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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-22

The Episcopal bishop of Delaware
took awalk OF 375 miles, roughly clad
and with no insignia OF his business
about him. Some people took him
for the advance agent of a circus,
others for a moonshine detective,
others thought him a crook, and some
drove him from their premises with
dogs. The bishop thinks he has found
several things out, chief among which
Is that a man isn't necessarily bad if
he doesn't wear good clothes.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-22

ONE OF the customs of the English
court prevails nowhere else. 1t is the
solemn announcement at the begin
ming OF each course of the name of the
cook who has prepared the dishes
served. This announcement is made
IN audible tone, for the benefit of Her
Majesty, by one of the clerks-in- wait
ing of the kitchens. The origin of this
custom dates back to the reign of
George H. -. ~ a...stz 80
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-22
THERE are eighty characterization
leagues in England and Scotland, and
determined opposition is also being
organized in Ireland and Wales.

IT is the intention of European en-
gineers to store the waters of the Nile
to such an extent as to enable agrestt-
er extension of the cotton and thesu,
gar cane crops in that region.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-22

AN Englishman who had been ira
yelling in Siberia says that the life of
the Russian exiles there is not so hard
as it has been depicted. They enjoy
society, indulge in fancy dress balls
and have good time generally-but
with limitations.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-22
LABOR CIRCLES.

The National Laundrymen's association
is holding its eighth annual session in St.
Louis
ANDREW CARNEGIE has cut the wages of
his men in his steel works, in some cases
as much as 60 per cent.
The Granite Cutters National Union, the
Marble Cutters National Union, the Jour.
neymen Freestone Cutters National Union
and the Journeymen Stone Cutters Asso-
citation of North America have decided to
take united stand against the employ
ment Of convicts in their trade.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-22

The heir to the throne of Roumania
VOWS that he would rather sacrifice
his crown than his sweetheart. But
the young lady may be ambitious, and
there is a bare possibility that a prince
without prospects will not prove as
attractive as the same prince with a
throne in sight.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-22

The faculty OF the Kentucky State
College have issued a notice warning
students that visit to a horse race
means prompt expulsion. Hens warn
their ducklings not to 60 near the wa
ter. '> -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-22

A FLORIDA negro who was hiding in
a swamp near Tallahassee, and was
forced up tree by the approach Of
alGgators, was so badly frightened by
his experience that his hair turned
white -#
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-22
In addition to having his pct tel

. In addition to having his pet tenn
perance bill contemptuously kicked
out Of the bundesrath KAISER William
b." 0ow another grief to gnaw at his
! tia. His old enemy, the duke OF
NJ Nenburg- Schwerin, refuses to die
and proposes to live long and bother
his imperial master for some time to
come. ~1&a
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-22
WISCONSIN,.

Mrs. Jane Germany, of Beloit died, aged
100 years.
Michael Devine, of Lewiston, Columbia
county, is dead, at the age of IS years.
Charles Bell was sentenced to one year at
Waupun for robbery at La Crosse.
Whisky Jim, the Indian murderer, is still
at large.
Diphtheria is prevalent at Madison and
energetic means are being taken to stamp
it out.
The 12-year-old daughter of John Bier
bauch of Kaukauna was assaulted by a
tramp. A mob is in pursuit of the tiend
Burglars entered number Of dwellings
at Eau Claire securing considerable
plumber Sss5,
Fire at Marinette destroyed 5000 feet Of
lumber belonging to Perley, Lowe & Co,
of Chicago.
William Campbell of Eau Claire was
seriously injured by being thrown from
horse.
The team attached to the hook md lad
der truck at Madison ran away, smashing
the truck.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-22

AN iron last has been made by
Spence, Boggs & Co., Martins Ferry,
Ohio, for John Farmhouse, colored
preacher at Charlotte, N. G. 1t is 20
1-2 inches long and Z 12 inches wide.
The owner of this monstrous foot is
6 feet 10 inches high, and weighs 40
pounds.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-22

