The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-28
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS

M. A. Hayes has purchased Il 0 Du.
luth News, and is now sole PROPRIETOR
and editor.
In five days recently, TWENTY-FIVE
wolves were killed within twelve miles
of Red Wing.
| George R. Marshall, only child of ex-;
Governor W. r. Marshall, died on r.
train while en- route home from the
South.
The Calvanites of the presbytery of
81. Paul met IN Minneapolis last week.
One hundred and fifty delegates were
present.
While several boys were playing with.
| q shotgun at Pennington the Weanoni
was dlscharged and Scott Kingsley was
fatally injured.
winston Bros, of Minneapolis, have
secured the contract for the construc-s
ton OF the Mesaba road from Mesaba,
station to Merritt and beyond.
John Endres was found dead on the,
railroad track near Detroit last week
Ills body was cut IN halves. No cine Az.
TO how 1t happened has been found.
A. G. Perkins lumber camps pear
Zine City, together with his drivers,
outhts, have been destroyed by fire. It
Is supposed to be the work of tramps.
st. Paul Democrats have renomin-
ated robert A. Smith for mayor and
the Hepu bllcans have endorsed Colonel
date.
Patrick Stanley, the St. Paul ma,
w G Of h.
Okla county Sunday, died in the bosnital
of leg.
John Hope, well known MINNEAPOLIS
contractor, was killed in a runaway bv
pesng thrown from lis buggy and strik-
ing an iron post Of the street railway
company. :
+. Weyerhauser and others haves
brought action against Saltwater par.
ties to determine the ownership of pine;
lands IN Mile Laos county valued at
81, 5000
The village council of Montevideo
nave purchased for public park.
tnlrty-hve acres OF the grove lying west
OF the Cnippewa river, and the same is
being laid out.
John d. Horton, an old resident of
Minneapolis, died Wednesday of last
week. His wife, who had travelled all,
the way from Japan on learning of his
ILLNESS, arrived three hours after his
death,
Six freight cars were smashed To kin
ding by collision between freight and
passenger trains near the Chestnut
street station, ST. Paul, Thursday night.
a NUMBER OF the passengers were badly
bruised but no one was fatally injured.
The Northern Pacific lands have been
selling fast in the past two weeks, over
"a goo acres having been disposed of by
| their agent at GAINESVILLE alone. The
company have about 100000 acres in
Clay county and the northern part of
Wilkin.
The new portion of the Imperial MIL
st Duluth was started Tuesday. 1t has
capacity of 1850 barrels daily. and
with the older portions of the mill. that
has been in operation about four wears.
gives, the mill capacity of 5000
barrels.
The special committee appointed by
| the Minnesota insane asylum trustees to
consider the scale of wages paid at the
asylums, met in st. Paul and decided to
recommend new schedule of wages.
which, in the main, will be higher than
prevailing ones.
A st. Louis company has purchased
the Rush City Pressed Brick company's
works and taken possession. They are
putting in new kilns, connecting the
works with the main line of the st. Paul
and Duluth with switch and adding a
new press and other machinery.
A we'll dressed man, apparently 20
years of age, was struck by an ore
train on the Iron Range road at Tower
Friday night. The man was kneeling-
on the track in the attitude of prayer.
Both legs were cut off. He lived for
some hours, but refused to give his
name or the whereabouts 81 his rels-
tives.
Frank Daggett Post q. A. r. of
Litchfeld has in its possession meteor
which fell near Kingston, near there,
| four or i've years ago. 1t was not
found until last fall. A farmer. who
was blowing in his field, found if. Be-
ing an old soldier he brought it to that
city and left it with the post. It weighs
nearly 200 pounds.