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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-20
PITH AND POINT.

The minstrel man is not so black 90
he is painted-N. o. Picoyune. 90
"FINE feathers make fine birds A.
least so say the men who have se cav
their bills-for millinery.-LoyeU CT CT
zen.
THE man who capped the climar
didn't know it was loaded. or ba
wouldn't have done .it.-BoSton Tran.
script. - a.. .f.i - :
Why is the discovery of the North
Pole like an illicit whisky manufactorva
Because it's secret still.-Pu,sch.
PHYSICIANS now say that the tele.
phone is injurious to the ear. We nre-
sumo it's the strain of listening and hear.
ing nothing that does the harm.-Boa.
ton Post.
A CUT in a st. Louis paper, which we
took for the picture of St. Louis GIRLS
mitten, turns out, on closer examination.
to be the full-sized picture of sugar.
cured ham.-Chicago Newspaper.
A QUALIFIED Judge: Squire Horse.
nail, M. P. (who had been inspectia' the
Board schooD -''Well, good-by, child
81. A0I lo1uo Well, al yer SpellS well
but yer hain't sot still. "-London Punch.
"WHY did Shakespeare write TRACE
dies?" asks an exchange. Probably BE-
cause dime novels were not popular in
his time. He had to write what paid
him best. 1t is different in our day. A
dramatized dime novel will now draw
larger audience than any of Shake
speare's tragedies. -NorriStoeUn Herald.
ola, MAJ" exclaimed a gorgeously-
attired young lady, in loud voice, on
an excursion boat the other day, as she
directed her mothers attention to the
camp stool, ''them's just like the chair
we seen in Yoorup!" and then she sat
languidly down and began to play with
her diamond ring.-Newar6 Sa.nday
Call.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-20

Admiral Fitzroy, in England, and that
begun in this country by the United
States Signal Corps, under the control
Of the late Gen. Myer. Both of these
have made their basis of the simple
principle that weather always has a his
tory; that it means conditions that pass
from one region to another by certain
laws OF movement and at certain rate.
This general fact was long ago recog-
nized by meteorologists, but it was not
until the telegraph enabled knowledge
to outstrip the storms that it was posi-
BILE to make any use of it in foretelling
the weather. BY the admirable labors
of the United States Signal Service this
method of announcing the weather that
is journeying towards any locality has
been brought to high point of per-
lection, but it has not to any
extent helped us to foretell the creation
of weather. When weather area forms
in the far West, it is now traced as
clearly as the path of an army, until it
passes away. Sometimes the state of
the barometer will tell something about
storms that have not yet gathered them
selves for their eastward march, but be-
yond this there have as yet been no
means of foreseeing. The Weather Blu
reau is of no more use than ground
hog or a goose-bone for telling us
whether our coming spring or summer
is to be warm or cold, rainy or dry Is
this the end of our advance? Can we
hope to do no more than take the storms
we find afoat, and trace them on their
courses; or can we hope to look behind
them to the conditions of their origin so
clearly that we can foretell their time
and place of working p--AtZantic Monthly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-20
The Future of Weather Foretelling.

In no other part of her wide realm
has Science done so little for the good
of man or her own fame as in the de-
partment of meseorology. In the solid
earth her prophecies have long had a
high value, in the far-off heavens her
empire is affirmed, but in the unstable
air between those two well-possessed
provinces there is a region that is not
vet subjugated. Around the border of
the domain of meteorology some gains
in the cause of law and order have in
deed been made; we control the light
ming, we are able to track clearly de-
fined storm for days on its path, and
can help the sailor to knowledge that
often enables him to escape its clutches
when it assails him on the deep sea; but
as for foretelling the weather in any
proper sense, we have not yet attained
compass the conditions of our days so
that we may SOW and reap, travel, feast,
or make war in weather of our choiceP
This is, after all, perhaps the most in
teresting of the questions that the future
history of science must determine. But
though the perfect answer is not to be
given at present, there are some things
in the existing conditions of our science
that make us hopeful that we are but at
the beginning of the work of weather
forecasting.
There have been two distinct scien-
tific efforts at weather foretelhng, as
distinguished from the current survival
of the modes of thought of ancient ages
that are introduced in our ordinary
weather prophecies, that undertaken by
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-07-29
Notice.

