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The Princeton union., 1892-01-07
NORTH DAKOTA.

The residence of Michael Garrity, in the
suburbs ofFargo, was burned to the ground
Garrity's wife and infant child narrowly
escaped death in the flames
Robert Lowe was found dead at Forest
River in shanty on the farm Of William
Graham, which he worked. There were no
indications Of foul play. He was probably
suffocated by coal gas.
The northbound passenger train was
wrecked between Minnewaukan and New
Rockford, and three freight cars were piled
mp and the track demolished somewhat
One ofthe engineers was slightly bruised
Aspecial meeting ofthe Pembina presby-
terry was held in Larimore. r. j. Crumb
accused Of illegal connections with female
members of his congregation was to be
tried. Crunlb did not put in his isappearance
and the meeting adjourned to try the case
iii Grand Forks, Feb. g
Many ugly rnmors are afoat in connec-
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the boys face. He will lose the sight Of
one eye. He is 16 years Of age
While Harry and Frank Parsons. OF.
Fond du Lac, were driving. the horse bes
came frightened at the noise made bv the
oalYatlon Army, and ran away. Both
young men were seriously injured. Frank
| having one ear torn off.
IOWA.
The Trenck Wire Works ofDnhnono
which have been in operation th ere for II
years, made an assignment for the benefit
OF creditors. The assets and liabilities are
about equal. ''0
Elisha Hannawalt, aged nineteen, of
Dumont, To-, who was visiting near LYONS
after returning from a hunting trip at
tempted to take gun out of wagon
muzze first The gun was discharged and
Hannawalt killed.
Pliny Harlan, popular young clerk in
the postoffice at Marion, was arrested by a
United States marshal on the charge of
selling cancelled stamps, and stealing arti-
cles from the mail, and presenting them to
young women acquaintance.
A colored man, J. H. Miller of Des
MONIES, called on Ada Lewis a woman
who had Tilted him, and at the end Of
| snort interview shot her and then himself.
The man can live but few hours, and the
Womans wounds will also prove fatal.
The Saturday Night Club of Dubuque
made tender of reception to Sir Edwin
Arnold on the occasion of his visit to that
! city. A note was received from Mr..
Arnold declining the invitation and regret
ting his inability to attend.
A New York capitalist was in Dubuoue
! With view to purchasing the bonds of the
| city, which amount to about $500, 600.
| These bonds now bear or 7 Der cent
! interest. He offers to take the refunded
| deot at 4 per cent for 20 years. but none of
| these bonds are due before four years.
AT special election of the city OF Esther
VILE held recently, the question of giving
| ~ years franchise to an electric light
company to put in plant at Estherville
| was carried by large majority. There
| nave been several propositions already
! made by responsible parties and the CITY
| Will no doubt accept one Of them at an
| early date.
Ihe chinaware firm of James H. Peterson
d Co., of Burlington, have assigned. The
liabilities are nearly s25,oCO The assets
are not yet known. There are preferred
creditors under chattei mortgage upon
the stock for S14, 75O to E. S. Huston, trustee
Tor the National State Bank, and others,
and also under lien held by Thomas H.
Taylor for 81, $780, The remainder of the
liabilities are to firms in the East and
Liverpool England.
200 Mystic shriners, including many not
aple Masons OF the state, were at Ottumwa
initiating 60 Knights Templars in the mys-
terles of Kaaba Temple. At the close of
the ceremonies the Sbriners were banquet.
ed at the Ballingall. Illustrious Potentate
Clark l.. Richard and the other officers OF
the Temple came in a special train from .
Davenport, and other delegations had SIM
liar trains from Mason City, Marshalltown.
Oskalo oosa and the west.
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ed a report regarding the condition of thu
winter wheat crop recently sown. Accord.
ing to this report the conditionis satisfact.
ory in the whole Of the Russian PROVINCES
in Central Asia, including many Of tho
famfne-stricken districts Nd &}.a
The Bishop Of ST. Brieuc received Nav
Year greetings from the municipal councii
with which he has for long time had
strained relations. Cordially shaking hands
with the mayor, the bihop said: For
some time past question Of the separate On
of church and state has been in the air, bnt
I for one favor union" His remarks are
considered important, as an indication Of a
change of attitude on the part of the Catho-
lie bishops.
The presidential election in Guatemala
took place. President Barrillas has request.
ed that denial be made Of the reports
that he is trying to incite rebellion IN
San Salvador, and that he intends to de-
clare himself dictator of Guatemala. It has
been decreed that rice beans, peas, corn
and hay and all kinds ofvegetables NAV
be imported free of duty. The duty on i'm
government has redeemed $685. 600 of the
national debt.
MGR FERRERA the paper nuncio at
Paris, on behalf of the diplomats, made a
felicitous speech at President Carnot's
New Years reception. The president re-
sponded to the New Years greetings of tho
pope's representation and thanked all the
distinguished callers for the compliment
Of their visit. He hoped the year of 1892
would be year Of peace and said that in
its period France would devote full efforts
in aidof economic interests and social pro-
gress; President Carnot requested the d.
the policy of France was that of peace and
international concord.
The Princeton union., 1892-01-07
THENEWSSUMMARY
The Latest News Of the World Con
densed and Arranged in Conven-
lent Form.
Washington, Personal, Foreign, Grim
inal, Casualty and Other
Important News.
THE CAPITAL,

