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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04
SUNDAYS Pioneer Press contains tn

SUNDAYS Pioneer Press contains the
sad story of a young girl who went from
Nebraska to Washington and secured a
clerkship in the treasury department.;
she met with a captain Of the signal corps,
he lavished his money and attentions
upon her-of course she fell; the cap
tain's wife found out what was going on
and now the whole story is made public.
What makes the matter worse, the girl
has become so hardened in sin that she
refuses to listen to or recognize her heart
broken parents and relatives, and turns q
deaf ear to all their entreatles to reform
and become an honest woman. In the
language of her uncle "There will come
a time when she will be glad to cover her
face with her hands and weep bitter tears
of anguish But the wretch who ac-
complished her probably he will be
promoted for meritorious services!
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

ON Monday, by the use of his electric
apparatus, Prof. Bell located the ball in
the presidents body, to the satisfaction OF
the surgeons. In reply to question pro-
pounded by a correspondent, Dr. Bliss
said: eyes, we have found the ball. II
lies five inches below the naval, and it is
one-half inch to the right of the median
line. It is imbedded, I should think.
about one and one-half inches below the
surface of the anterior wall of the abdo-
men," The president is getting along
nicely and partakes freely of solid food.
He is worth hundred dead men yet and
is bound to recover. Long live Garfield
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04
The Tax Law.

AS matter of information to the pub
lie we reproduce the tax law of last win
ter under which the so-called forfeited
land sale IS to be made. It may well be
termed cut throat law, and one which
is far from creditable to the statute book
Itappears to have been devised for the
especial purpose of enabling a lot of pine
land spectators to pay the State tax
alone and escape the local taxation. TIC
give this class bonanza in the way oil
escaping taxation it became necessary tc
make the law general and rob and OPP
press many who have been legitimately
unfortunate in their delinquencies. II
accordingly robs the local governments in
the counties where the pine lands are
listed and robs the unfortunate in other
counties. It is double barrelled robbery
under color of law.
In section 1t will be seen that the law
recognizes the contingency of larger
sum being paid than the amount due, in
which case the former owner Of the for
feited land may imagine he is to secure
the surplus This will prove all imagina
ton, however, as by reading section 8 it
will be found that this surplus is eds
tributed to the several funds'' Shylock
only demanded the pound of flesh called
for by the bond, but this measure is
worse than Shylock. It not only CON
mits robbery, but makes the outrage a
matter Of speculation. Such legislation
is clearly against public policy and a dis
credit to the State. It will be strange if
it is not overthroWn by the courts.-St.
Paul Globe.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

An ed;,or'a 4, IS. s..,a Gay s.. P..ul
G'oos, with reference 10 the packed bond
tribunal, concludes with the following
sentence: TN fact it is not creditable
for the state to fight the payment Of OBJ
legations with the zeal here manifested, .
Would the Globe have tie attorney gen
elal and. able assistants sell out to the
bond holders? The syndicate control ali
the papers published at the State capital,
and also the trucking Minneapolis T,15
q.;2e.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

PROMINENT public officials in Wash
ington have received threatening letters
lately. When the writers were ferreted
out they were found to be demented in
dividuals. If Guiteau had been prompt
~ hung there would have been fewe,
emotional insane miscreants in the coun-
try to-day.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04
" here the sand was th:ckesf Is was h

