The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-05-24
CORRESPONDENCE.
MELROSE NEWS

The sun has forsaken us.
Red-horse are running now.
i Spearing parties are numerous.
| Don't forget the railroad meeting.
| More light and warmth is the cry.
| One drunk and a boarder at the village
hotel this week.
| John Ehr returned from northern Da.
kota on Wednesday.
i Maj. Clark returned from his business
trip to Minneapolis on Saturday night.
| The mill was paying eighty-two cents
a bushel for wheat the fore. part of this
week.
Last Friday evening a republican
league club was organized at this place,
and will be known as the Garfield club.
A. A. Whitney was elected president
and F. A. Lindburgh and H. c. Maguren
vice presidents, and j. E. Campbell, sec
rotary. The organization was perfected
by charter membership of thirty.
DR.. r. B. Foster of Sank Centre, has
been in our village three days this week,
making his headquarters at DR.. Camp.
bells office.
E. c. Richmond returned from the pin
cries last Thursday and reports times
active in that locality.
Milo Davis proved up on his homestead
at St. Cloud last Monday.
Frank Morehouse went to st. Cloud
on business last Monday.
Henry Then was at St. Cloud as dele.
gate to the democratic county convention
this week.
H. B. Edelbrock, our worthy post-mas-
ter, was delegate from this place to the
democratic county convention at St.
Cloud this week. Thisis indeed a case OF
the genuine reform of the present admin
istration.. r
There has been vast number of ever
greens set out in our village this spring
and we hope they may all live to add
their beauty and attractiveness to our
place.
c. D. Lamb, our assessor, is abroad in
the land, and he makes himself very in
quisitive. 1t would appear that he had
not forgotten any of the questions per.
tanning to that line of business.
The north side Hill addition shows up
in good form this week with the com.
pletion of two new residences.
DR.. Campbell is making considerable
improvement about his residence this
week, by setting a new fence and setting
out a large number of trees.
Decoration day will be carefully OBJ
served next Wednesday at this place. A
procession will be formed of the G.. A. r
| post, hremen and the Melrose cornet
band. School, will be closed in the after
noon so the children can participate and
all will join in making this an occasion
worthy of the sentiment with which this
tribute IS imbued
Drs. Rich & Foster, dentists, will visit
Melrose on Tuesday next, to remain
three days. Office with DR.. Campbell.
Mrs. Lois Evans of St. Paul is here
this week visiting her parents and nu-
merous old friends. 81
| Memorial services will be held next
Sunday morning at the Methodist church
and H. w. Van Rensselaer, G. A. R. post
will attend en- nlasse.
| The Garfield club met on Monday even.
ing, and the first and third Monday
evenings of each month were set apart
as the regular evenings for the meeting
of said club. Five new members joined.
In the absence of Our expected speaker,
Col. Foster of Sank Centre, the home
talent was called out, and some very en-.
thusiastic debates took place, which
proved interesting as well as instructive
| The Melrose band is under the instruc-
ton of a professional trainer at this time
and music is cheap, and swells high every
evening. Maybe this will account for
the abundance of rain we are having.
They had an old fashioned celebration
at Meters Grove last Monday, and a
general knock down and drag out in the
evening, when the Melrose boys took a
lively hand. 1t would seem from all ap-
pearances that old Tray was caught in
bad company.
Casper Trosseu is having new front
| pat into his meat market this week
which makes things look more business
like.
A marriage in high life, the contracting
parties being Sam Davis and Eta Brit
ton, they joined hands and united hearts
| at the court house in St. Cloud last Mon
day and the question arises who per-
formed the ceremony Barney Vossberg, or
John Zapp.
The H.W. VanRansselaer 6. A. r. post
of this place received fine post banner
this week, the design, staff and beauty ol
the banner reflects much deserved credit
on the organization of this place. All the
boys need now is first-class drum corps
to fit them out in grand and presentable
style.
Drs. Rich & Foster, dentists, of Sank
Centre, will make stated business visits
to Melrose hereafter. This gives our
village the advantages of a high ORDER
| of work.
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