A RECIPROCITY treaty between the United
States and Costa Rica is signed.
The money order service will be extend
ed soon to about $50 fourth class post
offices in all parts of the country. ~
SENATOR PETT1aREw of South Dakota re-
flutes certain newspaper statements touch
Ing his treatment of Senator Kyle.
A COMMITTEE of colored men from Vir-
, ginia waited on the president and urged the
appointment of Prof Langston as circuit
judge. $50.
THE National League for the protection
of American institutions will submit to
congress constitutional amendment for
bidding the diversion of public moneys to
religious institutions. .,.
A NUMBER Of Hungarians were employed
in repairing furnace in the butt weld de-
partment of the National Tube Works at
McKeesport, Pa, when the walls fell in,
burylng John Ignats, John Tucki and. Job
Geddick. The two latter will die.
THE ferry boat Orange, one of the Della
ware, Lackawanna & Western railroads s
fleet ran down a tug boat of the New York
Central Towing Company. The tug went
to the bottom. All hands on board were
rescued by the ferry boats deck hands.
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ton with the late Farmers and Merchants
state Bank failure at Glendale. The pres
ldent OF the bank, III. o. Barratt. has been
arrested on the charge Of receiving deposits
When ne knew the bank was insolyent. He
waived examination in Justice court and
was held to the district court in s5oo There
IS strong talk Of making other arrests.
Word has been received at Fargo that
MT. ana Mrs. John Brunelle of Wild Rice
were found dead in bed one morning, hav-
ing oeen asphyx yxiated by escaping coal gas
rom the stove. A little girl came over to
W. y. Browns and said she thought
ner 1ather and mother were dead
When help arrived they had been dead
some hours. They leave nine young chill
dren, some OF whom are also sick from the
eHects OF the gas, but are expected to re-
| cover. - -,
sam Brown has iustreturned to Bismarck
with 80 head ofhis cattle which wandered
away in the late storms He SAYS it is re-
ported that some three or four hundred
head OF stray cattle are scattered through
the country north Of Dawson with all sorts
OF brands. These estrays are taken up
| mostly by farmers. and he says it will take
money to reclaim them. It IS thought that
the principal portion of this stock is owned
IN the vicinity of Towner on the Mouse
river as they CAME from the northward.
Ihe North Dakota Teachers association
met at Grand Forks. A. J. OKeefe deliv-
erec the address OF welcome which was re-
sponded to by the president A. L. Woods.
John Ogden, state superintendent of public
instruction, read paper on the Estate
Educational Columbian Exhibit" The
| afternoon session was held in the state uni
verslty. The Great Northern railway fur
nlshed special train. A lecture was de-
llVered tonight by Prof. H. +. Judson, OF
the university of Minnesota, which was
followed by a banquet.
The Princeton union., 1892-01-07
THE TOILERS,

