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

to Minneapolis and was attended by
DR.. r. q. WanOus, who has lanced the
arm several times, and who says that
the wound made by the insect must in
some way have become infected, and
that the arm may have to be ampu-
tated.
The village council of Deer River
by a unanimous vote, refused to grant
a saloon license to A. D. Brooks.
former chairman Of the county board
and one of the Oldest citizens. This
is the third refusal for a saloon
license the council has made. There
are ten saloons in the village and the
population is only 600.
Edward 81. Selle banker of Free
port. ILL.,, is walking from that place
to St. Paul. He arrived in La Crosse
on Aug. II, having made two hundred
miles in ifty-three hours if reports
can be believed. The strange trip is
not the result of wager or dare, Mr..
Selle taking the trip for the benefit of
his health. Confined to the bank all
but two weeks of the summer, Mr..
Selle has chosen a novel way of
spending his vacation and improving
his health.
The population of Norman and
Becker counties is now officially re-
ported at nearly 5000 above the first
census figures. Following the COM
pletion of the count of these two
counties, complaint was made that the
Indian residents we're not included.
Investigation was made, and it de-
veloped that there are about 1920
Indians in each county who are bona
tide citizens. They have received
their allotments and are entitled to
vote. They will be counted.
Minneapolis is to be placed on an
even footing with St. Paul as far as
the State fair grounds at Hamline are
concerned. Heretofore St. Paul has
had fve-cent fare on the street car
the year round, but Minneapolis has
been obliged to pay ten cents with the
exception of fair week. The street
railway company has moved the Mid
way line from Raymond avenue to
Smelling avenue and in the future
Minneapolis will enjoy the fve-cent
fare, fair or no fair, which seems fair.
Edward 81. G. Taylor, for the past
twenty years auditor of freight re-
ceipts for the Northern Pacific rail-
road, died suddenly on Aug. 13, at
his home, 237 Arundel street, St. Paul.
Mr.. Taylor, who was sixty-fve years
of age had just arisen from the dinner
table and had seated himself in the
parlor of his home, when his daughter
noticed his head drop back on to the
back of the chair. She thought he
had fallen asleep, but few moments
later it was discovered that he was
dead.
Mrs. Barbara Aydt, 48O Goodhue
street, St. Paul, at whose home Ed
! ward Gottschalk was arrested for
the murder of Christian Schindel-
decker, died Aug. 10, at her home as
the result of long brooding and worry
over the shocking incidents of the
murder. Paralysis was the imme-
diate cause of her death, but it is
stated that the disease was aggravated
by the worry occasioned at the time
of Gottschalk' IS arrest and the SUISSE
quent developments. She was sixty
years old. Her husband, Adam. sur
wives her.
John McAlpine and Henry furnish
of Duluth sold their pine holdings in
St. Louis county, situated north of
Pelican Lake, Aug. II, for 81, 200, 900.
The names of the purchasers could
not be obtained. The deal, which is
one of the largest from purely tim
Der standpoint that has been made in
a long time in this part of the. State,
includes what is known as the White
and Friant timbers. John McAlpine
and Henry Turrish are both wealthy
Duluth men and began their careers
as river drivers on the Chippewa
river in Wisconsin twenty years ago.
The State board of control met at
the Red Wing training school last
/ Friday, clothed for the first time un-
der the new law with authority to dis
charge deserving wards of the institu-
ton. The board granted the uusal
number of paroles, and, in addition,
discharged from State custody eigh-
teen. Some of these were not already
on parole, but had served four or five
years in the institution. Under the