The Princeton union., 1904-09-01
State News.

carnival Oct. SIS.
The canning factory at Cannon
Falls has started up.
The southern Minnesota apple crop
is said to be immense.
The Cannon Falls Dry Goods COM
pany has incorporated with a capital
stock of $4,000.
The Sunday school convention of
Fillmore county was all harmony at
Harmony last week.
Tramps set fire to the new school
house at Hills, but the building was
only slightly damaged.
Emil Ross of Willmar, lost his right
arm while removing the traction belt
from his threshing engine.
John Gibbons of Anoka, while on
his way to his work at the insane asy-
lum, was run down by Northern
Pacific train and killed.
William ChOunard of Walker was
hanged at that place little after one
O'Clock Tuesday morning. He was
tried and convicted of killing his wife.
W. W. Slopes residence at Granite
Falls was destroyed by fire. A dog
in the house awoke the inmates and
saved their lives and then perisheG in
the flames.
A spark from the engine ignited a
stack OF grain on D. J. Hooley's farm
near Lily Lake, and the blaze de-
stroyed 1000 bushels Of oats and the
separator.
While threshing at E. Corliss' farm,
two miles east of Battle Lake, the
straw caught fire from the engine and
the separator and six stacks of grain
were burned
The 500 railroad is now laying
rails on the grade through Red Lake
county at the rate of three miles per
day and expect to strike Thief River
Falls the latter part of next week.
The body Of an unidentified man
about forty, was found in the pest
house. forty rods from St. Gabriel's
hospital at Little Falls. Indications
are that he died of natural causes, two
or three months ago.
William Karsten of Lewisville, a
thresher, was shot in the pupil of his
right eye by a boy and the 22-caliber
bullet lodged SO near the brain that
the Rochester hospital doctors fear
that an operation would cause DEATH
A terrific explosion of an acetelyne
gas plant in the two-story brick build
ing owned by Rivard & Void at Cass
Lake wrecked the interior of the build
ing. The loss on the Rivard & Void
building is about $4,000, covered by
insurance.. - -.-..
Citizens Of the iron ranges are plan
ming to take up claims in agricultural
land which will be thrown open for
settlement on Oct. is and 10. The land
is in towns 62-l9, 62-2O and 62-21 and
extends from Ashawa to the Ttasca
county line.
The year-old boy of Mrs. Andrew
Moe Of Leroy who was bitten by q
rattlesnake, has almost entirely re-
covered. The ply sicians were delayed
an hour and the poison had made
great headway, but on their arrival.
through special efforts, the boys life
was saved.
Sheriff William W. Butchart of St.
Louis county died at his home in
Duluth last week. Sheriff Butchart
was born in Wellington county, near
Guelph, in Canada. On his arrival
in the United States he first located at
Marquette, Mich, and came to Duluth
in 1878. He is survived by his wife
and three sons.
A fall of snow, the first of the fall.
occurred at Virginia early Monday.
It lasted but a short time, but was
sufficient to convince one that summer
in the range country is a thing of the
past. Crops, flowers and garden
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Immediately surrounding Virginia,
and heavy frOsts are reporhted from
other western Mesaba range points.
During an electrical storm meteor
six feet in diameter fell on the farm of
Gottlieb Zaiger at Hokah. The
meteor striking the earth, immediately
turned to white heat and exploded.
setting the house, barn, haystack
and outbuildings to the farm on fire.
On exploding, forks of lightning shot
out from the burning meteor. The
fire was extinguished before any dam
age was done. Zaiger was sitting in
window during the storm and saw
the meteor fall and afterwards ex-
plode. He is now in critical condi-
tion, caused from the shock of the
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