The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-20

will travel eastward over the Great
Northern to Duluth, where they will
embark on the steamer Northwest for
Buffalo, via the great lakes.
Peter Nelson and Geo. Auspos of
Elk River have invented safety
switch which is said TO be absolutely
perfect, and which holds the rails in
place whether the switch is set for the
main track or for siding.
Vida johnson is under arrest at
Owatonna charged with placing Paris
green in the we'll of John L. johnson,
a farmer living near that place. It
is believed that love affair furnished
the motive for the nefarious act.
Joe Arnold, a farm laborer, was
drowned in the Mustinche river, near
Wheaton. He attempted to ride a
horse across the river. but just how
the accident occurred is not known.
The body has not yet been found.
Capt. Rice, son of a former lieuten-
ant-governor of Minnesota, and two
companions were arrested in Coney
Island for thrashing the chief of
police and his detectives. Being
rich men the judge suspended SEN
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The erection of a large brewery will
shortly commence in Sandstone by the
Imperial Brewing company, which
until recently has operated a like con-
Germ in Minneapolis and the machin-
cry from which will be utilized in the
new structure.
The annual convention of the ma
tional association of sheriffs will be
held in St. Paul on August 9Th and
one of the features of the program
arranged for their entertainment will
be the witnessing of the hanging of
Gottschack and William.
Every man, woman and child be-
longing to the Chippewa tribes will
have 81, 900 credited up to him from
the sale of timber on the reservation,
and this, with 100 acres of choice
land, will make the Chippewas the
wealthiest citizens in the State.
Homesteaders coming into Two Har-
bors from the Powers & Simpson log
drive on the LaPrairie river report
finding the decomposed body of a
woodsman named Lloyd, who had
been working on the drive and had
disappeared about three weeks ago.
The gallows has been erected in the
basement of the Ramsey county jail
and the rope attached thereto for the
hanging of Gottschalk. Everything
is now ready for the execution, which
will take place on the morning of
August Sth between the hours of l and
2 o'clock.
John Ahrendt, living a mile east of
Bertha, was seriously if not fatally
injured while working on the road
with wheel dump scraper. Mr..
Ahrendt was standing in the scraper
when it dumped, throwing him for
ward upon a vertical iron bar which
entered his spine.
Edward Gottschalk, who will hang
Aug. s, at St. Paul, has received a
letter from his father who resides in
Illinois. In it is a plea for his son
to meet his punishment bravely and
not like craven. He urges him to
do this and not bring further dis
grace upon his family.
The Minnesota Drainage league will
hold it's first annual session in
Crookston on Aug. LIST. The league
is organized for the purpose of ad-
vancing the interests of the whole
State and the county commissioners
of each county have been asked to
send delegates to the meeting.
A Great Northern fast train was
wrecked west of Litchfeld at a. m.
Monday. The passenger was going at
forty miles an hour and crashed into
the rear end of freight train which
was moving onto a switch. Three
freight cars and the passenger engine
were smashed, blocking the track for
five hours.
The final papers and maps of the
lands surrounding Ely lake have been
fully approved by the Washington
land office. The next step looked for
is the opening of the land to SETTLE
ment, which will mean vigorous con-
tests among the parties who have been
living for thirteen years on the shores
of Ely lake.
Joseph Zigon of the firm of o.
trander & Zigon, while on his way to
his summer cottage at Lake Latimer,
in going down very steep grade, was
thrown from his bicycle into barbed
wire fence. An ugly-looking cash
about three inches long was torn in