The Sauk Centre herald., 1899-02-16
NEWS IN MINNESOTA.

| Twin City florists object to state in
stitutions selling flowers.
i Private Burns of the Thirteenth Min
nesota was wounded at Manila.
i Minnesota railroad lines will oppos,
the maximum rate bill to the bitter end
Minnesota's dependent population
Jan. 81, was 5,908, an increase over las
year of $50. s
st. Paul whist players still hold the
American League trophy, Racine fou,
challenging.
Emil Mannheimer, one of the firm OF
Mannheimer Brothers, st. Paul, died
Saturday of apoplexy.
| Health Commissioner Stone Of st.
Paul was bitten by mad dog Ia shiver.
ing spaniel he had taken in) and will
take the pasteur treatment.
The Retail Grocers and General Mer.
chants association and the State Edi-
torial association are in session at st.
Paul this week. Also the pure food
show.
William c. Fitch and James Hartley.
privates in Company D, Thirteenth Min.
nesota. who were wounded in the en-.
gagement at Manila Friday, are both
st. Paul boys.
AT special meeting of the Minnesota
Poultry association it was decided that
the next exhibition would be held in
st. Paul the first week in February,
1900. Sharpe Butterfeld of London,
Ont, will oficiate as first Judge.
Within week, says, says Adjutant
General Lambert, Minnesota will prob
ably get its guns and haversacks from
the government arsenals. After that
there is nothing to hinder the reorgan-
ization of the Second and Third regi.
ments.
At Mankato, Gustave Gerstenhauer
plead guilty to grand larceny in misap-
propriating nearly $1,000 belonging to
the Lampert Lumber company while
manager of its local yard last year. He
was sentenced to IL months at Still.
water.
tits said that the scope of inquiry au-
thorized by the senate amendment to
the Indian bill for the investigation of
'.dead and down" tim Der operations wiz
be extended in conference to authorize
an investigation of the entire Chippewa
pine land operations. -
Saturday at South Park, st. Paul
suburb. a score or two neighbors gath
cred to celebrate the 10th anniversary
of the marriage of Alpha Gardner and
Miss Bersheba Tarble, which occurred
in Sacketts 4-arbor N. Y, in 1929. Mr.
Gardner is 81 and Mrs Gardner 80.
Several days ago Parsons jewelry
store at Sherburne was entered and
robbed of large amount of jewelry.
Three children, aged l2, II and 8 years,
have been arrested for the theft and
most of the jewelry found in their pos
session. According to the testimony
the 9-year-old boy was the actual thief
though the others admit completely.
Circulars have been sent over tht
state announcing the programme for
distributing binding twine to farmers
by the Saltwater managers. Orders
will be received from consumers only
until May 1. After that dealers are in
vited to buy. If the farmers take the
entire capacity of the plant the dealers
will get none. If the farmers call for
more than the capacity, they will be
served in the order of applications.
Halvor Johnson, log scaler from the
Williams camp on Pine river, Aitkin
county, was brought into Minneapolis
in a serious condition, as result of an
encounter with wolves near the camp.
He was rescued just in time to save his
life. having defended himself with a
scaling rule to the limit of his ability.
His legs are covered with bites and
tears and there are some severe gashes
in the upper parts of his body, which
indicate that he must have been hard
pressed when succor came. He saws
that there were from 80 to 40 wolves in
the pack.
The capitol commission, board of cor
rections and charities and state reform
atory board held regular meetings at
St. Paul during the week. Work on
the new capitol building will be COM
menced in April The stone saws are
busy getting the blocks of marble ready
for use. The reformatory board granted
10 parols and z final releases. The
board of corrections and charities dis
cussed the county system of caring for
the insane. Governor Lind was present
and presided-a somewhat unusual
thing. for former governors have per.
mitted this board to run itself and have
rarely honored its sessions by attend
ance.
According to The American Soldier,
dated Dec. 25, Walter 8. Elvidge and
Harry Bogart of St. Paul, members of
Company c. Thirteenth regiment, have
found gold in small stream near Mala-
bon. Elvidge and .Bogart, the paper
says. started out to see what there was
to be seen, and they were allowed to
proceed through the insurgent ranks
While crossing small stream Bogart
slipped and fell His hand went into
the sand and when he drew it out he
discovered small gold nugget about
the size of match head. Further in
showed that there were
many small nuggets in the sand, as we'll
as much gold dust