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January 8 .- Wm. Bohmer, one of the old- est settlers in northern Minnesota, died Monday at his home at Melrose, aged fifty- seven years. He had lived at Sauk Rapids and then at New Munich, where he ac- cumulated a large fortune.
January 15 .- The St. Cloud Lodge I. O. G. T. met Tuesday evening and decided to disband. The lodge has done good work in the past and has accumulated quite an amount of furniture and paraphernalia, but the members lacked interest in the work.
Ex-Vice-President Schuyler Colfax, whose death from heart disease occurred Tues- day at Mankato, in this state, was among . the first of the distinguished speakers to
visit St. Cloud. He was here in 1860, dur- ing the first Abraham Lincoln campaign, when Galusha A. Grow and Carl Schurz also spoke in this city.
The State Firemen's Association is hold- ing its thirteenth annual convention in this city, the fourth convention having been held here in 1876.
E. H. Atwood has purchased the Martin B. Greely place on Maine Prairie, 76 acres, for which he paid $1,500. Mr. Atwood now has 300 acres on the Prairie in a body, be- sides about 400 acres more not far distant.
The Nordwesten has been sold by J. P. Hammerel to the Nordstern, and after next week's publication it will cease to exist. Its editor, Mr. May, will assume editorial charge of the Nordstern.
February 5 .- D. B. Searle, of this city, has purchased of the estate of C. F. Davis the Clearwater flouring mill and also the Fremont power, both on the Clearwater river; consideration, $12,000. This prop- erty has since been sold to H. C. Waite & Son.
The fire department has received thirty- six rubber fire coats, eleven for each com- pany.
D. T. Calhoun, one of the leading attor- neys of this district, has opened a law office in this city.
March 19 .- Col. L. L. Baxter, of Fergus Falls, has been appointed the additional judge for this district, for which provision was made by the legislature last month.
The St. Cloud Bicycle Club has organ- ized with the following officers: E. S. Hill, captain and president ex-officio; Jos. Rosenberger, first lieutenant; Alfred Hub- bard, secretary and treasurer.
A number of the farmers of Stearns, Ben- ton and Sherburne counties, as also busi- ness men, met at the court house Friday and decided to organize a district agricul- tural society and hold annual fairs. An election of officers resulted in the choice of John Cooper, Stearns county, president; E. Cross, Benton county, E. H. Atwood, Stearns county, E. F. Hurd, Sherburne county, vice-presidents; D. E. Myers, Stearns county, secretary; Geo. E. Camp- bell, Sherburne county, treasurer.
Anderson & Sons have decided to accept the offer of the works and property of the Moorhead Manufacturing Company, which cost $131,000, practically as a gift and re-
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move to that city. St. Cloud regrets very much to lose them.
The cheese factory at Maine Prairie has been leased to A. D. Doane for three years ..
March 26 .- James M. McKelvy, Post No. 134 G. A. R., was mustered in Saturday with thirty-nine charter members, sup- posed to be the largest number of any post in the state.
April 2 .- Frank Knower, one of the old settlers of Maine Prairie, died at his home in that town last Thursday.
April 16 .- The kindergarten under charge of Jennie Jerrard has opened with twenty pupils and promise of more to come.
John Rengel, Sr., a well-known resident of St. Cloud town, died Sunday, aged 71 years.
The city council has increased the saloon license to $500.
Fish weighing between one and two pounds each are being caught in the ra- vine, drawn out by hand.
May 7 .- The St. Cloud school district had for the first time women as members of the board of education-Mrs. T. C. Al- den being elected from the first, and Mrs. L. W. Collins from the second ward.
Chas. Graceson, who has had charge of the roller rink, has given it up as an un- profitable investment and will return to railroading.
May 14 .- David Gilman, who came to Minnesota in 1848 for the American Fur Company, locating that same year at Wa- tab, died at his home at that place the 9th inst., aged 73 years. He was a member of the constitutional convention in 1857, and was the postmaster at Watab from 1853 to the time of his death.
