The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-07-05
CORRESPONDENCE.
MELROSE NEWS.

Pretty hot at times.
Electric storms the rage.
We celebrated in good shape.
The grounds were neatly decorated.
The arch at Mill square was lastly
trimmed with bunting.
1t is a crime sin, or disgrace to critisize
at all.
Let no mistake be made, for it was not
the correspondent who acted the critic.
The glorious Fourth is past.
Too much has already been said relative
to this very small matter and it would
look better to drop the issue before some
body chokes to death over swallowing a
gnat whose throat could well accomo-
date an elephant.
We regret to leall this week that Ar
thur Mcdonald expired at his home in
Dakota last week of tumor of the stom-
ach.
The brick work on the new drug store
is completed and the carpenters are rush
ing their work now.
The stone, brick and iron pillars for the
new bank building is on the ground, and
force of eighteen men are rushing things
now.
c.. M. Parsons had fine present from
his best girl in Wisconsin on the 3rd,
consisting of a bunch of miniature explo-
sives of the fire cracker persuasion, vest
pocket addition we should judge by the
looks. His girl wanted him to have lots
of fun and enjoy the Fourth, but she did
not enjoy the idea of his getting hurt, and
knowing these were harmless sent him
enough to celebrate with.
The Cleveland club at this place raised
a flag staff one hundred and two feet
high in the east end Of town on the 3rd
crowned with large ball painted red,
white and blue, with streamers bearing
the strange device of Cleveland, Thurman
and Protective Tariff.
The Cleveland pole had ought to have
been decorated with red bandanas instead
of the emblem of our country.
Henry Edelbrock's face was blown full
of powder on the discharge of the first
cannon after raising the Cleveland club
pole.
Two professional paper hangers from
Minneapolis are in town this week
decorating the walls of Major Clark's
house.
DR.. R. B. Foster, the genial Junior men,
Der of the Sank Centre dental fiji n of Rich
& Foster, has been extremely busy in our
village this week and had to prolong his
stay several days in order to meet the
demand in his calling. Work of a supe-
rior kind in this line is sure to be appre-
ciated even in Melrose
Vet Doty, one of Sank Centres good
natured fat men, was busy in our midst
last Saturday.
The Boston Ideal company played I'm
Gle Toms Cabin at this place on SATURDAY.
evening, and had it not been for the
untimely accident of the hundred or more
screen doors that fell from the garnet with
such crash as to f. ghten everybody out
of their seven senses it would have been
appreciated, but the litter was as great
as the scare and the play was broken up
when but pa, tly finished.
Kuhn & Trisko's store was entered
one night duling the past week by some
PAL ties bent on pillaging. They gained
admission by the removal of pane of
glass from the back window, but for
some cause were frightened away before
they secured any ching of Importance.
Chan Ha. non of Sank Centre, was a
caller at our village last Saturday.
S. H. Dick of Long Prairie, dropped
off at this place last Saturday, on his
way home from Rochester, where he had
been to attend the funeral of his mother.
Clark Evans and friend from St.
Paul, and Robert Wheeler of this place,
made three DAYS excursion to Birch
Lake this week and enjoyed fine time
and caught lots of fish.
VIM. Unger has built large addition
to his bald this week and had the main
pat neatly painted, and the Central
House Barn placed over the door in large
and attractive letters.
S. w. Baker of Fergus Falls, has taken
a berth in the cooper shop at this place,
and will move his family here as soon as
he can secure house.
Homer Town OF Paynesville was
among the numerous visitors to our W.
lage this week.
Andrew Olson, one of the laborers on
the steel gang who were at work load
ing rails east of Freepo1t last Wednes-
day, was struck on the head and knocked
down against a car wheel, sustaining
two very severe scalp wounds. He was
taken to Melrose and attended by DR..
Campbell, who hopes to have him about
in short time.
w. H. Shepard took his departure from
this place during the week, to join his
family at Waverly, Ills.
Mrs. Henry Them went to st. Cloud
on Tuesday to spend the -Four th with
her parents.
Peter, son of Frede1 lex Kramer, was
drowned in Black lake last Sunday.
Peter and his brother were out IN a
small row boat fishing, when the wind
began to blow pretty strong, capsizing
the boat, and the elder brother depend
ing on his supel :or swimming quali6ca-
tons, started for shore, a distance of
foi ~ to sixty rods, and persisted, while
the younger one chung to the boat and
was rescued. The father came to this
place and secured several of the young
men who went out and did heroic SER
vice diving for the body, but to no avail
and on Monday the body was recovered
after long and di1igent dragging with
hooks made for that purpose.
For a right magnificent tempest in a