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The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-05-17
THEY ARE FOND OF FUN.
SOME STORIES ABOUT wELL-KNowN
PEOPLE WHO ENJOY A JOKE.

How DR.. Scott Tricked President Harri-
son and SeptuageRarian Guest at a
White House Reception-Mrs. Harri-
son Paints n PHI Advertisement on
Her Uncle's Dog-Senator Palmer's
Christmas Present to Mrs. Mander-
son-Chinese Ladies and Something of
Their Life in Stewart Castle-Chinese
officials Fascinated BY Washington
Nurse-maids-Jeann winston's Pet
Dog and All About His Daily Bath
"Jack's" Violet Powder and Tooth
Brush, ETC., Etc.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-05-17
8. May 4. 1891 Feb. 20. 1881 Increase.
Totals. 81 slO.Os5.2sS $s.5S5, ,sse s5O9.4Ss

The only changes to be noted are the West
End and Traders, which have changed posi-
tions by the large increase of business OF the
from seventh to fifth place in the amount of
loans discounted.
Taken altogether, the showing will prove, as
before stated, to be most excellent in every
respect and furnish additional evidence of the
fact that we are much less liable to financial
dangers than other communities and gives
abundant testimony to the good Judgment and
high character of our various bank officials
and to the value of the stock OF the several
banks and trust companies represented.
FRANK L. PELoUzE,
1885 + street.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-06-04
LOSSES OVER 100000.
Number of Tenements, Freight Depo
and n Mammoth Factory Burned.

Number of Tenements, Freight Depot
and Mammoth Factory Burned.
NEW YORK, June 2.-The immense
works of the Brooklyn Cooperage COM
pany, fronting on Kent avenue, between
North Sixth and North Seventh streets,
williamsburg, were burned to the
ground during the night. The fire
started in the bag factory of the concern
and spreading quickly, communicated
to the main structure and soon the
works were in blaze. In spite of the
efforts of the firemen the flames COM
municated the fve-story brick building
adjoining occupied by the Erie and
other railroads as freight station, and
in about half an hour that whole struc-
ture was also in ruins. The flames
leaped to North Eighth street and drove
the tenants out of the tenement houses.
The cheaply constructed frame buildings
Were Soon All on Fire.
The tenement houses, No. II North
Seventh street, caught soon after and
We're completely destroyed. BY = o'clock
a. m. the fire was practically under con
troll. From the infiammable nature of
the material the places burned up so
rapidly that despite the strenuous efforts
of the firemen. nineteen land engines,
three fire boats and water tower, q
factory covering nearly three-quarters
OF an acre, was burned to the ground.
Loring M. Palmer, the president of the
cooperage works, estimates his loss in
the neighborhood of $1,000,000 nearly
covered by insurance. The company
was the biggest concern of its kind here
and made the greater part of the barrels
and bagging of the sugar refinery COM
panies. So far no loss of life has been
reported.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-06-04

The fact that man is down and out
Of the fight is about all that friend or
foe can take account Of for the time be-
ing. It is reasonable to suppose, how
ever, that some deaths are instantaneous,
the men being literally killed in action.
One such case / had an opportunity to
study with unusual care at Fort Has
kell, in the Fort Stedman battle, in
front of Petersburg. The action there
was defensive on our part, the scene
very small and the fight prolonged,
hence many things were observed that
would escape notice on an open field.
At one time, just in front of me, as !
looked toward the enemy, there was a
soldier of our garrison firing his musket
from gun staging, that raised his head
and shoulders above the parapet. He
was the oldest man ever saw in battle,
and for that reason, doubtless, | OBJ
served him closely. His hair was white
and his form had reached the stage of
unsteadiness. He fired very slowly, and
after each shot he would scan the en-
emy's lines as though watching the re-
suit of his last ball or spying out a tar
get for the next.
Finally when had my attention al
most wholly On him he half turned to
reload, and saw his cap fly off smartly
without any visible help, and the large
and bony frame shrunk together and
sank down into heap. There was no
spasm, no agitation, whatever. 1t SEEM
ed to me that he simply sat down slowly
until he rested on his legs bent under the
body, his head going down to his knee or
to the trail of the cannon. A little
stream of blood ran from his forehead
and made pool on the plank, and this
blood.reached the plank about the time
that his frame settled down motionless.
From the time that his hat flew off
until the blood appeared on the stag
ing and the motionless body caused me
to say, "He is Dead" could not have
been more than thirty seconds, and prob
ably was about twenty. The fatal ball
had penetrated the left temple, or near
it. This was the only case that I ever
saw where man was killed $50 quickly
that he never knew what hit him." as
the saying is.-New York Sun.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-06-04
THE ARMY MULE AGAIN.
How Private Peek Did Not Learn /

