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LOCAL POLITICS.

Pcrsons Prominently Spoken of for
Mayor, Aldermen, and Other City Of
ticers.
Although the spring election does not tnko
place until april 5, nspirants fer the city and
town Offices to be tlled are atwork through their
friends, and have been; for Il month
Or SO buck. Within tho limits of Chicago thirty
four officers aru to be voted for,-.
MAYOR,
Treasurer, Attorney, Clerk, au Alderman Tor
each ward, and Supervisor, Assessor, Collector,
end Clerk for eacn OF tho thrcc rowns.
The first one mentioned is. OF course, the most
important in honor and patronage, the salary
$500 Il yenr-cutting no particular
figure. The position is looked upon as
Il stepping stono to something higher.
On the Republican side several are spoken off,
Is the only one, however. whu has thus tyr been
officially put forward by any Republican Ctun,-
Tint Ia .he Fifth Ward having submitted resolu-
He is popuiar with tho Gcrl.saus, well known ,,,
FOR bis charit; and his ability 6 manager. u1l
AID. RawIe.gh is taiked OF, sonrc Il. Il. Fairbunk,
ex-Ald Kirk, ex-Ald Carey, AID Clark, County
Commiss|oner Stewart AID s,yift vt Az smyth
ever, it they aro an!tious tio", will drop cut
within tho ne2t mouth. and not conc before the
% On Tie @ side Mayer
any strength .i,t, nr,set,t Appearances Ifl.catt.
tlat he viii ue Nominated without more than
enough to believe thut b. Is tho co,l,lI. man.
aud IS setting up tho drinks ana pluying the
demusoz to mike himself sold with the ward-
ncctIou witt tho o:!ice is NONSENSE Othors
spoken .ot are Mr: l.. q. Letter, Aid.
Wickersham, ana John slartocks, but none
Ihe ~, ta s aup g
never mix with the "boys' und do as they do.
et 10 ~ no S Wo
{ ia Is @ {2S; ;s:sdF III
6 S5 t91 pny ts Or his
THE CITY TREAsURERsH1P
is the most profitable If al the Offices, not only
in tho clly Tut III the STATE US the Treasurer bus
city, which has ulwuys on hand from SIvO5,oo5 10
Sl,s.5o. .OOo. HIS supposed Income is between
::s:netN to s.o.uQ. Alr. selpp, tie present
law prohibits Min from holding tho office for
1nore tinn Que term. OF Republicans, ex- Aid.
Fifth Ward md AItl. Dixon are meufjoncd.
So far only one Uenocrtr-Altchael Brands |
soL-has been put for''''rd.
sion earn-a3 ct coursc tao position t xIl 1IlpI not
M n9t xs1a5S the g. T. az nrs e9
Underwood. Mr.. Grtnncll, the present i W City At.
Fs & ,s " s,' ~ F,v snqw
+,,s far se ts fot,t Ibo,a tt n"se
c; R,s, VIII wnu!u "a! nns m ~ set tne Gace
) o n 1.,,a. " nnSrs o1 1ot,s : n 5oe
= ~ a -, Go ya'nes 'iA ono oho 6
ste 4tn@oAeu'
TIE ALDERMAN1c. CANDIDATES
ire not very lively at present. but will bo in two
,r three weeks. All tic Aldermen whose terms !
;xpiro, this year would ,: Ike to return 70 the
'uccceu theth are TUG ru!.o"inH; f11tn Nafo,
1anes ~ snefman W; ;1. 5n,n. "5!i,am Cnlrnn
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'sINEXPERrENCED BUHGLARs.n
New ORLEANS, Lit, Feb. 5-The front Of E. C.
Palmer Co.'S paper and printers warehouse,
81 and IS Camp street, was destroyed By an ex-
plostou to- night. The windows we're blown en-
tlrely across tho street una the building fired.
The explosion was apparently tho work Of 1nez-
perienecd burgn rs The safe and vault doors
were blown open. The concussi0n was SO great
that it completely wrecked three front Windows
Of the second l.our and opened all the doors OF
the building. scattering the glass and spnterng
tie N'oodwdrk. 4 number Of windows opt,osit
were broken No da,nage~ resulted from tie
flames.
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QUINCY. ILL.,, Feb. 5.-The case of. the conspIr-
ators who ran He'll, 4 witness for the defense in
the Funk murder case, OF to Chicago, for which,
they we're indicted in Adams County, and took
n cbange Of venue to McDonough County, is
ended. a telegram received this morning states
that the jury has found nil guilty, aud fixed the
punishment Of Jcf Reenfro and Nick Shuuster
Mt Ssu each, Walker SlD0, and An:weeler $50,
besides costs, which will be very lnrge. as the
defense touk a large number Of witnesses.
There will probably not be any more attempts
10 tan'per with witnesses in Judge Wiiifa1ns
Court during his incumbcncy. It don't pay.
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FATALLY INJURED.

Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune.
CEDAR RAPIDS, In, Feb. "a Indy by tho
name Of Delaney sas knocked down by Il bAck-
ing freight trnin Tonight and received injuries
which will prove fatal.
Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune.
ADRIAN, Mich. Feb. 5.-Charles Lovcjoy. q
Lake Shore Hreu,a,, living In ElAhart, was fatal
Is crushed while coupling u tender to d freight
train at rhe station to-day. He has wife and
two chltdreu.
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CHICAGO.

I still alarm to Engine No. last ovcning was
caused by Ere in d three-story and basement
brick building ut No. 80 Milwaukee avenue,
owned by Mr.. Anderson, and occupied as II toy
store BY 4. Dethy. and as jewcry-sIore By af.
Ruyminski> Cause, waste paper under the
counter catching fire from Il lighted match.
Damage to tho building So and to toys $50,
Amazon.
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STEunEsv1LLE, O., Feb. 5.-Last night Il sec
ton OF q stock tram on tho Pan-Handle Rail-
road, near Densmorc Station, ran into a wild
trnin coming west The collision resulted In
killing the brakeman, named y. !. O'Donnell,
badly woundinE tho engineer, Harry Steigall,
md severely injurtug Conductor Hnrkinps.
Buth ougiues ard number OF cars were rotaiiy
wrecked and lot Of hogs Killed.
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4. II. ADAMS.


The u1auy friends Of Mr. i. II. Adams, Of this
city, wero shocked to sec the bricr announre-
ment OF the death Of his only sou, Mr.. Willis Il.
Adams. which occurred in Now York Jan. ., =.
after nn illness Of only three days. He had net
been worry robust for some little time pslst, a1d
was at the time Of Ills death en- route for Florida
aud Cubn for his health. lie was only Z. years
utu, and young man thun whom
few bad brighter prospects in life. lie
showed peculiar aptitude for business at an
unusually early age, and bis father. III conse-
quenco anade min Il partner In his quite ex-
lensiye business some four years ago. All who
cnmc In contact with him remember him as the
personiiication Of integrsty,--to t}o Il mean act
wus foreign to his nature He WIS II young man
OF 2 very retiring disposition, but cpdcared him
self to ali who came i'll Intimate contact With
hiu by reason Of Ills generous impulses, his
hatred ot hypocrisy, and his broad hunani-
1arianisln. His rv1nulns were taken to the resi-
dcuce Of his grandmother at Grafton, Muss.,
whence they were followed by n concourse Of
tho family s friends to their tinal resting place
and deposited beside thu5e Ut seyeral genera
tons Of his ancestors
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AN USLUCKY BOOK.

