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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13

WOMEN dcummers have appeared in
Europe, and, while not very numerous,
those that are known are conspicuous
for their ability and success. n Young
Swedish woman travels for @ Scandi-
navian firm of machinists. She tray
els all over Europe, and expects to ex-
tend her territory. She recently ar
rived in London direct from Moscow.
and was then expecting to start for
Melbourne, all in the line of her bust.
ness. One London manufacturing
firm employs several women CONNER
cial travellers, and several makers of
dress goods have at least one each.
They find woman's taste of great
value in this especial line, and it is
said would engage more women to
travel if they could find them with the
necessary business capacity, good ap-
pearance, good manners and good
physique
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13
People in Print,

Rev. James spurgeon is critically ill. He
is suffering from quinsy.
Rev. Sam Longfellow, brother of the late
poet, died at Portland, Me-, aged seventy
three.
Hiram Atkins, editor of the Montpelier
(Vt. } Argus and Patriot and chairman of
theDemocratic state committee, is dead.
He was sixty-fve years old.
Mrs. Moses Lahne of Lowell, Mass, re-
covered a verdict of S., $50 against Mrs. Ida
Clark for alternating her husbands affec-
tions.
Lord Tennyson, poet laureate of Eng
land died after short illness at London,
he was unconscious for several hours be-
fore the end came.
The great French writer, Joseph Ernest
Renan, died at Paris recently. He caught
a cold which developed into congestion O
the lungs. He suffered most terrible agony
during his closing hours and his last words
were words of comfort to his broken
wife.
DR.. Douglass, the famous throat special
list, who abandoned his practice and devot-
ed his whole time to Gen. Grant for six
months during the great generals last ill.
ness, died in Washington from the same
disease which carried off the ex-presi-
dent.
Col. James H. Rice, of Indianapolis, ex-
auditor of the state, one of the best known
business men and politicians of the state,
died of pneumonia, after a protracted ILL
ness. The interment took place in New
Albany.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13
Record of Casualties,

A fire in Buenos Ayres destroyed proper
ty to the value of So, 200, 900.
The Goulding fertilizer works at Pensaco-
la, Fla, We're destroyed by fire. Loss, $780,
600; partially insured.
Immense damage has been done to the
Michigan fruit:and vegetable crops through
out the state by the severe cold snap of the
past few days.
A lot of wreckage and the bodies ofsix
men have foated ashorenear Cherry Grove,
N. c. There is nothing 10 indicate to
what vessel the men belonged.
The plant of the Cary-Ogden company,
manufacturers of paints and vernishes. in
Chicago, We're entirely destroyed by fire.
Loss, $3.50, 900; insured.
The whal eback steamer Charles w. Wet
more wrecked off the north shore near
Mansfield, Ore, has begun to go to pieces.
Her entire cabin has been washed away by
the heavy swells.
At Coldwater, Mich, Nora Standish was
thrown from buggy and fell on her head,
dislocating her neck. Two men pulled on
her head as hard as they could. The bones
sprang into place with a snap. She soon
recovered consciousness and will live.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13

L1vERYMEN OF Chicago have agreed
to allow the dedication OF the World's
Fair to be participated in by their car
riages to the number of 800. For this
they will charge but a trife of $22 for
each rig. The dispatch that embod-
les this news thoughtfully includes al
so the information that theliverymen
are somewhat disturbedlest the pub.
lie mistake their thrift for highway
robbery. They hasten to allay any
suspicious by the assurance that it is
not robbery, but merely business as
It prevailsin the city by the lake.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13
Sinful DOingS,

