The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-12-24
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS

~. hoiSy. q oiScr VI Limo
City, is dead.
Two libel suits were filed against the
Duluth News Saturday.
The new system of water works at
Saltwater viii he completed Jan.-1.
Last weeks output of -four at the
Minneapolis mills was 1s2, 1914 barrels.
Twen.y-fveper cent. of the wheat
around st. Vincent is still unthreshed.
The West Seventh street car barns at
st. Paul were destroyed by fire Satur-
day night.
Miss Hattie Anderson, a young lady
of Minneapolis, was drowned Thursday
evening while skating. ~
By the premature explosion of dyna.
cartridge Ira L. Bell and e. G. Gordon
were killed near Graceville. They were
drilling well.
A Davenport firm proposes to buy out
the Saltwater street railway, double the
mileage of the system and light the city
by electricity.
Elmer b. Dearth. deputy insurance
commissioner of Minnesota. has re-
signed. He win be succeeded by d. N.
Lghtbourne, of Ada.
G. A. Bartlett, of Minneapolis. deputy
United States land surveyor, was run
over by the cars near Duluth Friday
and died the following day.
A Great Northern train was derailed
Saturday near Sank Center and eighteen
cars loaded with wheat were somewhat
damaged. No one was injured.
Mrs. Owen Herbert, living four miles
south of Mankato, committed suicide
Saturday by hanging. Her mind had
been unsound for several months.
Senator Washburn Monday presented
a bill which provides for an appropria-
ton of 100000 for the purchase of
site and the erection Of public build
ing at Saltwater.
The city of Jordan has given a bonus
of s35, 900 and five acres of land to the
MILFORD & Northway Manufacturing
company, of Minneapolis, as an induce
ment to locate there.
7. e. Byrnes, the noted Minnesota
politician, was arraigned in court at
Minneapolis Tuesday on the charge Of
forgery. He pleaded not guilty and his
trial was set for Feb 10.
Edward Russell, a well known resi-
dent of Minneapolis died Saturday, aged
81. For twenty years he was editor Of
the Davenport Qa.) Gazette and took an
active part in Iowa politics.
Superintendent L. P. Hunt. of the
wo- Ids fair commission, reports that
just half the counties in the state have
reported their apportionment, and the
rest are coming 10 the front.
The state university closed for the
Christmas vacation last Friday. The
total registration for term was 1910, an
increase of 1877 over the figures of the
corresponding term of last year.
Four boys narrowly escaped drowning
Sunday evening at Red Wing. They
were playing on the ice, when cake
broke loose, carrying them down the
river. They were rescued in boats.
A countryman was confdenced out of
$25 at the st. Paul Union depot Friday.
He loaned the amount to stranger who
was unloading car of furniture" and
accepted as collateral worthless check
for $500.
Among the presidential appointments
confirmed by thssenate last week were
the following Minnesota postmasters:
w. A. Wright at Cloquet, William Dur
ham at Brainerd, Alex Fides at jackson,
H. G. Kelly at Ely, Fannie Vandyke at
Alexandria, and A. T. Koerner at Litch-
field.
The st. Paul board of aldermen.
by an unanimous vote, has passed the
tax levy for 1892, including the mill
tax for the remodeling of the Market
house property into an auditorium.
1t also passed the assembly resolution
calling for special committee to go on
with the work Of remodeling.
The business men of Mankato held a
mass meeting last week for the purpose
of organizing railroad company to be
called the Mankato and Northwestern
Railroad company. The road which
they propose to build will run from
Mankato to Kasota, from there to Mont
gomery, and thence to Pennington.
The Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pany in the spring is to put on the mar
ket all of the railroad lands owned by
the company in Clay and Norman coun-
ties, the title to which has been vested
in the Northern Pacific by late deci.
sion of the United States supreme court.
This land is within the ten-mil. strip on
either side of the Great Northern road.
4 bold attempt at robbery occurred at
Minneapolis one day last week. While
Charles A. Trask, cashier of the West
hotel, was on his way to the bank with
about $500 in specie in hand satchel.
three men appeared on the scene and
managed to get the grip. A lively chase
followed, resulting in the capture of
two of the robbers. The satchel con-
tanning the money was also secured.
The st. Paul chamber Of commerce
has declared in loud voice against the
plan OF the American Forestry associa-
tion to establish vast forest reservation
in the northern part of Minnesota. The
claim is that the section to be used com.
prises about one-third of the area of the
state and contains valuable iron de-
posits, timber tracts and much good
farming land, and should be left opSn
to settlement.
The Republican state central commit
tee met Saturday in st. Paul and ar
ranged the new congressional commit
tees for the seven congressional districts
of the state. The following are the
chair1nen of the district committees:
First, j. n. Diment, Owatonna; second,
a. Dlancudru, New OIm; In1rQ, ID. u.
Simons, Glencoe: fourth, Stanford New
ell, st. Paul; Fifth, Robert Jamison,
Minneapolis; sixth, G. S. Benson, st.
Cloud; seventh, 81. w. Donaldson, Kilt.
son
An artesian well has been successfully
completed by s. Swanson for the Mime
apolis Brewing company. The well is
346 feet in depth, over 300 of which was
drilled through the ordinary quartz
rock. 1t has 10-inch pipe and is claimed
by the contractor to be the largest well
in the Twin Cities. The flow of water
completely fills the pipe and has head
of eight feet above the outlet. It's
capacity is over 1900 900 of gallons per
twenty-four hours, and the supply is
apparently inexhaustible.
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