The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-01-27

UISI VI MluuedpOllS has Oeeu COuVlCt
of incorporation OF public funds.
State Insurance Commissioner Dearth
has begun an investigation of the con-
dition Of several hail insurance COM
panies doing business in Minnesota.
Willmar schools are badly over
crowded and steps will be taken in the
near future to build an additional school
building. The enrolment now is 657.
The date of the marriage of Ignatius
Donnelly to Miss Marion Olive Hansen
of Minneapolis is said to have been
fixed for Washington's birthday,
Feb. %.
An order has been issued establishing
a postoffice at Hewson, Isanti county.
Bertha NJ. Haney, postmistress; also at
Klondike, Crow Wing county, Lewis
P. Aiken, postmaster.
The secretary of the interior has ap-
proved the selection of clear list No.
~, by the Northern Pacific Railway
company, containing 3,432.S1 acres,
located in St. Cloud and Duluth dis
tricss.. ss.s--zs
Sawyer & Mellen of St. Paul have
bought 1901 acres of land just east of
Kettle river and adjacent to Sandstone
from the Standard Lumber company.
This is the largest land deal ever con-
summated in Pine county.
An unusual number of young brook
trout will b, distributed through Min
nesota next spring by the state fish
hatchery. More than two million fry
will be sent out as against less than
one million distri buted last year.
Representatives of church and tenn
perance societies at Duluth have filed
with the state department articles :"
incorporation of the Civic Temperance
Cooperative association, which will
seek to aid in the enforcement of anti.
saloon laws.
More than 400 homestead entries have
been made in the southern part of
Beltrami county within the last three
months and there is an active demand
all along the line of the new survey for
vacant government land, whether it be
oak, poplar or jackpine in character.
Deputy Warden Lemon has returned
from Big Springs, Tex, having in
charge Sam L. Copeland, who is the
Moorhead bank robber that violated his
parole and skipped out. Mr.. Lemon
had no trouble in bringing him back
and arrived here day ahead of time.
The intern ational bonspiel held at St.
Paul has ended. The St. Paul Jobbers
Union trophy was won by o. w. Rob-
ertson's rink of Milwaukee, Charles F.
Pfster trophy by A. E. McCell, Cam
bria, Wis, Duluth Jobbers Union
trophy by J. McDiarmid, Winnipeg,
consolation match by T. Knight, Brar-
don, Man, Walker International tro-
ply by A. II. Smith of Duluth, John
johnson trophy by F. Mccarthy rink,
st. Paul.
Governor Clough has appointed Fl.
w. Lamberton of Winoua, Q. d. Gil
tillan of Morgan, Hudson Wilson Of
Faribault, w. d. Krke, Theodore
Schumacher and J. w. Footner OF St.
Paul, j. Newton Mind, F. G. Winston
and E, S. Dahforth of Minneapolis, +.
b. Daugherty of Duluth and Elmer 4.
Adams of Fergus Falls, as commission
ers to the Omaha exposition.
At the meeting of the board of man.
ayers of the state agricultural society
Secretary Randall and Treasurer Moi
fatt were reelected for another year.
The whole board was present with the
exception of President Cooper, who is
in California. Second Vice President
Elliot presided. Owing to the absence
OF President Cooper the superintendent
were not appointed. There will be
another meeting about March l.
E;x-Presiding Elder Dead.