The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-30

An immense quantity of farming
machinery has been sold in Princeton
his season, in fact the dealers could
lot supply the demand. The Deering
md McC ormick machines seem to be
he favorites.
Rain would prove beneficial to late
potatoes and pasturages, but it would
lot help the wheat, and on the whole
he farmers would prefer to see the
Try spell continue until after the grain
s harvested.
BY the first of next week harvesting
will be in full blast in this vicinity.
Most of the rye and tame hay is al
'eady harvested. Farmers are all
happy in the expectation of big yields
md good prices.
John D. Connolly, an old and re-
spected citizen of St. George, Benton
county, died on Monday night of kid
ney trouble, aged sixty years. The
deceased had been county commissioner
for a number of years.
Manager Chadbourne is we'll pleased
with his box mandatory at the cream
cry. BY next season he expects to be
able to furnish all the creameries in
this vicinity with all the tin-lined
boxes they may require. s>~.
Silas Howard's year old baby boy
died last Saturday and was buried Sun
day. The little fellow had been i'll for
several weeks. Those who have little
ones of their own know how to sympa-
thize with Mr.. and Mrs. Howard.
John Severance, of Melrose, Mass,
father of Elmer Severance, has con-
Guided to make Princeton his home
and will build an addition to Elmer's
house on Second street. The UNION
welcomes Mr.. Severance to Princeton.
Several of the Princeton base ballists
leave here Saturday night to play at
Pine City, on Sunday. There is an in
tense rivalry between the Pine City
and Hinckley clubs, and the Princeton
boys are to assist the Hinckley club.
The game promises to be interesting
and exciting.
The base ball boys lost the game at
Anoka last Friday by a score of four to
five, but they do not feel sore over their
defeat, as it was expected. The Prince
ton boys played a good game, however.
and the Anoka people treated them
very nicely. The return game will be
played in Princeton in the course of a
week or two.
Mr.. r. F. and Mrs. McClellen leave
for Oregon next Saturday, to visit Mr..
McClellan's brother, Charles, who is
very sick at Cascade Locks in that
State. They expect to be gone month
or six weeks, and Fred proposes to see
q good portion of the ''far. west" be-
fore returning. The !: UNION. wishes
them a pleasant trip.
Fire destroyed about Is tons of hay
on Abe Orr's meadow in Baldwin, Sun
day afternoon. A few days previously
Abe had burned an old hay stack bot
tom on the meadow and Sundays fire
is supposed to have had it's origin from
that. The meadows are very dry a.
present and great care should be ex
ercised in setting out fires.
Mr.. G. Fl. Pierce mourns the death
of a valuable trotting horse. He wa
driving in the west end of the village
Monday, when the horse became fright
ened and jumped out of the road, Mr.
Pierce refined him in suddenly and thu
horse fell and in less than a minute tn,
animal was dead. It is supposed tina
the sudden jar bust a blood vessel il
the horses head. Mr.. Pierce valued
the horse at $500.
Chas. VanW ormer was over from
Cambridge last Sunday visiting hi
parents. He made short call at tn
UNION office, Monday morning. Char
ley says the people, of western Chisag
county are sick of new paper" pre-
jects. It takes something beside
cheek and gall to establish a new pape
in the older counties nowadays as tn
people of North Branch and Wyomin.
have discovered to their sorrow.
We wish to impress it upon our COZ
respondents that they cannot air thei
private grievances in the columns c
the UNION. We want news items, an