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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02

time the study Of his life has been
to build up corporate power and
thwart public sentiment Is it to
be wondered at then that he should
admit that he had naught to say
against railroads or corporations?
81 am not here to say q word.
against railroads or corporations,
says the railroad attorney, Thomas
Wilson, and he has proven the as
sertion by the acts Of the past
thirty years Of his life yet the
Democratic party Of the State asks
the people to make him governor.
You might as well complete the
farce by making Legislators out Of
the railroad magnates Of the State
and resolve the legislative sessions
into meetings Of the railroad boards
of directors. LstcAfezd Neacs
Ledger.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02
Irish Wages.

There is a strike on the Water
ford and Limerick Railway, at
Limerick, where the engineers and
filters are receiving 33s., or $s.O5
per week, and machinists are get
ting 16s.. or SO. 80 per week; thew
want 36s. and 24s. respectively, or
SO. Is and $3.50, the same that men
are getting in other parts Of Ire
land. The directors have decided
that they cannot afford to pay the
advance, and probably they can
not. How any railroad can live in
country as sparsely populated
as Ireland is, when engineers work
for S.05 per week and machinists
for 80. 80, probably no American
can find out without going there to
see, for we are not going to have
free trade in this country.
Before the union Ireland had a
parliament Of its own which ar
ranged q tariff to suit ireland: i
d lled1 not suit England, we all know
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02
FoREsToN BREEzEs.
FoREsToN, Sept. 90, 1890

foREsTON, Sept. ~, 1890.
Pr. Heuss is sojourning at Green
Bay, Wis, this week.
Miss Scoville, Of Princeton, Wis
tied at Mrs. HI. r. Mallette's, last
week.
It is reported that E. G. VALID
hoff has purchased an interest in
the single mill.
G. A. Deans moves his stock Of
merchandise into the LochreI,
building this week.
Mrs. C. T. johnson. and daugh-
ter returned home from Wisconsin
last Monday. G. I. is correspond
ingly happy.
Our village puts forward two
candidates for register of deeds, E..
r. Whitney and E. E. Price. The
town of Milo has candidate for
commissioner in the person of A..
D. Cater. Art having moved back
into the county he is now eligible
for the office.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02

that, like everything interfering
with England, it was a very bad
parliament, but under its laws they
sailed ships to this country in COM
petition with the English, and hav-
ing much more capital than our
traders, were very troublesome to
them under the federation of the
States, before the adoption Of the
constitution. Now, though that
country builds ships and its sailors
contribute to the crews Of nearly
all vessels, it is not noted for its
large ownership Of vessels. Then
Ireland possessed about one-third
Of the population of the United
Kingdom; now it has one-seventh
only Of the population and
one twentieth Of the wealth, though
at both periods the population has
been and is about 100000, and
so years ago it was over 5000, 900.
After the union the English par
lament adjusted the Irish tariff to
suit English interests. There was
no sudden shock about this adjust
i s 4 / 4
meAt. Like the Democratic states
men, who have learned from them,
they did not propose to scatter
want and famine on the land at
once; that would have attracted at
tention; there was moderate re-
duction Of the so-called prohibitory
laws. It lasted through 81 years,
but it was certain; it was intended
to destroy confidence and it did it.
No mill was rebuilt no machinery
was replaced; the industries of Ire
land were moribund before FIVE
years had passed. -Amerscam
Economist.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02
BLUE :HlLl. ATOMS.
BLUE HILL, Sept. 81, 199