Michael Manthey, Of Sheboygan. had
his leg fractured by the upsetting of his.
wagon.
i. d. Lamtoer, of Rice Lake was fned
500 for shooting deer out of the regular--
season.
James McTaggert, Of sheboygan. was.
arrested, charged with assault by August
Ehler
Aid Michael Childs, of GAINESVILLE, viii,
engage in the manufacture of muslin under
wear, employing 100 hands.
Fish are being taken in abundance at
Sturgeon Bay. One fisherman made
catch of 2, 900 pounds in one day.
Fire destroyed the residence Of William
Dean, in the town of Center, Rock County,
rendering the family homeless.
Martin Knott, of GAINESVILLE, while dig
ging post holes unearthed box containing =
500 in coin. :
Emanuel gladden., who committed suicide
in Chicago recently, formerly lived in Wau-
sau.
The incorporators Of the North Wiscon-
sin Academy met at Ashland. Fifteen
trustees were elected and the several COM
mittees appointed.
The seven saw mills at Ashland during Z
the past season cut 150 00O,0 feet of lum-
Der. The total shipments amounted to ,
LAG, 600, 900 feet.
Mrs. Albertson, of Fort Atkinson, who
attempted suicide by shooting. was inspire !:
to the act by dependence caused by being
parted from her mother.
The livery stable of M. Sellers, of Fort
Howard, was destroyed by fire. There .
were seven horses burned to death. Loss :.
81, OOO
Frank Chapman, a colored prisoner,
working with gang on the railroad at
Superior, attempted to escape by drawing a
revolver, but was prevented by the guard
The 2-year-old daughter of William
Baker, of Green Bay, while playing, found
bottle of chloroform. Before the mother
could prevent it the child swallowed the
contents, which killed her
4 A. H. Stevens, of Durand, was fatally
kicked by horse at Augusta He was
driver of Endicott, the trotting stallion
ofKesar & Son, of this place, and was at
tending the races at Augusta.
Two freight trains on the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul road collided at the :
William Buchheit & Co. malt house, a
short distance from Watertown, making a
complete wreck of the two engines and
smashing three cars. 5.-.s3 a. ss.
A desperate fight occurred at Union
Grove between two parties Of that place
and Burlington. VIM. Serdeseller OF
Union Grove, received stab wound in the
abdomen which may prove fatal, and
James Dusston, also of Union Grove, was
stabbed in the back and will die. sss, p. .- 3
Nils Andrew of Eau Claire, who few
days ago received word that his brother :
Walter had been murdered in Seattle,
Wash, has telegram from the police of ::
that city which states that no such man
had been murdered there. Although An
drew has not heard from his brother in
two years he thinks he is alive, but where
he does not know ..'-..r ..-.....ss.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-22

The trial of w. H. Waters, at Miller q
politician and banker of local prominence,
tis progressing before Justice ODER. Waters
is charged with illegally taking possession
Of mules and other property belonging to
a Mrs. Strellner.
Chamberlain is to have a broom factory.
There is great sensation in the divorce
colony at Sioux Falls because of write
up in New York paper. Mrs. Blaine is
accused of furnishing the facts, with the
understanding that she should be exclud-
ed
Charles E. Bowman, who is charged
with aiding in producing the fatal abortion.
on Mrs. Henrietta Bratton, at Dell Rapids,
was arranged before Justice Harrington.
He waived examination and was bound
over to the grand jury, the amount of his
bail being fixed at 81, 1000. He was given an
opportunity to secure the required bonds,
with prospects ofsuccess.
q Fred Sammis, who disappeared from, the
Black Hills with lot of money belonging
to other people, is said to be in old Mexico.
He took with him 5000 given him to pay
to Pitcher Bros, and VIM. Poe owner ofthe
Dansby mines. The money was sent by
w. Il. Dent, banker at La Mars, Iowa He
also took So, 900 belonging to Nye S. Schnei-
der, grain merchants, whose agent Sam
mis- was. Sammis, in letter written at
Omaha, says he lost the money on horse
races. 81
9. 0. Hutchinson the contractor, who is
putting down Mitchell's third artesian well,
has been obliged to make start on another
well after going down 125 feet At this
point heavy strata of quicksand was
struck and it was found after the machine
had stood two days that it was impossible
to sink the pipe or to withdraw it, and
after weeks work in the attempt to raise
the pipe, two lengths broke off in the
ground and cannot be raised, A new start
will be made at the side of the other well.
John Cole, a widower of %, has been
bound over at Aberdeen for rape on the
person of Mary Mefo, a 14-year-old German
girl. The couple have desired to marry for
weeks and cohabited on different occasions,
the girl being willing partner to the Of
Tense. They cannot marry beca -se Mary is
not of age, and her father not only strenu-
ously objects, but is pushing the prosecu-
.tion against Cole, who is liable, as the state
law makes the age of consent at 16 years.
Cole and the girl skipped for Wisconsin,
where they thought their trials would end,
but the old man and al officer caught them
at Webster and brought them back. =. II
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-22
Rising Hour at st. Petersburg.

