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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-08-06
THE AGRICULTURAL WORLD
MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE TO
INDUSTRIOUS FARMERS,
A Convenient Poultry House,
Mich Cows - Every Farmer
Should Keep Bees--Break-
Ing Cavalry Horses--
Care Of lmple-
ments.
Aconvenlent Poultry House.


We give sectional view OF handy
poultry house, to accommodate 100
laying hens and have plenty OF room.
1t is IL feet long by 10 feet wide, and
z #. nigh, with a comb roof Use 2x8
for the stills and 2x4 for plates and
posts. Use double posts at the
corners and single ones in the center.
Nail a 2x4 piece across the center to
steady the two side s;!ls. This cut
shows the east side. OF the house and
represents the plan OF the inside. The
floor for dropping OBJ slants to the
north end into trough 1 it. wide,
with the sides s in. wide at one end
and 5 in. wide at the other. The
trough is nailed across the north end
and fits tight to each side, with the
wide end to the west side. With the
top level, the bottom of the trough
will have 3 in. fall, SO it can be clean
ed out easy. Have a little door (F)
at each end Of the trough the same
width as the inside and Is in. high,
SO when the droppings are showed off
OF the floor into the trough, with q
long scraper, one that will
fit inside the trough, it is then easily
cleaned out.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-08-06
WENT TO EXTREME LENGTHS.
A Sioux Falls Man in Jail Because He
Cannot Pay Judgment 5-.

S1oUY FALLS, S. D., Special Telegram,
Aug. 4.-Capt. c. 7. LETTERS, deputy warden
OF the penitentiary, captain of Company B,
state guards and resident Of this city Tor a
dozen years. has been sent to jail.
The circumstances are that on the night
Of Nov. II, 1889, when the ratification OF
the election Of r. F. Pettigrew as United
States senator from South Dakota was in
progress Capt. LETTERS, who is an old time
soldier, was firing the cannon. Near
where he stood was grove forming back
ground, which prevented him from seeing
any one who might attempt to pass. Miss
Maggie O'Rourke, aged about thirty
years, came along the sidewalk in
time to have a small piece OF skin
knocked off her leg by the explosion OF the
cannon. She brought suit against Capt
LETTERS and ex-Mayor Porter Peck Tor dam
ages. The suit was released so far as Peck
was concerned, and judgment was OBJ
tanned against LETTERS Tor $1,000.
able to pay and Miss ORourke's
attorney has gone to the length of getting
an execution against Mr.. LETTERS person,
and he will have to remain in jail for ten
day at least. The community unites in the
belief that the proceedings are spite work
and an outrage on Capt. LETTERS.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-08-06
PAYS TO BE A FREAK.
Mrs. Tom Thumb Has Made a Fort
une and So Have Others.

MrS. Tom Thumb Has Made Fort
une and So Have Others.
The dime museum business in this
country has within a score of years
grown to enormous proportions. To
be born a freak in these days seems
equivalent to being born with a
silver spoon in ones mouth. If he is
specially freakish it will bring him
revenue to the extent of probably
ST 700 a week, with the privileges Of
selling photographs, songs and books,
says the Kansas City Times. ~->.,
One Of the most popular freaks in
the United States is the famous Mrs.
Gen. Tom Thumb, whom the children
ofseveral generations have worshipped
as fairy queen. Mrs. Tom Thumb
is bordering upon so now, andis paid
$500 a week by managers, who think
her price reasonable at that figure.
She not only gets $500 in cash at
the end of every seven days. but she
has her railroad transportation paid
from her home in Bridgeport, Ct, to
points of exhibit, as we'll as carriage
from her hotel to the museum or
theatre. Aside from this salary and
perquisites, she reaps a large income
from the sale of her photographs.
Mrs. Tom Thumb resides at Bridge.
port, Ct., in luxury and ease.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-08-06

The floor is 7 #. long, made OF dry
boards with the top side and the edges
planned SO it will fit tight together.
Nail 2x4 to the center posts, and 5
it. up from the stills, for the floor to
rest on. Nail 81 lath under the top
edge OF the floor to make it steady.
Brace where it is needed Then cut a
hole in the floor large enough for the
fowls to pass through on one side.
Slant q board down from that for the
fowls TO walk up. Have little door
at the bottom (D) for the fowls to go
out and in, when the large door (E) is
shut. There are two singie-sash win
dows in the south end Have, for the
floor, six inches OF mashed stone COW
cred with gravel. 1t makes a perfectly
dry floor. Perches and nests can be
made to suit. A house can be built
any size on this plan Keep barrel
of air-slaked lime in the house to use
when needed. A, is the feeding room.
Ohio Practical Farmer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-08-06
INVESTIGATING IMMIGRATION .
Valuable Information Secured by the
ommission Now in Europe.

