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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06
CTArE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF
~ Mile LacS.=SS. LIN Probate Court Snecia

CTATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF
~ Mile Lacs:-ss. In Probate Court, Special
Term, Jan. H. 1896. f. - - 2
In the matter of the estate of Edwin B. Sherzer.
deceased. 49,
On reading and filing the petition of Charles
Keith, administrator with the will an
nexed of the estate Of Edwin B. Sher-
zer, deceased, representing, among other things,
that he has fnlly administered said estate, and
praying that time and place be fixed for exam
ming; settling and allowing the final account of
his I'D ministration, and for the assignment of the
residue of said estate to the parties entitled
thereto by law;
It's ordered, that said account be examined
and petition heard by this court on Monday, the
10th day of February. A. d. 1896, at 10 O'Clock
NJ. at the probate Office in the court house in
Princeton in said county. Ess&.
And tits further ordered, That notice thereof
be given to Ill persons interested by publishing u
copy of this order once in each week, for three
successive weeks prior to said day of hearing. in
the Princeton UNION a weekly newspaper printed
and published at Princeton In said county.
Dated at Princeton the 14th day Of January, A.
D. 1896. By the Court:
RICHARD w. FREER,
[sEAL.l Judge of Probate.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06

Every dog has his day. So, apparent
", has every sheep and goat. The beau
tiful Angora goat, with it's lustr Gus
fleece, has not been particularly profita-
BILE to it's owner for some years. But
sud denly a caprice Of fashion demanded
that mohair fabrics should be the vogue
again. The price of the wool Of the An
CORA goat was "a cents a pound when
fashion took the mohair freak. Within
a few months the wool has advanced
105 per cent in price. The mohair weay
ing firm whose mills cleared them So
900, 900 in less than five months can af-
ford to take trip around the world. It
is agreeable to know that a little Of this
prosperity will also reach the man who
raises the goats and the wool. The An
CORA goat has been bred in the south
west more extensively than elsewhere
in this country. One ranchman in Texas
was fortunate enough to have flock of
1000 Of the goats at the very time the
mohair craze struck. The fabric former
" called alpaca is that now known as
mohair.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06
Teach Good English.

immigration to this country is in
creasing again, and with it comes in
creased corruption of the English Ian
guage. Teachers the country over must
redouble their efforts to make their
pupils speak and write correct English.
It is fact in our large cities that at
least half the public school pupils are Of
foreign parentage. The English they
use is a horror. Many of them attend
school a number Of years. They can cal
culate correctly and know geography
and United States history. But it seems
somehow as.if they never do learn de-
cent English. The composition Of their
written examination papers is something
fearful and wonderful. So is their spell
ing. It gives rise in the unprejudiced
mind to the wonder what public schools
are for. HI stt- ,,g 3
Certainly these schools signally fail
to teach the pupil correct English. { Fa1
too little attention is paid to compost
ton and the correction Of the pupils
habitual speech. There ought to be a
drill class in these subjects several times
a week. If it is objected that there is
not time then, again, what are schools
for?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06
First Publication Feb. s, 1896.
Notice Of Expiration Of Redemption.

To Unknown Owner or Owners.
You are hereby notified, That on the 21st d ay
Of March, A. D. 1890, in proceedings to enforce
the payment of delinquent taxes. pursuant to
that certain real estate tax Judgment which was
entered in the dstrict court in and for the county
of Mile Laos in the 7th judicial district Of the
state Of Minnesota, on the 9th day Of May.
A. D. $780, the following described piece ard
parcel of land, which is5 situated in Mile Laos
county in the slate Of Minnesota, to-wit: The
northwest quarter of the southwest quarter
(NW:1l of SWA) of Sec. nineteen (19), township
thirty seven (37), north, range twenty-six (26),
west. of the 4th principal meridian. was sold to
satisfy the amount for which it was adjudged
liable in said Judgment. interests and costs, for
The he sum Of two z, dollars and
amount req uired to redeem said piece and parcel
of land from such sale exclusive of the costs to
accrue upon this notice) is twenty -tw i22l dol
lars ss and eleven t1I cents;
and interest on said amount at the rate of twelve
per cent per .annnm from the oath day Of Oct,
a. d. 1895. until such redemption is made and
that the lime for redemption of such piece and
pArcelof land from such expire sixty days
aftert the service of this notice and the filing of
the proof of said service. ss
Witness my hand and official seal this 9Th lay
of February, A. d. 1896. ~
b. M. ANALsTEIN,
. County Auditor of Mile Lucs County, Mimi
SEAL l3E E5&yG
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06

