The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-12-11
THE NORTHWEST.
"A Summary Of the Important
Events of the Week in the
Northwestern States.
MINNESOTA.

MINNESOTA.
During 1890 New Ulm expended $175,000
in building improvements.
In fight at West Superior Michael Sulli-
van was fatally stabbed by Patrick German.
An unknown man was killed while walking
ron the Great Northern track at ST. Paul.
The firm of Remmee & Book general mer-
chants at Sleepy Eye has made an assign
ment.
At the village election in Park Rapids
vote was taken on license or no license. The
license ticket carried by large majority.
H. Lips, of Rock county, manufactured
TIT gallons of amber cane syrup this fall
The field was n bout $50 gallons per acre.
Rubie Mead, aged IA was drowned in Deer
creek, near Fergus Falls while skating. The
water was not deep but he mired in the mud.
Neil Connolly, formerly deputy sheriff of
Dakota county, died in Texas. The re mains
will be forwarded to st. Paul for burial.
An old man named Pulford. empl Dyed in a
stone quarry near S.. Cloud fell into deep
pit filed with water and was drowned before
he could be rescued.
Brown county has 1O5 veterans on the
pension roll, Nicoet county IT, Sibley coun-
ty 1873, Redwood county 60, and Watonwan
county SO.
The hardware store of Hans Nels on, at
Fergus Falls, was entered by thieves. who
carried away about 800 worth of knives, re-
vovers and razors.
Z. A. Gardiner, Minneapolis letter car
rier, ia held to the United States court at st.
Paul in $4,000 bonds on charge of open
ing letters and abstracting IN oncy therefro m.
In a quarrel over money matters at Sank
Rapids. Dan Milane stabbed and seriously
wounded Peter Keely, telegraph operator.
Milane was taken to St. Cloud for safe keep
ing.
Nicholas Kill convicted Of murder in the
first degree for the killing of farmer named
kohen near St. Paul last summer, has been
sentenced to the penitentiary for the bal
.ance Of his natural life
In q street fight in st. Paul, John Smith,
aged 20, was stabbed eleven times with q
large jack knife by a young man named
Trineau. Smiths wounds may pr Owe fatal.
Trineau is in Jail.
Mrs. Eenora Tomasko left her home in
Lake6eld and has not been heard from since
She had been demented and was released
from the St. Peter asylum only few m onths
ago. She is u small woman, with light hair
and usually talks and acts like sane per-
son.
The State Farmers alliance will hold it's
annual convention Tor the election of officers
nnd the transaction of important business
at st. Paul on December 80. Nearly 1000
delegates are expected to attend and the as
semblage promises to be one of the most
notable ever held in the state.
man named Rakavitz, living in the town
of krain, Stearns county, was found by his
daughter suspended to the limb of tree,
The decline in the price of wheat and the loss
of some land by the resurvey of the town
rendered him insane and led to the deed. He
was in good circumstances.
The grist mill at Marshall known as the
Kendall mill was burned, evidently the work
of some incendiary, as the mill was not run
ming and no one staid in it. The mill was
built several years ago, but since the new
roller mill started the property has not been
paying investment. 1t is understood that
1T was sold few days ago to parties east.
remarkable formation was seen in the
sky at Northfed. Due west there was
@halfball fire from which rose pillar O.
the same reddish hue extending we'll nigh to
the zenith. The color and intensity varied,
now being fercely distinct, then nearly in
visible. Later on second pillar appea red
beside the first one and these were folio wed
by third one in the southwest which was Of
"a whtish hue.
queer legal case is pending in Mimi eap.
oils. supposed dead man came to life dur.
ing the funeral, but the undertaken refused
to take note of the change in circumstance
and demanded his pay. The family claim
that they owe him nothing because he did not
complete his contract to bury the lumented
one While the undertaken declares that they
committed a breach of faith in not furnishing
a genuine corpse, and wants $4,000.
The supreme court of Minnesota holds
that bank checks are not cash, and do not
possess legal value as money until cashed.
In other words, the giving of check on q
bank ls not payment when passed between
debtor and creditor, but only becomes sc
when the money is received on it. The Min.
nesota conrt rules fur Their that in accepting
check from n debtor there is no legal pre-
sumption that the creditor takes it in abso-
Lutte payment, but only conditionally, or as
a written owledgement Of the debt
The farmers of Pipestone county are now
ready for sugar factory. One or two Of
them had small trial patches OF sugar beets
for seed sent from the department uf arri.
culture at Washington this year. and the
yield was something like 400 bushels Der
acre. Samples of the beets were sent to
Washington, and, after government analy.
sis, were pronounced frst-cass. This has
aroused the farmers and, many small
patches will be plan ted next spring. and
should factory be located so that beets
can be proftably shipped, q good share o
the county would at once BE- turned into O
huge beet field.
NORTH DAKOTA.
The Northern Pacific has spent SIC, 900 on
water tanks, new boilers, pumps and q new
culvert near Valley City.
Prof H. E. Stockbridge, OF the Indiana
Station, has accepted the presidency of the
State Agricultural College