The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-01-19
The Keller Manufacturing Company


has had a prosperous year. The ANNA
statement shows that the company has
made very handsome profit in 1892
nearly twenty per cent upon its out.
standing capital. The factory has been
steadily i'll operation, manufacturing
bobsleds, harrows, eveners, etc. and has
found ready sale for its entire output 1t
has employed almost forty men during
the entire year, and the present indica-
tons are favorable for an equally sue
cessful season in 1898. 1t has furnished
a market for hundreds of cords of fuel, as
well as thousands Of feet of hardwood
lumber. So quietly and unostentatious-
ly has its business been conducted that
our citizens have scarcely realized that
it has contributed so much to the town
prosperity.
Our citizens were treated to a genuine
surprise today by the announcement
that John A. Gilman had sold out his
excellent Furniture business to John B.
Perkins. 1t was an open secret that w.
d. Townsend and Fred B. Rowe had
been negotiating with Mr.. Gilman for
the stock, but that Mr.. Perkins should
purchase it was not even dreamed OF.
The city will regret to lose Mr.. Gilman
from its business roster. for he is an
enterprising. wide-awake citizen, thor
oughly reliable in every way. But it is
gratifying to know that Mr.. Perkins
has re-entered the ranks ofactiye business
men. His sterling qualities are univer-
sally recognized. He succeeds to the
finest furniture business in central Min
nesota, built from the ground up by Mr..
Gilman, and it is safe to say it
will not languish in his hands. Mr..
GIlman's future movements are undeter-
mined. 1t is hoped that he will remain
in Sank Gentle, however;
There has been a dearth of really
good entertainments in this city during
the present season, due in great measure
to the fact that most companies find
1t practically impossible to make salts
factory arrangements. Their hahltual
way is to play engagements on the per-
centage plan with opera house managers
the local party agreeing to assume a
share ofthe risk, while participating pro-
portionaly in the profits of the engage
ment. The city council, very properly,
declines to enter into such partnership
arrangements. buethe result is that the
companies do not come at all. If our
beautiful Opera House had manager
who conld and would cooperate with
these companies, the city would have
choicer entertainments and enough of
them to break monotony, and yet not
enough to overdo the amusement bust
ness. THERE'S a liye young business man
of the city who would he glad to lease
the Opera House and manage it along
lines suggested above. Would it not be !
better Tor the city to make some such
arrangements?
The new Columbian stamps are out !
anu may DS ustu DIT tue pOSlOulCc. AS
the stamps will be issued only during
this year, it is stated that large quanti-
ties are being bought UP by stamp col
lectors for future premiums. The stamps
are entirely different in size and general
appearance from the old. The same style
pervades all, but npon each stamp APP
pears Columbian design. The one
cent gives columbus in sight of land"
and is printed in Antwerp blue, the two
cent, Landing OF Columbus" color pur-
pie maroon; the three, Flagship of
Columbus" medium green; the four
cent. Fleet of Columbus" color ultra
marine blue; the five cent. columbus
soliciting aid from Isabella" color choc-
olate brown; the six cent, Columbus
presenting natives" color vandyke
brown; the fifteen cent, columbus an
nouncing his discovery" color dark
green. The issue includes also thirty and /
fifty cent and one dollar, two dollar,
three dollar, four dollar and five dollar
stamps. A series of stamped envelopes |
is also issued. The standard stamp |
series will also be issued as usual and |
people can take their choice as to the |
kind they wish to use.