where the sand was thickesS. It was be-
ginning to get dark and Smith and Foster
were more than two miles from town,
when right ahead Of them was the man
they suspicioned Of being Williams; be-
fore the buggy got within two rods OF
him he stepped to one side and stood
facing the road until it had passed. The
fellow looked as though he was splayed
OUT but he did not propose to be caught
mapping. Remember it had taken him
six hours to walk as many miles. Smith
and Foster drove to town as speedily as
possible. Foster stopped at the lower end
of town to see if the fellow came in while
Smith hunted up Sheriff Howard and re-
lated his story to him. That officer and
Smith drove around town for awhile and
after waiting until half past ten O'Clock
Smith and Foster returned home, but did
not}meet the stranger and he had not
come into town About an hour and a
half after Smith and Foster saw the stran-
ger down on the flats, a runner for Beau
pre-, Allen 6 Keogh was coming in on
the Elk River road, and when within
about a mile and half of town was ac-
costed by fellow heading toward Elk
River, who wanted to know what time is
was; the runner answered he had nc
watch, and urged on his horses. From
the point where The suspected individual
was last seen by Smith, to where the fel.
low was met by the runner, is less than
two miles, straight across the country
and it is supposed the fellow became
Scared when he saw Smith the second
time and took to the brush and changed
his course a little. In conclusion we will
state that Mr.. Smith is we'll known and
reliable gentleman; he is nervy and not
at all excitable and has very keen per-
ceptive faculties. On more than one oc-
casion he has been the means of bringing
criminals to. justice. Two years ago,
from reading description Of two Wis
consin thieves-we believe the depreda-
ton was committed at Menomonee-Mr.
Smith recognized them the moment they
entered his store at Spencer Brook, and
a few days after when a Wisconsin Off
Ger arrived Mr. Smith put him on the
track of the culprits and they were ar
rested. A look at the map will convince
anyone that, if Lou Williams effected his
escape from the Wisconsin woods, the
probabilities are that he would be as liza
bic to head in this direction as any other.
Taking all the circumstances into con-
sideration we are almost convinced the
man Mr.. Smith saw was none other than
Lou Williams, and that he is at this writ
ing still east of the Mississippi river and
below or east of Sank Rapids. We re-
greet that posse was not organized and
an attempt made to capture the party.
But what is everybody's business is no.
body's business; however, had there been
a heavy reward offered we doubt not but
what ere this it would have been deter
mined whether the fellow referred to was
Lou Williams or not.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

caption of "The Tax Laws is reproduced
from the St. Paul Globe. No doubt de-
termined effort will be made to have the
law declared unconstitutional; however,
those who are in arrears for taxes had
better pay up for the courts may decide
the law constitutional; then delinqucnts
would be in a bad fix.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

+. W. GROVE, the manufacturer of the
Internal machines which were sent n
England by Fenian skirmishers, was ar.
rested at his home in Peoria, ILL.,, by U.
5. marshall on Tuesday, and taken to
Chicago to undergo his preliminary ex-
animation. His friends deny that he was
arrested
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04
Bad Effects of a Drunk.

r. A. Dustad, man living in the
neighborhood of Scandal, experienced
the bad effects of a drunk last Monday
He had been in town all day and had
taken on board an overload Of beer and
rotgut. He was not as quiet as the laws
of this village demand man shall be-
and was consequently loaded into lum-
Der wagon and started for home. But he
did not propose to be sent out Of town in
any such way, and made an attempt tc
jump from the wagon. This threw his
head to the ground, and not until he was
carried some rods did the man in the
wagon know enough to let go his hold.
His head and face were badly cut up, and
when he was dropped the hind wheel OF
the wagon passed over his body He was
then taken home with his head and back
badly bruised - Hancock Times.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04
r. c. DUNN, Publisher.

u Only Paper published in or within
a circuit Of twenty-five miles of Prince
ton Has an extensive circulation in
Isanti and Sherburne counties and is read
in every household in Mile Laos county.
Locals from to Is cents per line
One inch business card So per year.
Rates for displayed advertisements
made known on application at this office.
All legal notices must be paid for be-
fore affidavit of publication is furnished
All sorts of job work neatly and
promptly executed. Job work for cash.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

Gov. JOHN S. PILLsBURY pretends to
have large amount of faith in the peo-
pies honesty, still he urged the late cor
rupt legislature to provide for the pay
ment of the old railroad bonds, without
submitting the terms of said settlement
to the people for their approval; thus he
urged the legislature to pass an uncon-
stitutional measure because he was afraid
The people would not ratify his pet scheme.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

SHOULD the Russian government de-
mand the extradition of Hartman, the
vaporing Nihilist now in this country, it
is thought he would be surrendered at
once. The American people have reason
to despise such red-handed murderers
and assassins as Hartman proclaims him :
self to be.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04
WAS IT LOU WILLIAMS?

