The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-04-08
S. C. Johnson has removed from the
Buck house to the Wilkins place in Ho-

S. c., johnson has removed from the
Buck house to the Wilkins place in Ho-
boken.
Mrs. Stuart Taylor will completely
remodel her home as soon as the sea-
son fairly opens.
Gen. Catterson has removed into the
fat in the rear of his Office over Whip
pie & Lambs Office.
The Woman's Gradatim Club will
meet with Mrs. M. c. Kelsey on We'd
nesday, April IA, 1897.
1t is a pleasure to see E. B. Hart
son about the streets once more. He
has had tedious time.
The Keller factory has put in a new
machine lath which will turn out a
thousand table legs day.
Ed Buck has removed from the To-
hey House on Birch-st,, into his own
house, corner Third and Elm-sts.
New things in millinery goods which
the early buyers did not get, will be
seen at our grand opening next week.
w. c. warren & Co.
The old and new councils will meet
on Tuesday evening of next week to
exchange courtesies. The new mayor
will then qualify.
Active work has begun on rebuild
ing the Keller corner store building.
Dobbs Bros. & Co expect to occupy it
again in about a week.
The Keller factory is turning out a
large number of .harrows, and is still
at work on bob sleds, working up the
stock of raw material in hand.
TAFT & Co will sell hardware, stoves
tinware, betting, plumbers goods, lub-
ricating oils, cutlery, etc at unheard
OF figures as long as their stock lasts.
1.-THE long distance telephone COM
pany has painted its poles dark lead
color, with about six feet of the butts
bright red. 1t sets off the line to con-
spicous advantage.
Death OF Ex-Treasurer MOOsbrugger
Announcement is made of the death OF
T. A. Moosbrugger of St. Cloud, for years
treasurer of Stearns county. Mr.. MooSbrug-
ger had scores of friends end acquaintance
in Western Stearns, who will be interested
in the following sketch from the St. Cloud
Times.
J. Anton Moosbrugger, ex-county treas
urer of Stearns county, died at his nome on
Sunday His death was not unexpected as
he had been in critical condition for a long
time and for several weeks all hope of his
recovery had been abandoned. He held
the Office of county treasurer for thirteen
wears, was a prominent Democrat and pop
ular official J. A. Moosbrugger was born
in Tyrol, Austria. His parents died when
he was still young and at the age of ID he
left the place of his birth and emigrated TO
America He first lived in New York and
Cincinnati, but soon came west and tor sew
eral years worked in a hardware store In
St. Paul. Desiring to complete his educa-
ton as teacher, he went to st. Johns Uni
versity at Collegeville, and upon receiving
his diploma, taught school at New Munich
and later at Richmond. There he entered
the employ of Jacob Simonitch, then en-
gagged in the general merchandise business,
but now living in California, At Richmond
he married Miss Mollie Mockenhaupt on
August 1, 1871. In the fall of 1873 he was
elected county treasurer. This Office he
held for - years, until compelled to resign
in 1891 on account of failing health. He
ma lie an excellent official and was greatly
liked. After he resigned his Office he went
to California in the hope that he might be
benefited by change OF climate, but being
disappointed, returned to St. Cloud. Since
then his condition has been gradually grow
ing worse. He suffered from dropsy and a
complication of other ailments. The dis
ease which afflicted him was very pain
full, but he bore his burden accomplishing ly.
Since last July he has been, with few short
intervals, helpless invalid. For several
months, and until few weeks before his
death, he was unable to lay down and lived
in chair. Death at last came to his relief,
and he quietly passed away.