The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-12-11

Deputy U. S. Marshal F. W. Tufts
arrested Calvin Sarff Monday and
brought him to town. The lad is not
fourteen years old but he is charged
with having multilated a number of
rural mail delivery boxes along the
route north of Browerville. The lad
was taken to Little Falls Tuesday and
will be sent to the training school.
The penalty for tampering with or
multilating these boxes is very severe
and but for the extreme youth of this
offender he would 60 to- the peniten-
tiary. IT necessary the keenest detect
ives of the department will be en-
ployed in ferre:ing out any depreda-
tion upon these rural mail boxes
Todd County Argus.
While out rabbit hunting Tuesday
afternoon Fred Lemmer and Jos.
Claseman started large brush vol
about two miles east of Henry Clase.
mans place. The former wounded
him with three charges of No.6 shot at
q distance of no more than two hun
dred feet and called on Henry Meyer,
who wiGhhis Winchester, accompanied
them for some four miles, following
the track in the fresh snow, when Mr..
Meyer discovered the wolf ended the
chase with a bullet through the ami.
malls head. twas large wolf, meas
uring fully FIVE feet from head to tail
He Is on exhibition at J. II. Otto's
place.-Long Prairie Leader.
About 11:3O o CLOCK this morning a
rear end collision occurred on the
Great Northern at Richmond. An ex.
ira freight which had taken the siding
at Richmond was run into from the
rear by the regular St. Cloud Willmar
accommodation. Both trains were
headed for Willmar. The collision
wrecked the caboose, a fiat car loaded
with stone and a box car filled with
lumber on the extra freight and the
caboose took fire from the caboose
stove and three cars were consumed
Journal Press.
VIM. Fielder, young man about
twenty-one years of age, residing
with his parents on farm near ST.
Joseph, was brought to St. Cloud on
Fri'ay suffering with badly man
gled left arm. It was the result Of
getting the arm caught in a corn
shredder. The young man was taken
to St. Raphael's hospital. Drs
Pinault and Dunn, who attended the
injured young man, found it necessary
to amputate the arm at the elbow.
Times.
The Fergus Falls Casket company
has purchased a half block of land ad-
joining the Great Northern station
site and at once let the contract for
the foundation of new factory
building to replace the one recently
destroyed by fire. The new factory
will cost something over $40, 0OC
and the necessary machinery will
cost as much more. The company
hopes to have the building completed
by mid-winter.
Rev. Brecourt of Sank, Centre, ex-
changed pupits with Rev. LStark las:
Sunday and preached at the M. E.
church morning and evening. 1t is
pleasure to hear Mr.. 'Brecount and
our citizens were very glad to have
the opportunity of listening to his
able aud instructive discourses.-
Long Prairie Leader.
A correspondent wants to know how
to boil cabbage without the disagree
able odor of cooking filling nearly
every room in'the house. The plan lis
simple enough and never fails. Place
q piece of old rubber shoe on the stove
while the cabbage is boiling. You'll
never smell the cabbage.
Conductor S. w. Eastman, the vet
eran conductor on the Great Northern,
lost the tip of the second finger of the
left hand while making a coupling in
the Milaca yards of the Great: North
ern. Mr.. Eastman was coupling a
freight car.
The flyers both'waysshave been very
irregular during the past week. .owina
to the blizzardy storms. The west
bound flyer has to wait for the eastern
N all, and the roads through Wilson's
sin have suffered delays by reason OF
the heavy SHOWS. N
F. Wopse Of this city, fell from a
load of hay recently, cutting his scalp
badly and seriously wrenching his
n ,ck.