The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-07-02

w. A. Lands, conductor of the con
struction train on the Great Norther1
road, was caught between the car
while coupling, and narrowly ESCAPED
instant dea til. He was taken to hi.
home in St. Cloud, and at last accounts
was still living.
Rev. /. C. Cory, wife and two boys
were in the city on Tuesday, on theii
way from Browerville to their home II
Mankato. Mr.. Cory was warmly WEI
coined by scores of his old friends VINO
remember his pastorate here pleasantly
He is doing excellent work at Mankato'
and is deeply interested there. Few men
have the faculty of winning warmer
friends and attaching them with more
enduring bonds.
ALT members of the Stearns County
Bar Association, who are in the city, To-
day signed protest, addressed to the
governor, in relationto the Investigation
ordered by him of the official acts OF
Judge Bruener in the Schapps case. Ihey
protest against the governor entertain
ing any charges against Judge Bruener
upon the affidavit of Schapps alone. The
protest was sent to st. Paul this after
noon.-[Times.
PROS. ]. M. Casey and o. M. Varley
droye up from Sank Centre Saturday
and remained until Sunday afternoon.
While here Mr.. Varley accepted the
principalship of our graded schoolfor the
coming year. He has the appearance OF
being just the man to fill the position,
and is well recommended. Prof. Casey
is one of the proprietors of the Sank Cen
tire business college.-[Long Prairie
Leader.
i. H. Gates reports that as he was
drying in from Little Sank Monday
he discovered three poles on the
railroad track near Charlotte lake. One
of the poles was quite large and they
were locked in the best possible manner.
He said he watched while but saw no
one and came home. Afterward he went
down to the place and found that the
largest pole had been carried away. 1t
would be difficult to assign reason for
such an obstruction.-[Todd Co. Argus.
The marriage of Miss Emma Lewis
and ]. D. Van Dyke, at the residence OF
the brides parents, on Thursday last,
was a notable event, in that 1t united
The destinies of two well known and
respected young people.
Miss Lewis is highly educated young
ady, who has now universal esteem,
and Mr.. Van Dyke Is a young man, who
was formerly resident of this city, now
engaged in the practice of law at Long
Prairie. The wedding was attended by
a large concourse of friends and relatives.
They left Immediately after the wedding
or Oconomowoc, Wis.,, where they will
spend several weeks.
The question as to whether this city
S getting its electric lights at low
igure seems to be assured in the affirma-
i've by the Fergus Falls city council.
At recent meeting of that council the
question of renewing the street lighting
contract for two years was under dis
.ussion, when c. D. Wright, in behalf of
he electric light company made the fol-
owing statement:
"The present contract was as low
,ne as the company could make without
actual loss to itself, and that the amount
which this city is now paying for lights
s much less than what is paid by any
,ther city in the northwest of equal size
With Fergus Falls; not only is the
lmount per lamp cheaper than any
,ther city pays, except Sank Centre, but
he aggregate amount paid for lighting
$ less"
An interesting case of usury was tried
before Judge Searle and jury during
he recent session of the district court,
and the jury rendered verdict against
he usurer 1t was in the case of Bar
lows and Thomas, Pope county case,
n which Thomas claimed and proved
1sury, i'll that Barrows received note,
1rawing it for more than the amount of
principal and interest of the old note.
It was well fought for Barrow by c. P.
Reeves, of Glenwood, but the defendant
had the evidence to substantiate the
claim. Taylor and Calhoon. of st.
Cloud, were at torneys for Thomas. Fol-
lowing upon the heels Of this case, the
court has recently handed down
a decision, of which the following is the
syllabus:
Evidence that the payee OF note In
tentionally included therein a greater
sum than the amount loaned, with 40
per cent interest on the face amount of
the note, whereby he secured to himself
a greater compensate for the forbear-
ance of the sum actually loaned than the
statute allows is sufficient to support
the charge of usury.
The frontispiece to HARPERs MAGA-
ZINE for July is fine partrait of Oliver
Wendell Holmes, engraved by Closson
from recent photograph. George Will
liam Curtis, in an interesting and appre-
ciative article on DIR. Holmes and his
works, takes occasion to review the con-
dition Of American literature sixty years
ago, when the "Autocrat of the Break
fast Table, gave his FIRST paper to the
public. Walter Besant's second paper
on London deals with the Saxon and
Norman periods. and presents many In
teresting facts relative to the customs,
trades, occupations, religious faith, and
daily life of the people of the metropolis
during those times. The superb series Of
articles on "The Warwickshire Avon,
written by A. T. CUTLER Couch, and illus
trated by Alfred Parsons is brought to a
close. Theodore Child gives graphic
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