The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22
Monday, Aug. TO-


julie La Croix of Anoka, reported TO-
have died, is still alive, and may pos4
sibly recover to certain extent. -
Carl Ross of Camdentown died, and
there Is suspicion of poisoning. An
inquest will be held. The fact Of
domestic trouble mas led to the 1nves1r-
CATION.
An engine on the Chicago, Milwau-
kce q st. Paul road set fire to set
ing OF wheat on j. Peterson's farm,
near Hector. and burned about 500
bushels Of wheat. 49,.
The old Schops mill controversy at
Albany, was settled by an auction sale
or the premises, at the court house in
st. Cloud. The mill was sold to John
Diedrich for $4,000. During the litiga-
ton T. j.. Schops has been in the in-
sane asylum two or three times.
Jud ge Jamlson took evidence in the
Buffalo, to decide the amount Of ali
mony to be allowed to Mrs. Schefchik
The divorce was granted Mrs. Schef-
chlk at the June term of court He
took the case under advisement and
Will hand in his decision in a week or
two.
Louis Meining, a contractor. who is
building a sewer in West Duluth, was
assaulted by one Of the workmen
named Antonio Cordick. Meining was
making the rounds with the time book.
and as he jumped down in the ditch
Cordtck hit him a fearful blow with a
wooden mallet. The man ran and has
not been caught. Meining will prob
ably recover.
The sportsmen of st. Cloud and vi
entity are preparing to tlke the field
on Sept. l, to reap the harvest of praf-
RE chickens which this section of the
country will produce. Reports from
nearly every direction about chicken
shooting are very fattering, Indicating
that there will be good sport for hunt
case of Schefchik VS.. Schefchik. at
ers this fall.
Threshing has fairly started in the
vicinity Of Browns Valley. and so
far as reported, wheat is going a trifle
over tWenty-one bushels to the acre.
threshers' measure, two bushels to the
sack, and twenty-five sacks net, at the
elevator, about fifty-five bushels.
Some pieces have gone as high as
thirty-three bushels per acre, mostly
l.
oats going from fifty bushels up:
Tuesday, Aug. 20.
Lafayette Stevens. one of the oldest
settlers Of Chippewa county, is dead.
Grand lodge officers from Saltwater
organized lodge of Sons of Herman.
with membership of thirty-tive, at
Hector.
Louis Levaas was killed by light
ming while shocking grain on the Le-
veen farm, in Moonshine, near Grace
vile. He was twenty years old and
resident Of ArtichOke
O'Nei11 Bros. of Saltwater will soon
begin work OH the largest logging con-
tract ever made in Saltwater. the firm
having agreed to cut aid drive 10000:
900 feet of Mile Laos logs for T. Wey-
erhaeuser. They will build railroad,
so that the logs can be brought into
the st. Croix.
Without any apparent provocation.
Ed II. Olson. the son of Il. II. Olson,
Of Rosewood tow nship. near Montevi-
dec, called mis- father from the house
and stabbed him in the face several
times. 1t is feared that he will lose
the sight of one eye.
Reports from the country around
Taylor's falls are tc the effect that
plairie chickens will be quite plentiful
this fall. Farmers, in harvesting. re-
port that they scare a great many COW
eys, and not only are the coveys nu-
mcrous, but the chickens are unusually
large. The laws are being observed
unusually we'll thus far Ducks arc
scarcer than ever before, owing to
spring shooting.
The Aitkin Cooperage company's
saw. stave and heading mill and
blacksmith shop, at Aitkin, We're
burned. The saWmill was owned by
Knox & DeLaittre, and was leased to
the Aitkin Cooperagc company. The
loss is about $4,000, with very little
insurance. The origin of the fire is un-
known. All the machinery is a total
loss. 1t is uncertain whether or not
the mill will be rebuilt