The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1877-10-31
Minnesota News items.

fallen heir to over a million dollars, the prop!
erty of a brother who has recently died in Cal
ifornia. She had not heard from the brothei
for nearly thirty years, and supposed he was
dead ,.5'S . ta,-s-%a 81 Sa
Mrs. Mary Glover, a widow lady 81
years old, lived with her son-in-laW, Edgar
King, in the timber country of Spruce Hill, 8
miles beyond Gordon's mill. On the 18th Mr..
King went to Parker's Prairie, leaving Mrs.
Glover alone and on his return found the
house vacant Five days thereafter Mrs. Clio
ver's llfeless body was discovered in the woods
not far from the house, she having evidently
wandered about and died from exhaustion.
IA Norwegian named Ole Hanson who
while working in the field, was struck BY
lightning and instantly killed On the 18th inst.
3 T. ~ ( STEELE s4 y, 80 =
An unknown crazy man has been taken
up in Owotonna and semitic St. Peter ~. /. DR..
spectacle girl of Owatonna to elope with him
and was discovered at Ackley Iowa with his
companion, by hs,twife who Informed, the
landlord Of the hotel of the relations existing
between the pair and caused them to. be turn
ed out.
HOUSTON. '2@"a .~1,>@>
Early on the morning of the, 23rd a
brakesman employed at the Hokah yard, Slip
ped into culvert while pulling a pin from
between two cars and was run over by the
cars and one of his legs and one of his hands
cut Oft. He lived until about 7 a. M His
name is Daniel Van, and he has brother
living at Grand Rapids, Wisconsin The
Caledonia hotels are crowded. -. :. On the 22nd,
the caboose on the east bound freight train
on the Southern Minnesota Railroad broke it's
couplings near Houston and was run into by
fl no ind tote 1u
r. ~..-." < BENTON. 'c".-.-, =. 80,
The Brainerd Branch having been
completed to Sank Rapids at noon on the goth,
the first trip over the road was made next day
by small party VINO accepted for this pur-
pose the invitation Of Col. Degraff The party
went as far as Brainerd and returning reached
Sank Rapids at o'clock that evening"
st.t,.. ia WAlBAsHI4AW:g i :@.IrtrF
A free reading room is one Of the wants
of Reads. -. Diamand JoReonolds has COM
menced suit against the Grange Warehouse
Co., of Lake City and a. very large list of
stockholders, for the recovery of several
thousand bushels of wheat claimed to have
been purchased for him before said company
suspended business. .The surveyors of the
Midland have been at work in Zumbrotra the
past week, and as they have surveyed two
lines, the great question with the towns peo-
pie is as to where the depot is to be situated
oLMsTED.
Mr.. McLard has sold fine jersey COW
to G. DeGraf, of GAINESVILLE, for 500 cash. :. "
A new map OF the county is being prepared
and will be ready in a few weeks >. AS
Rochester they are having mum " sociables
where speaking is fined 10 cents for every Of
moved and every body can talk as much as
they please. The affair proved a pecuniary
success, the fines mostly coming from the
ladies. 'tEt fE.#'a 7 ttfe3 - -
~. -"' cH1sAGo.
Frank England, Treasurer of Rock
Creek town and school districts has disappear
ed and is supposed to have absconded; taking
with him about $3.50 of public funds. :. The
Center City cheese factory closed the work of
the season with a shipment of $4,000 pounds
Hon. II. n. Setter has been nominated
by the Republicans for county attorney.
Fred Higgins, of Concord, recently
committed suicide by shooting himself in the
head. .2@5& nv @st" %5
MORRISON.
The railroad depot building at Little
Falls is to be 2OxS1 feet and will soon be CON-
pleted. That at Belle Prairie is2Ox5O feet and
is nearly finished. 80. Mr.. Meyer of St. Martin,
vent out o. cunning, and and climbing tree to
to a limb to prevent his going to sleep and
falling out. After waiting two hours he did
fall asleep and woke up to find himself sus-
pended by rope several feetfrom the ground
He yelled loudly and was finally rescued.
LYON.
N. Davis Of Lynd has this fall made
1909 gallons of sorghum syrup. He made for
E. Taylor, Is gallons from one acre of cane.
How much better than that is forty bushels
of wheat?. "A Marshall man keeps twenty
cats, and feeds them on milk, taking out to
the barn twenty saucers of the fluid every
morning. He cares for all the homeless
felines in the village. Ezra Fisher Of the
town OF Lyon, while herding cattle on the
prairie, fell asleep, and in some wav discharg-
ed a loaded rifle, the ball from which entered
his right lung. The grass was also set on fire
and when the unfortunate man became con-
scious, his hands and arms were considerably
burned. He was very weak from the. loss of
blood, but managed TO crawl one and half
miles, when he was discovered, five hours
after being shot. He survived twenty-four
hours. -.'Gs.u r -
Il 49, ~ BLUE EARTH. >s2sN@ ,Ir15S,
), The suit of Mr.. W. C.tDavis, against
the Saint Paul and Sioux City railroad COM
pany to recover dana ges for injuries sustained
in falling from broken step at their depot
al AthAO VI JoCd4, Ado DCcu COul pTOulSCu ny CuC
company paying Mr.. Davis 50 300 in full for
all claims VI d 'G#Gt II. X b. Il '''~ ~.
80 MARTIN.
The commissioners of Martin county
have offered reward for thel capture Of par
ties firing the prairie grass. A tstrict5
ment of law should be required in all cases.
= 81. HOUSTON 4.t go tt3f''
Joseph Marco indicted for the murder
of joseph EnOs and wife-last summer has
pleaded guilty and been sentenced to impris-
onment for life at hard labor. s.
%E%s RI IA WRIGHT. Gg,h 8s
Seven births, all girls, occurred in Der
lano in one week. "A dredge.b boat is at work
on the river in front of Monticello. It's prin