How Private Peek Did Not Learn TO
Drive.
Everybody knew had been RECON-
mended or commission, and they
called me lieutenant" but all the same
/ was doing duty as a private. For two
or three days was detailed to drive
mules for the quartermaster, and that
was the worst service ever did per-
form. I kicked some at being detailed
to drive six mule team, but the colonel
said / might see the time when I could
save the government million dollars
by being able to jump on to a wheel
mule and drive a wagon loaded with
ammunition or paymaster's cash out of
danger of being captured by the enemy.
So I went to work and learned to
"gee-haw" six mule team of the Stub
bornest beasts in the world hauling
bacon, but there was no romance in
taking care of six mules that kicked 30
you had to put the harness on them
with pitchfork for fear of having your
head kicked off. If ever get ia pension it
will be for my loss of character and tenn
per in driving those mules. have been
in some dangerous places, but was
never in SO dangerous place in battle
as I was one day driving those mules.
One of the lead mules got his forward
foot over the bride some way, and I
went to fix it, and the team started and
sstraddled" me.
As soon as I saw that was between
the two lead mules, and that the team
had started, knew my only safety was
in lying down and taking the chances Of
the three pairs of mules and wagon go
ing straight over me. The attempt to
get out would mix them all up, SO fell
right down in the mud, which was about
foot deep and like soft mortar. AS
the mules passed on each side of me
every last one of them kicked at me,
but escaped everything except the
mud, and when got up on my feet be-
hind the wagon the quartermaster, who
was ahead on horseback, had stopped
the team. He called colored man TO
drive and told me could go back.
I tried to sneak in the back way and
not see anybody, but when passed the
chaplain's tent lot of officers, who had
been sampling his sanitary stores, came
out, and one of them recognized me, and
they insisted on my stopping and taking
something with them. Honestly, there
was not an inch of my clothing but was
covered with red mud. They had fun
with me for half an hour and then let
me go. have never to looked at a mule
since without desire to kill it.-How
Private Peck Put Down the Rebellion.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-06-04
1891 JUNE. 1891
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ELEVATOR INVESTIGATION.
The Farmers Have No Cause to Com
plain, Saws an Expert

plain. Says an Expert.
DULUTH, June ri. Bsrtram, one OF
the experts of the wheat investigating
committee, says that everything has
been found correct so far as the experts
have gone. Said he:
In some eases we have discovered
some cars missing. and in one instance
a cargo Of 40, 900 bushels, and we thought
we hada case sure, but on going over
the books we found that the 40, 900 bush
els were in another elevator. At pres
emit there are about seventy-fye cars
missing, but, as in the case of the 40, 600
bushels, we may yet discover them in
other elevators when we get to them.
After the present work of examining
the books is completed we will take up
the work of tracing the cars,
and think that we will find
the most of them. think the farmers
have little reason to complain of the
grading of their grain. They frequently
keep the grain in their own bins in the
hope of getting better prices later on,
but the facilities they have are not such
as to keep the wheat in good condition,
and naturally it sweats and becomes
moldy. When it is inspected that is
apparent and, of course, the wheat is
graded down. When the elevators get
It they sometimes put it through dry
ing process, and bring it up to nearly
former standard. In such cases, how
ever, they do no injustice to the far
mer
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-06-04