Rising Hour atst. Petersburg.
His Imperial Majesty, the Gar
Ho, minion! What's become of my
undershlrt?
Valet-May it please your Majesty
the blacksmith is putting fresh rivet
in it.-Grip.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-22
NORTH DAKOTA

. NORTH DAKOTA. r.
Henry Good, a Bisbee septuagenarian,
committed suicide II ats*. - -s.- 49,
A Finlander named Hongola was killed
in runaway at Lakota. '~
Edgar W. Camp has been appointed
United States district attorney for North
Dakota. ..~>. III. ....- IS
Mrs. Simon Owen, of Cooperstown, died
on the train while enroute for Minneapolis
for the purpose of being treated for cancer.
Reliable information from Emmons
county places the losses by the recent
prairie fires at much less than first report
ed. George Johnson and his son, living
near the Holland settlement, are the only
ones who are known to have lost their
lives.
A proposition was made to the Fargo
council for franchise for another electric
street railway, two and one-half miles of it
to be built and in operation Jan. 1, 1892.
The matter went over. The Thompson
Houston company is behind the PROPOSE
ton. It has already secured the franchise
in Moorhead.
A city election to vote bonds took place
at Fargo with a light vote. Only twelve
The bonds are for $40, 900, and bear per
cent interest. They are to take the place of
the 5 per cent bonds voted last year to COM
plete the purchase of the water works,
which were not sold owing to the financial
depression East.
E. t. Herrick, auditor Of Emmons
county, was found dead in his Office chair
at Williamsport Hehad gone to his Office
and started a fire, and when found was sit
ting by the stove with his over coat and
mittens on. He had been an official of
Emmons county for years, and was well
known all over this section. His remains
will be sent to his old home in Michigan
for interment.
Two candidates are in the field for COM
missioner for the district including DEVILS
Lake. Joseph Graham and George Juergens
were both nominated by circulating certif-
Gates tor signatures under the Australian
system. The assessed valuation of this
city is one-fourth of the whole county, but
it has had no representation on the board
of commissioners since 1885, Candidate
Juergens is the city nominee
Mrs. Mary Olson, wife of a thrifty Scan
dinavian farmer living few miles west Of
Glendale, drove to town with horse and
buggy, took the train for the south and is
now supposed to be in the company of
Manly Benedict a farm hand who worked
in the neighborhood and who is also
missing. She left her two small children at
a neighbours, and her husband is off in
another county threshing and knows
nothing ofhis broken up household,
A Devils Lake Special says: The absorb
ing amusement in this vicinity now is
geese shooting. They are present in hun
dreds of thousands and enthusiastic hunt
ers say millions. About fifty sportsmen,
many from st. Paul and Minneapolis, pass
edrecently near Sweetwater, north of here
shooting geese. One outfit brought down
TO- In all, about six hundred are shot.
These birds feast on wheat in the day and
repair to the lakesat night. Their crops
ARE: invariably filled with the grain and
their destruction is not considered cruel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-04
A Family Of Giants,
From the Philadelphia Press.


