The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-02-02

Bridgman & Pendergast have finished
cutting logs for the season, but it viii
require the balance Of the winter to com
plete hauling Col. Bridgman is in the
pinery at present supervising the work
The stumps are not frozen in the roads,
and some inconvenience has resulted in
consequence.
Fred Jacob will leave for the east in a
few days on his animal tour, during
which he will purchase full stock Of
spring and summer goods. He will visit
Chicago, Cincinatti and will probably
extend his trip to New York and Boston
He will be absent month or six weeks
Firemens hall should be formally made
public or town hall for the use of all
meetings of public or political nature,
irrespective of party. 1t need not cost
anyone a cent, and if the council would,
by resolution, declare it open to all pub
lie gatherings, as above indicated, SUBJ
ject to such restrictions as might be
deemed necessary to guard against abuse
of the privilege, such resolution
would meet universal approval.
While Senator Keller was out driving
with a lightweight friend on Monday,
in attempting to turn around in the deep
snow, the cutter was overturned and
both occupants were tumbled out, to the
amusement of the village council. The
senator attributes the accident to the
fact that his companion was too light to
even afford respectable ballast for the
sleigh. The excitement of the mercurial
driver was well worth witnessing.
A local lumber dealer who has given
the matter considerable thought, and
knows what he is talking about says;
"lf the duty of two dollars per thousand
feet on lumber were abolished, the only
effect would be to raise the price of
stampage in Canada. Lumber would be
just as high as at present, and cannot be
sold for less than present prices at iv-
ing profit. A few Canadians who own
pine lands would be the only persons
benefited.
Senator Keller met with a painful,
although not serious accident on Mon
day. While riding in cutter in which
were number of excavating tools with
long handles, for digging holes for set
ting posts, in such manner heavy iron
bar so slipped that one end caught in the
snow bringing the bar against the back
of the senator's head with sufficient vio-
lence to infict an ugly scalp wound. He
was patched up by a physician and is
thankful it is not worse.
The following order of the manager of
the Manitoba road took effect on
Wednesday:
I'm. Egan having rendered his resig-
nation as general superintendent, to take
effect this date, the duties of the Office, as
provided by our code of regulations, will
be assumed by the assistant general SUI
perintendent, E. B. Wakeman, to whom
all correspondence, reports, etc., hereto
fore forwarded to the general superin-
tendent, should be sent The orders and
instructions of Mr. Wakeman will be re-
spected accordingly.
The first passenger train over the Little
Falls and Dakota road for twenty days
passed eastward almost on time on Tues
day, the snow plow having reached Nor
ris, where the passenger train had been
blockaded, about three o'clock on that
morning. Three locomotives and two
snow plows were disabled in opening the
road, in some places the snow being
fully twenty feet deep in cuts and very
compact. The company is deserving of
credit for the energy displayed in opening
the road in face ofthe prediction that the
blockade would last till spring.