Positive that He Passed Lou Williams
Twice on Tuesday Afternoon.
Can it be possible that one of the no.
torious Williams Brothers, for whom
hundreds of daring men have been scour-
ing the Eau Claire woods for weeks. has
eluded the vigilance of his pursuers and
escaped up to this section of the country?
Such seems to be the case. But here is
the story as related to us yesterday after
noon by Mr.. Smith On Tuesday after
noon Mr.. Smith, in company with two
other men, was riding in wagon toward
the hamlet Of Spencer Brook;-that morn
ing he bad been perusing the Pioneer
Press, which contained, what purported
to be, an accurate description of the Will
liams Brothers. When within about half
mile of the Brook Mr. Smith espied a
man coming toward them who, by the
peculiar manner in which he walked, at
tracted Mr.. SIS attention; the fellow wore
fisherman's hat and carried vallse, a
pair of boots and some sort of a bundle
on his back; he was about five feet and
eight inches high and looked as though
he would weigh ABOUT 145 pounds; his
beard was of an auburn color and very
thin; his eyes and general appearance
denoted that he was much fatigued and
had not slept great deal lately. AS the
team drove past the fellow eyed the &C.
cupants of the wagon narrowly, and after
passing, every few steps he took he would
turn his head and glance uneasily behind
him. When Mr.. Smith reached the mill
he made some inquiries and learned that
the stranger whom he suspected of being
one of the Wisconsin outlaws-Lou Will
llams-had conversed with John Foster.
and wanted to know how far it was to a
railroad station, and what was the size
and name of the town above here; he al
so claimed to be harvester seeking work
but he had not applied to any Of the
farmers in the vicinity for work. Mr..
Foster informed him that Elk River was
the nearest railroad station and it was 20
miles away; John then pointed out the
Elk River road and asked the stranger
where he hailed from and where he was
going? to which he made no answer but
propounded a few more questions to John
and started off on the Princeton road.
Mr.. Smiths suspicious were now thor
oughly aroused and he hitched up his
horse and, accompanied by Foster, left for
Princeton, which is less than nine miles
in northwesterly direction from Spencer
Brook. Smith discovered when first pass
ing the stranger that one Of his feet
seemed to be sore and he toed out while
walking, he wore different covering on
this sore foot than on the other. and the
mark could be easily discerned in the
sand he walked in the centre Of the road
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

THE hunt for the Williams brothers in
Wisconsin has been virtually abandoned.
Sheriff Doolittle and two brothers of the
murdered officers and about dozen other
determined men still continue to beat the
bush in the hope Of running across the
desperadoes.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

TAXES on real estate which became de-
linquent in 1879 or prior years must be
liquidated before the September sale; if
not redeemed before that time it will be
sold for what it will bring, and there will
be no chance of a future redemption.
That is the law in the matter, and every
taxpayer in the state who reads news
paper is, or should be, familiar with the
law.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

CONSIDERABLE interest is manifested
by not few people in this vicinity to see
if "any justice can come out of Anoka
county," to see if the grand jury of that
county will take any steps for the sup
preston of the gang of Ku Klux-lynch-
ers and midnight marauders-which in
fest Anoka City.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

The editor of the St. Cloud Times adj
mits that he was in error in speaking OF
the time within which tax lists should be
published; but he is right in saying a
number of the lists failed to come out
within the required period, including the
extension.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

Four officers were attempting to ar
rest gang of thieves in Pittsburgh, Pa,
on Tuesday, when the thieves opened fire
on the officers, killing one of them dead
and severely wounding several others
The thieves are being holly pursued.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

A CONTRIBUTION was taken up at the
Westminster church, Minneapolis, for
a Miss Archibald, who goes to Siam to
convert the heathen We will wager q
nickle Miss Archibald is sour old maid
and tougher than ."biled'' owl.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

THE Elk River Meas does not believe
in a candidate for Office doing little
work on his own account in order to
reach the goal of his ambition. An as
pirant to Office need not descend to the
level of pot house politician, still he
can do considerable legitimate work in
his own behalf.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

The Globe advises farmers to dispose
of their wheat in August if possible
There is clique in Chicago controlling
August wheat and this clique will be
obliged to take care of all the spring
wheat brought into the market.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

FIVE murders in Chicago on Tuesday
and it was not good day for murders in
that city either. St. Louis will have to
take back seat for on the same day only
one solitary suicide could be credited to
her
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

The case of Rev Mr.. Atwater who is
accused of undue intimacy with pretty
little school teacher, is being tried before
church committee at Knapp, Wis. The
scandal has created quite commotion in
M. E. church circles.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

During the month of July the public
debt of the United States has been re-
duced slo,ooo,ooo. A pretty good show
ing for Window
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

WH1sKEY carried the day at the State
election in North Carolina. The Repub
,llcans voted almost solid for the Prohibi
ton ticket while the Democrats voted al
most as solid the other way.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