The indication of renewal of the strike
in the bituminous coal regions of Indiana
have totally disappeared
A MOB OF 300 at West Superior attacks six
st. Paul workingmen, fatally Injuries one
and drives the rest out of town.
Z UNLESS the management of the Grand
Island railroad accedes to the demands
made by conductors and brakemen, a gen.
eral tle-lP will occur on the line within
twenty-four hours.
AN agreement has been signed between
Acting Grand Chic! Ramsey, of the Order
of Railway Telegraphers, and A. N. Towne,
second vice-president and general manager
of the Southern Pacific railroad, which will
end the strike of railway telegraphers
which began on the Southern Pacific some
time ago. .---,'
The Princeton union., 1892-01-07
WISCONSIN,.

Mrs. Washington. an early settler of Ba.
raboo, died at her home Of pneumonia
Mrs. L. Chase, of Prairie du Chen, died
at her home after undergoing surgical op.
Grafton.
The residence of Martin Bergh, at La
Crosse was destroyed by fire. Loss, 81. oOo
covered by insurance.
! Mrs. George B. Smith, of Waterto wn, died
at the age of 36 years. She leaves husband
and four children.
Frank Tindell, an old resident of the town
of Waterford, Racine County, passed away,
aged 70 years.
Two boys, named Gotfried Zinskie and
| William Schalla, Of Waukesha, were arrest.
ed for being drunk. They were 16 years oi
age.
S. D. Welch, an employe of the Lake
Shore road at Appleton, had part Of his
foot torn off by getting It caught between
two rails.
A brakeman named Dan Hayward, of La
Crosse, had his hand crushed while coup
ling cars on the North Western road near
| Winona Junction.
| Peter Dalstrom, Racine baker made an
assignment to Peter B. Hanson of that
| place, for the benefit Of his creditors. The
liabilities are $4OO
A. d. Waterman, Milwaukee man, who
forged note for $1ls at Boyd, Chippewa
County, last June, pleaded guilty in the cir
cult court at Chippewa Falls and was SEN
tenced to one year and a half at Waupun.
The contrac, for boring an artesian we'll
| at the Racine County Asylum was awarded
to the O'Connor :Artesian Well Company,
! of Fond du Lac. Their bid was $l.57 per
foot for the first 1000 feet . II - ~,
Hyde & Jackson, of New York, have
made an applicati on to the Common Coun-
Gil at Kaukauna, asking for franchise to
put in 100000 water works plant 1t is
proposed to put in seventy hydrants.
The Swede, A. Bjorklund, who was
robbed of a check on Minneapolis bank
for 81, 400 at Fort Howard, few days ago
has received word from Minneapolis that
the cheek is safe. n#.
While doing her houscworl, Mrs A. IT,
Morse, Of Whitewater, was stricken with
paralysis; second attack followed shortly
afterwards from which she died She was
6S years ofage.
An old lady named Mrs. II. H. Mills o.
Hixen, Jackson County, aged 20 years IN
derWent an operation successfully a few
days ago for the removal or cataract
She has been blind Tor the past eight years.
Albert Ansem, the young fellow who
passed a number of forged checks few
days ago at La Crosse, has made applica-
ton to Judge Dyson for permission to
plead guilty. He will be accommodated
on January A.
While Phil. Slack was climbing over a
fence with loaded shot gun near Bara-
boo, the tlrearm was accidentally dis
charged, the contents tearing away part OF
The Princeton union., 1892-01-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

