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

heavy stock of goods for winter.
Miss Anna Bouck, of Princeton, is
now clerking at the Pioneer Grocery.
IT,. Whitbeck and wife, of St. Paul.
spent Sunday with friends in town.
F. G. Stamm is rushed with watch
work as he always is when he comes to
Milaca.
Teams are very busy hauling lumber
and supplies for the dam-builders up
the river.
Mrs. Livens was over from Foreston
Monday to meet her daughter from
Minneapolis,
Thos. P. Kerr is getting signers to
his petition to allow his name on the
Legislative ticket.
VIM. Burke made a business trip up
here and to his old post, five miles east,
the last of the week.
Mr.. Anderson is putting up small
store building adjoining his father-in-
law Shedin's residence.
Our village is getting livelier everv
day with the large amount of hauling
and men going up river.
Erick Nordquist barely escaped with
his life few days ago in the mill, and
got a badly bruised hand.
Fish are plenty in the river now.
Prof. Warren and Fred Stamm have
caught some fine pickerel.
George Seelye is after bear. Heshot
one but for lack of a dog lost him, but
has not given up the chase.
Reports from above Indicate that a
terrible fire is raging between the lake
and PARROTS stopping place.
E. S. Clinch has resigned as presi-
dent of the council and j. P. Mitchell
has been appointed in his place.
We took a drive up the road and find
that Jim Ward is making great i'm
provements as far as he has worked.
Rev. J. S. Bouck, of Princeton,
preached here Sunday morning and
evening, Rev. Warren being at confer
ence.
.Partridges bring a good price in our
market now, $3.50 per dozen, and our
merchants say that they want millions
of them.
John Boyd has just returned from
the Dakota wheat fields and reports
work nearly done and crops lighter
than last year.
Collin Campbell took a large load of
lumber and some fine pigs down to his
farm yesterday. He believes in fixing
up and stocking up.
|, The past two weeks have been the
worst of the season for cholera infstu=
tum, but the worst seems to be past
with but few fatal cases.
President w. H. Stevens, of the
Lumber Co., and Thos. J. Whitbeck
spent few days looking after the COM
pany's business the first of the week.
From what we overhear we would
judge that the fusion of the Democrats
and Populists on the electoral ticket
will cost both parties several votes in
our town.
John Goss, jr., went to the cities,
Saturday, to make arrangements for
his winter supply Of provisions. John
has some big contracts on his hands
this year.
The Company, through their agents
at Minneapolis and St. Paul, are selling
three or four farms every day. This
looks like making a permanent town of
Milaca does it not?
The family of r. M. Doughtery will
soon be domesticated in the Hines
house. Mr.. Doughtery is we'll known
in our town and we are all glad to have
him settle in our midst.
Freddie Hammons has left the COM
pany's Office, where he has been en-
ployed as stenographer for the past
two years, and sought similar employ
ment in Minneapolis. The girls will
miss Freddie.
No more fires as yet in our neighbour
hood. The railroad company are talk
ing unusual precautions this year to
insure against fire, and unless some
wantOn hunter starts one there will be
no bad timber fires in this vicinity this
fall.
James Ward brought us three
onions yesterday which weighed an
aggregate of three pounds. He gath
cred so bushels of the fearful vegeta-
bles from one-eighth of an acre. Gen.
trail Mile Laos county can beat the
world for raising vegetables.
Reports from st. Paul say that T. J.
Witbeck, we'll known in our town.
has been elected president of the Mile
Laos Lumber company; Mr.. Stevens
retiring. We think that Mr.. Wit
beck has a desire to build up Milaca,
and are glad that he was elected.
p Your correspondent took drive,
yesterday, three miles up O'Neal
Brook, where the G.. N. Co. built forty
farm houses last fall. The road is a
pleasant drive over high brook mea-
dow land, which is rich as any Illinois
prairie. The valley through which the
brook runs is about half a mile wide
and yields thousands of tons of the
richest kind of wild hay, growing gem
orally as high as mans head. On
either side rises gently rolling ridges
covered with heavy hard and
soft timber and a profuse growth of
vegetation. The fresh brook water
renders the country one of the finest
for stock and farming purposes, and
the timber moderates the cold and
stormy weather. On ground few feet
above the meadow are the houses
which have three rooms and are COM
fortably built so as to admit any addi-
tion the settler may desire. Pity tits
that few hundred farmers in the
poorer country can not travel up this
valley and see its richness, how quickly
th aU would hnttar fho,nc orl OLA