The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-06-26
JB. Drew of St. Paul is visiting

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her sister, Miss Mary Apfeld, Mr.: Drew
met with an accident recently which narl
rowly escaped being series. Aglass from
which he was drinking soda water slip
ped from his hand and attempting to re-
cover it he grabbed it just as it struck
the marble top OF the fountain, shiverinG
it. A piece of the glass cut his wrist
severing an artery. He bled profusely
but timely surgical assistance was render-
| ed averting serious consequences.
James A. Norr is returned on Saturday
eve after an absence of three weeks, the
latter part of which time, was spent
among the Rocky Mountains. After visl-
ing friends in Denver he traversed about
500 miles westward by rail, reaching an
elevation of 1000 feet. One of the
pleasant features of his trip was the COM
plete surprise he gave John Clarity, step
ing off the train at Eden, Colorado.
where he is in charge of the station.
Mr.. Clarity has imdroved in health since
leaving Sank Centre.
There will be grand Fourth of July
celebration and picnic in the village OF
Spring Hill for the benefit of the Catholic |
Church everybody is invited. The COM
mittee will see that all attending will
have good time and plenty offun, there
will be public speeches made i'll both
English and German language. Music
will he furnished by the Lake George |
String band. There will be a good floor
laid i'll the open air for dancing i'll the
afternoon and evening. There will be
horse racing and shooting matches
sack races and other sports to numerous
to mention. By order o. the committee.
1t was terrible storm which ragged on
Thursday last. In Raymond and Ashley
rain fell to great depths, and on the West
port flats it seemed as if the whole coun-
try was an enormous lake. Aculvsrt on
the Little Falls and Dakota road was
washed out in that town, delaying the
train several hours. The elevator there
was struck by lightning and set on fire,
but the flames were put out. The train
was delayed by a land slide east OF here
and did not ARRIVE until midnight. Ii
was loaded with people returning from
the Little Falls encampment. 1t did not
go west until late in the forenoon, Ow
ing to the washout. In Birchdale a
house belonging to man named Sullivan
was struck by Lightning, but not de
stroyed. A little child in the house was
Frustrated by the bolt, and did not re
cover consciousness for more than an
hour. Alexander Moore was at his
Raymond farm during the storm, and he
said six inches of rain fell. The lake rost |
nearly six inches in an incredibly short
time, and has now better stage of wa
ter than at any OF her times for two years
BURGLARy-The store of Alex. Tully&
Co. was entered by burglars on Monday
night. Entrance was gained by smash
ing a light of glass in the rear door and
Drying off a paddock with jimmy
Holes were bored in the panel of the |
loor, but the apparatus encountered | !
heavy iron bars which successfully failed
hem in that direction. They removed
lbout $50. worth of goods from ths
shelves. Evidently they werenot exper;s {
rom the fact that they failed to selec, ;
much more valuable goods near thos.
stolen.
Why the haul was not heavier or why
'eaching the other store of Hillsdale & 4
20. were not entered ouy the burglars
IAN tell. They certainly had access tt
hourands of dollars worth Of far better |
goods in smaller compass than those tax
II. 1t is probably the work of tramp
or third class criminals. No definite clue
las been obtained and there is little to
Indicate who the parties may be. The
.ity has been more or less infested will
'floaters" for several weeks. Would i
not be we'll during the tramp season fo'
the city to throw additional protection
about property?