The Masonic Temple Association of St. Cloud is the name of a corporation organ- ized in this city, with a capital stock of $25,000, to purchase a site and erect lodge buildings. The first board of directors con- sists of Geo. S. Spencer, F. Tolman, C. W. Kingsbury, J. F. Wray and A. L. Cramb.
May 28 .- The rate for telegraph mes- sages over the Western Union from St. Cloud to St. Paul has been reduced from 40 to 25 cents for a message of 10 words or less.
June 4 .- Two large contracts for granite for bridge work have been let to St. Cloud quarry men the past week. Joseph Robin-
son will furnish the stone for the liew Northern Pacific bridge at Minneapolis and John Frazier for the South Minneapolis bridge.
On Decoration day Comrade John Dress- ler carried the canteen that he had with him from the time he left Fort Snelling until he was mustered out, and George Ful- ler blew the same fife with which he helped "brace up" the boys on their long marches during the war.
June 18 .- About fifty persons, with the Union band, went to Cold Spring today to be present at the dedication of the new Catholic church there ..
July 30 .- C. F. Macdonald, editor of the Times, has been appointed receiver of the St. Cloud land office to succeed W. B. Mitchell, editor of the Journal-Press.
The St. Cloud Art Association has been formed with Mrs. R. R. Coon, Jr., presi- dent; May Clarke, vice-president; Mrs. L. T. Troutman, secretary; Clara Lawrence, treasurer. Meetings are to be held semi- monthly for art readings and study.
August 13 .- The funeral of General Grant, whose death had occurred July 23, was observed in St. Cloud, as all through the county Saturday, with appropriate cere- monies. Addresses were delivered by Judge L. W. Collins, the Rev. C. A. Cum- mings and D. B. Searle. By direction of the department the postoffice was closed for one hour. The meeting at Sauk Centre was addressed by ex-Lieutenant Governor Barto and Prof. Rocheleau.
August 20 .- The first dirt was thrown and active work begun Monday for the building of the dam across the Mississippi river at this place.
For the first time different prices are quoted on old and new wheat-No. 1 old being worth 71 cents, while new is 66 cents, a difference of five cents a bushel.
The report that Col. W. A. Caruthers had been executed during the civil war for having broken his parole was a mistake. Col. Caruthers was in the Confederate army, and is now located in the practice of law at. Hartsville, Tenn., friends here being in receipt of letters from him. Even the practice of law is better than being dead most men would consider.
The Northern Pacific has issued its new tariff on wheat, which is from East St. Cloud, Sauk Rapids or Cable to St. Paul or
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Minneapolis, 12 cents per bushel; to Du- luth 18 cents.
The St. Cloud Base Ball Club was or- ganized Saturday with D. S. Hayward, president; S. P. Fuller, vice-president; J. D. Sullivan, secretary; F. M. Morgan, treasurer; J. R. Bennett, Jr., manager.
Enough steel rails are now at this place for the St. Cloud and Willmar railroad to lay twenty-eight miles of track and ties are arriving at the rate of ten cars a day.
September 17 .- Berteus Miller, of this city, has been appointed deputy revenue collector, to succeed Geo. W. Benedict, of Sauk Rapids.
September 24 .- C. Bridgman has begun a suit in the United States circuit court to forever enjoin the Water Power and Mill Company from building a dam across the river at this place.
The first number of the Sauk Centre Democrat was issued the 17th inst .; Frank Barnum, publisher.
October 8 .- The first $50,000 six per cent city bonds issued to aid in the construc- tion of the dam across the Mississippi river have been sold to S. A. Keen & Co., Chicago, for $50,815. Could the bonds have been delivered all at once, instead of in blocks of $10,000 as the work progressed, the premium paid would have been $2,000 to $2,500.
October 15 .- C. T. Smith is succeeded by S. E. Livingstone as manager of the West House.
In point of present population St. Cloud is the twelfth city in the state. (In 1914 it is the fifth.)
