The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-12-03
MINI ESOTA NE VS.
interesting Happeningsi In the North
Star State


Patrick Kelly WIS brutally assault
ed and robbed in ST Paul
Josie Van Deli committed suicide at
st. Paul by taking carb1lic acid
Work is to resumed onSthe Minnesota
iron mines sooner than expected.
The State Immigration association
will ask for a legislative appropria ton
to help on the good work,
The new Catholic church at Austin
was formally dedicated by Bishop
Pcthen.
The four-months-old child OF Mrs.
Scripts of Winona died from suffoca-
ton
Salvation Army men have arrived in
Barnesville, with the intention Of start
ing barracks.
The supreme court has ousted Mr..
Copeland and reinstates the st. Paul
board of public works.
The state board Of arbitration makes
decision in the matter Of the publish
ers and printers of the Twin Cities.
J. J. McCafferty has been appointed
member of the board Of managers
OF the st. Cloud reformatory, vice r.
"A. Smith, resigned.
Rean & Co., shoe dealers Of StiIlwa-
ter, made an assignment to Theodore
b. sWheelock. No statement Of assets
and Liabilities has been filed.
The daily output of the prison bind
er Irvine factory will be increased 9. 600
by the purchase of twelve spinnefs
and one breaker
George Chantler.a former mail car
rler between LIE Sueur Center and st. 4
Peter. has been indicted for assault in
the first degree. rs
Three Minneapolis women were
burnedaby gasoline explosion One
will surely die, and the recovery Of an
other is doubtful
At Pipestone fire DESTROYED the
steam laundry, together with al its
contents, and also did considerable
damage to adjoining buildings. Loss.
over 81 900; partly insured.
lver Larson, was knocked down BY a
locomotive and seriously injured at
Mllaca- He was walking by the side
OF the main track, and did not hear the
backing engine until too late.
Threshing is completed at Rapidan,
but there is still some clover left in the
fields that will not be hulled this fall
Gorn-husking, if the weather remains
good, will be finished this week.
Alex. Bartocuski, aged sixty-seven,
attempted to drive across the Northern
Pacific tracks at Sank Rapids ahead Of
Passenger Train No. 1, was struck and
himself and team instantly killed.
Nels NOrer, while at work in tile
woods fifteen miles below Milaca, was
seriously injured. A branch Of a tree
fell on him and fractured his skull
He is from Minneapolis, where his
| family resides.
M. r. Baldwin, of the Chippewa In
dian commission; Rev. J. A. Gilfillan,
w. H. Hendrickson, J. r. Perranlt, T.
Beauleau and r. ]. Holland paid the
White Ook Point Chippewas their an
nuities of 81 each. .
Emily Shortridge, prominent young
LADY of Dassel, aged fifteen years, died
OF scarlet fever, after an illness Of six
weeks. This is the second death from
this disease in this family during the
past four months. gS.5T
| The store of Senator George Geissel
at North Prairie was entered and the
safe blown. The burglars secured S25.
An equal amount in the till and also a.
| large quantity of stamps was over
| looked.
On account of the prevalence of scar
let fever in Alexandria all churches
and schools have been closed for a
week. No public meetings of any
kind will be allowed. There are at
present twelve cases, all of d mild
form
Plans are being rapidly matured at
Duluth for the promotion Of a scheme
set on foot last summer for the build
ing of railroad, to be known as the
Duluth & Southwestern. The proposed
line will follow almost an air line from
Duluth to Red Wing.
George Benham, otherwise known as
"Black George" professional hunter,
| accidentally shot himself through the
ankle at Wright station, twenty-five
miles east of Carlton, on the Northern
Pacific railway. He was taken to the
Duluth hospital. The foot will have
to be amputated.
Architect G. X. Aldrich of the State
university, was at Great Rapids. and
is we'll pleased with the building inn
prcvements now being completed at
the Northwestern Minnesota Experi-
ment farm. He finds that more build.
| ings will be needed next season. par
! ticularly for the live stock departmen
Al arrest at Winona has brought to
Light a system of robbery from Jaco-
bis clothing store, which has been go-
ing on for some time. A young fellow
who gives the name of j. "A. Jones is
| the guilty man. He has confessed to
having taken 5000 worth Of stock and
! sold it.
Joseph Green and Mike Inhofer. two
West Newton farmers, were killed in
stantly by the explosion Of a tllreshing
engine No particulars as to the cause
of the explosion can be obtained, but
/ it went so quick that some Of tho men
working about the machine did not
even know that any one had been
killed by the shock. The accident oc-
Cured on Louis Bushard's farm, Just
about supper time.
j John Hardcastle Hall, the man who
lost his identity op arriving in Manka-
to, some weeks ago, finally consented.
to a hypnotic experiment to restore his
memory. Prof. Harlow Gale, Of the
i state university, conducted the expert
ment, but got very little satisfaction
i He seemed to have Hall under control,
II but the latter ONO ,.7nf1 ~