The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-09-10
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS
Two suicides occurred in st. Pau
Thursday last. W.

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/ Two suicides occurred in st. Paul
Thursday last.
A new $751; Touring mill has Just
been completed at Waseca. .. 49,,
The New Ulm foundry and machine
shops have been burned to the ground
The National bank, of East Gland
Forks, has been organized with CAPT.
tai of $50, 200. .s0 .- ~" 1850.
Fire in Werdenborner's carpet house
at st. Paul Tuesday did damage to the
extent of $4,000.
The First National bank of Elbow
Lake has begun business with paid ur
capital of $500
The Minneapolis Business Mems union
is planning grand harvest festival with
a mammoth parade.
Mrs. Caroline Steinhagen, aged 90
years, living four mileswest of Wa.
coma, committed suicide by drowning in
a cistern.
Joseph G. Hill, of Minnesota, has been
appointed chief of the division of Indian
the interior at Washington.
The contract to build a new steel
bridge across the Vermillion river at
Hastings has been let to the Clinton
Bridge and Iron company for 1915.
Mrs. Mary Salisbury, aged 1O2 years,
died at her home near Bellingham last
week. Her husband, Daniel Salisbury,
who is 1O3 years old, is rapidly sinking.
An accident occurred on the Eastern
Minnesota last week between two Sec
lions of a freight train during dense
fog. Several people were severely in
jured.
The Mankato normal school has
opened with the largest attendance ever
had on opening day. Twenty applicants
were refused in the primary department
for lack of room.
The bids for printing paper and sta
tionery for the year have been opened
by Secretary of State Brown, of Mime.
sofa, and rejected as being above the
market value of the goods called for.
The body of S. S. Avery, of Fargo,
agent of the Standard Oil company at
that place, was found in the river at the
mills at Minneapolis, Sunday. Evidently
a case of suicide, but no cause is as
signed.
August E. johnson committed sui
eide at the Jay Cooke House, Moorhead,
Friday. He was sick and choked him
self by tying MS suspenders around his
neck and Tightening them, with a silver
spoon.
The attorney general of Minnesota has
withdrawn the appeal from the decision
OF the commissioner of the general land
office against the State of Minnesota and
in favor of A w. Signor for swami
land in the Duluth land district.
At Waterville Saturday Mrs. Jesse
Harmer and her daughter were burned.
the latter so badly that she died in a few
hours. The daughters clothing caught
fire and the mothers injuries were re.
ceived in trying to save her daughters
life.
Secretary Noble has ordered that 90
per cent. of the funds due the Sisseton
and Wahpeton Indians shall be paid
them, the remainder to be withheld un.
til the attorney general promulgates his
opinion concerning the claims of attor-
neys.
j. w. Jennison, a brakeman, has
brought claim against the city of Wi
mona for $1,000. While on top
of freight car on the Winona
and st. Peter track he had
been knocked down by an electric light
wire.
M. o. Schencker, dealer in agricul-
tural implements at Red Lake Falls, was
held up on the Clearwater bridge and
robbed of $3.50 in cash, a gold watch and
other valuables by two masked men,
who Immediately took to the woods
and escaped.
All the upper Mississippi reservoir
dams, including the Pokegama, Leech
lake and Winnibagoshish, have been
opened to assist in clearing the river of
/ logs below Grand Rapids and to aid
navigation below st. Paul. They will
remain open several weeks.
Frank Holasek, of Eden Prairie. Henne-
pin county, brought scalp of monster
wolf he had killed to Minneapolis. The
wolf attacked Holasek as he was walking
through piece OF woods, and a terrible
encounter ensued, Holasek coming off
victorious: His clothes were torn to
pieces,
The Minnesota state board of eauali-
cation held a short session at which the
valuation of horses year old was fixed
at from $1S to $22, 2-year-olds from 500
to $32, and 3-year-olds from $32 to $50.
The valuation of cattle l year old was
fixed at S. to So, and 2-year-olds at Sc
to So. ~'''@ y ~
Otis Staples, of Saltwater, has been ap-
pointed chief examiner and disbursins
officer of the board of appraisers =. -, tho
Chippewa pine lands. Mr. S+..,s VI L Ine
had great deal OF experiene ep in the the
>.slness, and especially in this
particular branch. He was highly rec
commended by people in Minnesota.
The Great Northern railway has filed
resolution stating that branch of its
railway will be laid out in Minnesota,
beginning at some point near Wylie sta
ton on its Hillaire branch and extend
ing thence In o southerly direction via
Red Lake Falls to some point near Dug
dale station on the company's Fosston
branch
A deed of transfer has been filed with
the secretary of state of Minnesota from
the Wadena and Park Rapids railway to
the Great Northern railway. The con-
sideration was $S17, 900, The road runs
from Eagle Bend on the Sank Centre
branch of the Great Northern to Park
Rapids, distance of ffty-four and one
half miles, =. I'll. :.
A sale of wheat has been made by the
Van Dusen-Harrington company of
Duluth, for direct shipment to Amster-
dam, Holland. 1t will be shipped hence
in sacks, being the first shipment of
wheat ever made from Duluth of
sacked wheat. 1t goes merely as an ex-
pertinent to millers of the Hague, but,
if successful, the experiment will lead
to large and lucrative trade.
The postoffice at Granite Falls was
bnrglarized last week. An entrance to
the building was effected through rear
door, the safe door drilled and blown off
its hinges, and the entire contents alb
stracted. The loss amounts to $430 in
cash, belonging to the office, and $3.50 in
stamps. Nothing else was disturbed
except a small amount in notes, less
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