The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-01-01

Misses Mary and Add1e ApheId, ane
their brother Willie, left for st. Paul or
Friday last. for visit of a week with
their sister, Mrs. Drew. Misses Rose
and Josie are keeping house during their
absence.
| A side track is being built into the roll
er mills from the main track, instead O
the switch, which gives ample room
without cutting across corner of the
brewery lot. 1t will be completed this
week.
Mrs. Mil. Sprague has returned from
San Jose, CAL, and is visiting her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. VanValkenburg
She has been in California tor four or
FIVE years with her husband, who will
return to Minnesota in the near future.
Rev. aud Mrs. Blodgett were called to
Des Moines by the death of Mrs. Blod-
gett's mother, which occurred very sud-
! denly, and before their arrival. As they
were on the point of leaving for home,
their SON Roy was taken ill, which has
detained them.
The senior member of the firm of Good
sell & Wooley, dealers in sash, doors and
hardware located in the Hubbard chair
factory building, was in the city on Tues
day. He will come here to reside some
time in 1891, he still having business in
terests in North Dakota.
Frank Minette picked up quite curios-
ity the other day in the vicinity OF the
roller mill. 1t was an old wheat check
dated May 9, 1868, issued by Moore &
Mcclure to p. Kriser, for II bushels and
SO pounds of wheat at 81 rs per bushel,
and signed by w. McNeice. miller.
C. M. McCollom came down from
West Duluth last week, returning on
Tuesday. He has plenty of work at his
trade. and it is gratifying to know, is
doing well. c. M. Bryant returned with
him, and will locate for the present either
in Duluth or West Duluth.
Thomas Hogan and wife of st. Paul,
was the guest of his brother, M. Hogan
on Christmas. Mr.. Hogan is now chief
clerk in the general freight offices of the
Northern Pacific railroad His rapid
permotion from station agent at Glen
has been due to his dilligent attention to
business, and his faithfulness to his en-
ployer.
The strangest feature about the
weather in this vicinity this winter has
been that our northwestern winds have
not been very cold. Usually wind from
that quarter would chill the marrow OF
an Esquimo in a couple OF hours but it
has frequently blown from six to ten
hours with great velocity this season
without reducing the temperature very
materially.
Henry Diebel has received letters
patent for his pipe, rod and thread cut
ter, an implement which will be found
absolutely indispensable in ever black
smith and machine shop, description
OF WHICH has heretofors been given in the
HERALD. Mr.. Diebel is now prepared
to sell rights for the manufacture, sale
and use within any territory in the
United States.
IA. Caughren is home for brief sea-
son of recreation from Montana, where
he is at work on the Great Northern rail-
road extension. He has his entire equip
ment at present empioysd In trelghtipg 4
distance of about seventy-fve miles. A
little later he will take some heavy work
through the Notwithstanding tql,-
nels and cuts through the rock. He is
looking far better than when he left here
last summer. and seems in a fair way to
fully recover his health.
THAT Big ruMrEM.-For several
weeks past there has been large pump
kin on exhibition in the clothing store of
jacob Bros, and anyone was at liberty
to guess the number ofseeds it contained,
the one hitting nearest the exact count
to receive suit of clothes valued at
twenty-five dollars. Every personguess-
ing wrote the number guessed and his
name on card which was dropped into
a box prepared for that purpose. On
Christmas eve, In the presence of large
crowd the award was made. ]. A. Dubois,
c. A. Emerson and F. E. Dew
ey being appointed a comm it ee
to dlsembowel the pumpkin, count
the seeds, examine the cards, and
determine who was the f9aFt1nats sAesss
er. There were 27s1 cards in the box,
the figures varying all the way from
one, by Alan Yessey to II 900, by Mrs.
Frank Perry. The seeds were counted
and it was found that there were All,
and r. A. White was the fortunate one,
he being marked exactly that number,
vet there were 12s cards marked within
twenty-five numbers of it. It is proba-
bic that not less than a hundred pump.
kins were split open and the seeds count.
ed be as many different persons for the
purpose of having some basis upon
which to form an opinion as to the
number in the pumpkin on exhibition.
The opening of the gigantic golden ball
was quite an event, and the crowd had
as much fun as could reasonably be ex-
pected from good circus.
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| Public INsTALLATIoN.-Ther will be
a public installation of officers by Star
in the West Lodge no 60 A. F. and A.
NJ at the Qnera Horep o,, Mopday To-,