Mrs Margaret Larkins, who was inferred in
st. Joachims cemetery, Frankford, few days
ago, at the age Of ninety-two years, came of an
Irish family remarkable for physical strength
and longevity. Mrs. Larkins' maiden name
was Scannsll and her father was well-to-do
raiser Of horses in the village of Lurig. county
Cork. descendant living in Philadelphia, who
has visited the old Scannell homestead, saws
that the villagers still point with a sort Of
elannish pride TO a huge capstone which he
removed from the archway of a limekiln and
placed in the position it at present occupies in
what was to be his future home After his
marriage at the age of forty Mr.. Scannell set
tied down to farming. The next farm to his
was owned by cousin, whose descendants,
three strapping daughters, now manage the
dairy pillow the fields and reap the harvest and
do whatever ditching and draining the soil re-
quires. The Philadelphian who met these three
ladies AYERS that their occupation has not tended
to unsex them. and that on the way to church on
Sunday neither by dress nor demeauor are they
dis;inguishable from the most blue-blooded OF
their eountrywomen. The Scannell family has
been prolific in giants. One Of the brothers of
the deceased lady still lives in Ireland and is of
extraordinary stature. A cousin residing in
this city stands6 feet 81 inches in his socks
and another 6feet pa. An uncle, Michael Scan
nell. was the parish priest at Tarsed end st
tanned great age. nephew some years ago
won a wager by lifting from the ground bar
rel Of white lead Weighing several hundred
pounds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-04
HOW HE GOT THE ROAD.
A Story Told About the Father Of secretary
Foster.

A Story Told About the Father Of secretary
Foster.
From the New York Times.
Il can tell you q little story about Charlie
Fosters father that illustrates the fact tina,
there is nothing obtuse or dense about the
Foster family" Mr.. Mahlon Chance said the
other day as, with a group of well-known men,
he was talking Of the new Secretary Of the
Treasury.
THE incident occurred . good many years
ago, when the new Secretary was . boy and
lived with his father in their Ohio home. A
dispute had arisen over the location Of stretch
Of county road. Some wanted il laid out in one
place, others favored different route. and a
few wanted . third line. After a good deal OF
discussion the county commissioners met a,
Thin and named q day when they would de-
eide Just where the road should go. They said
that they wanted 70 examine the two principal
routes, and out which was more travelled and
select accordingly.
ssChsriie Fosters father was interested in
having the road 60 in certain direction. The
night before the decision was 10 be made be re-
solved on stratagem.
"'Hitch up the oxen, he said to Charlie. and
60 down to Neighbor Savers and get his
yoke; we have business tonight
''Charles asked no questions and in one hour
three yokes OF oxen, each drawing . heavy sled
stood before the Foster homestead Then be,
gan procession backward and forward on the
strip Of road upon which Mr.. Foster wanted
the commissioners 70 az. II was kept goine
for hours until the tracks were hammereS
hard. The cattle were then unyoked and the
Foster family retired.
Next morning the commissioner looked Al
the two proposed routes. II took them only 1
few minutes to Determine which track had tbe
most travel, and the road was promptly located
on the line II the Foster procession Of he night
bssogs."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-04
IMPROVEMENT IN NIGHTCAPs.
Ruffied Meal Sacks and Pudding Bags Are
No Longer Worn.


No Longer Worn.
From the London Figaro.
Why has the old-fashioned nightcap of a
former age fallen into such sad ill repute? No
one is prepared to maintain that its successor,
the modern nightcap, has not its possibly very
good points. But because it is doubtless so
eminentiy satisfactory constitutes no reason for
supposing that its predecessor was all wrong
When made of common white cotton, or pos
sibly of Turkey red, and furnished with tassel
at the end of long point, it was perhaps
not what would be called an @sthetic bit
of headwear. 1t is not to be denied that it
possessed character when it was seen, as in an
Gent prints, perched on the head of some
baldpated citizen of rubicund visage. who
roughly aroused from his slumbers by broi
In the street, throws open the easement and
peers ont. tallow candle in hand But character
and beauty are different things. Nor was the
female of that especial order of male nightcap
| any better. big, rotund white bag like a
sack of meal, with gigantic ruffie about the
edge OF it, and two substantial white strings at
the end, securely to tie it under the chin
All. but there are other nightcaps than this.
There is a dainty creation of fine, sheer mus
lin. all foaming with little auillings of lace
through which runs bit of ribbon. white or
rosy or blue as a turquois, ending in de-
mure rosette, bow light a butterfly on
the wing. Such cap, but little larger than
an infants, covered the curly head of
debutante not long ago as she sat up.
propped in pillows and convalescing from
a fever. Adorably pretty was the mntinous
face peeping out from such "a framing. And
imagina lion from this delightful starting point
took delicious fight. Think Of it ! Could this
| one example set by young creature possessed
| OF some originality bu. be followed what
| changes There would be,
! No more nocturnal visions OF curl papers
] wisps OF hair done up in last months butcher
/ bill. no more scrawny females rushing out in
case of fire into hotel corridors with front hair
| quilted into iron crimping pins and standing
alOtt like the quilts Of the fretful porcupine No
/ more uniovely exposures in like instances of
| thin gray locks struggling about high fore
/ head, .shorn of its skeleton bang" or other
elaborate '.frontpiece." forgotten in the terror
Of the moment on the pincushion.
But demure little caps. Quakerish and sveet
and prim, may be eloquent of all manner Of
gentle. old-time ideals Of modest and dainty
femiuinity, They suggest vaguely the faint.
| old-fashioned fragrance of lavender and dried
rose leaves and those quiet decent. loving lives
| that were passed. in all order and sobriety in
the shade Of quaint green arbors and about the
| big. soft-ighted rooms of ancient and substan-
| tial mansions in those streets of our modem
cities that have now grown hopeIessly obsoleta
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-04

