The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-12-17
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The Massa chusetts State Grange has
adopted a resolution favoring Col. ].
81. Brigham Of Ohio for secretary of
agriculture.
A joint convention of coal miners
and operators to formulate a scale of
wages in the Pi ttsbWrg district fer
next year is in session. S.
Whales have been numerous in the
bay at Santa Cruz recently. AZ fishing
boat narrowly escaped capsizing by
one of them.
Some time since Clint r. Coulter, the
well known Denver bicycle rider, COW
cred mile unpaced in 1853 Is, estab b.
fishing a worlds record which has
been allowed, I'd 3
George Thomas, a merchant Of Grand
Junction, Col, brought on an attack Of
nose bleeding three weeks ago by lift
ing a sack OF flour. The bleeding con-
t;nued III spite of all the physicians
could do, and he died.
inspection of winter crops Of celery
now in the trenches in the kalamazoo
celery fields shows that fully ono third
is rotten on account Of damp, warm
weather. The estimated loss is $780,
600. a. .' SSs.
At the annual meeting Of the board
of directors of the Santa Fe system,
held at Topeka, the entire board of di-
rectors, the executive committee and
+ the officers of the board were re-elect-
ed.
The KnoWer Cottage, on the Cliffs at
Newport, r. l., was sold to Henry
Payne Whitney, son-in-law of Corne-
Illus Vanderbilt, the price paid being a
quarter of a million. Mr. Whitney will
present. the property to his wife.
An examination Of the assets Of the
recently failed Baxter Springs (Kan.)
bank, of which Col Alexander Warner
was president, reveals but $29.36 in
cash on hand. The capital stock Of
the bank was $65, 900.
John r. Strauchan, we'll known
mason contractor, who has been in
business at Rochester, N. ", for %
years, has made an assignment, with
out preferences. 1t is estimated that
his assets will foot up $175,O0O, while
his liabilities will reach $12O,OOO.
The Independent Club Of Canada,
| which has been in existence in Mont
real for some i've months, and whose
object is. the attainment Of Canadian
| Independence, is gaining in strength,
and a convention proba bly, will be held
| next March with a view to federating
all the groups and Cube having like
object.
The Union National Bank OF New
4 Orleans, which suspended payment on
i Sept. 4, 1896, having compiled with All
the conditions imposed by the comp
] troller Of the currency precedent to
resumption, is now in a solvent condi-
ton, and has been permitted to open
i its doors.
The Columbia & Red Mountain rail
road. the new line which is pushing its
way into the new mining regions
around Rossland, b. c., has prOgress.d
rapidly in building The last advices
i from Rossland say that the tracklay-
ers are within al couple Of miles OF
town. The compilations Of the line viii
be hailed as quite an event Id the
j North.
During the past season seven broth.
ers named cCutcheon have hunted
birds of rare plumage, such as the
egret, heron, elder duck, etc, on Made
line bay, Lower Cali ornia, and the
value of the feathers secured by them
1 is estimated at 81 600 Egret feathers
are worth $50 a pound ia San Francis.
co, and none of the other feat hers are
worth less than S. or Sc per pound.