The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-03-30
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

/ LASS Lake ~ enjoying pulloiuS
boom.
! A special postofice has been estab.
lished at Ann, Hubbard county.
Ex-City Recorder Wartner of Grace
vile is under arrest for alleged shortage
in accounts.
The Fifteenth regiment was mustered
out at Augusta, Ga, Monday. Most of
the men at once left for the North.
The eighth annual meeting of the
Northwestern Teachers association will
be held at Moorhead April and s.
Schroeder Brothers will erect brick
Touring mill at St. Joseph this spring.
1t will have a capacity of rs barrels a
day. Cost $4,000.
Governor Lind has designated G. H.
Petit of Minneapolis as president of the
! board of managers of the state training
school at Red Wing.
Minneapolis will have no exposition
or fall carnival this year. At the same
| time efforts will be made to make the
state fair greater success than ever
before.
Director Merriam has appointed L. G.
Powers, formerly chief of the Minnesota
labor bureau, chief statistician of the
census in charge of agricultural sta
tistics.
All the schools at Lakeville have been
closed owing to an epidemic of scarlet
fever. Six families are effected and a
strict quarantine has been inaugurated.
The schools will remain closed for two
weeks.
Street cars have commenced running
between West Superior and Duluth.
The court has granted the right for
electric cars to cross the new steel
bridge, and and a 1O-minute service will
be inaugurated between the two cities.
At Warren James Peterson and
George Walhstrom were indicted by the
grand jury for selling Intoxicating
liquors illegally. Peterson was fined
$500, having pleaded guilty to two in
dictments. Walhstrom pleaded not
guilty and will fight the charge. Both
are drug clerks.
Colonel Leonhauser of the Fifteenth
Minnesota has demanded a court of in
quiry to investigate the action of officers
of the regiment on the occasion of the
rioting in camp at Augusta. The de-
mand is made because Of the severe
structures of General Young in his re-
view of the courtmartial proceedings.
Herman LOOMS of Birch Lake, near
Sank Center, with his wife and two
children and Miss Walters, in a wagon,
attempted crossing ahead of a passenger
train. Miss Walters was instantly
killed and LOOMS and his wife seriously
injured. Their death is feared. The
children were not hurt. One horse was
killed.
Herman Telch came into Pine City
with three black bears-mother and
two half-grown cubs-which he had
killed with an ak six miles northeast Of
Pine City. He came upon them sud-
denly while looking for logs and the
temper Of the old she bear left no alter
native but to fight. Mr.. Telch soon dis
abled her and lives to tell the tale.
, The secretary of the interior nas called
On the Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pany to relinquish certain lands in Min
nesota. In a recent examination of lands
selected by the company it was found
that large quantity had been selected
within the second indemnity belt to
which the company was not entitled :.
under the resolution passed in 1870. The
amount of land is said to be large and
its REIMBURSEMENT by the company will
restore some valuable land to the public
domain.
The elevators at the head of the lakes
are full Of grain, for the first time Ill
their history. The grain in store
amounts to 19,63O,O0 bushels, of which
10, 1875, 900 bushels are of wheat, $780,
900 corn, 2,071,O 900 oats, 300, 900 rye,
471 900 barley and 1,107, 900 fax. The
consolidated system may accommodate
probably $4,000 bushels more, but
notices of coming grain enough are in
to fill this space. Indications at present
60 to show that navigation will not
open before May or possible May 10.
Therefore, dealers in cash must lay off
from four to six weeks.