The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-03-10
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS
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A postofice has been established at
Halstad, Trail county.
Snow fell to the depth of six inches at
Mabel Thursday night.
The Big Diamond mill cooper shon at
Morristown has been destroyed by fire.
Rev. S. B. Warner, a prominent
Methodist clergyman of st. Paul, is
missing.
The fare for the round trip between
st. Paul and Saltwater has been reduced
,, to IS cents.
The leseses of the West hotel at ST.
Cloud have made an assignment. The
Liabilities are heavy.
Governor Merriam will not be a can
didate for delegate to the national Re-
publican convention.
One hundred and fifty tons Of pig
iron is being turned out daily at the
Duluth blast furnace.
Bruggeman's brewery, located in West
Vt. Pau!, was destroyed by Ere Thurs
day night. Loss, $4,000; no insurance.
Hon. M. B. harrison, of Duluth. a
worlds fair commissioner from this
state, is dead. BE left an estate valued
J ut q, 000, 600.
A meeting Of the officers Of the state
Epworth league was held in Winona
Friday to perfect arrangements for the
June convention which win be held in
Minneapolis.
Senator Washburn's bill to authorize
tbs Grand Rapids Water and Electric
pOyuar -
across the Mississippi river, has been
reported favorab2y.
The bill granting the right of way to
the Duluth and Northern Railroad com
pany through the Fond du Lac Indian
reservation in Minnesota has been IA
vorably reported in the senate.
Ramsey county's share Of the worlds
fair fund-$21, 70o-has been raised
Over So, 900 of the extra a0O. 600 has
already been guaranteed by the various
counties Of the state.
[ Miss Lottie Mitchell was killed and
Miss Annie Erickson and Herb Brad
ford, the driver, badly indured, in q
runaway at Minneapolis Friday night.
The girls were inmates Of house Of
Il-fame.
The United States supreme court has
decided the case of the Winena and st.
Peter railway company against the
towns Of Plainview and Elgin, in favor
of the towns. The amount in question
is $4,000.
A. J. Sawyer, the well known eleva-
tor and grain man of Minneapolis, is
dead. He was the owner of large
elevator line in North Dakota and Min
nesota, with terminals at Superior and
Minneapolis.
A reunion Of the SURVIVORS of the
Second Minnesota cavalry will be held
at Mankato, June and 8. Secretay
Maxwell is now arranging for buildings
and grounds, and excursion rates with
in 200-mile radius.
The lumber companies are getting out
large quantity Of lumber this season
in Northern Minnesota, on the Missis-
sippi, Swan, Willow and Prairie rivers.
The quality is remarkably good, and the
cut will be immense.
A circular dated March,, has been is.
sued from President j. j. Hills office
appointing Thomas J. Hyman assistant
to the president of the Great Northern
Railway company. Mr.. Lyman was
formerly auditor of the Wisconsin Cen
trail.
Charles Burton and Charles johnson,
committed for grand larceny at Alexan-
dria, broke Jail Thursday night. They
cut through floor of one inch pine and
dug under the wall into the outside
stairway. The Jail has been condemned
for years as unsafe.
The Winena board of trade has de-
cided to formally open to traffic the high
wagon bridge across the Mississippi
river at this point, with big celebra-
ton on the Fourth of July. il is ex-
pected that there will be large at
tendance from the surrounding country.
William Resting, a small dealer in
general merchandise at Morton, went
to Chicago last week to buy goods.
He says that on Sunday night, while
crossing the Clark street bridge, he was
held up by three men and robbed of
$500. The prevailing opinion, however,
idence men.
The Minneapolis mills last week
raised their -four output about q
thousand barrels per day, says The
Northwestern Miller. The aggregate
production of seventeen mills was IT,
$50 barrels-averaging 1881 barrels
against ILLS barrels the previous
week, 123, 275 barrels for the correspond
ing time in 1891, and 131, $50 barrels in
1890. ... -.
E. L. Brockway, one of the commits
sioners appointed to estimate the
amount Of standing pine on public lands
in Minnesota says that the work of
estimating the pine on White Earth
reservation has been completed and the
commission removed to the Red Lake
reservation. He added that the pine OR
White Earth had been greatly overesti-
mated, in his opinion. He was not pre-
pared to give the actual amount of pine
standing, but felt safe in saying that it
would fall below 1000, 000, 900 feet.
At meeting of the board of prison
managers at Saltwater, the price of
binding Irvine for the coming season
was fixed at 10 cents q pound, cent
higher than last year. Manager Nor
rish said that last year every pound of
Irvine sold for cents was at a loss, and
that 10 cents will just cover the actual
cost. He thinks the price of raw ma
| terial will be the same as last year, pos
sibly cheaper, and it. is the intention of
the board to purchase Minnesota fiber
as far as possible.
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