Valuable Information Secured by the
Commission Now In Europe.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-Dispatches from
the United States immigration commission
now in Europe to the treasury department
state that the chairman, Col. Weber, and
DR.. Kempster have gone to Russia by way
of Germany, where they are now prosecut-
ing their inquiries. Commissioners Cross,
Powderly and Shulties will carry on their
inquiries in Great Britain and the south
ern portion OF the continent.
The dispatches indicate that a large
amount OF valuable information is being
collected, no obstacles being interposed Of
fcially or otherwise to the Investigations
which are being made. In an interview be-
tween the commissioners and the Mormon
elder in charge of Mormon emigration at
Liverpool, that official, who is acting in
5 5hs s Rsses that 2t B, Mis h. .ou aaa
all Mormons believed polygamy
to be right, yet, as the United States SUI
preme court had decided the anti-polygamy
law to be constitutional, the Mormon
church had adopted rule against its
practice in the United States, and that all
before their embarkation tor America.
He further stated that whenever the
question was asked converts were assured
OF the rlghtfulness Of polygamy, but Of
the legal impossibility OF its being practiced
at present in the United States or Great
Britain; also that they must not go to
America if they don't intend to obey the
law and abstain from polygamous mar
riages. ~
TIN PLATE WORKERS.
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, Aug. 4.
Capt. Judson n. Cross of Minneapolis,
who is a member of the investigation COM
mission, has submitted to Gen. Nettleton,
in connection with his report upon i'm
migration matters, the result of his special
study 81 the tin plate workmen in Wales,
which the general thinks Will form an in
teresting and instructive part of the labor
OF the commit sion. .. -
Capt. Cross has also been investigating
the manner in which skilled laborers oil
Scotland in stone and brick work and also
other lines near the seaboard secure good
living. He has ascertained that these
Scotch laborers come to this country, work
eight months in the year and then return
home and live in idleness the other four
months pay their passage ($17) each way
and all assessment of $780, imposed by the
labor unions of this country, and yet are
enabled to make more than they would in
their own country by working the entire
year. 1t is possible that Gen. Nettleton
will be called upon to devise some method
OF regulating thi. kind of labor.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-08-06
Joe Jefferson Finds a cyclops.

Joseph Jefferson, the actor, has
made an astonishing find on the sum
mer place which he has purchased at
Buzzard's Bay, near that OF ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland, says the New Bedford
Standard. In laying out the grounds
and making alterations, workmen
found the skeleton Of man how must
have been at least 6 feet 5 or 6 inches
in height. The skull was like ordinary
skulls, only larger, except that it had,
so far as could be seen, no place where
the eyes had been. There was one
hole in the center OF the forehead that
might have once served for one eye.
This led Mr.. Jefferson to believe that
he had, perhaps, discovered the skele-
ton OF a cyclops. All the scientific gen.
tleman in the neighborhood have been
unable to give an explanation OF the
skull.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-08-06
SWIFT AND FIERCE FLAMES.
A Large Chicago Retail Dry Goods Stor,
Comnletely DaStroYed

