The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1912-01-11

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THE PIERZ JOURNAL
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VOL.«.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, JANUARY 11, 1912,
NO. 80
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iSOl*     A FATAL FIRE
THE CO. BOARD IN PIERZ
County Commissioners Met in  Regu-' Mrs. Nespori Living Alone in D.kp
lar Session Last Tuesday
January 2,  1912
The   foil flra :ts   from the
ig   of   the
commissioners last week of interest
this district.
VitlAGE COUNCIL MEETING
The regular   monthly of the
council of the villa.: was held
last    Saturday President
Gravel called the m irder.   All
memb
The   proceeding
were icad and a
Tlie following bills were allowi
Mr . Rosalia Ne.pori, a->  aged v.-id-   J- M- Blake, merchandize -'_..32
ow, who had   been living  alone in her   E- L. Kaliher, alcoh 1,     1.25
house in upper town since the death of   Frank Faust, iire
her   husband
idateJ House, Puras
To Death
to
about five years ago,
burnt to death Saturday morning. The
i lire was discovered by Oliver Brunett,
who rushed into the house and after
groping about a few minutes in the
dense smoke, stumbled over body lying
in the door between the kitchen and her
Henry Qassert appoint   I   committee
to m ■ ■■  -v'tli th? town   >f P i -I'/-   in
ting contra -i of the ste -1 bri
Skunk river insaidtown, co
ing to pay one-half cost of the In -
Hoard then   proceeded   to  count  the | front.roonl.    She was taken out through
mope) in the hand of the county treas
urer and found the following;
I i ank G.-ell' - 21.50
The meeting was then adjourned subject to call.
Frank Grell, Recorder.
25.00
37.00
Half dollars	
13.00
5.25
5. SO
.60
.84
First National bank   of   Lit
tle Falls  	
13,545.50
German   America    National
12,236.55
Merchants State bank	
13,647.78
German State bank of   Pierz
71S.45
First National bank of   Roy-
5,813.35
412,01
Fi rst National bank of Mot 1 ■ y
415.00
People State bank of Swai -
ville	
360.(,5
1.056.07
First State bank of Bowlus. . .
■  309.18
$49,683.39
,, Motion made and carried that county
auditor be and is hereby appointed as
purchasing agent for all neces-ary
supplies for use of county official, for
the ensuing year,including stamps
and to have charge of court house and
grounds. Auditor instructed to draw
county warrants for purchase of
stamps.
Motion made and carried that sheriff's
salary be 51,400.00 for the ensuing year
Motion made and carried that
county attorney's salary be SI,600.00
for the ensuing year.
Motion made and carried that
salary of superintendent of schools
be $1,862.50 per year,this being $12.50
for 149 schools in said county
according to ll)1l law. Motion made
and carried that salary of superintendent of schools deputy be S600.00 per
year.
The following is a list of names selected by the commissioners from
which the grand and petit jurors will
be drawn for March term of court.
GRAND  JURORS
Johiv Boser, Buh.
George M. Hoffman, Buh.
Adam Tembruel, Buh.
Peter L. Girtz, Pierz.
Nick Lochner, Pierz.
Ignatz Pfimesberger, Pier/..
Louis Brummer, Pierz.
Peter Billstein, Granite.
Jos Otremba Agram,
Frank Boehm Agram.
Christ Lust,Hillman.
Andrew Nelson, Platte.
Frank Ginter, Pulaski.
John Ki/er, Buckman.
H'nnan Kuschell, Jr., Buckman.
Wenzel Hohn, Buckman.
PETIT  JURORS
Robt Breaser. Buckman.
Mike Delenburg, Buckman.
Peter Wachnewski, Buckman.
Oliver Burnett. Buh.
Theo. Ortman, Bnh
Gust Hoffman, Bull.
Louis Spanfellner Buh.
Henry Hennen,  Pierz.
John B. Bednar, Pier',.
John Phillippi, Pierz.
Gust Kapsner. Granite.
Jos. T. Brinkman. Granite.
Henry Mueller, Agram.
JohnN. Rauch. Agram.
M. M. Meyer, Killman
The iirst Tuesday in each month was
a front window, wrappel in a blanket
and taken to Macho's undertaking
rooms. The clothing wa, all burnt
from her body and her hands and feet
were charred to a crisp. When the lire
company had extinguished the flatties
and the steam and smoke had cleared,
it was found the tire had done more
damage, where the body was found,
than in any other part of the house.
There a hole was burnt through the
floor and the walls were badly charred.
This gives rise to the belief that the
old lady set her clothing afire while
carrying live coal or burning shavings
from the heater to the cook stove. It is
known that she was in the habit of
starting her kitchen fire in that manner. This theory is further strengthened by the fact that a goal lire was
found in the heater and none in the
kitchen stove.
