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Eighteen hundred pounds of venison and 1,334 partridges, prairie chickens and grouse shipped in barrels from Albany, in this county, were seized and sold last week by the sheriff of Ramsey county in accord- ance with the provisions of the game law. The contraband articles were shipped by R. A. White & Co. and consigned to M. Baker, Chicago.
March 22 ..- A lot of Sioux Indians who came from Standing Rock agency with po- nies are to give a regular "war dance"
tonight. They are camped near Enderle's brewery.
April 5 .- J. E. Hayward will again take possession of the Central House, Mr. Ben- son having the Black Hills fever. Judge Gregory has taken charge of the West House, succeeding E. T. Tobey, who be- comes an assistant in the postoffice.
May 3 .- Some of our citizens are now figuring how much they might have made if they had only bought wheat last fall for 80 cents and sold it now for $1.58.
May 17 .- Telegraph rates have been re- duced so that messages to and from Chi- cago can be sent for $1.20 for ten words or less, and eight cents for each additional word.
John Ball, who was one of the first set- tlers in St. Cloud, died on the 11th inst., in the 67th year of his age.
Married, at St. Paul by the Rev. D. C. Lyon, Maggie Fitzpatrick to A. F. Robert- son, both of St. Cloud. At Rich Prairie, by C. B. Buckman, J. P., Ella E. Harvey, of Morrison county, to Harvey G. Wire, of Stearns county.
June 14 .- Wheat is now $1.33 per bushel.
June 21 .- The official canvass of the vote of Stearns county June 12 on the proposed settlement of the old railroad bonds, showed 344 for and 2,427 against the proposition.
June 28 .- The monthly cattle markets held in this city are quite successful.
The new road to the cemetery (turning off from St. Germain street, near J. W. Tenvoorde's residence), has been opened and put in good condition and the old road closed.
In just 55 minutes, on Sunday afternoon last, Alex, Spaulding, of Maine Prairie, caught with a machine he had made eighteen bushels of grasshoppers on a ten- acre field. Willard Spaulding caught 160 bushels in six nights. Thomas Steen caught 25 bushels in one hour and ten minutes; O. M. Nelson, 16 bushels in ten minutes, and so on.
July 5 .- Dr. H. McMahon, an old and respected citizen of Sauk Rapids, died sud- denly Thursday of apoplexy.
A severe wind storm in the town of Ray- mond Friday destroyed or badly damaged seven houses. The sufferers were M. Shiefer, Alonzo Morris, W. T. Smith, San- ford Smith, Horace Bryant, Frank Bryant
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and Mat. Slatkey. The dwelling houses of R. Richardson, L. B. Raymond, H. Ly- man and J. M. Gilman were unroofed. A new house in process of erection by Den- nis Morris was scattered in all directions. Two sides of the schoolhouse were blown out.
July 12 .- Grasshoppers still continue to leave, going sometimes in a southeasterly and sometimes in a northerly direction. Our farmers feel much more hopeful than they did. The destruction of crops, how- ever, especially in the western part of the county, has been great.
At the Cathedral this forenoon Anna B. Edlebrock was married to Prof. Peter E. Kaiser, county superintendent of schools, by the Rev. Francis Merschmann.
July 19 .- J. E. Hayward has been ship- ping to New York via Pittsburgh four car- loads of flour per week.
George Overbeck succeeds his father as landlord of the Minnesota House.
Eggs are only six cents a dozen at Sauk Centre.
August 2 .- The steamer Monticello ar- rived last Tuesday evening and landed near the foot of Lake street and was vis- ited by many of our citizens. It is a trim, neat little craft, and a trifle smaller than the Great Eastern. It left for Minneapolis the next morning and will continue to make trips during the season.
August 9 .- Bridgman's saw mill shut down Monday, having cut all the logs in the boom. The cut of lumber was 1,300,000 feet, shingles 1,500,000. A large number of logs failed to get down this year.
