The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-08-30
The school house is finished.

Al. BARRETT, r. NJ.
The school house is finished.
A. Townsend is on the sick list.
A. j. Conger is building a barn.
Grant Mcclure goes flying on a
safety.
Chas. i. Dickey is a good shot
and no mistake.
A. M. Anderson went to st.
Cloud on business the last Of the
week.
Another car load Of goods came
in Monday for new settler. Many
farmers have settled around here.
this summer and all are doing we'll.
The schoolma'ams' ball Monday
night was very pleasant affair
and we'll attended. The two
"Johns" were the center of at
traction.
| It wasn't a Southsea Islander in
native costume on the war path at
two o'clock Tuesday morning. It
was only the doctor killing big
skunk in his chicken house.
A great many of our people are
anxious to see III. r. Mallette
nominated and elected to the legis-,
lature. They know HIM to be true
and honest andaa tireless worker,
and hence expect their interests
will be well and faithfully served.
None will work harder and few
will work as hard to. repay an
honor bestowed. And while it
may be no easy matter to elect the
nominee his friends will have no
hesitancy in doing all that can be
done for him, knowing that the
district will be benefited by such a
man to take care of it.
The annual examination of
schoolma'ams by Co. Supt. Mrs.
10. R. Barker occurred last Friday
and Saturday at the village school
house, where more than twenty
applicants for teachers certificates
presented themselves. It was a
fine turn out Of cultivated young
ladies, and did credit to this COM
munity. We do not wonder that
two black baers came within few
rods Of the school house those
days. The brave men Of the vii
lage shouldered their guns and
} chased the bears away but did not
| succeed in bagging any game.
But Peter Solder killed young
bear Monday within the village
limits. This must be the ''wild
and woolly west
Eight Hundred Barrels of Silver.
"Whlle making a tour Of the
continent few years ago. said 6
we'll known banker, II was showr
? through the bank Of France. The
silver coin is heaped up in barrels
9 and placed in cellars, resembling
the spacious storehouse Of a brew
l cry, each barrel holding $4,000
:. fve-franc pieces, and weighin!
S about 600 pounds.
s ''There was at times 800 barrel
: piled up to the very crown. of tn
e arches, and rising much highe
). than mans head. The. visito
! walks through long alley Q
~ these barrels for some time unit
he comes to large stone foore
y apartment, wherein are to be see
square leaden cases. Each Of thes
, holds 100000 bags Of /, 900 franc
% each, and the whole are soldere
v up Theoretically within the cases
v Several Of these appeared not I
v have been touched for years.
was told they were liable to renal
- undistured for 100 years longe
=, as they are the last Of the bank
;, !, resources to be dipped into.
ssThe treasure in these leade
: reservoirs is kept perfectly d1
a and free from any variation
to temperature. The stairs reachin
a to these regions are narrow, ar
he admit Of only one person at a tin
ed ascending and descending. Th
2: has been expressly contrived f
n protection and defence from il
en- surgent mobs. Inc one of Il
Of treasure vaults are the precio1
in deposits of the Rothschilds al
n other wealthy capitalists, left f
Ill safety with the bank.
e. STATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY