Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-08
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Jan. 8 John Boxer shot wolf on
Jos. Preinor's place in the north end;
Of the village last week Another
wolf IS roaming around the village.
Several of our hunters have been after
him and the beast has been wounded
twice. once BY Frank Rauch and later
by Carl Kapsner, but is running at
large yet.
DIED In Fargo last week. boy OF
Mr.. and Mrs Steve Lutes. Seven
weeks ago twins were born to- them,
. boy and girl. The little boy died
last week and the body was taken to
Pierz and was buried here in st.
Joseph's cemetery last Saturday. Mr..
Lutes formerly lived in Little Falls
and was employed with the Jacob
Kiewel Brewing company. Mrs. Lutes
was born IN Pier1 and 10 q daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs TheO. Stumpf of the
town of Agram.
The Little Falls basket ball team
came out last Friday and played the
Pierz team game in Faust's opera
house. The large hail was well filled.
The gallery and stage were crowded.
The play was q clean one all the way
through. The Little Falls boys, how
ever, were too much for our team,
which was showed under by q score of
% to II. All present enjoyed the
game very much. The Pierz team is
composed of students of st. John 8
college and the st. Cloud Normal
school, who nearly all are at home in
Plerz.
Frank Schneppenhelm was called
home from the Nichols Chisholm
Lumber camp IN White Earth,
through sickness of child. He will
return Thursday and Casper Braun
will 60 with him. Wages are low.
,Reinhart Stumpf, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Adolf Sumpf, three miles west of
Pierz, returned from Brainerd, where
he has been. employed on the r.
Dahmen farm as foreman. The farm
10 about 20 miles east of Brainerd.
He will return and take up his work
again in the former part of the month
of March. : -
Herman Rlcke OF Wahpeton, N. D.,
10 here visiting with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. +. Ricke, near Lastrup. He
has grown up there and has many
friends in this part of the county.
Susan WIRING, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. <. Vlrnig, won the tidy
rallied by Mrs. Eberhart.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. John
Prellewitz, daughter last week.
Adolf Stumpf of Ag1am hiss gone to
Morris to visit with his daughter,
Mrs. Albert Reimer.
Carl Thiele of the st. Cloud
"Nordstern" is here, working in the
interest of that paper.
Louis Schebel came home from the
hospital in Grand Rapids, MIMI,
where he has been four weeks. He
Will return to the hospital, when he
will be compelled to undergo an
operation for gall stones.
A cold wave is passing over Pierz.
Mondaymorning the thermometer went
down to 18 degrees and Tuesday to "a
degrees below zero, with high wind.
Wednesday morning the thermometer
went down to 36-38 below.
Jacob Bakes and wife of Torah came
20 Pierz to visit their son, Lucas,
Backes, who is manager of the J.
& Go. elevator.
Herman Koerlng of Pierz went to
the twin cities last Monday. He
will lay ina good large spring stock.
e. Jos. H. Grell and John WIRING were
on the new 500 line to the
twin cities.
The supervisors of the town of Plerz
net in special session last Tuesday to
receive bids for 1000 feet of oak plank
md bridge timer. Osmer Leigh being
he lowest bidder, the contract was
given to him. He will furnish the
timber for $24. 70 per thousand. Frank
aelgl was given contract to corduroy
with stone IL inches high and 16 feet
wide and 20. rods long, at 81. so per
rod, and p. l.. Poster has contract for
a rods at 400 per rod, all on section
30 in the town of Pierz.
The Plerz Farmers Mutual Fire
[ns. 60. held their annual meeting
last Monday. The company IS in a
iour ishing condition, as the following
brief statement will show. Policies
in force Dec. 81, 1907, were 299,
amount of insurance $406, 473. 90 and
polices issued during the past year
amount to $10l, 597. 90, making a total
If $508, 07O.00. Losses paid during the
past year were $1146. SO. The total
collections for 1908 amounted to
81, 1856. 08, and the total disbursements
we're $1877 OF, leaving a balance in the
treasury of 5000. O6. The old officers
we're reelected for the ensuing year.
They are: Herman Terhaar, presi-
lent; John Kraemer, vice president;
Henry Wuellner, secretary; F. @.
Bolster, treasurer; Henry LANCER,
John Mischke and Henry Gassert,
directors. -v'~ -
The undersigned has full-blood
Percheron stallion, sired by Capt.
Sigsbee, which he wants to sell. The
stallion is of dark brown color and
will be three years old next spring.
He is a good sound animal and weighs