A Large Chicago Retail Dry Goods Store
Completely Destroyed.
CHICAGO, Aug. 4.-Fire, involving loss
estimated to be at least 81. 600, 900, broke
out at 7:3O o'clock this morningin the large
retail dry goods and notion store OF Scisel,
Cooper & Co., southeast corner of State and
Adams streets.
The blaze started in the exchange room,
on the first floor, and spread through the
indanImable stock with the greatest rapid
ity. 1t was but few minutes alter the first
alarm was given until the entire interior
able piece Of fire apparatus was called
to the scene. Any attempt to save the
building was hopeless, and the fire depart
ment devoted its efforts toward preventing
the flames spreading to the adjoining
buildings.
About twenty-five employees were in the
store at the time, but all of them. as lar as
known, managed to escape uninjured. ex-
cept one cash BOY, who was on the third
floor. He started to coma down by the fire.
escape, but became confused lost his loot
ing and fell, receiving severe in
Jurles. There were three watchmen in the
building at the time, who have not yet
tirely Quilted and the Adams street wall ell
in after the iron interior framework had
been softened by the heat
The cash receipts OF Saturday, aecrcgat-
ing between SIS, 900 and $50. 900, wers in a
safe in the building. but whether or not
they have been destroyed by the heat or
not, is not yet known.
The flames caught in the rear of James H.
Walkers large dry goods store. just back Of
,Slegel Cooper e Co.'s, and fronting on
Wabash avenue but they were soon ex-
tinguished. The heat broke the plate glass
in the Leader" another large dry goods
and notion store on the northeast corner of
Adams and State streets, and it looked Tor
a time as if that building was doomed but
1t was saved after q hard struggle. The
losses are as follows:
Siegel. Cooper e. Co., 100000 on stock and
$4,000 on the building, insurance $780,
900; The Leader. Demberg. Gleck g. Har
ner. loss by smoke and water $780,
~OOO covered by insurance; James H. Walker,
dry goods. loss bp smoke and water $4,000.
G. Pennecke T. Co., crockery and brc-a- brac,
$4,000, insurance. s33 900; Costikgan & Bed
rosln. Turkish rugs, 1000; John A. Bryant,
piano agent, $1,000; I. W. Baird, pictures,
$4,000 Woman's Exchange. $4,000; the Bell,
dry goods and notions, $4,000.
Most of the smaller losses are covered by
insurance. The Leader building is dam
aged $40, 900; covered by insurance. The
Walker building is only slightly dam
aged. The damage to the Woman
Exchange building is $4,000; insured.
The insurance on Siegel. Cooper &, Co.'s
stock is divided up among great many
companies in amounts ranging from 81, 600
to 81, 500. The st. Paul Germans loss is
$500, and the St. Paul Fire and Marines
$500.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-08-06
IN A COOP.


Two Alleged Chicken Thieves From st.
Paul Arrested at Dundas.
NoRTHFIELD, Mimi, Special, Aug. A.
Dundas is all agog with the capture oftwo
chicken thieves Mailing from St. Paul
They commenced their exploits in the mid
die OF the week and were not rounded up''
until Thursday.
While Amos Hutton was on his way
home Wednesday night near Little Prairie
school house, chicken coop outfit which
he passed on the road excited his suspicion
and he aroused several of the young men
in the vicinity and they gave chase, over
taking the festive midnight marauders near
the Hardwood school house, about four
miles from Dundas. They found that the
parties who We're out with chickens so late
were Joe Bowen and son from st. Paul,
both OF whom formerly lived in that vicin-
'ity, and were accordingly we'll posted as to
the whereabouts Of the leathered tribe; at
least SO the reports OF sufferers would make
out.
The Bowens at first showed fight, but
after some parleying and threatening, dur
ing which Bowen senior fired Oft his re-
Yolver number OF times at Marion Hat
fields head, Hatfield showed his revolver
IN BoWen's lace and caused him to wilt.
Inv VIZ ooll was uPSeU, anu alter some more
clustering the capturers sent to Dundas tor
Marshal Swartwoudt. who went out and
placed the outfit in the Dundas "cooler."
The news otthe capture spread very quickly,
and there was large turn out when the
trial came off.
Among those who had been robbed were
A.. Hutton, c. NJ. Hatfield, Robert and
Adam Johnson William and John Ennis
and N. Batenan- A very consider able
quantity of chickens have been stolen
around Dundas the past summer, and it is
probable that the Bowens are responsible
Tor the entire loss. They were found guilty
by the judge and bound over to the district
court iii 5000 bonds in default of which
they were taken to Far1bault.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-08-06
Another Scandal Promised.

LONDON, Aug. IA scandal of very seri-
Gus character is impending over the Irish
party. The arrest of one of the anti-Par-
nellite NJ. P.'s for bigamy is among the pos.
sibilities. If the current story is true, he
has married second time, his first wife
being alive and undivorced. He may have
q valid defense to a criminal charge in the
assertion that he believes her dead, but as
she is not dead, the second marriage at any
rate is worthless. 1t is said that this story
will be of interest on two continents, and
that the M: T. involved will have to retire
to private life.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-08-06
A Demented Man Killed.

