The Princeton union., 1880-10-28
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Wheat and other farm products are rush
ing in Sleepy Eye in large quantities.
two year old child of A. j. Douglas, of
Rochester, received severe injuries in the
face from the kick of horse recently.
Mrs. Phoebe Jones, of Nunda, NY, moth
er of Mrs. w. S. Conger, died last week, at
the residence of Mrs. Conger, in Austin, of
paralysis. She wes 49, years old.
Nick Thelson, living about mile and a
half from Caledonia, had his granary, barn
and shed destroyed by fire last week, and
GOO bushels of wheat, ten tons of hay and
valuable agricultural implements. Loss ST.
800. Insurance $l 400.
Pennington Press, Oct. 13: There was g
wreck at the Prior Lake bridge on Thursday
| night last. BY some means (probably from
passing train) the bridge had been set on
fire, and the night freight up plunged on be-
fore there was time left to stop it, and the
engine and ten cars crushed through and
went into the lake, the engineer and brake
men fortunately saving themselves by jump
ing off.
Dr.. j. O'Connor, of Caledonia, died sud-
denly on Sunday evening, October 10. He
complained of pain in the back part of his
head and took morphine for relief, but
of morphine produced his death cannot be
known. He had practiced medicine in Gale
| donia for thirteen years, and had built up
| large practice. He leaves wife and nine
children to mourn his sudden death.
Patrick Riley and younger brother got
| drunk in Shakopee the other night and
| quarrelled. Afterwards they went to the
| railroad shops and demanded admittance.
Dot rfn1y nj k~A Ak,o
| roof, fell off and was killed. The younger
brother, beaten to pulp, apparently, in a
| fight, had not sense enough to give his ac-
count of the affair, and it is doubtful if be
will ever be able. Patrick leaves wife ana
| family. The younger brother has been mar
ried about six weeks. .... s.a.
Last week John Swenson, of Wonamingo,
Goodhue county, had steam threshing ma
chine at his place threshing; the day was
| very windy and fire escaped from the engine
and in short time every thing that could
| be cached by the fire was consumed. Mr..
| Swenson lost between five and six hundred
| bushels of wheat; four hundred bushels of
oats; fifty five bushels of barley; twenty tons
of hay; three fat hogs; set of harness;
some tools; a lsg stable fifty five feet long,
! besides some ground feed. The loss is est
mated at 81 900.
Caledonia Journal, Oct. 13: Mr.. Otis
Ellis, of Mabel, came down to Caledonia
last Saturday to see the convention. About
5:15 he received dispatch from Mabel
stating that his three year old daughter,
little Cora, had been run over by runaway
! team, and was severely hurt. At fifteen
| minutes to six Mr.. Ellis in company with
| DR.. Dustin started for Mabel, arrived there
! at twenty-five minutes after seven-drivine
twenty miles in just 100 minutes. On their
arrival there it vas found that the spirit of
little Cora had taken!its flight to q better
| world.
Rochester Record and Union, Oct. 8: The
eoroners inquest which was held last Friday
morning to inquire into the circumstances
of the death Of George Wright, developed
the facts as stated in our columns last week.
Wright was young man, aged % years,
whose brain had been injured by an acoi-
dent, and was subject to fits. He had gone
from the house distance Of forty rods OF
more, and had fallen down upon his face in
the grass and brush, in which condition his
body was discovered some two weeks after
his death. There was no evidence of vic
lence being used. The coroner's jury found
| verdict in accordance with the above facts,