The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-06-05
MELROSE.


grade and placed some Of his spare cash
in real estate in that growing town and
returned home on Tuesday. He is rus
tier.
Aug. Edelbrock of St. Claud is spend
ing few days in this place this week Wis
iting his brother Henry.
J. E. Rich of Sank Centre was in town
all day last Monday and he has succeed
ed in making necessary arrangements
for skylight in Bohmer's Hall. E. c.
Richmond will place the light at once
and Mr.. Rich will soon visit our place
for the purpose of plying the photo
graphic art, at which he has no superior.
New sidewalks have been put in at
this place during the week, commenc-
ing at the hardware store, running east
and then north to connect with the
bridge, making needed and substantial
Improvement.
Lewis Blackmer went to Long Lake
the past week to recreate and fish for
a month.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Martin of Spencer
spent the past week at this place visiting
Mrs. M. Mother and Mrs. L. Blackmer
Calvin How of Fergus Falls was in
our village on Monday last on friend
ly call to his brother Dawes.
Our public school closed last Friday
under very pleasant auspices, and the
elaborate exercises that had been so care
fully arranged were highly interesting as
well as pleasant.
H. w. VanRensalaer G. A. r. Post of
this place are making ample preparations
7 for grand celebration OH thes fourth of
July to take place in W. H. Ciark's
grove. All are cordially invited to par
ticipate and make this event great sue
cess.
| The remains of James Crimes arrived
at this place on Wednesday from Super
ior and was inferred in the Irish Gene
tary, the funeral exercises taking place
in st. Patrick's church. He died of the
heart disease. He was brother of the
Grimes boys of Birch Lake.
Willis Howe of Sank Centre was one
of the noted callers in our village on
Monday. He was in company with his
brother and on visit to Dawes.
Maj. A. A. Whitney was called to Sank
Centre on business last Monday.
| Chan Harmon one of Sank Centre
jovial rustlers was in our village on
Tuesday and had the pleasure of meet
ing some of his old time friends unex-
| spectedly.
Hon. kittle Halverson ofNorth Fork
was an interested alliance man at this
place on Tuesday.
A. E. Atwood of St. Cloud was as
busy as a beaver among his trustworthy
alliance companies in this village on
Tuesday.
| Dave Cleveland was in town last Tues
day looking through the alliance move
after his fences.
A washout occurred during the past
week near the south end OF the IRON
bridge on the road to the lower door
of the mill, which was the result of the
heavy rains of late, and it pretty near
cut off all communication with the mill
from that quarter. 1t has now been
thoroughly repaired and is in better
shape than before.
| The farmers alliance met at this village
| on Tuesday afternoon and held what to
them seemed a very interesting meeting
and the result of their gathering was
guarded with considerable precaution,
as nothing was learned as to what they
did. We are of the opinion that they
can figure far closer on their strength
after the coming election than they can
hope to at present.
Howard Bishop went to Sank Centre
on Wednesday to see his mother and
sister, who returned from California at
that time.
Gen. Edwin Clark went to Sank Cen
tire on Tuesday on flying business trip.
The coopers are off for few days on
a rest. They will take an outing and
enjoy the passtime of fishing at Kings
Lake.
They are paying S1cts. for wheat at
the mill this week.
| Dawes Howe has made very fine dis
| play of hardware in his windows this
week and, resting on bright red ground
work, it shows off to great advantage.
The Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. of
| Wauwatusa, Wis. forwarded their iron
from this place, by team, to New Mum
lch, where they are now constructing a
tubular iron bridge across the Sank riv-
er under the supervision of Mr.. Creston.
Roy Archer got a fish hook in his foot
on Tuesday, which took surgical skill to
extricate. Small boys should be careful
how they handle such treacherous
things.
A little wholesale repairs are being
made on the interior of the post office
this week, and after that is ininshed a
new Yale & Towne cabinet will be set
| up which will give our office as neat and
as attractive appearance as any office in
the country.
Some parties in Our village have con-
tracted for all the wheat that comes to
this market at this time for IS cts. Der.
busEel.
Thepanless dentist at Aehose from
June 23rd. until 9th.
X. A. White and n. O. Mattison have
shipped several car loads of stock during
the past week.
If the city authorities do not think
the stock yard is a public nuisance, To-
Gated as it is right in the heart of the
city, they should be compelled to sleep in
its vicinity one of these warm nights
when it is full of uneasy cattle. 1t is as
offensive to the nose as to the eve and ear
ALLIANCE.-The Stearns County Farm
ers Alliance met at Melrose June 10,
1890. H. r. Jones of Getty, was elected