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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-03-12
AUX CENTRE HERALD.
THURSDAY MARCH IL, 1891.
A NEW INSURANCE Law.

The matter of fire insurance is Of vital
interest to the whole people. Nearly
everybody that owns piece ofproperty
that is even in a remote way liable to be
burned takes the precaution of gettingit
insured. The insured pays his good
money and feels secure in the thought
that in the event of his becoming the vic
tim of the devouring fiend's ravages, he
will be safe from loss. In many cases
his faith in the insurance companies is
justified, but how often does he find,
after his property is in ashes, that he
had patronized a wildcat company, or
that the company had all at once dis
covered that he had carried too much
insurance, or that proper precautions
were neglected. The company is usually
ready, on the fimsiest excuse, to refuse
payment and resort to lawsuit. The
insured has no choice, but has to prose-
cute his claim in the courts, and run the
gauntlet of formal trial to force the
company to hold to its agreement. The
difficulty has been that insurance COM
panies have been too ready to insure
property for large amounts, larger than
they know can be done with safety.
Then, when the property is burned,
they decline to fulfill their part of the
agreement and defend their position
with the very dollars they took from their
customer, while the latter, inmany cases
has no means to prosecute his claim.
The companyis thus in position to dictate
terms, and the other can do little else
than to compromise on the company's
terms. measure now before the legis-
lature is intended to correct this state of
affairs. 1t provides that insurance COM
panies shall pay the full face of their
policies.
The HERALD believes this remedy will
be effec tual. Underwriters will be more
careful as to t he risks they assume, and
insurance policies will be placed on the
basis of other contracts. Thetimeto de-
eide as to the value of piece of property
is before it is burned-not afterward.
If the company is willing to insure
property for more than it is worth, it
should lind no fault when called upon to
settle the damages. Such law as the
one contemplated would benefit both the
insurer and the insured. Let's give it a
trial.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-03-12
Another Lincoln story.

A New York firm applied to Abraham
Lincoln some years before he be
came president, as to the financial stand
ing of one of his neighbors. Mr.. Lincoln
replied as follows:
Yours of the 10th inst. received.
am well acquainted with Mr.. -, and
know his circumstances. First of all, he
has wife and baby; together they ought
to be worth $50, 900 to any man. Sec
ondly, he has an Office in which there is
a table worth $1.50 and three chairs
worth, say, 81. Last of all, there is in
one corner large rat hole which will
bear looking into.
Respectfully yours,
A. LINCOLN.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-03-12

ONE of the attractions proposed for
the Worlds Fair is modern war ship.
Everybody has heard and read more or
less about the United States navy, and
what an Insignificant affairit has become.
A visit to one Of our new cruisers would
be worth long trip. 1t is to be hoped
that those who go to the Worlds Fair
will have the privilege of inspecting one
of these boats. Nothing short of an
actual, bloody war would do so much
in the way of giving the people an accur-
ate idea of our navy, and correcting the
false impressions so industriously given
out by a certain class of stump orators
and newspapers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-03-12

THE Hon. Jerry Simpson, of the sock.
less feet, boasts that in the convention
which named him for congress there was
no lawyer, there were but two whiteco
lars and but nine white shirts seven Of
the agricultural dudes who wore white
shirts not wearing collars. "These,
says Jerry, are signs that the convention
was close to heaven" milwaukee
Sentinel.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-03-12

THE sentiment throughout the state
seems to be pretty generally in favor of
haying Minnesota properly represented
at the Worlds Fair. The HERALDfavors
a generous appropriation for this pur-
pose by the legislature. Minnesota has
great resources that cannot be developed
without outside capital. A suitable
exhibit at the Worlds Fair will be worth
all it costs.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-03-12

JUDGING from reports iu the daily
papers, the state capitol must be reg
uiar hot-bed of diseae. Poor ventilation
is said to be the trouble. 1t seems hard
ly probable that the legislators will sit
qnietly and breathe impure air, when
this could be remedied by opening win
dow or two. The cause for sickness
must be sought in some other direction.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-03-12

THE first full-blooded Indian that ever
had chance to test the security of the
Otter-tail county jail arrived there We'd
nesday and seemed quite enchanted with
the surroundings until he tried the bars
and found them iron and steel instead
ofwood as he first supposed. This gent
leman, whose name is Jas. Johnson, halls
from Cass county and was brought over
from Brainerd. He is charged with sell
ing liquor to the Indians, and will stay
in Jail here until the spring term of the
U. S. court, when the grand jury will act
on the case Fergus Falls Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-03-12
THE MAGAZINES.


