The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1884-03-20
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Senator S. D. Peterson Of New U1m,
said in st. Paul recently that the state.
ment of his intention to antogonize the
denomination of Congressman Wake
field In the Second district, by becom
ing candidate himself was wholly un
true. He disclaimed any such intention.
The republicans Of Minneapolis have
nominated George A. Pillsbury for may
orr The prohibitio nominated j.
e. Weyman. DR.. Ames will probably
be the democratic nominee.
At Moorhead, the firm of M. Leo 81.
Co. was closed Thursday afternoon by
the sheriff The firm was one Of the
oldest in the city, and was thought to
be on sound financial basis. The siez-
ure is believed to be by Eastern whole
salers, of whom goods were purchased.
The officials are uncom1nunicatiye as to
the amount Of the debts.
At Red Lake Falls, Mrs. Marie Kret-
zschmar, wife Of Carl Kretzschmar, died
of dropsy. Mr.. and Mrs Kretzschmar
came from Berlin to this country in
1869, and were the first settlers in. Fer
gus Falls. From there they moved to
Crookston, and each was identified with
the building up and developing Of that
city.
At Vermillion, on the Iron Range
road, 'Black Jack" and his pal, Brown,
went into camp where there were seven
or eight men, and robbed the whole outfit
&c -e4 IL,
word for fear his life would pay the
penalty.
DR.. Van PAIL Of Chaska has been ar
rested and held in 81, 900 bonds, on
charge of ravishing simple minded
thirteen year old girl who boarded in
his family.
At Moorhead, William Owens house
was burned. E
At Moorhead rumor is afoat that W.
Fl. Lewis, county physician, has left the
city for good. He was well liked APP
parently by all, and had fair practice
here. He married about fourteen
months ago a young lady who had been
a waitress in one Of the hotels, and it is
said that the welded life Of the pair has
not been the most felicitous. His wife
and child are still in the city
George S. Dale Of Minneapolis lost
his wallet with $67, 900 in notes in New
York.
Swan and Corlson are in jail in Duluth,
charged with the murder of Sam Wilson
at Vermillion, and number of others
have been arrested as accessories.
Conrad Boettcher, a pioneer of LIE
Sueur, died at the residence of his son,
Rev. Henry Boettcher, in that town,
aged eighty -four years.
The Lake house in Alexandria was
burned with its contents. Loss, 81 900;
insurance, $500.
The house committee on public build
ings and grounds agreed to recommend
the erection of public building at
Duluth, MINI, to cost 100000.
A meeting Of the Minnesota Repub-
ican state central committee is called
at ST. Paul March 2Sth.
At Langhai, Pope county, several
days ago, while digging well on land
of Gunder Tharaldson, silver, looking
as il the outcropping of a vein, was
found.
William Lyons, an old and respected
citizen of Alexandria, died on Sunday,
aged seventy two years, from the result
OF wounds received during the late war.
The large price thathas been paid in
Rochester for few years past for gin
seng has resulted in extirpating the
plant from Olnsted county, and as the
root is of very slow growth, there can
be no more to dig for number of years
to come.
Mr.. G. 81. Voorhis died very sudden
~ at Faribault of heart disease. He
was formerly resident of Philadelphia,
and came to Faribault about year ago
and entered Seabury Divinity school,
with the i~tention of taking orders in
the ministry.
The woman who died under mys-
FERROUS circumstances in Motley, the
dead body of an infant being found in
her trunk, proves to have been the wife
of Myron Fuller of Reynolds. They
had not lived together for four years.
The roof of stable containing forty
head of valuable cattle upon the Moor
land farm, near Moorhead, fell in from
the weight of snow upon. Fourteen of
the cattle were killed.
Nels Ash, a Swede, was fatally in
iured by falling from pile driver be-
tween Anoka and Champhn, and died
soon after.
Seaman & Wall are to start bank
in Lanesboro called the "Home Ex-
change"
Harper & Gillispie and the ST. Croix
Lumber company of Saltwater have
filed claims to the amount of ST., 900
and the laborers to the amount of Sc 900
against A. S. Bliss, a lumberman of
Barnum. The sheriff is now in posses
sion.
The coroner's jury in the case of
Hedge Helgeson, killed by snow pillow
near Norcross, when two other section
men were wounded, returned a verdict
that deceased came to his death ssby
being run down by Engine No. 166,
with snowploW attachment, driven BY
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