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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01

at Austin was partially burned. 1t
caught from the smoke stack. The val
!, liable patterns were saved. Loss, 49,
coo; insurance, $1,000.
The straw sheds and large hay
barn containing SO tons Of hay, belong
ing to Mrs. Holtz, two miles south of
Plainview burned. The origin of the
fire is unknown. There is a small in.
Surance.
Escaping gas blotted out a family
and'left desolate the house at 232 Pleas
ant avenue, St Paul. Carlton 3. Tar
bell, shipping clerk with the Northwest
General Electric company, and his wife
were the victims of the asphyxiation.
st. Thomas seminary was incorporat-
ed at st. Paul as st. Thomas College.
The incorporators are: Archbishop
John Ireland, Lewis E. Caillet, James
e. Byrnes, James O'Reilly and Charles
Koeberl.
Gov. Nelson issued two proclamations
directing that, as the petitions of the
citizens Of the counties of CaSs and
kittsOn conform to the law, the ques-
ton Of making two counties of Kittson
and organizing Cass county shall be
voted upon by the citizens on Nov. 5.
Patrick Burke was brought to Still
water from Hinckley to serve three
months in the county jail for beating a
board bill amounting to 81. An effort
will be made tomorrow to have him
released on a writ of habeas ?cOrpus,
Il writ having been issued by Court
Commissioner Doe.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01
The Lunucy Law.

St. Paul. Jan 31--The board of tlus-
tees of the state hospitals for the in
sane met at the Hotel Ryan yesterday in
te1 ecutive session for the purpose of con-
side ring what action, if any, can be
taken to meet the circumstances arising
from the recent decision Of the supreme
court declaring the insanity law of 1893
ur constitutional The officers in charge
OF tie various asylums and the mem
bers of the state board find themselves
il, very peculiar and delicate position.
owing to the fact that there are at pres
ent some 74O insane patients in the var
ious asylums who were committed to their
custody under the unconstitutional law,
1t would be a calamity to release these
insane patients, and there might arise
some difficulty in OBTAINING them. The
meeting was Called to devise some meth
Cd of meeting the complication, and it
was considered the wisest course to meet
in executive session until satisfactory
plan is decided upon. Those present at
the meeting were President J. w. Mason.
Robert A. Smith, Z. II. Titus, John
Peterson and DR.. w. A. Jontes, of the
state board; DR.. H. A. Tomlinson, super
intendent of the st. Peter asylum; DR.
A. +. Kilbourne, superintendent of the
Rochester asylum; DR.. d. B. Collins, of
the state lunacy board, and Secretary H.
II, Hart, of the state board Of corrections
and charities. After comforting together
and discussing the situate plan was
prepared and submitted to Attorney Gen
eral Childs for his opinion. When the
opinion is prepared and submitted to the
board the matter will be made public.
but it will probably be several days be-
fore the attorney general prepares his
statement
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01
Friday, Jan. &c.

The Faribault board Of trade is nego-
tiating with Eastern parties for the
establishment Of a tow mill there.
The farmers surrounding Glencoe
have organized creamery company
and will start up with 500 cows, with
a promise Of 1000 inside of a year.
This will make five creameries in opcr-
a,ion in the county.
A verdict of assault in the second de-
gree was brought in by the jury in the
case Of the State VS.. Theodore Weimer
at Winona. Weimer got into trouble
Last November by shooting Lincoln
COnnel, who he claims was on too init
mate terms with his wife.
The examina ton of A. T.. Norton,
the teacher of the school at Amiret,
who struck the pupil, George Lord. on
the head with the butt end Of "a riding
whip, fracturing his skull and necessi-
tating an operation for the removal
Of a small piece of bone, was held yes
terday and resulted in an acquittal
The plea of self-defense was clearly
established
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01
In Il IL st riOnA Ripca mist

