The Sauk Centre herald., 1903-12-24

621.25 grain inspection fees from the
Minneapolis department since De-
cember 1.
Three teams hauling wood over the
ice on the lake at Osakis broke thru
and one of them with loaded sleigh,
was drowned.
It was learned at Duluth that no.
tees are being prepared to employees
in the employ of the Steel Corpora
ton of reduction in salaries.
James Cunningham, second term
er, has been brought to the prison
from Pope county to serve six months
for grand larceny in the second de-
gree.
The Northern Pacific depot at
Breckenridge was totally destroyed
loss of about $2,5OO, besides freight
and express. The origin of the fire
is unknown.
Signor Roberto Sansone, a member
of the Valenza Concert company at
Duluth, in a fit of dependency drank
large bottle of writing fluid with
suicidal intent.
Miss B. X. Lynch, 10, is missing
from her home at Coils, Mimi, and
the little school house in which she
has been educating the village young
sters is closed.
The st. Paul city railway and the
Minneapolis Street Railway company
filed a consolidated mortgage for
$40 100000 in the register of deeds Of
fee, ST. Paul.
John C. Quinn, a switchman EN-.
ployed by the Minneapolis & ST..
Louis railroad company, was killed
beneath the wheels of a switch en-
gine in Minneapolis.
Many wolves have made their ap-
pearance in the neighborhood of Two
Harbors. 1t is said it is certain
loss to leave cattle, sheep or hogs in
open stables for the night.
Over at Bemidji four young boys
are accused of burglary. Two OF
them are said to have robbed a store
which clairvoyant said had been
robbed by some other person.
Steps are being taken by the own
ers of the Bank of New Prague, a
private banking house, to have it
changed to state bank, the project
ed capitalization being $4,000.
Adolph Muehlenstein, a motorman
on the Grand Avenue line, st. Paul,
was accidentally killed. He leaned
out of the vestibule door and his head
came in contact with center pole.
All the counties in the state with
the exception of St. Louis county
have reported their October earnings
to the state auditor. St. Louis coun-
ty is expected to report within few
days.
Frankling Bruce, a veteran of the
Second Minnesota sharpshooters of
the Civil War and also of Company
B, Ninety-seven Pennsylvania, infan-
try, died at the Minnesota soldiers
home.
There is great dissatisfaction
among the county commissioners
over the law passed at the late legi-
lature compelling them to call for
contracts on all county work exceed
ing 5000.
The rooter's special to California
has been given up, and few, if any,
Minneapolis people will make the
trip to see the football game between
Minnesota and California on New
Years day.
The Wright county courts have
convicted Thomas May, an old occu-
pant of the Hennepin county Jail, of
numbering his uncle, and have sem
fenced him to life Imprisonment in
the state penitentiary.
F. o. Tilton and George Besser,
commission dealer, and Robert A.
Smith, driver, were arraigned in the
municipal court of Minneapolis on a
charge of violating the game laws
and held to the grand jury.
B. Jacks, the South Minneapolis
saloon-keeper who was arrested for
selling blackberry brandy containing
salycilic acid, changed his plea to
guilty and was given the minimum
fine, $25 and costs of court.
w. w. P. Mcconnell, state dairy
and food commissioner, has decided
to purchase for experimental pur-
poses a patent milking machine op-
Grated by a gasoline engine and capa-
BILE of doing the work of six dairy
maids.
The Touring mill of Sackett & Fay
of St. Peter was partly destroyed by
fire. The fire originated from COM
bustion. The loss will reach $4,000.
The state treasurer has received
$466 from the auditor of Hennepin
county for big game hunting licenses
issued during the season just closed.
Contracts for the furnishings OF
the new capitol have been awarded.
Herter Brothers of New York are the
successful bidders on furniture, get
ting the contract for $92,3o6. f. q The
carpets, draperies and curtains were
awarded on a combination contract t.
three st. Paul firms.