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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-16
WICkEDNESSES.

NEAR Olmstead, ILL.,, WEIGH, colored,
killed two colored men, Eddie Davis and
Columbus, and a white boy, II years old.
named Harry Odle. ~
HE second trial of ex-State Treasurer
Noland, on the charge of embezzlingnearl
$4,000 of state funds, has been commenced
IN the circuit court, Jefferson City, Mo.
BARRETT, the absconding cashier of the
Milan municipality, who is charged with
~swlndling~ operations, was arrested. Four
Thousand bonds were found in his possess
sion. f
DETECTIVE HARRIS, of San Francisco has
arrested Mrs: Page, VIM. H., Green and
Robert Brown&for conducting counterfeit
ing operations near Antioch, I'M Contra
Costa county, Cal. "
BREEZE, the boy who negotiat-
ed $1,000 worth of Trimble g. Braley's bank
stock and stole 81, 900 worth of securities at
Kansas City, was arrested at Charleston
MO. All but 5000 of the stolen money wa
recovered. "
The wa between the Cline and Leskin
clans in Logan county, w. Va, is still rag
ing: AL the parties are armed with rifles
and are firing at each other across the Tug
river. Three men have been killed within
the past week. "T99 "-HNA
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-16
EVENTS.

FIRE at Suva, Fiji islands, May 25, DIES.
troyed $500, 900 worth of property.
The yacht Mabel, with its owner, ]. w.
Ryerson, a prominent Buffalo citizen, is re-
ported | ost.
AT Clifton, Tex, the house offs. P. An
derson, q Swede, was struck by lightning,
killing his wife and three daughters, ali
that were in the house.
EIGHTEEN million feet of lumber and the
planning mill of Mitchell Bros, at Jen-
nlngs, Mich, were destroyed by fire. Loss
ABOUT 500, 600, fully covered by insurance.
THE stockholders of the Third national
bank, OF Philadelphia, voted to levy an as
sessment of As per cent on the capital stock
ano appointed a committee of seven to ex-
anime INTO the condition of the bank.
AT Chattanooga, Tenn, the Southern
educational asso citation discussed a propo-
sltlon to establish a Southern university for
the higher education Of women. A COM
mlttee was appointed to prepare plans.
Two freight trains on the Cleveland, Can
ton d Southern railroad collided near New
burg. Ohio, at $3.50 o'clock and anumber Of
cars were smashed into kindling wood.
FIVE men were badly hurt.
HENRY KEK, of Sandusky, Ohio, and
Joseph Braunlich, of Cleveland, went out
in a small boat to fish. They failed to re-
TURN, a search resulted in finding the
Dodles OF both men OF the shore of the bav.
drowned. ''
AT Mt. Carmel, Penn, an explosion of
gas at the Green Ridge colliery ignited The
inner workings and fatally burned John
Dorsey and John Piedmont, and seriously
injured Christopher Shofstail. The fire IS
still burning 6ercely.
IN Gainesville, Tenn, a tobacco ware
house owned by Merriwether & Co., with
1000 ~hogsheads of tobacco, and Draper
Bros stable and twenty-five mules were
destroyed by fire. Loss, $175, 600; insur-
ance, $169, 600.
ELDER Brown, chief of the Heorickite
branch of the Mormon church, at indie
pendence, Mo-, required the sisters to
dress in plain black dresses and sunbon-
nets, without ribbons, laces and frills. and
ne forbade the men to use tobacco. under
pain OF expulsion. The frivolous brethren
and sisters, rather than give ND their to-
bacco and their frills, gave up their church.
which now consist Of only 13,members.
ADv1cEs from Australia by steamer state
that on the night of June 7, the American
ship Joseph H. Seamwell and the British
ship C%reighburn struck off the Victoria reefs
outside Melbourne heads. Both vessels
were total wrecks. The crew Of thu Seam
well were saved, but the first and second
mates and five seamen of the other woro
drowned. w.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-16
MISCELLANEOUS NorEe

