The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-03-26

shallow pools about the city. Thesmal
boy was happy.
Marbles are in! No matter if the ur.
ching are little troublesome by being
under foot, on the sidewalks and areas
it is only few years since you were do.
ing the same thing.
Mrs. ]. d. Carr passed the seventy
fifth mile post in her life's journey on
Wednesday, and is as strong and active
as most persons at fitty-fve. She is
wonderfully well preserved.
The Sank Centre House opened up a
new register this morning. The one was
in use from June 1st last, and contained
5000 signatures-an average of about
twenty signatures day.
According to the official bulletin OF
the census department, the population
of Stearns county is "a, s44, as against
q, 1856 in 1891 gain of 1898 in ten
years, or nearly sixty per cent.
The peoples caucuses have been call
ed to meet at the city hall on Saturday
afternoon of next week. 1t is as much
the duty of good citizen to participate
in primaries as to vote at the polls.
The preparatory grade of the public
school will be abandoned this week, and
the pupils distributed through the regu-
lar grades. Miss Denny, who has so
successfully taught it will take rest.
Capt. Hartwell Silver, ofGroye Lake,
everyone kno ws the Captain, was in town
on Monday hustling about as hale and
hearty as he was dozen years ago. He
received many hearty hand shake.
Under the spring apportionment of
the school fund Sank Centre school dis
trict receives $376.s9-about $2.35 per
capita for All students. The total
amount distributed in the county is $751;
900.
Every owner of a horse will have a
frst-class curry comb, selected by him
self from large stock, presented to him
absolutely free, by calling at the hard
ware store of How Bros & Co. Call
early.
". Roulleau, who was formerly clerk
at the Star hotel, more recently engaged
in numbering operations near Cloquet, is
in the city-the same breezy French
gentleman that he was. He will remain
some time.
Little Gordon Morse writes very
entertaining letter, for such little fellow.
One written by him to his grandfather,
Judge Wilcox was quite a model in its
way-neatly written and full of descrip-
tiv interest.
-Messrs. Madison and White have
sold two hundred head of steers known
as stockers, to Iowa parties. The price
paid in this market averages from two
to two and a quarter cents per pound,
live weight.
Spring seems to have asserted itsHs
The snow is gone from the streets. and
the country roads arc next to impass-
able. The indications at present are the
seeder will get in it's work within the
next fortnight.
Mr.. Gallinger, who has been with
John Batchelder in the hardware store
for several months, will leaye soon for
Duluth, to engage in business there. He
has won troops of friends here who will
regret his departure.
Dean & Co. have already sold nearly
forty drills and less than twenty seeders.
The days of broad cast seeding are rapid
ly drawing to close. The drill is the
coming machine for putting in the grain
of central Minnesota.
"A letter from Geo. H. Fish of Well
ington, Kas., formerly of this city. states
that he is actively engaged in organizing
alliances and advocating the alliance
cause. He is devoting considerable time
to editing an alliance newspaper.
The subject for Easter Sunday morn.
ing at the Methodist church will be,
"Sepulcher's Broken Seal" The Sunday
School will give an Easter Missionary
Concert at - O'Clock. The subject for
evening will be "Foreign Missions.
r. A. White has letter from Fred
Smith. written from Boston, which states
that Mr.. Smith has not yet permanently
! located. He has been down in Florida
during the Yiptsr looking after an Or
auge grove, which is just coming into
fruitage.
| The Easter number of the Youths
Companion is dainty in appearance, hav-
ing handsome cover, and is filed with
excellent matter. 1t is the ne plus ultra
Juvenile paper apd shildren OF larger
growth find much in it to interest and
instruct.
H. F. Alden & Co. have a new set of
jewellers show cases-the finest in the
land-fnished in oak. They are not only
beautiful in themselves, but they admit
of mnch finer display Of the elegant and
rich goods of the firm. Drop i9 and es.
anime them.
La grippe is paying this section of
the country very unwelcome visit
There are scores of cases, some of them
quite serious. 1t takes the form OF ca.
tarrtal foyer and diseases akin thereto
with an occasional case of well-defined
pneumonia.
Will Beidleman and John Larson,
who have been spending the past three
months at the Curtis business college in
Minneapolis have returned home. Messrs
Thomson and Irish, the other two
young gentlemen who were their school
mates, arrived.
Oliver Hunt went up to Little Sank
last week and put in two telephone lines
lone for Wash McNiece and one for
Louis Henry. They work perfectly
These instruments hays been patented
by Mr.. Hunt, and he apparently has q