State of Minnesota, In District Court.
County of Mile Laos. 9TH Judicial Dist.
In the matter of the application of Abra.
ham Orr, for the vacation of part of
an alley in Damon's Addition to Prince
ton, in said county and state.
Notice is hereby given to whom it may
conce m: that the above named and un
dersigned Abraham Orr intends to make
application 10 said court for the vacation
of part of a certain alley in said Da-
mons Addition to Princeton, in said
county and state, in block No. thereof,
extending east and west through and
across the entire west half of said block,
and lying between lot nine thereof on the
north of said alley and lot ten thereof on
the south Of said alley: and for an order
.adjudging and declaring the title to the
same to be in him: and said application
will be brought on to be heard at the next
general term of said court for said coun-
ty, to be held at the court house in the
Village Of Princeton in said county, on
the second Tuesday in September, 1880,
at 10 o'clock A. M. OF said day, or as soon
thereafter as counsel can be heard.
Dated July 28th, 1880. ..Fs. =
ABRAHAM ORR, Applicant.
A. P. BARKER, Attorney for Applicant,
Princeton, MINI.
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Princeton's First Circus,

Hilliard & Demott's circus, as per
advertisement, exhibited here last
Thursday; the tents were pitched on
the base ball grounds. It being the
first circus that ever visited Princeton
the country people flocked in from far
and near and the streets of the village
were crowded as they have seldom ev.
er been before. The showmen saw
this is the second best town they
struck this season. All things con-
sidered the show was very good one
1t could not be expected that con-
Germ like Barnnm's would visit snch
small, out of-the- way place as
Princeton. The. village fathers had
appointed several extra policemen but
their services were not required. The
employees of the circus were we'll be.
hayed and courteous. Several farm.
ers were taken in to the extent Of
from IS to $50 each, by the s.simplest
kind of a game. Some people like
to be swindled. From here the circus
proceeded to Cambridge. -,ls.3
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Notice.

State of Minnesota, In District Court,
County of Mile Laos. 7th Judicial Dist.
In the matter of the application of Eph-
rain G. Gle and T. s. Gle for the va
cation of part of street and also a
part of an alley in Murray's Addition to
Princeton, in said county and state
Notice is hereby given to whom it may
concern: That the above named and un-
dersigned Ephraim G. Gile and T. S. Gle.
husband and wife, intend to make appli-
cation to said court for the vacation Of a
part of a certain street in Murray's Addi-
ton to Princeton in said county named,
plated and known as Mile Lac Avenue,
for the vacation of all that part of said
avenue lying and being north of Union
street in said addition only; and also for
the vacation ola part of a certain alley
in said addition in block No. two (2)
thereof, extending north and south
through and across the entire block afore-
said and lying between lots No. /, 2 and
on the east Of said alley, and lots 4, and
s on the west of said alley: and for an
order adjudging and declaring the title to
the same to be in them, that is to say, of
said avenue to be in said T. S. Gle and of
said alley to be in said T. s. Gle,
and that said application will be brought
on to be heard at the next general term Of
said court for said county. to be held at
the court house in the Village OF Prince
ton, in said county, on the second Tues
day of September, 1880, at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon of said day, or as soon
thereafter as counsel can be heard. .5
al4 Dated July 18th. 1880. s
E. g. G1LE and rs. GLE, Applicants,
a. =. BARKER, Attorney for Applicants.
FIF4s5 Dr.; n + oton Mipfiesx,ta e. q 81. I
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Farm for Sale.

Farm for sale, on the Princeton and Elk
River stage road, 2M miles from Prince
ton, / mile from school house; building
nearly new, house has five looms, all fin.
ished and painted inside and out; barn
80 by 40-room for 80 head of cattle and
10 tons of hay; plenty of excellent water
in the yard. Farm is all well fenced, 70
acres under the pillow, and produces good
crops. Price of so acres and buildings,
with all Improvements, $4,000, will
sell land adjoining it, if wanted, all i'm
proved, at S. per acre. Terms easy.
G. IL. CHADBouRNE.
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Proceedings Of the Board of County
frz Commissioners.

AuD1roR's OFFICE, Mile Laos com.
ty, Princeton, Mimi, July Goth, 1880.
Board Of county commissioners of Mile
Laos county met in annual session. Pres
ent: Messrs. B. F. Whitney, A. d. Jesmel
and G. Pinkham, county commissioners
The following bills were audited and al
lowed as follows:
Mrs Gould, boarding Mrs. Gay and
family SIT OC
Caleb Pinkham, boarding Mrs. GAY
and family l weeks. ...s..... a ol
Geo. A. Barker, jury fee, case of
State VS.. G. A. Winchester. 81
j. L. Cater, constable's fees, case of
State VS.. Staples and case Of
State VS.. James d clearinghouse z S:
N. A. Ross, recording bond Of de-
pository of treasury. ..i.s...,....s / sc
Hans F. Lund, surveying route. for
county road ........... s Ol
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8. lAprll Meetingl
Proceedings Of Board of County Com.
missi0ners.

