The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-06-24

Foley Bros. have secured a contract |
to build line of railroad at Cavilier,
N. D., and have shipped a large part
Of their crew from Mile Laos county.
School will be continued next year
at the brickyard, the experiment of
the past year proving success. This
will be good news for the residents of
that portion of the district.
The brickyards received another set
back last week on account of the ''spell
of weather. we experienced. They
are running longer hours than
ever this week to catch up the lost
time.
It was unfortunate that the day was
dark Thursday, otherwise the photo
graphers would have had several in
teresting ''snap shots' of the process
sion. AS it was the negatives could
not be developed.
M. G. Sausser reports the theft of a
chunk of ice and a pair of ice tongs
from his wagon last Friday afternoon
or evening. He says he is perfectly
willing to give the party the ice if the
tongs are returned.
A ''bumper tourist" fell under a
freight train at Elk River Tuesday
morning and was quite badly crushed.
DR.. Whittemore, the company's phYsi-
clan, was obliged to amputate his left
leg below the knee
The rubbish piled below the livery
barns caught fire Sunday afternoon
and created a little excitement. The
boys turned out and extinguished the
flames before the adjacent property
property was endangered.
A train bearing the Old Settlers as
ISOLATION of Meel1er county passed
through Princeton Tuesday afternoon
enroute to Duluth. From Duluth they
went over the Duluth & Iron Range to
the mining district Wednesday.
Col. Milham dropped into town be-
tween two days again this week. He
was first discovered on our streets at 5
o'clock yesterday morning and squared
himself to the patrol by informing him
that he had just walked in from Mi
laca.
Tuesday afternoons shower was &C.
companied by some hail and wherever
a field of rye was in it's path consider
able damage was done. During the
blow Jesmer's flag which had been
left on the opera house staff was torn
off the rope and badly shredded.
Such of the encampment decorations
that were not spoiled by the rain
should be taken down and carefully
slowed away for other patriotic occas-
sions. It may be some years before we
have another Sons of Veterans en-
campment, but there are others.
There will be a Fourth of July cele.
bration at the school house in district
No. 5, Greenbush, on Monday, July s
the proceeds to be used for the benefit
of the Catholic church. A picnic din.
ner will be one of the attractions an6
a dance in the evening another
Everyone is cordially invited.
1t is worthy of especial mention tina;
during the four days of the encamp
ment last week, with thousands O
strangers in town, it was not founi
necessary to make a single arrest
our home people as we'll as the visitor
we're orderly and well-behaved, ant
yet the boys had considerable fun.
The ladies of the cemetery associa
ton suggest that people having graves
dug will do we'll to employ the ma,
hired to care for the grounds. AS it i
done now a lot of sand and refuse i
left to be cleaned up and the metho,
suggested will do away with this am
at the same time be no more expensive
THE COMMITTEE.
The Brecke-McHugh company ha
issued an excellent map of this section
It is arranged in railroad folder form
printed it two colors and most of all
more nearly correct than any map ye
! issued. The map shows all the land
about Mile Laos lake from Gro
Wing to Pine county and from She1
burne to Aitkin. This company
doing its share to advertise the exec
= lent ADVANTAGES of this section tn So