The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-02-16
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Edward Turner was found frozen to
death near Thief River Falls.
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A new parochial school, costing $12,-
600 will be built this spring at Long
Prairie.
Malta Werkunse, a Finn, cut his
| throat with razor at Virginia. He
left family.
Henry Benning, an old resident of
Stearns county, died at st. Cloud of
pneumonia, aged "A.
Emil Gilman. bartender was found
dead behind the bar at Biwabik. He
was subject to fits.
Prof. C. w. Van Cleve of the Barnes
Vile high school has been re-employed
at an increase in salary of 800.
Benny Crosby, aged "a years, who
recently was married, was instantly
killed at Akeley by falling tree.
Barney Vossberg & Son Of st. Cloud
have sold their grocery business to F.
C. Troppman of Fergus Falls for ST.
500.
Martin Shmit, one of the pioneer
| residents of Perham, died at the age of
50. A wife and ten grown children sur
vive him.
C.. w. Martindale has been elected
superintendent Of the public schools at
Moorhead for the next year. The board
was unanimous in it's action.
| Thomas H. Clement of the First Ma
tional bank of Faribault was arrested
on the charge Of Incorporating
$21, 900 of the banks funds. The bank
failed on Jan. 2.
Olaf Olson, rural mail carrier at
Pelican Rapids was arrested by gov
eminent inspector and taken to Fer
gus Falls, charged with abstracting
the contents of letters.
Ole Mortenson, a car foreman for
the Minneapolis & st. Louis Railway
company, was killed in the union depot
yards at St. Paul while uncoupling the
air hose of train.
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The Battle Lake mills at Battle Lake
were broken into and several hundred
pounds of -four and feed taken away.
A search warrant was sworn out, and
| a constable is in the country to serve
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| ]. G. Belding has been unanimously
elected superintendent of the Mime
sofa Odd Fellows home at Mortified.
to succeed D. H. Stimson, who re-
signed. Mrs. Bedding will be matron
of the home.
The special election called to decide
| whether the town and village should
be separated for the purpose of defeat
ing the building of bridge at Elk
River resulted 81 for to 203 against
the proposition.
H. J. Dover, manager of the Dover
Lumber company at Staples, has pur-
chased the grocery business of w. ].
Lewis. The lumber company's bust
ness will be looked after for the pres
ent by Ira futile.
A spelling match in the old fash
toned style was held in K. P. Hall at
GAINESVILLE. An admission fee was
charged and the proceeds devoted to
the relief of the poor. Prizes were
awarded the best spoilers.
John Ausland's residence at Fergus
Falls was burglarized while the family
was at church, the door being broken
in and $46 and various articles taken.
Ausland is poor man and the money
was his summers savings.
A meeting of farmers was held at
Nontrose and steps taken to organize
cooperative association in order TO
conduct general merchandise bust
ness. Temporary officers were elected
and about Sc 900 subscribed.
William Kerr, the notorious pot
hunter of Lakefield. has been convict
ed of unlawful intimacy with seven
teen-year-old Bertha Pool, and Judge
Quinn sentenced him to six years and
eight months at Saltwater.
The dog that bit other dogs and
bow Just before Christmas at Sher-
burn, has been pronounced mad by the
state board of health. The boy has
been sent to the Pasteur institute at
Chicago. All dogs have been ordered
muzzled or shot.
The st. Olaf's Lutheran congrega-
ton has been organized at Roseau by
Rev. Carl Sauer, the pastor. AS Off
GERS the following were elected: Sec
rotary, Louis Ole; treasurer, G. L.
Hope; trustees, o. A. Rice, X. TOrger-.
son and S. e. Ole.
Jesse Eastman, aged 26 years, was
accidentally shot while hunting rab-
b;tc of ONO lake fen miles southeast