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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
French Millers Harmed.

The millers of France have become
alarmed at the increase in importation into
that country of -four from the United States,
and have addressed the French Senate petit
ton praying an increase of the duty on Amer
lean flour imported into France, or that law
be passed that American -four be not allowed
entrance on an equality with wheat. The
French millers base their petitions upon old
grounds of protection of home industry,
claiming that importations from America are
very prejudicial to the milling Industries of
France, and that it is not in accordance with
French interests to admit foreign manufac
tured product on better terms than the raw
material. This movement may ultimately
prove matter of Importance to American
millers, and to the wheat farmers of the
Northwest. The increase of importation into
France is as follows; 1879, 4,23O,2 42 barrels !;
1878, 2,792, 2s6 barrels; 1877, 1904 ,979 barrels.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
Chic00O's JlsIu Races.

The managers of the Chicago Driv-
ing Park intend to make the trotting meeting
in July one of national interest. A heavy
purse has been hung up for Maud S. and St.
Julien, trotters; sorrel Dan, the PAGER, and
any horse that has ever beaten 2:14-which
latter clause is simply challenge to Rarus,
now enjoying private life with Bonner. A
special roll of $1,000 is offered to double
team to beat the 1928 made by Vanderbilt with
Small Hopes and Lady Mac. The third SEN
sational feature of the meeting will be the
struggle for purse of $1,000 to beat Steve
Maxfield's record of 4:4Sk, two-mile heats.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
Recent Fires.

Flames which originated in the
Emmerson planning mill at Cleveland, and at
one time bade fair to sweep away a vast
amount Of property, were suppressed with a
loss of $4,000.
The pottery works of Croft & Co.,
at Beaver Falls, Pa, valued at s11, 900, have
been destroyed by fire.
The new portion Of the malleable
ironworks Of Hamilton, Ont, has been dam
aged 1925, 600 by fire.
A loss of $4,000 was incurred in
Cincinnati, by the burning Of Agger & San
ning's furniture factory.
By the burning of the shoe factory
of B. w. Hoyt, at Epping, N. H., a loss 0
5000 was incurred, and several hundred
workmen were thrown out of employment. 81
a spark from a passing locomotive
kindled fame at Juda, Wis, which damaged
Chadwlck's warehouse and the st. Paul depot
to the amount of $4,000.
"A fire at Kenton, O., burned the
Indianapolis depot, two churches, two hotels,
and other buildings, valued at $4,000.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02

The treasury ringsters now under
going exposure at Washington are Upton, the
assistant secretary; Lamphere, the appoint
ment clerk, and Pitney, the superintendent of
the tuilding. The records show the purchase
Of twenty thousand yards of carpet for the
treasury department during the last fiscal year,
although deficit of seven hundred yards was
discovered several months ago. A few local
dealers have furnished such supplies at retail
prices, there having been no advertisements
for proposals. In taking an inventory of Pit
ney's supplies, a barrel of bay rum and lot
of Lubin's perfumes and soaps were found.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
BRITAIN'S RULERS.
The Kings and Queens of England
Length of tho Reigns of the Several

The Norman line began with William
the Conqueror then came in succession
the houses of Plantagenet, Lancaster,
York, Tudor, Stuart, the Commonwealth,
Stuart Orange, Stuart and Hanover.
William the Conqueror was the sixth
sovereign of Normandy. Henry H..
the first of the Plantagenets, was
the son of Matilda of Scotland,
direct descendant of Edmund IL. sur
named Honside, who was the son and
successor Of Ethelred H., born in 989,
and King of the Anglo-Saxons in lO16.
Henry w.. as the last of the Plantage-
nets Orchard IL left no children, was
the eldest son of John of Gaunt, Duke
Of Lancaster, fourth son of Edward ILL.,,
and of Blanche, daughter and heiress of
Henry Plantagenet, Duke of Lancaster,
eat-grandson of Henry III. Edward
W., the first of the House of York. was
descended from the fifth son of Edward
III, as the Lancastrian Kings had de-
scended from the fourth son of the same
sovereign. Henry VII, the first Of the
Tudors, was descendant of Henry Y.
James I. Of England, and VI. of Scot
lansb was the son Of Lord DarnIey and
s?Mafy Queen of Scots, and his right to
the succession rested on his descent
from Henry VII, through his great
grandmother, Margaret. Charles II.
was the second child among six Of
Charles L, and started anew the Stuart
line at the restoration. Mary, who with
William of Orange, ruled Britain, was a
Stuart, as was also Anne, "the good
Queen" George l., Of the House of
Hanover, was descended on his mothers
side from James I. The following will
show the length Of the reigns Of the
several houses
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
TERRIBLE CALAMITY
Less Of an Excursion Steamer at London,
Ontario.
r,oo H,.,.drea ana FIFTY Persons Dro.oned.

