Little Falls herald., 1907-02-01
5:::;;1,S IN MINNESOTA
: :HTS OF A WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE,

7atrick Kelly, an Olmsted county
-1eer, is dead of pneumonia at the
# seventy-nine years.
:. y. Rowe of Donaldson is dead.
'. Rowe measured 100 inches around
waist and weighed $40 pounds.
K P Czech of Holding, Stearns
~, is dead as a result of freezing
hands to the elbows and both
'c iIcees.
t 1c?in Marty, resident of Min
2 ,Ol2 3ince 1852, is dead at the age
: seventy-six years at his home in
!, ,,codbury, Washington county.
Fergus Falls is without coal of any
kind. A limited supply of wood can
be secured in the neighborhood, but
the roads are almost impossible.
John Magner, a territorial pioneer
OF Nicollet county. is dead, aged sew.
enty-six ye;As. Mr.. Magner was born
in Ireland and arrived in Nicollet
county in 1850.
Mrs. Brit Lee, aged ninety-nine
years ten months and fourteen days.
Is dead at St. James. She is believed
to have been the oldest resident OF
Watonwan county.
Frank Butterfield of Windsor, Wis.,.
switchman for the Minneapolis and
St. Louis road, fell between cars in
the company's yards in Minneapolis
and was instantly killed.
John T. Quirk, on trial at Minneap.
oils for the murder of William A. Dow.
ell, newspaper man, was convicted
of manslaughter in the first degree
and recommended to the mercy of the
court
Earl w. Whitehead, who lost both
legs while employed as a brakeman
on the Wisconsin Central, secured a
verdict of $4,000 against the com.
pany in the Ramsey county district
court.
Representative Buckman has intro
duced a bill in the lower house of con.
gress authorizing the construction of a
dam across the Mississippi river be-
tween the counties of Stearns and
Shsrburne, in this state.
The cornerstone of the new Roman
Catholic cathedral at St. Paul will be
laid Sunday, June 2, and plans have
been inaugurated for making the event
notable affair in the history Of the
Catholic church in the Northwest.
From $4,000 to $4,000 worth of pearls
fo1Ya,, fr0v,o fh1 Tn1o~ 1x,
Mankato pearl hunters during the
year 1906. Some beautiful pearls were
found, one selling for $1OO and an
other for $S6. Others ranged in price
up to $50 each.
Workmen who were engaged in
dressing ducks for Fairmont con.
cern were astonished to find one with
five legs. One of the extra legs was
fully developed, with a foot that had
been used to some extent by the bird
in running about the barnyard
Hon. 3. F. Langworthy, aged eighty.
four years, is dead at his home neal
Brownsville. He was one of the pio.
neers Of the state, settling in Mower
county in 1856. He was a member OF
the house in an early day and helped
to nominate William Window fo1
United States senator.
State dairymen held their annual
convention at Owatonna last week
The following officers were elected:
President, Lucien A. Sweet of Fair.
mont; vice president, Robert Crick
meyer of Owatonna; secretary, John
Morley of Owatonna; treasurer, Au
gust Ahlswede Of Jordan.
The total receipts and shipments OF
the Duluth-Superior harbor for 1906
were 29,171,221 tons, as compared
with total of 22,676,145 tons in 1905
and 16,617,017 tons jim 1904. The in
crease in freight tonnage over 1909
was 1854 per cent, while the increase
In freight tonnage of 1906 over 1896
was 90. I per cent.
Patrick Fallihee, a resident of this
state since 1854, is dead at St. Paul
He was a member of the First Mime
sofa volunteer infantry and partici.
pated in every battle in which that
regiment was engaged. Mr.. Falli.
hee was one of the forty-seven who
stood in line at the close of the battle
of Gettysburg. He was seventy eight
years old
The Minneapolis city councils com.
mittee on legislation is preparing for
a campaign to secure the passage OF
the bill in the state legislature au.
thorizing a 100000 bond issue
which would enable the city to pur.
chase the plant Of the Minneapolis
Gas Light company in 1910 if it should
be desired by the city to purchase the
plant at that time.
According to a decision by Judge
Lochren of the federal court the
Northwestern Telephone Exchange
company loses its suit to enjoin the
city of St. Charles from preventing it
installing a telephone exchange there.
The c011rt holds thaf ,,n1or tho 1ooic