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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-17
Saturday, Aug. IL.

Farmers are complaining of beirg
swindled into buying I'LL inferior quality
Of Irvine Oh the statement that it is
made at the Saltwater penitentiary.
Mr.. Armstrong who left St. James
after the old bank closed, is expected
back Depositors have joined in re-
quest for his return. and promise him
every assistance to get on his feet
again. .ss*
John NIcQuade, 4 stranger, was ar
rested ut Saltwater Tor forging a check
on the Schulenberg- Boeckler Lumber
company. He passed it on a Third
street grocer, but was arrested soon
aftcrWarl.
John Duffy, a dock laborer, aged 20
years, whose home was in Pennsyl vani;l,
was run over in the st. Paul s. Duluth
yards ut Duluth by cars, under which
he was sleeping. He lost his right arm
and left leg. ss545
The secretary OF state has received
memorial signed by 5 per cent Of
the citizens Of Polk county praying for
IA division Of that county and the organ
izations of a new county to be known
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-17
PERSONAL.

Rear Admiral Thornton A. Jenkins
died of heart failure in Washington.
A straw hat, plated entirely by
Queen Victoria, has been sent to Chi
cago for exhibition.
Fred Hinckley, whose marriage with
the 100000 heiress, Florence Blythe,
created a sensation last year, is lying
dangerously i'll at the Palace hotel, San
Francisco.
The Mormon tabernacle choir of 40
voices, including 70 trebles, 60 altos. GO
tenors and 60 bassos, will contest for
the $4,000 prize for chorus singing at
the worlds fair Sept. 8.
Little Wound, the new chief of the
Sioux nation, is six feet tall, sixty years
old and got his name from an injury to
his ankle received in a battle with
white men when he was twelve years
Did.
Edwin Lessetter Bynner, the lawyer
novelist, author of '"The Begums
Daugher," agnes Surraign'' and sew
eral other novels and numerous maya
zine articles on early New England
life, is dead.
Samuel Edison, the father Of the
great inventor, will be ninetyone
years old this month. He lives in
Port Huron, Mich, and has q little
daughter, nine years old, Of whom he
is exceedingly proud.
DR.. hansen has taken with him to the
north pole a photograph into which his
wife had sung all his favorite songs.
He'll be able to have a change Of air at
pleasure. Lieut.. Peary kept to the old
fashioned way and took Mrs. Peary
with him.
The Catholics of the Columbus CO.,
diocese yesterday celebrated the twen-
ty-fith anniversary of the priestly and
prelatical orders of Bishop John A.
Watterson. Among the letters of sim
| cere regret was one from Henry Wat
terson, a cousin, who explained private
ly to the bishop why he could not be
present.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-17
as Columbia county, with the village OF
Aif.laaf

as Columbia county. with the village OF
Mcintosh us the county seat. sB
The harvest is about tWo-thirds COM
pleted about Woodstock. Crops this
season are good. Most Of the wheat
will be No. 1. Oats and barley arc
fair. There We're light showers Thurs
day, which will help corn and late fax
The hay crop is generally light.
ID a fire, cause unknown, started in a
barn on Main street, Lake City, and
destroyed properly as follows: Three
small barns, a dwelling owned by "a. +.
Dewey Of Minneapolis, and occupied
by Jacob Fisher; 4 dwelling belonging
to the Waters estate and occupied by
j.. w. Tuft;; a storage shed containing
four separators, two bugges, Z, 900 feet
of lumber. and other property belonging
to (1illett & Son. The losses are:
Dewey, 5000, covered by insurance;
Fisher, on household effects. 81 200, in
sured for 5000; Gillett & Son. $4,000,
no Insurance.; other losses light, with no
insurance. a.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-17
WASHINGTON.

Prof. D: r. Michner Of Des N1oines,
agent of the agricultural department.
President Cleveland will send a mes
sage on the Hawiian question to con-
sress during the special session.
Secretary Lamont has relieved Maj.
Patterson: Third infantry, from duty
as Indian agent at Rosebud, S. d., and
detailed Capt. Tassin, Twelfth infantry,
IN his place. y# 2s--. .s l. 1 IT,. j. s.
The squatters on the Cherokee outlet
has sent orders to Gen. Miles at Chi
cago to dispatch the troops at Fort
Sill and Supply, Indian Territory, to
the forbidden land and remove the
squatters by force. %.% vi :..-
Acting Secretary Curtiss has ordered
the force Of the bureau of engraving
and printing to work an extra hour each
day until further orders, in printing
national bank notes, for which the de-
mand just now is very great. This
demand is occasioned by the fact that
national banks are expanding their Cir
culatiOn.
The cruiser Charleston has left Hamp-
ton Roads for the Pacific station, where
she has been assigned. She will stop
at Rio de Janeiro for any orders that
the department may wish to send her
Vice Consul General William Black
lock, at Apia, Samoa, has cabled the
state department the news of the SUI
render of Mataafa's forces as covered
in the press dispatches. If his dispatch
contained any other information it is
retained for state department use.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-17
Thursday, Aug. 10.