Edward S. Damn, the Buffalo, N. Y, bank
wrecker, kills himself to avoid trial.
1t may be necessary to employ troops to
quell the county seat war at Culbertson,
One Miller, an outlaw in Texas, shot
the b!oodhounds which the officers were
using to track him and escaped.
Near Carrollton, Ill.,, David Cade shot
and instantly killed his wife, from whom
he had separated, and then mortallv
wounded himself.
At Baird's Chapel, seven miles west of
Prescott, Tex, fatal shooting occurred,
the participants being Newman Sheffield
and his brother-in-law, Pink Allen, Shelf
field was shot thro ugh the heart.
Fred Covell, found James Mooney drink
ing beer with Mrs. Covell at Chicago recent
ly. The wife ventured the excuse that
Mooney was a schoolmate of hers, but
with beer bottle and fled. Mooney died.
Conductors on the Covington and Cindn-
natl street railway were caught enriching
themselves by resurrecting cancelled tickets
and turning them in again.
J. B. Moorehead, the theatrical manager
who: recently committed suicide in New
AO1A, ~ 10 CAdlIueu O1O SO 10 1ulnIl 8 pledge
given to the suicide club of which he is sup
posed to have been member.
verdict of plain suicide was returned at
Chicago in the case of Frank Mezick, who
met death from poison, in what seemed
suspicious circumstances, whil- in COM
pany with woman who gave the name OF
Mrs. Hathaway, of Cleveland,
An attempt was made to rob the Key
stone bank at Erie, Pa, recently. -Four
men entered the bank and, during a
struggle, one of the robbers shot Frank
Kempler, the assistant cashier. The men
fled without securing any money, but after
hot chase, all were captured.
Charles Miller, mayor of South Omaha,
and for twenty years agent for the Pacific
and American Express companies, commit
ted suicide by shooting himself through the
head: He had been acting strangely 10,
two days. No cause can be ASST signed ior the
deed, his accounts with the express com.
panies are all right. .. .,-.1.7 -
Capt John Williams, of the schooner A
P. Bliss, has disappeared, says milwaukee,
special. leaving letter in which he admits
that he is an embezzler to the extent of $40.
900, the receipts of his last trip The Bills:
is owned by A. B. Paully OF this CITY
Capt. Williams is one OF the best known
sailors on the lake and was very popular.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13
THE DUDE AND THE MAD DOG

An Act OF Rash Bravery Shows How De-
ceptive Appearances Are.
You cannot always Judge a book
by the cover" said Major Tom Speed
well to a St. LOUIS Globe Democrat
reporter. If any man despises a
dude do. I am resudiced against
any man who uses perfumery. wears ,
silk hat q stand-up collar or carries
a cane. When find q man doing all
those ridiculous things at one and the
same time it is all can do to refrain
from personal violence. I yearn to
hit him just on general principles.
Add to those offenses against the
canons Of horse sense button-hole
bouquet q curled mustache and
lisp. and my fingers fairly tingle for
a grip OF his neck, my toes for a coup
de grace.
Yet saw just that kind of biped
perform an act of heroism that made
me think better Of mankind.
Il was walking down Madison
street, Chicago last summer, when
there was suddenly raised that most
appalling of all cries of terror. Mad
dog! An old lady and a little girl
were crossing the street. down the
centre Of which big mastiff was
plunging: with bloodshot eyes and
foaming mouth, pursued by a couple
of officers. He made straight for the
old lady. caught her dress and dragged
her down. He then sprang at her
throat but before he reached it
youngsUer trlcked OUT in the toggery
I abhor had him by the neck The
beast ragged like d demon but the
dude held him fast until an officer
came up and put a bullet through his
head. He then picked up his silk
tile, brushed it with his elbow, and
said. with an idiotic lisp: Every dog
in the thity thould be killed; every
body that keepth IL dog in the thity
thould be hanged. His philosophy
was sound as his nerve. l went home.
and wrote with piece of chalk across
the headboard of my bed: "A man may
dress like id fool. and still have
sand and sense to give away"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13

CONTRADICTORY interviews are re.
ported with Prof. John L. Sullivan
one alleges that the professor claims
to have been drugged before the fight
and gives that as the cause for the
bad showing he made with Prof.
Corbett and that he will try conclus-
ions with the latter again, we are in
cllned to believe Mr.. Sullivan when he
denies the truth OF this statement as
we think he has wholesome respect
Tor Mr.. Corbett's forcible argu.
ment.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13
General News.