THE CENTURY has third instalmen,
of the famous Talleyrand Memoirs. This
instalment deals with Napoleon Bona
parte. Josephine, and the Emperor Alex.
ander.
The California series takes up the Ere.
mont explorations; first with brief pa
per giving resume of the FIVE explora-
tions; second, with paper by Mrs. Ere
mont on the Origin of the Fremont ex-
plorations"; and third, with postum
Gus narrative of the terrible experiences
of the fourth expedition under the title
of Rough Times in Rough Places" it
being personal record of Micajah Nc
Gehee of Mississippi. Included are por-
traits of Thomas H. Benton, the late
George Bancroft, from daguerreotype,
Mrs. Fremont from a miniature, and a
drawing of Fremont's address to the
Indians at Fort Laramie, also portraits
of Jim Bridger, Alexis Cooley, and Charles
Preuss, besides other illustrative mater
ial. Mrs. Fremont tells how she disobey-
ed orders OF the War Department sent to
her husband, and the McGehee narrative
gives a graphic account of starvation
experiences of the Inflated fourth expedi-
ton.
To the department of California"
Professor Royce of Harvard College con-
tributes some new documents on the
Bear Flag affair. General ]. F. B. Mar
shall makes record of three Gold Dust
stories.
The frontispiece of the number is a new
portrait of Bryant without the familiar
beard.
General Crook in the Indian Country"
by Captain John 6, Bourke, is a paper
that has been in preparation for several
months, and derives special and timely
interest from the present Indian troubles.
1t has been profusely illustrated by Fred
eric Remington with pictures typical Of
soldier life in the Indian country.
Lieutenant Horace Carpenter of New
Orleans, in his entertaining article on
plain Living at Johnson's Island" de-
scribes the hardships, from the point of
view OF a Confederate prisoner, of a
sojourn in the war prison in Lake Erie,
near Sandusky.
hesecond article on "The Anglo-Saxon
in the Southern Hemisphere" is devoted
to Australian cities, their advantages,
and their unusual problems.
A charming feature of this number is a
curious story by Edith Robinson called
"Penhallow, with two full-page pictures
by Will H. Low. DR.. Eggleston's serial,
"The Faith Doctor" is continued, as
well as Colonel Carter of Gainesville, !"
and there is a strictly true story. 1.-THE
Mystery Of the Sea-" by Prof. Buttolph,
and humorous skit, "The Utopian
Pointer" by David Dodge.
ST. NICHOLAS.
1t is not difficult to see the reason for
ST. NrcHoLAs's growing subscription
list if one will but examine the pages of
the successive numbers with the eye of a
child-reader. From the picture of cosy
comfort which Mr.. ]. H. Dolph has fur
nished for frontispiece to the naive idea
contained in the last bit of verse "Her
Little Shetland Shawl" there is nothing
that an intelligent boy or girl cannot
understand and appreciate, and yet all
the contents are unhakneyed and, in the
best sense of the word, artistic.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-03-12
Pioneer Heroes and their
Daring Deeds.

From De Soto to the close of the recent
war in the Bad Lands, including the life
and death of Sitting Bull. covering all
the Indian wars CT the United States
and Canada. Profusely Illustrated with
$40 splendid epgrayipgs drawn to the
life, and over 40 pages. Write BY p
M. Kelsey. ]. s, RRowER. Agent.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-03-12

THE recent order of Secretary Noble
authorizing the enlistment of 1000 In
dams, is an experiment we'll worth try
ing. 1t is proposed to place one COM
pany of Indians in a regiment of white
men, thus reducing to minimum the
chances tor an instruction and at the
same time giving them an excellent OPP
portunity to learn the ways of the pale
faces. Who knows but that this may
prove to be the long-loooked-for solution
of the vexing Iudian problem?
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-03-12

THE city dailies are filled with rumors
that the Tribune both morning and even
ing, has been sold. w. ]. Murphy, of the
Grand Forks Plaindealer, is the prospect
i've owner Of controlling interest, and
general manager.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-03-12

ligion compulsory. Where are they7 Did
they succeed? You cannot shove people
into the Kingdom ofGod. They must 90
there voluntarily.-[ Published by request
of the National Religious Liberty Asso-
citation.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-03-12