nhOE AAAhL, OOPC' ~, 1OSU.
The potato crop is just about
medium. Corn the same.
Another fine girl at Torkil John.
sons. We wish them joy.
Mrs. L. H. Pratt will teach her
sixth term in district, No. 81,
Sherburne county, this season.
L. L. Pratt will teach four
months term of school in district
No. 10, Mile Laos county, COM
mencing about Oct. Doth.
Mr.. j. R. Crothers' horse fell
down and died from some unknown
cause, while being driven along
the road. This is the second one
that he has lost this summer.
Rev. Sergeant preached what
may be his farewell SER
mon last Sunday. Any way it
was good sermon but we don't
like to think of parting with Mr..
Sergeant. He has certainly worn
we'll and we all think that there are
a good many chances for us to lose
by change where there is one for
us to gain.
A triple temperance pledge was
circulated last Sunday, at our Sab
bath school and nearly every one
old and young signed it, and the
best of all is they will probably
keep it. One man says he will
quit the use of tobacco or die try
ing. The probability is that in
stead of dying, he will live the
longer by quitting.
Quite an effective temperance
lesson passed through our town a
day or two ago in the form Of a
young Scandinavian nicely filed up
with Princeton whiskey, and acting
the fool, just as whiskey slaves are
quite apt to do, while his young
wife was trying to guide the team.
and keep him from falling out Of
the wagon, and at the same time
crying as if her heart would break
Oh! the pity Of it! And still some
who call themselves christian mer
and women, and no doubt believe
what they say, will refuse to sigr
a pledge to try to use their infu
enee to crush this whiskey demon.
God grant us light, wisdom, anc
strength to do and say that which
is best when those who should b.
or best friends SO often fail us.
MEMO.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02
.CandOr it's Only Merit.

am not here to sag a aDord
against railroads or corporations. .
These were the words that we'll
ed up from the heart and fell from
the lips of Thomas Wilson as he
stood before the convention of rep
resentative Democrats of Mime
sofa and verbally accepted their
profered nomination of himself as
their candidate for the highest and
most responsible position within
the gift of the people of the State.
He said 81 am not here to say a
word against railroads or corpora
TONS" Read that again, you
farmers, who have for years been
battling for your rights against the
combined power of the railroads
and capitalists in the cities. Read
it, you merchants who have been
obliged to submit to the usurious
freight rates of past years. Read
it, you land owners who have i'm
proved your farms only to enhance
the value of the land adjoining
yours, and exempt from taxation,
held out OF market by the gigantic
corporations to whom the land was
given, that they may profit by the
benefits of your labor. Read it,
you farmers that have gone through
the fight to obtain cars in which to
ship your wheat to points where
you could receive the benefit Of d
competing market, and then for a
moment remember that it was
through the efforts Of w. r. Mer.
RAM that you obtained your rights.
Read it, you widowed mother Of
the boy upon whom you leaned fol
support, whose life was sacrificed
to the carelessness Of some gigan.
tic corporation, and then scan the
court records to see who cham.
pioned the corporations cause If
trying to defeat your obtaining {
slight recompense for your loss.
Read it everybody who feels the
Keen edged sword Of corporate
power and trust combination bear.
ing upon your throat, and then ask
yourselves if you can place the
man who flung those words in you1
teeth, in the position of chief ex.
ecutive Of your State.
= am not here to say a wore
against railroads or corporations. +,
says Thomas Wilson to the people
OF Minnesota, and is it to be won.
dered at that he said it? For ove1
q quarter OF a century he has beer
the paid servant Of railroad cor
poratons and during all that time
it has been his duty to work fo1
them and in their interests. From
the salaries they have paid him h
has amassed fortune, which
proves that he has done his work
well. During that time most 9.
the bills in the interest Of railroad.
or corporations that have beer
legislated upon have either beer
introduced by him or have frs,
been approved by him. All tina
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02
At Cost
To Make Room for MY New
Business. I
Fall and Winter Goods
AT LESS THAN WHOLESALE.
Boots g Shoes,

Finest Stock of Boots and Shoes to be Seen in
any Town of it's Size in the State, Going at Cost
and Even Less. Call and get My Prices and Y0u
will be Convinced that this is no Advertising
Dodge to Catch Your Trade. 80
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02

Having Decided to Change
MY Business, I Must and
Will Sell My Present Stock
of Goods Inside of the Next
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02
60 Days,

At Prices that Beats Any
thing ever yet Heard Of in
this Upper Country. Every
thing will Actually be Sold
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-19
A Verdict Unanimous.