I
missi6ners.
| AUDrToR's OFFICE, Mile Laos county.
Princeton, Mimi, April 18th, 1885,
Board of county commissioners met pur-
suant to call, in special session. Present,
tB. F. Whitney, A. D. Jesmer and Com :
fort Pinkham-full board. The following
bills were audited and allowed:
I. s. Gould, helping take care of
body of Pete Carr. q q 90
r. Porteus, bringing election re-
| turns of Greenbush to Prince
Oou .ss.5.ss'. ........ .......... ~
Joseph Nokes, justice fees case of
State VS.. Albert Townsend. 2 IS
Joseph Nokes, justice fees case of
State vs.. S. l.. Staples. -. 49,. 8 90
Joseph Nokes, justice fees case of
State vs.. Ed. James. ....... 8 IS
r. c. Dunn, publishing financial
statement and other printing
for county,. maintenance. 90 rs
!. S. Gould, boarding Mrs. Gay.... % SO
N E. Jesmer, goods for Mrs. Gay, II SO
Petition of Henry Belsir and others for
the location of highway in Greenbush
and Milo was presented, together with
proof OF posting the same for more than
80 days; Sylvester Cone and W. B. Carter
appeared to oppose the same, Upon mo-
ton, B. F. Whitney, A. D. Jesmer and
Comfort Pinkham were appointed and
designated as committee to examine
said proposed road, and April 21st, 1880,
at o'clock A. NJ, and the place name d in
said petition as the beginning of said road
were designated as the time and place for
said committee to meet for the examin-
alton OF said road. "Reminiscences against
said road were then presented and filed,
one. was signed by s. Cone and others,
and one by w. B. Carter and others.
( Thomas Wilson's bill Of $500 for at
tendance on 3. Leavitt, was rejected. g.
The board them took into consideration
the matter of assisting the town of
Princeton in constructing bridge across
the West Branch, on E street in the vii
lage OF Princeton in said town, aud it
was voted to appropriate the sum of
81, 900 for that purpose, the same to be
assessed and levied with other county
taxes for 1880. 80
Board adjourned. - T.. ..
B. r. WHITNEY, Chairman County
Commissioners. ->. ..s
Fl. S. MuDGErr, County Auditor.
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PERSONAL.

Rev. Mr.. Tarbox and son. Of Ell
River, paid the UNION pleasant Wis
it, last Thursday.
DR.. N. X. Whittemore. Of Elk Riv
er' was in town, Sunday evening, OF
professional business.
Mrs. N. E. Jesmer has gone to Fer
gus Falls to visit at Mr.. John Aliens
She will remain fot q month or 50.
Major Fridley made another of Iii.
monthly visits to Princeton: on Tues.
day, and as usual wore smiling coun.
tenance. r
VIII Cilley has been buggy riding
too much with the girls Of late, and
now''he has got the. measles and is laid
up for repairs.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Warren, Of st.
Paul, returned home, Monday morn.
ing, after a five days sojourn at Mr..
T. M. Campbells.
On Tuesday, Mrs. Albert Jones re.
turned from St. Paul, where she had
been TO purchase fresh supply OF
fancy goods for the New Drug Store.
J. T. D. Sadley and C. H. Rines
are both down river. not on a spree,
but on business. For. cuisines be.
fore pleasure, is the motto of both
these gentlemen,
{. Soda water and cigars were free to
all callers at the Pioneer Drug Store,
Tuesday. And the reason was: :. = :
we'll, is girl, and Dan and Mrs.
Galley Sre happy. : II. .
Harley Whitney arrived from
Minneapolis, Saturday, and he loves
that sawdust city with the ssboss cen.
sus taker'' SO dearly that he returned
to it, Tuesday - to bring home his
teams and put them on threshing
machine. a..
G. W. Benedict, U. S. Internal
Revenue Agent, was in town. Monday
and Tuesday, visiting the liquor-vend
crs and dealers in tobacco and cigars.
lie informed US that, except in two
cases,-resulting from negligence in
removing the stamps-he found every
thing straight as string. Benedict
predicts lively times this fall, in this
legislative district. .".es tsaataa
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In few days the bonds issued by
this county to the Princeton T. Anoka
Il. X. Co. will be returned to the
county auditor to be cancelled and de-
stroyed. Now, will the wiseacres
who were SO afraid the county would
be swindled at the time these bonds
were issued rest satisfied. The UNION
said in '78 that. if the railroad was
not built the bonds were useless.
Such proves to be the fact. -~''.@.
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To the People of Prince.
ton and Vicinity,

