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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-07-05
WHITE CITY.
Colored People Barred, and the Definite Ar
ticle Not In the Name.

ColOred People Barred, and the Definite Ar
ticle Not In the Name.
A curious circumstance in connection
with the recent granting Of postofice
to White City, in Brevard county, Fla,
was the refusal Of the government Off
Gals in Washington to call it ''The White
City"-the name given to the settlement
by the colonists themselves, now num-
bering about 700. Such a thing had
never been asked before, so the records
showed, and Postmaster General Bissen,
who was personally appealed to in this
case, declined to establish precedent
by granting an official use of the definite
article in the names Of postofices.
This name-The White City-had been
selected for two reasons: First, in COM
memoration of the Worlds fair, where
Mr.. Louis Pho, the promoter, did his best
work in raising his colony, and, second,
because the population of the town is
composed wholly of white people. The
company will not sell any land to ne
groes nor are white purchasers permitted
to do so hereafter, and no negroes are
employed in or about the city.
All labor of every description is done
by the colonists themselves, and it is
their boast that they will build up a
great city without the employment or
the aid Of negroes. At the start hun
dreds Of negroes discharged by the rail-
road contractors after the completion of
the East Coast line applied for work, but
they were told that they were not wanted.
Now the blacks steer clear of the place,
and the colonists are very much gratifed
at this. The experiment. of establishing
a strictly white community in one Of the
states of the south will be watched with
deep interest all over the country. New
York Tribune.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-07-05
Doesn't Believe In Hoodoos, But

If anybody in Chicago possesses a mag
ic talisman, he can get a good price for
it by applying to J. w. Levy, ALL Calu-
met avenue. Mr.. Levy is Of the opinion
that large sized hoodoo has moved into
his neighborhood and gone to housekeep-
ing.
Wednesday morning Mrs. Levy lost
her pocketbook containing $25. Two
hours later Miss Levy had her muff and
pocketbook stolen in State street store.
The same day Mr.. Levy received tele-
gram that one of his firms creditors had
failed.
The creditor was in debt to the firm
for 5000 worth of goods. And to round
out the hard luck story Of a day Mr..
Levy discovered on retiring that some
one had stolen a scarfpin which he had
worn that day for the first time.
'tI'm not a believer in hoodoos," said
Mr.. Levy last night, ''but it is very
strange that my wife, my daughter and
myself should all be robbed the same
day. I never experienced anything of
the kind before. - Chicago Record.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-07-05
Wars Modern Horrors Will Kill War

war 3 mOueTn AOTrOTS Will h1ll war;
Various experiments with the new ri
fes which have recently taken place in
Germany have demonstrated in a, very
conclusive manner that another war
would practically be one of humiliation.
A well known French writer, in an ar
ticle which he devotes to the subject, to-
day says that the battlefield would at the
termination Of the engagement be COW
cred with 100000 or 100000 corpses all
crushed and. broken and would be moth
ing but vast charnel house. No one
would be left to bury the dead, and pesti-
lence would in its turn sweep away the
country people. Pointing the moral, he
adds that the emperor, king or
president of the republic-who under
these conditions would expose the hui
man race to such a fate would be the
greatest criminal that the world had
ever seen. It is tolerably plain that the
horrors and the butchery which a war
would entail are becoming more and
more recognized, and that the terrible
vista thus opened out is exercising a
SOLDERING effect on those who were for
merly wont to discuss various eventu-
alities with light heart.-London Tele-
graph.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-07-05
DIED TOGETHER.

A Recent Ceremony Recalls q Dramatic In
cident of the Franco-German War.
A ceremony has just taken place at
Sainte Genevieve des Bots, in the Seine
et-Oise, which recalls a painfully dra-
matte incident in the Franco German
war. The conscripts of the department.
assembled to place wreaths on the graves
Of Andre Delorme, a young French SOL
der, and his sweetheart, Jeanne Bernier.
Delorme, who was only 10 years of age,
had been wounded in the war at Choisy-
LEROY, SO that, having been invaded,
he returned to his native place. The
Germans were then occupying Sainte
Genevieve.
The first place he went to, so the
French account runs, was the home Of
his sweetheart. On approaching it he
was surprised to hear her screaming.
The door was shut, so that he burst open
q window and thus got into the house,
when he found the girl struggling with
a drunken German officer. Mad with
rage, the young Frenchman shot the
German, and for this he was seized and
summarily shot, without even a court
martial trial. -.
Half dozen German soldiers placed
him against wall and pointed their
rifles at him. At.that moment the young
girl rushed forward toward her sweet
heart, and the two lovers were shot dead
together. Their tomb bears the inscrip-
hons: stAndre Delorme, died for his
country, 1870. Jeanne Bernier, killed bv
the enemy, 1870."-Paris Herald.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-07-05
First Publication June Fl.
Mortgage Sale.
DEFAULT having been made
- ~ an 4. -<,E L. : a :,