". D. Suit, druggist, Bippus, Ind, testi.
hes: II can recommend Electric Bitters 40
the very best remedy. Every bottle sold
has given relief in every case. One man
took six bottles and was cured of rheuma-
tism of ten years standing" Abraham
Hare, druggist, Belleville, Ohio. afirms:
The best selling medicine ] have ever
handled in my twenty years experience. is
Electric Bitters." Thousands of others have
added their testimony, 60 that the verdict
!: unanimous that Electric Bltters do cure
~ diseases of the liver. kidneys or blood.
yniy half . dollar bottle ct B. g. Hals 4
oe's drug store.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-19
Great Reduction in Passenger Rates via the
Northern Pacific.

The Northern Pacific railroad desiring to
benefit the people of Montana, and give
them the lowest possible rates, will. COM
mencing August l, make the following ma
riefal reductions: The one way frst-class
are at present in force between Helena and
St. Paul is $48.75, the new rate will be $40
The second-class rate of $3.50 will be re-
duced to $25: the same as now in force
west-bou1d, The round trip rate, both east
Paul will be $50. limited to ninety days,
and good to return via opposite routes, the
same as Pacific coast tickets. Remember
the Northern Pacific is the pioneer line of
Montana, and runs vestibuled trans With
superb dining and Pullman cars and Pull
man tourists sleeping cars through to Chi
cago without change.
A. d. EDGAR,
Genl ARt.
CHAs. S.FEE, g. P. and T. A.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-19

soula. July 18th to 18th inclusive, the North
ern Pacific railroad viii make rate Of ono
and one-6fth fare for the round trip 70 Mis-
soula from all points on main limo and
branches between Helena and THOMPSON;
Falla Tickets ON sale July 18th, 18th and
;1St4 good to return until July 10th. =
A. d. EDoAR. General Agent.
Gas. 8. Fee, G. p. st, A.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-19
$500 REWARD.

(s5ocjfive hundred dollars Desoription-s fee;
II inches. high; quite stopped over; very
long agms: long, slender hands. and very left.
handed: lar&6 brown eyes. squint6 6ne when talk.
ing talks long: small features cray hair and
beard, beard al over his face; wears gold eye
glasses when reading, wears No. shoe: turns his
out: very peculiar walk; man with very quiet
ways. Address: MRS o. G. RINKER,
Sol Fifth Ave-, Helena Montana.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-19

Reduced Rates Aecsant Aiaasnla Race! |
@ oeeGaaH - - yanm tatho ~ n NJ, 4
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
CUT 4 SHARK IN TWO.
Remarkable Story of n Man. Eater That
Floatcd in the Red Sea.

A Remarkable Story of n Man-Eater That
Floated in the Red Sea.
Philadelphia Inquirer.l
"Here is another shark story" said John
Reece yesterday. "You remember that
Captain Corkey, of the ill-fated steamship
Suez, took passage for England on the P.
and o. steamship Sassetta. Well, Captain
Corkey, while on the Red Sea, expired. On
the next day the body was committed to the
deep in true orthodox style.
"The next morning the lookout forward
called the attention OF the officer of the
watch to the fact that huge shark was
jammed in between the bobstay shackle and
the stem. Investigation showed that the
monster, which was over 80 feet long, was
almost cut in two. The stem had struck
him just below the gills, and while his head
protruded en- the starboard side his body
had Slowed in under the port bow. The
sharp iron stem had cut into the creature to
the depth of nearly loot, and all efforts to
get it clear were unavailing Captain Barry
at last ordered the vessel full speed astern.
and that sent the man-eater adrift.
There were many theories to account for
its getting foul of the vessel, the most nat
ural of which was that it was asleep on the
surface when struck by the stem of the
swiftly moving steamer. There were those
among the crew, however, who held that the
ghoul had been prowling around the vessel
in hopes OF making a meal off the corpse of
poor Corkey."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14

