The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1877-06-08
Minnesota News Items.
FREEBORE.

H. M. Foot, express agent Alden, has
commenced libel suit against NJ W. Dodd, of
Chatfeld, in consequence of the publication by
the latter, some time last winter of a commu-
nication charging Mr.. F. with "robbery or all
attempt at robbery. "A new postoffice has
been established in Bath, and Lewis Carlston
appointed postmaster ....A Albert Lea is trou-.
bled with tramps. 5s
Two large grain elevators are to be
built in Chatield this season =. The building
OF railroad from some point on the Southern
Minnesota road via Chatfeld to Rochester is
regarded as a fixed fact Dickson & Co., of
Chatfeld, purchased 1000 bushels Of wheat on
Saturday at an average cost Of 165 per
bushel... Mrs. John Benedict of Preston, met
with serious accident few days ago While
carrying a pail Of newly Stacked lime for
withdrawing purposes down stairs, she
face and eyes, the sight of one of (which she
may lose: She was also badly bruised BY her
fall. -. The crop prospect is excellent. Farm
ers are happy, hopeful and thankful
Bishop Whipple confirmed class Of
twenty two at Christ Curch, in Red Wing, in
Guiding three Sioux Indians ;. The annual
meeting of the County Sunday School Associ-
alton will be held at Goodhue June 9th and
7th F.. .r.,.1. ,a..A as. e,a
A. large, quantity Of wheat is still in
is agitating the question of q water supply for
that city "A chapter of Manl1ato accidents:
Mr.JOseph Knott, while working in stones
quarry, received a blow from a hand spike
with Whichshe was at work, and sustained q
severe fracture Of the jaw Master
sustained a fracture of the collar-bone in fall
A little daughter Of MI. A. Busch broke her
left arm >. Mrs. Kelly, of Ceresco, who last
winter gave birth to triplets, has been photo
graphed in a group with her children, The
babies are all alive and doing well, but her
husband has since died. "a 81 ,ETA E}a8 sStAli
= Miss Corbelle, young Bohemiiaanstss ell
in Rosemount,e was shot and killed byla yonnes:
mar named Kelly. 1t is supposed that he was
not aware the gun was loaded. Such careless
ness is criminal 80. u. H. Thurston. of Farm.
ington, has instituted q suit,against the Hast
ing & Dakota Railway Company for damages
in the sum Of $1,000 for injt1ies received in a
collision on that road last fall Mr.. Balch, of
Auburn, also brings suit in the same court for
$4,OOOfor injuries received in the same col
lision... A team Of horses belonging to
Thomas Howes, Of Hastings, ram sawayr last
week, and one Of them was killed and the
other badly injured. =. The friends Of Rev s.
7. ,Sterrett, Of Hastings, have subscribed t.
AAs1nO w u1o ACSCAt 1OcS Ny
ing in all to some $3.50.
" WINONA. 81 s85 s'sf5 s@t.
~. III. Lake, an old settler and prominent
business man in Winona is dead -. Winona is
excited by'a threatened riot. Abouta hundred
and fifty or two hundred laborers from the
Fourth ward, composed mainly Of Poles and
Bohemiams, called on the Mayor and, de-
manded employment on the water works. They
complained that men outside of the city had
been employed instead of men who live in
town. Mayor Simpson replied that the con-
tractors on the water-WOrks did not like the
way the Polanders used them last season.
They were engaged at 81. so per day and struck
for higher wages in a critical part Of the work
The ringleaders of the demonstrations intimal
ted that they must have work or blood, at
which threat they were promptly met with the
assurance that if blood wis what they wanted
they would be given plenty of it il they satl
tempted anything like Rotor attack. shI
81 DOUGLAS. 81 s# 4
Patrick Kelly, of Leaf alley, died sud-
denly of heart disease few days since. s. Dur
ing last week three Of the five children Of
Hon. Knute Nelson, of Alexandria, died of
scarlet fever y. Every male citizen Of Alexan-
dria, between the ages of21 and go are required
to work five days fighting grasshoppers, or
pay 81 per day to get q substitute s. The
farmers Of the town Of Lake MARI. ht.d a. grand
gopher hunt and killed 1,54O in one day. + =
WABASHAW.
George Geer, Of Clifford, lost barn