E. Cross received an order this week from E. R. Hill & Co., Chicago, for 2,500 pounds of cream cheese made at the Sauk Rapids factory. Minnesota cheese is bound to take a No. 1 place wherever it is known.
August 16 .- H. C. Waite, of this city, has gone to Chicago to purchase a quartz crushing machine, which he will take to the Black Hills.
August 30 .- Married, at Melrose, August 28, at the cathedral, Mrs. Anna C. Terway, of Melrose, to Joseph H. Edelbrock, of St. Cloud. Mr. Edelbrock, who has been in Chicago for some time, will engage in the general mercantile business at Melrose.
D. Steen, of Maine Prairie, and D. C. Hill and W. McKusick, of this city, who went to the Black Hills last spring, re-
turned home Saturday. They found every- thing at the Hills overdone and became satisfied that they could do better here than there.
September 6 .- Married, at St. John's church, St. Cloud, September 3, Dora A. Dwinal to Maj. D. M. G. Murphy.
Arnold's fine new grist mill, located at the mouth of Sauk river, was fully com- pleted August 25 and is doing excellent work. It has seven run of stone, with all modern machinery.
September 13 .- Home-grown cranberries bring $1.50 per bushel, retailing at $2.00.
The Rev. I. H. Reddick, pastor of the Methodist church, who for some time preached to the united Methodist and Con- gregational societies, alternate Sundays in each church, and further endeavored to increase the congregation by the addition of the Baptist society, the proposition, however, not being acceptable to the later, and who preached his farewell sermon here August 26, is now stationed at Os- coda, Mich.
September 27 .- Married, in this city, at the cathedral, September 25, Barbara Scha- fer to William L. Rosenberger, both of St. Cloud.
October 11 .- Bishop Seidenbusch re- turned home Friday from his trip abroad, including a visit to Rome.
October 18 .- D. B. Stanley brought in yesterday from the Maine Prairie cheese factory six tons of cheese which he shipped to St. Paul. This cheese took the premium at the Stearns county fair last week.
October 18 .- Some Mormon elders have been at work in our neighboring county of Sherburne and have had some success in getting converts who are selling off their property to go to Utah.
October 25 .- D. H. Freeman started Tuesday for Dakota to secure, if possible, the remains of his father, Lieut. Ambrose Freeman, who was killed during the Indian outbreak in 1862. He is accompanied by Capt. Oscar Taylor and John Coates, who were in the same company with Lieuten- ant Freeman and are confident they can find his unmarked grave.
The Brainerd branch was completed Sat- urday, the last spike being driven at Sauk Rapids.
November 1 .- D. H. Freeman, John Coates and Capt. O. Taylor returned Tues-
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day from Dakota, having been unsuccess- ful in their efforts to find the body of Lieut. Ambrose Freeman. Another attempt will be made and it is hoped with better suc- cess.
C. S. Benson succeeded Judge Gregory today as landlord at the West House.
A telegraph office was opened in the West House today, with Miss Godley in charge.
R. D. Bloomfield offers for sale lots 7, 8 and 9, block 41, Curtis survey, for $150. (Just think of it!)
November 8 .- At the election Tuesday the constitutional amendment in favor of woman's suffrage received in Stearns county 274 votes, while 2,026 were cast in opposition.
November 22 .- Married, in this city, to- day, at the residence of the bride's father, Anna E. Spicer, of St. Cloud, to the Rev. W. E. Stanley, of Red Wing. Mr. Stanley was for several years pastor of the Baptist church in this place.
December 6 .- Thomas Danzell has been appointed postmaster at St. Joseph.
The ticket office at the East St. Cloud depot has been completed and a telegraph as well as ticket office has been put in. Both are in charge of James B. Beatty, of Sauk Rapids.
December 13 .- The President sent to the senate Thursday the name of Capt. J. E. West for postmaster at St. Cloud.
Stearns county has neither any bonded nor floating indebtedness. The town, city and school district indebtedness amounts to $63,700.