An important work Of the next few
years will be the search for low grade
gold veins and the invention Of methods
for extracting the precious metal from
them cheaply. In many Of the states Of
the Union these low grade veins are
known to exist, but they were not
thought rich enough to pay for mining
the ore. Now, however, it is different
and every indication Of gold is carefully
watched. It may be that the trace of
gold found in the neighborhood Of Os-
wego, N. y, will be worth following
up. Perhaps the veins Of gold already
known to exist in the province Of On
tario run underground and crop out
also in New York: The sample Of ore
found at OsWego assayed at the rate Of
$40 to the ton, which would pay we'll if
more could be found like it. y.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06
Merchant Vessels In the Navy.

3ssE H1cTcHAuV VeSSelS In Cne Navy
In the United States merchant marine
service there are 4 4 steamers, small and
large, that would be taken possession Of
and used by the navy in case war should
occur with any foreign nation. These
include first Of course the four mag
nifcent boots Of the American line Of
transatlantic passenger steamers, the
Paris, New York, St. Louis and st.
Paul. Besides these there would be
available also the ships of the New York
and Cuba line, the Pacific Mail line, the
Atlantic Coast line and the Red D line,
plying between New York and La
Guayra and Curacao.
These vessels may be taken at any
time by the government. In consider
alton of that fact 4 the government
pays each Of them subsidy, aver
aging from 81 a mile to 81 mile on
each outward passage. The amount va
ries according to the size and class Of
the ship, there being three classes. But
IN consideration Of the subsidy the YES.
sci must also carry the United States
mails.
We have at present about 40 vessels
OF all kinds, from old tubs to lightning
cruisers in our regular navy. The addi-
ton of the subsidized vessels of the
merchant marine service would nearly
double it's effectiveness. Though the
merchant vessels are not armored, they
are faster than any of the regular naval
cruisers
This coming winter congress will be
asked to make, and doubtless will make,
an appropriation of 5000, 900 to provide
guns and warlike equipments for the
merchant cruisers in case they are want
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06
A Plant For Arid States.

What the corn crop is to the middle
and southeastern states alfalfa promises
to become to the arid states of the west
and southwest. Most people have heard
that it is a plant Of the clover family,
and that in good years three crops in a
season are obtained from it. But of it's
immense value to the soil itself few
have any idea. Like ordinary clovers it,
strikes downward a thick and tough
taproot. This great root goes down some
times 20 feet in search of the subterra-
mean water. It brings up from far below
the surface the mineral salts the soil
needs and makes it soft, rich and pull
verizable
Beeves are fattened at very small ex-
pense on alfalfa, with corn to finish
them off and improve their flesh. It is a
question that concerns the whole coun-
try whether it is ever to get meat cheap
~ again. Alfalfa will settle the ques-
tion in the affirmative if it has it's way,
and the farmer will make just as much
profit too. Throughout Kansas, Nebras-
ka, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah ag-
riculturists are depending more and
more on this new old forage plant to
make the horses and the mutton, beef
and pork for the eastern market, and it
never fails them. In place Of the grass
hay Of the east the southwestern farmer
cures one Of the three cuttings from his
alfalfa fields in a season and finds that
it is even better than hay. Under these
circumstances the agriculturist cannot
in the alfalfa region do better than to go
heavily into beef, mutton and pork rails
ing, r.G.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06

Two explorers have found in some
ancient Egyptian ruins yacht shaped
almost exactly like the Defender and
Valkyrie, even to the immensely elon-
gated, overhanging bow and stern above
the keel. It was evidently racing
yacht, and the peculiar point about it is
that it is at least 1000 years older than
the beginning Of Christianity We have
not invented and discovered everything,
we Of the nineteenth century.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06

