The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-03-18
MIN ES( Dc A EWS,,
Happenings IN the n orth
8ss Stnr State.

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Stnr state.
Stephen Reese, a prominent bee
keeper, is dead. He was born in h
Hesse-C assel, Germany, in 1929
At Mapleton G. B. Peabody, a pic
neer resident and well known citizen Of
fAnoka, is dead.
Henry Chaffee, an old resident of
Faribault, and formerly a very active
business man, died at his home at that
place. I. ,.
Lawrence Delworth, one Of the pio
neer residents of Winona county, aged
eighty-tWo, died at his home at Mime
sofa City
l4s "A great number Of emigrants are
moving to Walnut Grove this spring
| from Iowa. 1t is expected that times
! will be booming this year.
/ Sorlie & Lee, a hardware firm of
/ Hartland made voluntary assignment
to ID. w. Knatyold of Albert Lea; liza
bilities, $4,000; assets not, known.
Fully 300 woodsmen have returned TO
i Saltwater from the logging districts
since the middl Of last week, and by
Saturday evening work will be sus-
j pended. 3s
ISfHEp QUIZ CullII6us u IL w lCI, Il ldI luek
/ living few miles from Lake Crystal.
were poisoned by eating cheese They
4 are all living at present, with chances
!. of recovery. The cheese was purchased
in Mankato the same day.
Charles Speech, woodman crazed by
drink, made an unsuccessful attempt
to shoot himself at Saltwater Saloon
Il keeper Kroon refused him a drink and
l ,irrr J,n
i will recover.
4 Fire broke out at Barnesyille in the
i store Of G.. d. McCubrey, the Barnes
4 vile postmaster. The mail was all
i saved. but the building is badly dam
3 aged and the fixtures We're all destroy
ed. An explosion Of a lamp is sup
posed to be the cause.
Fire at Walnut Grove destroyed the
postofice and G. Il. Wiehner's saloon,
also q stock of confectionery owned by
II "A. j. S Wafer, in the poStofhce build.
ing Loss, So, 600; origin unknown; no
insurance.
4 Henry Wilson, the Hennepin county
prisoner, pardoned at the last sessisil
+ of the board Of pardons, will be re-
II leased as soon as relatives arrive from
Bartlett. Tex Wilson is critically ill
with tuberculosis and cannot long sur
viye.
Farmers north Of Sleepy Eye organ
lied the Home Creamery association
and will at once construct a separator
creamery The officers are: G. j. Rob
inson, president; John Cutting, secre-,
! tary. The creamery will be located
!. five miles north of Sleepy Eye.
George Ruter of Redwood Falls, at
one time manager Of the Castle farm in
I North st. Paul, and afterward mana
ger of the Gilfillan farm near that city,
died suddenly of appendicitis in st.
n Paul and has been buried at Redwood
Z. Falls. gss
While Len Jones. an employee in the
Rapidan mill a Lake Crystal, was fit
4 ting on belt, the mill was started
and his hand got caught between the
belt and the wheel. 1t was 50 badly
crushed that amputation was neses-
. sary .s
! There are now about one hundred
!. and fifty men employed at the Mari
!. 1ette works at Duluth. MOST of whom
81 are working on the water works ma
Z chinery. About fifty tons of metal is
; melted each week. The first engine
will be completed and ready for de
6 livery by July.
& 81. = Asbrech, deputy game warden
!, from st Paul, arrested at Anoka three
) illegal fishermen, all residents of Cen
: terville. Abresch made quite a sum on
: his last batch, and he is trying to put
] a stop to illegal fishing in Centerville
) Their catch consisted mainly of bull
| heads and some para phernalia was con.
p fscated
Clarence Crook, who was tried at
, ia M, f1n,.;
: the first degree the jury disagreeing
e was, by consent of his attorneys, al
: lowed to plead guilty to murder in the
third degree, and was sentenced to
twenty -four years and six months IN
! Saltwater.
= The Saltwater street railway, which
!. has long been in litigation, has been
!. sold by Judge Willston at private sale
: to 4. A. Flint of Saltwater, the. pur
chase price being $4,7OO. The pur:
chaser also assumes taxes against the
property. Improvements will be made
and the cars will again be started.
!. Uncle Burlow, seventy years OF
q age, living in an old shack at Chaska
!, known as the old school house, was
8 cremated in his apartments. BurroM
was bachelor, and died as a panper
= for he was supported by the city for q
: number Of years. Fisher Kosolopski
4 another pauper, was in the same build
{ ing, but escaped. #s
$ The old John Passon saw mill prop
$ erty at the head of Osakis Lake ii
= Osakis was burned to the ground ant
!, is a total and complete loss. The prop
erty was recently purchased by .Iohr
Q w. Shaw from South Dakota, who i
{ the loser. The surrounding neighbors
) had supplied a large quantity of log:
to be sawed and the fire occurred aftel
s the first few hours run.
+ IA fatal accident occurred near Muir
phys camp near Barnum. Mr.. Lind
holm and son. a boy fourteen year.
old, were coming from the camp Will
= two loads of ties, the father bein;
i. ahead. The first sleigh ran onto Thu
I root of a tree and it was necessary t,
: chop off the root AS this was done tn,
= tree fell, striking the boy, who sat OF
q his load Hing him inSfantlY Hi