Special Dispatch to The Chicago 1Ti5,ns>
KANSAS CRY, Mo-, Feb. &c, N. Hesntz, 4
book-agent wel-knowu here, who has been
canvassns for Tho Life Of Christ was ar
rested to-day and taken to Council Bluffs,
charged with obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. He'ntz, it is said, obtained quite large
sim of money at Council Bluffs and other por-
tons Of Iowa and then lied. The Sheriff who
made the arrest left at once for tho north with
his prisoner.
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POISONED.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Feb. 5.-A report comes
from Randolph County, Illinois, that Louis La
chappelle, wealthy turner living on Prairie
du 1aocher, died suddenly last Mondny, and it is
now believed he WAS poisoned by interested per-
sons to get pt session OF his property.
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VESSELS INJURED By ICE.
BALTIMORE, Md, Feb, 5.-lco inpcrils tue yes
sells at Delaware breakwotcr. The ships are al
ready cut, and eighteen Mt anchor fenr a similar
dlsuster- light-ship has been carried on tho
breakWQter
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Special Dtspdseh to Tbs Chicago Tribune
NEW ORLEANS, La, Feb. a." "L'Africaine - at
the Theatre dc rOpera Tonight was grand
success. It was brought ont With new scenery,
new costumes, and new properties Ths audi
rcge w4s rl.e 1aryest of the SEASON. -. :;
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Epccial Dispatch to Tie Chled1o Tribune.
GRAND RAPIDS, Sich., Feb. 5.-Waliace Zuf-
ther, a colored man, was arrested here this aft-
ernoon on the charge Of causing the death OF
his wife~a white woman, who died suddenly
Yesterday The Coroner found untnistakaule
marks Of violence on her person, and has caused
n post-morte1n TO begin, aud will hold an fu-
quest Monday. At his instance Zulther WAS ar
rested. pending tho inquest
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6pftt11 I7pu1C8 CHse3z9U 17t0aHes
FORT WAYNE. Ind, Feb. 5.-Two brothers.
named John and Henry Nesseif, living. near
kendallyiIle, got into d friendly tuss.e. John
became angry. and struck Henry with stick OF
stove WOOD killing him almost instantly The
frutrieide is now under arrest
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L ~
Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune.
CLINTON, ILL.,, Feb. 5.-John Barton, Jr, of this
county, who has been on trial i'll Quincy, ILL.,, for
horsc-theft and receiving stolen property, re-
ceived sentence late last night Of thirteen
years and six months In tho State Prison. His
father and younger brother goe one year each.
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AT ROME. n. r.

XXI ItVtI z, M L,
NEW York, Feb "a dispatch from Romo
says: Aldrich's cigar factory Domintck
street, Kingsley Building, corner Of James
street, AMI a store adjoining on James street,
were damaged by fire to tho extent Of $40 ~;
partially insured.
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LITTLE PITTSBYRG.
SpfffdI Disuatch To The Ehfeac, ILfh,t,

DENVER, Colo, Feb. IA Leadyiile special
credits tho rise in Little Pittsburg stock to the
tapping Of On immense body Of carbonate ore
ten feet in width, the richest ever discovered in
Little Pittsburg workings, assaying from 20j to
l.0W ounces. There is much excitement over
the Etrika. y.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Feb. 5.--At Mountain
Home, Ala, Bob Letson shot Wiliiam Davidson
and tho Rev. J. II. Pickcns. killing the Inter fn
stantly. Letson asser1s' that Davidson grossly
siandered his daughter. :Pickens wns in no way
ttuplicAied.
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1ohn Barton, Horse-Thief, Sentenced
to Thirteen Years 1nprison-
meot.
4 bad Man" Hanged Up to q Wind
mill in the Stats Of Nevada.
inepuitae.d satt>Du[s|ars C''w OF The Whole
Frtut Of AeYS Orleans Duliling.
lanes 7. Ray, Of Chicago, Dying at Pittsburg
l,om iajury Received in Quarrel.

