The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-07-09
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS

MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS
The Chautauqua exercises at Waseca
have begun.
The sumner bible school at Mahtomedi,
White Bear Lake, is now in session.
The Duluth elevator investigation
committee has adjourned till January.
The National Editorial association
will meet in ST. Paul July 14th to 18th.
A new paper will make its appear
anoe at Dundas soon, to be called The
Advertiser.
James D. Burns, editor Of the Carver
County News, has taken charge of the
Waverly Tribune.
The National Security bank, Of Aus
tin, Mimi, has asked authority to es-
tablish a national bank.
Herman Harms, living near st.
Charles, MIMI, has slept almost with
out interval for sixteen years.
Red Wing police are having trouble
again with the Salvationists A drum
mer was locked up Thursday.
Twenty-one freight cars were burned
and an engine demolished in wreck
at st. Paul Junction Thursday.
Near Sleepy Eye, Isaac Martins had
five calves and six sheep, and G. 8.
Robertson two cows killed by lightning.
Over $1,000 acres of state land were
sold at Alexandria by Auditor Blerman
; at prices ranging from $5 to $15 per
acre.
Oracle Crandall, 4-year-old child
was fatally burned by matches and fire
crackers at Winona July 4. Her dress
caught fire.
The cottage at White Bear occupied
by Fitzsimmons, the pugilist, was
robbed of over So, go in money and jew
.elry by burglars.
The Park theatre at st. Paul formerly
known as the Harris, burned ON the
night Of July 4. The loss Is probably
$4,000, with $50, 600 insurance.
At White Earth, Christina Teutocho
was nearly beaten to death by her
mother and two brothers because she
went to dance against their wishes.
New Minnesota Postmasters: W. FL.
Benson, Motley. A new postofice has
been established at Srea. Kandiyohi
county, with Nels N. Nelson as post
master.
Two Of James Curran's children died
at Birch Coolie Thursday and another
is not expected to live. They ate some
poisonous loots which they found on the
prairie.
Injunctions against using electricity
for Winona street railways have been
dismissed and the work of changing
from mule power to lighting will begin
at once.
The president has abolished the mil
itary divisions. dividing them into de-
partments. Brigadier General Merritt
is assigned to the command Of the de-
partment of Dakota, with headquarters
at St. Paul.
A special election was held In Trav-
erse county, Mimi, on the question Of
issuing bonds to build q court house
The proposition was carried by large
majority it Is the intention to have the
building completed before snow flies
Charles Anderson, young Norwe-
gian, who was about two weeks ago
found near the railroad track about q
mile and half from Wadena with q
hole in the back of his head, is dead. It
is supposed he was slugged by someone.
The census department has issued .
bulletin showing the receipts and expen-
ditures of one hundred principal cities
of the United States. st. Paul shows
the greatest expenditure per capita,
Sails, while Duluth comes fourth with
$27.75.
Contractor Swank rs now working his
grading crew night and day on the
Wadena and Park Rapids railroad. The
track is laid nearly all the way between
Eagle Bend and Wadena, Mimi. and
before Aug. construction will prob
ably be completed to Park Rapids
The chiefs of the Minnesota Chippe-
wa Indians were in private council at
White Earth last week preparing
letter to be sent to the
president setting forth their griev-
a1ces. They claim that they were
swindled out of 10000 600 acres of land
in the Leaf river country.
Word has been received at Austin
from the American Fiber association,
OF New York city, that the erection of q
$50, 900 plant will be commenced there
within thirty days. The company pro-
poses to have everything in running or
der in time to absorb this years crop Of
fax.
81. A. Carter was arrested at Minne-
epolis Thursday on charge of swindling.
He has been conducting the western
Union Detective and Credit Agency"
xryoc 1as, flx;u e.
nishing bogus detective commissions
formed young mon.
AT GAINESVILLE, Mimi, some ono
planted the British flag on the school
house and, the board OF education max
ing no move to resent the insult about
two hundred citizens gathered and tore
down the John Bull ensign The stars
and stripes were boosted amid cheering
and firing OF musksts. People are in
dgnant at the apparent oonnivance Of
the school board in the matter.
The Rest Island company has fled
articles of incorporation with the regis
ter of deeds of Goodhue county, the
commencement being July 9, 1891, and
continuing thirty years. The general
nature Of its business is the founding
and maintaining Christian home for
incorporate men. Principal places Of
business, Rest Island, Central Point.
Capital stock $50, 900, divided into 500
shares. Incorporators and first board
of directors, J. M. Underwood, Mary
Woolley, and John G. Woolley.
The Minnesota Historical society has
just received from London, via the Mer-
chants Dispatch, in bond to the st.
Paul custom house, case of very yalu-
able books purchased from Bernard
Quaritch, the famous dealer. It con.
sists of eighty-one volumes Of the publ
cations of the Hakluyt society of Eng.
land, learned society of that realm,
organized to reprint old and rare books
on early voyages aud exploration, with
rare and curious maps. This set cost,
laid down In st. Paul, about $500, and
is considered a scarce and interesting