The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-03-22
LOCAL SUMMARY.
THURSDAY, MARCH %, 1888.

The crow has arrived.
R. woods is confined to the house.
Next Sunday will be Palm Sunday.
The equinoctial storm was a bowler.
Peter Hoffman was in town on Satur-
day.
Charlie Morse has gone to St. Cloud
on business.
Bailey Judkins of Willard, was in town
on Saturday.
E.J. Leavitt has been elected recorder
) of Browerville.
Easter falls on April 1st-one week
from next Sunday.
W. c. Brewer of st. Cloud, was in
town on Wednesday.
Max Nicolaus will visit the Pacific
slope in the near future.
Gov. Barto has gone to Princeton to
attend grand army campfire.
The bond of deputy-sheriff Fish is S.
600. 1t has been drawn and executed.
Elisha How spent the greater portion
of the past week in St. Paul and Mime
apolis.
Earl NJ. Woodward, who has recently
sold the Alexandria Post, was in town
on Friday.
A. A. Whitney came up from Melrose
on Saturday to witness the St. Patrick S
celebration.
John Griffith, general agent of the Home
Insurance company, was in town on
Wednesday.
Miss Eta Bishop has returned from
Mortified, where she has been attending
Carleton College.
For twenty-four hours the wind has
held high carnival, and several frozen
noses are reported.
A young hurricane ragged all day on
Wednesday. The wind blew great guns
from the northwest.
Pete Hoffman of Westport, the boss
drummer, was in town on Saturday, and
helped the drum corps out.
The republican club will meet at Fire
mems hall, on Saturday evening. Let
there be large attendance.
Geo. E. Higgins of Minneapolis, was in
town ON Tuesday on his way to Long
Prairie. He came back on Wednesday.
Geo. N. Houghton, book-keeper of the
First National Bank, spent Sunday in
Minneapolis, returning on Monday
morning.
c. NJ. Coats was appointed deputy
sheriff pro tenn, his commission extending
from Friday of last week until Tuesday
of this week
Chas. ]. Tuttle has gone to Brewer
vile to take charge of the farm of R.
woods & Sons He is an excellent man
for the place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bennett attended
the funeral of Mrs. James Folds, at Chip
pewa Falls, on Monday. She was the
wife of Mrs. Benefits brother.
Andrew ]. Smith has been blocked out
of Glenwood several weeks by snow,
only to be blocked in by it when he finally
succeeded in getting over there.
Read the advertisement of "The Bos-
ton" of St. Paul-the leading clothing
house in the northwest. It's representa-
tons may be implicitly relied upon.
g, J. S. Burch, who has been in the en-
ploy of the HERALD for the past six
months, left for St. Paul on Tuesday.
He was accompanied by Josiah Smith.
Examine your seeders and ascertain
whether they are in working order. If
not, order your extras now, so there will
be no delay when seeding time arrives.
P. Mcclure was in town on Mon
e day and Tuesday. He came up to make
a contract for the ensuing year with the
new council for the use of the power for
the water works.
A. A. Whitney is attending meeting
of the board of county commissioners in
St. Cloud this week. A proposition is
before the board to make considerable
alteration in the court house.
P. B. German, register of the St. Cloud
land office, was in town on Saturday
He made the HERALD a pleasant call.
Although federal Office holder, he has
not lost all interest in local politics.
1t is not true that the section men on
the Little Falls and Dakota road have
been forbidden to knock out the ashes
from their pipes on the railroad right-of:
way, for fear of blockading the road
Daily services at the Episcopal church
next week as follows: Monday, Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday, 4:aO P. M
Wednesday, 7:3O p NJ; Good Friday,
1890 A. NJ, with full service and sermon
The passenger train on the Manitoba
road on Wednesday night was abandoned
owing to a wreck near Alexandria, and
the snow blockade. Several freight
trains were tied up here for twenty -four
hours.
The Manitoba road was blockaded by
snow again on Wednesday. The east
bound train was stalled at Evansville
and the noon train going west went as
far as Osakis and turned about for a re-
turn trip.
c. M. Sprague has purchased Harry
Parker's fine driving mare. While he
gave nominal price for her, yet he Sc
cured bargain, in that he got just
what hewanted, a true, lively, and sound
family horse.
More encouraging reports come from
the Duluth, Huron, and Denver manag
ers. 1t is now confidently expected that
all claims against the company will b.
discharged in full, and work resumed al
an early day