The American Forestry association
memories the president.
The contest for Senator Sherman's seat
begins at Columbus, Ohio.
THE New York court of appeals gives the
legislature to the Democrats.
FoURTH-CLAss postmasters of Minnesota
hold convention in St. Paul.
The Mexican troops and insurgents fight
battle, the latter being on the Texas side
ofthe Rio Grande river.
AN important case involving mineral
lands in Montana and Idaho is decided bv
General Land Commissioner Carter.
AL1TERARY alliance has led to comm.
bial. Rudyard Kipling is to marry the sister
OF his dead collaboration, Wolcott Balestier.
The Minnesota supreme courtpronounces
the probate code constitutional, reversing
its own former decision.
EXTENSIVE preparations are being made
for the celebration Of Bishop Edward Fitz-
gerald's silver jubilee, which will take place
Feb. at Little Rock. Archbishop Ireland
will attend
MAJ. BRACKET and his colleague, Nj,
Jameson, are about to start on a tour Of
the commercial centers of France Sna;n
and Portugal to stimulate interest in the
Chicago tuir.
CoEGREssMAN CH1PMAN Of Michigan pro-
poses the building ola canal around Ma
CARA falls and across New York state
through which vessels may pass from tn :
great lakes to the ocean. = - :
GREAT activity prevails in the navy de-
partment yetit is denied that there are anv
prospects of war with Chilli The San Bran.
cisco is southwark bound, equipped for q
three-year cruise. '. : 5 ;.
DE-. KEEIY has purchased thirty acres on
the shore Of Lake Michigan little north 81
Chicago. He proposes to erect there sew
eral immense structures for dipsomaniacs
The Dwight establishment will be retained
as an auxiliary. y
LEOPOLD sTocKER, an Austrian, died at
Avon, Ill, aged eighty-fve years. He came
to Bordentown, N. j., with Lucian Murat
in 1925. Soon after his arrival he entered
the service of Joseph Bonaparte as valet da ia
chambre, and remained close companion
until the kings death. IA -
The Princeton union., 1892-01-07
A PRETTY GIRLS PLAN.
To Be Rid of the Too Numerous and
Too Ardent Swain.

To Be Rid of the Too Numerous and
Too Ardent Swain.
One Lewiston girl believes that
prayer meetings are not the place for
t1irtations and pairing off. She has
known what it is to expect one or two
men waiting at the church door every
Sunday night with the question
whether or no he may 60 home with
her. She has determined to rid her.
self OF both, end probably has. She
went to the cake walk in Lyceum Hall,
recently and during the evening both
asked permission to csc ort her home.
She said yes to both. They both
waited for her on the landing, and
when she came downstairs she smiled
and took one OF each young mans
arms.
At first they hesitated little, but
then went down the last flight of
stairs at a jerky gait. At the loot OF
the stairs they both let go her arm and
walked up Lisbon strest, looking ugly
at each other. She entertained them
both with lively stories of the even
ing's entertainment. Each thought
that the other would drop off at the
head fthe street and he would 90 home
with the pretty girl; but no, they both
went on up Main street. Wishing in
their inmost hearts that they were
out OF it. What a fool the other fell
low was! Why didn't he leave?
In the mean time they went past
corner after corner where each thought
surely the other would say good night,
Tor had not the girl said he might 90
home with her. So on they went
until the gate was reached, and with
a pretty thought about the effect of
the moon on dried leaves in the gut
ter she asked them in They both said
it was late and looked nervous.
Cant you both come up and see me
Thursday EVENING"" she asked, "Mam-
ma would be pleased to meet yoa.''
One said he had an engagement at
the store that night, and the other
said he was going out of town Thurs
day. After q moment, during which
each thought 1t was time for the other
to move on, the young lady said good
night and went up the steps. No one
annoyed her Sunday night when she
came out OF prayer meeting.-Lewis-
ton, Me-, Journal. ~
The Princeton union., 1892-01-07
SOUTH DAKOTA.

