The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-11-08

the Brecount home for a surprise
party. After searching for time
the young man was discovered and
escorted home where he found his
friends awaiting him. The ratio
was then sixteen to one. "A very
pleasant evening was passed and
refreshments were served at
eleven o'clock. Each of the visit
ors presented Miles with a "token
of regard and love-" which fact
was greatly appreciated by the re-
cipient. ...
There is to be a new drug store,
with a jewelry and opticians stock
as an annex, in Sank Centre. G.
lW. Myers, of Worthington, Mimi,
has rented and is fixing up the
store room on Third street recent
lily vacated by the Wonderland
theatre, and will occupy it within
the next ten days. j. Arnold, who
looks after the prescriptions for
Mr.. Myers is in the city supervis-
ing the preliminary work on the
store room. Mr.. Arnold says the
fixtures of the store will be as fine
as those in any drug store in the
large cities.
Frank Jung, the popular travel
ing salesman for the Janney, Sem
pie Hill Company, the Minneapolis
wholesale hardware firm, will go in
to partnership with his uncle C. F..
Ladner, of st. Cloud Jan. 1, next.
Mr.. Jung has been on the road for
the Minneapolis house the past
three years and has proven an eff
ficient salesman. He has made his
headquarters in Sank Centre dur
ing this time. The Ladner hard
ware concern will incorporate for
$4,000. Mr.. Jung will remove
his family to St. Cloud soon. His
many friends here wish him sue
cess in his new venture.
l.. S. Bishop had a monster fish
on exhibition in front of his gro
Gerry store on Main street Monday
afternoon. 1t was a buffalo fish
and measured AZ inches from the
end of the nose to the tip of the
tail. Its "waist measure" was 25
inches and it weighed 81 pounds.
The fish was captured in a deep
hole in a creek leading from Lake
Amelia. 1t had evidently swan up
the creek during high water and
could not get back. Clint Perkin-
son and George Grundman landed
the monster. They had to shoot it.
Eight shots were fired with a shot
gun, the last one taking effect in
the back part of the head and
breaking the spinal column. The
other shots were ineffective, most
of the shot glancing off the heavy,
thick scales. Mr.. Bishop had
johnson take a photograph of the
monster of the deep.
The high school boys have secur-
ed the city hall for use as basket
ball court. They are in daily prac-
tice there and are expecting to
put on some games before the close
of the season.
Ehe Eastern Star gave it's
annual Hallawe'en party last Fri
day evening. The function is al.
ways pleasant one and this one
was no exception to the rule. The
pastimes customary to Halloween
were duly INDUCED in, after which
dancing was in order. Refreshments
were served.
The contract for putting in the
water main from the corner of
Third street and Walnut, thence
west one block, thence north one
block, has been awarded to the
Schleusener Hardware Company
for 81 1888. There were two other
bids, by Loftsgaarden Bros. for
81 ,445, and from G. Hillerud &
Co. for $1,420. .
The directors of the Northwest
ern Radiator Company are pushing
things in fine style. The founda-
ton is all laid and work on the
superstrdcture has begun. Mr..
Holland left last week for the east
Ito purchase machinery. At the
present rate of progress, the estab-
lishment will easily be ready to
start up by the first of next Feb
ruary, as planned. H.. w..
| Lie NISdt NOTllleTH anu NOfCI1-
ern Pacific are contemplating a
change of train service whereby
their crack coast trains will start
from Chicago instead of the Twin
Cities. The Burlington road is con-
trolled by j. J. Hill who is NOV
ing power in the two western lines.
Whether an entire new train will
be put on or not is yet undecided.
If not, the Oriental Limited will
start from Chicago and run clear
through to the coast, using the Bur-
lington tracks between the Windy
city and St. Paul, thence continu-
ing over its own tracks as at pre-
sent. The North Coast Limited
would do the same. This would
make through run of 1900 miles,
the longest on the continent. The
Oriental Limited has been in SER
vice four years.
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