The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-10-04

J -. M. MN oiiuiil, Jul biSnS SeahhS vi
from Lake Minnetonka on Monday for
visit to his family. He is the same jol-
ly fellow he always was
Prof L. B. Sperry of Mortified, will
lecture in this village on Friday and Sat
urday of next week for the benefit of the
Society of Christion Endeavor.
One fatal case of typhoid fever in this
village, L. Larson, who has been at work
on the railroad grade. The other three or
four cases show marked improvement.
F. M. Larkin, with the Mystic Cloak
Company, of St. Paul, and an old time
acquaintance of the writer, made the
HERALD office pleasant call on Mon
| day.
Gen. John L. Swift, who will speak at
the opera house on next Monday evening
is one of the best public speakers on the
! political platform in this country. Hear
, him.
Ed. Thomson has accepted a position
with w. P. Hi'sdale. Mr.. Thomson has
a host of friends and in his new new
quarters will welcome them all most cor
daily.
Miss Ada Huntress has been confined
to her bed for over a week. She was
threatened with an attack oftyphoid
fever, but DR.. Canhcld got the upper
hands of the disease.
c. M. Sprague filings very attractive
| red, white and blue banner to the breeze
from staff on his grounds. 1t is twenty
feet long and bears the names of Harri-
son, Morton and Merriam.
On Sunday last, after an excellent ser.
mon suited to the occasion, a collection
was taken up M the Episcopal church
without previous notice, and nearly
thirty-fve dollars were contributed.
Mrs. T. Z. Hudson and her three child
rem, the youngest a little daughter of
month, leave for home to-day. The
youngest will require an introduction to
her father, whom she has never seen.
r. o. Hall has purchased the farm of
Mr.. Smith, formerly owned by Geo. H.
Fish, a mile southwest of the village, ex-
changing his home in the village therefor.
Mr.. Hall has moved to the Mark Bedell
house.
Henry Keller sold nine carloads of
sleighs and harrows for his Dakota
trade on his recent trip. The first Of
seven car loads for Manitoba was
shipped to-day. The Keller factory is
getting there with both feet.
If there is any one thing DR.. Dubois
thinks democratic caucus is deficient in
it is parliamentarianism He has not
been Il democrat long enough to know
the peculiar usaSes of the party. Con-
verts must mt kick against fossilized usa-
ges.
Matthew Dimond was In town on
Monday, aud says his wheat turned out
from 16 to Is bushels per acre, most of
it grading No. hard. This is large
yield for this year, and at the price
wheat now brings will yield him a hand
some profit.
Cannot some livelier style of ringing
church bells be devised in this village?
The neiis for service toll al intervals of
about thirty seconds, the effect being de-
cidedly funereal. change that would
put a more cheerful tone into Sunday |
morning would be appreciated.
On October 1st. the Keller factory con
Guided the first uninterrupted run Of
twelve months, turning out a vast
amount of goods. Much of the time two !
crcws-day and night-have been kept
busy filling orders. The Kellar Com
pany is doing a prosperous business, and
this village is proud of its enterprise.
en-. King, editor OF the Ashby Farmer
was in town on Saturday and made the
HERALD a very pleasant. call. H" is Of
the opinion, that Mr.. Comstock will lose
some votes in Grant county, as the Hick-
son-Barcett set of cranks are straining
every nerve to gain votes for Canning.
Charles Fuller has sold his residence to
Charles Carr, who succeeds him as engin-
Ger at the Keller factory. Mr.. Fuller will
leave for California soon, taking his fam
lily with him. He is an Industrious. reli-
able young man, and the good will of a
large circle of friends will go with him.
The Avalanche has changed hands, the
Nottage boys having purchased it. 1t is
said that it will be democratic during the
remainder of the canvas, although the
proprietors are both ardent republicans.
Politics for revenue has been the policy of
the paper since it started and it seems
that there will be no change in it.
Fred Smith of Getty, one half of the
Muswum3s party in this portion of the
state, halls from Massachusetts,, and
when he was a republican-he has many
of the symptoms yet-used to hear Mr..
John L. Swift speak. He says he is one
of the best he ever heard, and thinks the
republican cause must be desperate in
Minnesota when it requires men of such
ability to help bolster it up.
At the Democratic caucus held on Sat-
urday afternoon the old wheel-horses
were beaten. The candidates for dele
gates to the county convention were,
Calvin Kelsey, ]. M. Garfield and Henry
Capscr OH the part of the old liners, but
F. E. Minette, Louis Depaoli and Hen
ry Capser, who was on both tickets were
elected by a vote of about forty to twen-
ty. The fight was not very exciting, but
the winners felt elated at the result while
the losers say they don't care a snap.
DEMOCRATIC MEErNG.-There was a
good audience at the rink on Monday
evening to listen to Judge Lars Rand and
Matt. Gallagher argue free trade under
the guise of tariff reform. There were a
number of ladies present and good re-
publican contingent responded to the in
vitation. Judge Rand is Scandinavian