The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-03-10
MINNESOTA NEWS.

hush City is to have bank, G. P Pau1son,
Il. ). christensen and an eastern capitalist,
proprietors.
The Des Moincs s. Fort Dodge Railroad com
! pany has resolved to extend their tracks to the
Minnesota state line.
Awidow and two children at Lake Stoy, Lyon
! county, were found in their house few days
| since frozen to death. .tF.
A former confidential clerk of n. B. Har-
wood is settling up small accounts left unpaid
| by MIR. HARDWOOD at Minneapolis.
Wolves are reported as becoming numerous,
as we'll as bold, in various localities within o
radius of ten miles of Murdoch.
| The ice on Lake Pepin, q few rods from the
shore, has bcenFascertained by boring through
1t TO be thirty-three inches in thickness. ,
A number of prominent citizens of Minneap-
oils have 81 gnitied their willingness to serve
as members Of the city council without COM
pcnsatiOn. ,Ey al
A little boy named Henry Schmidlng, was
found dead on the street railway track at St.
Paul few days since. The cause of his death
is mystery.
John Mixhoter, a German wagon-maker Of
Manl1ato, skipped out last week, leaving about
$4,000 Indebtedness behind as gentle reminder
OF the things that had been.
Frank Harrusch, OF Woodbury. was found
dead in the street at Saltwater last week. It
is supposed that he was under the influence
of liquor, and died from exposure.
Duluth is receiving large additions to it's
commercial business. Several parties from
the cast have recently engaged quarters for
their trade and & boom" for the city is pre-
dicted.
The stelzer hotel at St. Peter owned by VIM.
Klein, was entirely destroyed by fire last week.
The fire is supposed to nave originated from q
defective tlue. The building was the oldest in
the place.
A child with but one ear was born in Min
ncapoIs few days since, mere ligament
taking the place of the usual second ear The
unnatural ligamcnt will be removed by q sur
gical operation.
A tlrst-class coach, belonging to the St.
Paul, Minneapolis &Manitoba railroad, caught
tire from the stove while standing in the yard
at Moorhead few days since and was burned
to the ground.
The wicked editor of the Detroit Free Press
prints this Islander: " All the men in an entire
county in Minnesota turned out on wolf
hunt the other day. The result was thirty.six
dog fights and the capture OLA fellow who
had run away from his wife,
Rumors are current in Minneapolis that
"baby- farming" is carried on quite extensive
1y in that city, and an alleged suspicious cir
cumstance is reported III the shape of numer-
Gus deaths among the helpless innocents placed
in the charge of so-called nurses
The heirs of DR.. Levi Butler, of Minneapolis,
have brought suit against the First Presby-
terrain church of that city, to recover a lot
now worth some 5000 decided by DR.. Butler
to the trustees of the church, in 1867, for
church purposes. They allege that the con-
ditions Of the donation have not been complied
with.
Plans are being perfected at Duluth for an
other elevator similar in size and appointments
to the large one built last season by the Lake
Superior Elevator company. It will be COM
menced some time next summer, and will be
built and managed By the corporation men
toned. The location will be 400 feet west of
Elevator B.
Adam Heck, one of the pioneer merchants
of st. Paul, died Feb 26, of enlargement of
the liver, complicated with equity troubles.
he was born in Germany, on the Rhine, 10
1882, and emigrated to America in 1849. He
came to st. Paulin 1855. He had a large cir
Gle of friends among the Germans and the
older class of citizens.
Mr.. johnson, living near Phillips Postofice,
about twelve miles south of Browns Valley,
in Big Stone county, accidentally shot his wife
recently. It appears that Mr.. johnson had
loaded his gun with small shot with the in
| tention of killing rabbits, and as he was about
to leave the house the g1ln was discharged in
some unknown manner, his wife, who was IN
the room, receiving the full charge just above
the ankle of her left leg. The wound is not
serious.
Articles Of incorporation OF the Sank Center
& Northern Railway company, have been filed
for record of the secretary of state The cap
ita1 stock is 81 ,0O0, 900, in 10000 shares OF
500 each, and shall be paid in installments
not exceeding 20 per cent. each. The articles
are = signed BY 8: Y; Brewer and g. a. Gilman.
Moore, Of Sank Center, and Edward Sawyer.
Of st. Paul, who constitute the first board of
directors. An election of board of directors
| to succeed the first board is to be held on the