THE official records in the Office Of the
secretary of state last Thursday showed
that up to date three general laws had
been passed by the legislature, 1O3 spe-
cial laws and four joint resolutions. OF
the special laws SO were introduced in
the house and "a in the senate.-[F Fergus
Falls Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-03-12

state of affairs. Had they been content
with an honest count in the first place.
they and the whole state would beenjoy-
ing the full privileges to which they are
Justly entitled.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-03-12

WISCONSIN is to have a new legal holi-
day. 1t is called Artisans day and
September LIST is the date.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-03-12

SENATOR DAVIS evidently made ten
strike for himself when he went to the
bottom of the Nicaragua canal scheme,
and exposed the fallacy of trying to build
such great work upon volcanic fonn-
dation. An attempt was made to laugh
him out of court, but it is an undeniable
fact that he had the right ofthe question.
Senator Davis has had the happy faculty
ofgetting on the right side of a question,
and most of his ability has been directed
in favor of the people. The present con-
gress closes for him four years service
in the senate, and he has taken front
rank in all matters of national legisla-
tion.-[Washington Cor. Princeton Un-
ion.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-03-12

WILLMAR, on Saturday last, voted by
majority of 1876, to issue $40, 900 bonds
to put in system of waterworks.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-03-12

THE replies of nearly 100, 900 farmers
in all sections of the country to certain
questions asked by an agricultural jour
nal published at Chicago, are interesting
and significant. The first question was:
Will theMcKinley law help the farmers
as whole? To this 57,25S (mostly
Northern farmers) reply "yes," and SO,
1873 (mostly southern farmers) reply "no"
The second question was "Will recipro-
city with South America benefit our farm
ers?" To this SO, 405 say eyes, "and on
ly 22,743 say"no." The third question
was "Will Canadian reciprocity benift
our farmers?" To which co. 37 most
ly Northern farmers) say "no," and so.
902 (mostly Southern farmers) say yes"
1t appears that a large majority ofthe
farmers, both North and South and in
spite of the Alliance, are in favor of the
protection system.-[Dulnth Tribune.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1891-09-04
Brashear Items.

Mr.. and Mrs, W. H. Eckert
spent Sunday ID KirksviIle.
j. n. McCreery came Monday
from Arkansas on business.
a large number of our people
attended the Sunday sch Dol picnic
at Sabbath Home Saturday.
j Y. Netf is preparing to build
fine residence in the east part Of
town.
Daniel Tuttle and family left
last week for an extended visit
with Ohio relatives.
The Alliance picnic was well at.
tended Friday. Good music was
furnished by the Hurdland band
Allie Secs new residence is
nearly completed and adds much to
the appearance of the north part OF
town.
MIR. Geo. Snow and family spent
Sunday at the home of A. Grant
near Hurdland.
Mr.. j. F. Keller returned Fri
day from a weeks trip through
the south orn part of the state.
Miss Rosa Hopkins returned a
few days ago from Denver, Colo,
where she had been visiting her
sister and other relatives
MIR. B. f. Long and family, of
Locust Hill, and Mr.. S. Briant
and fam lily, of Novelty, spent Sun
day with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Damon.
Prof. McFadden gave two very
good musical entertainments in
this place Friday and Saturday
evenings of last week.
Crops are very good in this To-
cality. Corn is unusually good,
and farmers are greatly encourag-
ed. More building is being done
this summer than at any previous
time in the history of our town.
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Sig the Grocer.

