The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-08-24
State News.

Orson St. John, farmer, was found
dead in his bed at Rushford.
The salaries of the G.. N. agent and
operators at Milaca have been in
creased.
The Long Prairie papers report a
lack of men for the work in that
neighborhood
The bank at Foley is to be opened
for business October l. John Foley
will be it's president.
The Great Northern is building a
new bridge at Anoka. G. Simmons
has charge of the work.
Edward 81. Selle, who walked from
Freeport, ILL.,, to St. Paul, made the
trip of 300 miles in ten days.
Austin business men are planning
to give picnic dinner for the benefit
Of the farmers of that locality.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Nation OF
Crookston are the parents of sixteen
children. No race suicide there.
The personal property of Kanabec
county, as returned by the board OF
equalization, is valued at s240,295.
The new game law requires all who
hunt game outside of their residence
counties to take out hunters licenses.
W. P. Jewett, prominent attorney
of St. Paul, was stricken with par.
alysis on Aug. l6. It is thought he
cannot recover.
The oat crop throughout the State
is reported to be good and those in
terested may hope to soon secure
cheaper horse feed.
A. A. Buck of Mankato, the alleged
defaulter, has been released from Gus
tody upon bail bond of S., 900 with
five sureties thereon.
The Home Protective league is after
the saloon keepers of Minneapolis
and is trying to stop the opening OF
saloons on Sunday. =.
The city dog catcher of Minneapolis
has been detected in issuing bogus dog
checks. 1t does not require a large
Office to sprout a graft.
The average wages paid to teachers
in the rural schools of Isanti county
is said to be $40. This is more than
is paid in Mile Laos county.
Right of way is being secured by
an Improvement company for an
electric line to carry power from
Taylor's Falls to Minneapolis.
[. E. Peterons, a respected resident
and business man of Isanti, died on
the morning Of Aug. 4. He was in
terested in the lumber trade at that
place.
The Migrants of Minneapolis are
being shipped to the western harvest
fields by the free employment bureau.
They will soon beat their way back
again.
Frank Silversack OF Bemidji, has
had his wife lodged in jail on a
charge of attempting to burn his sa-
loon building and barn. She denies
the charge.
Charles H. Linn, colored man, is
in the county jail at Saltwater
charged with making an assault with
knife upon Fred A. Schultz in
Chisago county.
Gunner Johnson, aged twenty two
years, stole watch and some money
from guests at hotel in Mora and
last week was sent to the St. Cloud
reformatory for five years.
The people of Milaca are living in
joyful anticipation of having new
and commodious depot soon. The
village is growing and the present
structure is altogether inadequate.
The State printing commission has
refused the request of the State histor-
ical society for the printing of a book
of biographies of about 1000 pages
on the grounds of lack of money.
The business men of Anoka have
not shown much enthusiasm in the
matter of opening street fair at
that place this fall and the probable.
tiles are that it will be abandoned.
The large barn on the T. j. Cowline
farm burned Aug. l6, including sew.
enty tons of hay. Insurance 81, 100
This makes four barns and one dwell
ing that have burned in that vicinity
within ten days.
Charles W. Kurlin, employed at the
Stephenson mine near Two Harbors
to keep the railroad tracks in the ore
pit free of distractions, was thrown
beneath a dinky train and met instant
death, three cars passing over his
body. He had been riding on cal