The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-11
ROUND ABOUT THE STATE.

! assessment OF 81 ,O00, 900 on credits
Joseph L. Dobbin, for many years a
prominent Minneapolis attorney, is
dead.
A branch United States weather bu-
reau has been established at Still
water.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Wenger, of Min
neapolis, celebrate their golden we'd
ding.
Bishop I. w. Joyce dedicated the
new Methodist church at Walnut
Grove,
! Arnold Him, of st. Paul, Is months
old, falls into a washtub and nearly
browns.
More Minnesota schools qualify for
state aid than ever before in the state 8
history.
Minneapolis will entertain the Gid
cons of the United States Sept. 80, Oct
l and 2.
found by Chicago Great Western Sec
ton hand.
Labor Commissioner O'Donnel says
some state institutions lack adequate
fire protection.
The buildings of the ST. Paul bread
company were damaged by fire to the
extent of S., 1000
Edward Devices, of the Twenty first
infantry, is killed by a fatal fall from
Fort Smelling bridge.
A first-class hospital, thoroughly
equipped with modern apparatus, was
opened in Cass Lake.
John aHanley, a young man living
with his parents in Minneapolis, was
drowned in Crystal lake.
Railroads estimate that nearly ID, 900
harvest hands will be needed in Min
nesota and North Dakota.
Methodists are building new church
at Hawick, which will be ready for
dedication in September.
Secretary Randall says that the state
fair this year should exceed the record
of last year by 80 per cent.
| j. F. Jacobson says the state board
of control is doing its best to protect
inmates of state institutions
Publisher John H. Ley completed his
official directory of st. Cloud and sub
urbs. The population is 1O,490
The rivers and harbors committee of
the national house of representatives
will visit st. Paul about Aug Is.
Minneapolis is becoming great po-
tato market, Minnehaha alone sending
5000 bushels to market every day.
Three elevators owned by D. c. Har-
rington of Pipestone have been sold at
chattel mortgage foreclosure sale.
The State Bank of Donaldson, with
capital of $40, 1000, was authorized by
the public examiner to begin business
James Brooks, formerly city mar
shall at South st. Paul, died in the un-
ion depot while on way to Jail at Has
tings-
Authority has been granted for the
organization of the First National
bank of Wild Rice, MINI. Capital,
$25, 900.
]. S. Macdonald, SCI ,setary of the
Farmers Exchange, says the reports
of damage to wheat from rust are ex-
aggerated.
The state game and fish commission
plans to stablish large Zoos" at both
the st. Paul and the Glenwood fish
hatcheries.
A man named Ed johnson fell from
train at Elk River on which he was
stealing ride and was run over. His
injuries were fatal
During July there were sO,319
bathers at Harriet island, st. Paul
Of this number SO, 500 were males and
16, $50 were females.
A negro burglar enters the residence
of J. J. Moore, st. Paul, in broad day
light, and makes successful escape
after an exciting chase.
Business men have made arrange
ments to hold street fair at Zum-
brota, under the name of the Goodhue
County Agricultural society.
Mrs Jacob Fischer of South st. Paul,
came near losing her life in an attempt
to save a horse in the barn of ]. T.
Nolan, which was destroyed by fire
A fire started in the Chicago Great
Western freight warehouse at WASH
ington ave south Minneapolis and 10th
avenue and caused loss estimated at
$35, 900.
A joint session of the law committee
and directors Of the national body of
the Modern Woodmen will be held at
Lake Minnetonka, beginning Aug. Is,
instead of at Rock Island, ILL.,, as orig
inally intended.
A suit to be brought by the state
against the Northern Pacific Express
company will determine whether ex-
press companies must pay a gross
earnings tax on share of their in
state business, or only business begin
ming and ending within the state.
Twenty-ssven young Italian women,
between the ages of Is and 80, passed
through Minneapolis enroute for a
small town in Montana, where they
will marry countrymen. The men are
working in the construction depart
ment of the Great Northern and are
the sole population of the place.
Some of the strikers in South st.
Paul have received small cash bene-
fit, amounting to between S. and So
out of the treasury of the local union.
Arrangements are under way by the
Minnesota Territorial Pioneer associa-
ton for tent meeting on the state
fair grounds, Minnesota day, Sept. 1,
at which Gov Hoard of Wisconsin,
among others, has been invited to
speak.
The state board of control plans to
raise the quality Of the live stock at