On May "a, a terrible steamboat dis
aster occurred at London, Ontario, in the total
destruction Of the steamer, Victoria. The steam
er was overloaded with passengers, having on
board about six hundred land just before reach
ing her dock from an excursion to Spring Bank
the boat suddenly collapsed like an egg-shell,
becoming a total wreck level with the waters
edge. All the passengers were Immediately
plunged into the water, more than half Of
them being buried beneath the fallen debris,
~ Up to midnight over two hundred and thirty
bodies had been recovered, and the search con-
stantly revealed others. 1t is thought that
not less than three hundred lives were lost.
The city was at once thrown into the deepest
mourning, as among those on board were
some of the foremost citizens. The boat was
disgracefully overcrowded, and the managers
of the line were expostu lated with by several
passengers for allowing SO many to get on
board, but did not heed the warning. The
accident was undoubtedly the result Of the
grossest criminal character.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
The Steamboat LaaUs,

Secretary Window will compel a
rigid enforcement of the steamboat laws, as
required by section 1850, revised statutes,
which provides that" every officer who neg
lects or refuses to make any return or report
which he is required TO make, at the stated times
by any act of Congress or regulation of the
department of the treasury other than his ac-
counts, within the time prescribed by such
act or regulation, sha be fined not more than
81 900 and not less than $780," Three of the
officers failing to make the returns required,
have been called upon by a letter from Secre-
tary Window, to explain their neglect to
comply with the order, and informed of the
penalty they have incurred thereby.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
From st. Paul to Glasgow.

+ 4 Z 10
"A contract has just been closed at
St. Louis, for the experimental shipment of
10000 bushels of spring wheat from st. Paul
to Glasgow, Scotland, by barges to New Or
leans, thence by steamer. If this shipment
proves successful, others will follow, amount
ing, perhaps, to 1000, 600 bushels. The rate
for this first shipment is Csc per bushel. The
negotiations were made through the st. Louis
New Orleans & European Dispatch company,
and through bill OF la,ling will be given by
them. Another notable fact that has just
transpired is that a large lot Of sacked -four
has just been shipped from St. Louis to Liver
pool via river to New Orleans, at the extreme
ly low rate of SOC per hundred. Of course
this is not the regular rate, but it shows what
can be done when there is surplus tonnage at
New Orleans
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
A Man Hunt.

Four counties in southeast Missouri
have been deeply agitated over a man hunt.
The recent slaughter of deputy sheriff at
Sikeston caused the citizens to undertake the
extirpation of four desperadoes named Frank
Brown, Jesse Myers, James Hamilton and
Patrick Rhoadcs. The latter was found at a
farmhouse, badly wounded, and sent back
under guard, but never reached Sikeston. In
fight with the others near Greenville, Sheriff
Davis and J. F. Hatton were badly wounded,
and one thousand armed men turned out
Near Piedmont, Hamilton was killed and
Myers captured. Brown subsequently sur
rendered himself. The captured men were
afterward hung by mob.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
A SEARCH FOR A SON


