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i i ft We Have Secured. M lJ-~**~~~ Of 1 Interest items' fr -'rmj*- D. H. McCuaig went to Monticello last Sunday, returning Monday fore noon. D. L. Hone, of Cambridge, was in the village this week looking after his property interests. The regular meeting of Fraternal Lodge No. 92, A. P. & A. M. occurred last Wednesday evening. Two candidates were elected at the regular meeting of Princeton Lodge No. 92, K. of P. last week. James McKenzie left Monday morn ing for Hibbing, where he went to look up trespass on State land*,. H. Chadbourne came down from Duluth to t.pend Sunday at home and swap yarns With his old friends. Capt. Patterson has" been in St. Paul this week endeavoring to make a final settlement with the government. Ben Soule has been making quite i egular trips to Cambridge for a week or two past, hauling freight and lum ber. Prof. G. T. Wilson has gone to Milaca to start a class in music this week. states that he has excellent pi'ospects. Princeton Lodge No. 93, K. of P., conferred the first rank on two candi dates at its regular meeting last Tues day night. The regular meeting of the Eastern Star will occur this evening at Masonic hall. E\ery member is requested to be present A N Holm, county surveyor of I&anti county, was Princeton last Thursday renewing acquaintances with his many friends. Mike Kali her reports that the prairie chickens are strutting in a manner which ought to make the heart of every sportsman glad Those who desire to take off the blips advertising "In Dixie's Land" will find that it can be easily done by applying a little water The sale of the Ames property to W. H. Ferrell did not hold as we re ported last week and Mr. Ames still continues in possession of the dwelling. William Townsend has put a stair way leading to the lodge rooms in his building outside the west wall, so that entrance can be made from the outside. Frank Stadden ha secured a posi tion with the Northwestern Paper company at Cloquet as a cuiser. Mr. Stadden will look up pulp wood for the mill. The whistling chorus at the enter tainment the other night showed how hard it is for some women to pucker their mouths. It was greatly enjoyed by the audience. Charles udkins has been appointed a member of the State equalization board vice John M. Haven whose term has expired. Mr. Judkins will serve until Jan. 1, 1901. President J. J. Hill's special passed through Princeton one day last week. was on a tour of inspection and went over most of his road in northern Minnesota before returning to St. Paul. A drew worth twentydollars Saved by a idf package of Diamo Dyes the a^ncy the fomoijs JVlasufy. JHfrfed faints which is warranted pure Lead and Linseed Oil Paint. Has the largest covering capacity of any paint in the market. Call and get color card. various sources. Dr. J? Small, resident dentist, Townsend block. Fish are running nicely now and the boys are getting a few. The new Catholic church is enclosed and will soon be ready for occupancy. If you want to save money, there's no easier way than to color over youi out-of-date dresses, cloaks, ribbons and feathers With Diamond Dyes, and make them look like new. Quality high, prices low, value wide, profits narrow, everything in groceries at Walker's. Spring flowers are putting in an ap pearance and the children are corres pondingly happy. Anderson & Herdliska have a new ad in this issue which will be interest ing reading for the ladies. A. J. Bullis has sold his greenhouse to Andrew Umbehocker, who will use it in his market gardening. The schools are resuming their nor mal proportions again, the epidemic of whooping cough having subsided. George Chalmers has purchased the place owned by Mrs. Nellie Jones, the transfer occui'ing last Wednesday. The board of county commissioners will meet again to-m.or.row to transact whatever county business that may be brought before them. Mr. Eatinger, who has been in the village for several weeks, has rented the Collin Campbell farm and begun to put in the crops this week. Hu gh Kennedy was in Princeton Monday morning hiring men to work on the drive. secured a dozen or more, whqjleft Monday afternoon. The Princeton Roller Mill company gave away a lot of boys' base ball caps last week and the advertisement of "100 Per Cent" can be seen all over town. C. Rmes informs the UNION that while there are many potatoes still in the farmers' cellars his firm occasion ally finds one who has brought in his last load. The