Alta special election on the o,,astiona
OF issuing $4,000 bonds for water
were polled for and 90 against. s.
a man named John Zewald has con-
fessed, at Sacramento, Cal. that he
killed two wives, one of the murders
occurring at Anoka, this state. Poison
was the agent.
Two and one-half million wall-eved
pike have been placed in the Minnesota
river at Mankato, and 10000. 600 be-
tween Fort Smelling and that CITY. bv
the state fish hatchery. Is
A fremen's tournament win be held
IN Plpestone, Mimi, on July 9. 8 and 4.
Over 81 1000 In cash will be given in
purses. Over 200 firemen from sur.
rounding towns are expected.
An 1S-months-old babe Of John Am
brose was playing on the railroad track
east of the station at jackson MINI
train ss'se =
Fred Berg, student OF Moorhead
normal school, was run over bv TN, fha
Great Northern passenger train 81
Argusville, N. d., and had both b., la@ 90
after. e'sss se's'1'
An unknown man threw. bimsalf
under q train at Randall MINI IN tha
Northern Pacific, and had his Badv emf
completely IN twain. He was sbonf
81 years OF age, and said to be from ST.
Louis. 81 s.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-06-04
SHOWER or DEATH.
Workmen Caught in the Debris of an Ex
ve1nafnn-Eivo

Workmen Caught in the Debris of an Ex-
plOsion-Fiye Dead, Seven Diving.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va, June "A
terrible accident, resulting in the death
of five men and the wounding of eight
others, all dangerously, occurred in J.
L. Jordan's saw mill, near Bowling
Green. Caroline county. The men were
at work near the engine room, when the
boiler burst, and they were caught in a
shower of missiles and scalding water,
several of them being
Buried Out of Sight in the Ruins.
The uninjured employees hurried to the
rescue, medical aid was immediately
summoned and everything done to re-
ieve the injuries of-those taken out
alive. The killed are: William Sect,
Lawrence Hayes, William James.
John Fry, colored, Wesam Catlett.
Seven other colored men and one white
man were rescued alive, but their iniu-
ries are SO serious that all may die. The
cause Of the explosion, which completely
wrecked the mill building has not been
definitely ascertained.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-06-04

ssTHE REBELS HAVE DECIDED FOR Us"
most as fast as the men could be re-
placed. But such was the eagerness to
keep the flag aloft that at one time two
men - Irishmen caught hold of the
standard at once, as it was about to fall.
and struggled for it. Just then a shot
struck the staff, cutting it in two, and
leaving one man with the flag and the
other with the broken stick. "Bedadp
said the man with the short end of the
staff, 'sthe rebels have decided for us
this timer and went to loading and fir
ing again as coolly as if nothing had
happened. Anecdotes, Poetry and Incl
dents of the War.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-06-04
THE FIGURE "9.n

The figure in our dates will make long stay
No man or woman now living will ever date Q
document without using the figure 9. It stands
in the third place in 1890 where it will remain ten
years and then move up to second place in 1900.
where it will rest for one hundred years.
There is another SO" which has also come to stay
1t is unlike the figure in dates in the respect
that it has already moved up to first place, where
it will permanently remain. It is called the GNo.
o. High Arm Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine
The mo. g. was endorsed for first place by TIN.
experts Of Europe at the Paris Exposition OF 1884,
where, after severe contest with the leading ma
chimes of the world, it was awarded the only
Grand Prize given to family sewing machines, az
others on exhibit having received lower awards
of gold medals, etc. The French Government
also recognized its superiority by the decoratona
Mr.. Nathaniel heller President of the company
with the Cross of the Legion Of Honor.
The 'sNo. o" is not an old machine improvee
upon. but Is an entirely new machine, ami the
Grand Prize at Paris was awarded it as the scant,
est advance in sewing machine mechanism Of .hs
age. Those who buy 1t can rest assured, here
fore, Of having the very latest and best.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-06-04
Emntx Honor.

During the war man, great in his
own eyes, was, by some influence, ap-
pointed brigadier general. His sense
of his own Importance was greatly in
creased. He could hardly speak of any
thing else but bis new dignity. Meeting
a "homespun" Yankee one day he ac-
costed him thus: .sWell, Jim, suppose
you know I have been appointed briga-
der generalY' Eyes" said Jim, ~ heerd
SO" "Well, what do folks say about it?"
They don't say nothin', replied James;
''they just laugh. Exchange.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-06-04
Over Their Graves.

