The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-10-09
MINNESOTA MATTERS.

Minneapolis Is to have fifty-loom
linen mill.
The Mime ;ota Methodist conference
was in session last week at Mankato.
The census returns show St. Clouds
population to be 6,532, an increase of
O70 since 1880.
The annual state meeting of the Chris
tan Church of Minnesota was in session
at Duluth last week.
Indians are making their annual pill
grimage to the famous pipestone quar-
ries near Pipestone, for the purpose of
getting supply of the stone. -
Isaac Staples has let the contract for
putting in 150-barrel Touring mill in
connection with the elevator he owns
ON the lake front at Saltwater.
The Monitor Plow works, of Mime
apolis, which has been doing business at
loss for four years, will close up its af-
fairs. 1t has indebtedness of $135, 900
outstanding.
The celebrated Collum forgery case
will be tried at Minneapolis Nov. IL.
The effort to settle the case has been
fruitless, and interesting developments
may be anticipated.
The buildings of the state agricult-
ural experiment station at st. Anthony
Park burned Sunday. Many invalua-
BILE records were lost. The financial
loss is probably $4,000.
A barn and thirteen head of cattle, a
lot of hay and grain, large railroad
tent, harness and many other articles,
belonging to L. D. Saylor. of Mankato,
were burned couple of days ago. In
cendiarism.
E. S. Hall, the Minnesota Alliance
candidate for representative from the
Benton county district, lost six stacks of
grain and two of oats by a fire which
had it's origin in sparks from the hired
mans pipe. The loss is about 81, 200.
Hon. John B. Brisbin, of St. Paul,
will deliver the Grafton on Oct. 16 at
Saratoga Springs, N. Y, on the occa-
sion Of the unwilling of the monument
in commemoration of the surrender Of
Gen. Burgoyne after the Revolutionary
war.
Four granary thieves were arrested
at Fergus Falls Saturday and bound
over to the grand jury. Their names
are Wallace Moon, Lowell Spaulding,
Squire l.. Kidder and Chauncey Kidder.
They were caught in the act of selling
the wheat.
Michael Schieber, the Bavarian MUIR
| derer, captured in Minneapolis some
time ago, and sent to Germany, was
guillotined at Amberg, Bavaria. His
crime was the murder of an old man
and a child, to which he confessed fully
before his death.
Treasurer Bobleter's statement shows
that so, 900 was paid last year for wolf
bOunties, which is far in excess of the
legislative appropriation for the pur-
pose. There is suspicion that wolf
farming is being extensively carried on
in some parts.
Little Tommy O'Rourke, who was
lost in the woods noar Foley station
Sept. 81, was found Sunday mile and
half from where he was seen last. He
will get well with careful nursing. The
little fellow had subsisted the nine days
on acorns and water.
Alois Sontag, a German farmer, aged
33 years, and residing about six miles
west of Heron Lake, Mimi, died Friday
from what is supposed to be the result
of cut on the side of the head by a
pocket knife in the hands of Joseph
Goldie. Goldie is under arrest.
There are in the state institutions of
Minnesota 3,425 inmates. When the
state was organized, thirty years ago,
there were bat sixteen inmates in the
state institutions. In 1870 there was
one inmate for every 1,033 INHABITANTS;
in 1880 one for every 626, and in 1890
there is one for every 423.
The census of the Fourth Minnesota
district has been completed. The pop
ulation is 2O9, 523; increase 10, 703. The
| district includes the counties of Becker,
Beltrami, Clay, Douglas. Grant, Hub
| bard, KittsOn, Marshall, Norman, Otter
Tail. Polk, Pope, Stearns. Stevens, Todd,
Travers, Wadena, Wilkin.
A conditional pardon has been granted
to Thomas O'Connor, who has served
| twelve years of life sentence in the
penitentiary at Saltwater for the MUIR
der of his nephew, Harry Vaughn, in
| LeSueur county. The condition on
| which the liberation is granted is that
| O'Connor is to leave the state forever.
A suit was brought at Duluth before
the United States circuit court, involv-
ing the title to the whole of the High
land Park property, worth from $500,
600 to 81 900 900, by Attorney Bull, from
Iowa. The title Of the property has
been passed by some of the best title at
torneys in the state.
w. w. Braden. state auditor, has re-
ceived his appointment as land commits
sioner of the Great Northern railway, to
succeed Mr.. Bookwalter, who will 60 to
Montana to look after the company s
interests there. Mr.. Braden will resign
as auditor Immediately after election,
and his successor will be appointed to
fill his unexpired term.
Judge William Lochren, of Minneap-
oils, has been appointed by Commander
in-Chief Veasey judge advocate general
of the G.. A. r. Gen. Lochren is president
of the Minnesota commandery of the
Loyal Legion. His service N the field
was with the First Minnesota regiment,
whose services were particularly dis.
tinguished at Gettysburg.
The sleeping car berth question has
been settled as far as Minnesota Is con-
cerned. The upper berths must remain
closed when not in use. Such is the
mandate of the railroad commission,
and it is backed by the dictum of the
state supreme court. Consequently it is
binding on all sleeping Car porters
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