The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-02-13
! MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS.
WABASHAW.

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WABAsHAw.
lnl Leopold Schulz last week ran away
with the team of his employers, Anthony
Kruger of Zun1bro ~. The house of Otto Reed,
near the Dow school house, Bear Valley, was
burned with partsof the contents, Jan. 2sth
Insured for 5000. E. j. Dugan, Wabashaw,
creditor OF the Midland and its contractors
to the amount of from $1,000 to- $4,000, has
on Monday, his brother William, assignee,
took possession of his stock of genral merchan.
disc g. The Ice. on Lake Pepin is still unsafe
for teams. The contract for boarding the
poor Of the county has been given to F. J.
Collier, at $2:75 per head per week.. The
was burned on Tuesday MIGHT Insured for
5000. Red Wing Republican: Last Friday
the wheat receipts in Red, Wing were 24,2O0
bushels. The daily average for the past week
has been 10000 bushels. In Minneapolis the
daily receipts by wagon sale have been about
1000 bushels less.
! = - - n : : RICE.
One of the finest business blocks in
Mortified including the MaA printing office
fire last week. All well covered by insurance.
80. John II. Whipple, of Florida, is in Fari.
bault to visit his parents (the Bishop and wife)
but who We're themselves enroute to Florida,
he passingithem on the way...... About fifty
men participated in the last wolf hunt in Wal
cott:E One wolf was wounded but got away
I'D. n. Wideman, of Faribault tried Friday
last to run four sticks of wood at once through
his wood-sawing machine, but is minus only
one finger. The three others on the same
hand are likely to be useful but not ornament
a.:: Sheriff. Barton has been absent the past
week attending the reunion Of the GA. +, and
visiting old friends at Saltwater. ]. ..Mr.W. s.
securing one hundred and fifty singers to the
blue ribbon pledge al Prairieville. The singers
included some Of the mestinveterate of those
who have been saddicted-to the nse of liquor.
w1NoNA.
Prof. Swing lectured at Winona last
week on Is" The march. oflSociety from the
Beautiful to the True;" his lecture Astounding
in profound historical research, and yet re-
lieved with q beautyof diction and a felicity
OF humor at once unique and original. :. The
dwelling OF .Conard Blettner, in the lower part
of the city, was destroyed BY fire about ten
O'Clock on Tuesday evening. "A kerosene
lamp on the table suddenly began to puff kand
then exploded, setting the house on fire. = Mrs.
R1ettner had her dress some what burned, but
was not injured herself to any extent. Moth
ing q moment was saved. Loss about $500
Of the young man, WI. Huron, junior, on the
charge Of obtaining goods from Mr.. F. s. Hol-
ingworth under false pretenses, was adjourned
until next Tuesday 1t isssaf6 that his swni-
dlingttransactions in Wabashaw and Winona
counties cover about 81, 500. He is cool
young rascal, and smiled indifferently while
the complaint was, being read in the court
room. Sthg$E.SEj
Il "a ssI IS. BLUE EARTH. 80 9 a. = *ss
The city council of Mankato is opposed
to having the rapids declared the head of nav
igatiOn on the Minnesota, and to any legisla
tion.that will allow the navigation Of the river
to be obstructed by bridges OF otherwise An
expert from Mankato, having been engaged
to examine the treasury books Of Murray
county, found deficiency of 1858 against the
treasurerin' 1875 and t$955.SO against his sue
cessor, N. p Shepard, and besides other officers
had overdrawn their salaries. :. "A second
member OF Mr. John Young's family, son
about eighteen years old, died of small box on
Frlday night last. Two young men have
the same, terrible disease.
: =. 4 HOUSTON.
4 Fees Of county officers Of Houston
county last year: NJ. Hargreaves, sheriff,
$2,136.A; P. H. Rosendahl, register of deeds,
$l188. 16; Joseph Vossen, clerk of court,
$l,225.S: -. The Zumbrota Independent says
Pine Island; New Haven, IS go; Milton, Dodge
countY, IS 600; which makes the aid asked for
from Rochester to Pine Island $685. Mr..
Clark thompson, son of Edward Thompson,
(and nephew OF his pncle,'O was married
to Miss Addie1 Durham, daughter of w. H.
Durham, at Hoka, Houston county, by Rev.
Z Z. 2. Carpenter s On Wsanssd last no,,S1
Nine persons were immersed in the
Baptist church at Rochester, last Sunday. !.
Wiz Breck enridge, ESQ. III Rochester,. has