The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-12-13
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES

Arrangements are being made at Wi
mona for a steamboat excursion on
Christmas.
Winona will have a grand musical
carnival this winter.
Sank Center's new Sawyer elevator
holds 300, COO bushels.
st. Paul butchers are meeting sharp
competition, and surloin steak sells at
10 cents.
A gasoline stove exploded in Bakers
restaurant at Brainerd, destroying the
contents of the building
The Sawyer elevator at Sank Center is
about completed, and will add 100000
bushels to the elevator capacity of the
town.
j. W. Root, of Window, laid his head
on rail in front of a freight train and
was beheaded. He was an old soldier
and was in bad health.
The Fergus Falls council and the gas
company are at war over the gas con-
tract. The city made a ten-year con-
tract five years ago, and now wish to an
nul the contract and use electricity.
George Schriber had preliminary ex-
animation at Litchfield for the killing of
Eliza Haskins last October, and was dis
charged. The two were out hunting
and Haskins was accidentally shot by
Schriber.
The railroad and warehouse commits
sion has received replies from Wee Pres
ident Marvel, of the Manitoba road, and
President Cakes, of the Northern Pacific,
to the recent circular touching the ques-
ton of steam heating for passenger cars.
effect that steam heating of passenger
cars in Minnesota is not practicable, ow-
ing to cold weather causing the steam
pipes to freeze.
Lake Benton schools have closed ON
account of measles.
The new $40, 900 hotel at Little Falls
will be opened with great ceremonies
Jan. 1.
The question of park commission
and series of public parks has been re-
vived at Winona.
The capital stock of the Austin Pressed
Brick company has been increased from
800, 900 to 100000.
Rog Hernwig, aged 9, and Frank Mid
daugh, aged II. were drowned in the
Straight river at Owatonna while skat-
ing.
Winona's board of trade will get out
an edition of 10000 copies of pamphlet
setting forth the advantages and indus
tries of Winona.
The contract for the brick work on the
Riverside company's S00-barrel Touring
mill at Little Falls has been let to st.
Paul contractor.
st. Peter merchants are getting I'D a
stock company for the purpose of build
ing creamery with daily capacity of
1900 pounds of butter.
In 1877 the buildings of Duluth cost
S2,9O1 900 and numbered rs, beside al
terations; this year they will cost S., 15O,-
600 and number nearly LOO.
Twenty-six wagon loads of lynchers
from st. Cloud, st. Wendell. Buchanan
and other places went to the jail at Little
derer The sheriff had secrected him
and he could not be found.
AT st. Cloud an indictment was found
against Barbara Wagner, of Avon, for
the murder Of her husband, Felix Wag-
nci', June IA. He died under suspicious
circumstances, and an investigation
showed that he had been poisoned with
Strychnire.
TIE big cut of lumber in the Duluth
district is exciting comment In St.
Louis and Carlton counties and in Doug
las county. Wis. it amounts for 1883 to
330, 600, 600 feet. Nearly 275, OOO, 900 feet
is the expected cut next year. There is
Is, 900, 600 feet now on hand.
An endemic of measles has appeared
Sugar Loaf.
The difficulty of the Fergus Falls
council and the gas company is to be set
tied by arbitration.
The number of barrels of -four car
ried by the various roads from Minneap-
oils to the East in November was 504,-
5G1.
A teacher in the Indian school at the
White Earth reservation is charged with
cruelty beating weak-minded pupil
named Lizzie Seal. The case has been
reported to Agent Beaulieu, who will
make an investigation.
Moose Lake and Barnum, in the north
ern part of the state, have each suffered
much Of late from fires. The lumber
mill at Moose Lake, the property of Fox
& Wisdom, will not be rebuilt, and a
number of men are out of employment.
The only hotel and several business and
residence houses at Barnum have been
burned during the past few weeks.
Prominent citizens Of Lake Crystal
havo decided to organize bank.
The herd of elk on the farm of Charles
DeGraff at GAINESVILLE were sold to Mr..
Corbin, Of Long islend.
The 7-year-old son of ex-Auditor Storla,
of Moorhead,' is missing, and it is sup
posed he was drowned, as he was last
seen playing on the river bank.
Among the building improvements
made in Red Wing this year was the
erection of six new lime kilns by j. A.
Carlson at a cost of $25, 900.
The Duluth board of trade "respect-
fully ask and petition the Hon. William
K. Merrian, governor-elect, to select and
appoint as one of the members of the
State board of railroad and warehouse
commissioners some capable citizen of
Duluth
The Winona plow works will start up
with full force of men. The workmen
in the willowware factory have formed
a cooperative company and will push
the work ON shares. They propose fur
nishing willow sprouts to the farmers to
grow willows.
Among the members of the Shakopee
fire department are Il sheriff, county au-
ditor, clerk of the district court. county
treasurer, register of deeds, superinten-
dent of schools, coroner, deputy sheriff,
postmaster, two railway mail clerks,
six aldermen, city treasurer, city recor-
der and policeman.
Foreign Notes.
Lord Darlington has resigned from the
National Liberal club.