The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-12-30
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

Diphtheria IL eldemic at isianu Lake
Pine City building improvements for
1897 foot up $8l, 500.
Mgr. Martineli celebrated mass at
st. Paul Christmas day.
The state teachers ASSOCIATION Is in
session ut st. Paul this week.
| The Minnesota supreme court holds
that husband is not the "next OF kin"
to his wife.
The Minneapolis, police department
Is under fire and it is proposed to have
IN investigation.
The Sons of the American Revolu-
ton have approved the union with the
Sons of the Revolution.
Reports to the state federation OF
labor show that SO per cent OF the union
men of Minnesota are at work.
Attorney General Chllds holds that .
city council has no power to authorize
the transfer of liquor license.
Everything points to the success OF
the American Stock Breeders and Feed
| ers' convention to be held in St Paul in
January.
Captain Van SAINT of Winona an
nounces himself as candidate for the
Republican nomination for governor OF
Minnesota.
Lieutenant Governor Gibbs has re-
Il eived an invitation to deliver an adj
dress before the annual meeting Of the
Oregon State Dairy association.
A new depot has just been built at
Russell by the Great Northern, costing
about $1,000. A school house has also
just been built in that town at q cost OF
$4,000.
In Wilkin county last summer several
horses had to be killed on account OF
CHAMBERS, and now several cases are
reported. One man has lost l3 horses
from the disease.
A Duluth, Messabe and Northern
train, mixed passenger and freight.
met with an accident at Hibbing in
which five cars were wrecked and three
passengers injured.
]. d. Buxton of Minneapolis, at one
time cashier OF the postofice at that
place, was released from prison at Still
water Christmas day upon a pardon
from President Mckinley.
Henry Gruber, ex-city detective of
st. Paul, has returned to that city after
an absence of several months and given
himself into custody. He was indicted
for completely in robbery some time
ago.
Grandview farm, two miles south OF
Benson, formerly managed by Colonel
Liggett, of the experimental school, has
been sold 10 Edenborn & Geneser of
Des Moines, who will sell part of it in
smaller farms, keeping only the section
upon which the buildings stand.
Matthew Mueller and Jtcob Evertz.
farmers, were killed while moving an
old school building off the grounds
where new one had been built. To
reach the road they were compelled to
go through snowbank where they
were pulled under the building. Both
men leave wives and large families.
Simon Sullivan, aged Go, who has
lived the life OF hermit for 30 years,
died of heart failure az Duluth. Sulli-
van settled Oh a tract of land near Du-
luth that has become valuable, and he
has long sought to acquire 1t through
adverse possession. Twice he has
ia lied, aid the loss of land is supposed
TO lie responsible for his death.
On motion of District Attorney Strin-
ger, Harry Lanterman, the young man
accused of being implicated in the hold
up of Northern Pacific passenger
train last September near Moorhead,
was released from custody, there not
being enough evidence presented at the
hearing before Commissioner Stringer
at St. Paul to warrant the further de-
tention of the lad. ce
The supreme court has rendered de-
cision affirming the order of the Ram
sey county district court finding for the
Ramsey county commissioners in the
action brought by ex-Sheriff Chapel 10
recover So, l84, fees for serving 5, 1874
delinquent tax warrants returned as
unbelievable. The court holds that,
under section L,574, General Statutes
1884. the sheriff is not entitled to fees
for making return of t'no property
found" on tax warrants issued for the
collection of delinquent personal taxes,
and in this connection overrules the de-
cision of one of the district courts in