Oar motto in tue past has been
Fair Dealings, with, all, and that
the lowest that possibly could be
made at all times; cash for all
kinds of farm products. liberality
in our dealings with cur fellow
men. no smallness in any of our
transactions with competitors.
During the fair we have secured
the same place in the Floral Hall
that we had last year and we will
be found in this place introducing
several lines of goods. and the dis
tribution being free in every re-
spect it will cost you nothing to
examine and sample each line and
see whether each line is not su-
perior to goods sold by other
merchants. We will give away
coffee drawn from our Celebrated
Java and Mocha, H.J. Heinz Gel
ebratad Mixed Pickles, Chow
chow and Spiced Sweets, Bucklin
Cheese, Kennedy's Ocean Spray
Crackers, and to all tobacco ch ew-
ers we will say we will give away
so pounds of different varieties OF
chewing tobacco, and in fact we
will furnish complete lunch to the
public without one cont charges,
introducing goods we expect to
sell in the future. The celebrated
Pittsburg flour will be represent
ed in our display and it will pay
you to visit US nt our display on
your fair ground, where we will
give you gentlemanly treatment
and II bite to eat.
Wishing you well this coming
year, [ remain yours for Cash,
SIG THE GnoCER
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=. j. Lamkin has opened M
an Exclusive Boot and Shoe De-
partmst. His receipts direct from
manufacturers this week were
Three Thousand Pairs (3OOO) Of
The celebrated "Drew, Selby 4
Co" fine shoes for Ladies'. Misses
and Children TIE Heudersons
"Red School iIou.e" Solar Tip
Shoes for Boys, ard The Little
Giant Patent Seamless Back
Shoes for girls hive Knnczed ont
every thing in Town a,.d arc con-
ceded to be the best fttig most
durable shoes made. Come In
and see these honest goods.
B. F. LAMKIN.
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. G. Aug. 81,

WASHINGTON, u. G. Aug. 81,
The President has sent no word
to the White House as to when he
will return to Washington and the
impression Is that he Will not be
back to remain until October, al
though it is possible that he may
come here for day or two during
this week or next, or he may con-
clude to send for such members of
the cabinet as he may wish to con-
suit to visit him at Cape May
Point. 1t will be quite impossl-
ble for Mrs. Harrison to live in
the White House in any comfort
for some weeks, owing to the pres
ence OF a large force Of workmen
therein making repairs and im-
provements.
1t is amusing to observe the
scramble which the vacancy in the
board of Inter State Commerce
commissioners, caused by the
death of ". L. Bragg of Alabama,
has brought about among the dem
ocrats. The place is worth $1,000
q year, and it must be filed by a
democrat, but the trouble is that
there ere fifty of them who wish to
fill it. Each of the Alabama SEN
ators has candidate and Repre-
sentatiye Herbert of the same
state Is perfectly willing to resign
his seat in Congress if Mr.. Harri-
son viii give him the vacancy.
Ex- Congressman Harmon, of
Georgia, would also like to draw
$500 per snnum. Texas has two
candidates-ex-Senator Reagan,
who wss practically compelled to
leave the Senate and take the
head of the Texas State railroad
commission, and who is extremely
anxious TO get back to Washington
to live, and Representative Cul-
bertson, who is willing to give up
not only his seat II the House, but
his hope of a seat in the Senate.
Mr.. Aimerin Giliett, of Kansas,
thinks the vacant chair would just
about fit him. Ex-Attorney Gen
eral Garland, of Arkansas, Is will
ing to sacrifice his law practice fol
regular monthly salary, and
Gen. E. S. Bragg, Of Wisconsin, &
namesake of the deceased commits
sioner. but no relation, thinks ii
would be well TO avoid a change Of
name.
The Illinois Republican Associ,
alton OF Washington will goto the
battlefield Of Gettysburg, Pa:
Sept. 3, where they will meet Il
distinguished party from Illinois,
including the Governor and State
officers. The three monuments
erected by Illinois on the battle.
field will be presented to the state
by Gen. j. L. Bpveridge and ac-
cepted by Gov. F'iter. Afterward:
the whole party will return t.
Washington.
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Green Grove Items.

Miss Hattie johnson is quite
sick.
& daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. d. K. Hendricks, August
90.
Miss Ida Brownell was the
guest of Kirksville friends last
week.
Mr.. Scott and wife and Miss
Mary Dellsmeeter, of Mercer
county, are visiting in this COM
munity.
Crops have been considerably
damaged by the wind and high
waters Corn has been damaged
30 to 30 per cent.
Grain in stack has been badly
damaged and in some instances
oats are so nearly rotten they viii
not be threshed.
J. e. Vensickel and family, Mrs
John Brownell and Miss Ide
Brownell were t.e guests OF
James Brownelt and family last
Sunday.
The wheat yield was quite good
in this community. Willism
Matthews threshed 500 bushels
from 24 acres, end threw out
enough wet wheat without thresh
ing to make 100 bushels more.
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Public Sale.