LAKE Cry. Mimi, Special, Aug. A.
Nicholas Conrad OF this city, aged sixty
five years. who has been afflicted with de-
nlentia Tor some months, wandered down
the railway few days ago, and, while sit
ting on a bridge, was knocked off by train
and mis- shoulder dislocated. He was taken
by the tralnmen to Wabasha and locked in
the depot building while the telegraph OPP
orator in charge went for assistance. When
the latter returned Conrad was missing,
having crawled through the window. Last
might the unfortunate man was run over by
train at Kings Cooley and killed, his legs
being severed from his body. The remains
were brought here. Heleaves widow and
four sons, two of the latter being in bust
ness in St. Paul.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-08-06
SIX KILLED AT ONCE.
A Bloody Alteration Between Men
Employed on a Tram Road in
Southwestern Louisiana.
Six Men Killed at Once, One Mortally
and Three Seriously
Injured.

LAKE CHARLES, La, Aug. Yesterday,
at Lock, Moore & Co.'S tram road. an alter
cation between the men there employed
: took place, in which ten men were shot,
: six of whom were killed at once and one
MORALLY wounded. The remaining three
are seriously injured, but may recover.
The difficulty took place about twenty
miles from here. The fight is known to be
q result of Of an old feud.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-08-06
Mrs. Blaine Hound tn Have 1t.

Sioux FALLS. s. D., Aug. 4.-Ever since
MIS-; J. G. Blaine, Jr., has been in this city
she has boarded. with her son, maid and
nurse, at the leading hotel. To-day, under
the instructions OF her attorney, who is
rented the Fleming cottage, located on Du-
luth avenue the principal residence street
OF the city. This move is under the theory
that boarding at the ho.el does not per .ect
ones residence, and, should she continue
at the hotel, the judge would refuse to
get separation papers and is willing TO COM
ply with the requirements necessary to Sc
cure them.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-08-06
Mich Cows.

There are many methods Of feeding
COWS while in milk Some OF our writ
ers OF late have disapproved Of using
chopped hay and straw, but this prin-
cipally depends upon the way OF prep
aration. We fail to see why some OF
them should state that their COWS
milk has become dried up. This is un-
doubtedly their own fault, and prob
ably their COWS had no access to any
other than chopped food. We can full
ly recommend IL as proper method
offeeding milch COWS. Let it undergo
the following treatment and there will
not be the slightest danger of such an
occurrence.
Let the chaff consist OF hay and
wheat straw: the upper part only; in
no case the butts, as they are OF too
woody O. nature. Then take either
pulped mangels, cabbage or turnips,
but the latter is often injurious to the
butter, about one bushel OF the
pulps to every four OF the chaf
and mix well together, at least
IL hours before using; then
cover well up with barley and it
will be found that a quantity of per-
splratiOn has accumulated which, if
the ingredients are Of the best quality
as they always should be, it will be
found to be most appetizing. Add to
each bushel of the mixture, when serv-
ing it 2 pounds of wheat bran and
two pounds of bran meal we'll mixed;
8 pecks of this may be given twice
each day besides q quantity Of hay.
This method will be found much more
beneficial than the system adopted by
many of giving the roots separate
from the meal and chaf especially for
mich cows.
Another method may be successfully
tried for the production of milk in the
shape OF bran Or middling mashes
given at one feeding time lin place of
roots) With a portion OF chaf mixed
with it, as sloppy food not only
produces but retains the supply ofmilk
and this may be used as a change OF
diet.-Ohio Farmer.
Every Farmer Should Keep Bees.
A farmer can, without much outlay
OF either money or time, take care OF
enough bees to at least furnish his
family with enough pure honey for the
table. A farmer can do this to great
advantage, he has ample room for the
accommodation Of the; hives, and can
easily supply the bees with the best
honey-yielding plants. It isnotneces-
sary, though under favorable cond-1
tions it might be advisable, to under
take the scientific methods OF treat
ment. Probably, however, most farm
ers would make q pra ctical failure, in
stead Of a practical success Of it if they
tried. But by careful study OF the
foundation principles Of bee culture
and close observation Of the bees
themselves sufficient skill may soon
be acquired to make it worth whileto
keep the busy insects.
1t should be begun, like any other
venture, in q small way. Try a single
swarm at first. It's the practical ex-
perience acquired by actual care and
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-08-06
Farm Notes.

