The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-07-18

G.. ]: Hanstrom drove to Sank Centre
on Saturday evening and Sunday he re-
turned home accompanied by his wife
and little ones. Miss Nelson, his wife's
sister, returned with them and will
make a protracted visit.-Belgrade Sun.
/, The Standard Oil Company has lust
put in an oil tank for distributing oil
in this city and vicinity. 1t is double
tank for two grades OF oil. L. S. Bishop
was the first to have his supply de-
livered by means of it.
Mel Scherffius left for Ocomomowoc.
Wis, on his bicycle soon after July 4th.
He made ST. Paul all right, but the hot
weather, sand and dust had so COM
pletely used him up that he went thence
by rail, stopping to visit friends at
Winona.
Thos. Pickett, painter by trade. and
a good one, was committed to the in
sane hospital at Fergus Falls on Tues
day, and officer Fish took him there.
Mr.. Pickett has been afflicted with
terrible pains in the head and detective
digestion, which unsettled his mind.
When asked if he had any special bust
ness announcement to make to the people
who will attend the circus next Mon
Monday, Will Scherffius said, "well, no,
except that / am prepared to furnish
them with nice collins at reasonable
prices" Please bear this fact in mind.
Ed. Parr, Jack Davis, H. B. Chase and
William Edgerton, who have been rum
ming on the Park Rapids branch, have
been called into St. Cloud and will be
given runs on the main line in order to
perfect them in the practical application
of the new code of signals. William
Miller will return to work on the branch.
w. S. Dean & Co. set up a twelve
foot Carver harvester on Saturday last,
and put it at work in field of rye be-
longing to Lyman Kells, just south OF
the track. After it was adjusted it did
its work perfectly, and was OF as light
draft as the ordinary seven-foot ma
chine.
H. F. Alden, the leading ieweler of this
CITY. keeps constantly in stock all the
novelties in jewelry and silverware. The
latest things in belt buckles. shirt waist
sets, stick pins, chains, studs, etc. An
assortment of gold and silver watches
beyond competitor in this market. Solid
and plated silverware in endless variety
and every article at lowest possible
prices.
The school board should see to the re.
pairing of the weather vane on the
school house tower. Now that the
winds and the weather are being re-
duced to scientific investigation, de-
ceptive yane is as bad as would be a
false thermometer or cracked tele-
scopic lens. It will cost very little to
return the arrow to it's delicate poise
which will indicate accurately the direc-
ton OF the wind.
Harper's Round Table for July 10th
will contain an article on Hawthorne
and His Books" in the series entitled
"Stories of American Liter ature," by
Henrietta Christian Wright. "How
Jack Lockett won his Spurs" in the
same issue, is true story OF adventure
in Revolutionary days, by 9. T. Ferris.
Other noteworthy features of this num-
Der of the Round Table are the serials
by Kirk Monroe and Ellen Douglas De-
land and the article by John Kendrick
Bangs.
A man giving the name OF Frank
Harkins hired livery team at St. Cloud,
drove it to Avon, where he left it in the
woods, tied to tree. Later, the same
fellow hired team at Melrose for a
short drive, not returning. Sheriff Nc.
Kelvy was notified, and on Tuesday in
company with the owner the sheriff
came to Sank Centre. having traced the
man to this place. But he had left and
the pursuers started out towards Alex.
andria. Harkia's acts were more like a
crazy man than horse thief.