November 12 .- J. P. Wilson is putting up a feed mill in East St. Cloud and will run it in connection with his new grain house.
D. B. Searle, United States district at- torney, sent his resignation to the presi- dent last Friday ..
December 10 .- Track laying on the St. Cloud and Willmar line has begun and the track will be laid to Rockville by tomor- row evening.
H. C. Waites new 50,000 bushel elevator at Cold Spring has been completed and is ready to receive grain.
Sauk Rapids has a full-fledged brass band, the instruments having been re- ceived. F. J. Schiele is president; A. De- Lacy Wood, secretary; Theo. Berg, treas- urer; F. W. Conrad and John Momburg,
executive committee. Martin Fisher, of St. Cloud, has been engaged as leader.
December 17 .- The Sisters of St. Bene- dict have arranged to have a third story added to their convent school building in this city and the enlarged structure used for a hospital.
August Smith, who settled near Paynes- ville in 1857, died today, in the 71st year of his age.
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January 7 .- New Year's day, in contrast with that of last year, was clear and pleas- ant, and calling was quite general. In the evening the Social Club gave its New Year's party at the Grand Central hotel, some forty couples being present.
Two well-known citizens of Fair Haven passed away during the last week-R. R. Sargeant, who died New Year's day of heart disease, in the sixtieth year of his age, having been a soldier in the Union army; and O. D. Webb, one of the first settlers in the town, who died January 4, of a stroke of paralysis, in his sixty-fifth year. He lived at Sauk Rapids in 1854, moving to Fair Haven in 1859.
Word has been received of the death of James H. Place last month at Peoria, Ill. Mr. Place came to this part of Minnesota in 1856, helping build a saw mill at Watab. In 1858 he located in St. Cloud, remaining until 1870. He was a civil engineer, doing considerable city work, and a fine musi- cian.
January 28 .- Elevator agent George Mc- Mahon says he has so far handled over 40,000 bushels of wheat of the crop of 1885, shipping Saturday to Minneapolis the last of 35,000 bushels, and is ready to fill up again.
February 4 .- Mrs. Frederica Imholte who was buried at St. Augusta January 25 was in the one hundredth year of her age. She had twelve children, one hundred grand- children, thirty or more great-grandchild- ren, and fourteen great-great-grandchild- ren-the exact number cannot be given as some live in Germany, where Mrs. Im- holte was born and married.
February 11 .- D. B. Searle has made arrangements for the erection of a three- story solid brick business building immedi- ately south of and to match the McClure & Searle building. The first floor will be
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occupied by the German American Na- tional Bank.
February 18 .- Joseph Edelbrock has been appointed postmaster at St. Cloud to suc- ceed Capt. J. E. West, who retires after seventeen years of continuous service.
February 25 .- The blessing of the new St. Benedict's Hospital at St. Cloud oc- curred this afternoon with appropriate ceremonies. The benediction was pro- nounced by the Rt. Rev. Father Alexius Edelbrock, abbot of St. John's University, assisted by the vicar general of the diocese, the Rev. Father Severin, and the bishop's secretary, the Rev. Father F. X. Steruper.
The marriage of Katie Schafer to Frank Fandel, both of St. Cloud, took place Tues- day morning at the church of the Immacu- late Conception.
Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Hanscom, of Eden lake celebrated their crystal wedding Feb- ruary 22. A number of choice presents were given them by friends and neighbors.
March 4 .- At a meeting of the State Farmer's Alliance held at Minneapolis last week, E. H. Atwood, of Stearns county, was elected vice-president for the Fifth congressional district.
A movement is on foot to have the post office kept closed all day on Sunday, ex- cept to receive the mails. (This movement did not meet with complete success until a quarter of a century afterwards.)
March 25 .- P. B. Gorman has been ap- pointed registrar of the St. Cloud land of- fice to succeed D. H. Freeman, resigned.
