The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-27

Otherwise.
The Texas legislature has passed the
uniform text book bill.
The court of appeals at st. Louis has
decided that bicycles are not baggage.
Twenty thousand people are gath
ering the strawberry crop at Sarcoxie,
Mo.
Sharles Case has been appointed re.
ceiver Of the Eastern Rubber company
at Trenton, n. J.
The discovery Of placer gold on the
town site of Nelson, B. g., has caused
considerable excitement and brought
in a number of gravel miners.
The senate has confirmed the nom
ination Of William w. Morrow Of Cal
ifofnia to be United States circuit
judge Of the Ninth district.
August Belmont has ordered 5000
statue Of his faVorite horse, Henry of
Navarro. He is a generous patron OF
the turf, and can afford it.
According to the Salt Lake Tribune.
a body of ore has been struck in the
Emerald mine which yields as much
as seven ounces, or $125 in gold, not
to mention the argentiferous values.
The gunboat Alert will leave San
Francisco for Sitka in a few: days TIC
tow the old war vessel Pinta from the
North to the rotten row at Mare Is
land
The fine farm house, barn and much
grain and hay Of John Gassney Of JET.
ferson, Iowa, has burned; loss about
$1,000; insurance, $1,000 A lantern
exploded.
It is reported that the death Of j.
A. Rhomberg will result in the con.
solidation of the two street railway
lines in Dubuque. Neither Of the lines
is making money.
N. J. Jefferson, of the attorney gen
erals office at Madison, Wis, has fore
closed on the light guard armory at
Eau Claire. The state holds a mort.
gage Of $4,000.
In the Seven Devils distrist in. Ida
no, to which several railroads are con.
templating the building of branches
for the business of hauling the copper
ores it is claimed that there are in
sight $4,000 tons Of ore in one mine.
Southern Oregon will have an i'm
mense fruit crop this season. The
country around Ashland alone, will
produce 100 car loads of peaches. and
in all there will be $500 carloads OF
fruit to sell.
A RaWlins dispatch says the firm Of
A. J. KnoHin & Co. of Omaha anC
Kansas City, is sending representa-
tive to Oregoa to purchase 1O0,OOt
sheep, to be trailed from Oregon tt
Kansas and Nebraska.
Cornelius Curran Of Baltimore anl
G. Il. Dunn Of Huntington, Ind, botl
delegates to the conductors conyen
ton at Los Angeles, have mysterious
4 ly disappeared. leaving absolutely III
! clue to their whereabouts.
.. 3. Martin, manager of passenge
traffic Of the Baltimore & Ohio, con
firlned the ru1hor that D. s. Wilder, o
4 the Big -Four, would become division
passenger agent Of the Baltimore 1
4 Ohio at Columbus, Ohio, on June /.
Contracts have been let for secon,
/ system of electric railway in Milwau
kee comprising 100 miles Of road, be
ginning at Waukesha and goin,
through the city to the northern sub
/ urbs. William S. Reed & Co. Of Chi
4 CdSO sSCSuACSt liz
The greatest strike ever made in tn
camp at 81 Dora has been encountere,
in the Enterprise. which gave retur
Of about $1O3 in tWo-foot width, an
subsequent returns gave running Q
4 $500, in which the vein is CROWN
i stronger and richer with development
The new law Of Idaho as to place
4 locations provides that the locate
i must place post or monument a
each corner, and within fifteen dag
after making the location make an Is
q cavation Of not less that 100 cubic fec
q for the purpose Of prospecting.
"A London syndicate has purchased
q for 100000, from "A. e. Humphrey.
/. y. d. Farrell and Capt. NJ. ID. Moor,
q all Of Spokane. and w. g. Yakeys q
q Detro;t Mich. a group Of mines con
posed Of the Idaho, Alamo, Cumbe1
land. Concentration and Tramway, il
q Gated in che immediate vicinity q
Il Three Forks, in the SLOGAN district.