temporary quarters of the Cath olic society at Duelm have been com pleted and are now in use. The work of rebuilding the church will be begun in a few days. The Foley Bean saw mill at Milaca starts up this week. There are enough logs in the pond left from last year to keep the mill running until the new logs get down Mr. Nyquist, of Harris, drove over Saturday to spend Sunday with his daughter, Mrs. H. B. Jesmer. re turned to Harris Sunday evening by way of Cambridge Another detachment of the boys who earn their living on the river left yes terday morning for the headwaters to assist in driving last winter's cut of logs to the boom limits. George H. Deans and M. S. Cone eame down from Foreston last Satur day to attend a term of the probate court The case of James Lochren was under consideration. Several geese were killed before the law came into effect. Smith's meat market secured some of them for their customers. None of the village sports succeeded in bagging any. J. Adam Bede says that "with elec tric lights and Bob Dunn's gilded dome blooming all at onee in that fraternally drdered town, Princeton will surely be illuminated." The Clara Mathes company which opens a three nights engagement in Jesmer's opera house next Monday evening comes highly recommended by St. Cloud and Brainerd papers. F. S. Walker is finding a ready sale for the Black Minorca eggs he has been advertising in the UNIO N. Sev eral poultry fanciers have decided to raise this breed of chicks this season. Russell Tousley is a single man again. His wife applied for a divorce and as he had no objections to the separation, he made no appearance and the court granted her the desired liberty. Hugh Brown, of Sauk Rapids, came to Princeton last week to visit rela tives and old friends. Mr. Brown will be remembered by many of our older citizens as a former resident of this village. Mr. Harper, who juggles type for the Springfield Advance, arrived in the village last Friday night. He came to accompany his wife home, after a protracted visit with her par ents in Princeton. Cambridge is to have a factory for the manufacture of threshing ma chines. The proiectors have one nearly completed and as ^ooon as it can be tried the building will be erected and a company formed. Do You Want to Sell Your Farm? I have disposed of all my lands and am now ready to sell lands for others. If you really want to sell your farm you should list it with me at once. ^THE FBINSITON $ A JACK, The Pioneer Druggist, AUG. RINES. fifrsio! The legislature adjourned last Tues day and Hon. H. R. Mallette has re turned to his business in Foreston. C, A. Jack is building an addition to his residence, Which will greatly in crease the convenience of the dwelling. JuJL James Burke, who is" assisting in M. S. Rutherford's land office at Milaca, was in the village last Tuesday even ing. A basket social to-night in the hall over the postoffice, by the ladies of the Catholic church. Everyone cordially invited. The funeral of Isaac Youmans oc curred last Tuesday, and was largely attended. Rev. Jt. S, Bouck conducted the services. *f d, The grading of the approach to the West Branch bridge has been begun and when completed will be a very good improvement. 1 The contractors have begun the work of excavating the basement for the new building of the Princeton Hardware company. The ice cream social given by the Ladies of the Maccabees last Tuesday evening was very largely attended and those present were excellently enter tained. William Oakes left yesterday morn ing for the coast where he will secure some timber lands with a view of lum bering there at some time in the future. Judge Keith is making some im provements in his house and around the grounds. It is also probable that he will install a hot-water plant some time during the summer. There was a runaway on Main street early Monday morning and for a min ute or two it looked as if some one would be hurt, but the driver finally got control of the team and stopped them without damage. The platform north of the depot has been lowered to a level with the rails. The depot crew will now find it much harder to 16ad baggage and it is quite likely that many more trunks will be injured in the unloading. I. Coffin died at his home in Anoka last week. He was quite well known in this vicinity, having put in a great many years in the Rum river pineries. He was a brother of Reuben Coffin, who died at Elk lake last winter. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Newbert came down from Mora to attend the dance given by the Rathbone Sisters last Thursday night. Mr. Newbert came down again Saturday evening to re main over Sunday with relatives. If.'-and -Mrs. Jack ^aiapbell de parted yesterday morning for Stock ton, Cal., where they will in the future make their home. Their many friends wish them all sorts of good luck and hope to see them here as visitors occa sionally. Mrs. A. N. Dare, who has been con ducting the Elk River Star-Neios dur ing her husband's service as speaker of the house of representatives, is re ported to be seriously ill at her home and little hope is entertained for her recovery. H. B. Lyon was at Princeton the first of the week and purchased fifty two head of young stock and a saddle pony. now has over seventy head of young stock and intends running a stock ranch this summer.Hinckley Enterprise. John Stewart, who has been looking after the men who appropriated Reed & Sherwood's logs, was in Princeton last week. A close watch of the river will be kept all this season and an at tempt will be made to get all the firm's logs to the mill. There has been a rush for the prison twine this season and now the supply has failed. Many orders for the pro duct of the penitentiary are returned for this reason, but next year the man agers expect to have a plant large, enough to fully meet the demand. The legislature passed the Barker bill last week, having been amended by the house so as to come some where near the requirements of th8 gover nor's message, and Saturday the gov ernor made it a law by signing it. Now there is peace at Anoka and its citi zens can return to their usual avoca tion. J. Walter Stevens, of St. Paul, archi tect of the new public library in that city, was in the village last Tuesday visiting Judge Keith. Mr. Stevens was the architect who had supervision of the construction of the opera house, Pierson'and Jack blocks in this vil lage, Kanabec County Bank at Mora, and the St. Cloud reformatory. Deafnesg Cannot be Cured by local applications as they cannot ieach the diseased portion of the ear There is onlv one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu tional remedies Deafness is caused by an in flamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube When this tube is Inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear ing, and when it is entirely closed, deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh which is nothing but an inflamed condition of of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for anv case of deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Ball's Catarrh Cure Send for circulais, free r. F-J-CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O Sold by Druggists, 75c. A* Efall's family Pills are the best THURSDAY, APRIL Harvey Robideau, who cut his f20,189#. The politicians are in a surprising quandry. They hav a postoffice on their hands and no oc seems to want the appointment as pust-master. The office is Page^a few miles above Milaca, and unless some patriotic citi zen comes to the rescue it will be dis continued. Cowles & Pooler and Andrew Fair have secured a contract to grade a mile of the roadbed for the Coon Creek cut off of the Eastern Minnesota and have gone to begin operations this week. The boys feel that there is money in it for them. Their crew will consist of ten men and six teams. Judge Searle has filed a decision in the case of Trickey against the Great Northern, which was tried at the re cent term of court. The case is de cided in favor of the defendant, the reason given in the note being that the attorney for the prosecution failed to show negligence on the part of the company. The county seat fight in Chisago county which came up for settlement at the polls last week was decided against North Branch. The county's capital will remain at Center City for a time at least. North Branch put up a hot fight but the changing of a county seat is a matter that isn't easily accomplished when it comes to a vote. Wisconsin will no longer be the Gretna Green of the love sick swains of Minnesota. The legislature of that state recently passed a bill requiring that a marriage license be taken out and more than that five days notice of such intention must be given. The ministers and justices of the peace will now be obliged to look for support elsewhere or go into bankruptcy. Schwartz, who caught several games for Princeton in days gone by, has been signed by St. Paul and is doing excel lent backstop work