It was Aug. "a that an English news
paper, The Westminster Gazette, said of
the speed trials on the railways Of
Great Britain h'Thus once more and
perhaps forever has the championship
of the world in railway speed been gain
ed by the old country. = DR.. Chauncey
M. Depew did not say much, neither
did Mr.. Fl. Walter Webb, but they did
a deal Of thinking. The result was the
fier on the New York Central road that
covered the 440 miles between New
York city and Buffalo in seven hours,
including stops for changing engines
twice. The time and distance actually
counted were from New York to East
Buffalo The distance was 43611s miles,
the time 407 minutes. The actual aver
age was 641a miles an hour, beating the
fastest British average by a mile. an
hour. A fact to be especially noted is
that the American engines and trains
were much heavier than those employed
in the trial on the English roads. The
three American engines used in the trial
run weighed each not less than 100
tons. The weight Of the whole train
that made the record breaking run to
Buffalo was 256 tons The Englis trial
trains weighed respectively 70, 105. and
100 tons. One Of the engines in the
American run was the famous 999 that
broke the worlds record once before
and held it till the English caught up
and passed it. The two others were
brand new, Of an improved pattern just
turned out in the Central shops.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
= Mile Lacs-ss. In Probate Court Special
Term, Jan, IA, 1895. SsS7 =
In the matter Of the estate of Mary a. Galley. de-
ceased. ze5I1 "a $500 AL
On reading and filing the petition ofThomas H.
Galley, administrator of the estate of Mary A.
Galley, deceased, representing, among other
things, that he has fully administered said es-
tate, and praying that time and place be fixed
for examining settling and allowing the. final
account Of his administration and for the assign
ment OF the residue Of said estate to the parties
entitled thereto by law; @ 1 - u IA
It is ordered, That said account be examined,
and petition heard, by this court. on Monday,
the 10th day of February A. D. 1896, at 10 o'clock
A. NJ, at the probate office in the village Of
Princeton in said county 8
And ll it Is further ordered, That notice thereof
be given to all persons interested by publishing
q copy Of this order once in each week, for three
successive weeks prior to said day of hearing,
in the Princeton Union, a weekly newspaper
printed and published at Princeton in said
county. 4 Pm !
Dated at Princeton the 18th day of January.
a. D. 1896. ia By the court, .sll2e ~
RICHARD w. FREER
lSEAL.J Judge of Probate
CHAs. KEITH Attorney for Administrator.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06

1t is to be sincerely hoped it will
work-that new invention for pumping
air into bicycle tires automatically. The
idea Of it is that when the tire is upon
the ground its pressure drives upward a
tiny piston rod onveniently placed, and
that allows air to rush into the inner
rubber tube thorough a dust proof filter.
a spring forces the piston rod down
again.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06
s The IRE departmen held its annual
election last Monday evening and the


The fire department held its annual
election last Monday evening ana The
following officers were. chosen: II.
Ahearn,, chief; y M. Taylor, Asst
Ichief; @. J.S 1,ravens, foreman CO. No.
Isl; Zimmerman, foreman CO. No. 8:
Ira al Bulls, foreman II. Co. No. 8;
2. Sutton, Eng. Go. No. j; %. Nc
Carried, Eng. GO. No. 2; H. e. Cravens,
Sec; Q. J. Cravens, Treas; s.. "a.
Crayens, Marshal. The chief ap--
pointed the following members as a
finance committee: o. y. McC Carried, 81.
mmerman and 4 II. 3. Cravens. The
fremen cont plate putting in a sys-
tenn of electric alarm bells in the
spring, the present alarm system be-
ing insufficient. us
l llt is is no such thing as a failure
in breadmaking if good yeast is used.
Fleisc hman's compressed yeast-the
best in the5market lat o. Mitchell's.
Estray Notice.
Came to the enclosure Of the sub
scriber Friday Jan. 3lst, 1896, seven
5heifers ranging from one to three
years old. Owner will please prove
property pay charges and remove the
same. a. ABRAHAMsoN.
Greenbush, MINI.
Princeton, P. O. f2O
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06

The crowning achievement Of the
German language has been reached in
the following word Leichenzugsge-
schwindig keitsfortb eWegung. IN Eng
lish it means the speed at which fu-
neral procession moves. 4
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06

