The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-11-28

Inefe VIII DC q social at the reSidenS
OF John w. Clark on Tuesday evenin
next. Games will be played, refresl
ments served, and good time is expect
ed. You are all most cordially invite
to attend.
The Ole Olson company says the new
opera house has few equals outside tn
larger cities, and the stage and scenery
as fine as any in the cities. Furthermor
it is fine room to speak and sing in, tn
acoustic properties being perfect.
The students of the academy will Civ
a free dramatic entertainment at tn
opera house on Wednesday evening O
next week. The play is entitled "Unde
the Laurels." The boys are hard a
work, and will spare no pains to make i
a success.
A. H. Hildebrand, b. c. Childs. w. M
Fuller and Mr.. Pulver returned OF
Monday from hunting trip of nearly
three weeks. They went into the wood:
about sixty miles north of Brainerd, ant
during an active hunt of ten days killed
thirteen deer.
Communion service at the Methodist
church next Sunday morning. The sub
ject of the morning sermon will be th'
"Christian epic" At night there will b.
gospel temperance meeting and spe
clal programme of temperance songs ha:
been prepared.
Mrs. Rocheleau, of Moorhead, has been
visiting friends in the city during the
past week. She attended the nationa
w. c. T. U. convention at Chicago. HeI
sympathies are altogether with Mrs
Ellen Foster and the non-partisan wing
of the organization.
A farmer from the town of Hudson
came in with his wheat last week drawn
hither by our superior market. He hao
a load of No. hard, for. which he re
ceiyed the top of the market. 1t wa:
beautiful wheat and yielded thivty-thret
bushels and peck to the acre.
The connecting appliances attaching
the pumps of the city water works to
the larger wheel have been ordered, and
Superintendent Coe expects them any
day now. 1t will require but little time
to make the connections, when there will
be power sufficient for any emergency.
Joseph Capser has rebuilt the wood
work of his scales during the past week
and they are now fin perfect working
order. During the twenty-three years
during which Mr.. Capser has been the
owner of public scales he has worn out
two sets, and has had the third set
twice rebuilt.
The children of the Episcopal church
had 4 most ENJOYABLE sociabie OF Satur-
day afternoon last at the residence OF
Stewart Taylor. The little people were
royalty entertained, and never did little
eyes sparkle brigh .er than then. The So
ciable Melted handsomely, the little ones
contributing over six dollars.
H. S. Doty received intelligence on Fri
day last OF the death of a bachelor uncle,
aged 70 years, which occurred at Hamp-
shire, Ill. The death was very sudden,
he having enjoyed excellent health up to
within short time previous to his
death. He was also an uncle of Mrs. c.
NJ. Sprague and Mrs. Bissinger.
Henry Keller and wife and three young
est children left OH Saturday for New
York. Mrs. Keller and the children
sailed on Wednesday for Germany to be
absent until next spring, when Mr.. Kel-
Ter and young Henry will 60 after them.
Mr. Keller will return to Sank Centre the
last of this week or the first of next.
A. G. Whitney and Fred Cooper, while
driving from Grove Lake to Sank Centre
on Monday, got their team entangled in
a wire fence, badly cutting one of the an
imals-how seriously cannot now be &C
curately determined. A Travelled road
had been fenced up without adequate
protection. The team belongs to r. o.
Hill.
Thanksgiving will be appropriately OBJ
served in this city. Church services will
be held at the Baptist and Episcopal
business wilt be generally sus-
pended during the afternoon and evening,
and two dances will be given-the Old
Timers will hold forth at the new opera
house, and the younger element at
Grand Army Hall.
A. T. c. Pierson of St. Paul, the veter-
an mason of Minnesota, grand secretary
Of the order, died at St. Paul on Tuesday
and will be buried tomorrow. Several
masons from Sank Centre will attend
the funeral. He will be remembered as
-.le venerable and patriarchal appear
ng man who assisted in laying the cor
ler stone of the city hall, on July fourth.
Mrs. E. J. Lewis left on Friday oflast
week for Albuquerque, N. M, where she
will spend the winter, her health making
a radical change in climate a necessity.
The doctor will remain here and keep
house during her absence, he having the
ofthe care ofthree children.
1t is sincerely hoped Mrs. Lewis may ex-
perience all the beneficial results sought
for.
1t is gratifying to learn that James A.
caughren is steadily improving in
health, and while not able to return
home yet, as soon as the weather mod
crates he will come where he can be cared
for by the members of his own family.
He has been suffering from a severe at
tack of spinal menengitis, but his symp-
toms are favorable, and speedy recov-
cry is anticipated.
The reorganized band and orchestra
should be induced to give concert at no
distant day. All who listened to their
music on the occasion of the opera house
opening will need no other assurances Of