The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-03-20

to settle properly the conflicting claims OF
settlers on the government reservation, and
until that is accomplished nothing can be
done towards rebuilding the recently burned
district or securing sanitary and other i'm
provcments that are necessary for the benefit
of the invalids resorting to these healing wa
tcrs. ii Congress will but settle the land
titles, the revenue from water rents will fully
refund the federal expenditure, and local
taxation and private enterprise will do the
rest. There are thousands of health seekers
there now, and the number nearly doubles an
nually. The expiration Of the COM
MISSIONS term before the work is
complete, would be public calamity.
The Brave Deed and g allant Death Of an
Enxlish sailor.
Thomas Humphreys was as brave an
English sailor as ever furled a sail. He was
crossing Carmarthen Bay, few weeks ago
in the customs boat, with Mrs. Bydder Gan,
officers wife) and companion, when sud-
den gust of wind struck the sail, and they
found themselves struggling in the water.
He first endeayored to save h is comrade, who
was an awkward swimmer, but the poor fell
low could not be kept aloat. He then told
the woman to cling to the boat, while he
swan round to see what could be done. He
got his knife and opened it with his teeth,
cut away the cordage, and, after considerable
exc rtion, dismasted the craft and righted her,
but, as she was full Of water, they could not
get into her. He therefore placed the mast
across the boat, got the woman's arms over it
on one side, while he went and hung on at the
other. Mrs. Bydder then said, every one for
himself" and begged him to leave her, and to
save himself, which he could easily have
done, being only about so yards from the
shore; but he knew that if he left the woman,
she would be drowned. He remained by her
at the cost of his own life, for an hour and
half, shouting all the while for assistance.
Just rs a boat reached them the brave fellow
sank from cold aad exhaus ton, but the wom-
an was saved.
Cochran's Patents for making Flour.
The subcommittee of the committee
on patents, consisting of Congressman Pollard,
Aiken and Willis, to whom was referred the
numerous petitions which have been present
ed to congress relating to what are known as
Cochran patents for making flour, have SUBJ
lation on the subject is necessary as the petit
TONERS can obtain all the redress they seek
from the courts. The attorney for the Ameri.
can Mddlings Purifier company, in whom the
ownership of the Cochran patents is now
vested, has been given a hearing before a full
committee. It was claimed on behalf of the
company that the supreme court of the United
States had sustained the validity of the. pa
tents, and approved their infriugments by pc
titioners; that since this decision was render
ed suits had been instituted against some of
the wealthiest firms engaged in milling in the
United States, and that these suits were now
pending in several courts throughout the
country. It was stated that there are from
five to ten thousand millcrs who use the pro-
cesses claimed under the patent with a CON-
bined capital OF a hundred million of dollars.
There appears to be no reasonable doubt that
the committee will sustain the subcommittee
which would end all hope of congressional aid
in the matter.