She was laid to rest in St. Joseph's
cemetery at nine o'clock last Monday
morning.
Nrs. Nespori was born in Bohemia,
eighty nine years ago. She and her
husband were among'- our first settlers
and for main- years lived on a farm in
Buh, northwest of the village.
The only known relative, who survives Mrs.Nespori, is her granddaughter, Mrs. Frank Konen.
Remarkable Coincidence.
Mr.-. Nespori lost her life by tire
January 0. Just 12 years ago that
date. January (>. 1900, four of Mr. and
Mrs. Michael Kerich's children, then
living on the place now owned by MT.
Thul, were burnt to death, w'iu-n their
house was totally tlestri ire.
ST. JOSEPH'S SGCIfcT. I
Tht S
id the aim i
was read. The society now    has nintj
five memb '.114.75 in -
ury.     A.  E. Macho   v. a -
surai! try    in    place   of    P.A,
Hartman who resigi e 1.
In   thinking   over   the     pa
do not fail to check   up   voir   vai
and determine which ha -.
the inoit profitable.   The unit of
ureinent for farm crops, the bushel,   is
very   misleading.  For example: If one
compares the yields of   oats   and   corn
by thi different   idea
of their relative value than when he
compares them by the pound, which
represents their rel ling value.
A yield of 30 bushels of oats is equal
to 960 pounds; a yield of 30 bushels of
corn is equal to 1,630 pounds of shelled
corn.
STILL THRESHING IN N. D.
Joseph and Hubert   Nagei
last week  from Max    N.D,while
th. reshed   until
Christmas,    whey     ea ill     v
days at it.    Tn •.-' repsa!  th .; there    is
more   thr ■ shing   to   dp
in I      neighboorhooJ of Max.
MRS. J. ritBUN DEAD
Mr.
th   of   their
daughter.   Mrs. J. YV.  Rathbun. .
lumbus,   Mont.      Mr. Leigh  and   wife
took th ■ early Oyer at Littl ■ I
day morning. I
TEMPERATURE JUST RIGHT
"Is
first re nark on<
Twi rmest
weather we have had sin-e New.
The    mail   carrier-, probably    -
PltRZ FARMER'S
FIRE INS. CO.
Held   Their   Annual  .Meeting   anJ
Elected Officers—Report of
1911 V-as Read
Tlie tcntli annual meeting
Pierz Farmer's  [nauraace  I
called   to   order  by   1'
dent, Herman Terhaar.    Joseph
Btben w.ts appointed Chairman
in this cold weather.   But they j and Henry Wuellner, Secretary.
Christ A board of audit, consisting
Math. Thommes, J. J. Brummer
and John Hares was .appointed.
The report of 1911 was read
and accepted-
A motion was made and carried that the Cotnpany join the
St.iu*  Insurance  Association.
V.   O.    Holster   and    Henry
Wuellner    were   appointed   as
. ales to the  convention   of
the Statt lation.
A motion was carried to levy
an assessment of one mill, .June
1, 1912.
A   motion  was   passed   that
ifter   no   insurance   be   allowed   on unoccupied building*
may    be   getting   used   to   it.
Tembi
Frightful Polar Winds
blow with terrific force at the far north
and play havo. with the skin, causing
red, rough happed hands and
lip.-., that n -ed Bucklen's Arnica Salve
I1 them.     It  make, the   skin
and smoth.    Unrivaled  for  cold--
cuts,
bruises and pi I at IS. L.
Kali!
Tiiis morning 40   below, ami a •
the   thermometer   went up  only 15 deling *".*' degrees below .     Tiiis
i ;old 3 been   with u
A HERO IN A LIGHTHOUSE.
Years J. S. Donahue, So, Haven
Mich., a civil war captain, a^ a   1
<1   awful     wi
but a queer fact is he might  have  been
himself,  ii   Electric   Bitters
ol prevented.  "They cured me of
' trouble and chills," he   writes!
ri a   a     1 a.1 ,,      a I ..   • I  ,-.,,-., 1      V...     f   . .■   .      , .. .    _      ■      ;
1 had taken other so called cures uestroyed  by torest or    prairie
for years, without b I they also;
' mil One   man    informs    us, ! ii,-,. .
The Watkins   Remedy   man i>   h-re
canvasing the   country   with his i
Adol f Vanderhaar i isited in Pierz and
led the dan ;e Mi m la y c. ining.
Aug. Dehler Jr, of Buckman. brave*)!
the 40 degrees   below today   and mads
a business \ isit here.
impro >ight. Now  at seventy.  I
that he has   three « es   to heat      »n
all day and it took   one man all day to'
Phe result of the ballot whetl
troiibl re   without   equal.   Try
them, onlv 50c al ES. L. Kahiler.
CLOCK DOES HIS CHORES
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED
by local applications, as   they   cannot I
Leavenworth, Kan., Dec. 28— There is only one   way   to  cure  d.
