The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-02-23

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plans TO be in Princeton March 4.
2. MARK LIVE STOCK COMPANY, nj
,s, u q M ARK ], Auctioneer
Rev and Mrs, D. Donovan gave a
g rece ption at their. 8resid ence last
Monday evening which was attended
by about 150 mem bers Of the Congre-
Igational church. a very pleasant
lievening resulted. 81.
.# "a town of Princeton's importance
will not be neglected by the Great
Northern Railway company. w 9 pre-
dict that the road will continue to furn--
ish its patrons ct this place with ample
1freight and tpassenge accom- odations.
MI "A large amount of the timber un-
loaded at this station still remains I'M
hauled, and it is rumored that some
of it may be reloaded and taken to the
desired points on the new road when
the rails sare laid for the construction
train. " s.@5}fSls ! 4. ** h. .5....
The town clerk is the most import
ant town officer. A town may get
along with an incompetent board OF
supervisors if the clerk understands
his business. But. a green clerk and
an incompetent board make bad mess
of it. 81. d. H. (. ,f1 IT, ID ..%. +: IL I.
Isanti county has not railroad or a
saloon within it's limits in the memory
of the oldest inhabitant. That pro
ljected branch of the Eastern Mime
sofa seems, however, to have given all
the small towns in its vicinity the Jim
jams. st. Paul Dispatch. ...". b. &:
The officers of the grand lodge Wis
tied Milaca last Saturday and insti-
tuted Lincold Lodge, A. F.. & A. M.
The visit was made on short notice and
Princeton brethren were unable to be
present. The new lodge starts out
with very pleasant prospects.
An exchange says it takes a rich
man to draw check, a pretty girl to
draw attention, horse to draw a cart,
q porus plaster to draw the skin, a
topper to draw a cork, and an ad to
draw trade to your store, especially if
it is placed in your home paper. = 2 q
? The thaw during the week past com
pletely ruined the sledding The lum-
horno on, houovor "xr1,,, =, - ~! fc -,
as they had nearly completed their
winter contracts. The farmers rushed
| their potatoes to market, but afterva
day, or two were forced to stop on &C
count of the roads. : f.. ,:s.r: r -.
Our neigh boring counties have or!
ganized or are organizing cold Set.
tiers SAssociations.'' Why don't
some Of ouro Settlers get together
and sIt start similar society? It would
be. pleasant for those. who have wit.
messed the county change from. a
wild " q erness 70 : thrifty farming com.
Imunity to meet once or twice. a year
and exchange "reminiscences. !,
il Z " l.ca.
IA. Conover, of Minneapolis, has
been in the village for several days as:
sistiDg the Kateleys ID their prepare ra.
lions TO move. MRS Kateley left Tues:
day afternoon 6 for Maple Plain and
I minneapolis, where she will visit for q
few weeks, after, which she will 60. tc
New York q x; city TO join her. husband,
who has already located there The
Misses -Kateley will not. go east for
some time. Ss:-$ .@ts<, ..Ir4>s-. = ! 22*i4,>
| Landlord Rubeck, of Elk River, had
a narrow escape from a serious fire last
week. His .acetylene generator froze
up and in. attempting to thaw it out
with a bod Of GOALS, he got some OF
the pipes too. hot and an explosion oc:
Cured. Luckily his cries for help
were heard and with the assistance Of
some of his patrons he was able ex.
tinguish the flames before any great
amount Of damage was done. s
Lands suitable for stock raising are
quite frequently demanded by pros.
pective settlers, and no where in Min.
nesota can better lands for this pur.
pose be obtained than right here in
Mile Laos county. There are thous-
ands OF acres along the banks of the
Rum, furnishing meadow and pasture,
which can be purchased very reasona.
bly, and no county can boast of more or
better water than our streams afford.
Henry Webster, who represents the
Foley. Bean Lumbe !. company OF
M1iilaaca, has again negotiated a deal
for the sale Of the entire cut of uppers
Of the mill Of his company for the COM
ing season. They will be taken as
they last year BY Walter Shoemaker
81 Co, OF Chicago, and shipped to the
trade from c hicago as they are sold.
The stock this year will amount: to