The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-07-25
County and Nearby News,
Items of More or Less Interest
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Items of More or Less Interest
: From Exchanges.
Barney Heinen, St. Cloud mer-
chant, died on Friday. '..
Andrew Behrenbrinker was drowned
in Clear lake on Sunday.
The new Hotel Buchanan at Little
Falls has been formally opened.
The St. Cloud Gas & Electric plant
will be sold at mortgage foreclosure
sale on September 6.
At the library board election held at
St. Cloud on Saturday 4O5 votes were
cast. The old appointed board was
elected.
A. L. Fox OF New Paynesvills, has
been appointed deputy game warden
for western Stearns and eastern Kan
diyohi counties.
Alex. Hiram, brick mason en-
ployed on the Freeport church, was
overcome by the heat on Saturday.
He was taken to his home at Avon
and died an hour later.
George Brockway, who lost a leg
while working in the foundry of Park.
ing & Topping at Brainerd, has set
tied with the firm without trial and
has beer paid the sum of $1,000. The
company that insures the employees of
the firm against injury is said to have
paid half the amount.
A. r. Bryan, son of Supt. r. W.
Bryan OF the St. Cloud division of the
Great Northern, has just received a
merited promotion, on the Minneapolis
& st. Louis road, with which he has
been connected for some years. He
has been made travelling freight agent,
a position of a great deal of RESPONSE
bility. Mr.. Bryan is an old St. Cloud
boy and his boyhood friends WILL ex-
tend congratulations. journal Press.
Mrs. Christine Henigsen of Fergus
Falls went to Chicago and writes home
that she has found her daughter Miss.
Amelia, or rather that the latter came
to her as soon as she learned that she
was in Chicago. She finds the young
lady highly respected by her acquain-
ltaaees. The difficulty about her adj
dress seems to have been due to the loss
of one or two letters. Mrs. Henigsen is
justly indignant oyer the exaggerated
reports that were sent out broadcast
by the Chicago correspondents of the
city papers. She expects to return
with her daughter Immediately. This
is another good story disillusioned.
John Hoop, alias John the Baptist
H., has written to a friend cheerful
letter as to his success in converting
the sinful city of Chicago to his way
of thinking. John is located at Nos.
61-63 West Madison street and declares
in a burst of confidence that Chicago
is great and wicked city. He finds,
however, that every policeman 10 his
friend and the courts are disposed to
look with leniency on man who has
come to purify the city atmosphere
and to make the judicial task an easier
one. The redoubtable John writes his
friend that the medicine which he is
administering Chicago is bitter dose
but will prove an effective purger.
The board of commissioners of
Benton county met in special session
at Foley on Friday and voted in favor
of defending the contest brought by
the citizens of Sank Rapids In the
matter of the county seat removal. 1t
was decided that the county should
obtain the very best council to be had
| and fight the contest to a finish. This
would have the effect of compelling
the taxpayers of the county generally
to pay a share of the expense OF fight
ing the contest. Sank Rapids as we'll
as Foley will be included in the pay
ing feature of the defense. ALL prelim-
mary work ON the court house build
ing has been stopped until August 5,
when the commissioners will hold
another meeting.-Times.