The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-08-17


county the club will invite the mem
bers of town boards of every town
ship to be. it's guests upon that day
and will pay railroad fares and hotel
bills for the day.
Congressmn James A. Tawney is in
receipt of a communication from the
postoffice department notifying him
that complete rural mail delivery SER
vice will be established in Fillmore
county on Oct. 16. At that time four
new routes will be established, max
ing the total number in the county
forty-four.
That the great forests of Northeast
ern Minnesota will soon be cleared
of their pine timber is learned by the
announcement that several of the
largest numbering concerns, which
have operated in the neighborhood of
Two Harbors for the past ten, fifteen
and twenty years, will soon retire
from the logging industry. ...
Winona labor hosts have selected
West Newton as the place to which
they will go on their outing on Labor
day. The steamer w. W. and barge
Acme have been engaged to make the
| trip. A committee has been given
charge of the arrangements, with
Charles Kleist as chairman; H. W.
Libby as secretary and Frank Schoe-
mig as treasurer.
Paul Rasmusson's little daughter
Johanna Rasmussen, died at Fergus
Falls Aug. IL, apparently from dande-
lion poisoning. The child was play
ing with dandelions several weeks
ago, and got some of the milk from a
stem into her eye. The irritation that
followed resulted in the loss of her
eye sight, and gradually extended to
other parts of her body.
Tom Knudson, homesteader, who
was formerly employed as moulder
in Sweden, has discovered fine pot
terry clay on land near the siding OF
the Canadian Northern railway at
Roosevelt. It is of reddish color.
Mr.. Knudson improvised machinery
and has fully tested the clay; it is
found within four feet of the surface
and is supposed to extend over ten
acres.
Samuel Van Dersal, who obtained
evidence against several St. Paul
gambling houses, is now on trial for
beating his board bill. He has asked
that his case be heard in the district
court, as the police judges are preju-
diced against him and would not give
him a fair trial. He says that both
police judges refused to issue war;
rants for the arrest of the gamblers,
and they now shave it in'' for him.
The Northwestern Fruit Jobbers'
association held it's regular meeting
at the West hotel on Aug. II. The
chief topic was the effect of the pres
ent telegraphers' strike. as the effect
of any impeachment in rapid and regu-
lar transportation is felt at once by the
members of this organization. The
business session lasted for over an
hour, but none of the conclusions ar
rived at by the members we're given
out.
Frank Richmond of Crookston was
arrested because he was making
threats to commit suicide, and when
searched at the lookup was found to
have bottle of prussic acid, pur-
chased at Crookston drug store, a
few drops Of which would have killed
him almost instantly. When arrested
Richmond was in morose condition.
He was placed in jail, and the officers
later in the night barely arrived in
time to prevent him from hanging
himself.
Long Lake, the village but a short
distance beyond Wayzata on the Great
Northern, now has it's own paper in
AAS Aeo4 OIL SAV4ACA, ny
James j. Moughan. The first issue is
Of eight pages and compares well with
country papers of a larger commun-
ity. This initial issue announces the
politics of the paper as independent
Republican, urges the Incorporation
of the village, and contains a fair
amount of news of special interest to
Long Lake and vicinity.
! The tiny wound made by the sting
of a mosquito may cause Mrs. w. c..
Leber of Spring Park, Minnetonka,
to lose her arm. Some time ago Mrs.
Leber was bitten on the arm by a
mosquito, but no attention was paid
the matter until the member com
. menced to swell and become very
painful. The swelling developed very
rapidly until the arm was two or three
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