The Princeton union., 1891-03-26
THE NORTHWEST
A Summary Of the Important Events
Of the Week in the Northwestern
States.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North
and South Dakota News in a
Nutshell.
MINNESOTA.

MINNESOTA.
| About $50 people in Lake City are sick
with la grippe, some of them seriously.
A majority of Glyndon trustees chosen
at the annual election are Of the temperance
party. '.s'.- -.-h: r.. - -.
Joseph Meyers, mason was arrested and
brought before Justice Carver at Dover
charged with beating his WIFE =
Prof Payne of Carleton Cole ge, will Sc
cure the introduction of bill for establish
ing signal service station over the state.
The old Lake house hotel Of Lake Crystal,
Blue Earth county. has been burned. Loss,
81 900; insurance, 5000.
| At Buffalo, John Dood departed this life
! at the ripe age of 80 years. He was born in
Ireland in 1901, came to- this country in
! 1926 and settled in Wright county in 1865.
Fifteen towns voted unanimously against
| Senator Donnelly's bill to resurvey Dakota
| county, including his own town of Min
niger, and only one in fayOr-Eureka. The
| Others have not been heard from.
The st. Cloud Knights of Pythias had
seventy-fve Knights from other cities of
the state as visitors. After the lodge meet
ing a banquet was given the visitors at the
| Grand Central hotel.
The following new village officers were
duly installed at Buffalo: President of coun-
Gil, J. H. Wendell; trustees, Geo. c. Carpen-
ter, John Shattar and James Ryder; record
er, S. NJ. Ash.
A freight train which left Caledonia made
up mostly Of stock, ran off the track five
miles east of that place. Six cars were up
set which contained stock and horses.
Three horses and a number Of steers were
seriously hurt.
The plant of the McNulty Force Feeder
and Roller Mill company, at Hastings in
Guiding all stock on hand, has beensold to
w. B. Drummond and +. w. Stahler The
business in future will be conducted by
Westerfield, Drummond g. Co.
| The grand jury has returned five indict-
ments into court at Red Wing. These with
the cases laid over from last term, make
seven criminal actions to be tried at the
present term of court. One of these is the
celebrated cattle dehorning case.
A special meeting of the Saltwater council
was held for the purpose of increasing
auctioneers' licenses from 500 to $500. This
is in view of the fact that every spring, when
the men come down out of the woods, the
town is flooded with fakirs who auction of
bogus jewelry.
The Duluth Herald company, publishers
of the Evening Herald, have made all as
signment to D. H. Stevenson. The paper
owes between 500, 900 and $50, 600, of which
$14, 600 is secured by mortgage on the plant
to Miron Bunnell, the former proprietor.
The plant and Associated Press franchise
are to be sold under this mortgage
There is trouble between the st. Cloud
contractors and their stonemasons and
bricklayers. The men recently organized
and now demand AZ cents per hour and
nine hours work for the bricklayers and
IS cents and nine hours for the masons.
This the contractors say they cannot grant
at the rates they have taken contracts, and
q general strike is imminent
The funeral of ofWilliam C. Jackson took
place at Mankato. Mr.. Jackson was the
first white child born in Minnesota. He
was forty-three years of age, born in St.
Paul and moved to Mankato in 1856 and
has ever since been a resident Of this city
He die from consumption, from which he
has been sufferer for about year. He
was unmarried
Mrs. Mccarthy was arrested at Little Falls
for abuse of her ten-year- old stepdaughte1
and fined $25 and costs, and, in default OF
payment, was committed to the county Jail
Mr.. Lucia, witness, was badgered by At.
torney Smith, of the defense, and knocked
down the legal light with a left handler
He was arrested and fined S. which was
paid by contributions from citizens.
Fred Pamperin, the candidate who go1
left in drawing lots on tie for alderman in
the First ward at Rochester with La Du,
his Republican, opponent, had himsel
sworn in as alderman, and will commence
legal proceedings to contest La Du's right
to the seat in the council. His grounds fo,
action are the returns show one more vote
for alderman than were cast, and he claims
La Du got the benefit of the extra vote. ".
Sheriff Whitman came to Lake Benton,
with Sam Pumpelly, young man charged
with abetting illegal voting at the recen,
village election. The contest for and
against license was hot and the result very
uncertain. License carried by two majority
Some illegal votes were cast, one of these by
a boy ninteen years old, who, it is charged,
was made drunk and induced to vote by
Pumpelly. A warrant was sworn out be.
fore Justice A. G. Cox and the young man
arrested at Tyler.