Over their graves rang once the bugie's call;
The searching shrapnel and the crashing ball;
The shrek, the shock of battle and the neigh
OF horse; the cries of anguish and dismay,
And the loud cannon's thunders that appall.
Now through the years the brown pine needles
fall,
The vines run riot by the old stone wall,
By hedge, by meadow streamlet. far away,
Over their gravesI
We love our dead where'er so held in thrall-s
Than they no Greek more bravely died, nor
Gaul.
A love that's deathless! But they look today
With no reproaches on us when we say,
"Come, let US clasp yo1r hands--we'r BROTH
ers ALL
Over their gravesl
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-06-04
A Battle within q Battle.

An officer Of the Second Connecticut
regiment, in a letter to his family, says:
"The coolest thing ever heard of hap
pened at the battle of Fair Oaks. Right
in the hottest of the battle two of the
Seconds boys got at loggerheads with
each other, threw down their muskets
and fell to at fisticuffs, had it out, picked
up their arms and pitched into the rebels
again. ] have heard Of wheel within a
wheel, but battle within battle is
certainly something new. Selected.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-06-04
A Fair Exchange.

The day after the battle of Bull Run
July 90, 1861, while burial parties were
busy at their then unaccustomed work,
Mike Flaherty. member of the Second
s. c. ", wandered away from his COM
rades, and while strolling through the
woods came upon Yank, cold and stiff,
with new pair of shoes on his feet.
Now, Mikes shoes were much the worse
for wear, and the poor fellow looked
long and wistfully at the new brogans.
1t would never do to rob the dead, and
yet he wanted the shoes.
Finally he sat him down, united the
strings with many furtive glance at
the dead mans face, pulled off the shoes
and tried them on. They fitted perfectly,
and Mike sat eying them regretfully.
Suddenly brilliant idea flashed into
Mikes brain. Why not swap? TWAS
done. The old shoes took the place Of
the new, and were securely tied on the
dead mans feet, and Mike, with a long
drawn sigh, said in half apologize
manner, 'Them's plinty good enough
for where you're GOWN. w olunteer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-06-04
l DI
w. OF fTes = ~ OF 4E SaEILfBoso
HousEHcI4D 8or one yeaF
flss

has proved very acceptable grit IN many
thousands VI homes during The past few
wears. and we will continue the offer for 1890,
This offer amounts practically to years
substitution to TIE HOuSEhoLp to every
newly married couple in the United States
and Canada. the only conditions being that
the parties lor their fI'iendsl apply for the
present within one year from the date OF their
marriage-en ten cents for postage,
and such evidence as will amount to reason
able proof that they are entitled TO the mag
azine upfer this offer
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-06-04
Not Quite Gone.

A soldier of Bates division of the Con-
federate army, after the command had
I'm two days from Nashville, had thrown
away his gun and accoutrements, and
alone in the woods sat down and COM
menced thinking first chance he
had for such thing. Rolling up his
sleeves and looking at his legs and gen.
eral physique, he thus gave vent to his
feelings, 81 am whipped, badly whipped,
and somewhat demoralized, but no man
can say am scattered. "-Moore's Col
lection
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-06-04

Il -
Tho new Telescope for Cartoons OBJ
se1Fatory has arrived at Mortified.
With the addition of this telescope
carleton will have one of the best
equipped observatories in sthe United
States.
The Duluth, Mesabi and Northern
Railway company has fled articles with
the secretary of state. The tax paid on
the capital stock was the largest sum
ever paid to the state ip this way The
! amount is So, 525.
Ct. A. Booth, marshal of Hinckley,
while attempting to board freight
train at Miller was thrown under the
train and literally ground to shreds.
: What was left of him was brought
home for interment.
The funeral of DR.. e. M. Morehouse.
late mayor of Owatonna. MINI. was
held in the park at that city. About
2,000 people were present from ali over ,vss
the county. It was the largest funeral
ever held in that city.
The thirty-fourth annual council az
the Protestant Episcopal church in the
diocese OF Minnesota, met at Faribault
Wednesday,. In the absence of Bishon
Whipple, Assistant Bishop Gilbert. of
st. Paul, is the president OF the council.
The contract for the erection Of the
first OF the eleven Columbian palaces
for the worlds fair has been given to
Minneapolis firm, Barnett, Record
q Chapman. The building is for mines.
and the carpenter CONTRACT amounts to
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-06-04
Be- Sure and Observe These Conditions