Stanley Island, has been placed under
military rule.
An arteslan we'll was struck on the farm
OF Col. G. J. Pontus in Troy Township,
sully County, at depth of !, ,456 feet.
A dispatch from Sioux Falls states that
the jury in the case Of w. B. Enos vs.. The
st. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Com
pany after deliberation of only thirty
minutes brought in verdict for the plain
tiff. fN|'N'4
The cases of the state against Hagertv
ana Paul Hamus were entered upon at
Aberdeen, States Attorney Cramer and
Hon, a. B. Melville will prosecute and At
torneys Gordon, Crofoot and Huse defend
the defendants charged with receiving
BAN. deposits when they knew the bank
was insolvent
IL IS reported that natural gas has been
struck on the farm of R. B. Coddington,
three and half miles north of Blunt 1t
was found at the depth of 1000 feet. Mr..
Coddlngton will use it for lighting and
heating purposes, and the city OF Blunt will
put down other wells from which to light
the streets.
A decree of divorce was granted by Judge
Il: u. Smith, at Yankton, to Louis Bernard,
OF Mayence, Germany, the we'll known
landscape painter. Bernard claimed de-
sertion as the ground for his desire for sep
aratlon. He was married in Germany in
1867, and in 1882 his wife left him and thew
have continued to live apart since. There
are three daughters, all above twenty years
OF age, with the mother. Bernard has
LETT the city and will return at once to Ger
many.
C w. Case, general superintendent r.
W. Bryan, division superintendent of the
Great Northern, have been looking the
line over between St. Paul and Huron,
with a view to making numerous improve
ments the coming season. It is rumored
on good authority that the Great North
ern is likely to extend it's line from here to
Chamberlain and cross the Missouri river
with the Chicago, milwaukee & St. Paul,
or go to Wheeler, in Charles Mix coun-
ty.
The Princeton union., 1892-01-07

NATURE seems to have been partial
TO the New World in the distribution
OF its favors this year. The Argentine
Republic has had the same experience
as the United States in the matter of
heavy harvests, the value of the crops
exceeding that OF last year by nearly
l5 per cent. Similar experiences
throughout South America ought
TO put an end for the present,
at least, to the political troubles
among those new republics. Pros
perity is usually associated with con
4tentment and peace.
The Princeton union., 1892-01-07

MosT of the astronomers are discuss
ing the probability of the reappear-
ance of the "Star of Bethlehem" at
the end of the century. Some insist
that it was a veritable star, but the
more prevalent idea is that.it was a.
spiritual conception, and, of course,
not subject to telescope observation.
No way is suggested to determine tho
question at present.
The Princeton union., 1892-01-07

GOVERNOR RUssELL's fondness for
sport is most catholic, ranging from
Whist and billiards, at which he plays
an excellent game, to ohorseback-riding
and foot ball. For foot ball he has
an especial liking, and in the closely
contested match between Harvard
and Yale at New Haven in November,
1876, he was umpire for Harvard.
The Princeton union., 1892-01-07

The duke OF Portland no LONGER
occupies the position at the head of
winning owners on the English turf,
a position he occupied for three
seasons. His winnings in stakes alone
during that period amounted to
nearly $63o,000, yearly average of
$2lO,OOO. This year his total reaches
only $4,000 Noel Fenwick now oc-
cuples first position with $1O2,-
sos. l. --.- - -
The Princeton union., 1892-01-07

JOHN P. RICHARDSON, of East Car
roll Parish, La, whose funeral took
place in New Orleans, was the largest
individual cotton planter in the world.
He owned fifteen plantations in Miss
lsslppi and Louisiana, and eight large
mercantile establishments in the same
states. He was the king of the last
Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and was
only 36 years OF age.
The Princeton union., 1892-01-07
politics..

