The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-04-13
NEWS IN MINNESOTA 4.

Franchise for an electric line has
been granted at Mankato.
Abitter war is on at Halstad between
saloon and anti-saloon factions.
The State Bank of Morristown, capi.
tai $4,000, has opened for business.
J. q. Hill will develop his mining
properties in the northern part of the
state.
The Duluth and Iron Range road has
opened way station at Biwabik for the
season.
Active work on the new capitol will
be resumed as soon as it stops freezing
at night.
Monroe Nichols of Duluth is said to
be slated for one of the S., 900 positions
in thsscensus bureau.
TheBecretary Of the treasury has re-
Yceived from Minneapolis So contribu-
ton to the conscience fund.
The Northern Pacifc-St. Paul and Du-
luth land grant case has been decided in
favor of the Northern Pacific.
Application has been made for a re
eeiver for the Odd Fellows Accident In
suranee company of st. Paul.
Joseph Plihal of Silver Lake has been
lodged in Jail at Glencoe for counter
feiting. He admits the charge.
A new court of the Catholic Order of
Foresters has been instituted at Monu-
ment with 40 charter members.
Land Commissioner Hermann ex-
presses the hope that the Minnesota leg
islature will not repeal the fire warden
law.
A. D. Aldrich of Benson, one of the
proprietors of the Aldrich House, was
fatally injured in runaway accident
Sunday.
The large saw mill at Akeley, owned
by NJ. L. Moore, burned to the ground
late Sunday night. Loss, $4,000; no in
suranee. It will be rebuilt at once.
A stranger passed 20 Peruvian dollars
on Winona saloonkeepers, and as the
dollars are worth only 40 cents, he
cleared $12 in short time and then
skipped out.
Judge Bum of the United States dis
trict court has appointed E. B. Lincoln
of st. Paul receiver of the Washburn,
Bayfield, and Iron River, vice George M.
Seward of Chicago, resigned.
John D. Sloane of st. Pasl has been
appointed supervising inspector of steam
vessels for the fifth inspection district.
Under Harrison's administration Mr..
Sloane held the same position.
IA man supposed to be c. A. Mcclure
of Vest Duluth was killed by q North
err acfac trssfa at Elk River; sunday
evening. A note was found upon him
which indicates that he was in Morris
Jasi. L.
The John Ball post, G.. A. b., at VII
mona, has aecur0d number &C head.
stones for the unmarked graves of sol
diers in the cemeteries Of that city and
of Trempealeau, Wis, and Minnoi5ka,
Mimi, from the government.
A payment has been made to the state
of Minnesota by the United States of
S18, 933 on account of wages paid to the
volunteers before they were mustered in.
The whole claim under this head is
S21, 900. The remainder is the pay of
men who did not afterward enter the
volunteer service.
Orders for many thousand dollars
worth of Irvine, together with the cash
accompanying them have been returned
to farmers by Warden Wolfer, the
prison Irvine factory having reached its
limit some days ago. Every pound that
can be manufactured up to Aug. has
been sold either in small cash lots or
carload club orders, and it is believed
the orders yet to come direct from farm
ers will amount to millions of pounds.
Not single order from dealer has
been booked and Irvine dealers through
out the state this year will be unable to
handle the prison Irvine.
Asa result of decision of the SUI
preme court the city of Minneapolis
finds itself without single saloonkeep-
er's bond worth the paper it is written
on. The decision was rendered in the
suit Of the city of Minneapolis to en-
force the liability of the sureties on the
saloon bond of Stockholm" Olson, of
South Minneapolis fame. The supreme
court in effect declared that the city of
Minneapolis had no cause of action on
the bond, for the reason that the bond
was made payable to the city instead of
the state of Minnesota, the city having
no authority under its cha. Ter to take
such penal bond.
RAILROAD BUILDING FOR 1899.