The Princeton union., 1881-04-28
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Blue EARTH CRY voted against license by
twelve majority
6 CANNON FALLS is out of debt and has 49,.
1885 in the treasury.
The license ticket prevailed in Wells by
thirty seven majority
FARMERS in the vacinity of Howard Lake
have started farmers alliance
DIR. FISCHER of Norwalk was seriously if
not fatally injured by runaway accident.
CASES of spotted fever in Lanesboro and
vicinity are reported, and one death near
LcnOra
Up TO April 1s arailroad train had not
reached Minnesota, Lyon county, since jan
uary H.
The sickness now prevailing in minneapolis
is indicative of an unhealthy state of the
atmosphere.
Elk RIVER is to have new union church,
TO cost $500, the contract having been let
for its erection.
The Democrats of St. Paul nominated
Edmund Rice for mayor. The Republicans
will support 4. Borden.
IT is reported that over sixty Irish families
tor the Irish colony at Avoca, Mobiles county,
n<e now on their way to that locality.
LEGACY of 100000 has fallen to Mrs:
0'Hern, poor washerwomon, of Minneapo-;
lis, by the recent demise, of a rich relative in
Ireland. -. -l.-.. ..... .....-. .
THE debt of the city of Duluth is stated to,
he $175,OO0, and the county of St. Louis, in
which Duluth is situated, owes an additional
debt of $95,0OO. st+. ..> 5.r.
The Little Falls Daily Transcript, says
the discovery of CHAMBERS among the horses is
aOW attracting considerable attention through
the county (Morrison) and is quite rapidly in
creasing. 5,
A CENSUS bulletin shows that nearly ene-
fifth OF the people of the United States live be-
low one hundred feet from sea level They
should leave their native swamps and come to
Minnesota.
THE sash and door factory of Scott & Hol-
ton, at Duluth, was destroyed by fire, the
estimated loss being $4,000. The Com
mercial hotel and an adjoining residence was
also burned.
BURMA1sTER, one OF the men injured in the
snow-plow accident last week, near Window,
died from his injuries. This makes two
deaths as the result of the accident. The 9TH
er parties are doing well. -t
THE Long Prairie Land Company offers
$1,000 to the Sauk Center Northern Company,
when the road reaches their village. Their
right of way over all their land and depot
grounds are included in this offer.
AMONG the immigrants who arrived in New
49,
families, who will make homes in Minnesota.
The North Star State is getting its full share
of the thrifty thousands arriving from the old
world.
"DoEs any one know Of house for rent 20
IS the anxious inquiry in most of the cities
and towns of Minnesota this spring, and is
too often answered, from dire necessity, in
the negative. Lack of residence accommoda-
tions is driving many desirable family away
from choice location.
WHILE going out to bring in a bear which,
he had killed, recently, J. H. Dean, of Eagle
Valley, found eight deer lying dead, having
been killed by wolves. The deer were unJ
touched except the throat, which was cut,
| showing that the wolves had killed them for
the fun of it. John Gray found ten which had
been killed in the same manner, while he was
making round of but five to six miles.
AN elderly widow lady, Of Hennepin county,
called upon State Auditor Whitcomb the
other day, and handed him 81 1000 bond of
the Minneapolis and Cedar Valley Railroad
company, which was blank and had never
been filled out, and asked him to file the same
for the action of the state bond commissions.
The lady seemed sorely distressed when its
utter worthlessness was pointed out, and
had evidently been under the impression that
it was state bond, which it very nearly
resembles. She had also twenty certificates of
stock of the same company, which were
equally valueless. Such mistakes, the auditor
says, have already occurred several times. I