The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-01-03
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES

IRe Sauk center DOarQ OF trade urge
county division. ~
st. Peters building Improvements for
the year amounted to $144, 500.
A disastrous blaze visited Wadena on,
Friday, destroying four buildings.
The 60 Indians at Prairie Island, near
Red Wing, are in destitute condition.
Ia5tin.,5 mas contributed about $50 to
the Pioneer Press Parnen defense fund.
The title to the site for the new Du-
luth government building has been ac-
cepted.
During 1888 an average of ten car
loads day of granite was shipped from
st. Cloud. n
A committee headed by James Dunno
has been appointed at. Winona to raise
funds for Parnen.
The firm of Hunkins & Campbell, of
The Austin Democrat, is dissolved, Mr..
Hunkins remaining.
An Intellectual attempt to break Jail
was made at Luverne by two prisoners,
Raymond and Birdsong.
About 81 ZOO, 900 feet of lumber were
used in Duluth and the Superiors in the
building of the present year.
The body of Victor Taylor, the French
man who was drowned at Duluth three
weeks ago, was found in st. Louis bay.
Mr. E. R. Restine, ex-principal of pub
lie schools at Glenwood, has bought out
the syndicate owning The Glenwood
Times.
Governor Merriman will qualify on
Wednesday, Jan. 8, and the inaugural
ball will be given in the evening at the
capitol.
An excursion party of 200, armed with
fans. linen busters and straw hats, took
trip on steamboat at Winona
Christmas.
A washboard and notion factory from
Berlin, Wis, has made proposition to
locate at Howard Lake If bonus of
$4,000 is given.
Business men of st. Cloud held meet
ing Saturday and resolved to raise fund
of $50, 900 to assist manufacturers that
locate in that city.
The bondsmen of NICK enna, the Was
eca county defaulting treasurer, offered
to settle with the county by paying one
seventh of the shortage, or $2,17S.
At Litchfield, eight applications for
saloon licenses were granted. Five OF
them made application for billiard table
licenses, but all were refused by tie
vote.
At st. Paul nineteen colored people
were poisoned from eating canned
shrimps at a wedding feast and have
been uuder the care of physician ever
since.
Gerald Massey, foreman of the Water
Power company at Little Falls, had his
hand severely injured by the explosion
of a dynamite cap which he was carry
ing in his vest pocket.
Eleven sentences of varying severity
were passed upon liquor dealers in
Stearns county last week. All have re-
ceived pardOns or communication of SEN
tence, and citizens are very ingignant.
The Indians of the Fond du Lac reser-
walton have employed three attorneys to
lay before the department of the inte-
rior the information that specified par
ties are cutting large quantities of tim
Der on their domain unlawfully.
At Moorhead parties sinking the arte-
sian well struck ledge of granite about
800 feet down. They made several at
tempts to get this out of the way, but
were unsuccessful until a charge of rs
pounds Of dynamite was exploded.
IhC C..n"..c church proper at ST.
Peter has been disposed of at auction. it
was bought by the Irish element for
$4,000, they also assuming debt for
81 200. The German element will pro-
coed at once with the erection of new
church.
j. Finch, farmer who lives at Mus
koda, was elected from a Northern Pa
cltic passenger train because he lacked
B cents of paying his fare with the rebate
charges. Finch alleges that he applied
at the station for ticket but was unable
to get one.
The December meeting of the Farmers
Alliance of Mcleod county favored the
election of the railroad commissioners
by direct vote of the people, and re-
quested their senator and representative
to vote for Ignatius Donnelly for United
States senator.
The Minnesota State Butter and Cheese
Manufacturers Protective ASSOCIATION
was organized at st. Paul Fridav night.
The object of the associ:c.cion is to assist
in procuring legislation for the protec-
ton to the dairy industry and to secure
and enforce laws for the protection of
the dairy interests.
The coroner's jury in the case of John
Oleson and Jacob jacobson, recently
killed by coal slide at the Ohio Coal
companys docks, Duluth, decided that
the deceased came to their death
through Insufficient means being taken
by the company to insure their en-
ployes against accidents.
The report of the directors of the state
school for dependent and neglected chill
dren has been received by the governor.
The number of children received 144-8S
boys and Sc girls. The average expense
per capita is about $12S5O. An appro-
priation of $122. SO is asked for to
cover the time until July 81, 1891.
A rather peculiar amusement is being
arranged for at Rice's Point. The Meth
odists and Presbyterians will have q
spelling bee-the disciples Of Knox
affair will be to finish, Noah Webster
rules to govern. But $50 spectators to
each side are allowed, and the receipts
will be divided.
Several of the Winona Christmas ex-
cursionists got off the steamer at Foun,
tain City and came back by train. Clad
In straw hats and linen busters and car
rying fans, it is said they presented q
queer spectacle blowing through the
driving snow storm and dragging along
q monkey they had bought at Fountain
City, 49, 5s-~ >ra..
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