The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-08-20
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
Wright County.

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Wright County - H.
by runaway at Howard Lake, Wright
county, the other day, Henry l.. Mangan
| had one Of his legs broken
| A steam elevator. with capacity of
10000 bushels, is approaching compile
ton at Howard Lake, Wright county
Rice County.
The amber cane CT, p in Rice county is
| reported never to have looked so fine at
this season Of the year. .-.
I George W. Newell, Of Faribault, has a
! farm in Stevens county, u here he expects
to get 10000 bushels of wheat from 1900
| acres Of land.
Renville County
THE Renville County lines says coE-
siderable sickness exists among the chill
| dren OF that county. and in a number OF
cases has terminated fatally. =sE
Winona County,. ~~-~-.
Three prisoners broke out Of the lock-
| up at St. Charles, Winona county, the
| other night Two were speedily recap
tured-th other made good his escape,
| though fired upon three times.
Two thieves the other day stole from
fifteen to twenty dollars from tie money
drawer of Dennis Carter, tavern keeper
in St. Charles. They were pursued and
arrested in Rochester, brought hack to
st. Charles, and hound over for trial at
the next term OF court.
A sick tramp discovered in school
house near Lewiston, Winona couny last
week, was taken to the poor farm and
prompt attention given him BY the county
physician, but he failed to rally, and died
on the 9th inst. He gave his name as
Charles Williams of ST. LOUIS.
Ramsey County.
Charles 3. SIausOn. Of St. Paul. COM
mittcd suicide by shooting himself in the
head on the afternoon OF Thursday Au-
gust 7. He leaves wife, but had no Gill
uren. He is supposed to be victim of
hard drink.
-Four children playing under an en-
bankment i'll the Western suburbs Of ST.
Paul, on the 18th inst, we've covered by
the dirt and sand falling in upon them.
Three we're rescued alive by the exertlons
of Mrs. Henrietta Freiling, Mrs. Fltz-
gibbon and Miss Josephine Marty The
other, little year old boy named
Joseph Deity was dead when taken out
Douglas County. -
Alexandria Post: Good judges estimate
the average yield of wheat in Douglas
county at twenty-five bushels an acre.
aggregating 5s7.374 bushels for the en-
tire county,
Mrs. Connolly, of Alexandria, old and
insane, was burned up IN stable the
other day. The origin of the fire is I'M
known, but probably was started by the
woman herself. 49,
Cottonwood County.
Window Reporter: Joseph Curren,
while at work around a thu eshing ma
chine on Capt Gilleland's farm, was
caught by the tumbling rod and pretty
we'll shaken up. His entire clothing,
except one shirt sleeve and his boots and
stockings, was taken off, but he was not
badly injured. -
Otter Tail County.
Fergus Falls has voted $4,000 for rail
road right OF way. =
Cranbcrries promise to be very abun-
dant in the marshes of Ida, Otter Tail
county, and the surrounding region
The railroad bridge across the Red Riv-
er at Furgus Falls will be 3ss feet in its
extreme length. The longest span will
be 40 feet in the clear. 80 = -
Fergus Falls Journal: In 4 recentPack-
er's Prairie storm the lightning killed
and slmost burned to i crisp a COW belong
ing to Jacob Browning. A thunder bolt
descended so near Mr.. Miners rs 10 shock
two of his children, rendering them insen-s
siblc and almost lifeless for about thirty
minutes.
Carver County.
\ barge loaded with 10000 brick be
longing to August Lem Of Carver des-
tined for St. Paul, sunk Ill the Minncso-
t. river at Chaska the other day. -. -
lie Sucur Comfy.
lie Sueur Sentinel Farmers very gen
orally in this locality report the corn
crop as promising one of the largest
yields ever known in this county. Much
Of the corn will be safe from frost by the
first OF September. -, y .. ,-. ...
--r Swift County.
Swift county pays its county attorney
$3.50 per annum.
~ The Merchants Hotel ut Benson has
changed hands, Alonzo Maddox and
David Ward being the purchasers.
There was threShlng machine acct
dent at Benson. Swift county, tue other
day resulting III badly fracturins onesof
the legs of Owen Ward.
Chippewa County.
A little daughter of Ole Banke, of Sa-
cred Heart, Chippewa county, fell down
cellar the other day and broke an arm
above the elbow, also dislocated the
elbow.