The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-05-07
MINI u ESOI'A NEWS,
Interesting happenings in the North
Star State

Star State
Union men employed on the docks at
Duluth have gone out on strike.
Charles Lisbon of st. Louis has been
arrestedat Duluth for swindling.
Matthias Fuos. aged sixty. me years,
q respected citizen of Caledonia, is
dead of pneumonia.
Mankato's police is enforcing the
ordinance against riding bicycles Oh
the sidewalks
During the year 80 persons We're
Killed and 473 injured in Minnesota by
railroads.
The receivership Of the Spalding
year from May /.
A Modern Woodman lodge was insti-
tuted at Montrose with a charter MEM
bership Of twenty-five.
Thomas Quinn, farmer near Mon
trose, was thrown from a horse re-
Gently, sustaining injuries on the head
and body of a serious nature.
The Winona Young Mems Christian
association celebrated it's tenth ami
versary recently by a mass meeting in
the First Congregational church.
The large barn Of Henry Schott, two
and a half miles northeast Of Lewis
ton, was struck by lightning and, with
contents, was totally consumed.
Company A, Second regiment, N. G.
S. NJ, Of New Ulm, the Oldest com.
pany in the state, will celebrate Its
twenty-ffth anniversary this month
Charles Hartley Of Woodstock, while
attempting to repair or clean gun,
accidentally discharged it, the full con-
tents striking his wife in one Of the
legs. The wound will not prove fatal.
l.. D. Campbell has been appointed
receiver Of the Costello Hardware
company of Duluth, which failed with
about SIP 900 liabilities and $4,000 as
SETS TIL
The hearing in the white cap raid
case at Sleepy Eye came before Judge
Gallagher. but George Peck, who was
shot in the arm by the white caps, fail
ing to appear, the case was dismissed.
Lightning struck Thomas Curtis
barn near Saltwater, destroying 1t, to-
gether with several head Of cattle,
horses, grain, etc. The loss is about
$500.
Herman Locker, on his way home
from Lakefield. attempted to cross the
Sioux river on the commonly used
bridge. The bridge was gone and both
horses were drowned. H.
A. A. Merrill, q veteran, prominent
resident and pioneer settler OF Mime
sofa and AnOka county, is dead, aged
seventy-three He leaves a wife and
four children. .-~-- '-> .. ..+s
Marsh Batlen of Fulda was SEN
fenced to two years in state prison tor
stealing a pair Of $1.75 shoes. John
Glarson, for stealing several articles,
was sent to st. Cloud for fourteen
months. Both pleaded guilty.
The farmers elevator at Brandon,
which contained $4,000 bushels of
stored wheat belonging to farmers In
that vicinity, collapsed, falling across
the tracks Of the Great Northern rail
way and blocking them. 81
At the instigation Of the Milwaukee
road Marshal Gillett of Lake City ar
rested seven tramps recently. While
the fast mail was at the depot apd the
passengers taking lunch they went
through the train and stole two over
coats.
Edward Casey, who attempted sui
eide at Sleepy Eye, was adjudged in
sane and committed to the Rochester
asylum. Casey had been drinking
hard and had made frequent attempts
to kill himself
The saw mills of the Winoua Ium-
Der company, Empire Lumber COM
pany and Laird-Norton company Of
Winona started for the season. Ill
Fl. the mills here are now in operation. A
busy and successful season is IN pros
pect
Burglars broke into Westervelt Il
Balls carriage factory and into the
Theopold Mercantile company's store
at Faribault. An attempt to blow open
their vault was made, but the burglars
were probably scared away before fin
fishing their work. No money was Sc
cured. 49, w-'E
.-.. A report from Duluth says: The
Itasca Lumber company will build q
lumber broad gauge road from the old
line at Deer river to point nine
miles north. 1t is reported that the
road is the nucleus of something larger
and may strike the Red river valley
next year. .....
D. A. Werner, travelling man for
one Of the binder machine companies,
fell from his buggy at Cokato, striking
on the shoulder and head. When pick
ed up he was found to be unconscious,
and it is hard to tell to, what extent
the man is hurt. His residence is
o. Smith Lake g. Il. =, E.
Walter Smiley committed suicide in
Wallace's saloon at Brainerd, by drink
ing three ounces of laudanum. He
died before medical assistance could
be secured. He left note asking to
he buried at Jackson, Mich. Drink is
supposed to be the cause. He was a
brother of Engineer Smiley, of the
Northern Pacific road:
John Crowley and Thomas Cowley
of Lamberton were bound over TO ap-
pear before the grand jury Of Rnlwood
county, both charged with burglary
land larceny. Considerable petty steal
ing has been going on Of late lie ac-
cidental finding Of some Of the stolen
goods led to the discovery of the light
parties and the recovery of most Of
Tthn stolen DrODerty