ss..iol Dispatch to Tic Csc1co Tribune.
G. Lor1s, Mo-, Feb. SIN the house No, 109
p73,ar street, this morning, ut : o'clock. Xavier
VnIl;mc shot his mistress, Margot -agac, dead.
s,d then Killed himself. 1t wus the sequel to Il
1anc series OF quurrels, with Jealousy furnishing
the motive. Xavier kept u saloon down stairs.
snd Marrut sold souls upstairs. How under
such circumstances there could have been IN
abiding place for the Ereen-eycd monster it
rould be hard to explain. Tho saloonkecper,
IT tho, hour mentioned, called her out
II bed, and then shot her. Then he started
aoxn-stsirs, and. about four steps from the bot
tim dealt himself fatal wound. Those who
rushed to
THE SCENE
fonud the woman lying at the top Of the stair
csse and the E7an 1T the bottom, both weltesiug
In their blood. There is nothing hlgh-tnned
shout the place where the tragedy occurred.
The cards Of the establishment are printed in
French, IS follows:
SALON PARIs1EN,
MME. WUlLLlME, proprietairc,
100 Rue Poplar, st. Louis No.
The management, as will be seen, was French,
and the dead woman passed by the nnme Of her
mule friend. The bodies Of both were taken to
the Morgue, wherc the inquest was held. David
Latipil bartender in the establishment was
the chief witness He statcd that ut about 10
o'clock this morning *-tho women" retired.
Tni.lime and his wife had gone To bed, anu he,
the lsrkeepcr, Started to close UP. He care
fully locked the doors, and, extinguishing the
lights,
WENT UPSTAIRS TO HIS oTS ROOM.
BE had beenin his room but three minutes be-
fore be heard noise Downstairs in the hallway.
Listening for momcnt, he perceived thnt twas
quarrel, md. in tho confused tumble, he Dis
tnguisted the voices of Mmc. Margot, Wuil-
lime. 1ad another barkeeper named John Nor
rel Of whom they all knew Wu;l!ime to be jcal-
ous. Carefully cooking bis own revolver, Latipil
Seat to the door. He found Nine. Margot
loudly calling for the key OF the front door. AS
latipil had this in his possession, he passed
1owa-stairs- Then he saw tho three persons
mentioned standing in the hallway. Mime.
dargpt seemed very much excited Wuilllme
nood opposit Norrel With his pistol
POINTED DIRECTLY AT I'm,
ana vas mntteriug. excitedly. something to the
eject that If hc lid not leave the house ut once
be would shoot him. Lutipil hcaring this, Mt
once vent to the front door anu unlocked it.
he did SO Morrcl rushed excitediy
outside, screaming for the pnlice. AZ soon US he
had gouc. Wuilliuc turned to Lasipil, and, COW
esng him with his revolver,
TOLD HIM TO CLOSE TIE DOOR At ONCE.
La1ipil made haste to do so. and then, at his
employers command. went upstairs again. Ho
bad not reached his door again before be heard
three shots following each other in rapid sue
cession He looked down the stairway. and saw
the man and woman lying dead. The woman
vas SHOT through the head ana Che man through
The heart
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a HIGH KICK.

PHILADELPHIA, pu., Feb. 5.-Thomas Apder-
ECU md Joha Droadbcnt, while drunk. q11arTeled
a1,d Hcoadbeut hati his neck broken by q kick
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A GENTLEMAN OF NEVADA.
SpR1SGE1ELD, ILL.,, Feb Sat Grantsyille,
New, Jan. 2S Matias Salmon, u bad character,
KILLED S. Mlsscl, a miner. Salmon WIS arrested
and hidden by an officer to preserve him from
lynching. Saturday Sulmons hidtnx~ptnce was
discovered. aud he WIS taken out and hanged to
the framework OF wind mill
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MILWAUKEE,.
Special Dispatch 10 Tbs Chicago Tribune.
MILWAUKEE, Feb. 5.-Firo this morning dam
aged P. Gucks stock Of clothing ut No. Grand
avenue $B,Q1t.
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mte mT1t!su.a.lou-Was @ not at ail bad-lookug man.
~ nn a5 sutaetntng ot tho farmer In his make
orheTrr IL. inp, n, eood deal OF the nucolc
GcSt that weakness for the fees arisins from
Gn.eago gnrtftshment suits which the facts III tac
garntshecs who had Just flushed lenIrthv s,1re
xey .a Of The {, Justice. was heard to whisper 10
an ano,hso o So" he don't LOOK like that Kind OF
As soon as the Chicago Delegation got setttr1
in the Justices Office thoy declared tbemsetves "a
ge at ouco rendS for business, and requested the
however. and stated that he could NOT onrn,
court until nr. Cottc appeared.
i" IT'S mnny snap judgment he's given agtn
one OF the garnlshees remarked ia IN 1risb IN III,
uertone.
'sThis is a -- of Court, anyway" another
Uttered by way OF sympathetic response.
"S-s-s-h, whispered q third OF the gur-
nishces. who seemed 10 think that they were 20
ii this point tho Judge found it convenient to
retire for u few moments TO an ante-rooIn.
During his absence the garuishee who had mild
~ rcnnRstrate.l when tho Court WAS SO cruelty
"Atn't sou afraid OF getting lined for cou-
tenpt TEMPT, Il you u5s u:, such language within the
Fined! n Fino nobody. It vas only little
while. ago that u garnishce. after gettln' BADLY
beut By rhe usual combination, called right out:
Cd DIP the kind Of justice one gets here
"Aud tho Judge didn't tine hlm?"
"Divif a fine. Ho'li stand great deal more
than TINT before he feels his dignity hurt. Ae
hus too good thug here to let trities like that
Interfere with business. I've heard worse than
that right here in tho court"
The Judge" entered the room at this juuct-
ure. and from a. discussion Of bis extraordinary
Judlc1ul fOrbealInce the.gurheriug turned to Il
very Lively consideration of the prcsumptlvo
utter viieuess Of the coiiection-ugent Cottie.
Those who know him only BY hearsay. and the
one brief experience which had caused their
presence In Dalton. evidently looked upon him
us something 49,
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STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
ST. CLOUD, MINI.
TIE Fall Term will oren Aug. II, 1881