great Butler belt begun at Parker's
Landing was pushing its way in this
direction and business men here were TAX
ing lively interest in it. Pipe lines were
LAID from that field to this city and refner-
les were located here. Trade was following
It's natural channels But the schemes of
the STANDARD Oil monopoly and the GRIM
lnal colluslon of the railroads diverted this
natural wealth to other places. The mag
mates wanted this industry outside the State.
and every natural law of commerce was
violated to secure this result.
WHEN THE TIDE TURNED,
Next the tide of development turned the
other way. The great Bradford field alb
sorbed all interest and all the capital of the
business. Pittsburg grew cold toward the
young and rapidly growing industry. A
great deal OF business drifted to Buffalo and
many Bufalonians were attracted into the
bustllng life Of oildom. Allegapy copntv
n. Y, came next and drew the business still
farther away from Pittsburg. Then the
tidal wave turned again and rolled down
into Warren county. Interest quickened
here at once On came the GILMAN 10 Butler
again-nearer than before to the natural
center. Away down to Macksburg at the
next leap, he found Pittsburg between his
northern and southern activity and first be-
gan to settle here.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14

it around and around, first one way, then
the other? This is not wonderful to the
driller. of course. He learned it all long
ago while dressing tools for theother driller.
There is nothing odd to him in the fact that
he can tell by the fkick" of the rope. which
he calls 'tiar," whether the tools are striking
something soft or something hard, whether
they are nearly resting on the bottom or
only touching it by the spring of the rope,
whether they are running free or sticking in
an irregular shaped hole. He thinks it
would be easy to tell all that with his hide
full of CHARTERS whisky, but sometimes he
can't.
Those who are fond of the seeming dan
gerous feats of the trapeze performer or right
rope walker, will enjoy watching the rig
builders running a derrick" Apparently
holding to nothing they lean ont backward,
three-score or four-score feet from the ground
and drive spike with unerring aim and
surprising swiftness. Up, up, girth by
girth, they pull their staging and push the
planks up toward the sky.
A MUSHROOM GROWTH.
1t is not the work of weeks to put up one
of these tall structures, as it is to put up a
tower or steeple. From ground to top is all
compassed easily within the working dav
of ten hours and frequently in much less
time. The rig builder goes up without
ladder and only when he has the rest of the
derrick completed does he nail ladder up
the side for the subsequent use of the driller
and his natural successor, the pumper.
Our pictures to-day represent producing
well on the east side of CHARTERS creek,
fanked on either side by other completed
wells, with background showing the hill
on the west side of the creek, from which
har rso1-a IL
distance; a group of new rigs Just outside
CHARTERS borough where the town lot craze
will hurt somebody; drilling well with
the walking beam tipped up ready to draw
tools, and the initial represents new rig
just in the edge of the town, where only the
derrick and tank have been completed
A. r. CRUM.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
TIGHT-ROPING NIAGARA.
s. J. Dixon's Fents Compared With Those of
Blondiu and Others.
New York world.l

Blondiu and Others.
New York world.l
The feat of S. J. Dixon in crossing
Niagara's gorge on tight rope recalls other
efforts in that direction. When. in 1859, NJ.
Blondin proposed to stretch a cable across
the river and walk over on 1T, everybody
thought it impossible. He was without
money. but subscription was raised. the
rope purchased, and for two seasons thou
sands of people witnessed his performances.
The second season he had rival in Signor
Farina, and the two walked almost daily,
Isiondin below the Suspension bridge and
Farina near the falls. 1t was the second
season that Bfondin carried Harry Colcord
across on his back in the presence of the
Prince of Wales. Blondin and Farina were
followed later on by Nine. Spelterini, Harry
Leslie and La Pierre, the latter dropping
from his rope into the river.
After LaPierre no rope-wallzing was
done until the summer of 1887, when
Stephen Peere erected wire cable between
the Cantilever and Suspension bridges,
which was successfully crossed by him on
Wednesday, June %, 1887, while quite a
heavy wind was blowing. At late hour
Saturday night, June 25, 1887, Peere was
found dead on the slope beneath the cable.
1t is supposed he committed suicide.
The cable was not used again until Satur-
day, August 13, 1887, when Prot. j. E.
DeLeon attempted to make the trip, but his
performance was unite unsatisfactory. The
cable is seven-eights of an inch in diameter,
900 feet long and weighs $50 pounds.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14