April 1 .- The Northern Pacific has re- duced its rate on wheat from St. Cloud, Sauk Rapids and Rice to St. Paul or Min- neapolis from twelve to eleven cents per bushel and to Duluth from eighteen to fifteen cents per bushel. (The rate from St. Cloud to Minneapolis in car load lots in 1914 is 6 3-10 cents and to Duluth 9 cents per bushel-a reduction in both cases of nearly fifty per cent.)
In 1884-5 St. Cloud had forty-four saloons paying a license of $100 each. In 1885-6 it has had from seventeen to twenty, pay- ing a license of $500 each, totalling $9,250 -or $4.850 more than when the number of saloons was more than double.
April 8 .- The second lot of $50,000 city water power bonds has been sold to S. A. Keen & Co., Chicago, at a premium of
$1,500, this being nearly twice the premium paid on the first lot.
The village of Sauk Centre has won its suit against the water works company and will now proceed to foreclose its mortgage and take possession of the works.
The Sauk Centre Democrat has sus- pended publication.
April 15 .- H. J. Fowler, who located in St. Cloud in 1855, engaged in the manu- facture of furniture, ran a ferry across the Mississippi river at lower town and was county commissioner for several terms, died at his farm in the town of St. Cloud Tuesday, aged sixty-three years.
The death of O. E. Garrison occurred at his home in Crow Wing county April 2, in the sixty-first year of his age. He came to Minnesota in 1851, and in 1862 was living in Pope county, on the shores of White Bear lake (Lake Whipple) at the time of the Sioux outbreak. Warned by a friendly Indian, himself and wife at once fled and looking back when some distance away saw their house in flames. Narrowly es- caping several bands of Sioux they made their way to St. Cloud, which became their home for the next twenty years. Mr. Gar- rison was a surveyor and probably sur- veyed more government land in Minnesota than any other one man in the state.
April 14 witnessed one of the most ter- rible cyclones in the history of the state, full details of which are given elsewhere.
April 29 .- Mr. and Mrs. Winslow Get- chell, who came to Minnesota in 1854, where they have lived ever since, being among the first settlers on Winnebago Prai- rie, celebrated on the 24th inst. the sixty- first anniversary of their marriage, which occurred April 24, in the state of Maine. Forty or more of their friends called to offer congratulations at their home at William Gordon's.
The Rev. Clemens Staub, better known as Father Clemens, died at St. Joseph last Friday, aged sixty-eight years. The funeral was at St. John's University, Sunday.
May 6 .- Sauk Rapids has two news- papers-the Sentinel, published by G. W. Benedict, and the Free Press, A. DeLacey Wood, publisher.
Abram Shoemaker, better known as "Elder" Shoemaker, died at his home at Maine Prairie April 29, in the 71st year of his age. He was a member of the Dis-
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ciples faith, and during the week cultivated his farm, preaching in the church on Sun- days. He was greatly respected by all who knew him and had a strong influence in the community.
June 3 .- O. Tenny, of this city, has sold to N. Garding, of Cold Spring, the water power at Rockville with about twenty acres of land; consideration, $1,800. Mr. Gard- ing intends putting up a fifty-barrel roller mill for custom work.
Arrangements have been fully completed for the removal of the Phoenix Iron Works from Minneapolis to St. Cloud, the Rosen- berger Bros., of this city, having large in- terests in the new enterprise, work will be- gin at once on the factory buildings near the water power.
June 10 .- The Fair Haven Circular is the latest comer in the Stearns county journal- istic field. Dr. L. H. Munger is the editor and the mechanical work is done by the Clearwater Enterprise.
The contract for building the new court house at Sauk Rapids, to take the place of the one destroyed by the cyclone, was awarded to Coates & Buckman at $3,799.
Judge Collins and D. B. Searle have had the degree of L. L. D. conferred on them by St. John's University.
July 1 .- F. I. Stiles, of La Crescent, has come to St. Cloud, and will erect a build- ing for the manufacture of cement blocks for building purposes, tiling, sidewalks, chimneys, etc.