ulous escapes, and fatal drownings after long
and heroic attempts at escape, are the follow
ing:
A SEARCH FOR SON
Ny poor boy! My poor boy!' Those
porter's ears as he stepped into the Sulphur
Springs garden early this morning. A father
and mother had just arrived in the garden.
and were, with hesitating and throbbing hearts
stepping carefully among the now disfigured
bodies OF the drowned men, women and chill
dren, which lay along the grass in CHASTITY
array. At almost every step the anxious par
ents took, their hearts sunk as one or the 9th
er thought they saw traces of their darling
boy. Hopes had begun to be cherished by
the mother that, after all, her son was not on
the Inflated vessel, but the father soon deserted
in a row of bodies they had only given a pass
ing glance to, and which was now immediate
~ behind where his wife was standing, the
body of his boy. He summoned all the cour-
age he was master of, and touching his wife
on the shoulder, said: Courage, nv dear
now be YOURSELF and pointed to the crushed
and disfgured form of lad of about sixteen
summers, which lay stretched on the grass.
Strangely altered as the lads appearance was,
the mother recognized her child, and with a
shrek she fell on the grass beside him. oh.
my Door boy! My poor boy What shall /
do /? Take him home. Oh, do take him
home. Many head was turned aside and
many heartfelt expressions went forth from
sympathetic hearts, and many q tear mingled
with those of the anguished and distracted
parents.
DESPERATE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE
was that of Nicholas Wilson. Apprehending
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
Opening Oysters.

There is just as much difference in the
manner in which two men open shell
oysters as there is in the way they go to
church or walk on the street. Who has
not watched thorough oyster opener at
an Eastern oyster market, and observed
the tender manner in which he takes up
the shell and looks at it, as though It
was a friend of his. He inserts his in
strument between the shells as delicate
" as dentist will probe an aching
tooth, and by little turn of the wrist
your oyster is uncovered and reclining
upon the half-shell plump and juicy, in
wiling you to fire him down your neck.
How different it is when an amateur at.
tempts to open oysters. He commences
by getting red in the face, and knocking
off an inch of the edge of the shell, and
letting all the juice run out and drip
down between his fingers. He knocks
some skin off his thumb, and that bleeds.
and your heart bleeds for the oyster.
lie inserts an iron that looks like stove
hook into the shell, then, prizes and
grunts, the shell opens and the oyster
sticks to both sides Of it and splits He.
saws oil the mantel-piece that holds the
oyster to the shell, and hands you the
half-shen with something on it that
looks like scrambled oyster. The dirt.
from the shell gets on the oyster and it
is about as much comfort trying to eat
it as it is to eat hickory nut that has
been cracked by laying it down on the
side and MASKING it with Ratchet.
The oyster opened by an amateur looks
ragged and discouraged, and the man
who opens it looks about the same.
while the oyster opened by man who
understands his business looks as though
it enjoyed life, and the man who opens
it looks like 3 thoroughbred who is not
ashamed Of his business, and knows he
can do it as well as anybody. The
world isfull Of men who do everythi
the way an amateur opens oysters. They
try to do that for which they are not
fitted, and it is hard to make them be-
ieve they are not doing what they at
tempt to do well, but they always act as
though they wanted to apologize for
something being wrong. This oyster
business is a little out Of season, but you
have all noticed how it Peck's Sun.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02

A WASHINGTON dispatch says:
"An amusing feature Of the day was
the prompt notification of Mr.. Frye to
Captain Bassett, door-keeper of the
Senate, that he (Frye) desired the
seat now vacated by Mr.. Conkling.
Mr.. Frye is located in the outer row.
in very lonesome and undesirable
spot. Before the establishment which
accompanied the resignation had
fairly died away on the faces of the
Senators about him, Mr.. Frye had
bargained for Mr.. Conkling's seat.
The latter is in a very commanding
position, by the main aisle, and directly
fronts the vice presidential eye.''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02

THE enormous increase of general
business, as shown by the receipts of
the railways, is by no means confined
to the United Ststes. The increase
in France for the year 1880, as COM
pared with the year 1879, was $22, $780,
600, and the difference in favor of the
former years, as compared with 1877,
was over $33,OOO,OOO. A London
newspaper, referring to this subject,
says: "The increasing wealth of
France is astounding, and indicates
an amount of prosperity which has
never been even approached under any
other form of government
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
Another Merica,. Outrage.