will sell atipublic sale, at my
residence, 4 miles east of Sublette
and 2 miles north of Sperry, on
the old Diehl farm, Monday, Sept.
14th, 1891, the following described
property: q head 2-year-eld steers
6 2-year-old heifers, 4 COWS, 10
head vearling steers, 20 head hogs,
Z head horses, l 4-year-ola Red
Jacket colt, l heavy wagon.
Terms of Sale-On all sums of
S5 and over credit of IL mouths
will be given, purchaser executing
note with approved security bear
ing s per cent interest from date;
3 per cent discount for cash.
REESE s. STEWART.
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West Side Grsphics,

Health generally good.
Henry Daniel is still havesting
o. P. Muir and VIM. Brundage
are each building a barn.
Mrs. Samuel Pope and family OF
Carrolton, Mo-, are visiting rela-
tives in this vicinity.
On the morning of September l,
q daughter was born to the wife
of Robert Downen.
W. A. Miller is teaching at the
Liberty school house. The enroll
ment is fifty, and still they come.
A few cases of scarlet fever are
reported in this part if Adair and
in the eastern part of Sullivan
county.
School commenced at the Craw-
ford school house Monday with
Miss Harris of KirksvilIe as
teacher.
The frost of last Thursday
morning left it's mark on sweet po-
tato vines, tomato plants etc. Corn
was not damaged,
VIM. Cathel and wife and Mrs.
Eliza Miller and Miss Rena Muir
are visiting friends and relatives
il Scotland county.
Jake Stanley's youngest child, a
boy eighteen months old, died last
Saturday night, and was inferred
in the Greencastle cemetery Sun
day.
Grain and hay in stack was al
most entirely ruined by the heavy
rains. Some of the farmers are
offering ten dollars per ton for
good hay.
Uncle Billy Ray has his cane
mill at work and is now turning
out the sweetness. All the lads
in this vicinity can now have
classes"
The Baptist Association held in
LOUIS Walters grove, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday of last week
was a decided success, and q gen.
eral good time is reported. The
attendance was very large.
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Reward s5oo.0o Reward.

For better remedy than Fulk-
erson's Black Berry Balsam for
pains in the stomach or bowels,
diarrhoea, cholera, cholera-mor-
bus, dysentery, fux, chronic
dinrrhoea, Asiatic cholera and all
relaxed condition OF the bowels.
Take Frlkerson Black berry
3alsirln and no 9th II.
1t cures, when al Others ftil;
every body says 80; and what
every body says must be so.
Price 25 cents. Sold in Kinks
Vile by Smith & Dunkin, w. G..
Fout, j. l. Fowler. w. a. Mckee
han.
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Notice Of Meeting to Increase capi-
tal Stock.

Notice is hereby given that a
meeting of the stock holders of the
Kirksville Savings Bank will be
held at the Banking House OF said
bank, in the city Of kirksville,
county of Adair and state of Mis-
souri,, ON the lth day of November
1881, at 10 o'clock q. M, of said
day, for the purpose of voting up
on proposition then and there to
be submitted to the stockholders
thereof, to increase the capital
stock of said bank from $40, ,O00,OO
to SS0,000.00.
SAM'L. REED,
r. M. RlNeo, Directors
HENRY EoKERT,
+. NJ. HARRINGTON,
Sept. Sd, 1891.
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Sheriff 8 Sale.

BY virtue and authority of general eNecu-
tion issued from the Office of the clerk OF the
circuit court of Buchanan county, state OF
Missouri, returnable at the September te rm
1891 of said court and to me directed
in favor of Samuel Gam, and against
against Mary 5nodgTass, have levied upon
and seized all the right, title, interest and es-
tate Of the said Mary Snodgrass OF, in and to
the following tracts and parcels of land lying
and being situate in Adair county, Mo-, to-
wit:
The north half Of the northeast quarter OF
section thirty-two, 81, OF township sixty-three
IS, of range seventeen, II; also the northeast
quarter of the northwest quarter Of
section thirty-twO, 32, and ten, 10
acres III the south side OF the southeast quar-
ter of the southwest quarter of section twenty
nine 20, al in township sixty. three, 63 of
range seventeen, II, west, and l will, on
Thursday the 15tn day of October,
1891, between the hours of nine O'Clock q. m.
and five O'Clock p. m. of that day, while the
the circuit court for Adair county, Missouri is
in session, at the court house door, in Kinks
Vile, Adair county, Missouri, sell the same or
so much thereof i may he required, at public
sale, 10 the hlghe:t bidder for cash in hand,
(subj to all prior liens and judgmentsl to
satisfy said executions and costs.
+. A. POLLY,
Sheriff Adair county. Mo.