The soldiers at Fort Niagara who
have been smuggling Cinnamon across
the border should be relieved at once
by q troop OF Indian cavalry from the
frontier. This and a slight bounty on
Chinese hair would put an end to the
business in that locality.
The Princeton union., 1892-01-07
Personal

Mr.. GLADSTONE celebrates his eighty
second birthday.
W. J. ScANLAN, the actor, is ill with brain
trouble, and his engagements have all been
cancelled 1t is said that he will never act
again.
PRINCE ALFRED MONTE NUovo, grandson
Of the Archduchess Marie Lonise once the
wife OF Napoleon l., is the latest prominent
victim of the influenza III Vienna. He died
from that disease.
MARSHALL CUSHING, Postmaster General
Wanamakers private secretary. was
married in San Francisco to Mrs. Belle
Mcbride Palmer, wealthy widow CT
Washington, D. G.
The Princeton union., 1892-01-07

RUDYARD KIPL1NG is to wed an
American girl, and we wish him Joy.
She may train him into a decent re-
gard for the American people-"put
that's another story" as Private
Mulvany wouldsay.
The Princeton union., 1892-01-07

GENERAL S. c. ARMSTRONG, who has
been prostrated with paralysis in Bos-
ton, has so far recovered that he is
expected soon to resume his duties at
the Hampton Institute. This is the
third time he has seemed to be at
deaths door.
The Princeton union., 1892-01-07

PERU's anxiety to have the United
States fight Chilli is human and natu-
raj. Peru remembers her loss of the
province OF Tarapaca and the nitrate
deposits, and has a hope that by aid
ing the United States she might get
back the plum she lost in war with the
shoe string nation.
The Princeton union., 1892-01-07

AS the wife of an earl, Belle Billion,
the concert hall singer, has been most
mercilessly snubbed. AS the mother
OF twin boys, one of whom will some
day be Earl Clancarty, she may OBJ
tain that recognition to which her
rank entities her. It seems a. little
odd but it is right.
The Princeton union., 1892-01-07

SIR EDWIN ARNOLD says the worst
to be said OF a man in Japanese is
that he is a "fellow." That country
will have to borrow OF the United
States vocabulary if it is going int O
notifies
The Princeton union., 1892-01-07

STANLEY has recently been met by an
old friend, who says he is broken
down man, and will never be able to
travel in Africa again. The labor of
bringing back Emin when he didn't
want to be "brung" WAS clearly too
much for the great explorer.
The Princeton union., 1892-01-07
SPORTING MATTERS.

PETER MAHER and Jack Dempsey were 70
have signed articles in New York FIR
match in Madison Square Garden in Janu-
ary. Neither man showed up. Police in
spector Murray's recent order forbidding
prize fights deferred the pugilists.
The Princeton union., 1892-01-07

JUST think OF it! There were over
24O,OOO.O0O,OOO cigarettes manu-
factured in this country last year,
and yet thirty states prohibit boys
from using them. Perhaps some OF
the women ehelplng out the trade.
The Princeton union., 1892-01-07
. BISHOP BUTLER, OF England, believes
in theimmortality of animals.

RUDYARD KIPL1Na has been sick with
fever in New Zealand. He will visit
Stevenson at Samoa and then 90 10
India, returning to London in March.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-12-26
A Scottish Custom.

dipping is another practice followed
on New Years day, but it has nothing TO
do with snuff. A Bible is opened haphaz-
ard, and the first verse that catches your
eyes tells your fate for the ensuing year.
In Scotland friends are entertained on the
last night of the year, and as the clock
strikes midnight every one exchanges
kisses-men and all.
In some parts of England band plays
religious music in the main street for an
hour before midnight, but as soon as thd
New Year arrives loyal tunes and merry
airs are substituted, and a procession il
formed and the citizens march through
the town. Another old custom is to oper|
the doors and windows at midnight to well
come the New Year In Ireland boys ruIl
about on New Years day with littIq
twisted wisps OF straw, which they hand
you Al an omen of prosperity, and expect
an Acknowledgement in return.-Selected