The Sauk Centre herald., 1903-02-05
OUR OWN COUNTY.
Stearns County News Items
Written with Paste-pot
and Shears.

60 into voluntary bankruptcy in order
to treat all his creditors alike. The
Benz & Sons claim is for S346.. $3.50.
Walter II. Emerson Of Aitkin, was
down last event ng to visit Mrs. Libby
his mother-in-law. who is a patient a.
St. Raphael's hospital. .Seyera
local contractors, including plumbers
and heating men, went to Melrose this
morning to attend the opening Of bids
for the new school house to be built
there. The plans were drawn by 'Omei'
er & Thori, St. Paul architects, aud
they call for handsome structure.
...... The case of Theo. Bruener as
trustee for N. P. Clarke VS.. Caroline
E. Clarke, an action to recover cer-
tain property alleged to have been
fraudulentlv transferred prior to the
Clarke assignment in 1894, was con-
tinued to the last Saturday in Febru-
ary when a special term will be con-
yeaed in St. Cloud by Judge Baxter.
......Peter Lommel, one of the old
pioneers of Stearns county and in re-
cent years a resident of St. Cloud, died
On Saturday. In spite of his age, he
was until recently hale and hearty and
gave little indication of the weight of
years. He was q man of immense
nervous force and energy and with his
eighty-five years he walked off like a
martinez on parade. A week ago he
was taken with pneumonia. He was
born in 1918, III Luxemberg, then a
part of France, and emigrated to
America in 1916. Ten years later he
locatad at Luxemberg, this county,
and ten years afterwards he settled at
Rockville, where he conducted farm
and stopping place for many years.
In 1897 he retired and came to St.
Cloud to spend his reclining days. He
had been married three times, and is
survived by widow. Nineteen chill
dren had been born to him, of whom
thirteen survive.-Journal Press.
1t will pro obably be 60. The insti-
tute Of the farmers held at Belgrade
on Thursday was a great success.
There was large attendance of farm
ers and the wives of the business men
served lunch. AS q direct result of
the Institute, a creamery company has
been organized, and there should be
no question as to it's success. ."
The first Turk to foreswear the sui
tan and to declare allegiance to the
president of the United States, in
Stearns county, is Joseph Tom, a
Syrian Turk who lives in St. Cloud.
He surprised Clerk Mueller by a
declaration of his intention to become
an American citizen. He is native
of Syria, in the Turkish domain, is 20
years of age aud landed in New Y York
in 1898. He does pedding business
throughout the rural districts. While
born subject to the Mohammedan
Turk, he and his parents before him
are members of the Roman Catholic
church. He is frequent visitor at
Sauk Centre, and seems to be the
leader of quite band of Syrian ped
d1ers.
The following marriage licenses
have been issued this week: Isaac
Ar derson and Hulda johnson, both Of
Belgrade and Herbert N. Morse and
Lyle B. Fosgate, both OF Sauk Centre.
The Melrose Beacon reports that
Fireman Schroeder of the Great North
ern had a narrow escape from death
by caustic acid poison. He drank
water that was affected by the poison.
John Mills, Jr., fireman on No.
2l5, the fast freight on the Great
Northern, was paintnlly injured just
after night, Saturday in the St. Cloud
yards. He was caught between the
apron of the tender and the coal chute
while taking coal. The young mans
knee was seriously injured.
Marcus Mau rim, the well-know Cold
Spring merchant has gone to New
where he will submit to an
operation for the removal of a malig-
nant growth. 1t will be performed
some time this week, the operator be-
ing Minneapolis surgeon.
The bids for the Melrose school
house opened on Saturday afternoon
were found to call for the expenditure
OF considerable more money than the
school board has at hand. The board
has some SIC, 900 while the lowest bid
the tender of Contractor Olson of
Willmar-was more than SIT, 900. The
board will either have some altera-
tions made in the plans or reject the
whole matter for the present.
Gov. Van SAINT has named G. A,
Cooper of this city one of committe
of eleven from Minnesota to attend the
Good Roads convention to be held at
Detroit, Mich, Feb. 1914.
If you want a good watch for your
boy try my $3.50 "Padishan;" it will
keep good time and stand hard
l., A CohonAG,,.