Mortified, Jan. 31.-By the sentencing
of John Moriety to the Iowa penitentiary
at Marshalltown the rather checkered
career of that industrious bigamist and
adventurer is temporarily brought to a.
close. The evidence on which he was
sentenced show cd he had married four
different women for their money, two of
them living in this county. AS soon as he
could secure control of their property he
deserted them. The complaint was
brought by a once Miss Georgia Bates,
who was married to Moriety, alias "Bill
Stickney,' at Gundy Center, Iowa, Feb
10, 1873. The second wife was a Miss
Rosie Butler. living three miles west of
this city. This woman has two small
children by Moriety. From her he got
$4,000. He then, under the name of Nc
Nulty, married woman named Wilson
and swindled her out of $1,000. His
next matrimonial venture was at Ken
yon, nineteen miles southeast of here,
where he married Il wealthy woman.
robbed her of $500 and proceeded to
Grundy Center to reclaim wife No. 1 and
share of her $4,000 she had received
from the sale of property during the big
amists absence. Wife No. 1, however.
entered complaint against him, with the
result that he will serve the state for
two years.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01
Tuesday. jan. 80.

o. Wenan's hardware store at Smith
Lake burned to the ground at an early
hour this morning.
Knute Daily and his mother. living
three miles north of Porter, We're found
dead, having been asphyXiated by coal
gas.
G.. H. Greer of Detroit Who
crilninally assaulted Lizzie Shroe-
der, aged thirteen, on July Ii.
was found guilty and sentenced to
five years in the penitentiary at hard
labor.
Mrs. Rebecca Raab, of Duluth, was
arrested on a charge of perjury in con-
nection with an action for SANDER,
which she brought against DR.. Charles
Stewart, and in which she got 81 900
damages, was discharged to-day by the
municipal court judge, after an exam
ination lasting two days.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01
Homes for Girls in France.

An account is givec in the london
Daily News of the Protestant -organiza-
tons that are found throughout France
for the benefit of young working girls
who have to provide their own home.
The international Union of the Friends
Of Young Women has founded in var
ious towns in France twenty one homes
in France where young women are
lodged and fed cheaplY, and can enjoy
many social pleasures. In Paris there
is the Christian Asylum for domestic
servants, and the temporary asylum for
Protestant women. where for Il small
fee women may lodge and board. when
out of work. There is also in Paris a
workshop for unemployed workwomen,
where plain needle work is found and
well paid for. Paris has q club for
shop girls, which is open every after
noon and evening, where lessons in
English and music are given gratui-
tOusly. At this house the average daily
attendance is between thirty and forty.
There is also a convalescent home for
Protestant young women near the Bots
de Boul0gne, where they are allowed
to stay for three weeks at time. Witt
few exceptions, these charitable insti-
tltions. though primarily intended for
Protestants, are not exclusively sec
| tartan.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01
The Park SuAfa

Madison, Wis, Jan. 31.-The supreme
court to-day denied the application of
Benjamin Sweet and John O'Connor for
a writ Of mandamus compelling the state
land commissioners to convey to them
400 acres OF school and swamp lands
III Villas and Iron counties. The lands
are Indemnity school lands, the sixteenth
section of school and swamp lands, part
OF which We're withdrawn from sale by
an act of the legislature in 1873 as u
state park reservation. The plaintiffs
claimed that this act of reservation did
not apply to the classes of land referred
to and that it was subject to private sale,
The supreme court holds contrary to this
claim
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01

Mrs. WilEam Neal poisoned herself
at her home DIN tChristman. Ill. Con-
tinued illness was the cause She leaves
six children.
George Riley was sent to the Peoria
workhouse for sMindling by represent
ing himself as a magazine agent and
collecting subscriptions.
Henry Crane beat Agent Waddell
with an iron rod AT a Pittsburg suburb
an station and fed. Waddel may die.
J. L. Mcnamara, alleged ex-priest,
who caused q riot at Kansas City, is
held in $500 bail ITO answer, for SIAN
der.
Nunaby, a Choctaw Indian. said to be
a centenarian and a miSer. was MUIR
L Il.
William Daterer, "a young bartender
Of Bunker Hill, Ind. was sentenced to
two years Imprisonment for having
poured coal oil on the clothing of James
Mcdonald. an old man. and then ig-
hitting it, almost ending his life.
Prosecutor Orndorff, of Marshall,
Ill.,, hasreceived letter from the pro-
scouting attorney Of a neighborins coun
ty offering to produce the murderess
| Of George Powers if money for his wit
n3sses' expenses is provided.
The sudden disappearance 1T New
York of William T.. Zell, secretary and
treasurer of the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre
Ciol, Company, IS amply accounted for,
Vice-president Williams of the com
pany making the definite announce
ment that Zell embezzled from $4,000
to- $4,000 from the petty cash of the
company.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01

