The Sauk Centre herald., 1897-11-25
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

met at Waseca Friday.
Fire at the New Brighton stock yards
caused $75, 600 damage.
A dynamite bomb was found in an
unclaimed express package at st. Paul.
st. Paul Socialists have decided to
nominate ticket for the city election.
A handsome Swedish Lutheran church
has been dedicated at Ida, near Alex
andria.
Northern steamship headquarters
will be removed from Duluth to
Buffalo.
The teachers institutes and summer
training schools of 1897 was attended
by 7,744 students.
A statue of Hon. J. S. Pillsbury,
donor of Pillsbury hall, is to be erected
ON the campus of the state university.
charged with allowing fraudulent bills
against the county, have been acquitted.
George Brewer, II years old, and his
brother Homer. Is years old, were both
drowned in Big Stone lake while skat-
ing.
The state dairy and food commission
has issued circular calling attention
the new law relating to the adultera-
ton of food
B. j. G.. D'Albani, a clerk in the
Northern Pacific general offices, sui
cided at ST. Paul by jumping from the
high bridge.
The Albert Lea Cracker and Candy
company has sold out to the cracker
trust and its factory has been closed for
an indefinite time.
The stock of the Duluth and Iron
Range road will be increased from s3,-
00o, 900 to $40, 1000. 900, the money to be
used in improvements.
In the breach of promise case of Anna
Tampa against A. j. J.Vangsness, prom
inent business man of Ada, the pain
tiff recovered at the hands of jury of
farmers the sum of $4,000.
The postofice at Sanborn was broken
into, the safe blown open and about
500 in currency belonging to the post
Office and Poss & Gleason, in whose
hardware store the office is located, was
stolen.
Bids for the construction of the south
pier of the canal at Duluth will soon be
called for. It will be 1,700 feet long
and will cost about $175,000 The
work will take several years, and alto
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At Moorhead Judge Searle imposed a
fine of 500 each on the eight saloon
keepers who pleaded guilty to allowing
gambling on their premises. He warned
the offenders that second conviction
meant the full limit of the law.
The case of the City of st. Paul
against the bondsmen of the defunct
Minnesota Savings bank has been de-
cided in favor of the city and Judgment
rendered against each of them for the
full amount of the city's deposit, $lO,-
605.30
The lumber cut in the Cloquet dis
tr.ct for the past season was the largest
in the history of Cloquet, being 50,000,-
900 feet for the Northern Lumber COM
pany, 100000 feet for the Cloquet
Lumber company, and 25,O00,000 feet
for the johnson Wentworth company
A meeting of north shore merchants
and dealers in fish is to be held in Du-
luth to form company to be operated
in opposition to the A. Booth Packing
company. The reasons advanced for
this forming of a new company are that
the Booth concern has grown to be a
monopoly.
Governor Clough has denied the ap-
plication of the authorities of Genesee
county, N. Y, for the extradition of A.
r. and E. F. Merritt of Duluth, who
are wanted in Batavia, in that county,
on charge of grand larceny. The al
legged crime was committed in 1892, and
the Merritts have been in New York
many times since that time.
A Minneapolis alderman has at last
been convicted. The jury in the case
of Alderman Durham, accused of solicit
ing bribe, returned verdict of guilty.
According to the statute, he is punish
able by imprisonment in the state
prison for not more than 10 years, or by
a fine of not mare than $4,000, or both.
The judge thought six and one-half
years about the proper thing.
During trip from Minneapolis to
Chicago last week a prominent Mime
apolis business man whose name is not
given out, lost pocketbook containing
$1,000 in bills. The bills consisted OF
two $500, SO 500 and two 500 bills,
making a total of 81 900. Circulars have
been sent out notifying the public to be
on their guard and obtain descriptions
Of persons handling large bills.
After a 10 years. struggle in the city
council, in the state courts and in five
special elections. Mayor Truelson has
finally triamphed over the Duluth Gas
and Water company. He has succeeded
in making the company reduce its fig
ures from 50, 100, 900, the amount which
it originally asked for its plant. to ST..
$4,000, which it is now ready to ac-
cept, and which the mayor feels assured
will be satisfactory to the people. By
winning this fight the city has saved
nearly million collars.
Will Establish Headquarters at st. Panl
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