DEFAULT having been made in the pay
ment Of the sum Of five hundred and
sixty two and 98-100 dollars, 1852 98) which is
claimed to be due at the date of this notice. upon
a certain m ortgage, duly executed and delivered
by Charles a: Lyon, and Mary E. Lyon, his wife,
70 Jane -. Whittlesey, bearing date the oath day
therein contained, duly recorded in the office of
the e register of deeds in and for the county Of
Mile Laos and State of Minnesota, on the list
day OF November, A. D. 1882, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ,
IN 6ook ~. OF mortgages, on pages 439 and $40;
ana al?ti no action or proceeding having been in
sttuted, at law or otherwise, to recover the debt
secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof
NOW, therefore, notice is hereby gwen That
by virtue Of the power of sale contained in said
mortgage, and pursuant to the statute in such case
made and provided the said mortgage will be
foreclosed by a sale of the premises described in
ana conveyed by said mortgage, viz: The south
half or the northwest quarter (S1, of NW4); the
north half (NH) OF southwest quarter (SW J; the
southwest quarter OF the northeast quarter (SW4
Of o, NE4) and the northwest quarter (NW4) Of
the southeast quarter (SE4), all being in section
NUMBER twenty, fonr (24' OF township numbered
seven (s7), in range number twenty seven
acres, according to the government survey, in the
same more or less, in Mile Laos county and State
OF Minnesota, with the hereditaments and appurte-
nances; which sale will be made by the sheriff of
court house, in the village of Princeton in said
county and State ION the Goth day of August A. D.
1884 at oclock of that day. at pu bic vendue,
70 me highest bidder for cash pay said debt and
lnterest, and the taxes il any, on said premises,
and twenty Rive ($25) dollars, attorneys fees, as
stipulated in and by said mortgage in case of
foreclosure, and the disbursements allowed by
law; subject to redemption at any time within
one year from the day of sale, as provided by law.
8 JANE r. WHIT rLEsEY,
Attorney, ST. Cloud, MINI. Isl
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-07-05
The American Disease-Paralysis,

Frank Hatton, the we'll known journal
list, is the last to fall a victim to what is
coming to be considered an American dis
paralysis generally by an
excess of mental application. So frequent
have become these cases of the prostra-
ton of men engaged in business or other
enterprises requiring the active use Of
the brain through long hours and con-
tinuously that extinction by paralysis,
sometimes accompanied by softening of
the brain, is beginning to be considered
a natural death" for certain classes of
working Americans. The end is fire.
quently predicted for such some time in
advance of it's arrival. Each case where
the sufferer is a prominent person,
known to wide circle or to the coun-
try, is made the occasion of a warning
on the part Of the press against the
American passion for overwork and the
need of more leisure and relaxation in
American life, but so far no visible re-
suit has come from these warnings, fire.
quently written by men who themselves
disregard them. Nations, like individ-
uals, have their sins and consequent
forms of punishment. The American
vice is a prodigality in work, and the
penalty is paralysis. City Star.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-07-05
Getting Ready For the Wedding.

- ~>AAS9s
The arrangements already commenced
indicate that the wedding of the czaro-
WITT and Princess Alix of Hesse will
be the most gorgeous ceremony of the
kind witnessed in Europe for many
years. Every reigning family will be
represented, and all the Asiatic poten-
tates owning to the cars sovereignty
will send delegations and special missions
to st. Petersburg with costly gifts. The
shopkeepers at the Russian capital and
Moscow expect the most brilliant and
profitable season Of this generation, and
the owners of villa property in the neigh
borhood of Peterhof, the czar's Baltic
palace, are SO confident that the boom
will effect them that they have already
trebled their rents. Queen Victoria, &C
cording to current report, has responded
nobly to the family call by promising
$4,000 toward the BRIDES dowry. Mos
cow Letter.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-07-05
Leprosy In Germany.

