The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-28
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.


Gil. s. Hanson, the we'll known lumber.
man, formerly of Minneapolis died from
injuries received in Montana by falling off
railroad platform.
DR.. e. D. Steele and Miss Nellie Andrews,
both of Mankato, were married at st Peter
recently. DR.. Steele is one of the leading
physicians of Southern Minnesota.
Rev. Lee r. Thomas of Chicago has &C.
cepted call to the passionate Of the Baptist
church at Red Wing. He will enter upon
his duties at once.
The Red Wing council received seventeen
applications for liquor licenses for the year
commencing June 1. This year Red Wing
has nineteen saloons.
The lightning struck the roller skating
rink at Lake City and badly shattered one
end. The house of Abel Chimberg was al
SO damaged.
The proposition to bond Carlton county
for $685. 600 to build roads and bridges, car
ried by large majority at the special cleo
ton.
At regular meeting of the Jordan coun-
Gil it was decided to build fine iron bridge
across Sand creek, between Jordan and the
western addition to the city.
The case Of Ingrel Hanson vs.. O. R.
Mather, the Mankato contractor, for per-
sonal damages was thrown out Of court at
Fergus Falls after plaintiffs testimony was
heard.
The Drummer Boy of Gettysburg" COM
pany came to grief at Hastings. Its bag
age was attached to satisfy small claim at
the Bailey house. Mr.. and Mrs. McClintock
left for St. Cloud.
Fred Busch has traded Opera hall, Hast
ings, to Patrick Griffin for 800 acres of land
in Stevens county. The latter will take
immediate possession and give his personal
attention to the show business.
AT Albert Lea, while eating, an old lady
named Munson got some of the food in her
throat in such manner that she nearly
choked to death, and is not yet out of
danger.
A young man and his sister named Kun
TO were arrested in Morton charged with
making and passing counterfeit United
States nickels. They were held awaiting
arrival of the United States Marshall.
The district court commenced at Man.
kato. The court charged the grand jury.
A very lengthy ca lendar of cases is on for
trial. Several important criminal cases
will be tried and a number of prominent
civil cases.
Plans for Lyon county court house
were adopted by the county commission
ers. Architect Thayer of Mankato fur
nished them. The building is to cost $685.
600, and the contract will be let soon for
its erection. .., ,..
Chambers has appeared among the horses
in the vicinity Of Alexandria, and several
have died from the disease The local
boards have taken steps to root out the
scourge. They will find it hard task, as
probably as many as a hundred horses have
been infected throughout the country.
During thunder storm at Winnebago
City lightning struck the chimney of the
high school building, the charge passing
down through the building, tearing off
brick and plastering and the blackboards
in its descent, but doing no further dam
age.
The Crescent Creamery company, pro-
prietor of the Mortified creamery, has
reduced the price it pays for milk from IS
to 60 cents per hundred. This has caused
considerable indignation among the dairy
men who are patrons Of the creamery, and
meeting was held to discuss the matter.
Rev. Jennings has secured for the assemb-
ly at Waseca this year Prof. r. S. Weston.
gymnasium director of the St. Paul Y. M.
c. A., who will for two weeks run com.
plete athletic and physical culture depart
ment, teaching both land and water
athletics. This will be great attraction
for the assembly.
The Lincoln county teachers annual in
stitute closed after two weeks session.
The institute was conducted by Prof Nc
Cleary, of the Mankato normal school,
assisted by Miss Holt. The enroll
ment was large and the work beneficial,
The special features of the week were a
lecture by Prof McCleary and Long
fellows entertainment by the institute, as
sisted by local talent.
William Durmet a German farmer in
the town of Orange, committed suicide by
taking rat poison. He had threatened so
many times to take his life that people
long ago ceased to pay attention to him. It
is the opinion of neighbors that the present
successful attempt is due to accident: that
he intended to take only enough of the
poison to scare his family and prove him
self IN earnest, but took an overdose.
Senator Henry Keller of Sank Center. !
who is experimenting for the state with his
new flax machine, made a test with it on
Fred Busch's land in the eastern part OF
Hastings, separating the fibre from the
straw and turning out a fine article Of tow,
several hundred pounds of which were
sent to the state prison at Saltwater to be
manufactured into Irvine. The machine
worked to perfection, and is pronounced
success.
Joseph B. French and Carrie Ellis eloped
from Northfield, and, although search was
at once Instituted. they could not be found
until word was received that they were
at Redwing, and the relatives of the
young couple at once went to that
place, and found that they had been
married at Maiden Rock the preceding
evening. French was twenty-one wears old
and had been attending Carleton, and Miss
Ellis was only sixteen, and was in attend
ance ut the public schools.
NORTH DAKOTA.
Joseph Bayn, a laborer employed on the
steam shovel at the Northern Pacific track
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