The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1915-09-02

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VOL. 7.
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PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, SEPTEMBER 2, 1915.
NO. 12.
fs ol Especial Interest to
♦   Minnesota Readers,
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Head   of   Roman   Catholic   Diocese   of
Winona  Shot  Twice  by   Priest
Supposed to Se Demented.
Bishop Patrick R. llcl'Crou, in charge
of the diocese of Winona an.d fo
rector of St. P inary, was shot
i   by Father  L. M. Lesches, a de-
il ed priest, and
The shooting  took place  in Bishop
Heffrcn's   private   chapel   at  Wii
er Lefsch' sd and wi
ing fired twice with a 22-caliber
revolver.
One bullet took effect in the right
side   of   the   chest,   penetrating   tho
The other is a  ilesli wound in
the hi] ^^m
■^^J   !'cs went to his room In
and locked hi
i rested there soon after
by  Sheriff  Parr  and  Chief of Police
,  who  forced  an entrance at the
of  revolvers.
The wo sassin is locked up
in thc Winona county jail.
While it is said there is no immediate p is in sui h an
lition  that   th
ire   attending   him.
plications  also  are   tea
Assailant- in Nervous Condition.
Rev. Father Fetches is forty-six
years old, and is a dark haired, short
and stocky individual. Me has been
a resid 's resides
fifteen da; inona in an
5   nervous  <bnd
i !e last assisted in clerical duties of a parish several years a
iishop He
in   his  pri apel   at   ■
had   almost   com
when the assassin
from  his room, carrying a loaded re-
^ olver.
He   was   within   ten   feet   of   the
he fired. ; biil-
d its  mark,  went
picture and lodged in tlie altar.   Ths
next, i
; aud striking liis I
on the
The bishop at that point, it is
lie   next   bullet
it  lung,    limns  on
his   vi indicate   tho   prelate's
movements    during   the    tragic
men! lie   and   Fesches   wore
alone in the little chapel.
ome Record Break
ing Crops Yield,
Reported this Fa
J. 15. Bednar threshed :'.■> acres
of barley which yielded 40 bush-
acre.   His rye 14 busl
per acre;; wheat 20, andsideoats
ii.") bushels per acre.
Carl   Beimert   claims   an   oat
crops lushels per acre.
But the heaviest yield   so
reported is that of A.   J.    Berjg-
qui.st of West   Buh.    He   claims
to have threshed 108 bushels   of
oats from, one acre.
(er Sol in e'er of Genola has
threshed 800 bushels of oats
from 12 acres oi' rented hind..
Herman   Block   threshed   two
Two Little Falls Men   jLocals of Pierz      |The Village Now Has   Auto Shortens
Killed in R.R.Wreck And Vicinity |      A Dump Ground Distances
At Barnesvifle
RAPS FOES  OF EFFICIENCY
See Lucille Love at Faust's1    At last   v it!   The vil-
| Opera House Sunday night,  lage authori la dump
That the report which reached _ 'ground from  Adrian GreJl
this place Monday stati G- A- Lofgren of Hoffman
a   Little   Palls    man   had
term of ten years.     Rubbish and
Comma
quite numerous in our village;
Tuesday.
Big Pall Term about to  bi
it St,  Cloud   Business   College!
!Write for particulars now.
:aut.    The chai haul
ing v ad.
■nsL be hau \ ilhin
hilled at  Barnesville  had Is, gel your books ready,   the limns of   the dump -round.
foundation, Lin-   na liool begins Monday. ither  F Bros, or
were   slightly mixed,   is evidenced by the following dispatch:
Barnesville, Aug. 30th.—Two
men and seventeen head of horses were killed here about 1:30
o'clock this morning, when the
Great Northern passenger train
hit a car that had been blown
out of the main track.
The dead:
Sullivan News
I e w
loads of oats   and says   he  will       Fred Bassett  and Edw. John
average about 80  bushels to the
acre.
ami
ay
MUNITIONS ORDER REFUSED
St.   Paul   Concern   Offered   $15,000,000
Contract.