Married, at Mobile, Ala., June 29, Lida B. Toomer, of that city, to D. T. Calhoun, mayor of St. Cloud.
July 8. Miss Lawrence and Mr. Shoe- maker, of the St. Cloud Normal school faculty, have made a contract with D. D. Merrill, of St. Paul, publisher of the state text books, to prepare a new arithmetic as a text book for use in the schools of Minnesota. It will be a volume of about 370 pages and the manuscript is to be com- pleted by the close of the present year.
July 15 .- The Lakeside Club, with forty members, has been organized and incorpo- rated, the purpose being to build a large pavilion and kitchen on the north side of Pleasant lake, for parties and picnics. Officers have been elected as follows: F. Tolman, president; F. H. Todd, first vice- president; R. L. Gale, second vice-presi- dent; W. L. Beebe, secretary; F. E. Searle,
treasurer. The membership fee is $20, with $5 annual dues.
The new organ of the Catholic Cathedral was used for the first time last Sunday, and is the finest organ north of Minneapolis. The cost was $2,600.
July 22 .- The new Catholic Church at Meier Grove was dedicated with appropri- ate ceremonies Tuesday by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Seidenbusch, assiated by Abbot Edelbrock and twenty priests. The church cost about $30,000 and was built through the exertions of the local priest, Father Meinulf.
St. Cloud has now eight typewriters.
August 19 .- Stearns county is to have another newspaper, the Paynesville News, W. A. Krause, publisher.
The opening of the New Lakeside Club's pavilion and boat house Tuesday was a suc- cess. About two hundred persons attended the basket picnic held on the grounds in the afternoon and the dance in the pavil- ion in the evening. Music was furnished by Griswold's orchestra.
August 26 .- The real estate boom has struck St. Cloud and acre property adjoin- ing the city is soaring in price.
Married, at Cold Spring, August 22, by the Rev. Father Benedict, Marie Reinhard to Martin Molitor.
September 2 .- The new Catholic Ceme- tery south-east of North Star Cemetery is being cleared and platted.
The corner stone of the new Baptist church was laid this afternoon, the local clergy, with the Rev. J. Sunderland and Boston W. Smith, of Minneapolis, taking part.
September 9 .- Henry Sheldon, of Paynes- ville, who is an old soldier and lost a son in the war, has received $1,960 back pay with a pension of $12 per month.
Joseph Howard, who came to St. Cloud in 1856 and opened the first meat market, remaining continuously at the same old stand, died suddenly Friday.
September 16 .- W. P. Remer has pur- chased W. L. Rosenberger's interest in the Nordstern and will hereafter conduct it alone.
October 14 .- The Benton County Bank at Sauk Rapids has been purchased by F. E. Searle and F. M. Morgan, of the German American National Bank, of St. Cloud, they taking $15,000 of the stock of the reorgan-
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ized bank, and H. Berg $5,000 each. The new officers are F. E. Searle, president; E. C. Cross, vice-president; F. M. Mor- gan, secretary; H. Berg, cashier.
Mrs. Eva Tenvoorde, who had come with her husband to St. Cloud in 1855, living ever since in their little cottage on Third avenue, died Thursday, aged eighty-one years.
October 21 .- Chas. Ketcham, who was the first registrar of deeds of Stearns county, and during the war was a member . of Company G, of the Fourth Minnesota volunteers, died at his home in this city yesterday, aged 56 years.
Married, in St. Cloud, October 20, at the residence of the bride's parents, by the Rev. W. M. Martin, Anna Stevenson to Levant R. Swift.
November 11 .- The Sauk Rapids bridge across the Mississippi river destroyed by the cyclone has been fully rebuilt and opened to travel.
C. F. Powell's new three-story brick ho- tel, the St. Charles, near the Manitoba de- pot is completed and ready for occupancy.
The new Episcopal church at Sauk Rap- ids was opened for services Sunday for the first time.
Pheasants are plenty in market at 20 to 30 cents per brace.