The cold winter mornings   hold ness* and that '-   b-v   institutional
NOTICE
Contract will   be let February   10th, j
1912, for building a bridge in   town  of |
Richardson, Morrison County,   Minne-|
sola.     All bids must be sealed  and   in
town   clerk's   office   before   10   A.   M.
February 10, 1912.
Specifications of Bridge
Length 14 feet, width 16 feet, height
4 feet, from top of mud sill to bottom of
cap sill, to be covered with oak
iks three inches thick. Railing
3'o feet high. Two (2) rails 2x6 pine
plank. Four (4) stringers 6x8x14 feet.
Cap sills 8x8 in. x 14 feet. Mud sills
10x10 in. x 18 feet. Support 8x8 inches
three on each end, to be mortised in
cap and mud sills.
Location of bridge between   sections
20 and 21   in the town   of   Richardson, i
north brach of Skunk Creek, Morrison
County, Minnesota.
Bridge must   be   finished   by   June
1st, 1912.
27-4 C. E. Look,
Town Clerk.
no terrors for William Brown-
hill, 76 years old formerly a"n
engineer of the Kansas Central
Gauge Railroad, who has   lived
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
inflamed condition of the mucous lining
of the  Eustachian   Tube.   When  thi-
tube is inflamed you have  a    rumbling
here nearly fifty   years.    Some  sound or imperfect hearing, and  when
year8 ago he convention a   wire
from   his    alarm   clock   to  his
lamp so when the alarm started
UNIVERSITY FARM, ST. PAUL,MINN.
.January  4th, 1912,
Mr. E II. Kerkhoff,
Pierz, Minn.
Dear Sir:—We have your letter of December 31st regard
ing an Institute at Pierz. In
going over our applications for
Institutes last night, we came
to the decision that it would not
be safe for us to accept additional applications for the vy,in-
ter. We already have enough
dates ahead to keep our five
corps busy until the mittle or
20th of March and solid work
of that many corps up to that
date will probably make our
appropriation look rather slim.
If at the end of the work for the
winter we find we can do some-
tiling in .Tune, we will be pleased
to advise you, or in case we find
it possible   to   work   in   a   date   o'clock a.m. for the purpose to receive
for you this winter, we will certainly do what we can. We
have excellent reports of the
meeting- at the opening of your
creamery and will be pleased to
help the good work* along in
any way possible-
Very truly jours,
C  H. Welch,
a match would be lighted that
would ignite the lamp wick.
When this had been done
Brownhill decided that if he
could light his lamp he could
start his lire as easily. So lie
placed another attachment on
tne clock that pulled a wire that
scratched a match that lighted
the shavings in the stove. Sometimes the alarm clock would not
wake Brownhill up, and when
he would get up the fire would
be out- So last week lie soldered a cheap whistle on the
muzzle of his tea kettle. Now
when the fire gets hot enough
to cause steam the whistle commences to blow.
BIDS WANTED
Notice is herely given that the Supervisors of the town   of Hillman will meet
at M. M. Meyer,s house on Wednesday i
the 17 day of January A. D. 1912 at 10
bids for   5000   feet   of   white oak   road
and bridge planks. They reserve
the right to reject any or all bids. By
order of the town board of Hillman.
Dated January 3rd 1912
29-2 M. M. Meyer.
Town clerk.
NOTICE
is hereby given to all parties getting
water from the village that the water
rent must be paid within the   next   ten j
days.
it is entirely closed, Deafness is the
result, ami unless thr inflammation
can be taken out and this tube restored
to its normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten
are caused by Catarrh, which is noth-
mt au inflamed condition of the
mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars face.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A GIRL'S WILD MIDNIGHT RIDE.
To warn people of a fearful forest fire
in theCatskills a young girl rode horseback at midnight and saved many lives.
Her deed was glorious but lives are often saved by Dr. King's New Discovery
in curing lung trouble, coughs and
colds, which might have ended in consumption or pneumonia. "It cured me
! of a dreadful cough and  lung  disease,"
"For dyspepsia, indi-l   "'-"Vr    '^H-'1'   town   should   be   al
,, . ,  , • , i'v ill wood and keep up a good tire. ; |,..,..„|  »,,  ,.a'„  11, . i ' ,,,,,...., ,
n, all stomach, hver anil kid * v   v    8 | lowed to join the Company waa
fifteen    votes   for   and    thirty-
nine against.
Officers Elected:
Pre*.—Herman Terhaar
portion of  the  car.    ...        ,. _    -.   _
! Vice Prea P. J. Gau
Sec'y.- -F- O. Holster
Tres.— Emil  Froehner.
Directors: Herm. Terhaar, P.
O. Holster, .1. 1'.  Langer, P.   .1.
Gau, John Mischke, Emil Kroeh-
ner and Mag. Rauch.
