The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-02-05
MINNESOTA NEWS.

The Chatfeld Democrat has just entered
on its twenty-third year.
The Cannon City schools have again closed
on account of diphtheria.
Work has commenced on the new iron
trestle opposite Hastings.
Dayton Smith, tried at Litchfeld for horse
stealing, was acquitted by the jury.
A servant girl at Faribault had a Eleg
broken the other day while washing.
The total valuation of real and personal
property IN Winona county is $10,O99, 635.
Granite Falls is without church-going
bell, or any other bell larger than dinner
bell.
One work of civilization is wanting in
Yellow Medicine county-there is no jail |
there.
The scarlet fever prevails to considerable /
extent in the neighborhood of Preston, Fill
more county.
The other night the safe of J. H. Clark, of
Window, was robbed of small amount of
silver coin.
Martin county has 45O,6 acres of arabic
land, only 100000 of which are subject to
taxation.
A daughter of Mr.. Biersdorf, of tho town
of Welles, fell the other day and had one of
her legs broken.
Recently farm house belonging to Stem
Stenson, in Peterson, Fillmore county, was
destroyed by fire.
The Morristown, Rice county, people are
considering the matter of revoking their
village charter.
John Williams, of Faribault, froze his toes
the other night, making the amputation of
one of them necessary.
Owatonna, with population 5000, has
four weekly newspapers, three English and
one German.
The union revival meetings are still in
progress in the NJ. E. church at Paramount,
and are largely attended.
George G. Baker, the magnificent bass
singer, of the Baker family singers, is dead.
He died in Milwaukee.
| A store at Paynesville, Meeker county, was
burglarized few nights since, and goods to
the amount of 5000 stolen.
The St. Peter Times says that diphtheria
has broken out at Kasota, and has already
carried off a number of its victims.
The county officers of Nicollet report their
fees as follows: Clerk, $1,O28.5O; register
of deeds, $815.14; sheriff, ST., 02O.0S.
"Did anybody asks a Minnesota local
paper, sever know winter like the present
to be followedby poor crop of wheat2''
Lamberton, Redwood county, is regarded
as one of the very best points in the State
for the establishment of grist mill.
In digging we'll in Jordon, it was ascer-
tanned that the frost line extended from the
surface to the depth of four feet eight inches.
A. Lommor, of Wabashaw, lost his house
by fire last week. Most of the contents
were saved. He had an insurance of $500.
One of the signs Of mild weather is the
appearance of croquet players on the lawns
on the sunshine sides of pleasant residences.
BENJAMIN Slocum, of Castle Rock, Dakota
county, has lost four children by diphtheria,
aged 6, 8, IL and II years, inside of two
weeks.
A new custom grist mill is to be built the
coming season in the town of Mainden.
+ Benton county, getting its power from ELI
river.
2 Sneak thieves are plying their small trade
{ in Faribault, stealing robes and whips from
: vehicles and committing other petty depre
r dations.
a small boy, son of A. Erkens, of Jordan
y Scott county, fell from hay-mow the othel
. day, fracturing an arm and dislocating 1
4 shoulder.
n Joseph Birge, of St. Charles, had lie.
: broken few mornings since while as
> sisting in placing machinery in Miller i
a Ellsworth's elevator.
l. The number of accidents chronicled
n caused by runaway teams, in Minnesota
l. smashing up people, horses and vehicles, il
l. really something marvellous. x
! While August Hagemann, of Sleepy Eye
was riding on horseback his horse slippe
," and fell with him, breaking one of the leg
e of the rider above the ankle.
q During the mild weather of these magnif
G., cent winter edays, ladies and gentlemen ar
g seen enjoying themselves in horseback ridin
le on the bare and snowless streets.
Z, Miss Mary Shepard, of Sank Rapids, VIII
~ was so severely burned last week by an 81
70 rs plosion of gunpowder, is gradually impro,
a ing, and it is now believed her eye-sight wi
be saved.
Pete johnson, the thief who recent
event through the milk factory at Ha
tings and got badly frozen, has had abo,
half of one foot, and two toes on the othe
es amputated.
,s, A drunken tramp the other night staggert
r. into house in Litch6eld and frightened Il
r. women and children, who were without al
more protection. The police arrested hi1
oo and locked him up. #A
~ An unhitched team at Sleepy Eye ran avn
10 the other evening. They took to the railro'
Ter track, which they followed till they struck
ts, small trestle, when one of the horses fl
in and broke his neck.
I. II. Rose, who resides on Highlal
~ ~ Prairie, Fillmore county, weighs 242 poune
'er his wife weighs PAP pounds, q son 20 yea
~, ~. old weighs 211 pounds, and daughter
NV years old weighs ISL pounds.
OF Recently, a team with load of hay to-
me fright, on Main street, in Red Wing, and r