The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-02-23
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

Candy has voted $12, 900 bonds for
waterworks system.
John w. Eastman, the pioneer miller
Of Minneapolis, is dead, aged ~. ...
The Duluth and Iron Range railroad
has paid the state $s2, 465 gross earnings
tax.
President George Kleeberger of the
81 Cloud normal school has suffered a
stroke of paralysis.
The state encampment, g. A. R., will
meet at st. Paul Thursday and Friday
Of the present week.
The Fifteenth Minnesota and all other
volunteer regiments now in the United
States are ordered mustered out.
rHamline college sophomores kid
mapped the freshmen's president and
he'd b!m prisoner until after the class
baadhet,
Is Otto Polratz of Company e, Fourth
Wisconsin regiment, is dead from pneu-
monia. He was from New Albin, Mimi.
and win be buried there:
| The Chippewa Indian delegation
called at the White House Saturday, had
an interview with the president and
asked for the repeal of the law of 1853
The warm weather of the past few
days has practically ruined the logging
roads and unless there is change to
colder soon many Of the camps will be
broken up.
Directors of the Pillsbury-W ashburn
company have issued circular to
shareholders saying that the company's
property will never go into the McIn-
tyre -four trust.
Fire destroyed John Hugstad's resi-
dence at Moorhead. valued at 1880.
During the fire Sandy McLain, police
man, was struck by falling chimney
and instantly killed.
At Minneapolis, Marshall Kent, aged
s years, fatally shot 3-year-old Mar
shall Stacy with whom he was playing.
The boys found revolver in an up
stairs room and the older boy playfully
pointed it at his young playmate.
At Pipestone, Judge Brown sentenced
William Tmm to three years aud SIX
months in the state prison for arson IN
the third degree, and Charles Kreishe1
to the state prison under the reforma-
tory law for grand larceny in the second
degree.
The Germans of st. Paul are about te
organize probably the strongest German
society that has ever been organised IN
the state. It is to be known as the Ger.
man-American Central Society Of Min.
nesota, and it will include all the Ger.
man societies Of that city, of whatever
hind.
!. The tranfer of 30 women patients
from the Rochester insane hospital te
Fergus Falls gives population OF 1,28s
insane patients at Fergus, the largest
number ever gathered in the state in
one institution, probably the largest in
the Northwest. Rochester was abom.
inably crowded. Fergus had little
more room.
"a competitive examination under the
rules of the civil service commission Of
applicants for the clerk and carrier II
/ the classified postoffice service will be
held at the postofice building, st. Paul
between March 10 and Agril 1, the ex
act date not yet having been deter
mined Applicants must file, their ap
plications not later than March 1.
The st. Paul Central high school was
declared the champion high school il
the champion contest held in the
apnory at the state university, Mime
golis, It'll 80 points. The Minneapoli'
Central was second with % points, ant
the Minneapolis South Side high schoo
y third with 10 points. The academy
! Minneapolis East Side high school anC
Saltwater were the other contestants.