Having bought out the we'll known store
OF the late D. H. Murray, we shall con-
tinue to carry on the business on the same
terms and principles. We shall always
have good line Of goods aud shall sell
them at reasonable prices. We shall be
ready at all times to trade and buy any
thing in the shape of produce and in fact
any thing the farmers may bring to us,
and shall try and keep up the reputation
of the old stand and make it, as it has al
ways been, the Farmers Store. We shall
be prepared to buy and handle stock at
all times, and shall still continue to keep
our meat market at the store and sell
meats at as low prices as we can and live.
We have the best line of Mems, Boys and
Youths clothing in the county and will
sell them at small profit. We hope by
treating our customers and the public
honorably and with courtesy, to merit
continuance of the old as we'll as the new
trade. HEAD s. LORING.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-07-29

Notices are posted petitioning the
county commissioners to lay out a new
road, beginning at the ternina ton of
the Vinson road and extending on up
through Greenbush and Milo to Stony
Brook. a
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Comfort Pinkham, work on road
and plank used ON the said road

/ = = AA1AAdAn, WOlk Oh TOaQ
ana plank used On the said road
IN Mllo......... Al SO
]. Z. Cater, summoning jury at in
quest on D. Beautot, suicide. 4 20
Parrott, Ge1ton 6 Sherman, books
and stationery for co. officers. IS 10
II. B. Cowles, mds. for L. Curtis,
Mrs. Gay and Ed. LaPorte,
paupers. ......... Z u
G. Keith, justices fees case of State
VS.. E. LaPorte. ....... 7 70
G. Keith, justices fees in drawing
grand and petit jury .......... Q so
J. L. Cater, constable's fees serving
subpoena, case of State rs. La
porte............ ............ IS
E. A. Ross, making coffin for D.
Beautot, suicide. ............. 8 so
N. E. Jesmer, mdse for Mrs. La
Porte, pauper. ............... 81 6s
Q. q. Rines, oil cloth for auditors
Office, S1.O0 and mdsc for Mrs.
LaPorte, pauper, .............s 3 95
Cameron & Amberg,, books for reg
lister of deeds, treasurer and
auditor ....... ..........:... 81 90
Louis Young, witness in case of
State VS.. E. Laporte. ......... / 10
r. G, Dunn, printing delinquent tax
statement and minutes Of
board of equalization. ........ rs 10
G. 1. Sanford presented bill of SIS. 90
for bulying body of D. Beautot, suicide,
which bill was audited and allowed to the
extent of $500; balance of bill was re-
jected.
L. s. Gould presented bin of $17.4
for boarding Mrs. Gay and family, which
was rejected in full.
Hamline University made application
for abatement of taxes on lots in Prince.
ton owned by said university, for the
year 1873. On motion of B. F. Whitney
it was voted to abate the interest and
costs on said lots owned by Hamline Uni.
versity, for the year 1873.
N. G. Dunning presented a bill of
$500, deputy sheritf's fees case of State
vs. Ed. Laporte, conveying prisoner to
St. Cloud Jail, etc. which bill was audit
ed and allowed to the extent of $685.,
the balance of the bill was rejected.
Geo. Crook made application for abate-
ment of taxes on personal property for
the year 1879. Voted to reduce the valu-
alton on said personal property the sum
of $4,000, and the auditor is hereby au-
thorized to reduce the taxes on said per.
sonal property for the year 1879, in &C
cordance Herewith.
Mrs Laporte made application for as.
sistance from the county. On motion of
B. F. Whitney it was voted to allow Mrs.
Laporte the sum of $3.50 per week, in
mdse., at G. II. Rlnes' store, until the
next meeting OF the board.
Joseph Townsend made application for
abatement of taxes on lands in sections
% and ~, T. 49, Range &c. Application
rejected.
The committee on roads reported un-
favorably on the road petitioned for BY j.
Jesmer and others, which petition was
presented at the last regular meeting of
the board.
!. On motion of B. F. Whitney the board
adjourned to July 9th, 1880. ~
/. S. MUDGETT, Auditor.
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The premises and lots now. occu.
pied by Mr.. Samuel Miller were sold
under mortgage sale, on Friday, and
bid in by Col. Kerr for the mortga-
gees. Of course, Nj. Miller, who
bought the property in good faith,
claims to have the best title, and will
endeayor to have the sale set aside.
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AUDITORS OFFICE, Mile Laos coun.
ty, Princeton, Mimi, July 9th, 1880.
Board of county commissioners of Mile
Laos county met pursuant to adjourn
ment. Full board present. The personal
property returned delinquent by the
county treasurer June LIST, 1880, was
brought before the board, and the follow
ing names were considered as not being
collectable: Israel Podvan, Acc, g. Reible
1921, John Lenartson $1.O5, Clark Bemis
sec.
s. A. Cone and others presented a Pc
tition for new school district in the
town Of Milo, composed of the following
described territory, to.wit: sections one
~. two (2), three 81, four a., five (5),
six (e), seven (71 eight (9, nine 10y, ten
1o), eleven (Il), twelve az and eighteen
ls), and the west half of the southwest
quarter and the northwest quarter of sec.
ton seventeen (lD, all in township thirty.
seven (3O, range twenty-seven (27), and
the 22nd day of September, 1880, was DIES.
ignated as the day on which a hearing on
said petition will be had at the auditors
Office, at 10 o'clock 4. II.
On motion Of A. D. Jesmer, the audito,
was authorized to demand of the cashier
CT the bank of Anoka, p. F. Pratt, the
bonds issued to the Princeton & Anoka
railroad company by the county of Mile
Laos, said bonds having been forfeited
July LIST, $780,
The question of leyying tax to defra,
| general county expenses of the county 81
Mile Laos was then taken into consider.
alton, and estimate made for the yea,
1850. -
On motion of B. F. Whitney, it was
voted to levy tax to defray genera
county expenses, for the year 1880, o,
i $4,000. It was also voted to levy taz
of $1,000 for fund for the support q
the county poor in Mile Lacs county fol
the year 1850. Also voted.to levy ia,
of $1,000 for county road fund to aid il
building q bridge across the West Branch
of Rum River, on p street, in Princeton
Also voted to assess tax of one mill OF
the dollar Of the assessed valuation q
Mile Laos county for the year 1850, 70,
the support Of schools. rod s9.1sf
The following bills were audited and
allowed in full:a - ,sasss.s. $50 gss
g. Pinkham, services as county s
CT mmissioner. ............; 500 ....Sz4 SO
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To all whom it may concern. Be it
known that |, John II. Kelly, Of Spencer
Brook, 1santi county, Mimi, have this lst
day OF July, 1880, given my son, Albert
w. Kelly his time, and shall not collect
any OF his wages or pay any of his debts
after this date. ssss-' john A. KE1Ly
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Population Of Sherburne County.


