The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1877-08-31
Minnesota News.
JACKSON.

and cot back IS bushels One year AGO he
put in 40 bushels and got nothing back This
year he put in eight bushels and got 9215 This
shows what can be done, now the 'hoppers
have gone.
: r. - ~ wABASHAW. Esoe
J G. Lawrence has received the ap-
pointment of Commissioner from the Third
Judicial District, on the State Board Of Equa-
lizalion.: !. Wabashaw, is livelier these days
than has been known since those OF go. The
streets efull Of contractors graders and Ia
borcrs of every class. :. Jerry Mahoney was
1thresher on a farm in Highland township. .
Early on the morning of the 2Oth burglars
entered kuhns store, in 5Wabashaw, who
broke open the till and secured . few dollars
in change but were frightened off before they
could take away any goods or other articles Of
value. a.e-. -. .s.@~. srfs4..s,. sv {sS5r -.
The following is the summary of the
business transacted, at the depot in st: Charles
for the month of July: Freight received, SO2-
SO lbs; charges, s1,977.65; freight forward
ed, 1 ::ss34 ,4O5 lbs: charges, s3,26G.O9 The
in excess of the same month last year. The
saloon keepers Of St. Charles have been mott
fed by the proper authorities that no games
will be allowed in their saloons except bill
lizards. s.. d. 80. -'.s.t- ,,*' 49, 80
LEsuEuR. ~ ,.e i,sr~
Daily trains on the Minneapolis Il St.
Louis railroad are running to Montgomery.
On the, Curry farm, near Pennington,
GIG bushels Of milling wheat were raised from
II acres-an average of 81 All bushels to the
acre. The fetal expense of cultivating and
harvesting the crop amounted to S259.l9.
wABAsHAw. -; @%s.-5t
A tramp at Lake City the other day
undertook to play it off on the boys by feign-
ing sickness, and falling in fit, but instead of
whisky he got big dose Of potassium and
choral: The army of harvest hands have
finished work in the grain fields and are on
their march westward. .r.
-~ CARVER
A good deal of building is going on in
different parts of the county :. About a fort
night since, DR.. Lewis removed fibrous tu-
NOR, weighing several pounds, from the side
of NJ Hartung, of Carver. The patient is now
walking about town, in apparently good
health. Two new locomotives were put on
the Minneapolis & St. Louis road last week.
No. 5 levi Butlcr) is in charge of Engineer
John Lee, and No. 4 John Nlartin) is under
control OF Engineer Robert Thomas.
The tax Judgment sale takes place at
Buffalo, Sept. 17th and at the same place the.
forfeited land tax sale will come off September
::4th.. The house of James Sheridan of
Rockford township, was burned on the Doth.
1.-The st. Paul q Pacific railroad company
are offering half fare rates to exhibitors at the
coming State fair, for all stations excepting
St. Paul and Minneapolis. @.~s
'' FILLMORE: H., @>.
A great deal Of the wheat has been
badly shocked, and would be greatly dam
aged by heavy rains. Bishop Whipple adj
dressed the Sunday school children of St,
Matthews church in Chattield on the night of
the 18th. 80. -
Terrence Carr Of Sank Rapids who was
confined in the St. Cloud jail for an assault
on man named Simmons. has been exa1ne-
ineds and pronounced insane and taken to 81
feter.J: M. Huffman who was arrested on
charge OF larceny preferred by Charles Gil
man has been discharged. Two St. Clond
gentlemen We're recently detected in a viola
3lon OF IL the State game law by a curious mis-
and was captured by a couple of citizens Of
Sank Rapids, who on: examining the buggy
found brace of prairie chickens. This led
to the arrest of the chicken hunters
''~ Il COTTONWOOD.
The yield of wheat on the Barden farm
is estimated at 5000 bushels lust 20 bushels
to the acre. About 5000 bushels have been
threshed. Bingham Lake begins to look
IKE business town. The track is covered
while the mill is using more or less cars.
They will need a depot soon: +. Mr.. Dunniclifff
OF Window thinks that ''those who LAUGH hestI
laugh last for that is his experience with a
crop: IN the spring the people laughed al
him for sowing, and now he has secured sixtI
acres OF crops, and he can laugh at people fod
their timidity. -. There are in this county b11
Two sections OF minimum government lands
land situated beyond the land grant limits. and
TINS IS in town los range So Mr.. Smith hasl
INPGfpl for -
lands, the price of which is $125 ar, acre.
IT is stated that if the entire plOWed ACREAGE
III Cottonwood county had been sowed FOL
wheat or cropped with other grain it would
nave placed every farmer on his feet again
and let him out of debt. s34. 49, -
N1co11rr. Il. Il 1'4'
Capt. T. G.. Scott, formerly captain of
Company F. Second Minnesota Regiment andl
TOR 1, many any years resident of St. Peter, died
son proprietor of the Northwestern Hotel. sc.
Feterlhas invited the farmers Of Nicol1et and
Le Sueur counties to free "haryestr home,i
Gunner at his hotel on the 20 and 21st inst 8:
NJ. l.. French, an old settler and original pref
cmptor at Lake Emily died On the 18Th. in thd
10th year Of His age: :. Pasturage near St Pei
ter is very scarce owing to severe droul chit
IA nlne-acre field just across the river FROM
st. Peter yielded 357 bushels of wheat. an ay18
eragc OF 50 2-S bushels to the acre This id
inc pcst yleld SO lar reported in this county. IS.
BLUE EARTH. ~
William Murphy, Alias Bassett is i'll
the Mankato Jail charged with ohtainin
money undertake. pretenses. His plan was; td
exhibit heavy, and apparently genuine gold
rlng,and secure a loan thereon. He PLAYED tn b
game in Mankato, securing 5000, but on del,
lection, was speedily sent to fjail.!. Licutenl
ant Bradley, the first man killed in the recent
fight between Gen. Gibbons command and
the Indians in Montana, was cousin of thl
bradiev brothers OF Mankato, He spcntsomd
remembered by many of their citizens IA
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