Mower County transcript., 1915-01-06
STATE NEWS BITS
Minor Happenings Of the Week
Throughout Minnesota.

The month just ended was the cold
est December of twenty-five years
record in the Minneapolis weather bu.
reau. The temperature was below
zero at some time during each of four.
teen days and the mean for the month
was 12.1 above. The coolest day in
December was the 26th, when the
mercury dropped to 20 below and the
warmest day was the 1st, with Al
above recorded. Christmas day the
mercury did not go above 5 degrees
below zero and it was the ccldest
Dec. % in several years. =.
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The operating income of the rail
roads in Minnesota for the year end
ing June 80, 1914, derived from freight,
passenger express, mail and all other
sources of revenue was $106,360,4
against $112,606, ,977.07 in 1913, a de-
crease of $6,246,55S92, according to
the annual report of the state rail
road and warehouse commission just
compiled. A total of fifty-four miles
of new trackage was added during
the year, mostly in new mining and
logging spurs.
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Approximately $50,0O0,0 900 was paid
for live stock by South st. Paul pack
ers and other buyers during 1914, &C.
cording to estimates based upon Off.
cial figures showing the largest re.
ceipts In the history Of the yards. A
total of 46, ,232 carloads of cattle, hogs,
sheep and horses arrived in the
twelve months, SURPRISING the 1918
total, which set the previous record,
by 6,3S7 cars.
nr. Cornelius Williams, chairman OF
the legislative committee of the Min.
nesota State Medical society, says
that bill probably will be introduced
in the legislature for the buying OF
10000 acres Of land in the northern
part of the state and the parceling Of
this land into small farms on which
lepers of the state may earn their own
living, which they are competent to
do.
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The estate of William De>,irg, WI 70
was a Chicago harvester agnate
paid to Walter J. Smith, STAG treas.
urer, $46,239 as an inheritance tax on
Minnesota properties held by the late
Mr.. Deering. The tax on the Mime.
sofa real estate was 1898. The re.
mainder of the tax was on stocks and
bonds of Minnesota corporations,
cash, and on Minnesota mortgages.
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A new high record In marriages was
established in Minneapolis in the year
just closed, with 1900 marriage IL
eenses issued as compared with 4,243
for 1913. gain of 357, or one a day.
The increase in divorces was 165, the
1914. record being. .6s&< The proper
ton between divorces and. marriages
is one divorce to every. seven mar.
riages.
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Jacob Slettin, a deputy in the state
grain inspection department, was
found dead In his bed at: Minneapolis:
He had died from accidental gas poi.
.soning, according to Dr.: c. A. Hobbs,
deputy coroner. He had failed to shut
OF the gas jet properly. Slettin had
been in tho grain department for many
years. - ...< >..-.,.-. =. -.
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Manuel Valley, twelve years old,
son of Charles Valley Of Lynden,
stearns county, was killed when a
rife in the. hands Of a boy named Zipp
| was discharged BY accident. Val
lely~ and ztpp, with companions, were
hunting on lake In Lynden.
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Bishop James McGolrick. of Duluth
was presented. with a check for @11,.
+ 900 by the people Of the Duluth Cath.
olic diocese as testimonial Of appte-
citation. .of twenty-five years service at
the silver Jubilee celebration held at
Duluth last week. -.
George D. Macarthur, eighty-oue
:, years old, Mtnnesota~ pioneer and. for.
I mer member ofmthe state house aid
senate, is dead at St. Paul. MI. -A1c-
! Arthur was born In Columbia county,
/ IN. YIN 1884. He came to Minnesota
IN 1855, 'sa:." = =@-::.*:' J. >: ~ ~ Il.
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While hufrying to catch an Omaha
train at Shakopee Ben L1verhan,
| rnral mail carrier was kil1ad and
| John Razor, a farmer, was perhaps
fatally hurt when their automobile
skidded and ran into*a tree ..
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/ :. John AIcCloud, eightXaHiue years OF
age, who conducted the first hardware
store in St: Paul, is dead. Mr.. Nc
Cloud was born in Philadelphia ~
|.lS25 and reached St Paul in 1885,,
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! :: Coleman c. Lydon, second vice,pres-
! ident of the 'Hudsonr& -Thurber com.
i rooy ord rpoc;don+. o$- %ho ,lxA