The people of St. Cloud are very indig- nant over the present railroad arrange- ment. Trains to and from St. Paul in- stead of coming over to the St. Cloud depot stop at East St. Cloud. Express matter which comes up on the 11 a. m. train is taken to Sauk Rapids and left there until three o'clock, when it is brought over by the train for Melrose.
December 27 .- The farmers of Stearns county have been busy the past week do- ing their plowing ..
The Mississippi river is open at Clear- water and the ferry boat is running.
1878.
January 3 .- The Mississippi river at this place is entirely clear of ice. A steamboat
excursion January 3 would be easy enough if we only had the steamboat.
Z. W. Perry, of LaSauk, plowed two acres of land on his farm December 29th.
Married, in this city, January 1, at the residence of the bride's parents, by the Rev. E. V. Campbell, Miss Jean C. Mitch- ell, of St. Cloud, to Dr. Charles E. Walton, of Cincinnati, Ohio.
January 24 .- A literary society, com- posed of about twenty-five members, was organized Friday evening to meet on alter- nate Tuesday evenings. The following offi- cers were elected: L. W. Collins, presi- dent; T. J. Gray, vice-president; Mrs. A. C. Blaisdell, secretary. The first subject taken up, and to which two evenings will be devoted, will be the Life and Times of Henry VIII.
January 31 .- The people of Sauk Rap- ids voted yesterday on the issuing of $15,- 000 bonds to aid in building a free bridge across the Mississippi river at that place. Out of 114 votes cast only four were in opposition. Benton county will issue $10,- 000 in bonds authorized by an act of the legislature of 1867.
Ephraim Curtis, who came to St. Cloud in 1856 and was one of the business men of the city afterwards, except during the time he served in the Union army, died yesterday after a brief illness, at the age of 47 years.
February 7 .- Five persons, received into the Baptist church on profession of faith, were baptized in the Mississippi river near the upper mill Sabbath afternoon.
No snow, the Mississippi river not closed and what little frost there was in the ground coming out. What has become of winter, anyhow?
February 14 .- In Stearns county last year 109 schools were taught in the dis- tricts outside the independent districts. The number of male teachers employed was 65, average salary $40.40; female teachers 44, average salary $20 .. 86.
The bill introduced in the senate by Senator Macdonald for the consolidation of Stearns and Benton counties, after a very brief life, was strangled in committee and is now a corpse.
The Good Templars of Maine Prairie had an installation of officers at their last meeting, followed by an entertainment at the cheese factory. G. C. Chamberlain is
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W. C. T .; Mrs. A. B. Greely, W. V. T .; Nellie Kimball, W. S .; Waite Shoemaker, W. A. S.
February 28 .- Still that same old kind of weather; overcoats laid aside and fires in very slight demand.
James Walker is station agent at Sauk Rapids, succeeding S. N. Wright, who as- sumes the duties of treasurer of Benton county this week.
March 14 .- The Mississippi river here is wholly free of ice. Indeed, it has not been closed at any time during the winter.
March 28 .- Farmers throughout the county are busy plowing and seeding. A number have a large part of their grain already sown.
April 4 .- The contract for building the bridge at Sauk Rapids, a combination wood and iron bridge, has been let to James Mclntyre & Co .. , of New York, for $22,600. The superstructure is 809 feet long.
April 11 .- A new foundry is to be built at once, to be owned principally by Rosen- berger Bros., of this city, and Joseph H. Edelbrock, of Melrose, although the head workmen, Messrs. Smith and Kellerman, will have an interest in it. It will be lo- cated on a lot adjoining Anderson & Sons' hub and spoke factory.
April 18 .- The St. Cloud wagon bridge was closed to travel Saturday. Coates & Freeman run a 'bus to Sauk Rapids, cross- ing on the ferry and meeting the up and down trains.
An immigration society for the Sauk valley has been organized by Joseph Cap- ser, of Sauk Centre; J. H. Linneman, St. Joe; J. Simonitsch, Richmond; Maurin Bros., of Cold Springs, and other promi- nent business men of that part of Stearns county.
A cheese factory has been built at Clear- water by Roberts & Knowlton and is turn- ing out 600 pounds of cheese per day.