Sixty ballots were cast.
Report of the Pierz Farmer'!
Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
for the year 1911.
Cash :,\\ hand beginning
of the year  _ $5.W.7l
Recei', ed as Iirst payment new policies     :!"t'i.74
Received of assessment
No. 5      514 :.^
Total  received for   the
year  ___I144!
Disbuisini-iits    tor    the
year 1911    $1021.18
Cash on hand end of
year     42!
$114,508
Total Insurance for the
year 1911 $100,780
Total Insurance of previous years    558,658
$659,438
Amount ceased to be in
force         62,860
writesW.R. Patterson, Wellington.Tex.
Byorderof the village council. Dated
Pierz, January 4th, 1912.
FRANK GRELL,
Village Recorder.
Sec'y
$100 PER PLATE
was paid at a banquet to Henry Clay.
in New Orleans in 1842 Mighty costly
for those with the stomach   trouble  or
j '"after four in our family had died with   Totalamount Carried and
consumption audi gained 87 pounds." .      in force Dec. 20,  1911 . $5970,73
! Nothing so sure and   safe for  all   throat        'file Company  had '.)  losses    a-
land lungtroubles.     Price   50c and $1.00   mounting* to $648.8Q.
j Trial bottle free.    Guaranteed   by   E.        The Company had   no   assess-
Don't fail to seethe Bas |L Kalih!:  imecnt in m\: .
, D   .. _ .  c        .,   ' Sixtv   policies   -were    issued
ket Ball (jame at haust S     If onver BruneU had not been close aud n-ncleen new members were
Opera HotlseSunday even-  by when the fire was discovered, it is enrone<i during the year.
ing, between Little Falls'doubtful if the body of m». Nespori| v r, BOLSTER,
and Pierz.
Secretary
For Sale.
One registered Guernsey Bu
three years old, cousin to Dolly indigestion. Today peopleevery «
Dimple-      Price   is   reasonable- used Dr. Kings New Life Pills for these
Call or address, troubles as well as liver,   kidney   and
AUGUST   B. DEHLER., bowel disorders. Easy, sure.  Only 25c
THE MARKET
30-2
Pierz, R. 2—Box i}9   at E. L. Kaliher.
designated   as   the   meeting   davs   for
Bids Wanted
the ensuing year.
Wanted     Sealed   bids to   fill th
Board then ad iou rued. , T,  . . ,, ,.,,       	
J house at-Bridgeman-Russell Ore;
HENRY GASSERT, Bids must   be in   by Saturday.   Janu-
Chairman.    ary 13, 1912.
Attest: HENRY PAUL.
B. Y. McNAIRY,	
County Auditor and Clerk Ex-
officio of said Board.
Changed ever) Thursday
V\ la-.i, No.!,old      ■:,   to the other
Wheat. So. 2,old   94 :
Flax 1.90
Barlev     95
Rye   '	
Oatfi, new	
Ear <. 'orn, old     	
liav           ST  S8
er, t 'reamon   	
, .      1) ; i v    	
would   have been   recovered   from   the
burning building.
use   Mr.   Brunett   once lived    in'siMPLE   MIXTURE USED  IN PIERZ
that house, he was able to find his way j
tlirough the dense smoke from one room
Many in Pier/, people are now using;
the   simple  buckthron bark   and   glycerine mixture   known   a*   Adler-i-ka,
Little Falls—John Japp,  a   resident   the new German  Appendicitis remedy.
78'of   Todd   county,   was   brought   befor   A SINGLE DOSE releaves   constipa-
1 pay 9 to 10c for hides.
Frank Gre.l.
I- .-_'gS        	
Fiour. Best   . . .
, , Straight
PotatteB . ...
Beans 	
llo.;s   	
3   	
Calves
40 i Justice Randall   Wednasdav   charged tion, sour stomach or gas on th'
' with killing   partidges  out  of  season ach almost INSTANTLY.    This mix-|
28   and   shipoing  them from the stltion at ture antiseptizes the   digestive   organ*
3Q  Cushing.    The defendant pleaded  not and draws off the impurities and
-'"   E-uiltly and the cost  was   contidued   to pie are surprised   how   OUICKLY   it]
2 80
Jan. 11 and the   prisoner   released   on helps.     E. L. Kaliher, Druggist.
]-''•'   bail.    The charge was made by G
Warden W. H. Onstine of Brainard.
Onions.
Jos. Ethen, of "We_tBah was a
in the village to.Uy.
J. T<.  f'opelainl, ef  D«_Tton, Ohio, pi:
-J n  bottle  of  Chamber!
U:medy for liin boy who had t. cold, «n,l f
fore the bottle wuh nil used the boy's el
was gone.    Is that not better than t
five dollar doctor's bill?   Sold by all d«_lt,r