John Scheiriffbilligh, farmer living
hear Gladstone, committed suicide.
A Minneapolis restaurant keeper was
burned to death in his home. Rumor
makes it the work of incendiaries
Emil Johnson of Spring Lake was
fined $40 and costs, amounting in all
to $19.15, by Justice Barton of 1nver
Grove, for .spearing a buffalo fish.
. George r. Choate died at Winona of
consumption at the residence of his
brother, Hannibal Choate. Mr.. Choat
was 6S years of age, born in Berne,
N T., was prominent in the ranks
of the G. A. r., and was a Mason. of
&c years standing. He never married.
NJ. F. Pease of Des Moines, Iowa,
has created considerable stir at Waseca
by securing leases Of about $50 acres
Of land running from 4 mile to a mile
and q half east of that city, which he
claims contains oil, and upon which he
is going to sink oil wells.
Thomas Simpson, president of the Wi
mona board of trade, received 4 dis:
patch from the commissioner of internal
revenue at Washington in response to
a telegram sent by the board. The com.
missioner does not commit himself, but
gives some encouragement relative to
the reopening of the Winona division.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-17
An Electric ORGAN

The first electric organ for use in
America has arrived at the Boston CHS
tom house from England. 1t has been
built for st. Thomas church, Taunton.
The organist will press an electric but
ton and the electricity does the rest.
It is not so massive as other church
organs, as the keyboard is not used.
A long cable is used to conduct the
electricity from the pipes, which are
controlled by that agency. ~"
The organ was made in England.
and it is the first that will take q part
in divine worship in American soil.
1t will be at least five weeks before the
instrument will be in operation, as il
will have to be fitted up and examined
by the customs authorities. -Bostop
Journal. r. ..4F.# t4
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-17
CASUALTY,

Several people in St. Louis were bad
~ bitten by a mad dog.
Lizzie Topel was struck by a train at
New York and killed.
Hundreds of acres Of tobacco were de-
stroyed in Pennsylvania by 4 hail
storm.
A girl named Crookshanks died at
Oakland, ILL.,, Of the bite Of a rattle
snake.
Daniel Palmer was killed ut Newton,
ILL.,, by being drawn through the cog
gearing of a traction engine. ...- .
Near Hildreth, ILL.,, during a rain
storm a stroke of lightning struck a
threshing machine caught fire from the
lightning and was destroyed. "
A four-story building burned at
Louisville, Ky. causing a loss of $11O,-
600. Mrs. Mary Stewart jumped from
an upper window and was seriously in
jured. .-+ -. s".
John Wallace, mine foreman, and
Robert Mould, fire boss, who were al
most roasted by gas in the explosion
that occurred in the East Boston Pa.)
mine, are dead. s->-.sH# l.:
The explosion Of a gasoline stove at
Decatur, Ill, killed Mrs. II. NJ. Gossett
and seriously burned Mrs. Catherine
Tomb and Mrs. Will Field. Mrs. An
drew Dempsey, daughter of Mayor
Moftit, had a narrow escape.
The boiler in the grist mill Of Isaac
Howell & Son at Pittsburg, Ill, explod-
ed with terrible force. The building
| WAS badly wrecked. Isaac Howell was
killed and William Howell VAS badly
| scalded and cannot recover.
The yacht Matilda, owned by DIR.
J Plummer of Haverhill, Mass, while
sailing off Marblehead, was capsized in
q squan. DR.. Plummer was drowned.
| Anton Nordich, a miner, was killed
by falling 600 feet down a shaft Of the
coal company at I:ana, Ill.
Fire destroyed the Masonic temple,
the Einstein and the Goldberg, Bowen
ID Co.'s buildings all adj Joining three
story structures, at Fresno, CAL Loss,
/ $4,000; insurance unknown. The fire
Is supposed to be incendiary, and one
ma has been arrested.
! William Nash, of Brazorio county,
Tex, was transferring big herd OF
cattle across the bridge over the Brazos
river at Richmond when the structure
collapsed, carrying with it two negroes,
200 head of cattle and 20 horses. The
men were Charles Bailey and Johnson.
The negroes We're killed, as well as
many head Of stock.
Richard Wood, . man named King,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-17
Friday Aug. IL.

