The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-03-01
LOCAL SUMMARY.
THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1888.

THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1888.
Wood is arriving freely.
The electric lights meet expectations.
Hon. ]. H. Bruce was in town on Tues
day.
Board of trade meeting next Monday
evening.
Miss Barnett has returned from How
ard Lake.
]. Casterline of Osakis, has been granted
pension.
Meetings of the republican club increase
in interest.
March came in like lion, sure. How
will it go out?
Recorder Lambert has not yet fully
recovered his health.
Lyman Prairie was we'll represented in
town on Wednesday.
Hon. Kittel Halvorson of North Fork,
was in town on Wednesday.
Miss Josie Apfeld is with her sister,
Mrs. ]. B. Drew, in St. Paul.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Sheets came over
from Willard during the week.
Miss jamie Petit is home again from a
visit with friends in Minneapolis.
John Simmons has been at work for
Andrew J. Smith for the past few days.
Another blizzardy snow storm this
morning, with indications of more block
AIDES.
The ladies society of the Episcopal
church met to-day with Mrs. ]. L.
Hendryx.
Osakis claims to be the smallest village
in America which enjoys the luxury of
electric lights.
The electric light plant here is one of
the best in the country-it is the United
States system.
Winter is over according to the calen-
dar. The weather has experienced no
liietl hSd
Mr.. Johnson, formerly book-keepef for
Judge Caldwell, is in the employ of
Andrew ]. Smith.
Our Spaulding correspondent sends us
an apology for letter. He has been
absent from home.
Mr.. Tourtillot has removed his res
taurant from third-st. to the Fisher
building on main-st.
The weather broke all in pieces on
Monday night, and Tuesday morning
dawned bright and beautiful.
Pete Hoffman. the veteran drummer,
who can pound no end of music out of
sheepskin, was in town on Monday.
Geo. Herberger of West Union, was in
town on Friday. chad been in attend
ance at the Todd county term of court.
Messrs A. Barto and l.. r. Barto made
the trip down from Long Prairie on Sat-
urday by cutter. 1t was cold and tedi-
Gus ride.
A.. Jauues attended the state encamp-
ment of the Grand Army at Minneapolis
last week, as a delegate from the B. r.
Palmer post.
A vestry meeting of the Episcopal
church was held on Monday evening, at
which it was decided to light the church
with electricity.
CT. Cook, who removed from here to
Fullerton, Neb., about four years ago,
died on Washington's birthday, aged
sixty-nine years.
There was lively hustling on Wednes-
day on the part of personal taxpayers.
Hundreds of dollars were collected by the
bank of Sank Centre.
VIM. E. Rockwell returned from Mime
.no lis on Saturday, and has been
on,6red 20 his home since by an
attack of winte. cnolera.
Gov Rarto went owe to Morris to try
a case on Monday. He HAD - ~ ny 'ne
way of Minneapolis, as there W. N0
trains on the Little Falls road.
An entertainment, under the auspices
of the H. S. Literary Society, for the
benefit of the H. S. library, is being
planned for some evening in March.
Mr.. Keller is to be congratulated upon
the success achieved by him in lighting
the village by electricity. Everything
passed off smoothly from the very first
Hugh Eastman, recently operated upon
for serious chronic affection, has ex
perienced great relief. A second oper
alton it is believed, will work radica
cure.
The outside electric light, corner O
Main and Third-sts., is beauty, and a:
powerful as an arc light. Its efficiency
would be greatly increased by placing i
higher.
Andrew Brink and John Simmons will
leave next week for Seattle, w. T., witt
view to engaging in business there
providing they find satisfactory bushes
openings.
VIM E. Rockwell represented the B. r
Palmer post at the state encampment
Minneapolis last week, and Mrs. Chas
Perry was delegate to the meeting
the woman's relief corps.
John B., Perkins has been unpackin
and setting up large line of baby ca
riages. Hehas very attractive display
1t makes one feel as though he woul
like to be an infant again.
The financial statement of the villas
is printed elsewhere in this paper. II
retiring council makes very satisfactol
showing of the manner in which tt
finances have been conducted.
And now it is proposals for building
new Jail at Motley, Burke De Groat
advertising for, as recorder of that Vi
lage. They might put their prisone
down the big town well recently ask
for.