Another marriage is said to be in
contemplation in the Gould family,
Miss Anna Gould having lost her heart
to a young man named Harrison, a
resident of New York, and a close per-
sonal friend Of her brothers. Anna
has a right to marry if she chooses,
and, as the match seems to be a love
affair, and as the pair are socially, if
not financially, on an equality, there
seems to be no reason why their in.
Eiinations should be thwarted,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01
Dancers Rnft1oI

Gueldon, Ark, Jan. 31.-Rcliable in-
formation has been received from Al
pine, small Village in the northwestern
petition of this Clark county, announce
ing the killing Of threee men and the
wounding of two Others during a melee
al country dance held at the house of
Jf mes Forbes Saturday night. Lew
Jores, Charles Ross and Sam Powell
were killed, Jones and Powell having
been shot, While Ross was stabbed
through the heart with butcher knife.
Walker Jones and Bill Jones were both
sic, sly if not fatally wounded, the
|: tier having been slashed fourteen times.
Several others receive slight cuts and
brrises. After a continuation of the free
for-all fight for some time a few Of the
cocoler heads among those present sue
ceeded in restoring harm ony and iispers-
ing the Infatuated crowd.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01
Unfortunate Events.


The telephone exchange at Louisville,
Ky, was destroyed by fire. Loss, $780,
600.
John Silva. italian, unmarried, was
killed by a fall Of rock in the Santa Fe
shaft at Frontenac. Kan.
The Illinois Conservatory Of Music
at Jacksonville was burned. Many per-
sons were rescued with difficulty.
Pleasanton, Neb., was almost wiped
out by fire. But one building, bank,
was left in the business district.
Mrs. James Morgan, Is years old,
was burned to death in her home at
Farley, Ohio:
The Gloucester fishing schooner SUI
san L. Hodge was wrecked at sea. The
crew was rescued by the steamer La
Bretagne.
Two sections of freight train on
the Chicago & st. Louis road collided
near Steubenville, Ohio. and three un'
known tramps were killed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gustavus II. Lyon and
Miss Minnie Chapman, teachers in the
Sac and Fox Indian schools, were
drowned in the Deep Fork creek.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01

A process by which scrap steel can
be heated and rolled into shape is in
use at the Jefferson iron works, Steu-
benville. Ohio. Messrs. Harden &
Woods, the inventors, after much work,
finally perfected a mineral composition,
which. with certain chemicals, when
heated, rolled and welded without melt
ing. The manner Of procedure is to lay
q bottom piece, then cross pieces of
scrap layers; the composition is then ap-
piled, laying on that top piece, all of
which is strapped together with iron,
making a bundle 2 IA inches thick,
NIL of which is heated and rolled into
any shape desired.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01

Victoria G. Woodruff Martin has
made an assault upon the British Mus
cum, and will have it arraigned III
court for keeping a record of her in the
Beecher-Tilton scandal. If it came to
contest between the British Museum
and Vic as to which was the greater
combined circus, museum, and menag-
erie, Vic would win.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01

If the resignation Of Rev. r. Dewitt
Talmage is due to his opposition to the
to charge an admission fee Of 10 cents,
public sentiment will heartily sustain
him. There may be those who will say
that he has done q great deal to con-
vert the Brooklyn Tabernacle into 4
dime museum; but he has certainly
never gone so far as that.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01

The fiber Of the Mexican nettle is
being used for the production Of thread
and the article is said to be superior in
many respects to the finest silk. This
may be a hint to our northwestern
farmers who are worrying over the
Russian thistle. Perhaps there may be
a treasury Of wealth in its fiber il prop
erly utilized
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01
Saturday, Jan. p.

