The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-07-23

-LosT-Between Raymond and Sank
Centre one black shawl. Finder please
leave at this Office. st. Mrs. ] .RooaEY.
Mrs. Boobar's niece, Mrs. c. T. Rig
by, returned to Clearwater on Thursday,
and on Wednesday of this week Misses
Mabel and Edna Fawcett of st. Cloud
arrived to spend few weeks with their
aunt.
The many friends of S. N. Thompson
of Grey Eagle and he has scores of them
in this city-sympathized with him deep
| iy in the loss of his wife last week. Mrs.
Thompson, a most estinable lady, was
| taken Ill on Wednesday evening with in
Illumination of the bowels, and died on
Friday. She leaves family of children
and devoted husband to mourn her
loss.
II you have occasion to burn rubbish
select time when the air is not heavy
| and dead-when the smoke hangs low
and enters every crack, crevice and open
door and window to offend your neigh
bors. Select day where a fair breeze
will disperse the smudge and malodor-
GUS smoke. Complaints are not infre-
quent that life has been made burden
by carelessness In this matter.
The Great Northern Railway an
aounces the opening of the Ballingham
Bay and British Columbia railway from
Huntington, B. c., to New Whatcom,
Wash, thus making through car line
to Puget Sound points and shortening
the time to Tacoma, Seattle and Portland
twelve hours. Tourists cars Of the Great
Northern will run to New Whatcom in
stead of Vancouver as heretofore.
"A heavy rain and; hail storm struck
this city from the northwest this after
noon coming up against a southern
wind. The rain fell in torrents with
heavy hail accompaniment. 1t cannot
but have done very serious damage to
the small grain in this vicinity as the
rain and wind alone would badly lodge
the grain which promised Que of the fin
est crops in this part of the state. Some
of the hail stones were very large. Press.
ID. Cleveland & Co. John Buchanan)
are selling the Empire Binders and Now
ers. The empire has a reputation second
to none, is standard machine, and Is
competing successfully in the market
with all machines of its class. The firm
will be pleased to show it to all, who re-
quire anything In the line OF cutting ma
chinery, confident that it will give salts
faction. They have their Office In the
Herald Building, where they will be
pleased to meet the farmers.
If one wants to see Minnesota in all
her respondent beauty, just take driye
through the country, and see the stand
ing grain waving in the breeze. The
present prospect promises fully rs bush
els per acre. Hugh Blakely showed us a
field OF grain last Sunday, that stood on
an average, fully 8 #. Gin. high. 1t is of
the Scotch fife variety and some of the
heads measure in. in length. He has
been offered S cts. above the market
price by Chas. Pillsbury of Minneapolis.
-[Paynesville Press.
-Poultney Bigelow. who was school
mate of the German Emperor, will con-
tribute an article to Midsummer eau
gust Number of The Century on the first
three years of the Emperor's reign-the
third anniversary of his ascent to the
throne having taken place on the 18th
of June. Mr.. Bigelow believes that ''since
Frederick the Great no king of Prussia
has understood his business like this
EMPEROR and in this article he gives
what he considers the secret of the power
of William II. with his people, and in
cidently contributes many facts regard
ing his life.
The train on the Northern branch has
been kept very busy during the past
week, doubling the road every day to
keep the tracklayers supplied with steel
for the extension. On Wednesday the
train came down at ga. NJ. for load of
rails, but the train on the main line was
delayed and it did not arrive until o.
clock. AS result the regular passenger
train did not get in from Eagle Bend un-
til noon. The tracklayers are now at
work beyond Wadena and Park Rapids,
and the track will be completed at the
latter place by August LIST.