There is in the German empire hot
bed Of leprosy. According to the inves-
legations of the imperial board Of health,
whose attention was directed to the fact
by a physician, there are at present 10
lepers in the district Of Manuel, eastern
Prussia. Eight other lepers died in 1877.
Six Of these 10 cases were single persons.
The other IL extended over five families.
Of those who died, 2 suffered from the
disease 8 years; others 10, 10, 9, 7 and
year. The first case occurred, as far as
can be found out, 20 years ago. Only one
of the 10 had ever left home, SO the origin
of the disease cannot be found. Berlin
COrresnOndent.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-07-05
Cold CRUEL RUSSIA.
4 HeArtrensiing Story In Real Lilo Close
" Resembling ssLes NIiserables."

4 HeArtrending Story In Real Lilo Close
" Resembling 'Les nIiserab1es.'
A story has reached London from Rus
STA even more heartrending in its essen
tial details than the story of the hero of
''Les Miserables," which it closely re-
sembles Thirty-eight years ago Rus
sian lad, 49, years old, Ivan Rykoff, who
drank too much vodka at wedding
feast, entered a church and carried off
the wax candles. Under the cruel laws
of those days he was condemned to the
Siberian mines. Several months later
he escaped after fearful adventures and
reached the city of Tomsk befriended by
a farmer, secured the passport of de-
ceased workman and became good citi-
zen. He married, prospered and became
locally prominent. Recently at family
reunion he told his wife and children the
story for the first time. The walls must
have had ears. Ten days later gen.
darme entered his bedroom one morning
and told Rykof he was charged with es-
Gaping from Siberia. The gray haired
man turned pale. sis it true?" asked the
officer. ''It is true enough, God be
praised" replied the trembling old man.
every well, then, you are my prisoner"
Rykoff dressed himself and went to
prison. By the advice Of his lawyer he
forwarded petition praying to be re-
leased. His plea produced an impression
on the officials, and Rykof was set at lib
erty, but only for few days. On fur
ther consideration it was decided to bring
him to trial. In court he related the story
fully and frankly, throwing himself upon
the mercy of the judges. Justice, how
ever, was memorable, and the law was
allowed to have it's course. Rykoff was
condemned to be taken back to the mines
of Siberia and kept in penal servitude a
longer time than that fixed by the court
which tried him when a boy. Before
leaving the prison where he is now con-
fined he is to receive severe fogging of
40 or so lashes. It seems incredible that
such a sentence should be executed, now
that international publicity has been Civ
en- to the pitiful story.-London Letter.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-07-05
Crestfallen Omcials.

When Queen Victoria was on her way
to Florence, divers dignitaries assembled
at the station to greet her. While wait
ing they observed man Of modest APP
pearance who strolled up and down be-
side them and whom they took for a
journalist and shifted at as having no
right to be SO near. A station official
CURLY ordered him back, and the stran-
ger obeyed with mild and courteous &C
quiescence. The station official and the
civic dignitaries were ready to weepwhen
the train rolled up, and the queen, alight-
ing, held out her hand to the stranger
with delightful exclamation. He was
the Duke of SAKE Meiningen. london
CORRESPONDENTS. %
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lsEAL.]
Notice of Expiration of Redemption.

To Parties Unknown: ,.'~
You are hereby notified That on the 18th day of
August, A. D: 1884 in proceedings to enforce the
payment of delinquent taxes, pursuant to that
certain real estate tax Judgment which was en-
tered in the district court in and for the county of
Mile Laos in the 9TH judicial district of the State
of Minnesota, and on the 10th day of September.
A; D. 1884, the following described piece and par
Gel OF land, which yh is situated in Mile Laos
seven o. in b block thirty eight (as), in the
and Of record in the office Of registry Of deeds in
and for said county was sold to satisfy the
amount for which it was adjudged liable in said
judgment, interests and costs, for the sum of
forty lone cents; that the amount required to re-
deem said piece and parcel of land from such sale
extensive Of the costs to accrue upon this notice.
is three dollars and forty -four CENTS and interest
on said amount at the rate of eighteen per cent
per per annum from the 2srd day of January, A. D.
1894, until such redemption is made, and that the
time for redemption of such piece and parcel Of
land from such sale will expire sixty days after
the service of this notice. a
Witness my hand and official seal this 9Th day
of June, A. D. 1894. $50 :. - =
B. M. VANALsTEIN, County Auditor.
lsEAL.J Mile Lncs County, MINI.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-07-05
A Search For Lost Classics.

