The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-05-19
State News.

Winona on the 18th.
Argyle is making arrangements to
have a grand Fourth of July celebra-
ton.
A. E. Segar, one of Winnebago's
Oldest business men, died at his home
in this city.
The board of education of Staples
has decided to build Sc, 900 addition
to the North Side school.
John Winter, a veteran of the civil
war, died May 18th at his home in St.
Cloud, aged sixty seven years.
Michael Murphy, being tried in Al
bert Lea for an attempt to break into
a bank, became violently insane.
The new town of Altoona on the 500
extention is to have a postofice and
the townsite has already several
buildings.
The Anoka Congregational confer
ence was in session in the St. Anthony
Congregational church in St. Anthony
Park this week.
Rev. A. W. Bond of the Congrega-
tional church of Anoka has accepted
call from the Congregational church
at Hobart, Okla.
On June 7 the Anoka high school
will graduate class of twenty-seven,
its largest. There are twelve boys
and fifteen girls.
Austin has bank cashier named
Blanch who is short So, 600 and is not
sliding down his neighbours cellar
doors any more.
Eilef Hatleli of Lanesboro was ar
rested on a charge of having used
dynamite in capturing fish. He was
tined $50 and costs, amounting in all
to S69.87.
With appropriate exercises, Window
institute at Montevideo celebrated it's
nineteenth birthday. David P. Jones
and Walter N. Carol of MINNEAPOLIS
made addresses.
Commissioner Richards of the gen
eral land office has prepared circu-
lar letter for use in connection with
the sale of Red Lake Indian lands at
Thief River Falls, June 20.
John G. Smith was found dead upon
the banks of Knife river near Mora.
He had heart disease and it is sup
posed that during a seizure he fell
from the dam into the water and was
drowned.
At a special election at Waseca the
city adopted new charter. One of
the principal changes is that the
waterworks and electric light plant
will be managed by board instead of
by the council
). LAWN, a photographer of Wa
SEGA, was drowned in Clear, lake YES
terday afternoon about 4 O'Clock. He
and companion named Rouke, went
out fishing, when in some manner
their boat capsized.
A move is being made by the land
men of Crookston to interest the
various real estate dealers of the val
ley in procuring an exhibit for the.
worlds fair to be known as the Red
River Valley exhibit.
Mrs. W. j. Green has made a. oft to
the city of Anoka of magnificent
canopy drinking fountain to be placed
in some suitable public place. The
upper part is for the use of citizens
while at the base are drinking founts
for dogs.
The city federation of women IS clubs
OF Winona has started contest
among the school children of the CITY
to encourage interest in gardening,
Offering prizes for the best kept flower
beds. Over 1900 packages of seed
have been sold to the children by the
federation.
Navigation at the head of the lakes
formally opened last week when the
steamer Mary II. Boyce. steadily cut
ting her way through the ice packed at
the entrance of the canal, reached Du-
luth. The Boyce came from Chi
cago to Duluth light and will load
with lumber for the east.
Preparations are being made for an
interesting spelling contest to take
place at Crookston on the Goth. The
competing schools will be Wadena.
Crookston and Fosston. The contest
will consist of both written and an
oral exercise, each school being repre-
sented by three contestants.
The Territorial Pioneers of Free
born county held their annual meeting
last week. The feature was paper
by DR.. A. G. Wedge, upon ':The First
Political Convention in Freeborn
County" The convention was held
in 1857, and put in nomination q fill