The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-05-21
M IN ESQ a EWS,
Interesting HnppeDfngs in the North
Star State.


Star State.
a three-y ear-old child was killed at
st. Paul by an electric car.
n Cen Brooke has been elected COM
.mandcr of the Minnesota Loyal Legion
Julian Severson Of Eureka, Dakota
county, was killed by lightning. He
was tWenty-four years old.
The state auditors figures Of govern-l
ment, state and railroad lands sold in
the state for the year show a total OF
SIC, $40. 16 acres.
Il O. "A. Anderson, farmer living four
miles northeast Of Stephen, while
drawing water from a well, fell in and
before assistance could arrive, was
drowned. 5i.
*. M. Bergen. leading merchant OF
Preston, his wife and .hree children,
were poisoned by eating home-mad6I
cheese. DR.. Phillips has been, constant.
$ly in attendance, and believes that he
will prevent any fatalities.
While fishing near the New York |
mills, at Fergus Falls, John Tarni at |
tempted to swim out to a boat which
was drifting, and was drowned. He
leaves a wife and seven children desti- |
tute. s5. 0
The state geographer Of Minnesota,
J. v. Brewer, has discovered the real
source of the Mississippi river, q, 221
miles from the Gulf of Mexico, show.
ing it to be the longest river in the
world. IA
In saloon brawl at I.itchfield, Thorn
as Wandock struck Peter johnson on
the head with a club. Johnson is still
unconscious and may die. Wandok is
proprietor Of the saloon, and claims
johnson tried to run his bar.
James w. Lee, who was being held
at Henderson on charge of burglary
| in the second degree, made his escape
! from the Jail by saving out one OF the
iron bars Of the door. No clew to his
whereabouts.
! MI. John Muckeinheimer Of Delano
has received a diploma and medal from
! washington for his exhibit of flint
corn at the Columbian exposition. The
corn was raised on his farm near this
village.
! The handsome residence Of John r.
water was burned with household
effects Loss estimated at $1,000; in
surance, $1,000. Circumstances point
! to incendiarism. s5sS5
Mary Braithwaite, principal of the
Emerson school, was arrested at Du-
luth, charged with beating Henry
Grytdahl, aged eleven, with I; piece of
rubber hose. The teacher says that
the boy was incorrigible.
Fire in Borgerding & Haskamp's ele
vatOr at MelrOse caused loss of the
building, 5000 bushels OF wheat and
i 500 bushels Of oats. The water-soaked
grain is insured. Loss on the building
5000. No insurance. Fire evidently in
cendiary.
The grand jury at Duluth indicted
Samuel ID. Lisbon, alias Walter Ro
mans, for forgery. He swindled a
number Of merchants by collecting for
advertisements in directory which
was never published. He is said to be
i a member of a well known Chicago
gang Of swindlers
i IS At meeting of the business men OF
I4angdon an enthusiastic organiZa ton
of the Business Mems association was
| perfected, with about fifty members
J. McPhail was elected president; ]. B.
Boyd, first vice president; Alex McNiv-
en-, second vice president, and James
| Woolner secretar " #
John Paulson machinist and electri
clan at the Saltwater Street Railway
power house, was accidentally electro.
cuted. He was repairing a car, and in
some manner a circuit was formed,
going through his body. He lived only
a few seconds. Deceased was valu-
able man, married and thirty-tiye
years old. Is
Burglars at Mankatc robbed j. Cap.
talns j. S. KerWitz and e. j. Tear. OF
the Salvation Army, of $685. The
house was entered, their clothing taken
into the rear yard and there left with
the pockets turned inside out and the
empty pocketbooks and private papers
left scattered on the ground. There is
no clew. *
At: Duluth r. NJ. Hunter sold the
three-story brick veneer building and
fifty-foot lot at 215 West Superior
street to J. B. Maltby of Corning, n.
Y, for $52,500. Charlotte T.. Mills Of
California sold fifty feet at 3O3 and sos
West Superior street to c. r. Hough-
ton Of Corning, N. Y, for $4,000. She
paid $50 for it thirty wears ago, and
has been getting over $1,000 rent for it
annually. tax
Mrs. Walby, a domestic on the farm
of 3. Hilgedick, near Blakeley, and the
Z seyen-year-old son Of Mr.. Hilgedick,
were drowned in the Minnesota river,
near Blakeley. The body Of Mrs. Wal
by was recovered about two rods from
where she was drowned. The body of
the boy has not yet been found Mrs.
Walby was widow, formerly Of Min
neapolis, and leaves a six-year- old
daughter. M. O. Arnsen CT A1inneapo-
lis is a brother to Mrs. Walby. s
i James Callahan, residing near Wash
ington, Fillmore county, committed sui
eide in a horrible manner. He had
once been confined in an asylum, but
was discharged as cured About two
weeks ago he attempted to drive a nail
into his head, but was unsuccessful.
On Friday he secured a wedge-shaped
piece Of granite, and, going to an iso-
lated place, literally pounded the sharp
stone into his head, making frightful
wound, causing death.