The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-08-20
THE NORTHWEST,
A Summary Of the Important Events
Of the Week in the Northwest
ern States.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North
and South Dakota News in a
Nutshell,
MINNESOTA

MINNESOTA
VIM. Mitchell's general store at Sheldon
burned. Loss, &c. 900; insurance, $4,000.
Willie Ochs was drowned in the Mime
sofa river at Chaska by the overturning of a
skiff.
The first load ofnew wheat was received
at St. Cloud the other day and graded No.
| /, northern.
Arthur Town, SON of l.. ID. Town of Ho-
kah, was killed at st. Louis by the falling
of a building.
Frank Wesley, widower, suici ded at
New Prague by jumping into city hy-
drant. He leaves eight ch ildren.
Holzworth & NARROW, meat dealers,
Duluth, assigned to H. P. Wieland. Assets
and Liabilities are about 81, 500 each.
Gabriel Wagner, halt witted fellow,
has wandered away from Saltwater. 1t is
feared he has committed suicide.
Peter Schecher, living at Millerville,
has been committed to the insane asylum
His insanity was caused by the action Of
his sons. . H..
Burglars attempted to force an entrance
into the residence of NJ. Clary at Verndale
and the Bolton House but were frightened
away in both cases. ...#5.
Work on new apartment house at Du-
luth to cost $500, 600 will be begun in a few
weeks. 1t is being built by Capt. J. H.
Triggs.
A child of Paul Fischer, while climbing
on moving freight train at Shakopee
fell and had his right foot and leg so badly
injured that it was amputated.
The work on the building of the stove
works is progressing rapidly, and the build
ing for the manufacture of the Nameless
brick machine will be commenced.
Reports from Winnebago City say cut
ting is practically completed and stacking
is well under way. Farmers appear to be
well pleased with the crop outlook.
Prof. H. C. Hess, for four years superin-
tendent of the public schools at Winnebago
City, has accepted the superintendency of
Sleepy Eye public schools.
At special election at Detroit to vote on
the issuing of bonds for water works, the
proposition was carried by a decided ma
jority.
Gustave johnson was declared insane by
Probate Judge Aver and sent to St. Peter.
He has been in Duluth about two months
working His family are at St. Cloud.
The directors of the Riverside Milling
Company of Little Falls have just held
their annual meeting. The principal stock
holders are from Cincinnati. They found
things in very satisfactory condition.
There is another strike among the work
men putting in the mains for waterworks
at Albert Lea, this time a raise being
wanted from 81, so to 50 per pay, but some
claim it was for back pay .s....
Oscar Davenport Hank Driscoll and Full
Ter Mitchell We're taken to Jail at Faribault,
being sentenced to 50, 40 and 10 days re-
spectively under the Schaffer law.
Joseph Labo, of Buffalo while riding
with Miss Evelyn Payne of Minneapolis,
was thrown out of the buggy by his horse
running away. AS he is 10 years old, the
injuries may prove fatal.
J. d. Stout, principal of the Canton
public school. mysteriously disappeared
from the Park Hotel, at Preston the other
morning. Neighbors are searching for
him. He had only been married a few
weeks.
Sheriff Quinn arrested julius Schultzer
at Sank Rapids tiendishly furnishing his
9-year-old son. He grasped the boy by
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the ground inficting injuries which may
prove fatal.
The new creamery building at Lake Crys-
tai was totally destroyed by fire the other
morning. 1t had only been running .hree
months. The plant was considered to be
worth between $4,000 and 81, 600. There
was So, 500 insurance.
The following instructors have been en-
gagged at Red Wing Seminary for the COM
ing year: Professors. G. @. Brohough, G.
A. Hill, H. H. Elstad, and ONE yet to be
! engaged for the preparatory department;
Professor H. H. Bergsland and Rev. O. S.
Meland for the theological department..
john A. Anderson, of Madison, threshed
o1ut 65S bushels and 20 pounds of wheat
i from ISL acres of ground. This shows
4 yield of435 bushels per acre. It weighed
| 81 pounds to the measured bushel at the
! Pacific elevator. ~
! The first siipm emit of this years wheat
| has just been made from Marshall. The
4 wheat yielded little over twenty-five
/ bushels to the acre, graded No. l, and test
/ ed, in the dirt, sixty-two pounds. We new
er had such crops before. Wheat will all
grade No. l.
What is supposed to be skeleton was
| discovered 135 teet below the surface in a
| well being drilled at Hokah for j. J. Hohl.
The ZONES were brought up in small
| pieces and seem to be well preserved. They
We're examined bat it was impossible to
\ determine the nature or to what species it
belongs
A 5-year-old boy of Ole Brown, of Christi
| ana township, Jackson county, set fire to a
lot of straw surrounding his fathers barn.
! Discovering what he had done the little
| fellow crawled into the barn where the
\ flames overlook and cremated him. Two
| horses, four head Of cattle and q number Of
! harnesses We're also burned
\ SOUTH DAKOTA.
Two Children Of Mrs. Ruthven died of
diphtheria at Sioux Falls They were by
a former husband, Freeman Potter of
Iowa, who came over and nursed them I'M
til they died
Ata joint meeting Of the knights of La
bors and Miners Unions Of Lead City, Cen
trial City and Deadwood, it was decided to
hold their celebration O. Labor Day in this
city, Sept l.. About 9, GOO members Of the