The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-03-16
ANNUAL, TOWN MEET

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veloped 4 Warm Fight for Sew
eral 81 the offices.
There Are Several New Faces sto Bel
n Found In the Official Family
From Other Towns.
The election Of officers for the town
Of 2 rinceton, " hich occurred last
Tuesday, was. a warm. contest. The
for the office of town clerk
was perhaps the hottest fight there
being no less than five cand idates for
the position. The spirants we're
b a. Briggs, Ernest Sellhorn, d.
Annis, M !. &C utter, and VIM. Giltner.
r. D. Annis was successful in this con-
test, defeating Selihorn 81 two votes
and Briggs by tWel We.
There were but two cand idates for
chairman Of the board of supervisors,
George SchmiGt and Briggs
and. Mr.. Schmid secured the larger
part Of the votes cast. Henry DIAL
chow, CIV. Harter, E. S. johnson.
and r. s.. Marden wrestled for the.
honors on the board, the two first
mentioned being the successful ones.
For treasurer there were three aspir-.
ants, William King bell, g w. Mar
shall and Andrew Umberhock er, and
Mr.. king bell secured the necessary
number Of votes to elect him. Two
strove for the job Of assessing the prop
erty of the town, Charles Berry and.
Otto Henschell, and the latter proved.
to be the victor.
" w hen the time came for the trans
action Of the town business Louis Rust
was chosen mod orator. and the meet
ing proceeded to vote money for use
during the coming year For the
road and bridge work 81 900 was de-
.cided to be necessary and $500 for the
town revenue fund was the levy. The
board of supervisors were Instructed to
erect a town house to cost not to ex-
coed $500, the same to be completed
before the next election. The sloca-
tion Was5left to the board. The meet
ing fixed the compensation Of the town
officers at So per day The road over
iseers forth ensuing year. are as fol-
lows: G. Hensc hell, n. Gertn,
David Berry, G. Pinkham, Floyd
Hatcher, Aug Pinz, u ohm Harmon,
and j. Skretting . ssS5.s#
Fought II Draw. ID III S.
The election at Ne iaca resulted ia q
tie between Andrew Bryson and q. Il.
Davis, who were the candidate for.
president of the council. The, other
officers elected are as follows: j e.
Moore, y. M. Bolland, Nels Nelson,
trustees: 3 g, p. Eric kson, corder;
M. Il. Clark treasurer; % Baker
and II, A: Norcross, Justices of the
peace.
Bogus Brook.
The election in this town resulte ia
the choice Of the following officers:
John sDalchow, chairman; Absalom
Nelson and Frank G. gnusson super
visors; Henry Gustafs son, clerk; August
Kuhrke, treasurer; Axel 4Bragge, as
SCISSOR; Peter Jensen, justice Of the
peace; Gnstaf Ploog and John Gram
lund, constables. Sixtysfour ballots
we're cast s5S
S Il Greenbush. ss sEs@3
The officers chosen at thettown meet
ing held Tuesday are as follows: ] Ohm
Teutz, chairman; Chas. SolDerg and
+. 3. McFarland \ supervisors Chas.
E. Slater, clerk Elmer Orton, treas
urer; James Kenely, assessor; Louis
Roch eford, justice Of the peace; Will
liam DeShaw, constable For, restrain
ing cattle 100 votes we're cast, while 25
votes were cast againstth the proposition.
yVyanette. 5
Attic annual tow meeting the fol.
lowing officers. were elected: John
Chilstrom, chairman; John Lind berg,
and D. q. Olson, supervisors; Ole
Peterson, town clerk; AZ N. Holm,
treasurer; Lewis Erickson, assessor:
Med g. Kelly and Isaac M artin, JUS.
lticns If tl1e9 Degce #ssSs