December 16 .- A Toboggan Club, to con- sist of seventy members, paying $10 each, was organized Tuesday evening, with E. H. Morse, president; C. P. McClure, vice- president; R. L. Gale, secretary; F. E. Searle, treasurer; E. S. Hill, H. E. Tolman, C. S. Mitchell, directors. The slide is to be located on the water work's hill at the upper end of Fifth avenue.
St. Cloud's pioneer fire company, the Little Giants, has disbanded having been organized over twenty-one years ago and did effective service. With the introduc- tion of the Holly system of water works their days of active usefulness were num. bered.
The citizens of Richmond have decided to build a flouring mill. Jacob Simonitsch is at the head of the movement which is well under way.
A car load of venison was shipped from here to New York yesterday.
The Minneapolis & Pacific bridge across the Clearwater river (600 feet long) is completed, the track laying is finished and
trains now run through from Minneapolis to Glenwood.
The dam across the Mississippi river at St. Cloud has been completed.
December 30 .- A new hose company, taking the name of the Little Giants, has been organized with the following officers: Frank Beste, foreman; M. Burkle, first assistant; Joseph Griebler, second assist- ant; W. P. Remer, secretary; Henry Ten- voorde, treasurer.
U. M. Tobey has been appointed post- master at Sauk Centre.
The new toboggan slide was formally opened last evening, although one slide was used Christmas day, and the outlook is that tobogganing will be a popular sport. Addie Hodges, Clara Enderle and Hattie Davis were the first ladies to take the dash down the slide.
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January 6 .- The wooden bridge across the ravine on Fifth avenue is to be re- placed by a stone culvert with retaining walls to the full height of the roadway and extending the entire width of the street. City Engineer Todd estimates the cost at $7,054.
The engines at the Phoenix Iron Works started up yesterday and worked satisfac- torily.
Married, at St. Augusta, January 4, Elizabeth Schmidt, of that place, to John D. Sullivan, of St. Cloud.
A number of ladies met in the parlors of the Grand Central Hotel yesterday and formed a Snow Shoe Club. They have oi dered their snow shoes and moccasins and sent for samples for costumes. Among those interested in the movement are Mes- dames Thomas Foley, W. L. Beebe, C. S. Mitchell, D. W. Bruckhart, G. H. Reynolds, E. C. Holden and E. H. Morse, and Eliza- beth Baldwin, Minnie Bennett and Char- lotte E. Clark. The club organized by electing Mrs. E. H. Morse president and captain; Charlotte E. Clark, secretary; Mrs. W. L. Beebe, treasurer.
John Zapp celebrated, January 1, the twenty-fifth anniversary of his first entry on his duties as register of deeds of Stearns county. When he then took office the entire county had fewer votes than St. Cloud now has and Ramsey and Hennepin counties had fewer votes than are cast in the county of Stearns.
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January 13 .- The state commission ap- pointed to locate a second state prison, after visiting twenty-two towns which had put in applications have decided by a unan- imous vote to locate it at East St. Cloud. The site selected comprises 240 acres of land, which includes the Coates & Freeman tract, and also forty acres of granite owned by Waite, Clarke & McClure. In making the final decision the commission was in- fluenced by the abundance and quality of the granite, the water supply, suitability of the land, shipping facilities, etc. (The in- stitution located here was made a reforma- tory instead of a prison.)
A delegation of tobogganers and snow- shoers from St. Paul and Minneapolis, num- bering 577 by actual count, with the First Regiment Band, arrived Saturday evening by a special train and although less than twelve hours notice had been given they had a great reception. The procession with the varied uniforms of the members, the flaming torches and flambeaus, marching from the depot made a unique spectacle. Supper was furnished at the different ho- tels, and the evening was spent at the to- boggan slide and in singing and dancing to the music of the First Regiment Orchestra, while three big bouncing blankets were kept in active service. It was half past ten o'clock when the train started on its return trip, all well pleased with their re- ception and entertainment.
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