A small fire occurred in the prison
yard at Saltwater. The massive stone
walls prevented serious damage.
Supt. Kiehle will resign his state office
to fill a professors chair at the state
university. IT, l. IL.
Gerhard Reuss, of the insurance firm
of Prentiss & Reuss of Winona, was
drowned at Homer. In company with
a companion he was floating down
the river III row boat, when the boat
was. accidentally tipped and Reuss fell
into the water. .... =.
James II. Fahey died ut Hastings
after a brief Illness. aged forty eight
years, leaving q wife and seven dansh-
tiers, He served in tho war Of the Re
bellion, was a member OF Peller Post
No. 80, and the Ancient Order Of Hi
ber11ians. :
A fatal accident occurred four miles
north Of Verndale. M. NJ. Crandall
was cutting grain, carrying with him on
the binder a shotgun. In drawing the
weapon towards him the hammer
caught and the gun was discharged,
the charge taking linn fairly in the neck
killing him instantly. He leaves a wife
and several grown up children.
The graduating exercises of the
nurses training school at the hospital
for the insane at st. Peter We're held
the other night. Addresses We're made
by DR.. III. a. Tomlinson, DR.. w. A
Jones and Hon. John Lind. The gradu.
ating class numbered fifteen, nine
women and six men.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-17
a. AROUND A GREA I STA q.
EVENTS OF THE
EEK IN MINNESOTA s
Important Occurrences IN the North
stnr State Day by Day-A General
i Resume Of the Weeks Doings Ar
81 ranged for Rapid RendinE.
I Monday, Aug 2.
Tuesday, Aug 8.

Charles Holmgren was struck by a
street car and almost instantly killed at
St.Paul. d. q $S g5s a, sa5 5.l. .s. * Zst5
Three persons were killed by a st.
Paul & Duluth train at White Bear
Sunday. H., H., 4. s@&55 IN
August Olson, aged twenty-five, was
drowned in the river at Nininger while
bathing. g.. ~1s :
It is reported that Minneapolis will
be awarded the first prize for educa-
honal exhibits of the primary grades
at the worlds fair. ~
A fire broke out in barn belonging
to J. G. Hutchins at Morris, which was
burned to the ground; also one near it
belonging to N. r. Shurs. The fire was
the work of tramps, as two OF three
We're seen to leave the balm Il little
while before the fire was discovered.
NJ. Mahoney, residing two miles east
of Austin, committed suicide by hanging
himself while the family We're at
church. Deceased was unmarried, aged
about thirty-fve and has been mentally
deranged and consequently Respondent
for some time.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-17
FOREIGN.

Twenty-Five members Of an excursion
party in Wales were drowned.
Seventeen bandits were executed in
San Salvador. .3 .Gf rS
The Italian embassy at Berlin official
ly denies the truth Of the report that
a treaty has been completed between
Italy and Russia. "I
Jake Gaudaur at Montreal has again
challenged Stansbury, the Canadian
oarsman. If the challenge is not &C
cepted by Sept. Gaudaur will claim
the championship of the world.
The Berlin correspondent of the Lon
don Standard says that the German
emperor will send q new yacht to COM
pete in the Cowes regatta in 1894, be-
cause the latest improvements cannot
be applied to the Meteor. 49,:
Two prominent young men of San
Juan Batisa, Mex, Aurello Amoro and
Jesus Sugo, who had quarrel oyer a
trivial business matter, fought a duel
with pistols on the principal street
Both were killed, and Encarnac;cn,
father Of Jesus. was seriously wounded
While attempting to stop the affray.
Lord Roseberry is quoted as having
said recently to 4 political friend: 1--WE
were nearer to a war with France a
week ago than at any time since Water
Loo Now that the crisis has passed,
tho facts about the molnentoEs two
days of the 2Sth and Goth of July are
gradually coming out. Englishnlen are
learning with genuine alarm how slen-
der is the thread by which the sword is
suspended over Europe. -s
The Corinth ship canal was opened by
the king at Athens, Greece, recently,
in the presence of all the royal family,
ministers, foreign diplomats, the prin-
cipal military officials and an immense
crowd OF citizens. The king made a
speech, in which he expressed his great
pleasure ON seeing the canal finished
during his reign. The finishing was
signalized by the firing of guns.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-17
Sunday, Aug. 13.

