The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-05-12
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS
Thief River Falls is to have a new

Thief River Falls is to have a new
bank. =.
The City of Little Falls has voted
$685. bonds for two new school
houses.
An elevator at Eyota, owned by Pet
erson Bros, of Chicago, was destroyed
by fire Thursday. ..... 49,
The National Association of Insurance
Commissioners will meet in st. Paul in
annual convention June IA.
The Union Stock Yards Journal build
ing at South st. Paul has been de-
stroyed by fire. Nothing was saved.
The Douglas house, barn, sheds, etc.,
at Aiken were destroyed by an incen-
diary fire Thursday. The hotel was I'M
occupied.
The sale of postage stamps at the st.
Paul office during April was 81 per
cent. greater than the corresponding
month for last year.
Major George A. Camp, one of the
best known pioneers in Minnesota, died
at his home at Lake Minnetonka
Wednesday of last week. .... L..
The contract for the Hotel Russell at
Rest Island has been let to 81. G. Robin
son q Co.. of Minneapolis, the building
to be finished by June q.
The Minneapolis Sash and Door COM
pany's plant has been totally destroyed
by fire, causing loss of about $50, OO0.
The company employed $50 men.
George E. Jones, a well-known busi-
ness man and old resident of Minneap-
oils, died suddenly while taking Turk.
ish bath at the West hotel in that city.
Fire has destroyed all the stock sheds
Of the Winona Fair association at the
fair grounds. There were about 1000
feet OF shed room for the exhibition of
stock.
At the regular monthly meeting of
the Moorhead city council the saloon
license was raised from 5000 to $3.50.
There are now thirtyfour saloons in
Moorhead.
Charles Nordstrom, while feeding a
machine in the Cloquet Lumber COM
pany's planning mill at Cioquet, was
struck by a piece of board which flew
back from the saw and instantly killed.
BY the oapsizing of boat on Leigh
ton lake, near Grand Rapids, fourteen
of Backus's driving crew We're thrown
into the water. Sandy Mcleod and
John Murray and an Indian were
drowned.
Michael McGovern, who recently mur-
dered Bessie Kelley at lodging house
on Washington avenue, and then at
tempted TO take his own life, died of his
selt-inftcted injuries shortly after 0
o'clock Thursday morning.
Tho -
found in the Minnesota river near Bella
flains. 1t has all the appearance OF
having been foully dealt with, as the
head is badly bruised and shows a lara
wound as from heavy blow.
The board of trustees of the Mime.
sofa insane hospitals has awarded the
contract for constructing the continue
ton OF the southeast wing of the Fergus
Falls asylum to Butler Bros, of st.
Paul, for ST. ZOO. 1t is to be completed
Dec. !.
The recent municipal election In st.
Paul was sweeping victory for the
Republicans. They elected the mayor.
comptroller and treasurer, the nine
assemblymen and seven out of eleven
aldermen. Mayor Wright, the success
full candidate, is the first Republican
mayor elected in st. Paul since 1879.
The Grand Lodge A. o. U. w. met
in st. Paul last week with $50 delegates
in attendance. Reports of officers show
that the net gain in membership for tho
year ending April is 2,O4S, making the
total mem bership in good standing
0,6S3. The finance committee reported
the finances of the order to be in good
condition.
Crate Beasley and John L. Murphy,
two farmers living eighteen miles from
Montevideo, became involved in a quar-
rel and Murphy is said to have drawn a
revolver. Beasley then ran to a wagon
and got shot gun with which he shot
Murphy in the breast, inf1icting a fatal
wound. There has been bad blood be-
tween them for some time. Beasley is
under arrest.
The commission to prepare plans and
specifications for Minnesota's state
building at the worlds fair has been
awarded to w. ChanningeWhitn a
Minneapolis architecj There were
fourteen competitors from various parts
of the state, and the award to the sue
cessful one was the commission as archi-
tect and per cent. of tho cost of the
building, which cost will be about
$4,000.