A FINE CROP outlook is reported from Ne
The secretary Of the army of West yir-
E R,nna mas f 2H on Sept. Is, 16 and II at
ion. '1AAu"A Ieuh-
WITHIN the past three months the Chill
ian trade with San Francisco has largely
THERE is no truth in the rumor that vel
low fever has made its appearance at Rrnns-
wick, Ga. Mayor Colson is preparing an
authoritative denial. 80
HE colored grand arm veterans are op-
posed to the proposition to hold the next
national 6. A. r. encampment at Washinc-
ton, on the grounds that the citizens nf IKE
National capital refuse to entertain negroes.
~kna1srRAr1oN for the next election in
Mississippi has closed, andsufRcient returns
nave been received to make it reasonably
certain that, for the first time since recon-
struction time, q majority ofthe lecsl Va
tiers Of the state are white. Ssa'
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-16

nary, Minneapolis, to the chair Of matbe.
mates. Other members ofthe faculty. will
be elected later. ~
Harry Morrison, Kid Stiles and Jack
McGregor were arrested and nlaced ~ ;a;l
az Fargo charged with having stolen or aid.
ing and abetting in stealing furs from TIC
store orc. G. Schulz. The police think an
game gang are working Fargo aud
Moorhead, the principals of which are ali
residents ofthe two cities.
The st. Anthony g. Dakota elevator
burned at Crystal. The fire when discov-
ered was bursting through the sides Of the
building. Two thousand five hundred
bushels Of grain, two horses and two colts
were burned. No other damage except the
burning of60 ties Of the side track and
bending of the rails. The loss Is s1o ooN.
insurance unknown. '''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-16
WISCONSIN.

The Northwestern fuel company's board
ing house was partially consumed bv fire
at West Superior. The damage is estimated
at 81, 900. a4,m-.-
Mrs. J. S. Briggs, of Stockholm, a pron1i-
nent teacher IN Pierce county, was taken to
the state hospital at Mendoza for treatment
recently.
A branch house of the International
Soaking company will be established in
Ashland and warehouses will be
%edshortly.
The newly completed whaleback steamer
A. ID. Bartlett was launched from the ship.
yard of the American steel barge company
She is designed for ocean trade.
The school board of Eau Claire has
adopted the plans Of Thurman D. Allen, O:
Minneapolis, for a new high school build.
ing to cost about So, 600. A number OF
plans were submitted.
The work of placing buoys at the en-
trance to Superior bay has been completed.
Vessels bound for Superior harbor may
now arrive via the natural entry if prefer
red.
Arrangements have been consummated
at Ashland among some Of the leading
capitalists for an extensive sanitarium to
be located at Prentice park, in the suburbs
of Ashland. '..-
While Chas. Cewans and c arence Waite
were celebrating the Fourth in cowboy
style at Waukesha, the latter shotthe form
er in the back, inficting u dangerous
wound.
Fire destroyed O. r. Schiffer's two-story
hotel in Rice Lake. Loss, So, 900; insurance,
500. Part of the furniture was saved.
This is the third time this hotel has been on
fire in the last few weeks.
A little 2-year-old child Of John Dubinski
was smothered to death at Ashland between
two feather bed ticks. The parents were
summoned before the coroner, but their
testimony discredited all belief of wiltul
murder.
Judge Bundy decided adversely to the
Mississippi river logging company in their
suit with the town Of Frankfort and Pepin
county in regard to the payment O. person-
al property tax levied by the town last win
ter. Their defeat before Judge Bundy sends
the case to the supreme court.
Ayoung MAJ was arrested at La Crosse for
wrecking q train on the Dubuque division
ana causing the death OF Engineer Todd,
two others were in it, and, as they are yet
at large, the officers decline to give any
names or other information. The party
arrested is only a boy.
Fred Douvanell, a day laborer about
thirty years old, fell in an epileptic fit at
Chippewa Falls, and before medical aid
could reach him, expired. Douvanen, who
was known to be subject to fits, was also a
hard drinker, which may have been one of
the causes of death.
The Burlington train arriving at La Crosse
from the north brought the body of an
well dressed man, who was run
over four miles west Of Trempealeau. The
came upon him sitting on a trestle as
though he had fallen and hurt himself and
was not able TO rise. His whole appear
ance shows that he was not a tramp or
vagrant, but there is nothing TO identify
him.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-16