The state department. has been Of
fcially advised Of the seizure of the American
bark Acacia, of Boston, by the customs au-
thorities at Merida, Mexico, which harbor
she entered in distress. A request by the
American consul for her release was refused.
Her crew are on shore, and have been threat
ened with arrest should they board any Ameri-
can ship. The navy department will order one
OF the vessels of the north Atlantic squadron
to the scene of the trouble to investigate it.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
Fired q NchOolhO.lse.

The schoolhonse at New Hampton,
Ia, was destroyed by an incendiary fire, a few
days since. This is the third time within
year that the torch has been applied to the
same school, and the second public building
which has been destroyed in the same manner
in that city within year.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
4 luxurious Pa,.,,,aste,..

Paymaster Swasey, of the Cincin.
natl Southern road, has been asked to resign
for engaging in usurious scheme with a
city jewcler. The employees of the road oh
tanned advances of $1,000 from the jeweler
last month, and gave orders on the paymaster
who shared in the profits.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02

They are again agitating the use of
very Light shoes, with few nails in them,
for horses. An animal which carries
one and one-quarter pounds Of iron on
each foot must expend considerable
strength every day in bearing that con-
slant clog.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
Merited Re,Uard.

Captain Gnewuch, Of the tug Will.
liams, of Manistee, Mich, has received the
gold medal awarded him by congress for saw
ing the lives Of twenty-four persons in Lake
Michigan. Accompanying the token was a
highly eulogistic letter from Secretary Win
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
Crop Prospects.

Farmers in Central Illinois report
winter wheat suffering from the chinch- bug
and Hessian fly. Thousands of acres are being
plowed up to plant corn. The heretofore re.
ported damage to the wheat crop in Missouri,
by the chinch-bug, has been greatly exagger-
ated, and little if any damage will result from
these pests.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
Safe of IHoro,sghbreds-

At the annual sale Of yearlings at
Preakness farm, near Lexington, KY, eighteen
colts averaged $947, per head, and twenty
fillies $500 each. Most of the purchases were
made for James r. Keene
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
Mexican JedlO,ssy,

Jealousy Of the powers which are
id-ironing Mexico with railroads has i'm
PEELED the House of Representative to approve
OF an amendment to the constitution proyid
ing that members of congress shall be Mex
cans s78a
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
Del,1de6 O,st7a.rs.

Deputy Sheriff Tom Martin, of
Hayes county, Texas, traced out two stage
robbers, and by pretending to be an outlaw
decoyed them into the town of Hyde. He
then demanded their surrender, and on their
refusal shot them dead.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
Future Das,a,,atiO,,.

The Reformed Episcopal council,
now in session at New York, after calm DELHI
Grafton on the doctrine of eternal punishment,
has affirmed it's full belief in the statement of
the word of God concerning future reward
and penalty
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02

THE Silver State says that two men
have discovered whole mountain Of
iron ore in the Jackson creek noun
tains, some fifty miles northwest Of
Winnemucca, New. They say the ore
when broken looks like the grain Of
fractured steel, and they think it car
ries from IS to 90 per cent. of metal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
arrested bY Greasers.

Six citizens Of Eagle Pass, Tex,
who crossed the Rio Grande to attend circus,
were surrounded by the Mexican garrison at
Piedras Negras, and marched to Jail, where
they remained all night, but were released by
the alcalde next daY
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
More Starvation.

John Griscom, of New York, has
entered upon prolonged fast in Chicago, in
the interest of science. Local physicians of
high standing will make daily examinations
OF the experimenter, and have been given full
control OF the affair.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
A Terrible CaIa,,,it,l.

Over one hundred barrels of Dan
forth's fluid, stored in the cellar ola saloon,
at st. Joseph, Mo-, exploded with terrific force
May %. The saloon was filed with people
at the time of the explosion, all colored, not
one of whom escaped. The loss is estimated
at not less than twenty. The building was
totally destroyed, and several others were
wrecked,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
Southern Pacific E,ctensio,.

