The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-08-10

The rain on Wednesday proved a
most acceptable blessing. While it tenn
porarily stopped harvesting, it will
aid the growth of corn, which was badly
scorched by the heat.
m. L. Webb of Willard, was in town
on Monday. He said that the crops in
that vicinity were light-not to exceed
half crop on the average, although there
were some very fine pieces of grain.
DIR. Dubois made trip to Bangor
one day during the week. Harvest is in
progress, and the crops are varied. This
side of Brooten for few miles the wheat
is light, but beyond it is very good.
Mrs Stuart Taylor has purchased of
v. A. Whipple the house now occupied
by w. S. Dean, and will take possession
as soon as it is vacated by Mr.. Dean.
when he removes to his new residence.
! The camping party, consisting OF
R. r. Greene and wife, w. F. Smith and
family, Miss Ward and the Misses Kells,
returned on Saturday last after de-
Eightful three weeks spent at Birch Lake.
Meetings will be held in the Metho-
dist church on every Wednesday and
Friday evenings until further notice.
These meetings are designed to carry on
the revival work begun recently in the
city.
Three or four ruffians terrified the
family of Mrs. L. Nicolaus on Tuesday
night. They ratified at the doors, shook
the windows, and other wise made life a
terror to the only two occupants. Mrs
Nicolaus and daughter.
The repairs for the city pump have
arrived, and were put in place Wednes-
day. The mill company has two new
wheels, one for the water works, and
one for the electric light plant, which
will be put in place soon.
notwithstanding the stringency of
the money market, the old reliable firm
of Morse & Lamb have plenty of money
" iOeiu vi Soou iSe'i SSloSS, SSSaiiNS 60
the usual 10 " rates Fyou want loan
on your farm go and see themr
Capt. L. E. Coe has received regist-
ering thermometer from the weather
bureau, which will mark the extremes
OF temperature during given time. The
Captain is getting complete equipment
for meteorological observation.
Misses Kittie Norris and Mary
Buchanan attended the c. E. rally held
at Burtrum on Sunday last, and report
very instructive session. Twenty-one
visitors were present from Long Prairie
out of society of twenty-four members.
Miss Edith Whipple entertained
party OF friends with lawn party at
her home on Friday evening. Music
informal converse and dainty refresh
ments constituted the entertainment.
The lawn was lighted by japanese lam
terms.
Patrick Clarity, an old resident of
st. Cloud, was buried in that city on
Saturday last. His brother, Michael
Clarity, his neice, Mrs. 7. J. Murphy,
and John Connolly and Michael Noonan,
relatives, all of this city, attended the
funeral.
! There was an indescribably bril-
liant display of the aurora on
Not n,,1y, tha
heavens ablaze with the wierd and ever
changing banners of varicolorcd light,
but they reemed to flash so low as to be
almost within reach.
Arthur c. Morse and Paul Bridg-
man, two young men from Massachus-
sets, have been the guests Of r. A.
White during the past week. Mr.. Morse
is nephew of Mr.. White. and Mr..
Bridgman is relative of Col. E. Bridg-
man, former resident here.
Have you seen the handsome young
lady in the window of jacob Bros? She
is a beauty. Not only is she elegantly
attired, but she can do almost anything
| but talk English-and perhaps she can
do that, She is directly from France,
| and hasn't caught on to the venacular
| of the United States yet.
| Train crews on the Great Northern
| have been instructed to carry all self
constituted passengers, of the genus
tramp, the entire length of the division,
the aim beng to get them out of the
| country. This is a good scheme for the
| relief of the intermediate towns, which
are badly overrun with the pests.
| Deputy Examiner West today
counted the cash in the treasury of
| Stearns county. The books showed the
handsome sum of $43, 567.57 on hand,
| and he found every cent oft either in the
banks that have been designated as
| county repositories or in the vaults OF
| Treasurer Mueller.-[ Iournal-Press.
The Sackett theatrical company gave
three entertainments in this city, on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday eve
nings, and made an excellent impression.
1t is a good all-around troupe, free from
all that's Objectionable, andis composed
of players of merit. Should they return
under more favorable conditions they
are assured of good business.
The West Side Bank of st. Paul, oil
which Geo. III. Hosmer, formerly of this
city, is cashier, was compelledto suspend
few days since. The institution is per.
fectly solvent, but like most of the sus-
pended banks, IL could not realize on its
assets to meet demands for cash made
upon it. 1t is believed that it will re
sumo as early as September LIST.
| The wheat fields between Fergu:
| Falls and Breckenridge do not look as i
the yield would be very great. In many