The can   Hoist   and   Derrick
iany of St.  Paul lias rejected an
war munitions \vi
i,00.0.    The  contract  has
been   under   consideration   for   many
iks.
The cause of the r< jection wa
■  were not satin,   the   a
of  thi meant  a  large  profit   it
at that ma ! have
;!e in the plant, which I
of  the  best plants of its  kind  in  the
world.
One of tho big Items in tlie con
to   $2,000,-
Oli -
said I
pany   will  now   make   any   war  materials.
RAILROAD IS ORDERED SOLD
Minnesota  Line to  Be Disposed of at
Auction.
Tlie
Hill   I
in the
capito!  si
eral   Judg
ris.    He najneil  h
tton.    Th"
court   stipulated   that r   less
than $100,000 should ipted.
The from
ssippi landing in the county
of Aitkin lo Hill City, the same county.
mortgages,
i.   The ral
is given i iys in which to pay.
MINNESOTA PAYS $6,000,000
Game  poachers   in   Morrison
t1 y will operate  under   <
cullies from this time   until   the
season opens.    Charles   Syl
who   was   in   Minneapolis
lay to attend the game  pro-
; iiig. secured the
pointtnent of   a   game   warden
for this locality.    He is
I. Paul today
and Carlos Avery, game and
fish commissioner, has promised
that he will remain, until the
chicken season opens,  Sept.  7.
son, both of Little Palls.
A switching crew working in
the Barnesyille yards shunted a
car of horses down the siding,
but failed to stop it and, !.
caught by the wind, it rolled
down grade, gding a mile and a
I half west of Barnesville, where
it was struck by ihe pai
Dead   horses    were   scatl
I   feet  along  the track,
Tin   engine crew and passen<;
were    uninjured,     The    horses
were   owned
Piei'z, .\ii-iii.
The Lwo dead men
i|ig in the car with the stock.
Mr. it,   unmarried,  who
Ed.   Linnelian   spent   a
Swallows are getting ready |days ol lasL week in SL PauL
to   migrate   to   their   winter j ->■ and   Thomp-
homes. ; son
Friday at tl
CarlJacobi of St.PauJ was
in town last Tuesday calling, home a b'ne string
omers- v; -n, Theodore tF
Ed.    M.     Lafond     of    the ,lil!i Vermerskin
,P       „-   ■   . t,,      ,      I at the lake afi last we
lranscript was here Mondaj
soiicitinj or-Morrison >■ T. S. Look and
Friday.
Forty year- ■   to.
be mi - t, just
tiiis afternoon,
arrived in Little   Falls
two months' joui
with an i
south
during tbe afternoon  and   stop-!
ped at what was known   as   the
Porter place on the
now the ■
aiily   d
bine am
only .
County maps.
George Fichtingi
and mother of Freeport came
liere   Monday   to   Kelp   him
gather in tlie. hi
Little Fails Newi
C. E. Look" and Family visited
at the H. C. Smith ! am-;
y Bruni Pierz has
i From Trai
John F. Kugel, who h;
ny, n iday
Governor 'id    of    Minnesota
Speaks  at   Boston.
Sell
the efl nd ecom □ the
rnor   \\".
to  the gr ibled   in
but
who 1
o  of
STRIKE ON GREAT WESTERN
T. S.   Look   and   wifi ..   in   a
with tlieir  motlu r,   Mrs.   Ford,
has   made   his    home   in   Littl
Palls  since iii;.;  childhood,   has Batun
been working  with the Kippley
been hired to teach school in j Suud;
allivan,   disf-ricl   124,!
il   year. Ldkins, Sim.
John Finnemau and  P.  J. i     Mr. Popelick, wife and   on of
Wallmark   of   Pulaski   were'Platte town visited with the
W . ijT.
simi lar v.
Riirkpr Npw^
The Miuhesot; ate that
lamps   must   be   turned   on one'
hour    '• p > i R   sunset   a nd
lighted   until   one   hour    ,\
sunrise  if   the machine  is on a
public highway.
