The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-06-14
CORRESPONDENCE.
MELROSE NEWS.

Is this really summer?
Do you think it will STAY?
The sun has at last made it's appear
ance through snow and ice.
Oh how delightful to be warm again.
The walking is most excellent. So DIR.
Campbell said when he steamed in afoot
from Freeport last Friday afternoon,
loaded down with two grips, gun coat
and an umbrella.
Teams are thicker than hair on dogs
back these days, in our village. Taking
| their wheat to the mill seems to be the
rage these times.
Frank Kent and wife of Alexandria are
here this week on visit to their old
neighbors and friends. Frank looks and
acts just as young as he did when he
used to reside here years ago.
The children's meeting at the Metho-
dist church last Sunday was an interest
ing and highly entertaining affair and
was very largely attended.
| The water mains are now settled, and
the next thing we must have is more
light and l presume the council will soon
establish an electric plant, and then we
can hold our heads high and assume
metropolitan air.
Turn out to the meeting of Garfield
club. next Monday evening, as a good
time is anticipated, and general interest
in this matter is what makes success
of the organization.
FL. Wiesser of this place is counted
among the prominent candidates for the
democratic nomination for congress
from this district.
| Hon. c. D. Lamb went to Morris to
attend the encampment at that place,
and represent the post from this place.
F. w. LEM of Spring Hill is making a
lively hustle for the necessary delegates
to capture the nomination for county
sheriff this fall.
1t would seem from the ballot in the
congressional convention at st. Cloud
on Tuesday last, that the bloody fifth
district still retains all the fire and acri-
mony of years past, where peace and
harmony should be the prevailing ele-
ment.
Hurrah for Barto, dead or alive,
against the whole field. He is our choice
first, last and all the time.
H. Edelbrock, ST.. of St. Cloud, is here
this week visiting his son Henry, one of
our merchants and our post master.
A. R. Cook, general civil engineer of
the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba
railroad system, was here on Tuesday,
establishing the proper grade east of
town for the new road bed.
Ben Timer says that he cannot
help but smile for it is a bran, new,
great big bouncing boy mt his house and
all are doing nicely.
w. E. Kimmell spent the greater part
of the past week drumming up the coun-
try in the interest of his extensive sale at
Grove Lake last Tuesday, where he is
now putting the finishing touches on his
on his business in that locality.
L. Blackmer spent several days the
past week on middle Birch lake and he
says the chances are better for a fine
catch of nice large bass this year than
he has observed for several years past.
/ Chan Harmon, one OF Sioux Centres
worthy old settlers, was in Melrose on
Monday last.
John Schoneberg and Eugene Euaigue
started on Tuesday for Cass Co., where
they will hold down their pine land
claim.
Maggie Buchan is quite i'll this week
with neuralgia of the spine.
Dave Reyes of St. 10 was in town on
Tuesday.
Mrs. H. Kalkman while visiting her
parents at Freeport this week, was tax
en- dangerously i'll, but is doing finely at
this time.
Maj. Clark took trip to Minneapolis
on Tuesday to be absent two days.
Henry Them went to St. Cloud on
business this week.
Henry Kalkman is visiting his father
in-law at Freeport this week.
Peter and 10 Stadtherr have started a
handsome store and tin shop this week
at Albany.
John w. Clark went to St. Cloud on
business last Wednesday.
The cellar for the new drug store is
complete and the floor joice are in place.
Now the brick will fly under the skiIlful
manipulation of the Pangburn brothers.
]. H. Hascamp went to st. Cloud this
week to serve as grand juror.
| We got letter from Mrs. A. ]. Gates
OF Great Falls Montana this week. Mr..
G. is in very poor health, and his family
apprehend that he has consumption,
which his many friends here hope is not
the case.
Hon. Josh Bruce of Getty's Grove, was
in our village on Tuesday on business,
but he did not forget to make us pleas
ant call.
w. H. Poole has returned home from
Millaca on the Hinckley branch of the
St. P. M. and M. railroad, where he has
built large store.
Peter Koenigs slipped from the roof of
his fathers new building where he was
at work shingling on Monday, falling a
distance of twenty-eight feet head fore
most, and struck in the sand that had
been thrown out of the cellar, and es-
capped with but a slight abrasion on side
of head, and a little soreness of the mus
cles of the neck.
| AL. 6. Jacques, an old time resident Of
Sank Centre, was observed on our
streets during the week.
| Miss Anna Goodwin of Kasson, is here
this week visiting old acquaintance.
A committee appointed by the village
council, measured the streets for water
mains this week and work will soon be
commenced laying the four inch water