r. w. Clough, living two niles from
Redwood Falls. has commenced nego-
dations with Chicago parties for the
purchase Of pulveriZer and separator
to work out the immense quantities of
paint found on his farm.
A communication has been received
at Redwood Falls from the Mason City
plOw and wagon works. desiring to
move their plant near the coal fields.
They desire a stock company formed
to extend their business.
Numerous farmers occupying lands in
the northern part of Chippewa county
have been sued in ejectment by Russell
Sage to recover possession of lands that
for years have been in dispute between
the Hastings & Dakota Railway COM
pany and the United States govern
ment.
James E. Connolly, the Two Harbors
priest convicted Of rape, and sentenced
to twenty years and three months in
the penitentiary for his crime, has been
received at Saltwater from Duluth,
where the second trial was held, and Is
now making twine in the prison fac
tory.
The joint special committee of the
81. Iiu cOuucu dppOulleu W luVeSIl-
gate the charges Of bribery preferred
against ex-Ald. Harry Franklin and the
employees Of the building inspectors
office, presented a report to the assem-
bly, and it was adopted. AS predicted,
| the report does not spare the lash OF
severe censure. All parties to the at
fair are criticised in sharp and meaning
terms.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed by the Brautschek Tanning and
Fur Manufacturing company of St
Paul. The incorporators are: August
| Brautschek, president; John Zelch, vice
| president; George Natheimer, secre,
| tary; ]. O. Haas, treasurer, and Joseph
.Pottgeiser The company has capital
stock of $4,000. and the plant will
isbe located at St Paul Park.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01
HOxv'S This for Time:

Woonsocket, S. d., Jan. 31-A special
stock train containing twelve cars Of
Sarborn county fat cattle left here this
morning for Chicago over the Milwaukee,
1t will make the run through in thirty
three hours without stopping, and even
passenger trains give it the right of way.
The rivalry between the Chicago &
Northwestern and the Milwaukee is
great and has resulted in very fast time
from South Dakota points for the fast
stock trains.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01
Where IL This ri 400

Watertown, S. D.. Jan. 31.-The re-
ceiver's safe in the United States land Of
tlcc here was robbed of 81, 400 between
Saturday and Monday. The new re,
celver takes possession tomorrow and
Receiver K. E. Carpenter returned from
Iowa Saturday evening to check up. The
money was all there and placed in the
safe. Monday morning it was gone and
the safe was still locked. There was no
clue.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01


Trial Of ten white caps at Columbus,
Ind. has been set for March 5.
Charles McGlone, a mine boss, was
found murdered near Chester, Pa.
Father McManus was fined $50 and
costs at.Virginia, ILL.,, for raising a dis
turbance at a funeral.
Gov. Stone of Missouri pardoned ex-
State Treasurer holland. restoring him
to citizenship.
In a quarrel at At anita, Mich, John
Mum struck Richard Garrett with an
TX. Garrett will probably die.
The Elkins trial was ended at Bryan,
Ohio. and the prisoner was sentenced
to life imprisonment.
a. NJ. Van Auken has been indicted
ut Quincy, ILL.,, for forging papers TO be
used in advancing a railroad scheme.
l.. Lipschutz, Il Waco, Tex, merchant,
was murdered by robbers and his wife
fatally injured.
Henry Murphy OF Martinsville, Ind,
has been arrested for trying to wreck
Pennsylvania trains.
John Grohl, Il wealthy old man Of
Toledo, Ohio. was buncoed out OF $4,000
by an alleged nephew.
Samuel Gnagi, who disappeared from
Wapakoneta, Ohio, is found to be a
dcfaulter in the sum Of $4,000.
Twenty thousand cigars that had
been stolen were found buried ut Oma-
ha. Neb.
Alonzo Reese of Perry, ILL.,, killed
his wife and child and committed sui
eide.
Gov. Atgeld Of Illinois refused to
honor a requisition for Harry Hill of
Atlanta, Ga, saying he was running a
collecting agency.
Rival factions fought for the pos
session of the United Brethren Valley
church in Bloomfield. Pa. -Four persons
| were injured.
Samuel Barber sues minister and
bretheren of an Adrian, Mich, church
| for $1,000. He talked too long and was
| elected.
Mrs. John Locker, aged IS eloped
from HARDWOOD, Pa, with Charles Kock
! er, aged p. The two were arrested al
Fort Wayne. Ind
! The house of T. W. Robinson, for
merly of Chicago, superintendent of the
steel works at Pueblo, Col, was robbed
of jewelry valued at $500.
Harry Vaughn and Rudolph Beyers
Pana, ILL.,, boys of IL and 13 years
respectively, broke into a store an6
robbed the till Of its contents.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01

