The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-09-15


every law providing for the payment
| Of the bonds to be submitted to The
people, IL void, because it impairs the obiiga-
ten OF the contract between the state and tie
bond holuers.
Second-That the act Of last winter providing
for the adjustment Of these bonos
is unconstitutional, because it delegates legis-
la.ive power to the tribunal.
Third, THAT the writ of prohibition hall
ISSUE to restrain the tribunal from acting on
the matter.
This decision renders the act Of last winter
imperative and leaves the whole matter of Nd.
jnsting the bonds with future legislatures
The court was unanimous upon all points
THE MINNEAPOLIS EXPOSITION.
Summary OF Its Most Notable Features And of
Each Days Do,ngs,
| MONDAY.
The opening day Of the exposition by the
| Agricultural and Mechanical association, bet
ter known as 'sChildren's Day." dawned inaus-
piciously "a dr1zz!iDg rain having set in shortly
after day break and continued for the major part
! Of the day, and in consequence the attendance
WAS materially reduced from what it would have
been had the weather proved favorable. Since
last year quite number of changes have been
made in and around the grounds, consisting
mainly in the erection Of residences and eating
booths in the immediate vicinity of the grounds.
While the facilities of getting to them were
about the same as usual. AS might have been
expected, and as is the invariabie experience
! on opening day, evidences of incompleteness
were found in the main halls and in several
| important departments Of the fair, but strenu-
GUS exertions were made to change the condi-
| ton of things.
The Agricultural Hall, the Mechanical Hall,
and the Art Exhibit, gave promise of being well
filed, and the Stock Exhibit is pronounced
very fine.
TUESDAY.
The day was even worse than Monday, the
rain falling from morning until night The at
tendencs was merely nominal. The grounds
we're fairly a1aoa+, and every one was driven
in the extreme. The races announced for the
day were declared off, during the morning
The track was entirely too wet to admit IF rae
ing, and that part of the programme was neoes-
sarily wiped of the board
WEDNESDAY.
The weather was still dark and dreary in
the morning. but the afternoon, though cloudy,
brought q tair attendance. Between 2 ard 8
O'clock the judges Of horses and cattle cal ed
out portion Of the exceptionally fine display
in their departments, the irs ecton being as
sisted BY large and ,admlring thropg. The
pressions of the greatest admiration from ali
present, the exhibit Of Norman and
Percheron horses being conspicuous for
its superiority. There was nothing
done in the racing line, save q few spurs
by way Of exsrcis ng the horses TIL /,
visitors distributed themselves over the erclos-
ure and inspected the many objects of interest
i in the main halls, or visited the stock and ma
| chinery departments, which are the most ex-
tensive and attractive ever arraI ged in the
| northwest. Reg trdless Of discontorts the peo-
pie wandered aoout patiently after noting the
principal features OF the fair or huddled around
/ the numerous side shows, the Manitoba tuffa-
loes, the female bear tanner and Jones'
sea on protHhe e ce conspicuous
O'clock, Prof Rullison made a fine ascension sion
/ in his balloon. It kept turning slowly as it
arose almost straight to the heighth of a mile
and over, and then began a journey due west,
and landed about eight miles from Minneapo-
/ have no idea how small your city looks from
4 that height. It doesn't seem to be bigger than
a little village would if you were on the ground
The falls could not be distinguished from the
ret of the Mis- sissippi river, which could see
! for distance of twenty five miles in either di-
stations plainly for q long distance. Then
i what q lot of lakes you have about here. I;
seemed as every farmer had one Of his own.
i From the height Ireached it seemed as if your
Lake Minnetonka were just under me-"
THURSDAY
i brought out the sun, and everything was
subjected to the drying process. The track
was still heavy and all racing was postponed
save that INDUCED Ia by the gorgeous darkey
riders. About 1000 people were on thu
4 grounds and they amused themselves in look
A ing through the buildings and grounds, and
Witnessing the balloon ascension in the after
noon, the interest in which was heightened
by the fact that the daring aeronaut was a lady
Mics McBain is rather petite
and exceedingly pretty and interesting
blonde, and one Of the most fearless and en-
thusiaslc of 9ronauts. The balloon SCARED
away up among the clouds, until it was appar-
emily about the size Of your hat, and Amos
J, envelOped in the heavenly mists: then it grad
ually moved of toward st Paul. It came dowi
quite RAPIDLY, and fifteen minutes after it's de-
!, partnre from the exposition grounds sank GU
s Of sight behind the tree tops in the distance
1t was as pretty aud successful an ascension az
is ever Witnessed, and was the chief attraction
. of the day. The landing was made about fyt
, miles distant
! FRIDAY
was bright, beautiful and cheerful and tn
result was an attendance variously estimato
!! from twenty to thirty thous md ihe all-per
vading gloom of the first four days had passe
away, and it looked like regular old-fashion
ed Minneapolis exposition again. In short,
was q big day, and alone did mucl
toward filling the financial gap
in perfect order and the buildings were crowd
ed all day long. SO were the stock and ma
y chinery departments, and in the afternoon tn
race track ampitheatre held over 900 PEG
pie. The ladies' twenty mile race was the even
, Of the day and the enthusiasm evoked evident
~ indicated that novelty has it's charms.
At 2:23 Miss Cook made her appearance o.
the track, and in few minutes Miss Jewets wa
coming down the tract, her horse, an ngly tom
pered brute, being led. Without any prelimi
nary they got away, Miss Jewett with . rushing
beading Miss Cooke out of the pole and MAKING
, strong running, opened a gap OF thirty yards q
the end OF the first mile. She kept in goot
luck until the seventh when Miss Cook wa
some fifteen lengths ahead, riding in tn
. handsomest manner possible. On
round Miss Cookies horse suddenl
slowed up and came to q stand
still The change horse was run up to her a
Miss Jewett swept by, and as she was lifted tn
, horse, Emma Dixon, fell dead. On the eight
zenith mile Miss Cook again got hold of Oil
Baker, fine handsome bay, on which she di
some hard riding for two miles, widening tn
!. gap which she had made between herself and
her competitor at every jump. At nineteel
miles she was 500 yards ahead, and Mis-
L Tox,,o b %, oho k,