The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-11-14
CORRESPONDENCE.
MELROSE.

John Hass was married to a young
lady from St. Cloud on Tuesday.
No. wheat is worth 6S cents at this
place this week.
Maj. Clark returned to Minneapolis or
| Tuesday to remain the balance of the
week.
Nightly sessions of the Justice court
are held at this village now owing to
the fact that we are too busy to throw
away any part of the day in such small
matters;
E. E. Collins of St. Cloud has beer
here the past week working in the inter
est of the Southwestern Mutual Benefit
Association, and has succeeded IN getting
class of twelve to insure their lives or
that plan, which is really the best thai
has been represented at this place tol
years. He will go to to Sank Centre
from here.
Henry Baugh went to Sank Centre
and Long Prairie on canvassing tour
on Tuesday, and will be absent all the
week.
]. i. Campbell accompanied by his
two'sons, went to Minneapolis on Sat
urday, where they met Mrs r. B. Camp
bell of Brighton Park, Ills,, the aged
mother of the Doctor, who has come
north to spend the winter.
Our facilities for handling wheat has
been so thoroughly glutted the past week
that we have found it impossible to
maintain our former good name as a
wheat market. The parties who handle
the wheat at this place are dong all in
their power at this time to make things
jingle again in few days.
{. M. Parsons, our station agent, is
paying the highest market price in cash
for pheasants.
Mr.. Lawrence, of Milwaukee, accompa-
MED by large crew of bridge builders,
arrived on Saturday and commenced OPP
erations On the bridge On Mondry morn
ing, and now they have the truss sup
port ready to receive the iron, which
they will begin at once to put in place,
promising us bridge in three weeks
from date.
Last Monday was an active day at
this place. There were FIVE car loads Of
Oil, five car loads of apples, one car load
OF sugar, three car loads of nails, three
car loads of stoves and four car loads Of
bridge material set out at this place
The balance of the weigh freight looked
small when it left for the west.
A car load ofiron for the new bridge
arrived on Saturday and the people OF
our village have cheered up On the bridge
question.
Henry Baugh returned from his trip to
Minneapolis On Thursday and has open.
ed up a room for framing and taking
pictures. He has a very fine assortment
of molding for frames, about fifty styles
from the cheapest up.
Mrs. w. A. Schaublc, of Holdings For
came over on Saturday to make her rel
atives at this place visit.
Mrs Frank Dodge went to St. Paul
on Saturday, where she will visit friends
for several days.
Henry Kalkman, of Duluth, arrived
here on Saturday and is as busy as a
beaver collecting old accounts.
Edwin Clark returned from Minnearo-
lis on Saturday.
Ed. c. Richmond went to Albany en-
Saturday on flying business trip.
E. c. Richmond went to Fergus Falls
on Wednesday to be present at the m ar.
riage ceremonies of his brother, Reuben
who was married to a very estirnable
young lady of that city
Geo. eau is home from Minneapolis on
visit to his parents.
D. c. Van Camp, Of Sank Centre, was
in our midst on Monday, engaged in dis
pensing legal lore.
Geo. H. Cram, formerly of Osakis, has
| opened a jewelry repair room.
Our expected newspaper which was tc
have been started at this place has gone
over. board and we mus look in some
other direction for relief in this issue.
Why does the steeet commissioner al
low our sidewalks to get into such {
wretched condition? This thing shoulc
be looked after at once before som,
trouble comes from this cause. Let hin
| take his hammer and drive the nails anC
replace the broken plank.
The scholars standing over 90 pei
cent in examinations ior the month end
ing October 81, are James Walsh
Mable Grover, Maud Baker, Agnes
Hannah; Minnie Cav, Maud Campbell
Laura Morehousc, Lois Campbell, An
ME Lamb. Those over S5 per cent
Fred Burrell, Nellie Burrell, Stell;
Whitney, Ira Whitney, Mamie Kimmell
Mabel Grover led with a rank of97 DE-