The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-08-20
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Interesting Happenings in the North
Stnr State.

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philo S. White. nan, a switchman,
was run over and killed at St. Paul.
An unknown man committed suicide
at Wildwood, White Bear lake.
The state fair this year promises to
be of great value to the eEt:re North
west.
Two young people eloped from
Mortified on a tandem, but were az
rested at Hastings.
The residence of Tom Langlay, at
Delano, was totally destroyed by fire.
Loss, $500: fully insured.
Joseph Gross and Caddie Buttrick,
while getting from row boat to sail
boat, near the dock at Pine City, were
drowned. The bodies were recovered.
A body was found at Wells, supposed
to be that Of a newsboy who disap-
peared in March, 1894. He was evil
IDENTIFY murdered.
Amos Shallman, young man Ct
eighteen years, was drowned in tine
Root river about six miles from Chat
field ~ -,r.. Pc
Peter and Nicholas Everling, aged
thirteen and ele1 en-, were drowned
while bathing. One body has been re-
covered. f.. -r. ISIS
The house of Joseph Mahany, three
and half miles southeast of Byron,
was destroyed by fire, together with
it's contents. Insured for small sum.
italian laborers, returning from
work on the Gl eat Northern on a train
collided near Melrose, and two men
were run over. One of them was badly
bruised and injured internally. "
Col. George FIealy, pioneer Of Ohm
sted county and state, died at Roches-
ter. He was born in Cayuga county,
n. Y, in 1912. He accumulated a
large fortune, considerable of which
has been left to charitable institutions
James Thompson, aged about fifty
years, an employe Of the Brainerd
Lumber company, was killed on the
landing at Brainerd while unloading
logs. Five logs rolled over him, crush
ing him into unrecOgnizable mass.
Stephen O'Donovan, well-to-do
farmer living a few miles east Of
Graceville, was kicked in the stomach
by a horse and died from the effect Of
the injury an hour later, before med
ical assistance could be had. ..
A sneak thief named Samuel Wright
of Minneapolis was sentenced to 24O
days in the county jail by Justice New
ell of Hastings upon three charges Of
larceny. At the time he was arrested
he had with him for protection a
vicious canine.
Lamberton is now having erected an
eight-room brick school house at cost
Of $4,000, to be completed for occu-
pancy after the holidays. Erick, Lund
& Co., Minneapolis, have the contract.
The Smead system of heating will be
used.
A fatal accident occurred at Crooks
ton whereby w. G. TalleGa, a brake
man on the Great Northern railway,
and highly respected citizen, was in
stantly killed. While making a coup
ling his foot was caught between the
rails and his body ground to pieces.
Erick And >rson, Swedish laborer,
whose home is at Iron River, Wis,
was drowned in the MISSISSIPPI river
at ST. Cloud. He was playing on a
plank and, being unable to swim, fell
off and drowned in about ten feet of
water. The man had no family.
Lightning struck two large barns
west of Princeton, totally destroying
them, together with several head Of
horses, 100 tons Of hay and a lot Of
farm machinery. G.. Mcfarland and
l.. Rochfort were the owners. Small
insurance.
William SQUIRE, a man about fifty
years of age, at Lakefield, took a dose
of laudanunl, and died. He was sup
posed to be a little off in his mind. He
was an old soldier, was not drinking
man and was a good citizen. He leaves
a wife and three children in moderate
circumstances.
A threshing machine exploded at
Elgin, north Of Rochester, injuring two
men seriously. Schuyler Bigelow, the
engineer was blown from the engine,
breaking an arm in two places and one
leg. The other man was badly scald-
ed. The engine had been condemned,
and the men knew the chances they
were taking
Burglars ATTEMPTED to enter the
hardware store Of G. e. Bondy, at
Eyota. The clerk who slept there was
awakened by the cracking Of glass, and
seeing a mans form working before
the rear window, he fired at him, the
bullet striking close to the casing.
The man disappeared in the darkness.
and no trace has yet been found Of his
= identity.
The house Occupied by Mr. Williams
and family, at Park Rapids. was
struck by lightning, the bolt entering
the bed room, injuring the hedstead on
which Mrs. Williams was sleeping and
smuggling her hair and clothing, but
leaving her uninjured. Lightning also
knocked the end out of a granary for
s. l.. Doran, and caused about 1000
bushels of wheat to run out on the
ground. L.
Judge David Wilcox, of the munich
pal court Of Sank Center, has COM
menced action i'll the Stearns county
district court against the city council
of Sank Center for an alleged libelous
resolution adopted by that body Jan.
6, asking him to resign. The resolu-
ton was the result of row over Will
cox's salary. The suit is brought
against Alex Moore, w. v. Whipple, J.
r. Cooper and A. E. Ewin, all members
of the city council. 8
James Willis, an old employee Of the
Northern Pacific, fell backwards from
q SteD1a16or at Rrainor6 x,,l,;1o +,,x,ino