France, too, has it's liquor question.
The note Of alarm sounded by lola in
his novels in regard to the appalling in
crease of drunkenness in France in the
present generation has been echoed by
the medical profession throug hout that
country. The new excise law which was
passed some time ago proposes to remove
altogether the tax on such drinks as wine,
beer and cider. At the same time the
process of rectifying alcoholic spirits is
put under rigid government inspection.
It does not occur at all to anybody iii
France apparently that it is possible to
get along without any drinks containing
alcohol, as SO many people in America
undoubtedly do and thrive on it. The
utmost stretch of the French magma
ton conceives only that man may get
on without drinking whisky or bran
dy, compromising on wine, beer and
cider. Tt was believed that encouraging
the drinking of these preparations by
taking the government tax off them
was temperance measure. The law to
this end was prepared with the approval
Of the French Academy Of Medicine.
Perhaps in the course of another rs
years the French will find out, as SO
many Americans found out long ago,
that even wine and beer are not habitu-
ally necessary to health and happiness.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06

General Miles, who takes the place
OF General Schofeld as head of the
United States army, is the peoples gen
eral. He never attended West Point, but
was in mercantile business when the
civil war began. All he learned Of mill
tary tactics has been gained in the
school Of experience and in study on his
own account. Yet after Grant and Sher-
man there has not been an American
general of the civil war honored as he
has been, although his most brilliant
record Ii been made in his Indian fight
ing since the war. He has received the
thanks Of four Legislatures for his serv-
ices in the southwest, and the grateful
citizens Of Arizona presented him with
a sword All Of which goes to prove
that if a nan has the Iower in him it
will show itself
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06
The New PuritanisIn.

The editor of The Review of Reviews
finds strong reason for congratulation in
the movement which he and others de.
nominate the new Puritanism. The Pu-
ritanism Of Cromwell's time went into
politics with vim. DR.. Shaw says Of
our kind, ''The new Puritanism, so
called, has this year shown marked
tendency to concern itself with necessity
for higher, purer civic life" He also
reminds the American people that there
never has been in the United States a
period Of financial panic and depression
which has not resulted in the moral and
religious quickening Of the nation. It is
not the same kind of revival as in for
mer times, however. "This time it has
made emphatic the necessity for high
or type Of righteousness in the associat-
ed affairs Of men, v..-..' =, .~.
The editor takes the following hope
full view Of the new movement:
The great political battlefield of, our day in
the United States is the field Of administrative
reform. And here the militant new puritan
ism in politics is bound to make itself felt be-
yond all question. 1t is not Protestant move
ment alone, for some Of its strongest leaders
are prelates in the Catholic church. Whatever
1T may mean i'll detail, it must mean in general
that the worst period of political and mrnic.
ipal prohigacy in the United States has been
left behind us, and that the moral and reli.
gious elements of the country are going into
questions of local and general government on
the conviction that righteousness exalteth a
nation. F." The politicians will do we'll to reckon
with these awakened elements of good citi-
zenship. ,,... T.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06

The glass industry is booming again
il almost every place where glass IS
made. So are many other Industries.
Good times are coming back.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06

"A man who has been clerk of a school
board 81 years must be a good old fell
low. Such a man is Robert Young Of
the village Of Montgomery, Orange
county, N. Y.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06

General Campos says he will have
nothing less than straight surrender.
from the Cuban insurgents. But perhaps
General Campos will not have the say
Of it when the time comes.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06

STATE OF, MINNESOTA, COUNTY. OF
Term, jan %, 1896 49, Eli sl55Es= q
In the matter Of the estate Of Benning Haney,
deceased. IS -
On reading and filing the petition of Aulger
Rlnes, administrator Of the estate Of Benning5
Haney, deceased, representing among other
things that he has fully administered said es-
tate and praying that time and place be fixed
for examining, settling and allowing the final
account OF his administration, and for the as
signmentsof the residue of said estate to the
parties entitled thereto by law.
It IS ordered that said account be examined
and petition heard by this court on Monday, the
4th day OF ebruary, "A. d. 1896, at 10 o. clock a.
NJ at the probate Office in Princeton in said
county. 80
And it is further ordered that notice thereof
pc given to aHtpersons interested by publishing.
a copy OF this order once each week for three
successive weeks prior to said day Of hearing
in the Princeton Union a weekly newspaper,
printed and published at Princeton in said.
county. 77sHs
Dated ia at Princeton the 2sth day Of January.
A. D. 1896. 81 " S
{. By the Court.
ri RICHARD w. 5FREER
Isl Court Probate SeaD Judge Of Probate. TN
.CHAS. KEITH, Attorney for Admins trator.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06