April 25 .- Homestead No. 10,000 was taken at the St. Cloud land office Tuesday ..
May 9 .- The steamer Monticello arrived at this place Tuesday, being the first trip of the season, and left the next day. Regu- lar trips will be made hereafter. Fair to Minneapolis, $2.00; meals, 25 cents.
Martin Greely, of Maine Prairie, left at our office this morning some stalks of rye fully headed out and the heads very long.
Officers of Diamond Lodge, No. 104, I. O. G. T., were installed Saturday evening. They were: W. W. Wright, W. C. T .; Mrs. A. L. Cramb, W. V. T .; A. L. Cramb, W. S .; D. S. Hayward, W. F .; Mrs. D. S. Hayward, W. T .; J. Hill, W. C .; Thomas Robertson, W. M .; Miss Etta Bibber, W. I. G .; J. M. Richardson, W. O. G .; Mrs. James Biggerstaff, W. R. S .; Mrs. W. W. Wright, W. L. S .; Miss Emma Jones, W. A. S.
May 16 .- Married, in St. Cloud, May 14, at the Cathedral, Julia Scheutz to George M. Schaefer, both of St. Cloud. At Maine Prairie, May 11, Hattie Wood to George W. Linn.
May 30 .- Liberty Raymond, of the town of Raymond, one of the old and prominent residents of the western part of the county, died at his home on the 18th inst. George H. Whiting, of Clearwater, a lead- ing business man of that place, died May 25, in the 41st year of his age.
During a thunder storm last Thursday, A. Wade's house at Maine Prairie was struck by lightning, the inside being badly damaged. Mr. Wade was struck by the bolt, which leaving the stove and begin- ning at his foot, tearing open the boot, passed up his body, across to the other side, up that side to the arm and along the arm to the table on which it was resting, down the table to the floor, killing a dog lying under the table and then dropped to the basement. Mr. Wade was in a critical condition for a time, but he eventually recovered.
June 6 .- Under the provisions of a law passed in 1874 the voters at an election held last Thursday, by 274 ayes to 33 noes, decided to issue $10,000 to be used toward securing a free bridge across the Missis- sippi river.
Reuben Richardson, of Melrose, a former resident of St. Cloud, died suddenly yes- day after an illness of but a few hours.
June 13 .- N. P. Clarke, of this city, is building a first-class cheese factory at his farm, some six miles from this city. It will be one of the largest as well as one of the best in this part of the state.
Five cans of young salmon came to this place Tuesday, two cans being taken to Pleasant lake and three cans to Pearl lake. Three cans came up the same day to be
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left at St. Joe for the lake at St. John's college.
An offer of $5,000 for the wagon bridge, made by the city council of St. Cloud, was accepted Friday evening by the directors, and the board of county commissioners voted to appropriate $5,000 toward making it a free bridge. The balance of the $10,- 000 in bonds voted by the city will be used in the work of reconstruction.
June 20 .- St. Cloud claims the honor of having the first anti-treating society in the state.
The district court was compelled to ad- journ when Cole's circus passed in pro- cession down St. Germain street Friday forenoon. Nothing could keep the jury or the officers in their places and finally the judge directed an hour's adjournment.
How different everything looks in the "grasshopper districts" this year from what they did last year and the year before.
June 27 .- Saturday was the twenty-fifth anniversary of the entrance of Bishop Seidenbush into the priesthood, and the occasion was duly celebrated with the fir- ing of cannon, ringing of bells, etc.
A. Anderson & Sons, of the St. Cloud Spoke factory, received this week from Lowell, Mass., the machinery for a first- class machine shop, which they will soon have in running order.
Married, at Sauk Centre June 26, Emma A. Perkins, of Sauk Centre, to Alfred F. Storey, of St. Cloud.
July 4 .- Butter, except on contract, is worth only six cents a pound in the mar- ket now.
August 1 .- Regular trains are now run- ning to Sauk Centre, leaving there at 6:30 a. m. and arriving at St. Paul at 3:50 p. m.