with hairlip. and as a charm she IL recon-
mended on beholding the beast TO make .
small rent immediately in some part Of her
dress. In New England oil from red earth
worms hung in the sun lie prescribed for GER
tam complaints. Fried mice are regarded in
Lincolnshire as an infallible cure for whoop-
ing cough In Lancashire il used TO BE- Inn
sgineo that paralysis was due to the crawling
OF shrewmouse over the affected limb and
the remedy was to catch q mouse and plug 1t
mas ridden upon bear will never have whoop-
ing cough u q common English belief, and
mucn OF the profit OF the bearkeepers Of old is
said to have been made from the fees Of
parents whose children were submitted to this
treatment. In Demerara q cockroach boiled
in oil and stuffed into the ear is considered ex-
ceiient Tor earsche. The breath and smell
OF COW are thought good for eonsump-
non IN Fifeshirs. Irish laborsrs believe
tnat u . man with his tongue ticks lizard all
over mere Is no future danger that . lizard
wili ever slip down his throat when he il lying
on the grass for an hours rest In parts Of
England 1t Is imagined that person cannot die
on bed Of game feathers. As O Sussex man
SAID 70 his friend, Poor soul he could not die
anyway till neighbor found out how il were.
feathers mon, surely, and 80 he were. So We
took m out o bed and laid m on the door and
ne pretty soon died then" Owls eggs are rec
commended to be put into the cups Of drunk
Ard to cure the drinking habit. In Spain storks
eggs are esteemed for the same purpose. Span
iards consider the owl an uncanny bird; they
say that 1t WAS present at the cruci6xion and
that II has never since ceased to cry "Cruxi
crux" When Q German peasant hears the
cuckoo FOR the first time in the spring he rolls
himself over in the grass and thus secures him
sell for the year against pains in the back.
OWES THE BABY WHISKY
In County Donegal, Ireland, an infant ct it,
birth ID forced to swallow some whisky and 10
Immediately afterward suspended BY the upper
Jaw on the nurses forehnger for luck. To cure
collie in Cornwall you are advised 70 stand on
your head for quarter OF An hour. To spit
three times in the face Of man with an evil
eye will counteract its influence. II when one
hears dog howl he 10 disturbed by super
stittous apprehensions he should take his left
shoe OF. spit upon the sole, place the shoe on
the CRATE with the sole upward and put his
hand on the spot he sat upon when the dog
howied. This simple ceremony will not only
save him from harm, but will stop the bowling
Of the dog.
Many magic writings given BY wise women"
and others are simply invocations Of the devil.
The following, written on parchment, was car
rled about by an old DevOnshire woman, who
suffered from St. Vitus' dance, as an amulet:
Shake her. good devil.
shake her we'll;
linen shake her no more
I'LL you shake her in hell
"A young woman in Chelsea had sealed paper
TO guard her against toothache. Her priest
prevailed on her to open it and all inside was
found TO be:
GOOD devil, cure her,
And take her for your pains"