A man eighty-two years old walks from
John Day, Or, to Chicago. Pc. ..n
The "heresy" case of Prof. Briggs will be
tried, publicly. by the New York presby-
terry in November.
The pope refused an earnest entreaty to
bless the recent German Catholic congress
at Newark. N. J. ~
The supreme court of Wisconsin delivers
its final judgment in the gerrymander case.
declaring the gerrymander unconstitution-
al. .". Es..rta ~
The eleventh annual convention of the
International Funeral Directors Associa-
ton of the United States and Canada W as
held in Louisville. KY, recently.
J. T. West William O'Brien, ST., of Min
neapolis have sold the stock which they
held with Mr.. J. D. Ellison of Cincinnati
in the Ohio State Journal to some Cleye-
land parties.
Mrs. Annie F. King, in St. Louis, has
brought suit against her husband Gilbert
B. King, for the return of 100000 worth
ofproperty which she says he has fraudu-
lently obtained from her and has refused
to do any work since their marriage, but
has lived entirely upon her means. The
suit is preparatory to q divorce. The
&c
A gentleman who arrived recently at San
Antonio, Tex, from Morelia, Mex, gives
terrible account of the sufferings Of the
furnishing people of that place. The starry
ing people broke into the granaries recent
ly, and helped themselves to corn, they
were fired upon by the soldiers and great
number OF them were killed.
Rev. Father Leander Schneurr was in
stalled and consecrated archahhot of+ho
Order of st. Benedictine in the United
States at Latrobe, Pa. The ceremonies
attracted large number of priests, abbots
and Benedictine monks from all over the
United States
In the suit Of Congressman James Belden
against ex-Judge Stevenson Burke and otl,
ers the Columbus, Toledo & Hooking Val.
ley railroad which involves about So, OOO
600. Justice Ingraham Of New York hand
ed down 9 decision, giving Judgment for
: - I { i i
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13
About the Railroads.

J. W. Donovan has been appointed chiet
train dispatcher of the Montana Central.
NJ. L. Robbins, chief clerk of the Houston
& Texas Central passenger department, has
been promoted to the position of general
passenger agent of the road.
The gross earnings of the entire system of
the Chicago, Rock Island G. Pacific railway
for the month of September are estimated
at 81, O7O, 799, an increase as compared with
those of the corresponding month last year
of $123, 300.
The earnings of the Chicago Milwaukee
e. St. Paul for the fourth week of September
were 1905, 6s1. an increase as compared with
ing the same week the Milwaukee & North
ern earned $40 1871, decrease OF ST. .028.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13
THE WEEKLY NEWS DIGEST.
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK
IN A CONDENSED FORM.
The Latest and Most Important
News of the World, Culled
From the Telegraph Re-
ports Of the Press
Associations.
I'm Washington.

A new postoffice has been established at
Flersburg, Morrison, Mimi, with Albert
II. Buelow postmaster.
Secretary Charles Foster has consented
to make an address at the Columbian fes-
tivies in New York Oct. 81. "'~
At last the United States is in position
to establish the long desired coal
station at Samoa, and will soon begin the
work.
The amount of national bank notes out
standing Sept. 80 was $r72, $50, 91s an in
crease of $131O91 during the month
There were on deposit with the controller
government bonds to secure circulation
notes $l64, 49s, $50, and to secure public de-
posts.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13
Gossip of the Sports,


Kentucky Bird, 1923, by Jay Bird, is
dead. 49,. = ~ ~ +;
Since July 1 the two minute horse is
three seconds nearer.
So far this season Flying lib won first
monies to the amount of $14, 500. j
Nancy Hanks record-breaking mile was
trotted at the rate of twenty eight miles an
hour.
Certain Chicago patrons of athletic sport
are said to be interested in the organization
of a professional foot ball league. Their
dea is that the game can be made to take
the place of base ball in public favor.
The fact that the champion race mare,
Martha Wilkes, was bred by lady has
been frequently mentioned oflate in which
connection it is worthy of notice that the
sensational tour-ye old stallion Moquette,
2:l3 "a, was also bred by one of the gentler
sex.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13

