The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-09-04

about to introduce the electric light in it's COM
posing room. The cost of gas used there e,
about $500 month at present. The cost Of
the electric light, it is understood, will be onl
$1,000 month.
Nothing thrills the female clerk in country
postoftice with greater satisfaction than to get
nold or postal card containing 4 900 words.
tnat Is, II they are written in legible hand,
and the person to whom the card is addressed is
not waiting for it.
Dr' J. B.. Myer of Virginia City, New, has
lediscovered lost Egyptian art. He tempers
steel tools will hold, similar to that of the
copper implements with which the stone for.
the Pyramids was cut
Five Italian ragpickers 2ad a narrow escane
from death at Bridgeport. They went to sleep
on track IN the railroad yard, and would have
Deen crushed by switch engine as it came
dashing along had it not jumped the rails inst
before it reached them. =
Mr.. W. J. Vance, appointment clerk of thu
treasury department and a former Washington
correspondent. has been solicited to accent tina
candidacy for the Republican Congressiona
nomination in the Second, or Martinsbure.
West Virginia, district.
According to the Swedish papers Prince Louis
Napoleon had a very narrow escape with his life
during his visit to Sweden Examining at an
agricultural exhibition, he approached close to
an engine, which, unexpectedly, was set in mo-
ton and caught his clothes. -5 70 -
A man at one of the watering places commit
TED suicide by cutting his throat in bath
mousse. 1t Is thought he imprudently looked
bathing suits, and the sight of the horrible OBJ
| ]ect reflected therein turned his head
large district Of Siberia is being rayaped
| by hordes of bandits. They consist Of escaned
convlcts-men who have been sentenced to the
mines OF Siberia, but have escaped. These
have banded together in companies and are
now the terror OF the district they infest
Concerning the ratification of the Berlin
| treaty: Austria ratification, and the emperor's
signature as well, was in Latin, England's in
| English, Italy in Italian, Frances in French
| ana Russla's in Russian with French transIa-
| ton, the latter duly signed by Prince Gortscha
koff. -
In Florence, Ala, woman gave herself MP
TO the authorities accusing herself of killing a
man. The Florence Gazette remarks: I'VE ara
informed that the killing was the result of
Jealousy. Her fellow was sitting in another
girls lap, and she shot the stuffng out of
Senator Frelinghuysen, of New jersey. and
family attended the funeral of Mrs. Rachel
Williamson, who died few days ago at tho
| age of los years. She was the daughter of a
slave girl, princess of Madagascar, who was
captured by slavers and sold in the streets of
New York.
| The effort to raise bananas in San Diego
county is proving to be success. 1t is be-
ieved that within the next five years the home
market will be supplied almost entirely with
bananas grown in California. If we are bound
to slip up on banana SKINS let's encourage
domestic industry.
| The clergymen of San Francisco have en-
| tered into movement to prevail on the dele
| gates In the forthcoming convention to insert
clause or clauses in the new constitution of
California making the observance of the Sab.
bath obligatory SO far as relates to the closing
| OF places Of business and amusements
The English judge who put wax for another
| Judge to sit on during recent trial has been
threatened with punishment by the home Sec
Rotary. The trial led to an unseemly alterca-
ton in the robing room, and one learned Judge
went so far as to threaten to pull the other
| learned Judges nose. or In other words to
wax him.
Anew cannon has been made at the Krupp
! works IN Germany of enormous dimensions.
| A ball of this cannon pierces the thickest
| armor plates of vessels at distance of eight
| miles. Two shots, at range of six thousand
feet are supposed to be enough to dismantle
and sink the most powerful ship. Each ball
costs $l50.
In an interview with a correspondent at Sar--
|
great satisfaction with the results of the recent
railway conference. He said the pooling sys-
| tennis working well, and will result in bene-
| fit to the general public as well as to railway
o.ne5Ge He anticipates revival OF business
| in the fall. y ---
Brigham Young's widow is still gradually
remarrying. On Thursday, Aug. Is, Amelia
| Folsom Young favorite wife, was married in
the Salt Lake Endowment house to John
| Leavett, general passenger agent Of the Utah
Central railroad. Amelia is bis second affinity.
| There are yet sixteen Borrowing widows left in
| the harem.
on man killed by mad bull, said sternly to
the owner Of the beast: Il must ask you to
part with the animal. Ship him. He is not
fit to have about the place. If you sell him
here you will likely have some more Irishmen
killed. Ship him, and if he is to kill any per-
son let it be an Engishman.''
A court of inquiry has been held at Wool
wich, England, relative to certain officers of the
army in refusing to attend mess dinner given
in honor of officers recently promoted from the
! ranks. The Duke of Cambridge has directed
that two shall be relieved of their duties, and
has intimated that they will be further dis
posed of as soon as their successors are ap-
pointed.
On old fellow named Barney Moran, who
died recently in the workhouse at Balliea, in
Ireland, revealed to the chaplain before his
death that he was the excutioner of Robert
Emmert. He was a young soldier at the time
and performed the revolving Office for reward.
None but few officers knew what he was, and
the secret was so well kept that it has common
ly been supposed to be past finding out.