Important additions have been made to
the library and the department of Natu-
raj Science.
A text book library will furnish stu
dents, at 81 per term, with all books
needed for class use.
Thorough training in teaching is given,
both in theory and practice, under the
direction and criticism of an experienced
teacher. $3.50 a- 4-s
Accommodations are provided for la
dies at the Normal Home, which are
both pleasant and economical. Private
boarding at reasonable rates, about SO
per week.
The Model and Preparatory depart
ments will be open for pupils Of all
grades Tuition, with text books fur
nished, $l2 per year.
For circulars apply to
D. L. KIEHLE, Principal.
St. Cloud, Mimi, June 70, 1881.
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CORRESPONDENCE.

SPENCER Brook, July Goth, 1881.
School Dist. No. thirty-seven has got
the new school house in running order,
and Mrs. Briggs, of Princeton, has com
menced teaching a six weeks term.
Mr.. Charles A. Brown, of New Hamp-
shire, is here on a visit with his uncle,
W. H. Severance.
Mrs. Irwin L. Wardwell, of Minneapo-
lis, has been visiting with her brother, F.
A. Lowell, for the past week.
All those purchasing Perry Royce reap
ers will find full line OF extras at w. A.
Smiths.
1t is now almost certain that railroad
will be built across the country from some
point on the st. Paul & Duluth road to
St. Cloud, and run not many miles from
Princeton. For the interest of all con-
cerned it seems as though it should run
between the belt of timber above Prince
ton, and the farming districts this side
SO as to be accessible to timber, and the
farming productions of this section. II
it should be built ten miles above Prince
ton the business men of the town will
have to change places with the Chippe-
was. m
James Mitchell visited his barn-yard
the next morning after the D1g storm and
found three head of his cattle dead
killed BY lightning during the night; the
storm was very severe all over this Sec
ton; the mill-pond filled up, run over and
washed about two hundred loads of dirt
from under and about the mill; had il
not been discovered early in the morning
the dam and mill would have been un.
dermined and washed out.
Parties from Iowa are up here buying
all the young cattle they can find, intend.
ing to drive them back by way of the
prairies; they claim that Minnesota cat.
tie take on fat more rapidly than those
raised further south, and that it pays bet
ter to, feed corn raised in Iowa than tt
sell it. The farmers are loosing in selling
Oft their young stock; they should be
Kept until they are at least four or five
years old in order to realize the mos
profit. There is as much growth on one
four-ye ar-old as there is on three year
lings.
Call on Schumacher & Walker and bu,
Best quality Lard Oil for so cts. per. gal
Best quality Lubricating Oil Is cts per gal
10 lbs G Sugar for. one dollar.
Best Rio Coffee 81 lbs. for one dollar.
First quality Sorgham Molasses, SO cts.
O. S. Rixeord scythe, snath & stone, 81. Is
Morgan Grain Cradles, $3.50, ana othe1
goods IN proportion
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A DR.. e. H. Angle, who had been stop
ping with the Briggs family prior to and
at the date Of Capt. Briggs sudden death
feels called upon to write letter to the
Press, explaining the circumstances of
the Captains demise. In the letter the
following sentence occurs: ''Dr. McCon-
al, of Clearwater, was Immediately sent
for" The family must not have thought
much of pr. Angles abilities as physi-
clan. An inquest was held Wednesday
last and the conclusion arrived at by the
doctors was that death had resulted from
heart disease. However, the knowing
ones shrug their shoulders and hint at
unfair means being employed to get the
old Captain out of the way. The proba-
bility is that the Captain died natural
death.
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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
r. c. DUNN, Publisher.

