The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-20
MINI ESOTA NEWS


Star State.
The residence of John. Marshall. two.
miles north Of Stewartyille; was; de
stroyed by fire Friday.
County Auditor Michael Hoffman. of
Dakota county received $1O3.31 from
the state as wolf bounty refunded from
June l6, 1896, to May 3, 1897.
Ernest Pankonin died suddenly ait the
home of ferdinand Pankonin au Still
water. Deceased was sixty one years
OF age.
Dedication services were held at the
United Norwegian Lutheran church at
Clarkfleld. Several prominent Lutheran
ministers assisted.
While j. n. johnson. of Mabel was
out shooting sparrows he accidentally
shot himself through the foot, infieting
painful wound.
The G. A. r. at Brainerd has begun
to make arrangements for the state en-
campment, to be held there June %, %
and "a.
The Thirteen Towns Fair association
Of Fosston have elected O. T. Larson
president. The date for the fair viii
be fixed later.
The state prison board granted nine
paroles and also made arrangements
for the experiment of manufacturing
Irvine out of wire grass.
Ed Stede1nan, a barber from Ber-
midi, was arrested at Fosston by Mar
shall Holt upon receipt of 4 telegram
from Ortonyille. He was wanted on
the charge Of seduction.
The Little Falls mills have already
sawed about ten million feet this spring
and the prospects are that the seasons
cut will be one Of the largest ever made
by the Pine Tree Lumber company.
The windmill and barn, together with
eight head of horses, belonging to John
Bjork, a farmer living a few miles
| north Of Willmar, was entirely de-
stroyed by fire aate Monday night.
The Fosston fire department has re-
organized under a new constitution and
have elected G., I. Houghtaling chief.
They will practice every Monday even
ing during the summer.
Devery & Donohue, hardware mer-
chants Of Farihault, had their place OF
business burglarized of revolvers. "a
zors and knives to the value Of about
500.
| The Willmar hook and ladde COM
pany has elected George II. Bitterness
and Lewis Moline as delegates and
Peter Andreen and S. Rasmussen as
alternates to the State Firemen's asso.
/ citation, to be held at Little Falls next
June.
! The Moorhead National bank has
! brought suit against Clay county to
| have it's assessment reduced. 1t claims
among other things that in 1896 the as
4 SCISSORS Of Moorhead city assessed it for
stock which it did not own.
| The following corps Of teachers for
Sandstone was hired for the ensuing
year: Principal, J. II. Hay; assistants
Misses nj. Smith, WOeSner, Parish, RI
Parish, Lena Erickson. The school
also planted in the school grounds LAC
elms, naples and box elders.
! Attorney c. A. Pidgeon Of Buffalo
was appointed by the county commits
:sioners to the Office of county attorney
J. q. Tarbox, who was recently aD
| pointed Judge Of the new judicial dis
| trict, having handed in his resignation
| as county attorney.
Considerable excitement has beer
caused in Brainerd in the last few days
by clairyoyant claiming that the body
of a boy named st. Clair. who was
missing two weeks ago Sunday, would
be found in Boom lake with his throa
cut. The boy has not been found yet
but the medium is making all kinds O.
money during the excitement.
The coroner was called to Tyler tt
hold an inquest on the body of Gus
ChristiansOn, a young man who dice
while chlorOform was being admins
tered by DR.. A. j. Cox, before perform
ing an operation. The jury's verde
entirely e1onerated the physician ant
assistant.
The police at st. Cloud have round
4 ed up the gang of forgers that has beer
passing small checks in that section
Chief Wheeler has brought Mary Lind
strom from Minneapolis, where she wa
arrested for vagrancy, and she has con
fessed. duplicating William Gordner, :
reformatory convict out ON parole, VIII,
is also in jail now. Another ex-convict
I Martin Johnson, alias Lindstrum, i
also implicated.
Charles w. Thompson has brough
suit at Willmar against the Grea
Northern railway in the amount o
$4,000 for damages sustained last fal
"A1AS OAApAVS Su ny lhCLu do U1dhCA1d1
Thompson claims that he was about t,
board a box car to set the brakes Whe1
the step on the car gave way, causin.
him to fall under the wheels, whicl
passed over one Of his legs, which ha,
to be ami utated.
The three alleged forgers are now il
Jail at Little Falls. Fred Nelson o
Randall, who forged the name Of Mrs
Bergstrom to an American Express OF
der, admits his guilt, but says he wa
drunk George Lamphear, who i
charged with forging an order for a b
4 cycle, will be given a hearing Wednes
day. G. w. Clark, who is charged wit
raising a school order, denied his guilt
He said Broker Trebby raised the OF
der.
The boiler in the Rock saw mill, Ii
Gated five miles above Milaca, blew u
and killed James Caulfeld and serious
" injured Frank Benoit and WilliaI
Vinson. Caulield was at work in th
lumber yard, fifty yards away, from tb
boiler. when the accident occurred
The boiler had beeen condemned, an
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