The Princeton union., 1877-10-17
Minnesota News Items.

Henry Kinds has been nominated by
the Democrats of the eastern district for the
House Of Representatives.
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The Democratic Legislative candidates
are: Senator, Col. James Polleys; Represent
atives, D. P. Wasgatt and Andrew Hanson.
The long pending suit ybetween I. F.
O'Farrall Of Chatfeld and certain parties
from the East, involving the title to 600 acres
= of choice farming land in which is included
the townsite of the3village Of Grange has been
settled in favor of the first named. On the
26th ult. Robert Burns was arrested four miles
north OF Chatfeld, charged with having stolen
:: mare and colt from a farmer near Highland
about the 27th of August. ~. - ,g. - -.
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Joseph Whitehead, contractor Of the
Canadian Pacific Road has purchased Of the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company, engine
No. 81 and several flat cars. :. Complaints arc
made by9the citizens Of Brainerd of the gnu,
nerous bands of thieving Indians prowlng
through the country and q, meeting has been
called of citizens to devise some means Of
abolishins the nuisance. 2h.A0 fXHG{H
NICOLLET.
The Peoples, Independent convention
Ulm Brown County on the 9th ult., and unan-
imously nominated Hon. f. St. Julien Cox of
st. Peterfor Judgeof the 9th District. Il
Observation-Disclosures WRIGHT. .--.e--.~4.
Beefsteak is eight cents per- pound in.
Monticello and the, fact is attributed to there
being three butchers in town! !! "A new post
office knowna7 hsnsyerwith f w. Haefsr
brecht's Mills in the town Of frankfort a. Z Z
FILLMORE.
The Democratic county convention held
at Preston, adjourned without making any
nominations. On Friday of last week, DR..
NJ. A. Trow removed a cancerous tumor from
the arm Of Mrs. E. McGrew, near Chatfeld.
The tumor had been gradually growing for
casioned the patient no uneasiness -. Messrs.
Dunham and Griswold Of Chatfeld recently
took trip to Sioux Falls Dakota, and were
so well pleased with the country that they
purchased several hundred acres of land there.
80. The ginseng diggers are about through
work tor the season. - n -
'~' -'~| GRANT. -.> -r>~4
H. P. Hanson, chairman of the Grant
county Board of Commissioners recently killed
% ducks and wounded 8 more all at the same
shot
..f!#. oLMsTED. G.,lhI HAIltt
There is just now quite rush of parties
from, Rochester and vicinity to, the western
and northwestern counties of the State to in
vest in government and railroad lands. Some
fifteen or twenty men have already gone or
are going on this business. =. Mr.. NJ j.
Slaven has bought the residence property Of
Mr.. F: R. Morton, in Rochester for So, ,60O..:
D.. Patterson, residing in East Rochester has
weight OF (which is five pounds 8. James
Morris ana Ed. Holt two boys Of about 16E
years of.age,s have been arrested and held to-
bail on the charge of having committed sew
ofEyota, &ed years, was kicked in the fore-A
head BY, horse, about noon on Friday of last
week, The bone was depressed Ia full half
iach, ana she lay in wholly unconscious
condition until about evening, eniln, wien an ,oper-
Geons,' that gave her relief. - = 10 - &7E2
WI IF*H LYON. r St
A man calling himself Thurlow' Weed
and nephew Of the New York politician of
that name has been in Marshall and proved
himself, asfrst class dead beat When. n.arrested
for obtaining money under false pretenses. he
plead insanity and postponedhis examination
for ten days -" .-
There was shipped over the Hastings
and II; Dakota road, from Carver, during the
month ',of September, 3S9,47O pounds of
freight The receipts of merchandise during
the same time amounted to 1O6,387 pounds
1.-THE Catholic society of Victoria (Lake-
town are; about to- erect new school~house
and over>sl 900 have been collected and will
be applied to that purpose. .r.
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Austin Hovey has raised 5the cham
pion cabbage. It measures four feet and four
inches in circumference and weighs Is
pounds Between fifty and sixty men, seek
ing glhomes,in this county, ,came into Worth
the LIST. The hotels, i already crowded, were
filled to oyerfowing, and some of. the. land,
seekers We're compelled to accept blanket"
and take lodging on the floor, while others
in the Office chairs &C. 1iMost Of this party Sc
cured homes in Bishop Ireland's colony.
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The Albert Lea hotels are crowded
with guests. Marriages are numerous i in i
appointed the sgent ii the American II E3trsss Ssss
Company for both roads at Albert Lea. -.
There is to be baby show in connection with
the county 3 1r fair: .qqs9ga y ~
4 Ar. Tanner, living four miles east of
Audubon, while Engaged III cleaning his uun
and not knowing,it was, loaded, spccidentally
discharged it, shooting his little son in TIE
ioot t,o WITH Rnek shot Geese haye begun to
.-. .. 90, .- BENTON.
The end Of the track. on the Brainerd
Branch on the 9th reached a point about two
miles above Little River, or about ten miles
from Sauk Rapids and will be Completed
in a,feW days: ?. An idea Of thetwheat crdpin
the town Of Gilmanton. this county, can be
had from the following figures: One man
sowed si1busnela fromIwhich he thTesiied 12O
bushels; another put IN five bushels and re-
eeived d over ona hundred; Many of the farm
acre; Mr.. c.. Herberger, formerly of St.
Cloud and three others, recently purchased s.
large tract of land about eight miles north of
Sauk Rapids which they will make into farms
for the coming season. The erection Of build
ings is now going forward, and the dwellings
will be occupied by the four families before
winter,sets.hI III " si,a az !.