The case Of e. G. Davis vs. The
Crool1ston Water Power and Light COM
pany has been decided Judge Ives
award of $500 in favor of Davis will
be appealed. H.. /.
Lightning killed five horses belong
ing to Wood Cater, farmer near St.
Cloud, during the recent storm. The
dwelling house of AL Dadrows, near
Kmban, Stearns county, was struck
and burned during the same storm.
The contract for building the North
ern Pacific shops in Brainerd has been
let to A. Tollofson, and they are to be
completed Nov. /. Work began yes
terday. ~
James O'Neil, Pine county prisoner,
who has been confined in Saltwater
jail for safe keeping pending the action
Of the Pine county grand jury on a
charge of stealing chickens, was re-
leased in a habeas corpus proceeding.
Court Commissioner Doe held that the
case did not properly come before the
grand jury. @ -.
DR.. Pinault of St. Cloud claims to
have in charge genuine case of hydro
phobia. The patient is a boy six years
old, the son Of Frank Petten of Sank
Rapids, who was bitten six weeks ago
by a neighbours bfack-and-tan dog, be.
longing to James N1ahon, that was sick
The boy has been i'll for few days
and distinct symptoms Of rabies have
developed. He is quite violent. Ma
| hons boy was also slightly bitten The
dog was killed.. There has been a con
sultation of physicians and the case is
being watched carefully.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-17

The British naval ma1loeuvers have
come to successful close. The small
feet Won the fight by capturing the
opposing fleet. This, however, is not
the cause of the sigh of satisfaction
that has swept over Great Britain at
the announcement Of the close of the
sham battle. The manoeuvers were
successful chiefly because none of the
participating vessels came in collision.
Since the Victoria disaster the friends
of officials and seamen in the navy are
alarmed every time the ships steam
around in close quarters
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-17
GENERAL.

The American sheet mill, one Of tho
largest iron industries at Phillipsburs,
n. Y, has resumed operations.
Grasshoppers are lnjuring the young
fruit trees in the vicinity Of Ramsey,
Ill, stripping them entirely Of leaves
American sealing vessels report ill
success off the Japanese coast. The
catch will be 80 per cent less than was
expected. @-s.I z- ii
President Greenhut has stopped the
sale Of all products Of the whisky trust
because of the government order to pay
tax at Chicago instead Of New York.
Commissioners will be appointed by
Gov. Lewelling 20 solicit seed wheat or
money for the destitute farmers of
Western Kansas. 4
Cardinal Gibbons will invest Bishop
Hennessey with the pallium next
month at Dubuque, Iowa, and Arch
bishop Ryan will deliver the sermon.
The latter was Bishop Hennessey's fell
low professor at Carondolet seminary,
fellow priest at st. Louis and preacher
Of his jubilee sermon at Dubuque.
The people of Frankfort, Ill, arc
frightened over the advent Of James
Mcmahon, stricken with smallpox. He
is said to have escaped from q Chicago
hospital about 4 week ago.
Employees of the Cincinnati & Bed
ford railroad tried to tunnel under the
Evansville & Richmond road at Bed
ford, Ind, because the latter would not
grant permission to cross under their
tracks. The hole was filed yesterday
by the opposing road and litigation
will ensue. s=s.5 81
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-17
A Brave MILDLY.

Amid the instances of heroism, gal
lantry and pluck of which the catastro-
phe has given so many examples, none
stands out clearer than that Of young
Lanyon, the little MILDLY who stuck by
the admiral to the last. We. can fancy
the boy standing by the great, burly
figure of Sir George, a giant, as Froude
somewhere describes him. and the
sense Of security which his presence
must have inspired in the youngster.
you had better jump" the admiral is
reported to have said, and sharp came
the reply, I'D rather stay with you,
SIR The subject is one worthy Of be-
ing placed on the walls Of the Academy
next year--London World.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-17

The night that mob broke into the
Memphis Jail and took therefrOm and
lynched a young negro the sheriff very
cannily allowed himself to be knocked
on the head, and so was not able to de-
fend his prisoner He is now a candi-
date for reelection, and his considera-
ton in not shooting at the crowd of
lynchers is his strongest campaign ma
terial.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-17
DENSE FOG.

London, Aug. If dense fog covered
the English channel all Saturday night
aud up to noon Sunday. Such phe-
ncnlenon in the month Of August is al
most normal. Fog whistles ashore and
sfioat We're kept going incessantly. The
stea mboat Vile de Deyours, plying be-
tween Dover and Ostend. collided with
an unknown steamer to-day. The un-
seen vessel disappeared Immediately from
sight, and it is believed she was not Sc
riolsly damaged. #
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-17
Senses OF Sen Anemones.

