The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-06-03
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Interesting Happenings in the North
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oelllerS ol OOOunue county pilOI ~
statehood will organize a society.
Charles Leaser, brakeman on Mil
Waukee freight, had his left foot
crushed while switching at Lake City.
Mrs. j. P. Ryan, aged sixty, died sud
denly of heart disease at Anoka. She
leaves husband and several children.
William Mcknight Of Sank Center
is lodged in the county Jail at st. Cloud
on charge of bigamy.
The Minnesota Territorial Pioneers
organized at St. Paul, and elected Col
A. Allen president.
Dr. Park Richie of St. Paul has been
elected dean of the medical faculty Of |
the State university.
A two-year old child Of M. II. Sand |
born of New Auburn, drank of concen-
trated I've and died in two hours.
Drs. J. E. Finch, H. N. Rogers and
J. M. Tucker have been appointed
members of the board of examining
surgeons at Hastings.
The grand jury at St. Cloud indicted
Mary Lindstrom and William Gardner
jointly, on two counts, for passing
forged paper.
Fire at Mankato destroyed the whole
ot1C S1ONC1y uOllSC VI IdILClSOu ~
Co. and damaged several other build
ings. The loss foots up over 100000.
Thieves stole new 'Rushford" wag-
on and pair Of brides from the yard
of 0. Palm, nine miles east Of Monte
v;deo.
Burglars broke into Bergendahls
general store at Montevideo and stole
several suits of clothes and other mer-
chandise.
Adam Rockefeller, convicted at st.
Peter of murder in the second degree,
was sentenced to the penitentiary for
life.
The residence of Mrs. DR.. Northrop
| at Hutchinson was burglarized recent
ly and a pocketbook containing quite
a sum of paper money was taken.
While at work near Slasher, Claude
Raymond, an employe Of the Pine Tree
Lumber company, had his foot badly
crushed by log falling on it.
Clara, the six-year-old daughter Of
Alex VanProng Of Little Falls, fell
from high fence and had an arm
broken and received internal injuries.
Sheriff Nugent of Wright county has
arrested a man named Kohl, living
near Fort Ripley. Kohl is charged with
seduction by young lady of Wright
county.
Congressman Stevens of st. Paul has
been indicted on the charge Of grand
larceny in the first degree. This is an
other charge growing out of the failure
of the Minnesota Savings Bank.
Inside Of two or three weeks, twins
have been born to Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Beihler, Mr.. and Mrs. c.. H. DeLeeuW,
Mr.. and Mrs Frank NJ Dolan, at Glen
coe.
Rev. George D. Black of Minneapo-
lis delivered the baccalaureate sermon
to the WinOna State Normal school
graduating class, numbering about $50
students. -.
Andrew Oxberg of the town Of Egg
lon' aged twenty-five years, has been
adjudged insane by the insanity COM
miSsioners, and taken to the Fergus
Falls asylum by Sheriff Bodkin.
The New Paynesville board of edu-
cation elected as principal Prof. G. J..
keenan,, who is now a student in the
university, to succeed Pete w. Ross,
who goes to Morris next year. They
had nineteen applications. d..
At a meeting of the Hastings board
of education, the following officers
were elected: President, John Van
Slyl1e; secretary, Irving Todd; treasur-
er, Denis Follett; superintendent, ]. H.
Lewis.
Gust Kellner died recently at Park
Rapids, his death being caused by in
juries received in a tussle with a horse.
The horse fell on Kellner in such a
way as to crush him, causing death in
a few hours.
Mrs. Edward Mahan of Little Falls
has received word that her husband,
Edward Mahan, who left that city last
fall for Fitzgerald, Ca, has been seri-
ously injured by falling from a build
ing on which he was working.
Charles Kirch, a seYen-year-Old boy
OF Winona, was run down by scorch.
er on Third street, and besides severe
bruises and minor cuts, had his nose
so crushed that he will be disfigured
for life. A young girl named Warren
was also badly injured by colliding
with a wagon while on her wheel
The body of Henry Heller who was
drowned in Lake Pepin, six miles be-
low Lake City, on November last
was found the other day on the shore
near where he went down. At the
time of the accident he was employed
as lineman on the government steam
er Ada. His parents reside neal
Fountain City, Wis.
I. M. Ewing, a farmer living a mile
and a half north of Eagle Lake. neal
Mankato, lost his barn and content!
from fire; loss $500; insurance, 5000
Charles Mimmerfro's barn, a half
mile south Of Eagle Lake, burned
with hay, grain and dozen hogs; loss
$500; partially insured. Both fires al,
supposed to be the work of ire-bugs.
Burte G. Haines, son Of one of tn,
prominent families of New Paynes
vile, shot himself in the leg with a re
volver; the doctors have not yet foun'
/ the bullet. He thought there wer
robbers in the house, but it turned GU
to be only a noise made by one Of til
Woodworking local school teacher
who rooms in the house, Willing ava
the wee small hours in the mornin
looking over examination papers
| The Winona General Hospital asst
citation have reelected DR.. Tracy, ]
l r. Marfield and John keenan, as trus
ees. At meeting Of the trustees In