A wife-beater was chased out Of town
by the citizens of Valparaiso, Ind, last
week, and warned not to show his face
there again on penalty of being treated
with coat of tar and feathers. The
wretch deserved the treatment he re-
ceived, even though the manner Of adj
ministering it was trifle off-color from
a legal point of view.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01

The register Of u country hotel in
Maine one day recently contained
names Of Mongolians, Russians, Prus-
slams, Italians, Turks, Greeks, Canadian
French and Germans, each written in
the owners LANGUAGE
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01

The cost of the worlds wars since the
Crimean war has been $13, 2G5, 100000,
or enough to give $40 gold piece to
every man, woman and child on the
globe
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01

Coffee is intoxicat ting If taken i'll sufti-
cient quantities, though differing in it's
effects from alcoholic stimulants. The
nerves may be disturbed i'm a degree
approaching delirium tremens.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01

II the peace which the Brazilians are
now trying to patch up isn't more like
the real thing than the war which they
have been having for the past four
months, people in that country who
don't like to live in the midst of turmoil
will do we'll to move out.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01

There are 1880 breweries and 4,791
distilleries in the United States. New
York leads in the number of both, Penn
sylvania being second. In breWeries,
Wisconsin stands third on the list and
California fourth. Illinois is third in
distilleres and California fourth.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01
Washington Gossip.

Mr.. Cleveland wetoes the New York
and New Jersey bridge bill, in which
Senator Hill was inter asted.
Wheeler H. Peckham of New York.
is nominated by the president for the
United States supreme. court.
The house votes to abolish the sugar
bounty and put all sugars on the free
list. Attempts to impose duties upon
coal fail.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01
SHE WAS ABSENT-MINDED.
How Hannah Adams Fell on the
Horse and Didn't Know 1t.

How Hannah Adams Fell on the
Horse and Didn't Kn.vv 1t.
The recent celebration of "Forefa-
TIERS Day" at Medfeld, Mass, was an
event Of more than local interest. Mr..
Hezekiah Butterworth, talking about
it, spoke Of that old town, It's land
marks, and what it stood for. Then he
said he had learned in connection with
that Of one of the funniest things he
ever heard of. CAS- 4 case Of absent
mindcdness it was very, very funny
he said. "Hannah Adams was the first
female writer to receive recognition in
this country. Her home was in Med
field, and her body was the FIRST to be
buried at Mount Auburn.
1T was customary then to ride horse.
back to church. Hannah used to ride
with her father, on pillion behind
him, on the same horse. 1t happened
one Sunday on the way to church she
| fell off, pillion and all. He did not no.
tice it, nor, indeed, miss her Until at the
church steps he would have helped her
IlSliL <AldI1ucu, 1lc IOuC lsipAu4J DtON,
| afraid she might have been seriously
hurt not to have called to him when she
fell. And do you know" went on Mr..
Butterwort1, laughing heartily, do
you know he found her seated on the
| billion in the middle Of the dusty path,
and until he came up to her she was to-
tally oblivious to the fact that she was
not seated as usual behind her father on
the old horse on the way to church.
That's one Of the worst; instances of alb
sent mindedness I ever heard. I sup
pose Hannah was busy writing another
book in her mind while sitting there on
the pillion in the dust. "-Boston Jour
nal
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01

DIR. F'urbinger mentions in German
journal that peanuts are a model food
for people suffering from obesity. Pea
nut politicians in fat offices should
make q note of it.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01

According to an advertisement con-
tanned in the Danish government Ga
zette, published in Copenhagen, two
big volcanoes are for sale. They are
situated in Iceland and are the principal
attractions Of the island. The owner
asks for them the sum of $4OO apiece.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01

In some places in Berlin an insurance
coupon for $500, good for seven days
from date of sale, goes with every e.
cent drink OF liquor.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01
Frank IL He'll in x0NO

Hastings, Jan. 31.-The hearing of
Frank limerick of Egan, charged with
bastardy by Miss Minnie Adams, took
place before Justice Newell yesterday
upon a change Of venue from Justice
Johns on, the defendant being held to the
nexr term of the district court in the sum
Of 5000 bail. s-..
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-01

During the five years that the Ameri-
can revolutionary war continued 1885,
200 Americans were enlisted, but there
were rarely more than 10000 in the
field at any one time.