The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-06-18
MINNESOTA NEWS.

MINNESOTA NEWS.
Inc building of the new depot at Vern-
dal, Wadena county, is progressing rapidly.
An elevator aid grist mill are to be erected
at Ortonville, Big Stone county, the present
season.
S. II. Hamilton, of Bertha. Wadena
county, had COW killed the other day bv
falling hill.
By the late hail storm $500 worth of pl.sz
was destroyed in the vicinity of GAINESVILLE.
Wadena county.
A Methodist church edifice "veneered with
BRICK" is about to be erected in Lanesboro.
Fillmore county.
From every quarter mosquitoes are re-
ported to be an uncommonly large crop
large and plump.
A. N. johnson & Co., of Benson. have a
contract for furnishing 1000 head of cattle
to party in Winnipeg.
Mr.. Phippen, of Dundas, is building a
new mill and giving employment to twenty
men, nearly all residents of the town.
A sort of whirlwind at Enterprise the other
day upset James Taylor and his load of lum-
ber' Mr.. Taylor was seriously injured.
A change of postmaster is agitated in
Harrington, Dakota county. A petition for
the appointment of L. W. johnson is being
circulated,
William Herring, one of the Oldest settlers
in Lura, Faribault county, died a few davs
ago of what was pronounced to be the ssblack
jaundice.''
The town council of Anoka offers reward
nj f0r% In
who set fire to Owen & Mayall's Touring
mill in Anoka.
The many building Improvements now in
progress in Dundas give the town a lively
appearance, indicating healthy growth,
thrift ard prosperity.
In fracas in Wabashaw the other day.
Herman Gaul made an assault upon Mrs
Sullivan with whip, for which manly trans
action he was fined 1926.
The little daughter of J. w. Kennedy. of
Lake City. who fell into we'll two weeks ago.
has entirely recovered, having experienced
but little injury from the great fall,
Thomas G. Corey, of Plainview, plead
guilty to charge of forgery at Rochester
the other day, and was sentenced 70 the
Saltwater State prison for two years.
The other day young man named Dilley,
of Pennington, had one of his fingers so
severely injured by jerk from horse whose
halter he was holding, that amputation was
necessary.
fisherman caught fish the other day in
the Zumbro river, near Mantorville, which
weighed three pounds. It was pronounced
to be salmon, fish that is stranger in the
upper waters.
The house of F. G. Stevens, of Popple
Grove, Dakota county, was destroyed by fire
last week. It had been unoccupied for three
weeks. Origin of the fire unknown, but
probably incendiary.
A small boy, son of c. W. Snigele, of
Gilmore, Faribault county, had his leg kroken
below the knee by the giving away of some
the team was in motion.
A second case of diphtheria, the first one
having proved fatal, has occurred in the
family of Owen Pritchard, at Lake Crystal,
Blue Earth county. The primary school at
that place has been closed.
N. J. Snow, of the manufacturing firm of
Neal, Snow & Co., of Lake City, while ad-
justing q belt to pulley, got his hand caught
and the machinery stopped or his hand
would have been torn off. As it was he was
terribly hurt, but it is believed his hand will
be saved.
& Edward Powell, of Shelbyville, Faribault
ounty, in q good natured scuff1e with
Injuries that his life was despaired of, but he
rallied, and will recover.
An editor, thoroughly experienced in the
pork market, being asked, ''Do hogs pay?''
replies that ga great many do not-they take
no
postmaster send it back marked refused.''
St. Charles Times: Fred Z. West.ine, son
of Peter Westline. of this city, has. by an
examination of physicians, been adjudged
insane. He is twenty years of age. The
cause of his insanity is attributed to severe
illness number of years ago, from which
he has never fully recovered. ....-
GAINESVILLE argus Early in the spring an
emigrant wagon passed through this place
bearing the following inscription Jim
river or bust, for in God is our trust: The
other day the same wagon again passed
through the place on its honeward trip with
the following added: "Jim river is thing
Of the past
The Glenwood Press gives an account of
. narrow escape from drowning. Four
young persons, two gentlemen and two Ia
dies, vent out in sail boat on Lake Whipple.
A flaw of wind capsized the boat-they all
succeeded in reaching and hanging to the
boat. Their cries were heard, and two boats
were soon manned and went to their rescue.
Wabashaw Herald: For many years
economical young men with the girl of their
choice, on mstrimony bent, have found their
way to Wisconsin to be united in vedlock.
thereby avoiding the license fee which II n.
qrire1 III this State. At last Wisconsin re-
tsliates BY sending her dogs to Minnesota to
rusticate while the tax gstherer Assesses the
taxes.