The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-08-23
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r. O. Tanning was shot and serious
" wounded by two highwaymen at
Grand Rapids, Mich.
W. III. Bannon; postmaster at Bu-
mont, Butler county, la, is 81 300 short
in his money order accounts. \.
Discharged for drunkenness Jailer
Jerry Murphy liberated all the prison
ers in the Leavenworth (Kas.) jail.
Four voluntarily returned.
James Branard shot and killed his
wife, and then shot himself at School
craft, Mich. They were not living to-
gether.
Daniel Mayfeld, the Chicago &East-
ern Illinois brakeman arrested at Dan
vile, Ill, for killing Engineer Bert
Bryne, was released,
The Ottawa, Illinois contingent of the
Salvation army was again arrested for
obstructing the streets and spent the
night in jail.
Damaging evidence has been secured
against George w. Davis the negro I'M
der arrest for wrecking the Rock Is
land express near Lincoln. Neb.
An offer Of 100000 is made and re-
fused for the release of the sporting
editor Of the Omaha Bee on bail. He
is under arrest for refereeing fatal
prize fight.
Miss Fannie e. Howard, a 24-year-
old brunette, has sued Justice Morris
Of Linden, N. j., for $4,000 damages
for breach of promise. The defendant
is IS years old.
Mrs John Wetmeyer, of Elgin, Ill,
is minus a husband, who was promi-
nent in Salvation army parades He
left in company with young woman,
and the wife believes they have gone
to Chicago.
The grand jury Of Shelby county,
Tenn, found 3O4 additional indict-
bents, making 53S found in two days,
against persons in Shelby county charg-
ed with selling liquor without licenses,
and the investigations Of the body have
developed the fact that the county,
state and city of Memphis lost about
$1,5OO,OOO in the past eight years from
failure to collect this revenue.
Foreign Gossip.
Two deaths from cholera occurred
at Amsterdam. Is
Santo, the assassin Of President Car
not of France, was executed at Lyons.
The bill for the relief Of evicted Irish
tenants was rejected by the British
house of lords by q vote of 249 to 80. .
Bluefelds has been retaken by Mica
raguan troops and many American SYM
pathizers with Chief Clarence have
been placed under arrest.
A movement looking to the reunion
of all the Methodist bodies in Great
Britain was started by the confer
ence at Grindelwald. q
+ Official figures show that from Aug.
there were 1856 new cases of cholera
reported at st. Petersburg. In the
same time there occurred 1O1 deaths
from the disease.
Frederick Nagel, lately the mayor
Of Leoptschafen, village Of Baden,
Germany, was arrested at New York
on the steamer Westernland on a
charge Of forgery. 'Ehe arrest was
made on complaint Of the acting Ger
man consul.
A Yokohama dispatch to the London
Chronicle says rumOr has reached
there of an important naval engage
ment between Japan and Chinese fleets
off Wei-Hai-Wei on Aug. TO- Seven
Chinese vessels belonging to the North
ern squadron were sunk, according to
the report.
The Kaffirs in North Transvaal,
South Africa, are in open revolt They
have blocked the road from Murchison,
have burned homesteads and captured
cattle. The Kaftirs are now besieging
| the headquarters of the resident and
| the government buildings at Agatha.
| Troops have been hastily dispatched to
the scene.
| A dispatch to the London Telegraph
from Paris says that the cooks, stew.
ards and attendants on the trans-At.
lantic line steamers have gone on strike
at Havre. The employees allege that
the cause of the strike is the poor food
supplied to them while the vessels are
in dock, and other grieval :es. On
Saturday 100 men on board the steam
er La Touraine quit work.
The authorities at Genoa, DeKalt
county, report that there is one case
of smallpox at that place.
H. G. Bland was nominated for con
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| souri, district.
The big rolling mill at Laramie has
closed down for an indefinite period
The little mill will run for some time.
The Janeway wall paper factory al
New Brunswick, N. j., has been sold
to the trust after a two years fight.
Eighty cars a day Of California fruit
is the average that the Union Pacific
has been handling for some time.
Salt water day was celebrated by so,
600 Jerseyites in various ways besides
the one prescribed by the colonial faith
ers.
| Spring Valley (Il) miners held an
other meeting and agreed to refrain
from work until the union was recog
nized.
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