The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-15
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Interesting Happenings In the North
Star State. r

build an elevator at Mantoryille Of l5,-#
600 bushels capacity
At the election in Goodhue, a vote to
incorporate that place as q village car
ried.
~ a. Moosbrugger .ex-county treas
urer and an old resident, died at St.
Cloud, after long illness
Footpads held up and robbed Charles
Rynex of S. at the Great Northern de-
pot at Princeton
Mrs. Ann Dyer, aged seventy-eight of
New Paynesville, is dead. She was the
mother Of several prominent people in
that community.
The body of an old man named Null
er was found beside the road near Co
kato lake. He died while walking
home.
Nick Slater, carpenter and builder
II SteWartville, fell from a building and
broke his leg between the knee and
ankle. --F :.
At a special election at Little Falls to
| vote $4,000 school bonds, the PROPOSE
ton carried by large majority, only
| twenty votes being cast against it.
Lieut.. Gov. Gibbs and Prof. Hacker
address an enthusiastic meeting OF
| farmers at Aitkin, and as a result
creamery is in sight
The Hubbell house. at Mantorville,
has changed hands, and will be remod-
! eled. Frank Bowen will be its new
manager.
Ed Eaton, while working in the b-iler
room of the Red Wing Furniture fact
DRY, at Red Wing, was seriously in
jured. The boiler burst and frag-
ment struck him on the head.
At a special school meeting at Alex
andria bonds were voted for the cree
ton of an additional school building in
the northeast ward Of the village, at q
cost not exceeding $4,000.
| The large frame store buldiin owned
by w. H. TomlisOn, and occupied by
him at lie Sueur, with carriages and
hardwars, was partially destroyed by
fire. The damage to stock and build
ing is $4,000; fully insured.
At meeting Of the board Of county
commissioners of Goodhue county, John
III. Rich brought up the matter Of re-
| pairing the Wacouta road, and the
board voted to refuse the proposition
made by the good roads association.
| The German-American and Mer-
chants National Banks of st. Cloud,
capitalized at 100000 each, will con-
solidate under the name Of the latter,
with $150,O00 capital. Tim Foley VIII
be president. .~. .-..
Cornelius Ulricil, a doctor living in
/ Centerville, was found dead in bed,
from the effects of a spasm. Coroner
Robbins was notified, but deemed an
inquest unnecessary. The deceased was
fifty-eight years old and leaves wife
! an child. ...@..s 2 Y &r
AS the three-year-old son of Jacob
Stenger, living out at the lake, near
Rush City, was playing around a stack
i of straw, the stack suddenly fell upon
him and he was smothered to death.
The stack had been eaten into, so that
it fell easily.
! Constable Edward Pierce and Deputy
/ p. Mitchell arrested three men at An.
Okla for illegal fishing in Lake George
Five pickerel, two guns, spears, ETC.,
were taken. The prisoners are Carl.
! Brown, Albert Brown and Charles
! Erickson. They will have an examina-
ton at once.
Frank Clapp died at Appleton from
the effects of a blow received in an al
tercation with Ed Allpress. Clapp was
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the city council, portions Of a bridge,
which Allpress was claiming as drift
wood, .,- 4
The will of John W. Metgroth has
/ been filed at st. Cloud. The estate of
100000 is left to the widow, Mrs.
Margaret Metgroth, for life, when it is
| to be divided among the five children,
all grown. One of these is a Chicago
/ o4I,
st. Cloud.
| The board Of prison managers met at
Saltwater and granted nine paroles.
The miscellaneous cash receipts for the
institution for the month Of March ag-
| gregated $12, 491.S4, Of which amount
$3,O62.53 was received from the Union
Shoe and Leather company for convict
labor. and 81 ,639.12 was for sales and
collections on account Of binder Irvine.
One Of the most disastrous fires that
ever visited Wadena occurred recently
The fire originated in the Wadena ho-
tel building shortly after o'clock and
quickly spread both north and south
until the entire block with the eNcep-
| ton Of the brick building owned by
! ing, owned by Senator Whitney. was
entirely destroyed. Loss about $4,000, |
partly covered by insurance
Nathan Marcus, a judgment creditor
for 1856, has begun suit against the
stockholders Of the defunct Security
Bank of Duluth, to enforce double La
bility, under chapter &c, General Stat
utes. The. bank was capitalized for
$1OO, 1000. It is alleged the liabilities of
the bank are $37S 411.31, and that the
assets are not worth $4,000 over the
expense Of administering the estate.
The bank assigned Aug. IA, and was
considered bad failure.
An old darkey arrived at Cloquet re-
Gently from Swan River, and went
about town exhibiting a large roll of
greenbacks, probably amounting to sew
eral hundred dollars He was stopping
at quiet boarding house on the island
until Friday night, and has not been
seen since. Foul play is suspected. He
was seen going towards the woods the
night he disappeared, with two reputed
hard characters.
William Kingston, q Woodsman. who
had been drinking at Saltwater. was in
stantly killed on the Omaha road, Il
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