We'd give 30 cents to see the
shape of tlie head in which it
originated.
Why not turn ihe lights out
when the sun rises.
at Albany, doing state
road work. AL the completion
of the contract he was sent with
the Kippley hor; 1 Drtb Da
kota. From all information that
can be gained Bassett must have
been asleep in the car when it
rolled onto .
Mr, John
Hausman. resides on Seventh
street northeast and lains
will probable be brought to Little F burial.
hi it   re
ceived   a   telegram
hildren i
j wit
ildegan rmers- Sims, TSund;
lien will te; liool   in
Dollars",:
"And how doi hal look on rue?
1 iocs ii iuake me li
the womaii In I hop.
•■ \h.   mndniu,"   I
"it makes you look $30 younger."—Yon-
kers Statesi
GENERAL
MA
TS.
alls;
I for the next school year.
■
ace   Faust   lias1    r "H,k's-
to teach school in ■'
New Pierz for
.John Roe. vis:
in   the
of   the   New   ';
Marga
Mrs.
Chrii and lit I and
[llif Wal
W.
Sunday at th
returned from lo
Telegraph     Operators    Preparing    to
ive  Their  Keys.
who
-
Paul tl
DULUTH   WHOLESALER  DIES    ■
IToundling assylum,
,)..!.!
Ed -,
ary E. I ton-
ay for St. Paul   to  spent  a
morning  stating that   i
killed with i- lillinery    I
.h>:
wisli tiii
Johnson i i Us.    .lohn igher
le   four children   who   were
and
:
State Turns Over Federal Government
Share  of  Taxes.
past
The
[come
;;l re-
mmis-
Grain and Produce
Tlarket Report.
Wheat, No. 1,       .83
Wheat, No. 2        .81
Flax,        1.50
Barley 40-43
Rye       76
Oats :)7 -28
Ear Corn	
May $!
Butter, Creamery  .      37
Dairy         -7
•       13
Flour, Best	
"    Straight	
•	
i     L 1.40
Shorts  	
left Lrdianship,   whe, liP- left
their.mother   wa, killed bv  herjSt-i>aul   io   vi
husband, Theodore Martin.   Mr.|8u11" >n name
Bergheim  was  appointed guar-  was B
dian lor the children and a sli [ileg
time  aoo   j
given his ii; i was  over i.
ageaiid }),■.  RrT. Healy
out U elf.   ,1 Le ha ;ilui wife.
employed   with   Bassel
of the fact   -,
stalks  not    b
William   R.  Stone,  Eighty-eight  Year's
Old,   Passes   Away.
TO  BRING COLONISTS  HERE
'aul
road work at  Albany and s1 Fonr i[{U"   were
ed with him   in the Kippley   car   shipped    fn
for North Dakol
The 17 h(>: e own-.
.Mike Leese aud
Alike was nol ..  the
Grea i   K'ailw
that   all dai
>t.
| asked: "When
k come froi
old Mil
Italian    Consuls   View    Large
Duluth.
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LUCILE LOVE
-AT—
------'-'-- - '-;FAUST'S OPERA HOUSE
A ■
visit'
didn't <i.
.
Pulaski vis
rank: and
.\ 1 rs.
N.
ota.    V. will
work     at     ha and
threshi;
in a
WASECA CARRIED BY  WETS
of Seventeen   Precincts Give  Mi
ties to Di
Beans
Onions
60
We  give  a  first   clas?
St. Paul | moving plctureshow,eve
Hog Market. • ry Sunday We b
Tuesday.
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MANKATO    PHYSICIAN    DIES
»ud.
Rope of Sheets Saves Life.
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,'jme.
Thursday
rday	
Ave. Price, will run a better ckiss i
pictures than before . Jr.
4000   feet.    Lucile o
/I!   Love will run serially for John
ay	
15 weeks.    Don't miss it.
' We
CO Show opens at 8:15 sharp.