The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-08-12

OF the sixteen lodges composing the or
ganization.
State Auditor Mccarthy has Just ID
sued his semi-annual statement Of the
condition of the Iowa state and saw
ings banks. It shows slight improve
ment in conditions.
The first importation of Mexican cat.
tie under the Dingley tariff law. go
head of steers, the property Of r. s.
Newman, brought a duty of 81 ,296 over
the duties fixed by the Wilson bill.
Three hundred members of the Sey-
| enth regime 1t, I. n. G., at Springfield.
ILL.,, had trouble with citizens about
some kegs of beer. One citizen had q
bayonet run into his eye.
Everett Ruggles has just discovered
that the lady whom he recently we'd
ded is an heiress. She will receive one
seventh of a New York estate valued
at about $75O,OOO. s
Judge Sanborn arrived in Denver
and caused the decree of sale Of the
Union Pacific railroad ordered by the
United States court to be duly re-
corded i'm that district.
The grand jury at Leadville, Colo,
has brought in two indictments against
Judge Owens for failing to enforce the
| laws against gambling and Sunday
opening. The sheriff is in the same
boat.
On the state railways in Germany
the carriages are painted according to
the colors of the tickets of their re-
spective classes. First class carriages
are painted yellow, second class green,
| and third class white.
A part Of the new soldiers monm
ment at Stamford, Conn.,, is a relic
that will be greatly treasured by that
town. 1t is one of the guns with which
the kearsarge sent. the Confederate
cruiser Alabama to the bottom
Paris and Marseilles are now con
nected by telegraph lines entirely I'M
foreground. They are placed in iron
pipes and buried four feet beneath the
surface. with manholes 1900 feet APART
and cost 81 100000 to bury the wires
The Golden Rod Silk company of
Paterson, n. j., has given notice of it's
failure and Il receiver has been ap-
pointed. Liabilities, $1O3,OOO assets.
about $4,000. The failure is due to a
| strike.
The first summer school of instruc-
ton ever held in Dubuque is open. 1t
is private enterprise gotten up by
Dubuque educators at an expense of
$4,000. 1t will last all the month.
Many eminent teachers are present.
Owing to new regulations in conncc-
ton with taxes, q number Of manufac-
turers and storekeepers in Madrid have
closed their premises and attempted to
create disturbances They were Sup
pressed
CfQf1n In IoH1n
Schuyler Colfax is to be erected in
South Bend, Ind, his home and where
his family now lives. The decision
was reached at a meeting of the Com
mercial club, the leading business or
ganlzation of the city.
Two faded, decrepid but still intact
loan certificates for 5 and 80 cents
respectively, issued by the city of Phil.
adelphla in 1889 as parts Of the $780,
GOO loan, bearing interest at per cent
per annum, were presented at the city
treasurer's office there Monday for paw.
ment.
A statue Ola Gallic god has been
found in an old we'll in France, which
is believed to have been filled up at
the time of the invasion of the bar.
barians. The image has the collar of
the Gauls around it's neck and is two
feet high, squatting like a Hindoo
Buddha.
Land Commissioner Hermann has
sent back to the Marquette land office
the contest between the Michigan
Land and Iron company and the set
tiers. This will cause an open court
contest fer $4,000 acres of land and
may jeopa1 die the title to nearly ten
times that much.
The Egyptian intelligence DEPART
ment has received word of heavy tri-
bal fighting up the Mile between the
dervishes and the Jaalons. The derv-
ishes, under one Of the generals of the
khalifa, defeated the Jaalons in a
pitched battle and occupied Metemnsh.
The Jaalons lost 1000 killed.
Albert and Clara Franks of Toledo
were found in a Lake Shore stock car
at Hutler, Ind, by conductor, beating
their way to Klondyke. The woman
mad on mems clothing and was good
looking. They had a large sum OF
money, but were beating their way to
save 1t to buy their outfit for the gold
fields, which they expected to ueach
early in the spring.
AT the request of Judge Owens at
Leadville, Colo, the district attorney
nolled twenty-seven indictments 1,e-
turned by the grand jury against the
city and county officers for failure to
enforce the laws. The judge refused
to have the two indictments against
himself nolled, but this will be done
when another judge is sitting.
A recently patented swinging sofa
is designed to take the place Of a ham
mock, and is fitted with spring steel
arms attached to it's base at each end.
and projecting upward to hold the ends
OF the str bps which support the hang
ing soft, a cord being attached to one
end to rock the lounge when a person
is lying down.
The Osborn chateau, one of the finest
architectural triumphs Of the century.
will be opened soon as a Home for
Aged and Friendless Women. It was
built by Charles Osborn, the New York.
banker, and after his death was occ11-
pied by his son, Charles, who was wild
est known because of his elopement
with Fay Templeton. His conduct
broke the heart of his mother. She