SITTING BULL was Toasted at Bismark
hotel while he and his gang of red
skinned cut-throats were passing through
there in charge of the military, on their
way to the agency at Fl. Yates.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

The Hastings Gazette is opposed to the
settlement of the bond question on the
terms proposed by the legislature, still
the Gazette favors Plllsbury for fourth
term. Consistency! ..."
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

The Pioneer Press presumes to in
struct the Judges Of the Supreme Court
as to what their duty is. The P. P. need
not waste it's advice on the five little
petty judges comprising the so-called
bond tribunal-they have already re-
ceived their instructions.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04
desperadoes

The UNION has changed its opinion Of
Attorney general Hahn In his able and
extended argument before the Supreme
Court, on the bond question, he has
proved himself to be no mere fgure-head.
He made an eloquent plea and it fairly
bristled with facts.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

ST.. PAUL is justly proud of her new
Union depot which has just been COM
pleted 1t is magnificent structure and
no mistake. ...-..-,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

TIE original land grant to the North
ern Pacific amounted to $4,000, 900 acres,
an area equal to the state of Illinois.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

PARNELL was suspended from the house
of commons on Tuesday, for accusing the
speaker of denying the liberty of discus
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

The Anoka Union is fair and gives
both versions of the Nc Cauley case We
cannot say as much for the He,uzd
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

The Irish land bill has been passed
through the house of commons and it's
second reading in the house of lords.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

ALL the Swedes in Isanti county are
not horse thieves, but all the horse
thieves in Isanti county are Swedes
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

The public peace has been disturbed
but little Of late, owing, no doubt, to the
large number of deputy sheriffs recently
appointed The town is fast becoming a
paradise Hastings Gazette.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04

SUPPLY OF FLOUR, HAN
AND FIGURES FOR CASH
After August
Flour a Grade of
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-08-04
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.

IlNDEPENoEnr REPUBLICAN, IN PoL,rIcs.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-11-22

Gently said to reporter that Blaine was
in his opinion "a very bad man" and that
he had certainly done all be could to get
him out OF President Arthur's Cabinet,
Grant thinks Blaine bad man because lie
defeated "the immortal 306 at Chicago.
Everybody understands that, and every
body understands that Blaine will
beat Grant again il he can.
They are rival candidates, and that
is the long aud short of it, but it does not
follow that they should abuse one another
to reporters, and indeed it is only Grant
who does this kind of thing. There is
something puerile about it which is dis
tasteful. Blaine knows that if the Grant
faction can ever get his head under water
they will hold it there until he is drowned.
and therefore he is exerting all his ener-
gies to gave himself. It is his right to do
this, and he is no more bad man for do
ing it than Grant is for wanting to prevent
him. Blaine's Presidential aspirations,
moreover, are far more reasonable than
Grants, for the latter has held the office
not only as long as any American Presi.
dent, but much longer than the character
of his administration rendered satisfactory
to the country.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-11-22
OREGON.
AdYices from Portland.

PORTLAND, November 21st.-A Cheney
wv. IT, special says Saturday night Christie
pher G. Slyker Of Portland, a carpenter at
work on the new Academy, fell from the roof
and received injuries from which he died two
hours later. Two older brothers of Slyker
met death by similar accidents.
A Ventner udahc) special says: W. s.
Miller, foreman of railroad gang, was
killed yesterday by en- explosion of giant
powder, which he was tamping. His body
was terribly mangled.
In gambling row last night one China
man shot another, inficting slight wound.
The would-be assassin was seized by his
countrymen, rope put around his neck and
swung over telegraph pole, when a white
man interfered with cooked revolver and
stopped the proceedings.
The body of a dead white man was found
back of Camp No. s, with bullet-hole in the
left eye. The man is unknown and there is
no means of knowing whether it was suicide
or murder.
SECOND DISPATCH.l
PORTLAND, November 21st-No new cases
of small. pox have occurred in this city since
Wednesday. In all there are six, of which
three are convalescent
DR.. H Z Littleield, the Oregon Railroad
and Navigation Compapy's surgeon, tele-
graphs tonight to the company as follows
from Day ton. W. T.: 1.-The prospect is more
cheering. Sixty cases convalescent. No
new cases, and no recent deaths. All but
thirty will be out by Saturday There are
fifteen cases in the smallpox hospital, Of
which eight are convalescent, and viii be out
in day or two"