ONE OF the curious results of the f.
nanclal success of the Eiffel tower in
Paris has been the institution Of q,
portable captive balloon society. The
projectors argue that there is evident
~ a latent passion in the human
breast to ascend to high elevations
and gaze upon extended views, and
they propose to travel throughout
the country with captive balloons CAP
able OF lifting spectators to a height
one-thlrd greater than that OF the
Paris tower. They calculate that each
Daiioon Will be able to make thirty
six accents aday, and that great prof
It's Will accrue from a tariff Of 1Ofrancs
q head.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-16
RAILROADS.

THE 500 has cut the flour rate from Min
lines will probably fall in line.
RuMoR has it that Mr.. Truesdale will be-
come acting president of the Rock Island
road. ~
The directors of the Great Northern have
declared the regular quarterly dividend Of
II per cent; payable Aug. l. Books clo, e
July II and reopen Aug. 3.
OFFICIALS of the Southern Pacific rail
road are in receipt Of positive information
confirming their belief that the quantity 81
water flowing into the South or Indian
not endanger their through line.
9. N. OsGooD, secretary Of the Southwest
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-16
EVENTS OF A WEEK.
Flashed by the Wires Of the Telegraph
. Condensed and Classified for
. Convenience Of Readers.
Washington, Foreign, Accidental, Per.
sonal, Criminal and Other
News Of Importance.
WASHINGTON,

eHE treasury department purchased $685.
600 ounces of silver at 81. O13, to $40 per
ounce. The offerings were LAST, 600 ounces.
THERE is a possibility of a delay of a
year in the construction of public buildings
at Fargo, Sioux Falls, Mankato, Sioux City
and other places in the Northwest. Titles
to sites will cause the delay.
LIEUT.. GODFREY MCDONALD, of the 9th
cavalry, was ordered to proceed at once to
Fl. Bennett, 6. D., and there organize into
a military company those redskins who
were hostiles in the Indian war of last win
ter.
THE Indian bureau has practically decid-
ed to divide the Indian schools of the
country into four separate districts. It is
probable that Wisconsin, Minn esota,
Michigan, North and outh Dakota, and
Montana will be placed in one district, and
Colorado, Wyoming. New Mexico and
Kansas in another. Commissioner Morgan
the scheme a practical one
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-16
I'VE RUGGED PATH.
Mary's Lover lmprisonedin the Coz,
Cellar,

Cellar.
Ihe late DR.. Wightman, sitting m
later than usual one night, sunkin the
profundities of a great idea, imagined
he heard a sound in the kitchen incon-
slstent with the quietude and security
OF a manse; SO, taking his candle. he
proceeded to investigate the cause.
Ills loot being heard in the passage.
the housemtid began with earnest,ess
to damp the fire, as if preparing for.
bed.
"1e're late up tonight, Mary"
gaun to bed"
"Ihat's right, Mary, like timeous.
On his way back to the study he.
passed the coal cellar, and, turnine
the key, he took it with him. Neyf
morning at an early hour there was a.
rap at his bedroom door and a re-
quest for the key to light the fire.
"1e're too soon up, Mary; 90 back
to your bed yet"
Half an hour later there was an
other knock, and a similar request in,
q to prepare breakfast.
IL don't want breakfast so soon,
Mary; 60 back to your bed"
Another half hour and another.
knock, with an entreaty for the kew as
1t was washing day. This was enough.
ne arose and handed out the key, say
Go and let the man out"
Mary's sweetheart had. as the doc
tor shrewdly suspected, been impris-
oned in the coal cellar, where, Pyra-
mis- and Thisbelike, they had breathed
their love to each other through the
key-hole.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-16

A FEMALE representative of the
tribe of dwarfs discovered in Equa-
torial Africa by Stanley has reached
England. Her education is already
SO far advanced, through the efforts
OF %seafaring men onher voyage, that
she swears eloquently in seven Euro
pean languages aud smokes plug
Tobacco and cigarettes with the
greatest sang froid.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-16

IHE biggest Leary log raft yet towed
to New York is bound for that city.
This is thelargest raft of lumber ever
towed and consists Of sixteen sections,
each nineteen feet deep, and ffty-fve
eet]ong. The whole raft is HOO
1eet IN length and contains about
twenty-three thousand feet, lineal
measure, or three and a half million
feet, board measure. It contains
more lumber than all previous Learv
RATS put together.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-16
PEOPLE IN PRINT.