MORE than fourth of the gold and
more than q third of the silver pro-
duced throughout the world in the
year 1891 was mined in the United
States.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13
or two years ahead of the time originally
anticipated by the DEPARTING

anticipated ny Inc department..
The Popolo Romano of Rome states that
at a meeting ofthe cabinet council Finance
Minister Grimaldi announced that the bud
get deficit would be recovered without re-
sorting to burdensome taxation OK increas-
ing the public debt. n
While on a shooting excursion in Scot
land the Duke of Connaught fell down the
steps of Scotch hunting box and severely
injured his knees. The injuries are not
serious enough to cause anxiety.
A mail train was stopped by robbers near
krowka Russia, and plundered of half a
million roubles in money and large
quantity OF valuables, baggage, letters, etc.
tits suspected that railway officials had
something to do with the affair. -
Hector Jonathan Cremieux, the well
known French dramatic author, has COM
mitted suicide. lie was the author of a
large number of plays and wrote the libret-
tos for many we'll known comic operas.
lie was born in 1923.
Prince Peter of Coburg, grandson of
Dom Pedro the emperor of Brazil, sudden
ly went crazy recently at Vienna He
claims that he is the emperor of Brazil and
has been cheated out of his rights, he grew
so violent that it was found necessary to
cOnnDe him III an insane asylum.
The latest news from the Venezuela revo-
luton show that the long struggle is near
ing its end and will result in the overthrow
of the government which has made such
persistent fight. A cable received from
Venezuela reports battle in which six
hundred were killed. The revolutionary
forces were victorious. This means the
downfall OF the government .@-.....
The Press Association says that the
grant voted by the government to enable
the British East African Company to re-
main in Uganda for at least three months
longer is f12.O It also says that it is
probable that after the evacuation of the
territory by the company British commits
sioner will be appointed to take charge of
affairs there.
Gabriel du Bray, died at Paris recently.
Gabriel du Bray, one of the most produc-
tive of modern French sculptors, was born
in Paris in 1918. He became a member of
the Legion of Honor in 1857. and eight
years later he was made an officer of the
order. He exhibited several pieces in the
arts department Of the Paris worlds fairs of
1855 and 1867
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13

The land grants, said to bear the
signatures of John Adams and Mar
tin Van Buren,, We're recently found in
a lot of waste paper at the paper mill
in Palmyra, Michigan.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13

JAPANESE china for everything is
used now. There are red and blue
and gold tea sets, pink and blue china
boxes for the dressing table to hold
cold cream, powers, etc., and whole
table services in the light and blue
varieties are no novelty.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13

MRS. Taylor, the widow of Ex-Min-
lister Bayard Taylor, has written a.
cook book. II the women of this
country would pay as much attention
to the Instructions OF good cook
books as they do to Indifferent FASH
ION magazines, divorce lawyers would
lose large slice Of their business.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13

The recent investiture of Archbishop
Vaughan with the pallium is the first
ceremony OF the kind that has taken
place in England since Queen Mary's
time, Archbishops Manning and Wise
man having been invested at Rome.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13
Large Size.

A stout lady went into a shoe store
in New York City, and said to a sales
man: &.
Il want pair OF bath slippers,
please-and very quickly"
F"What number, ma ann"
ssWhat number? Number 246. sir"
Number 246? What do you mean,
ma'am?"
'Why number 24e Fifth Avenue, Of
course!''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13
Manufacturing Hats.

H'he United States manufactures 65,-
900 hats every day. while England
manufactures about 49, 900. The
largest hat mandatory in the world
is the Brussels. which turns out TO-
900 hats day.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13

The killing OF the Dalton gang at
Coffeyvile, Kan, ends the career OF
the most desperate band of outlaws
that have terrorized the country since
the days OF James boys and the
Younger brothers, the Daltons are
said to have been related to both
the former.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13

Ten pairs of shoes and three suits
OF clothes were worn out by J. Edwin
Stone on his walk from San Francis
co to New York. The trip was made
in 1913 days, the distance Travelled
being 1924 miles.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13

'LUTET1A," the ancient name of
Paris, means in effect, "mudtown,"
the city, when the Romans found it,
being chiefly composed Of mud-built
houses.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13
The Foreign Budget.