The benefits of the petroleum develop
ment are by no means confined to the trade
in machinery and supplies. The golden
fluid brings wealth wherever it is produced.
the army of people connected with the busi-
ness make market for every necessity and
many luxuries They are usually well sup
piled with money and not sticklers in regard
to price. The companies may, of course,
take away the wealth they have produced
for themselves, but they cannot take away
what they have brought to the royalty
owner. Hundreds of farmers, struggling
hard for a mere subsistence, have been sud-
denly lifted to riches and luxury by the re-
turns from royalties or bonuses, or helped
out with taxes and the interest on mort
cages by rentals.
WHAT THE FEVER BRINGS.
This city is the repository for most of the
wealth produced by the surrounding fields,
and it is no mean amount, either. 1t will
not be observed so much here amid the vast
capital belonging to other industries as it is
in out-ot-the-way places where it makes the
wilderness take on metropolitan ways and
wear municipal manners, but it is an im-
portant contribution TO the sum total. The
gain, however, is not all in money. Many
good citizens will be added to the popula.
tion. Some undesirable ones will come, too
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14

Since then the business has been closing
in toward the center, as well as radiating in
all directions from it. Northwestern Ohio
is long radiation and the West Virginia
fields are but little shorter. Yet this is now
the great business center for both. Creep
ing in from both sides there came the WASH
ington development, the Bakerstown field,
Canonsburg, Shannopin, Sewickley, Grafton,
Westview and Charters.
HERE AT LAST.
Pittsburg is now sin it" in the fullest
sense Of the slang term. The sup
ply houses came with q the opera
tions at Washington and Shannopin, and
the company headquarters came close after
ward. A number of the leading companies
are now working from here. The Columbia
Oil Company has had headquarters here
since its inception, and it is one of the
Oldest of the companies at present in exist
ence. The Hazelwood Oil Company is
another old standby and so is the Tuna
Valley These are reinforced by the
Fisher Oil Company, Forest Oil Company,
South Penn Oil Company, CHARTERS Oil
Company, Augusta Oil Company and many
partnerships and associations.
Emphatically, Pittsburg is the great oil
center now, and will continue to hold that
position for many years to come. 1t is
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
A PRETTY BoUD0IR.
Novel Trimmings i'm Pink That VIII Set or
Bower for Beauty.

Novel Trimmings In Pink That Will Set OR m
Bower for Beauty.
Washington Post.l
Here is an idea for a small Withdrawing
room or boudoir: Tint the wall with soft
china pink, and tone them down with lace
hangings. Nottingham curtain stuff looks
exceedingly we'll, and, as we all know, is
not expensive. Choose feathery, ferny
pattern. You can find lovely designs some
times in Nottinghams. After tacking them
on the wall finish the top with a founce
about 15 or 16 inches in length. By divid-
ing curtain you will get the finished edge
for the bottom OF your founce.
The pink thus covered becomes very deli
cate, and forms beautiful background for
water-color drawings. The whole room
should be kept as delicate as possible with
softly-tinted china as decoration. Let the
frames Of the pictures and furniture be
white, the latter covered with a cretonne
with wild-rose pattern, and the floor
light sunny yellow (raw sienna stain), with
white wolf fur rugs.
With a white wood wainscoting, about
four feet in height, your room is complete.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14

them the stones used in printing the paper
promises to pay OF the Confederacy. Among
others was this stone. But the emergencies
OF the case grew SO great that some of the
stuff had to be abandoned, and among other
articles these stones were sacrificed,
They were concealed in an old university
near Anderson, where it was hoped the Fed
erals would not discover them. But not so.
The raiders were quick-witted and keen
scented in those days. and they were not
long in ferreting out the whereabouts of
these now useless relics, and they were soon
broken. A large number of broken pieces
were cast into deep we'll near by. where
they were afterwards discovered when the
well was cleared out.
By some means number Of pieces were
collected by the negroes and carried to the
cemetery, where. in accordance with the
negro's innate love for anything odd and
curious, they were used as headstones and
ornaments for the graves.