LOUIS HAYNALD, the distinguished Hun
garian prelate, scientist and statesman is
dead.
The health of Rev. Charles H. Spurgeon
does not show signs of improvement. The
sufferer is in an exceedingly Frustrated con-
dition.
The kaiser has expressed a desire to meet
Mr.. Gladstone personally, and an attempt
will be made to bring them together, if Mr..
Gladstone's health and engagements per-
NIT. ~
Mrs. ELIZABETH THOMPSON, the noted
phllanthropist, ofStamford, Conn.,, was ad-
judged insane by a jury in the probate
state.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-16

EXPERT testimony in relation to
the flood in the California desert is to
the effect that the water comes from
the Colorado River, and that it will
500 cease rising, and dry up by evap-
Grafton. Unless the pointers are all
wrong, Noah heard some such testi-
mony from the fuvial experts OF his
day, and treated it with irritating
but prudent indifference.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-16

CARoIUs DURAN, the famous artist,
mas all the exaggerated .fondness for
snow and glitter that characterizes
the native Southern France. He likes
TO load his fingers with rings and to
wearhandsome silk Innings to his coats.
IN addition to his distinction in paint
Ing ne excels in several minor arts.
such as riding, guitar-playing and
fencing. He is popular on the, boul
eVards and everybody knows him.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-16

THREE new names have been added
to the lists OF the "Ordre Pour le
Merlte' OF Germany. Only one, Pro-
lessor Hermann Ende, the celebrated
architect, is a German. Ende has had
great influence upon the architectural
development OF modern Berlin. The
other two men are Anton Rubenstein
n the English archeologist, Henry
Austen Layard, the explorer of the
ruins of Nineveh.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-16
NORTH DAKOTA.

During a thunder storm recently light
ming struck J. w. Richter's elevator, O.
10000 bushels capacity, at sheyenne, and
1t burned to the ground; no insurance.
In the case ofthe Commonwealth VS.. Ed
ward Pratt at Grandin, charged by Elliott
Bros. with embezzling 800, thejury found
verdict of acquittal. A suitfor malicious
prosecution will follow. +,
Ohm 0. Bray siute auditor, sold Is feet
fronting on Third street near the Fremont
hotel, Grand Forks to Geo. B. Clifford, for
S14oo, Bray purchased the property a year
ago for S., 900.
Richard Suffer, a single man of Ramsey
county, was adjudged insane by County
Judge Duell and sent to the insane ASYLUM.
His mania is complication of international
troubles hard times and love.
Herbert Call, the alleged seducer, was
bound over in the sum Of 81, 800 in the JUS
tice court at Glendale. He asked for but
was refused a change of venue and applica-
ton for a writ ofhabeas corpus has been
made. IL.
Atty.-Gen. Spencer has revised a former
decision given to the effect that the new
law allowing 5000 exemptions from per-
sonal property assessments would be op-
erative this year. Henow holds that no
exemptions can be made.
Olaf Johnson, a boarder at a Scandina-
Wan hotel Grand Forks was taken sudden
ly i'll and carried to the county hospital
the other evening. He was found dead
the next morning in the water closet. A
post mortem revealed pericardits. His heart
weighed 81 ounces.
Peter Nelson, n Scandinavian about so
years old, committed suicide by hanging,
in the barn Of County Sheriff Peter Chris
tianson, Is miles northeast Of Forman. He
has been managing Sheriff C~hristianson's
farm for the past two years and was always
steady and sober. No cause is assigned for
the act.
The executive board ofthenew Lutheran
college q: Grand Forks has extended a call
to Rev. "A. G. Anderson, Of Albert Len,
MINI, i,r the presidency Of the college,
and PrnG a. NJ. Hove, of Augsburg ssmi-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-16

