The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-29
MINNESOTA NEWS
interesting Happenings in the North
Star State.

ne lWo-year-OlQ daughter OIL Henry
Jackson was drowned while playing
III a large water tank at st. James.
burglars entered the store of J. D.
schroeder at Mountain Lake, and stole
ABOUT $500 worth Of jewelry.
The body of an unknown man was
found, horribly mangled, on the rail-
road track west OF Glencoe.
A girl an inmate of a house of i'll
fame, at Grand Rapids, killed herself
by taking poison. She is said to have
husband in Wisconsin,.
A young man named George Asche
was drowned while bathing in Buffalo
creek, mile north of Sumter. He was
taken with cramps.
Gustave A. Flach, an artist. chose
Pokegama Falls, at Grand Rapids, for
suicide recently. He was tifty-tive
years old.
The residence Of J. G. Smith at
Bialnerd, burned, with it's contents, re-
Gently. Cause, unknown. Insurance,
on house, $500; on goods, $500.
Halvor Erickson, wealthy farmer,
was instantly killed while walking on
the railroad track by the Omaha ex-
press at A(adelia.
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton of Minnesota is holding it's an
nual encampment and Bible confer
ence at Union Lake, near Faribault.
Mrs. Davidson, who has recently
moved to Hector, is dead. She leaves
mother, brother and six children to
mourn.
Jacob Suelter of Carver, aged eighty
tive, is dead. He was one OF Caryer's
old settlers, having lived there for
nearly forty years.
Elalvor Erickson, well-to-do farmer
OF Madelia, was killed by a passenger
train. He was walking towards the
train and did not see it until too late.
John w. -Feddema, agent for an ele-
Vator company in Lintonville, was
robbed of valuable gold watch, $14O
III cash, draft for 5000, and a num-
Der of notes.
w. j. Harrison and James 81. Ander-
son OF Utah, elders of the Mormon
| church, have arrived at Winona to
secure converts. They expect to be
joined by other workers.
johnnie Kech, aged 16, residing in
the town of Dead Lake, committed
suicide by hanging himself to a tree
in the woods. No reason is given for
tie deed
j. c. Meloy, a prominent grain deal
| er of Hastings, is dead, aged seventy
| three years. He had been mayor Of
Hastings and was identified with the
| city.
Frank HolZnagel ard John EriOn are
| under arrest at Sanborn on the charge
| OF having stolen about 1000 pounds
| OF coal from Northwestern car in
the Sanborn yards. The men pleaded
guilty.
Frank and Elmer Nelson, aged twen-
ty and fourteen years, were arrested
at Lake Lillian, near Atwater, by the
| sheriff OF AnOka county, charged with
the theft of a bicycle. They broke Jail
! during the night.
John Wetzel and G. I. McNair were
elected members of the Little Falls
| school board by small majority. The
! fight was between the two banks, to
see who should have the school mon
ey. The German-Americ#n National
| bank won.
J. II. Brand, who took forcible DOS
| session Of the dry goods store his wife
has been running at Winona for the
! past year since he left her, was tried
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| lawful detainer, and found guilty.
The result of the inquest held on the
| body of August Nelson at St. James,
| was that he came to his death by
| drinking carbolic acid. He was a sin
| gle man, and was on his way to visit
his parents, who live in Riverdale.
| Clarence, the little son of e. J. Lind
! Qulst OF Montevideo attempted to
| jump from the depot platform into a
| moving box car He fell and the
wheels cut off his right leg above the
ankle.
A teachers summer training school
| opened at Caledonia recently, with an
enrolment of 120. The school is con
Quoted this year by Med. Williams of
| Kasson, ably assisted by Messrs. Bliss
and Williams of st. Paul, and Mrs.
| Scanlon of Lanesboro.
John G.. Hunter, the ten-year-old son
OF L. M. Hunter of Duluth, was re-
Gently drowned in Hunters lake. He
and some other boys were playing in
the water, near the shore, when young
Hunter got beyond his depth and was
drowned before help could reach him.
lily Fabel, Jr., has broken ground at
Norwood for what will be the hand
soonest and best-equipped drug store in
Carver county. The building will be
built of brick, with all modern i'm
provements, including gas. Several
other buildings are in process of cree
ton, including creamery plant.
Rev. George B. Holden of Lamber-
ton, and justice of the peace for many
years, is dead Of paralysis and heart
trouble. He was a member of: the
Manchester Ulity, from which Odd
Fellowship is said to have sprung.
He was 20 years old, and was born
near Manchester, Eng.
D. Stevens and Ed Sandeger, the
tramps whose assault on Conductor
Sweet at Saltwater resulted in the lat
ter's death, have not yet been told Of
the tragic consequences of their work.
Stevens is the man who used the knife,
and he will be arraigned on the charge
CT murder next Monday.
j. Myers, a land hunter from Superb
or, Iowa, who has been camping on
the outskirts of Browns Valley in COM
pany with his two sons, was shot re-
Gently by one Of the latter. The senior
Myers was climbing into the covered
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