The Southern Pacific road has or
dered its chief engineer to make survey for
a track from Yuma to Point Isabel, at the
head of the Gulf of California, where it is pro
posed to erect warehouses and establish
steamship line to various Mexican ports. It
is expected that the scheme will be completed
by October
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
Re,nOrak of Indians.

On May IS, all of the Indians at
Fort Buford were removed to Standing Rock
agency Three steamers were used for the
transfer, and the number of Indians removed
was 1900.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
The S1,raD,le Suits.

In the suit OF Mary Ann Latham at
Providence, for the removal of Zachariah
Chaffee as receiver of the Sprague estate, the
court refused to order change, but enjoined
the receiver from selling any of the real es-
tate.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
Bl0,c,. tsp bu q Bomb.

The temperance people Of Lompoc
Cal, broke up the only saloon in the place,
few days since, by placing therein bomb
and exploding it. The building was blown to
atoms.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
Foretg,, Affairs.

Ireland is practically in revolt
against the government and stormy times are
predicted. The government. evidently antici-
pates the worst, and is making extensive ar
rangements to put down all resistance with
no gentle hand. A few weeks at the furthest
cannot fail to disclose acts of open hostility
and bloodshed. The Supreme Court of Dem
mark has confirmed the sentence of death
passed upon thirty-nine negro participants in
the Santa Cruz revolt by the West India com
mission. -. "A dispatch from Copenhagen says
the Swedish government is becoming alarmed
and contemplates legislation in view Of the
emigration, which is assuming the proper
tions of an exodus. Several counties are
practically denuded of all able-bodied inhabi-
-tants. "A somewhat astounding fact has
been discovered, that Prince Rudolph. heir to
the Austrian throne, in marrying the Princess
tephanie, has actually married his aunt,
long genealogical search indisputably proving
the assertion. King Charles of Roumania,
has been given crown Of steel manufactured
from cannon captured at Plevna. Bucharest
was brilliantly Illuminated in honor of the
event. In proclamation forbidding the
persecution of the Jews, the governor general
of the Russian province of Charkoff declares
that he will not hesitate to put the region
under martial law and punish the rioters with
the greatest severity. !. 1t is announced that
papers left by the late Count Henry Won Arnim
will prove him innocent of the charge of
treason. ;. In the French chamber of deputies
the treaty with Tunls was ratified by vote of
453 to L.. Prince Leopold, the youngest
~c ~ To-
title of Duke of Albany.
News from st. Petersburg to May
"a is confirmatory of anticipated outbreaks
Troops are forbidden to leave their barracks
under any pretense, and revolutionary move
ment is anticipated. =. On May 16, four days
after the birth of her child, Hessy Helfmann,
who was arrested on charge of completely
in the assassination of the Gar, and whose
execution was postponed by reason of her
being enciemte, was hanged in prison. It is
asserted that her hanging was the result of an
accident by the authorities. For several days
she had been subject to the most inhuman tor
ture for the purpose of wringing from her
confession. The night after her confinement
she was awakened and warned her hour was
near. For several days in succession she was
literally strung up and cut down only just in
time to prevent expiring. On the morning of
the 10th the hanging process lasted a little
too long, and when she was cut down it was
discovered that she had been strangled to
death. -. Troubles in Ireland are increasing,
and large bodies of troops are being hurried
forward to the disturbed districts for the pur-
pose of maintaining the peace. Michael
Brennan, secretary of the Land League, has
been arrested, charged with melting to acts of
violence.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
a Railroad Outlet.

= Negotiations are pending to make
the St. Paul and Duluth road an outlet to
Lake Superior for the trains of three roads
the Omaha lines, the Manitoba road, and the
st, Paul consolidation
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
CURRENT TOPICS.

A LEADER in Germany says that
Sc the German people have now only
one want, and that is money enough
to get to America
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
Mrs. Garaeld,s .Co,,dtt,io,,..

The health of Mrs. President Gar
field is improving, and hopes are strong that
she will soon recover. Her illness is mainly
attributed to malaria from the Potomac flats.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
Cereal C,.o,,s.

The bureau of statistics, at Washington,
furnishes the following statement of cereal
crops of 1s79-sO in comparison with that of
4 cGO 70 !. !