The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-06-24
to prove their truth, and therefore,
the complaint states cause OF action.
DEATH OF JUDGE EVANS.

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No kindlier light ever went out than
when Louis A. Evans, OF ST. Cloud,
closed his eyes for the last time to
things of earth. The announcement
of his death on Friday last was not
unexpected. but nevertheless it came |
as shock to his troops OF friends.
It is personal bereavement to them,
for the genial judge had warm place
in the hearts of all who knew him. A
deferential courtesy prompted by
warm heart stamped him the true
gentleman, and his differences of opin-
| ion from those with whose ideas he
had nothing in common were always
| expressed in unrnistakenable but in
offensive language. Thesoul ofhonor,
his dealings with men We're prompted
bv a high sense of integrity, and the
| golden rule was the actuating principle
of his life. No higher type of man
hood can be found. His dignity had
nothing In it to reple the humblest.
The HERALD is indebted to the st.
Cloud Times for the brief sketch OF
his life which follows:
Judge Evans was a prominent member
of the Independent Order of Odd Fell
i, lows. When the ST. Cloud lodge was
instituted he was elected it's first Noble
Grand. He was greatly liked by all
member and was looked upon as the
: father of the lodge. The funeral will
take place on Sunday afternoon an
. two O'Clock. under the auspices of the
. Odd Fellows Lodge. Rev. DIR. Dewart,
now of Minneapolis, has been invited
t to officiate The services will be held
: at the house.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Louis A. Evans, forty-one years "a
! resident of Minnesota; was a son of
3 Levi Evans, who was a Lieutenant in
, the war of 1872, and was born in a
place now called Conshohocken, near
Philadelphia, on the I'd of November,
t 1922. The maiden name of his mother
was Elizabeth Wills; she died in 1887.
, His father lied about1S26. Mr.. Evans
forefathers came over with William
Penn, and bought a township of land
in Pennsylvania of him, on part of
. which land members of the family still
, live. Louis was educated in the graded
schools of Philadelphia; there served
an apprenticeship in a planO-fOrte
} mandatory, and was employed there,
and in New York, until about 1851,
when he started mandatory for
himself in Cincinnati. Two or three
years later this was destroyed bp fire,
Mr.. Evans losing about six thousand
dollars. He then went to Clinton,
Mississippi, and became connected
with music store, a branch of a New
; Orleans house, and sold and tuned
pianos. In the fall of 1856, he came
to ST. Cloud and opened up a grocery
and provision store; the next spring
became Clerk of the United States
Land office, and soon afterwards Post
master, and in 1861, was elected Clerk
of the District Court and Judge of Pro-
bate. He was admitted to the Bar on
the 9th of October, 1866. The Office
of Clerk he held twelve years, and that
of Judge continuously to 1881, except
in 1876 and 1877, when he was dealing
in land and filling the Office of City
Justice. During the earlier days of
his judgeship, he was editor and pub
several years. He was in the Mime
sofa House of Representatives in 1865,
and in the Senate in 1869. In Nov
ember, 1872, while he was Judge of
Probate, his Office and all the papers
were destroyed, and, by an act OF the
Legislature, February, 1873, he was
authorized to restore all the records.
1t was a hard task, but he finally &C
cOmplished it. He was the first Mayor
OF ST. Cloud, and held this Office three
or four terms. He was q member Of
the Council three years and president
all the time, making good executive
officer. Mr.. Evans was married in
June, 1871, to Mrs. Elizabeth U. Lib
hey, of ST. Cloud, daughter of Hon.
John K. Damon, os-Maine, who now
survives him.