The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-07-08
Foreign Grain Market,

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on . much larger scale to-day's (Wednesday's)
proceedings.
Foreign Grain Market.
The Mark Lane Erpress of June 80,
says: Despite somewhat too much rain, the
crops have made satisfactory progress, and
anticipations of good crops are becoming
more confident. The supply Of. home grown
wheat both at Mark Lane ard in the country
are insignificant. Sales are only practicable
at shilling decline. Growers yielded with.
reluctance, but the abundant and relative
cheapness of fine white foreign wheat render
ed millers somewhat Indifferent to native
The weather is now Of paramount Importance,
still feeling Of depression is due in great
measure to liberal imports into London, which
we're $1,000 quarters during the past fort
night. Trade during the week was confined
to the supply of immediate wants by millers
who are able to satisfy themselves at adecline
OF fully q shilling per quarter on white and Cd
on red ;the weather and crop prospects have in
creased American shipments that favor buyers
Maize was firmly held at last Mondays full
rates. Trade closed With decidedly weaker
tendency for wheat The arrivals at ports OF
call have been moderate. The demand for
wheat has been inactive. There has been
few sales, mostly for the continent, at . decline
of shilling per quarter. Only three cargoes
Of maize were received, and owing to the
scarcity, 26s Sd was paid for lied American.
In wheat for shipment the downward course
Of American and Australian prices continued.
There has been fair business in American
maize on passage and for shipment, at about
late rates. Sales Of English wheat last week
were 23,2O5 quarters at as Sd per qnarter
against $3.50 quarters at 42s Sd per quarter,
for the cores onding period last year. The
imports into the United Kingdom during the
week ending June 10th ,O63, 831 hundred
weight Of wheat, 55,863 hundred weight Of
-four.
Fatal Steamboat Accident on Lake Mineton-
ka, MINI.
At five O'clock on the morning of June
LIST, fire was placed in the furnace OF the steam
er Mary, then lying at the wharf at Excelsior,
on Lake Minnetonka. She left the wharf at
$40 a. M, having on board no one except the
crew, which consisted of VIM. Chadwick. en-
;gineer, john Stewart, piletl and Edwin s. Per-
kins, fireman. The run was made from Ex-
celsior to the wharf OF the Hotel st. Louis in
about half hour, arriving there about 6:2ta
m. At this point three passengers got aboard,
named Mrs. Eginton, her cousin, Miss Pointe.,
and Mr.. j. +. Plattenburg, Of Canton, Ill, all
guests at the Hotel st. Louis, who intended
taking the early morning train Tor. 81. Paul.
A number Of the employees at the hotel had
come down to see the little party off and just
as the line was being cast of the boiler of the
steamer exploded with terrible effect blowing
most OF the upper portion OF the boat into
atoms and instantly killing 2 persons, NOR
tally wounding 2 and severely injuring others.
As stated above the boat was lying atthe Ho-
tel st. Louis. John Steward, the pilot, was
at his post. VIM. Chadwick. the engineer, had
just opened the furnace doors to see about
the fires. E. 8. Perkins, the fireman, had
just stepped ashore to cast of the line. Mr..
Piattenburg was standing beside the boiler
and near to Chadwick, and the two aides, Mrs.
Eginton and Miss Pointer, were in the after
part of the boat within three feet of the rear
of the boiler, and G. A. Gaines, the head wait
er of the hOtel, was afeW feet of. having come
aboard to bear some message to the ladies. A
number OF other persons were standing on the
wharf, when1withou q moments warning or
the slightest intimation Of what was to take
place, the boiler exploded, scattering death
and destruction on every side. The engineer,
Chadwick, was killed instantly, in fact rem
dcred mass OF broken flesh and bones.
Gaines, the head-waiter. was blown out into
the lake some fifty feet, where his lifeless re-
mains were found about an hour after the ex-
plosior. Mr.. Plattenburg was picked up
oil Init orri In
about an hour. Steward, the pilot, was blown
out into the lake, but was rescued before
drowning. He had four ribs broken, and was
otherwise badly bruised and burned. Mrs
Eginton aud Miss Pointer escaped without
scratch or the mark OF injury about them. OF
the six persons on board of the boat at the
time, four were males, and the two ladies re-
ferred to. Three OF the men were killed al.
most instantly, and the other it is said can.
not recover. Surely there is providence
that looks after the gentler sex. OF those on
shore, E. s. Perkins, the fireman, was burned
about the left shoulder and neck, but not Sc
riously. Frank Adams, the chief clerk Of the
hetel, who had came down to see the party
of, was slightly burned about the face. A. S.
Dimond. publisher of the Tourist, was knocked
uoWH oy ZIG concussion anu Ine sAoch pros
trated him. He was taken to the hotel, and
Yesterday afternoon was doing well Three
o.her employees Of the hotel, known as colored
Jim. Larry, q colored boy, and English George"
were more or less bruised and injured, but
not seriously. rs
The first thing is to make your SER
mon plain. Mr.. Bloomfield preached on
the text, THE fool hath said in his
heart There is no God" Wishing to
find out how it pleased his people, he
called poor, foolish man to the pulpit
aa,d asked him l,1,xu hl III, q Al>