Oyer an inch ofsnow fell in Bruce, Ont,
one day recently.
The British steamer Camiola, bound
from Cardiff for Malta, foundered near the
Scilly islands off the coast of Cornwall,
The crew were saved.
Hugh Ryan, contractor for the Canadian
500 canal, gave an undertaking that the
canal would be finished, ready for the
opening of navigation, in the spring of1s94,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13
Political Echoes.

Populists are badlylbeaten in Georgia, the
Demo Gratis electing their state ticket by
their old-time majority.
Judge William G. Howard has been
nominated for justice of the supreme court
by the Democrats of Michigan.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13

WALES has produced a new must
clan whose name is Llewllyfo. The
authorities have, however, taken
steps to prevent a man with a cog
nomen like that turning himself loose
upon the public. They have shut
him up in the WOrkhouse.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13
La Dor.

The telegraph operators ofthe Burling-
ton, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway
company declare their strike off, having
obtained concessions from the company.
At the regu lar meeting of. the board of
locomotive firemen held at Sy racuse, N
Y. F. J. May of Halstead, Pa, was elected
chairman, and J. J. Welsh of Morristown,
N. j., secretary and treasurer. :
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13
A Foolish Question.

Doctor How is it you're not in the
country when l advised you to go?
Patient-Because the money saved
up to so with you took for giving the
advice.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13
Drinking From a Lad'ys Shoe.

About town a century ago it was no
uncommon practice on the part Of the
''fat men" to drink bumpers to the
health of a lady out of her shoe. The
Earl OF Cork, in an amusing paper in the
'Connoisseur,' relates an incident of
this kind, and, to carry the compli-
ment still further he states that the
shoe was ordered to be dressed and
served up for supper.
1.-THE cook set himself seriously to
work upon it; he pulled the upper
part (Which was of fine damask) into
fine shreds, and tossed it up into g.
ragout, minced the sole, cut the
wooden heel into thin slices, fried
them in batter, and placed them round
the dish for garnish. The company
testified their affection for the lady
by eating heartily OF this exquisite
impromptu." e. ..-....".
Within the last score of years the
writer was present at adinner of Irish
squires, when the health Of a beauti-
full girl, whose feet were as pretty as
her face, was drunk in champagne
from one other satin shoes, which an
admirer Of the lady had contrived to
obtain possession of.-Tit-B bits.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13

In Central America you can buy a
parrot for dime, and for an extra
quarter a. boy will ring. it's neck for
you.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13

In Bremen the textile factories are
working half time, as their trade has
been embarrassed by the cholera quar-
antine.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-01-06
BOARD OF sELECTMEN.

The House Omcially lnsPected-Ap-
pointed Clerk at the Almshouse-
RoadmasteEs Appointed. =
At the meeting of the board of select
men last evening, John F. Maher was, on
motion of 'rMajor" Goodrich, appointed
clerk at the almshouse, at the same salary
as that paid last year, said appointment to
take effect January Is. .. - sa
Patrick Corrigan and Daniel Lawler
were reappointed roadmasters>s at the same
salary - last year.
The burial Of the town poor for the
present year WAS awarded to the firm of
Cox & Henzel, their figures being lower
than that Of other bidders. ers. H. :, !.
The board, q q body, visited the aims
house yesterday for the animal inspeetion
and found everything working q satisfsc-
torily 20 could be expected under tho cir
cumstancss. It IL the intention Of the
board tol in the future remedy the evils
which may be found to exist at the insti-
tuition from time to time. Some of the
improvements, which are contemplated,
are the repairs to the sewerage at the in
stitution and the manner Of conducting
the farm, 10 Is to secure the best financial
returns therefrom.