The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-08-16


has made seventy-fve Simmons refriger
ators-elegant pieces of household furni-
ture, and as useful as they are handsome.
Mr.. Keller is negotiating for the sale OF
fifty of them to one party.
The list of residents who voted for
| Tippecanoe in 1910 may be enlarged by
the addition of H. Sprague, L. jones
and E. Conner. Uncles Charles MerSr
and John Shepard voted for VanBuren,
but will vote for Gen. Harrison this fall.
Harvesting is well under way and
along the Melrose road is pretty nearly
completed. The recent wet weather has
been detrimental to the hay harvest. 1t
has not only interfered with cutting bat
much that has been cut has suffered in
jury.
A gentleman named Palmer from How
ard Lake, was in town during the past
week making arrangements to engage in
| in the fruit and confectionery business.
He left on Saturday to make arrange
ments for opening store in the near
\ future. ::
Judge Wilcox, J. M. Thomson, J. L.
Robbins and Chas. F. Hendryx attended
a Republican meeting at Melrose. 1t
was a rainy and disagreeable evenings
the attendance was good. Judge Wilcox
| made fine argument in ftvor of pro-
hibition.
Dick Greene keeps pretty widely di-
| versifed stock, but he had call the
other day he couldn't fill. A man want
ed secondhand toothbrush. He didn't.
| care to buy it, as he had brush at home,
but he would give nickle for the use of
one just for minute. Fact.
1t is expected that fifty 6remen will att
tend the state tournament at Minneap-
oils on Friday of next week, leaving on
Thursday night and returning on Satur-
day. The band will probably accompa-
| ny the hremen. The uniforms for the de-
| partment will be here on time from Chi
cago.
Lu Kells says he has taken contraS;
to convert Mat Thomson and A. H..
Petit to the prohibition party, and for
this service he is to receive 100000
He has agreed to whack up half the
| amount directly to the would-be con-
| verts, but thus far has failed to phase
them hair.
The ladies' relief corps of the B. R.
Palmer Post of the Grand Army viii
meet on Wednesday of next week for the
purpose of finishing up crazy quilt for
the Soldiers Home. The various posts
throughout the state will fit up one or
more rooms at the Home, rendering them
more attractive and comfortable
DR.. A. w. Cummings has decided to re-.
| move to Granite Falls for the practice of
medicine. The doctor has had years of
experience in the practice of medicine, ana.
is a skillful physician. He has large cir
| Gle of friends here who will sincerely re-
| greet his departure. The HERALD can con-
| scientiously commend him to the conf
dence of the people of Granite Falls.
The passenger train going east on:
| Monday morning had a narrow escape.
from destruction just below St. Cloud.
Two horses on the track ran ahead of
the train into the tressle work of bridge
and it was impossible to stop the heavy
on them. Both animals were torn in
| peices, but fortunately the train did not.
leave the rails.
The village council made tour of the
village with Mr.. Keller last week, locat-
ing the fifty electric lights recently con-
tracted for. Six of them will be placed on
the north side of the river. The village
will present brilliant aspect when illun-
mated under the new contract. The
poles, wires and lamps have been ordered
and it is expected the new service will be-
gin about the first of September,
w. H. Clark, formerly operator at the
Manitoba depot in this village, more re-
Gently operator in the train dispatcher S;
office at St. Cloud, has been promoted to
the position of train dispatcher at st.
Cloud. Mr.. Clark has proved exception
ally efficient in every position to which
he has been called, and his many friends
congratulate him on his position. He is
the eldest son of William Clark of Melrose.
Morse & Lamb have for sale an unique
almanac, which is of great service to
many business mep, worth many times
it's cost, and of interest to everyone. It
is complete calendar for the whole nine-
tenth century, and in moment any per-
son can tell upon what day of the week
any given date has or will occur. Its
value to bankers Or others dealing in pa
per or mortgages, is too apparent for
comment.
John Derby has carved a handsome
farm out of the timber east of the village
He has 160 acres, nearly all of which Is
in fine crops, and by dint of hard
work he has cleared it and put it undsk, Gull
tivation, and he certainly has reason to be
proud of his work. Timber farms are
not excelled in fertility when once SUBJ
dued. His corn, wheat, oats and pota-
toes are exceptionally fine, demonstrate
ing that for all-around farming the soil
that produces heavy timber is unsur-
passed.
Gov A. Barto returned from an official
visit of inspection of the state hospitals
for the insane on Saturday. He says the
state has now in the Rochester and St.
Peter institutions 2,oee' patients, and
that number is steadily increasing at the
rate of 10 per cent annually. The state
will have nearly $500 insane persons on,
her hands inside of two years. It is an
alarming increase and a matter which
leads to much grave discussion of and ex-
animation into the causes leading to this
constant accession to the ranks of this
unfortunate class. The cost per capita
of keeping the patients in the Rochester