The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-01-10

SoouS' lucy poIn go east next month
to make their spring purchases.
The persons convicted of running blind
pigs in Stearns county have been par
doned by Governor MrGill upon the
urgent request of many citizens.
Miss Johanna Norderhuus of Gilchrist,
who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. w.
o. P. Hilsdale, for the past two weeks,
returned to her home on Friday.
The Keller Manufacturing Company is
making arrangements to increase its
field of operations and to that and its
capital stock will be very largely in
creased.
Last Sunday was the feast OF the
Epiphany. The annual meeting-for
renting pews at the German Catholic
church was held and the sale was salts
factory.
Mrs. L. E. Wakeman and Miss May
, Alden came up from St. Cloud on Mon
day to visit friends here. They were &C
companied by Horace Alden, who spent
Sunday in St. Cloud.
The mercury fell several degrees on
Tuesday night and Wednesday under the
influence of a northwest wind. 1t was
the first touch of real winter weather
thus far experienced.
The directors of the First National
Bank are seriously considering the mat
ter of increasing the capital stock of that
fourishing institution to round hun
| dred thousand dollars.
The regular stockholders meeting of
the First National Bank was adjourned
from last Tuesday until next Saturday,
owing to the fact that a majority of the
stock was not represented as required by
| law.
Fhe Manitoba road has completed ar
rangements for through train to San
Francisco, via Butte City. Thisis short
er by $50 miles than the Union Pacific
and presents many advantages to the
tourist
The Hubbard Chair Company has re-
ceived a new machine for making dowel
rods. 1t will make any size from a quar-
ter inch to two inches in diameter. Its
principal use will be in making awning
frames.
There are standing idle in the st. Cloud
yard 500 box cars, 200 fiat cars, $50
stock cars and forty cabooses. A large
number of men have been laid off and
some of them are seeking employment
elsewhere
Quarterly meeting services will be held
at che M. E. Church on Sunday next.
Rev. ]. B. Hingely, presiding elder, will
be present and preach Saturday evening
and Sunday morning and evening at the
usual hours.
Some boys recently broke into the gas
oline house of the village and stole con-
siderable of the infanmable material
and several empty barrels, which were
used in building bonfire. The police
are after them.
Patsy Corcoran, one of the most popu-
lar of conductors, who formerly had
charge of the train on the Little Falls |
road, has the sympathy of many Sank
Centre friends in his sore bereavement
the death of his wife.
T. Fladeland went to Dakota last week |
called thither by the serious illness of his
son, John N. Fladeland, who formerly re-
sided here. He has been i'll with pulmo-
nary trouble for a long time, which
proved fatal on Friday last.
The village council is corresponding
relative to wrought steel cells for the new
village loct-up. There viii be three o.
them in the rear of the building, with
two justices Offices in front. Contracts
will soon be let for the necessary mate
rial
Rev. M. F. Negus came up from Mime
apolis on Friday and in the evening he
preached very eloquent and touching
sermon to large audience at the Bap-
fist church. He also administered the
ordinance of baptism at the close of the
service.
M. ]. Briggs who has faithfully en-
deavored to interest our people in a
creamery enterprise, has become pretty
thoroughly discouraged at the lack of in
terest therein, and has left for more prom
ising fields. 1t is unfortunate that he
did not succeed.
Alexandria merchants close their stores
at 8 P. NJ, during the winter save on Sat-
urday evenings. Why not Sank Centre
merchants? No one would be the loser
and there would be material saving of
expenses, and employees would appre-
ciate the change.
The time on the Little Falls & Dakota
road has been changed much to the graf
ifiication of our citizens and the people
residing west of here. The train from
west arrives at II A. M. and from the
east at las P. NJ, giving our Westport,
Willard and Ashley friends nearly three
hours in town,
| The annual meeting Of the stockhold-
ers of the Keller Manufacturing Com
pany was held on Monday last at the
factory and the following were elected
directors: Henry Keller, c. M. Sprague,
Henry Capser, R. ]. O'Connell and J. G.
Lovass. The meeting adjourned until
Saturday next when other important
business will be trans acts1.
Lucas Kel1s has received a letter from
his wife, stating that she arrived safely
in Los Angeles, Cal, week ago last
Saturday. The weather there is delight
full, oranges and lemons are ripening and
blackberries are in full supply: Mrs.
Kusba, who accompanied Mrs. Kells,
was met by friends, and the entire party
enjoyed the trip from first to last.
The new sheriff, Andrew w. Kraemer:
register of deeds, John M. Emmel; audi
tor Robert 11tz. and attornev Oscar