The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-08-20


/ Ed Richmond is finishing school
house at Eagle Bend, and on Saturday
shipped up carload OF trimmings. His
contract is for $4,000.
1T is the Odd Fellows, and not the
Masonic Sovereign Grand lodge which
Col. c. M. Sprague will attend in Sep:
TENDER.
About fifty more state certificates
were earned by students of our high
school than during the preceding year.
Three, and perhaps four, state diplomas
were granted.
All pupils who desire to be examined
for advance scholarship in the public
school will report to Prof. Woodley at
the school building on Thursday of next
week.
| School commences one week from
next Monday. The utmost promptness
is desired, as better resultsto the scholar
will be secured ~ entering at the COM
mencement of the term.
Eight bushels and half of wheat
were threshed from eleven shocks, on
Monday, from the farm of George Veeder.
| 1t is thought that the shocks were taken
from less than quarter of an acre.
The Wadena and Park Rapids road,
the extension of the Wadena branch, has
been turned over to the Great Northern
system, and will be operated by it in the
near future.
-. A. Norris is authority for the
statement that more harvesting machin-
cry was received here during the season
just closed than ever before since the rail-
road opened.
The Spring Hilhhail insurance losses
which occurred on Monday were ad-
justed on Thursday one victim receiving
$3.50 and the other $15O-prompt work
and satisfactory to the insured.
Geo. R. Whitney & Co. have taken
the agency of the Manchester, Eng. fire
insurance company. 1t is one of the
strongest companies doing business in
this state.
Will Clark, of the train despatchers
Office of the Great Northern road, who
has been camping at Birch Lake for some
time, came in on Monday and went up
to Alexandria for a few days.
The teachers institute to be held in
this city next week will be the best ever
held in the county. The corps of instruc-
tors is fine, and every teacher should be
present.
ID. T. Calhoun, N. Warmer and Will
Clark of st. Cloud, and George West OF
this city, haye been camping at Birch
Lake for some time, and have had rare
sport with the rod and reel.
The weather has been very warm
during the past week, with frequent
showers. On Monday evening there was
hard downpour of rain with touch
of hail
The HERALD acknowledges the re-
ceipt of the premium list of the fourth
annual fair of Douglas county, to be held
at Alexandria on Sept. 29th and 30th.
Oct. LIST and I'd. Rare sport is promised.
Geo NJ Bishop returned from New
York on Friday last. He was absent
four weeks, and declares that he never
experienced such hot weather since he
was born.
-Tully & Co. have been driven almost
to desperation by overwork during the
past week by the arrival of stocks of
goods which have to be marked and put
upoh the shelves.
Everything in the line of supplies for
threshers can be had Of How Bros. & Co..
They keep complete stocks of valves. fit
tugs, lubrlcators, steam gauges, oils of
all kinds and full assortment steam
fittings.
Minneapolis Exposition, August 25th
to September 26th. Reduced rates viz
the Great Northern railway every Tues
day and Friday, beginning August 25th,
and daily from September 9Th to 18th,
The hail in North Fork was violent,
but the grain WINCH as knocked down
| will not be a total loss. fully one-half
will be secured by a great amount of
extra labor.
| "A brother of Peter Fridund arrived
directly from the old country few days
| ago, and is making his home with his
brother. This is his second visit to
America, and he has come this time to
stay.
r. H. Corey of Auburn, N. Y, In tho
employ of the home office of the Osborne
Harvester company, is spending his va
cation in this city, and extracting lots OF
sport out of it. He is genial gentle
| man.
The Northern Pacific read will sell
excursion tickets from September 5ti
TO 10Th, inclusive, to Minneapolis and
st. Paul, at one-half the regular fare.
Tickets are limited to return until Sep
| tenab Der 14th.
Tickets from this city to the state
fair will be sold from Sept. sth, TO 18th.
good to return till the 14th, at $4.0l,
! including ticket of admission to the
fair grounds. The rate is just one-half,
with fifty cents added for fair ticket
/ Miss Birdie Ship, Of Minneapolis,
who has been the guest of Mrs. S. N.
/ Bruce, lett on Saturday for home. Shs
was accompanied by Mrs. Lowry.
mother of the street-car magnate of the
twin cities:
i j. A. Norris went up to Alexandria
on Saturday. returning early Monday
morning. He attended lecture on
bible study by Henry Plant Of Min.
i neapolis, which he pronounces very fine