There is a chance that more lost classics
may be discovered, this time in Moscow.
When that city was ravaged by the khan
of the Grim Tartars in 1870, the library
of Ivan the Terrible was hidden away, it
is believed, in the vaults of the Kremlin.
1t has already been tradition among
Russian scholars that this library con-
tanned vast number of Greek and Latin
manuscripts, written on parchment, and
once the property, as the booksellers
would say, of the Byzantine emperors
But the hiding place has never yet been
discovered. According to the Moscow
Gazette, another and more systematic
search is now to be made under the direc-
tion of the ''illustrious scholar" M. Zabe-
line .g.-"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-07-05
The Largest Hat In the House.

To the casual observer of the house in
session it looks as if Tom Reed, with his
large Shakespearean head, would be the
owner and wearer of the largest hat in
the house. But it is not so. That honor
belongs to Pennsylvania and to its Mr..
Phillips. He wears the largest hat in
either side Of the capitol and has the
further distinction of being an almost
exact image of Brigham Young. He has
the same heavy type of face as that Of
the great Mormon leader, and people
who knew the latter say the man from
Pennsylvania walks like him too. Phil
lips is one Of the men who discovered
petroleum in Pennsylvania, and he was
being brought up on a farm when he
made that discovery. Boston Adver-
tiser.>
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-07-05
AN UNUSUAL CASE.

The Business Public of London Surprised
to Learn of a Rich Mans nliteracy.
The longer we live the less easily are
we surprised at anything that happens.
It will scarcely be believed, though, that
one of the wealthiest and most prosper
GUS of the London tradesmen of today
can neither read nor write, and that his
wife is equally as uneducated as he is!
A short time ago letter reached him at
his private residence in the country, and
as he observed that some figures repre-
senting large sum of money occurred
among the writing he had the docu-
ment deciphered. It then appeared
that it was letter from another trades
man complaining that his account, a
very large one, had not been paid, not
withstanding that repeated requests for
payment had been sent to the business
house in town. Until then he had no
suspicion that his firm owed even a
.farthing. ~ '-T'
He has placed the matter in the hands
of solicitors, and already it has been dis
covered that he has lost over 9100, 900 by
the alleged misrepresentation Of money
intended to be used for purposes con-
nected with the business. AS he is i'm
mensely wealthy, and as his business is
in a very fourishing condition, even so
great a loss will not materially affect
him. Nevertheless it is a curious cir
cumstance that at this date in the nine
tenth century man has succeeded in
building up a vast business and has &C.
cumulated large fortune in the center
of London without either he or his wife
being able to read or write.-London
Granhic
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[sEAL.]

&TATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF MILE
- Lacs:--ss. In Probate Court, Special Term.
June 18th, 1884,
In the matter of the estate of Rebecca Bulls.
deceased.
Letters testamentary on the estate of Rebecca
Bulls, deceased, late of the county of Mile
Laos and State of Minnesota. being granted to
Frank Newton;
It is ordered, That six months be and the same
is hereby allowed from and after the date of this
order, IN which all persons having claims or de-
mands against the said deceased are required to
file the same in the probate court of said county
for examination and allowance, or be forever
barred. ,..t.- =. -
1t is ordered further, That the oath day of De-
cember, 1894, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ. at special term
OF said probate court, to be held at the probate
office in the court house in the village of Prince
ton in said county, be and the same hereby is ap-
pointed as the time and place when and where
the saiI probate court will examine and adjust
said claims and demands
And it is further ordered, That notice of such
hearing be given to all creditors and persons in
terested in said estate by forthwith publishing
this order once in each week for three
successive weeks in the Princeton
UNION weekly newspaper printed and published
At Prlnceton IN said county.
Dated at Princeton this 18th day of June. 1884,
By the Court .-l
RICHARD W. FREER,
lsEAL'J Judge of Probate.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-07-05
ENGLISH INCONSISTENCY.
Tho Support Given Miss Wells and the Mis-.
sionary Ships Regulations.

