The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1882-07-20

destructive storm of wind and hail, which
entirely wiped out all the growing crops for
q distance Of thirty miles by four wide. It
is estimated that 900 acres Of wheat, oats
and barley, nicely headed and giving promise
OF an unprecedented yield, were entirely de-
stroyed. Particulars cannot be learned at
present. The False Bottom, Belle Fourche
and Rapid valleys, it is feared, were also
visited, but no advices have been received
This is the first set back of the season, and
farmers are very Respondent. 1t is not
known whether loss Of life occurred
Death OF Mrs. Abraham Lincoln.
Mrs. Lincoln, widow Of the late president
Lincoln, died in Springfield, III, at SIS o.
clock Sunday night She has been very ill
for a long time. A few days ago she grew
worse, and Saturday evening she suffered
astroke of paralysis and from that time lay
in comatose state until she died. Robert
Lincoln left Washington Sunday night and
Mrs. Lincoln was daughter of Hon. E.
s. Todd, of Lexington, KY, and YVES born
December 81 1918, in the neighberhood of
louisville, KY. She was woman of ex-
IRENE good nature and was loving wife and
mother. She was known by her class of
friends as an ambitious woman, and doubt
less spurred on her husband to seize oppor-
tuniti1s and advance himself that, had he
been left alone, he would probably not have
thought Of. II is generally believed by her
friends that her reason was seriously dis
turbed by the assassination of her husband.
She was weighed down by woe, and the bur-
den was greatly increased by the death of
her youngest son, Ted. She be-
came possessed of Some very
peculiar whims. Among others was tn e
idea that she would suddenly come to want
and she could not be shaken in this belief,
despite the fact that she had some $50, 900,
and was entirely free from debt Another
queer fancy she had was for, accommodating
window curtains, and while she was staying
at a hotel in Chicago, without any idea Of
ever again living in house of her own, she
had piled up about her room over sixty pairs
of window curtains. There were many 9th
er things which indicated insanity as far
back as 1865.
Red Wing Girl Murdered in Montana.
A letter from Sweet Grass, Gallatin county,
Montana, gives the particulars of the murder
Of Miss Flora Cutters, formerly of Red Wing
Mimi, by a halfcrazy crank named Joseph
]. Harrison, who had unsuccessfully sought
her hand in marriage. He renewed his
arduous attentions at his brothers house and
upon Miss Cutters refusal of his suit, as is
presumed, he drew a revolver and shot her
three times, two balls penetrating her lungs
and the third her shoulder. The weapon
used was q Colts five-shooter, carrying a
1915 cartridge. After seeing her fall he
turned the weapon on himself but did not
succeed in blowing out his own worthless
brains because of the interference of several
people who gathered at the sound Of the
first shots. Miss Flora Cutler lived at Red
Wing for some years, and has father and
step-mother still living in the outskirts OF
the town. She also has sister, an artist
who makes her home in Brainerd. The
murderer, who is in custody, once lived at
Pine Island, MINI.