The gallant crew Of the Defender
were one and all Americans.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06

oysters IN Everv STYLE.
Sharp County record., 1896-09-25

roadsides. In the contest
with the best agricultural
practice they cannot prevail
The remedy for weeds is to
keep the land busy with a
good crop on it, and this
means that the farmer must
give persistent and connect
ed thought to to his business.
If the daisies crowd out the
grass, it is because the
meadoH has been neglected
and the grass has begun to
fail, and whenever there is a
vacancy by the failure of the
grass every enterprlslng
weed finds a rightful oppor-
tunity to establish itself.
If the farmer asks, therefore,
what will kill the daisies,
there is one answer; better
farming.
Sharp County record., 1896-09-25
Weeds and Good F0Tnnjng.

Occa Sionally a farmer is
heard to ask how the weeds
can be killed, but he does not
realize that if by some rapid
process they could all be dis
pached new legions would
fill the places at once if the
conditions which they enjoy
remain, What farmers need
to comprehend is that with
out some radical mistake in
the management Of t h e ir
land the daisies would never
have gained such a foothold,
All plants, including weeds,
settle and thrive where the
competition for life is such
that they can enter into it
and prosper. "A good stand
OF grass leaves no room for
weeds, 1t is not in we'll
titled fields that Canada
thistles flourish, but in neg
lected pastures and by the
Sharp County record., 1896-09-25
Some Pertinent UtterOnCeS

From an exchange we gather the
following utterances of few great
men on Che money question. That
they viii be read with interest and
profit by some Of our readers we are
sure:
Banks are more dangerous to the
liberties of the people than standing
armies. - Thomas jefferson.
II the Americans adopt our bank
ing and funding system, their ll0er
ties are gone. Sir William Pitt.
By the eternal we will see which
Is to rule. the money power or the
people. Andrew Jackson.
Gold Is the most useless metal in
the world-ft only for plugging
teeth aud ornamentlng fools, DIR.
FraDklln.
The theory of the intrinsic value
of money has been abandoned by
the best writers and speakers En-
cycIopedia Brlttanlca,
Anything upon which the govern
ment PLACES It's stamp and declares
it fullJsgal tender in payment of
all debts and taxes is money, no
matter What the material may BE-
Henry cl3E
l believe the struggle now going
on in this country, and other coun>
tries, for a single gold standard, will,
if successful, produce widespread
disaster, in the end, throughout the
world. James g. Blaine.
If government contracted a debt
with certain amount of money IN
circulation, and then contracted the
money volume before the debt was
paid, 1t Is the most heinoas crime
that government could commit
against the people. Abraham Lin
coin.
Sharp County record., 1896-09-25
State News.

Bernard Velt, an old citizen Of Lit,
tie Rock, is dead.
Harrison City scrip Is slow sale at
30 cts, on the dollar.
Rebuilding of the burnt district
Of Malvern Of brick continues.
Van Buren is to have electrict
lights within the next 60 days,
The Hot Springs bath houses can
accommodate 1000 bathers daily,
A few cases of small pox are re.
ported at Spnngdale, Conway coun.
ty.
The big saw nall of the Hlckok
Lumber Co., at Ogemwa, burned
Monday,
The ground has been broken for
the Frisco raArood shons at e.
Smith.
w. d. Bates of WinsIow cut off
one of his thumbs while repairing a
wagon.
Three horses were killed last Fri,
day night at Holly GroYe by light.
ming.
A new depot to cost $50, 900, will
be built by the Frisco road at TT.
Smith,
The ?Sth session of the Arkansas
Deaf Mute Institute will open on
October 7th.
A Cotton Belt freight tram ran
over a tramp near Pine Bluff and
cut off both legs,
The colored population Of Fulton
county only pays $40 annually into
the school fund,
Hope, Hampstead county went
"dry" on the liquor question Tor the
first time IN its existence.
Pine Bluff has twelve year old
boy, son Of A. A, MatIock who tips
the scales at l75 pounds.
G. B. Scott, a school teacher and
printer sucldcd at Forrest City
Monday night by taking morphine.
At Fayetteville A, b, Kell shot
and wounded Steve Lemons, who
was threatening hrm with a big
knife.