George Geissel has purchased the Sauk Rapids ferry, which he will take to Two Rivers as soon as the bridge is completed at Sauk Rapids.
A car load of blooded stock, Jersey cows and heifers, arrived a few days ago from Massachusetts for N. P. Clarke's stock farm near this city.
George M. Schafer has taken charge of the well-known Schafer House in this city and will add to its popularity.
August 15 .- The old H. T. Tobey house, near the Normal school, has been put in repair to be used as a "Young Men's Nor-
mal Home," and will be in charge of Mrs. Davis, of Elk River.
J. O. Crommett started Friday for Gen. T. H. Barrett's great farm near Herman, on the Main line railroad, to put up build- ings for laborers and stock. Gen. Barrett has seventeen thousand acres of land in a body, of which eight hundred acres will be broken this year.
Blackberries came in by the wagon load Monday, selling readily at 50 to 75 cents per pail.
August 22 .- Hon. C. A. Gilman has formed a law partnership with Mr. Wm. Barrett of St. Paul and will occupy offices in Ottensmeyer's block.
September 5 .- Married, at Berlin, Wis., September 4, at the residence of the bride's parents, by the Rev. R. M. Webster, Ella M. Stewart of Berlin, Wis., to Captain L. W. Collins of this city.
September 26 .- We are gratified to be able to state that Dr. W. L. Beebe has de- cided to remain in St. Cloud to practice his profession.
The Rev. A. L. Cole has tendered his resignation as pastor of the Baptist church to accept a call from the First Baptist church of Sacramento, Cal.
September 19 .- Coal is beginning to come more generally into use here. Quite a number of our citizens have ordered coal stoves for their houses.
The Mississippi river is lower than it has been since 1864. Rocks are sticking up in full view in all directions and there are plenty of places that are fordable.
Our citizens have subscribed over $500 toward opening up the road from the east end of the bridge through the marsh to the town of St. George in Benton county.
Henry A. Boobar, one of the old settlers of Sauk Centre, died at that place Tues- day afternoon.
October 10 .- Judge McKelvy has ap- proved the bid of Edwin Clark, $42,600, for the entire indebtedness (less the mort- gage indebtedness, $22,000, held by W. Bohmer) for the property of E. & W. H. Clark, at Melrose, at this time in the hands of a receiver (L. A. Evans), his bid being the highest, and the property will be trans- ferred to him. Major Clarke has already started his mill and resumed business.
October 17 .- Married in St. Cloud, at the residence of Z. H. Morse, October 16,
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by the Rev. H. C. Woods, Laura E. Morse, of St. Cloud, to the Rev. A. L. Cole, late pastor of the Baptist church in this city, now of Sacramento, Cal.
October 24 .- Henry Keller, of Sauk Centre, has made a contract with F. E. Levanseler, of this city, for the manufac- ture of five hundred more of his celebrated fanning mills.
The new bridge across the Mississippi in this city was opened to travel last Fri- day.
November 7 .- The St. Vincent Branch railroad was completed from Sauk Centre to Alexandria Monday, the construction train running in that evening. Regular trains will not be put on until the 15th.
A temperance club has been organized in this city, with the Rev. E. V. Campbell president, and Jennie Owen secretary, meet- ings to be held every two weeks.
The Raymond post office has been dis- continued, all mail matter for that office to be sent to the Grove Lake post office.
November 21 .- The Sauk Rapids free bridge was opened for teams yesterday. It will be fully completed and turned over to the Benton county commissioners on the 28th.
November 28 .- Married, at Clearwater, November 26, by the Rev. E. V. Campbell, Emma Cambell to Captain Josiah E. West, all of Stearns county.
December 12 .- Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Noel, who were among the first settlers of St. Cloud, celebrated their golden wedding December 4th at Santiago.
December 19 .- A number of Chippewa Indians have been in town this week sell- ing venison and buying such articles as they wanted.
