Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-08-24
PIERZ

Aug. 23.-Louls Fe0cht has pu.
chased the famous bird dog, "a point
cry, from John Gross of Granite. He
paid $25 for it and states that it is
the best hunting dog in this territory
and nothing less than $50 can touch
him now.
Gust Hoffman of Bub. who pur-
chased the Kiugen farm, was in the
village Monday and the papsrs were
completed in the transaction. Mr..
Hoffman paid $5, 400 for the farm and
a few days after he had purchased it
was offered $5, 900 for it from a Wis.
consin party, but refused to take it.
Mr.. Hoffman intends to spend the
balance of his days on the farm.
H. Brust is sole agent in this vicin-
ity' for L. L. May & Co. goods. Call
on him for anything in the line Of
fruit trees, shrubbery. shade trees,
etc. If
Another interesting game of bali
will take place on the Pierz grounds
Sunday afternoon. Little Falls best
will come out and try the Pierz boys
az other game. Little Falls tas been
defeated three games by the Pierz
team and they aye making every effort
now to win game. 49,.
DR.. John H. Hennecke, veterin-
ary of Buh, will probably move into
the village this fall ard oren an Office
here.
Lastrup has lost in addition to
| painter, a cheesemaker, who also dis
appeared.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jcs. Dahmen returned
from Leroy, Wis, where they were
visiting Mrs. Dahmen's father, for
a week. he is dsngercusly i'll there
/ Willie Virnig returned from Quincy,
WASH, this week with the intention
of having an operation performed for
appendicitis.
VIM. Konen, Frank Faust, J. J.
Drummer. John Philippi, Cap Ora
vel, A. E. Macho, John Bares and F.
| <. Virnig were elected delegates
Wednesday evening to represent Pierz
in the democratic county convention
in Little Falls Saturday. John
StumEf was elected Chairman and Jos.
Boehmer secretary, Jacob Nohner and
Frank Ma1shik were chosen judgfs.
Jos. W. Faust. the harnessmaker
left Wednesday for TT. Ripley, where
he will have a tumor removed from
lis cheek by Mrs. Root Of that place.
The question of voting for CT
against railroad bonds will be brc ught
before the people of the follow Ing
towns, at the November election,
Pierz, Buh, Platte, Pulaski, Richard
son, Granite, Hillmap, Mt. Morris,
Lakio, Morrill,, Buckman ard
Agram. Then it will be up to the
people to show whether they want
railroad or not. It is about sixteen
years since the people of the eastern
towns turned down a railroad bond
proposition and if they tu!n it down
again it will undoubtedly be another
generation before they geJ chance to
vote on railroad bonds again. More
| about this matter will bs published
later.
Mrs. Rose Beetsch and children
and sister Emma of St. Paul are
here visiting their sister, Mrs. F. K.
Virnig.
Nest of the farmers r;port wheat a
small crop again about the same as
last year: Barley and rye is q fair
crop, but oats is reported to be a good
crop, the best for several years.
Sam Cyrus, a member of the town
board ef Richardson, was IN the vii
lage Wednesday and stated that he
was going to leave for Tower, N. D.,
Saturday, to work during harvest and
| threshtn9. He states that oil the
town omcials with the exception OF
Peter Adkins . supervisor, are work
ing IN Dakota this summer and there
are only dve citizens left in the town
10 conduct the primary election.