The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-09-17
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS

The GAINESVILLE Independent has been
removed 10 Moorhead.
"a postoffice has been established q
Vaudeville, Wright county.
Marshall streets and business houses
are now lighted by electricity.
The contract has been let for new
BIZ 900 court house for Traverse county.
Koenig's elevator at Plainview has
eendestroyed by fire. Loss $4,000;
no insurance.
Burglars blew open the safe Of Berg
Bros, at jackson, Mimi, and secured
about 500 in cash.
Tne population at the Saltwater pris-
Oh numbers SOL, and Is as low as 1t has
been for many years.
Eugene L. Emery, president of the st.
Louis River Water Power company,
died at Duluth Saturday.
The president has appointed Fannie
Van Dyke. vice James 81. Van Dyke, de-
ceased, postmistress at Alexandria.
The ninth annual convention Of the
Roadmasters' Association of America
was held in Minneapolis last week.
Governor Merriam has set Oct. 10 as
the day for the execution Of William
Rose, the Redwood Falls murderer.
At meeting of the directors Of the
Pine county Agricultural society it was
decided to hold the third annual fair on
Oct: 1, Q and3
Anton johnson, st. Paul and Duluth
railroad hand, was run over by pas
senger car at Duluth. Both legs were
crushed and he soon died.
Daniel Callahan, an inmate of the st.
Cloend reformatOry, made his escape
from the stone qnarry connected with
that institution Saturday.
FIVE large stacks of grain belonging
to William Hill, farmer west of Pipe
stone, were accidentally set on fire by
hunters and burned. Loss $500.
Adjutant' Edward Thomas, COM
mander of the Minneapolis corps Of the
Salvation Army; was drowned Friday
in 0lbert's lake, near Brainerd.
TheIsSr. of the $50, OOO, 900 log drive,
SIN. charge ST the Mississippi and Rum
River Boom company, has reached Sank
Rapids They hays 2 crew Of $50 men.
While out hunting -psairie chickens
near Sank Rapids J. B. Beatty captured
two black bears, one weighing TWO hun
6red. pounds and the other axty-fve
,posGds.
The third annual convention Of the
Internafsopal Association Of TICKET
Agents mefinS Paul last week. About
400 delegates were present. The session
LASTED four days.
SaeSetary of War Proctor passed
TflroHg1 st. Paul Saturday ON his way
to Fort sKxpgh. He was accompanied
by GoRernef Page, Of Vermont, and
several army offcess
HS6'5.year-old daughter Of Bent Erick-
son, Mihg five miles west az Slayton,
was aeeidently. shot by her 7-ys6r-old
brother while playing with gun. She
died ID . few sH:nutes.
STEPHEN Jourdap< has begun suit
merce fors$tO, 900 damagSs for neglect
ing to keep the roof of It's building free
of ice last winter, when piece fell and
KILLED the plaintiffs wife.
A large eoncourse sof people. many Of
them from ABROAD. attended the opening
and dedication of Villa Maria convent
.dQQ dCducbpy ~ TOHI6QaC last TUESDAY
.merpjpg. Archbishop Ireland was pres
sent AND delivered an address.
&. II: Blm&dell's store at Kent was
Eohbed, One evening last week. A CLERK
was putting ottf the lights when he waa
eeizea4 tied and gagged and the safe
robbed of IS. 900 placed there for safe
keeping by farm hands and others. 20.
The 14-year-old SON of james Peter
.sol,. living at Bath, ten miles from 'sAl
ibert : lea, was killed while asleep IN BED
gby.a h0s. of lightning. His brother
asleep beside him, was not injured
meitEer was .aEy damage done to thu
lhousesore contents.
While trying TO Hgasze an old gur
work, the. 9-year-o old soifi Of sNels Marka
sson of Buffalo, put the butt ehA into thu
sstoye and then. tried to blow the dn4
out by putting bis mouth over the bar
rel. The gun, went OFF, tearing ava,
the entire back Of his head:
What appears to be. oil of some hin,
began bubbling out OF the casing of ca,
water works Well, at Albert Lea Wednes
day, from a. depth Of $40 feet in th
Trenton formation. A skilled chemiS
pronounces it petroleum, and it certain1,
smells and tastes exactly Ike i.