of oak
plank and bridge timbers and also
corduroy with rock the swamp on the
west line of sections IA and 98. The
job to furnish the bridge material
was let to Peter Tretter on Dec. l4th
at $40 per NJ. and..given q weeks time
to funish bonds. so the board decided
to take bids again.
Joseph Prig glmeier gave party on
New Years evening, during which
the roof of the house caught fire
from the stovepipe and was burning
without the notice Of the occupants.
Peter Thies, neighbor. saw the lire
and at once notified Priglmeier and
with the assistance OF the guests the
fire was put ont without much dam
age.
On account of the crowded condi-
tions of the primary rooms the
board of education found 1t necessary
to pass the following reeolution-
That no child shall be allowed to en-.
ter school hereafter, who is not six
years of age. Those that have attained
toe proper age for entering school
shall be admitted only on the hrst day
of each school year and on tho firet
school day in April.
Tne school drew from the state dur
! ing the year $1l80. being $3.50 for sp-
portionment and $3.50 special state
aid. Who paid this under the old sys.
TENT The board of education has
made an application to. raise the
school from semi-graded to q graded
school. They have every reason to
believe they will be successful. That
will give the district $3.50 special
state aid instead Of .$25O. The board
has levied q tax of $1,000.
Christ LANCER, age 16, was badly
stabbed In the arm Dy his companion,
Willie Bednar, aged II, on the way
home from the village Saturday
night. Bednar was intoxicated and
when about half way home attempted
to lick LANCER. LANCER defended him.
self and finally Bednar drew his knife
and struck at LANCER with the open
bladed knife, but LANCER guarded off
J the blow and the knife blade len]ed
into his arm. TAe cut is between the
wrist and elbow and is about two
inches long and penetrated to the
bone. Andrew Tschida of Ruh is the
only witness to the affair. DR.. Se-
guin dressed the wound. Henry
LANCER, father Of the boy, at first in.
tenoed to have Bednar arrested. but
friends of Bednar talked it out of him
and he decided to drop the =. after, al.
though many people here think 1t too
serious crime to Let go unpunjshed.
All pupils that attend the village
school and live outside the parish will
have to pay tuition of 81 per month
in advance. All those living in the
parish. but not in District II will
have to draw their apportionment in
this district or pay $4 tuition per
yer.
Report of school in Dist 10 for the
month ending Dec. 80:
No. pupils enrolled So
No. days taught 30
Average daily attendance IS
| Those perfect in attendance were 81.
Otremba, G. Otremba. p. 81. Thielen,
G. Pauser, Anna Medek, Ludwig and
Anna Bednar.