The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-06
N 4 \ ! r, Esq TA NEWS.
interesting Happenings In the North
Star State.

nave emigrated to Eugene City, Ore.
a commercial club has been formed
at Hutchinson. i3
Peter B. Melbostad has been COM
missioned postmaster at Wolverton.
q post Office has been established at
{ ut =, Anoka county, with Charles
y. Tuthill as postmaster.
The force Of men at the Great North
ern. SHOPS at Barnesville is to be very
Largely increased in the near future.
The The tWo-year-old son Of Fred Hun
&Klns, messenger in the employ Of
the american Express company at
Winona, lost his life by drowning.
The residence of d. n. Green, three
miles out Of Verndale, burned to the
ground. It caught from a defective
hue. Insurance, 5000.
William Nagles Of Park RAPIDS died
very suddenly from heart failure. He
was an old settler and a prominent
farmer. IA @ 54 I79 a
Sam Arnold Of Melrose. "a brakeman
on the Great Northern, had his hand
crushed while coupling cars at Milaca.
DR.. Nichols amputated the index finger
OF the right hand.
Ralph Yates Of New Ulm was first
in the examination Of candidates for
west Point, with Mark Woolery Of
Blue Earth City as alternate. Six can
dll(dates took the examination.
Mrs. Ellen SpauIding, wife Of Will
lard Spaulding and Il most estimAble
woman Of Maine Prairie, committed
suicide while laboring under a tempo
rary fit Of insanity.
Adolph Schriver ST the town Of era
ham, Benton county, fell from the roof
Of house where he was building a
chimney, and died few minutes after
being picked mp. He was aged forty
years and leaves q wife and family.
In the United States court at Man
kato a verdict for the railroad was
rendered in the case of B. j. Sheridan
OF Faribault against the Chicago &
Northwestern railway. Sheridan sued
for So, 900 damages for ejectment from
train.
William Severton's body was found
IN the Cobb river, in Medic township
near Mankato. It is believed to have
Deen there two days, but whether he
was accidentally drowned or commit
ted suicide is unknown, although opin-
ion leans towards the latter theory.
Anton SWenson, a farm hand. ar.
rested TOR the theft Of bicycle, plead
ed guilty to the charge and was fined
$40 and costs. The bicycle was stolen
last September from OIof Olson. grand
recorder Of the A. o. u, w. of Mime
sofa.
The Moorhead relief committee hay
ing in charge the government allow
ance has arranged for paying bills for
subsistence stores, which amount to
nearly 5000, as soon as the funds are
received from the government. The
committee decided to ask for $500 adj
ditional. aS
II the water in Lake st. Croix at
saltwater continues falling few days
longer the. boom company will start
it's works. The only mill running
there is the East Side mill. AS soon
as the boom starts up other mills be-
gin cutting.
Engineer Darling, Of the Northern
Pacific surveying crew, is in Little
Falls, and has set the citizens again
talking about a new depot. The latest
reports are that the Northern Pacific
will build a tunnel under the Missis.
sippi at that place. .
Mrs. Esther Cross, an old settler in
Mcleod county, died at the age Of six
ty-slx years Her husband was well
known there during the Indian out.
break and previously. He was
Kllled by the Indians in September,
1862.
Fire broke out in the engine house at
\ Olivia, and had it not been discovered
heavy damages would have been done.
The loss was small and fully covered
by insurance. This makes the second
tire that has occurred in the building
within a month.
The railroad station at Royalton was
burglarized. A small amount Of ex-
press matter was stolen. The United
States mail was left untouched. En-
trance was effected by breaking
window. No clue
State Auditor Robert c. Dunn has
rented the state hospital site at Anoka
for two years. No timber is to be cut
and no land is to be broken. The lease
was made in parcels, and the total
amount realized was $3.50 cash. the
Hanson farm Of Ill acres renting at
$3.50.
Four tramps that robbed store at
Riceville, Iowa, last week, wee sur
rounded at Eaopi by Marshal Nelson
and citizens. A fight with guns took
place, the robbers being Wall armed
Several shots We're exchanged, but
none took effect Three traps were
captured and are now ii all.
a Judge Searle has been asked to
grant an injunction by the Case Imple-
ment company, at Little Falls, to re-
strain Officer Lauerman from remoy.
ing machinery from his wagon factory,
as the company holds mortgage on
it. The case will go to the supreme
court before it is settled.
Jacob Leonard, who has been on trial
in the United States court sat Ianka1o
for several days, charged with issuing
fraudulent pension papers in Nicollet
county, has been found guilty and SEN
fenced to Saltwater one year. Judge
Lochren pronounced the sentence. Mr..
Leonard is an old man, very feeble,
and is unlikely to serve out the sen
tence.
a trim government steamboat has
been launched at Pokegama Falls,
Lieut.. Col. w. A. Jones, chief engineer
Of the Upper Mississippi reservoir