A great deal of bitter feeling has been created throughout this county as well as in various parts of the state by the efforts of the owners of drive-well patents to ex- tort excessive royalties from users. Anti drive-well associations have been organ- ized in St. Cloud as well as in many of the towns in the county.
December 26 .- The Clearwater cheese factory has closed; cause, financial troubles.
Minneapolis had a double wedding on the 22nd-the contracting parties being the Hon. H. L. Gordon and Mary Louise Car- penter; Dr. A. H. Hedderly and Ada B.
Gordon. Mr. Gordon and his daughter were for a number of years residents of St. Cloud.
1879.
January 2 .- Boyd's store was visited by burglars last night and $200 worth of goods stolen. The Sauk Valley House was en- tered the same night, a watch and $10 in money being taken.
Married at Sauk Rapids, December 28, 1878, by the Rev. I. Marsh, Mary E. Cross to Joseph Coates, both of that village.
There were only fifteen deaths in St. Cloud last year. This speaks well for the healthfulness of a city of nearly three thousand inhabitants.
January 16 .- The petition to the legis- lature for the enactment of a state-wide prohibitory law received over five hundred signatures in this city. The Stearns County Grange at its meeting at Fair Haven elected officers for the ensuing year, with J. W. Goodspeed, M .; F. B. Smith, O .; E. H. Atwood, Sec. A com- mittee was appointed to prepare and cir- culate a petition to the legislature to abol- ish the "little brass kettle."
"Fencing in" or "fencing out" is now the burning question in many of the towns in the county where there is stock, either to run at large or be kept in an enclosure.
The burglars who entered Boyd's store were tracked by Chief Wheeler to a lum- ber camp on Hillman's brook where he arrested them Friday and they are now in jail here. They gave their names as Henry Carr and Jack Randolph, and both confessed to this robbery as well as that at the Sauk Valley House, when Mr. Kam- mermeier's watch and money were stolen. The sheriff of Barron county, Wisconsin, who had been on their track, arrived Mon- day. He said that they were brothers, their real names being Isaac and James Bailey, Jr., and that they were wanted in Wisconsin for a $500 robbery at Rice Lake. County Attorney Collins declined to sur- render them.
January 23 .- The old depot building on the east side of the river has been pur- chased by G. A. Freudenreich and Henry Keller, who will have it moved to the west side and use it jointly as a machinery warehouse.
January 30 .- The granite, which was
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quarried here last fall for the proposed Minneapolis and St. Cloud R. R. bridge piers, is soon to be taken up on the N. P. where it will be used in making culverts.
Burglars entered J. C. Haines's store at Paynesville Friday night and took off everything of any value. Tracks showed that a wagon was used.
February 13 .- A delegation of between forty and fifty members of the legislature arrived yesterday to investigate the ad- vantages offered by St. Cloud as the loca- tion of a second state prison.
February 22 .- Embrick Knudson, of North Fork, one of Stearns county's early settlers, died at his home Sunday.
The citizens of Mille Lacs county, at a meeting held at Princeton on the 15th inst., pledged their influence in favor of a bond bonus for a proposed railroad from Grants- burg to St. Cloud via Rush City, Cambridge and Princeton.
March 6 .- Articles of incorporation of the St. Cloud Water Power Company were filed yesterday.
March 20 .- St. Cloud is quite musically inclined. A number of Germans have or- ganized a singing society of fifty members, holding semi-weekly meetings, under the charge and drill of Prof. M. Gans. The St. Cloud Cornet band is a new organiza- tion, the membership including F. A. Staples, E. S. Hil, W. Hetherington, D. C. Hill, J. E. Carver, G. E. Fuller, F. D. Cross- man, Fred Barnes, C. T. Hines and George B. Smith. E. S. Hill is president and George B. Smith secretary and treasurer.
The Southern Minnesota R. R. has re- duced its fare to four cents a mile. We should be glad to chronicle at an early date that the St. Paul & Pacific had de- cided upon a like change.
March 27 .- The two new bells for the Catholic church have arrived; one weighs 700 and the other 2,360 pounds.
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