sY Only Paper published in OF within
a circuit OF twenty two 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 Sc 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.
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Will Townsend is negotiating with S.
B. Sutton for the purchase of the Sutton
Hotel, at Whitney Brook. Bill would
make a boss landlord, he is liked by ev-
erybody that knows him.
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Farmers in this vicinity commenced
harvesting rye, Monday. It will be a
week or ten days before the wheat is
ready for the sickle The prospects for
an average yield are fair s5
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The Baldwin Gophers cleaned out
the Greenbush Base Ball Club on the
grounds Of the latter, Sunday afternoon
We are told it was well played game on
both Sides u
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Proceedings Of the County Board Of. Equa!

Proceedings Of the County Board Of EQUAL
Auditors Office, Mile Laos County,
Princeton, Mimi, July 18th, 1881.
The members of the board of County
Commissioners of Mile Laos county,
namely, Messrs. b F. Whitney s L.
Pratt, and I. s. Mudgett, County AUDI
tor, met at the auditors office and organ
lied as board of equalization for the
county of Mile Laos, for the year 1881,
by each taking the cath as prescribed by
law.
The assessment rolls of the several
townships in the county as returned by
the assessors of said townships, were ex-
amined and on such examination there
was no evidence Of the organization Of
the town boards of review in and for the
townships of Princeton and Milo.
On further examination OF said assess
ment rolls, on motion Of B. r. Whitney
1t was voted to make no change in the
assessment of Mile Laos county as re-
turned by the assessors.
On motion board adjourned
B. F. WHITNEY Board
49, u. PRATT, Of
srAr Is. No. hUDoErr Equaliza-
I we make our own milk pans out Of <
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torpid liver
uia a ana suffering this unit the ordinary
turner ana tonic known and at the builds
the whole
spirits, $500 - o9"neS -
Prepared = ALIEN Druggist Mfg PAUL. MINI
For sale by d. n. Galley, DRuGGIsT PRINCETON. MINI
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livery and sale stables.
Mr.. H. b. Cowles is building new sta
Bile in the rear of his yard, on the lol
which he purchased of Elmer Whitney.
Greenbush is a pretty town in the sum
mer season. The crops in that town are
looking remarkably well, especially small
grain and potatoes.
Perhaps certain buffoon in this COM
munity, a thing devoid of all honor and
without a particle of generosity in his
composition, would be pleased to be hoist
"a into notoriety by having his false and
scurrilous effusions noticed but the
UNION shall not crafty the unmitigated
liar and brute, who, for the sake of two
cent watermelon, filled ten year old
boy with coarse shot, There is hardly
a man, woman, or child in this village
but what the buffoon referred to has viii
flied at some time or other; here, at home
where he is known, he is universally de-
tested by every one. But leave him
alone, for like the dog he will return to
his vomit, and like the female swine, he
will continue to wallow in the miro.
A squib in last weeks UNION an
nounced that Deputy Sheriff Harmon
had gone to Minneapolis after fellow
named Bobo, who had attempted to dis
pose Of mortgaged property. Well, after
hunting around for several days in the
city of pine land thieves Mr.. Harmon
found his man and reached Elk River
Tuesday morning; but '.there's many a
slip 'twixt the cup and the lip" coming
in on the stage, near Scion Heath's, six
miles from the river, the prisoner request
ed permission of the officer to attend to a
call of nature; the officer good naturally
granted the request and Bobo 'slit out for
parts unknown" The officer dismount-
ed and searched the brush for hours but
to no purpose; the bird had flown. Mr.
Harmon vows that the next prisoner en-
trusted to his care will be fixed so he
can't escape.