arm NOTES..
Get acquainted with the little pigs.
Do not let the stronger pigs rob the
smaller and weaker ones.
Nowis a good time to select the ewes
intended for breeding, keeping only
those which prove good mothers.
The best whole grain for little pigs is
oats. They will chew and swallow the
meats and spit out the shells. Give the
little pigs all they will eat.
Upon the premises Of the successful
dairyman will be found thrifty COWS,
suitably bred and adapted for the
work required OF them.
Breed your light, active road mares
to a. standard horse OF good size and
substance. Do not breed your heavy
draft mares to a trotting horse.
Flowing and lining the poultry
runs puriies the soil. It probably
needs it. The young broods will do
better if placed on new grounds away
from the old runs.
Linseed meal, old process, is the best
food for hogs to prevent constipation
when they are confined in pens and
yards. There is more fertilizing value
in it than in any food, except cotton
seed meal.
Gleason says that horses nostrils
are his fingers, and with them he feels
articles to find whether they will hurt
him. He smells every new object very
thoroughly to decide whether it is
good Or bad.
For tape worms in hogs or dogs,
give no food for "a hours, then give
half an ounce to an ounce of spirits
OF tnrpentine according to the size Of
the animal. Dilute the dose with a
half pint OF milk and give no food for
12shours following
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-08-06
A Real Estate operator Assigns.

A Real Estate Operator Assigns.
BOSTON, Aug. 4.-Samuel Hano, real CSC
tate operator at Aston, Mass, has assigned
to his father, Louis Hano. His liabilities
are $500, 900 and gross assets 81, 900 600. In
ability to obtain real cash is the chief cause
Of the assignment.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-08-06
Breaking Calvary Horses.

A Ito 5-year-old horse, or occasion
ally as old as OF s, that knows not
a halter, is caught with lasso or
squeezed, like. q bonnet in a crowd,
against a fence in a chute in a strong
gate made to swing for the purpose. If
the former, he is choked and strangled
until he sweats from every pore and
his eyes turn bloodshot.
When he is sufficiently subdued to
allow handling halter is slipped on
his head; a saddle-and oh, what a.
ponslerous looking thing weighing,
forty pounds-is tightly girted to his
back with two cinches; a "broncho
buster with Pinch rowels on his
heels, kip skin chaparajos or leggings,
a heavy broad brimmed white hat
with fancy leather band two inches or
m2re in width, and a 2-pound quirt
OF leather riding whip slung loosely to
his wrist, and using somtimes merely
the halter with reins attached, some
times a plain snaflle and often fright
full jaw breaking Spanish thing -seizes
the bride or halter by the check piece,
and with the right hand firmly grasp
ing the saddle horn slides as quietly as
possible into the at.-Breeder's Ca
Zette
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-08-06
Care of Implements.

Tools and implements are damaged
more by rust and exposure to alter
nate rain and sunshine than by actual
usage. Rain and dew will rust the
bright journal bearings Of farm nipple
ments on one side, perhaps, rendering
that side rough. Then that side Of
the bearing will begin to 'cut" or wear
away; and as soon as one side Of a
journal begins to wear it will wear
faster and faster until the bearing is
damaged beyond repair, requiring the
substitution OF a new journal. Rain
and dew will expand the wood work of
implements and soften the grain ofthe
surface, after which the heat OF the sun
will dry and crack the wood, making
numerous small assures for water to
enter. PloW handles and many other
parts OF implements that have been
bent after they have been exposed to
the influence of rain and sunshine
lose their desired form and shape,
Shovel handles, scythe snaths, cradle
fingers and some other bent portions
of hand tools and horse implements
are often ruined by exposure to storm
and sunshine. Let it be an inhexible
rule OF the farm that tools and nipple
ments must not be left out doors ex-
posed to the damaging influences OF
wet and dry weather. Let every
helper understand that he must clean
hoes, shovels and spades, wipe the
blades dry and put them under shelter
as soon as they are not in actual use.
A man will accomplish just as much
per day if he is required to clean his
tools and put them in a dry place as
he will to throw them down where
they were used last, covered with dirt
and exposed to the weather.-Ameri-
lean ArriculturiSt.