Tho Support Given Mis- Wells and the Mis-
sionary Ships Regulations.
Miss Wells, the colored agitator from
Tennessee, is meeting with some success
in her mission to induce England to point
the finger Of scorn at America on ac-
count Of the treatment Of the negroes.
This is the season Of all manner Of annu-
al meetings Of missionary, religious and
philanthropic societies, and all Of them
are asked to pass scorching resolutions
condemning negro lynching and color
distinctions in America. Most of the
meetings respond willingly, not to say
eagerly.
I paid visit yesterday, by invitation
of the London Missionary society, one Of
the oldest and wealthiest of these bodies,
to the missionary ship John Williams, SO
named for the famous missionary who
was killed and eaten by the natives of
the New Hebrides. The ship is the lar
gest and finest Of it's class and is intended
to cruise among the Pacific islands. I
was especially interested in the large,
airy deck cabins, sumptuously fitted for
10 white missionaries. Looking about
casually, I discovered another so called
cabin forward between decks and fitted
with hunks arranged in tiers for 80 col
ored missionaries. The difference was
greater than between the staterooms of
the Lucania and the Storage. The dis
lance between the white and black labor
ers in the Lords vineyard was as much
as the vessel would allow.
made respectful inquiries as to the
reason of this color distinction, apparent
ly SO invidious, and was informed that
the black missionaries do not like to be
made too comfortable, not being fitted
by nature to appreciate creature COM
forts like their white brothers. They
are good enough to be educated and civ
ilized and to be ordained as ministers of
Christ, but in travelling the London Mis-
sionary society considers it perfectly
right to provide steerage for colored
pastors and a saloon for white ones. !
endeavored to ascertain whether the col
ored gentlemen had ever had choice in
the matter, but my questions were re-
ceived coldly and considered inquisito-
rial.-London Cor. New York Sun.
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THE CABLE sPook.
An Uncanny Thing Bestrides the Slot 10.
fore Chicago Street Cars.

An Uncanny Thing Bestrides the Slot 10.
fore Chicago Street Cars.
Whether it isl spook or not, it is both
ering the brains Of the west side cable
car conductors and gripmen and is caus-
Ing all kinds Of guesses on the part Of
the passengers who travel nightly on the
Milwaukee avenue and Madison street
cable cars. 5
It looks like wolf, but it may be an
ordinary dog that is, ordinary in all re-
spects save in appearance.
Two members Of the University club
were sauntering along Washington
street, between Dearborn and Clark
streets, q week ago last night. A west
bound Madison street cable car was
standing opposite the Title and Trust
building. The gripman looked as if he
was In a trance. The conductor was
helpless and evidently speechless. In
the center of the street stood something
that looked like a wolf. It was not
bowling and was not wild looking. It
was simply standing over the cable slot
in what, in the case of man, would
have been called reflective mood.
Some of the women on the front seats
jumped off. When they saw how mild
and harmless the object over the slot
looked, they returned to their seats. The
conductor at last regained his courage
and tugged twice at the bellrope. The
gripman obeyed, the car moved on, and
the passengers leaned over the sides (they
were summer cars, anxious for the fate
Of the dog, wolf, spook or whatever it
may have been. It did not snarl and
jump on the front seat Itquietly moved
away, went over to the sidewalk and
waited waited just long enough to have
the train pass-then it returned to the
slot, resumed its air of reflection and
stood still. Another train of cars came
along. The same programme was gone
through.
And so it went all that Sunday even
ing. The following day every gripman
and conductor in the west side cable
service was talking about the thing in
front Of the Title and Trust building.
They were on the watch for it Monday
night. It did not appear. But on Tues
day evening, about 8o'clock, it appeared
again and went through the same per-
formance as on Sunday evening, disap-
pearing about. midnight. It was seen
again Wednesday and Friday, and last
night at 9 o'clock it resumed its place.
Cable car men are superstitious as
much as sailors. They do not like that
thing that stands over the slot on Wash
ington street. Some of them say that it
is the ghost of some poor creature t'killed
by the cable. Chicago Herald.