y and iont forget either the postage or the proof
giving notice of her marriage. the notice itself
clipped in such away to show the date OF the paper
or statement from the clergyman or justice who per-
master acquainted with the facts, some other rea
sonable evidence. BIT do not send us names OF
parents or other theses who strangers TO u.s.
nor nrefer" us to aRy6ody-we have no time TO hunt
up the eyiderce-the party making the application
must do that. Marriage certificates or other ev',
dence will be returned to the senders,H desired, ana
additional postage is enclosed for the purpose.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-06-04
statesmen WANTED

To solicit for our we'll known nursery. Good
wages paid weekly, steady employment.
All stock guaranteed true to name. Our
eli lty is harry stock for the North an
Northwest. Write for terms be ore territory
en-, stating age.
CuaSE BROTHERS. COMPANY
Chicav o. IL
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-06-04
Corbett challenged by jackson.

Corbett Challenged by jackson.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 2.-Peter Jack
son has issued challenge to Jim Cor
bett offering to fight him in the Califor.
mia club. or any other club, New Or.
leans barred for a purse Of 10000.
jackson will put up forfeit as guar.
antee Of his good faith.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-06-04
The Bun Run Races.

It is well known that John A. Logan,
who was member Of Congress at the
time the war began, left Washington
when he saw there was going to be a
fight, and, seizing musket, walked all
the way to Bull Run, where he arrived
just in time to take part in the battle.
He had on a swallowtail coat, but he
stood up to the rack as long as anybody
did. He was back in Washington next
morning a good deal out of breath, and
was telling some Of his fellow congress
men all about it.
"Who gave you this account Of the
ighty" asked member from the north
woods of New York.
tWhy, ! was there myself" said
Logan. The New Yorker evidently had
not heard the news, for he seemed lit
tie mystifed, and asked, as if wishing to
solve the mystery Of Logan's speedy re-
appearance, are the cars runningy
No, said Logan, the cars amt rum
ming, but every other blank thing in the
state Of Virginia is, as near as / could
find ont ~ hicago Herald
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-06-04

Fast Trains with Pullman Vestibuied draw
ing Room Sleepers Dining Cars and coaches
of latest design, between Chicago and Mil
waukee and st Paul and Minneapolis
Fast Trans with Pullman yestibuled Draw
ing Room Sleepers, Dining Cars and Coaches
of latest design, beLw cen Chicago and Mill
waukee and Ashland aud Duluth.
Through Pullman Vestibuled Drawing
Room and Tourist Sleepers via the North
ern Pacific Railroad between Chicago and
Portland, Ore. and Tacoma, Wash.
Convenient Trains to and from Eastern,
Western. Northern, and Central Wisconsin,
points, affording unequalled service TO and
from Waukesha, Fon du Lac, Oshkosh,
Neenah, Menasha, Chippewa Falls, Eau
Claire. Hurley, Wis and IrOnwOOd and
Bessemer, Mich.
For tickets. sleeping car reservations, time
tables and other information, apply to agents
. of the line, or to ticket agents anywhere in the
United States or Canada.
B. 8. AiNsLIE. eerI Man. MILWAUKEE WIS.
]. " HANNATosD, CENT Traf. Man. Hv. PAUL, NiNN.
q. c. BARLOW. Traidc Man CHICAGO, ILL.
LOUIS EcEsTEIN, q p&TA.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-06-04
An ANEcDoTg OF THE WILDERNESS

IN the battles of the Wilderness the
Twentieth Massachusetts, regiment was
IN the thick Of the fight, and one color
bearer after another was shot down al
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-06-04
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