The surveyor general OF Canada.
Mr.. Deville, has adopted a novel
method OF surveying in the Rocky
Mountain region OF the dominion. It
is to photograph the country by a
specially designed camera. He con-
slders the photographs as accurate as
a plan laid down by means OF a pro-
tractor,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-16

THE railway accident in West Vir-
ginia in which thirteen people were
killed, following the Ravenna horror
with it's nineteen victims, serves to re-
call the old superstition which holds
that such catastrophes follow the
formula of "three times and OUT"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-16
The Princeton Unaon.
R. c. DUNN, Publisher.


The richest woman in the world is a
Gillian widow, Donna Isidora Cousi-
no.. Isidora has an income of $780,
600 a month. Whether she remains
rich will depend upon how much she
has got invested elsewhere than in
Cb;;
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-16
QUEEN VICTORIA is said to rule over

QUEEN VICTORIA is said to rule over
$4,000, 900 people, a greater number
than ever before acknowledged the
sovereignty OF one person either in an
clent or modern times. But to what
extent does she rule over them? How
much does she have to do with max
ing laws for them or with executing
the laws under which they live?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-16
SPORTS

JACK KEHoE, Of Albany, has accepted i
offer to play left field for the Omahasss' q
DAVE 0Rn declares that he will be abb 70
play ball again next year. =
The Columbus club will appeal tho ~
pulsion of O'Connor. 1t saws that pres;
dent Kramer exceeded his authority.
IT is said that agents ofthe American Is.
sSelation have been trying to get a lease Of
lease has still a year to run. 80 ?
G, A. COOPER and 3. 7. Davidson, ANA
teurs of St. Cloud, rowed in single seville
over the Lakeside club course at Pleasant
lake, for $50 a side, the latter winnins ~
9;45. The course is about a halt mile and
a turn. VIZ
WILLIAM HARTLEY, the billiard exner+
will give exhibitions at Foley's billiard
parlors on Jackson street, st. Paul, for .
week. He agrees to play any local BILLIARD.
lst eight strings to two, and he we'll plav
iourteen;inch balk line to his opponents
straight billiards. Games will begin at 1.9o
o'clock. ~.o'
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-16

LONDON city covers 77,41O acres,
and has 4,211O56 inhabitants,
an increase of 400, 900 in the last
ten years. This is the census
OF April 5, 1891. The police district
OF London comprises 443 1884 acres
or about 700 square miles, and has
1888, 332 inhabitants.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-16

The Iowa miners have decided to con-
tinue their strike.
Marshal Conrad of Calliop has arrested
George Lake and Riley Berry for burglariz-
ing a hardware store at Wood River, Neb.
Two brothers by the name of Wallace,
who have been carrying on the auctioneer
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-16

SHAKESPEARE, according to Mrs.
Abbey Judson, OF Chicago, was on
"wonderfully intimate terms with the
spirit world" They do say that the
immortal William was not only on
quite intimate terms with certain
"sperets," but once in a while took
extraordinary liberties with them.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-16

ern Railway and Steamship associate.
has been appointed traffic manager of ~,
St; Louis traffic commission. He Was fon me
erly chairman Of the western division m ~
Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-07

the amount of sugar 1 use. And so
with every subscriber the amount of
their subscription should be common
surate with the amount of gain he or
she would realize from reduced price
of sugar.
In regard to the operation of rein.
cry it might be we'll to add that there
are no secret processes, it requires no
more skill to run one than it does any
other large mandatory, and plenty Of
good men can be had in the east who
are familiar with every detail. Mr.. F.
y. Matthewsen, the great refiner of Jer-
sey City, told the writer recently that
he paid but SIS per month for sugar
boilers, the place where perhaps the
greatest skill in refinery is needed.
Undoubtedly the estimate of SO
pounds per capita is far below the ac-
tual amount consumed in we'll TODD
thrifty fruit producing community like
Los Angeles. SAcCHARIMETER.
October 9Th.