The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1877-08-10
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS.

CLAY.
A young son Of r. B. Mumford of Glyn
don fell upon the cutter bar of q mower and
was SO badly injured that one leg had to be
amputated. -.
Jonas Petersons blacksmith shop in
Cambridge with it's contents was burned on
the 9th ult.. The house of Daniel Lundquist
on Rapp Lake two miles from Cambridge was
also destroyed by fire few days previously.
CROW WING.
About one thousand tons of iron. nearly
or quite one-fourth Of the necessary amount.
has been shipped by way of the lakes and will
soon arrive at Brainerd, at which end will
commence the track-laying On the Brainerd
Branch.
On the 30th ult., the Chamber Of Com
merce appointed committee to organize a
corps of 500 veterans to assist the police in
preserving property and protecting life in
case OF riot or an invasion Of tramps with in
tent to DO damage. The city has extended
it's Inequalities to Lord Dutferin, the Gov
crnor General of Canada, on the occasion of
his passing through to Manitoba.
The German American Bank has placed
one of its large show windows at the disposal
OF the farmers and railroads Of Minnesota to
exhibit specimens of grain. Several speci
City road and other parts of the State have al
ready been received and some are mammoth
productions It is probable that the railroad
companies will transport these samples free,
and shippers should see that this is done or
else prepay charges. Each specimen will be
labeled with the name Of the sender and the
locality from whence it comes
Rev. DR.. Hawley of Stafford Springs,
Conn, who owns several sections of land in
the neighborhood of Lake Park has ], 800 acres
! under cultivation and will reap an abundant
harvest this year. The barn of w. A. vii
kins of Audubon was recently burned, the fire
having caught from a mosquito smudge.
Numerous petty thefts have occurred in De
troit recently. -.s -.
A 81 nseng digger named Maccannv
who with his wife took up Temporary res
idence in West Chattield, was recently visited
by the neighbors and ordered to leave forth
with--a demand with which he instantly
complied. The reason Of such notification
was the mans bad treatment of his wife,
woman OF sickly habit and fast passing away
The unfortunate female was then kindly cared
for. Early on the morning of the 3Oth of
July, the Chaticld brewery was burned. 1t
| was valued fat So, 600 and uninsured The
Chattield police force will be doubled until
after harvcsti is over. p ....T ~-
-- -- .-, MINNEAPOLIS
On the night Of the 2Sth ult., there was
some apprehension of a strike among the
Workmen Of the mills and other industries in
the city which was strengthened by the fact
that mass meeting had been called at the
City Hall that evening. The attempt to hold
the meeting was made, but the police dis
persing the gathering, it was postponed until
the morning of the 30th and again put off till
that evening. The meeting was held at that
inn on mo 40 tf,fna f0p e.,
"Workingmen's Union" Some one or two
arrests were made on Saturday but apart
from disposition at that time, on the part of
the mobto resist the arrests, no breach of
the peace occurred. At this time the city is
quiet and no apprehensions of furthertrouhle
BLUE EARTH.
Two citizens of Medic recently traded
horses conditional upon the assent of the
wife OF one of the parties to whom belonged
one of the animals traded The wife refused
her assent whereupon the horse was returned
But the other party to the transaction shortly
afterwards had the dutiful and obedient hus
band arrested for DEMONSTRATING. The case,
however was settled by the unfortunate fell
lows paying costs. The 'hoppers laid no
eggs in this county this season before misra
ting. The wheat crop is estimated at from
fifteen to twenty bushels to the acre. :. The
barley crop is put down at from IS to 40 bush
els to the acre. The farmers in the town
which We're the Matching grounds of the hop
pers this spring, have since the departure of
the pests, been most diligently engaged in
Flowing for their next years. crops. Every
acre OF old land is being broken, besides con-
siderable new
~ Ss ty WRIGHT.
Last year the town of Stockholm pro-
duced 2, 500 bushels Of wheat This wear not
lwithstanding the depredations of hoppers,the
yield will equal and probably exceed that of
last year. .Delano and vicinity had q good
rain last week.. Hollywood voted against
the proposed railroad bond question On the
26th Of July by majority Of Il. =. The farm
ers are busy in all parts Of the seunty so.
Monticello has about Twenty-Five woufd.ls-
candidates for Judge OF Probate this fall.