in the practice games. Patterson, the pitcher who humiliated Princeton in the Pine City game last fall, will not sign this year, preferring to remain another year in the minor league and will continue to p'tch for Duluth. Jake Thielman, the St. Cloud boy who has been up against Princeton several times, has been signed by Minneapolis. The village council held a special meeting last Wednesday evening and took the preparatory steps to begin work on the waterworks and electric light plant. The $6,000 worth of bonds left after the State loan wer*e ordered offered for sale, advertisements being inserted in the PRINCETON UNION, the Milaca Times a,nd the Pioneer Pi ess. As soon as plans and specifications can be drawn bids for the construction of the different parts of the plant will be ad vertised for and work will be rapidly pushed to the completion. Don't miss reading the excellent novelettes and serials which the UNION is publishing. This paper is furnish ing more good reading matter than any other paper of its size in the State of Minnesota. Pastry and baker's goods, fresh and good at Woodmark's hotel and restaur ant. I have 12 good lots in Dunham's addition, for sale cheap. Will sell for cash or on any time wanted. \i \ti it/ it/ \i \to it/ oot so severely a few weeks ago that it was thought he would be permanently crippled, is able to be out and at his work again. The wound has healed nicely and while the foot is not as strong as it was formerly it is now be lieved that he will soon recover the full use of it. \to \t \t) \i/ \l it) vi, it/ \l) \J/ \to W/ to \1/ \i/ \l to to to to to L. S. BRIGGS. A new line of Star brand of Mackin toshes at R. D. Byers' store. Sun shades, parasols and umbrellas. F. L. LUDDEN. Established 1892 Incorporated 1897 J-^__&&&&&*__J___ _ _:____^ I i Retail orders solicited and promptly delivered in the village Exchange -work solicited A word to the wise is sufficient" and a word from the wise should be sufficient, but you ask, who are the wise? Those who know. The oft re peated experience of trustworthy per sons may be taken for knowledge. Mr. W. M. Terry says Chamberlain's Cough Remedy gives better satisfac tion than any other in the market. He has-been in the drug business at Elkton, Ky., for twelve years has sold hundreds of bottles of this remedy and nearly all other cough medicines man ufactured, Vhich shows conclusively that Chamberlain's is the most satis factory to the people, and is the best. For sale by C. A. Jack, Druggist. Jr JESMER' S /:$ THEY LEAD THEM ALL! That is What the Hoosier Seeder and Press Drill Do. ForSaieBy Department Store '$[ OU ANNUAL Spring Sale Xlothing Is now in progress and we are selling more Clothing th an ever before. Honest goods, well tailored, excellent fitters and low prices are telling the story, and already several numbers of our new Clothing have been sold. However, we have many more good things ye t. And when Clothing can be sold in Princeton at the prices we are making, and with the quality and style of goods we are offering, you should patronize your home trade. Catalogue and supply houses will beat you every time on Clothing, while your home merchant dare not do it knowingly. Our big leader is a Mens' well lined and tailored, Black Worsted Suit at AH Wool Worsted Suits at $6.50 $6.75 Blue serges, the popular Suits for 1899, lined and unlined. The most serviceable, best wearing, finest ap= pearing Suit ever sold. We have them from $6.50 up. See our new Spring Capes, Skirt and Silk Waists for the ladies. Prices low W take orders for Spring Jackets and Tailor Made Suits. Deliver them in 10 days. Guarantee satisfac= tion, and seii them to you at 25 per cent. less than city prices Patronize your home merchant whenever possible. SH E. JESME & SON. PRINCETO N ROLLE MIL Wheat Flour COMPAN ^^r^^^^ f^.^^., te dan A in the 0 Vestal ^1 (100 Per Cent Banner (O. K. JV fc fcrfc xri Jrii ilw i We Floor, Biickieoi Floor, Ground Feed, Etc. Princeton Pains In the Back Cured. A Pamngton, Constantia, N writes. I was troubled several years with kidney disease and suffered severe pains in the back. I used Foley's Kid ney Cure and one bottle cured me I recommended it to my friends it has given perfect satisfaction Sold bv A. Jack. If ou have urinary trouble or pain in the back, indicating kidney disor ders, if there be a general loss of energy, we ask you all fairness to use Dr. Sawder's, Ukatine. Thousands bear evidence feo the fact that it cures. For sale by F. G. Danielson, Druggist.