The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-06-13
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.
Scarlet fever Is raging at Houston.
Forest fires ale burning near Tower.

Scarlet fever Is raging at Houston.
Forest fires ale burning near Tower.
Fifth district farmers arr organizing
Farmers alliance.
Minnesota Baptists were in session at
West Duluth last week.
Minneapolis sent 1000 barrels Of -four
to Johnstown last week.
The United States court at Winona
has adjourned to July l.
Disastrous fires are reported from the
pine regions north of Brainerd.
The Minneapolis Grand opera house
benefit to the Johnstown sufferers melted
$7l3.
The Glencoe Register says the price Of
beef cattle has advanced cent pound
since the inspection law was passed.
Twelve old soldiers have left the SOL
iiers' home on account of the holding
hack Of their pension money by the OIL
ials.
Gen. "Tecumseh" Sherman has given
conditional promise to astend the state
e. A. r. encampment at Litchtield
June II.
The paving cutters at work for NJ.
Breen at st. Cloud have struck, their
wages having been reduced to 2 cents
per block.
w. P. Todd, of Browns Valley, who
made himself prominent in the county
seat removal election, has been arrested
or perjury.
Frank Stranson's barn in Birch Coolie,
tx,,alya hnrcoc couo,.al lyoo
and machinery, was burned. Loss, 81,
500; no insurance.
Judge Farmer has appointed H. d.
Brown, r. NJ. Todd and T. Cub andson
commissioners on the board of public
works at Albert Lee.
The annual reunion in Duluth of the
first Minnesota occurs July IL and ID.
Senators Washburn and Davis are among
the speakers expected.
The marshal of Madison threatens to
have a number of citizens arrested be-
cause they interfered with him when he
was performing his duty.
The Milwaukee depot at Hopkins was
burned Sunday night. All the records
! of the company and the American Ex-
press company were consumed,
Among the presents at a recent Fari-
bault wedding was barre of salt. 1t
is sand the freshness of the pair had
something to do with the matter.
Observer Healy, of the state weather
service, says that the trJ>b2 lar week
have not hurt the wheat, %; .hG! ,es>-t,
abies arc very generally i ~
A tramp outraged t., ....s.:a... /
daughter of Robert Strait - ,.,,lsl,
and the child is in precaI i.,!5 G -A5:t.ull.
Parties are securing the .eighborhood
for him.
A company has been organized to
work the Granite Falls gold mine. Stock
was sold to the amount of l3G shares one
evening last week, mostly to Granite
Falls parties.
Gov. MerriaH, ,has addressed letter to
the penitentiary managers recommend
ing that arrangements for the manufac-
ture of binding Irvine at the prison be
perfected as rapidly as possible.
The captain of Company F, at Fergus
Fails, has been notified that unless bet
ter showing were made the company
would be mustered out. The boys prom
Use to see that improvement tales PLACE
immediately.
A man giving his name as T. S.
Wright, and claiming to be postui;ce
inspector, was arrested at New Uln and
will be taken to Chicago to answer to
the charge Of representing himself as a
government official.
Governor Merriam has addressed let
ter to the managers of the state prison in
regard to utilizing the convict lapor il,
the manufacture of binding Irvine. He
desires thorough investigation as to the
feasibility Of the scheme.
The action of the board of managers of
the Minnesota Soldiers hou,e in appro-
priating all but 81 Of the monthly pension
OF inmates is to be brought to toe atten-
ton Of the government pension depart
ment. Commissioner Odsii says the
management will get themselves ;nto
trouble by their action.
Under the guise of an act to insure
the accuracy OF town plats it is said that
law was passed by the last Legislature,
| which practically precludcs anybody but
a county surveyor from surveying OF
plating any town site or addition
thereto. The surveyors of Hennep:n
county lay the blame at the door OF tbs
county surveyor of that county, but he
denies the soft impeachment.
Browns Valley still holds the county
seat. The county commissioners met
there to canvass the election returns. The
Wheaton crowd We're present to take the
records as socn as the vote was declared.
Judge Brown granted All injunction
which was served as soon as the result OF
the vote was declared. This will take
the matter to the supreme court, where
the constitutionality of the law viii be