Total. ..........l 1850 3,SOS
Since 1870, the town Of Orrock has been
formed out of the town of Big Lake, the
town of Bluehill out of Baldwin, the
town OF Haven out of Palmer, and the
town of Becker out of the towns of Big
Lake and Clear Lake. -Sherburne County
Star
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-07-29

Messrs. Findel g. Erickson, of
sprlngvale, lsanti county. have pur.
chased new steam thresher, manu-
featured by John I. Case, Racine.
Elmer Whitney will run the engine
while johnny Goulding will attend
the separator. This is the first steam
thresher that has been brought into
this part Of the country.
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Full proceedings Of board Of county
commissioners in this issue. The
commissioners wisely determined to
assess all the county tax the law
would allow them, so as to get the
county out Of debt as soon as possible.
Again we thank Auditor Mudgett for
the promptness with which he furnish.
ed US with a copy of his minutes.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-07-29

If dry lumber could be had, there
would be any amount of building done
in Princeton this year. AS it is, and
green lumber is" hard to find, there
will be at least dozen dwelling
houses erected. -,
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3 Whitney, services as county

3. T. Whitney, services as county
commissioner and member of
board Of audit .... ......... IS so
a. y. Jesmer, services as county
commissioner 81 80
!. s. Mudgett, member of board of
audit 3 sessions. 90
On motion Of A. D. Jesmer, board ad
journed to September 22nd, 1880, at 10
o'clock A. NJ.
B. +. WHITNEY, Chairman Board Of
Comfy Commissioners.
Attest:
3. MUDGETr, Auditor.
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1t was an oversight on our part
that the proceedings Of the April
meeting of the board OF county COM
mlssioners were not published sooner.
But better late than never.
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Highland Addition" is the high.
sounding name that A. P. Barker has
given to that portion of the town
which he has plated into town lots.
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The population of lsanti county by
towns is as follows: Athens, 3o4.
Bradford 275, Cambridge 848, Isanti
4os, Maple Ridge. S76, North Branch
500, Oxford 50. Spencer Brook 295.
Springvales 35l, Stanchield 49l, Stan.
ford $50, Wyauett 1863. Total, 5.08l.