Herr Nagel has recently been con-
Quoting some experiments at Naples,
having for their object the localization
Of the various senses Of sea anemones.
The results of his researches have
shown that the sense of taste resides
in the tenacles, and that, though the
tenacles We're apparently unsuscepti-
bic to pain when cut, yet when touched,
or when heated substances we've placed
near them, they gave evidences Of being
most sensitive. They are, therefore,
the seat of three senses. viz, Of touch,
taste and smell. Scientific American.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-17

Kezanlik is beyond all dispute the
sweetest smelling place on earth. 1t
lies on the upper Tundja, near the foot
Of the Shipka pass, in a valley full of
rose fields. Kezanlik is the chief seat
of the industry in altar of roses. 1t
takes 10000 Of the roses that grow in
that valley to yield, by distillation, as
much genuine altar or otto of roses as
equals in weight 5O-cent piece.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-17
CRIMINAL.

i &
Miss Cora Wilson died at Union. Iowa.
from the effects of drinking concen-
trated I've with suicidal intent
Ellen Byron, II years old was found
murdered near Joliet, Ill She had
been assaulted
Capt W. j. Allen, business manager
Of the Interstate News at Texarkana,
Ark, was shot down on the street by
Judge J. J. King, a prominent lawyer.
Frank Severio. manager and foreman
Of the Metropolitan match factory, San
Francisco, shot and killed George Girls
sell, one of the employees. #
Because Jeanette Neil rejected his
advances Charles Mccormick, of Jack,
son, Mich, shot her, then killed him
self. .. 2> r j.
The Jail at Rochelle, ILL.,, is closely
guarded to prevent the threatened
lynching of James Burns, who assault
ed seven-year-old girl. 49, ,.@s
William Ploughfie!d, farmer, was
stabbed to death and his brother John
wounded by two tramps at Birdsboro,
Pa. r.
John Nuckols, a negro workman on
the drainage ditch at Romeo, ILL.,, was
shot by two companions in a card quar-
rel and died Of his wounds. 49,
0. G. Nycof, prominent marble
dealer Of Muncie, Ind, committed sui
eide by cutting his throat. Fear Of
failure in business was the cause. "a
Ling Sing, the private secretary to
Capt. Roth, commanding the United
States revenue steamer Wolcott, is un-
der arrest at Port Townsend, Wash,
| charged with smuggling opium.
The Utes have broken into Colorado
| in the western and northwestern part
| of the state. Bands of them have
crossed from Utah on their annual hunt
and aid is asked by the settlers, who
are alarmed at the situation.
! Cora Shelby, colored, was shot and
| instantly killed by Officer Cooney at st.
Louis. The bullet was intended for an
other, the woman having jumped be-
tween the officer and an unknown ne
gro just as he fired. The man had
snapped q. pistol in the officers face,
which caused the shot.
| While two fishermen, Robert Eddy
and Tim Edlin, We're examining their
trout lines at Shawneetown, Ky, they
discovered a pork barrel floating slug
| gishly near the Illinois shore. They
knocked in the heading and were hor-
rified to find the nude remains of a
woman. The lower limbs and head
were detached from the trunk.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-17

John Temple Graves is the originator
of the idea of forming a state by act
of congress which shall be known as a
negro state, and where all good negroes
will he expected to go. He thinks the
colored people will jump ut the chance
Of having a state Of their own to run
as they please, removed from the in
f1uence Of white voters and politicians.
Mr.. Graves appears to be drifting into
pretty deep water.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-17
Johnny Rebs, the sobriquet given by

Johnny Rebs, the sobriquet given by
the soldiers of the Union army to Con-
federates during the late war of the
Rebellion, is said to have originated in
Il colloquy between pickets. The Con.
federate soldier objected to being
dubbed by the Union soldier as a John
ny Bull in allusion to the co,lntenance
given by Great Britain to the cause OF
the seeding states, but submitted tc
Johnny Reb without protest.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-17

The imperial canal of China is the
longest in the world and greatest in
point Of traffic. Its length is 2,100
miles, and it connects forty-one cities
situated on it's banks. It was COM
pleted in 1850, after 600 years spent in
it's construction.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-17

Among American towns there are
five Ciceros, three Tullys, six CatOs,
seven Ovids, six Virgils, nine Horaces,
ten AHlos, seven Hectors, seven Solons,
ten Platos, fifteen Homers and four
Scipios.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-17

Labrador, country which we always
associate with arctic snowdrifts, ice
bergs, etc, has 900 species of Towering
plants, So ferns and over $50 species
Of moses and lichens. '.&
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-08-17

A stream near Tucson, Ariz., petrifies
all soft substances thrown into it. 1t
is in the great Colorado potato beetle
belt, and at the time of their migration
thousands of them strike the water
and are converted into solid stone.