The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-23

A telegram dated Tuesday, to the St.
Paul Dispatch, says the German-American
bank of st. Cloud has been closed a con-
trolling interest having been purchased
by the Benton county bank of Sank
Rapids. This reads like repetition of
a garbled dispatch which made it appear
that this same bank was closed several
months ago.
The personal taxes for the towns OF
Sank Centre, Melrose, Getty, Lake George
Grow River, Crow Lake, Raymond and
Ashley, and the village of Sank Centre,
may be paid at the bank of Sank Centre
prior to noon of February 29th, with
out extra expense to the taxpayers.
After that time ten per cent. penalty at
taches to all unpaid taxes-not FIVE per
cent as enormously stated last week.
Personal tax payers will bear this in
mind and govern themselves accordingly.
There has been no little annoyance and
actual loss to shippers by reason ofthe
suspension of freight trains over the
Little Falls and Dakota road. Bridg-
man & Pendergast have hundred car
loads of lumber at Swanville, which they
are very anxious to move into their
yards here while the sleighing lasts, and
though the road has been operated east
ward from here they could not get car
load shipped. AS result they antici-
pate its arrival when it will be next to
impossible to handle it rapidly. Mean
time they have had halfdozen men and
teams lying idle here.
The academy is doing excellent work
at present, being filed to its utmost ca
pacity by young men who are pursuing
their studies with a fixed purpose. A
more gentlemanly gathering can not be
found in any school. They are thorough
ly satisfied and contented, and there is
no provocation for unseemly conduct.
There are about seventy in ATTENDANCE
most of them sons of farmers, and many
of them expanding money for an educa-
ton which they have personally accumr-
lated by hard work, for that purpose.
The prospects are bright, and the pres
ent condition satisfactory.
B. w. Penney of Hansen, got aboard
the west bound Little Falls and Dakota
train on Wednesday afternoon, while TN
der the influence of liquor. He so fell
from the platform of the running train,
that he rolled toward the cars, and it is
thought the axle box struck him on the
head, cutting it and knocking him sense
less. He was brought to this village on
the train, and taken to the Farmers
hotel. 1t was found that he had sus-
tanned compound comminuted fracture
of the skull, and several pieces of bone
were removed, leaving the brain exposed.
The wound was dressed, and the man is
doing we'll under the circumstances, tho
not out of danger.
ELECTRIC LIGHT.-The Keller company
is at work stringing wires about town
for the electric light, and in few days
the village will be brilliantly Illuminated
with electricity. The very best material
has been secured and the plant will be
one of the very finest of its size in the
northwest. Already about two hundred
lamps have been put into business houses
and the limit of the dynamo is nearly
reached. There will be all the demand
possible to be supplied by the dynamo
$50 lights of sixteen candle power, and a
larger machine will doubtless have to be
purchased in the near future: It is still
an open question whether the streets will
be lighted with electricity, no under
standing having been reached between
the council and Mr.. Keller.
ARrIsr1c.-W. J. Whitefeld has just
completed a large painting in water
colors of the city of Minneapolis as it
was in 1857, after copy off painting
by his father made at that time: The
execution is excellent, and reflects credit
upon Mr.. Whitefeld's ability as an artist.
Not only is it true to the original, but
the coloring is effective and the prospect
i've perfect. He has caught the spirit of
the view in a wonderful degree, and the
painting cannot fail to attract attention
wherever exhibited. 1t was painted to
order for Judge Hemiup, one of the early
settlers of Minneapolis, to whom it will
be forwarded this week. Mr.. Whiteheld
may we'll indulge in pride in contemplate
ing his handiwork. 1t is pardonable.
BUILDING Assoc1Ar1oN.-Noti has been
given that at the regular meeting of the
stockholders of the building association
to be held at the Office Of the secretary
on the first Saturday in March, at Z
O'Clock P. NJ, the following proposed
amendment to section five of article two,
of the bylaws of said association will be
voted on:
SECTION S. Any stakeholder Or trustee
who shall neglect or refuse to pay his
monthly dues or dues and interest, at
such time as the same may be payable by
the bylaws of this association, shall pay
a fine of two (2) per cent per month on
all arrears, When a member serves
notice of withdrawal Of all his shares nc
thereby ceases to be a naegber OF the
association.
Said proposed anendent was offered If
writing at the regular meeting of the
stockholders of said association held
February 4th, 1888, and if such amend
nent shall receive two-thirds vote o.
stock represented at said meeting to b
held March Sd, 1888, as aforesaid, II
shall be adopted and not otherwise.
F1RE.-On Sunday afternoon an alarm
of fire was sounded, and large proper
ton of our citizens poured out into the
streets to discover that house belong
ing to James Larkins, on south hill, neal
Grove Lake-ave. was in flames. From thu
very beginning it was evident that thu
house must burn, as the fire department
.o,,1d not render effective service ar1C