Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-08-07
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Aug. 6.-The Herald of last week
reports of heavy rainstorm in Pie1z
last Wednesday at 6 o'clock D. M.
which reports is not quite correct.
1t was a heavy electric storm and
lightning struck John H. Grell's
sa-oon building. The scare it gave
the eight or nine persons in the build
Ing at the time was greater than the
damage. Lightning ran IN on the
telephone wires and out again on the
ground wire, tearing away about one
square foot Of wallpaper damage
about fifty cents During the same
storm lightning struck Kingen &
Meyers butchershop on the other side
OF the street. It first struck a
chimney, damaging same, then tore a
large hole through the roof and second
| floor, damaging telephone box and
| running out on wire Total damage
is about $780, Another heavy electric
storm passed over this part of the
country Sunday at about 80 last
Sunday evening. lightning struck
Hermann Bentfeld's barn and set
same on fire. Peter n. Newman, who
lives only about quarter Of a mile
| away, seen the fire and ran to the
place and helped Mr.. Bentfeld to put
1t out. The damage done is not
serious. Later: J. H. WIRING, rural
| carrier on. route No. 2, informs US
| that the storm last Sunday night did
much damage to. grain about three
miles south OF the village. At some
places tornado-like wind swept over
| the grain fields and much of the grain
is down almost fiat on the ground:
Trees Of six and eight inches in
diameter were uprooted or broken off,
and machine sheds and other small
buildings upset. Those mostly dam
aged by the high wind are: Tony
Bednar. John Prellewitz, W. Medek,
Math Muellner, Frank and NJ. Heigl,
Arnold Nagel, NJ. Stoekl, Jos.
Hoheosel and ". Volta.
A little twelve-year old daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Pavlu, who live
about five miles southeast of the vii
lage, had the misfortune of being
badly bitten by vicious dog last
Monday evening 1t seems the child
wanted to play with the dog in the
yard near the house, but the brute
attacked her savagely, biting her on
$: top and on both sides of the head,
, also on the forehead and on the upper
part Of the nose, tearing the lower
right eye lid off, it was at first
thought that the eye was torn out, but
Dr.. Seguln, who was called to dress
the wounds says no; The dog is nine
year old and not OF playful mood.
! long before. That would have been
incident would not have happened. It
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more children hereafter.
by the Pierz Creamery company
breaker Mr.. Eckstrand, the man
butter were made during the month
There were between $4,000 and S. 400
paid to the patrons, the returns from
Duluth have not come yet, therefore it
cannot be stated to cent how much
was paid out.
!; Peter Miller of Buchanan is putting
h: up building near tie depot and will
! open up saloon as soon as the build
i ing is complete.
!. Next Sunday a game of ball will be
| played between the Pierz Juniors and
the Lastrup team on the Pierz
/
Rev. VIM. LANCE of Buchanan will
celebrate his twentyffth anniversary
of priesthood September 7th, 1908, in
the st. Michaels church in Buchanan
The celebration should have been held
this week, but it takes time to make
the necessary arrangements for a
grand festival. Father w. LANCE s
silver jubilee will be one of the
gra:,dest celebrations ever held in the
list. Michaels congregation in Buck
man. Particulars Will be published
! later
Harvest this year will not be extra.
Grain is so different. In some fields
wheat is just as fine as can be
expected, others very poor. Oats is
poor all over. Corn has picked up
some during the hot spell and may
come out all right, if we get a late
fall. Winter rye is the best crop this
year. Barley IS fairly good. Potatoes
will yield good.
Theodore Thielen, carrier on rural
route No. 1, is taking his two weeks
vacation. Mrs. Thielen is carrying
the mail during his vacation.
Hardly day passes without some
one going to Onamia from Pierz on
the 500 construction line Last Mon
day jolly bunch left Pierz to visit
and look over that place. They were