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TTHIS will be recognized by our
readers as one of the much
talked of recent novelsa book which
everybody wanted to read, but which
comparatively few did read, While
its enormous saie is witness to its ex-
traordinary popularity, the figures
show that it was read by only a very
small percentage of the reading popu-
lation of the United States. Of^the
great majority who have not read
it, ma ny are numbered among our
subscribers. Therefore when the op-
portunity was offered a few days ago
to secure the serial rights for our pa-
per we promptly seized it.
Publication
Will Begin in a Few Days
FEED AND SALE BARN.
Near West Branch Bridge, Princeton, Minn.
I have recently opened a first class Livery in connection
with my feed and sale barn. When in need of good rigs,
reliable horses, prompt and careful attention call at above
barn. Soliciting a share of your patronage, I am,
Yours Truly,
A. H. STEEVES,Prop.
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IEW TRAi SERVICE.
Sandstone Train to be Discontinued
March 1 and W Will Get a
New Train Service.
A Through Train From Duluth that
Will Furnish the Passenger
Service in the Future.
The Great Northern railway will put
into effect a new schedule of passenger
trains March 1st, which will rip pres
ent schedules way up the back. Under
the new schedules the Sandstone locals
will be discontinued and in lieu of
these trains we will have a through
day train between Duluth and the twin
cities. The new trains will be known
as Nos 31 and 32, and will lea\ Duluth
at t:4 A. M., daily except Sunday, ar
riving at Minneapolis at 12:40 and St.
Paul 1:10 p. M. Returning train will
leave St. Paul at 2:35 and Minneapolis
3:05 p. M. This train has connections
with Nos. 11 and 12 at Willmar through
Milaca and St. Cloud, and with No. 25
and 26, the night train on the Fosston
line at Saunders. The new schedule
will change the present Milaca St.
Cloud schedule.
Agent Rice will not receive the new
folders until Friday or Saturday when
the exact time of the arrival and de
parture of trains will be known.
The southbound train from Duluth
will arrive at Princeton a few minutes
before 11 A. M., and the northbound
train will arm about 5 P. M.
The new train service will give
Princeton people but about two hours
in Minneapolis, and much less time in
St. Paul. Parties going to the cities
will now be obliged to remain over
night, in order to transact any busi
ness. But the service will be a good
one tor Princeton merchants as twin
city errands will come high in the fu
ture.
There has been some uncertainty as
to whether the new train would run via
Princeton, and there have been all
sorts of guesses and rumors, but the
new train ill run through this neck
o' the woods, despite rumors to the con
trary
The mail facilities will be^ equally as
good as at the present time. The fore
noon train will bring late twin city and
and Duluth mail, while the evening
train will give us the late eastern and
tT\ in city mail, with twin city morning
and early afternoon editions of the
dailies. Under the ne^ schedule
ill find the Duluth evening Herald
and morning Tribune, the eaily birds
iornevss. The new ser\ ice will prob
ably necessitate a change in the rural
route delu eries.
The new schedule o\ erhauls the old
schedules on the main lines of the
Great Northern.
A new train to be known as "The
Puget Sound Express" (train No. 3)
will leave St. Paul 5 p. M. daily, arm
ing at Spokane at 7:30 p. M. the second
day out. and Seattle at 9 o'clock the
following morning. The train will run
via Willmar, connecting there with
the Sioux City train. The express will
run west of Willmar via Mayville and
Larimore. It will do local work from
St. Paul to Morris, Breckenridge to
Larimore, and west of Minot. This
train will carry the Anaconda sleeper.
Returning train No. 2 will be the fast
est train from north Pacific coast points
to Chicago and New York, making St.
Paul from Seattle in sixty hours and
connecting with late trains for Chicago
and the east. It will cross the Cas
cades and Rockies by daylight. The
train east will be two nights to St.
Paul, three to Chicago, and across the
continent to New York four nights
out. East bound the train will run via
Grand Forks, Fargo and St. Cloud.
The regular "flyer", train No. 1, will
run from St.f Paul to Seattle in 59
hours and 30 minutes, leaving St. Paul
10:30 A. M., and arriving at Seattle at
8 P. M. the second day out. This will
be the fastest train to north Pacific
coast points. East bound, No. 4, will
leave Seattle 8 P.M., and run via May
ville and Willmar, arriving at St. Paul
at 2:45 P.M. This train will pick up
the Anaconda, Butte ,and Helena
sleeper at Havre.
Old trains Nos. 1 and 2, under new
schedule Nos. 5 and 6, will be run
through to Grand Forks via Fargo,
leaving St. Paul 8:30 A. M.
The Park Rapids trains will run on
practically the present schedule be
tween Sauk Centre and Bemidji.
Death of airs. F. Fryhling.
Mrs. Ingeborg Katrina Fryhling,
wife of F. Fryhling, died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Nels Nelson in
Bogus Brook last Thursday night,
death resulting from the stroke of
apoplexy from which she suffered a
week ago last Sunday while"igoing to
attend her son's wedding The funeral
was held at the Woodard Brook Luth-
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eran. church last Monday at 11 A. M.,
Rev^'Larsgaard officiating. The inter
ment was in the cemetery at that place.
^Tr^s. Fryhling was never able to talk
after, the stroke of apoplexy, and it was
with considerable effort that she could
swallow and take nourishment though
her mind was clear. Her right side
was affected and the shock she sus
tained from being overcome with the
intense cold while driving from Prince
ton to the home of her daughter was
more than she could stand at her age.
She was born in Dostrup, Germany,
Marsh 24, 1836, and came to this coun
try twenty years ago. With her hus
bands-she resided for some time at
Nortjifield, Minn., and seven years ago
ttiegjanoved to Princeton. She leaves
a hu.iband, four sons and one daughter
to njourn her loss. The boys are
Aug|st, who lives at Northfield,* Louis,
whojlives in Princeton. John, who re
sides* at Bogus Brook and Sam who
nowfevesin Spokane. Her daughter,
Mrs. Nels Nelson lives in Bogus Brook.
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Grand and Petit Jurors.
The following is the list of grand and
petit jurors that were drawn last Mon
day and who are to serve at the April
term of court. The sheriff will proceed
to notify the lucky individuals who
must indict and convict if necessary
under the evidence that will be pre
sented to the jurors:
GRAND JURORS.
Frarlk Stadden Princeton
J. F. Bockoven
Louis Rust
FredPolsfuss Joseph Nokes
Joseph Wolf, Sr
James Robertson
Orville Buck.
Louis Plumondore
Edwin Gustafson.-
John Dalchow
Frank Tellander.
E. V. Milton
C. H. Foss
J. VanRnee
Fidel* Schmit/
Peter Larson
H. T. Winter
H. W. Towle
W. H. LibbA
D. H. Robbins
Greenbush
Bogus Brook
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Borgholm
Milaca
Foreston
Page
Robbins
Otto'A. Haggberg Isle Harbor
Fred W. Suckow East Side
PETIT JURORS.
D. A. Kaliher Princeton
William Orton
C. E? Hill
T. F. ,Scheen
S.W^Page
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Henry Heitman
Michael Mahoney
William Schimming, Sr
Fred Schimming'
Peter Olson
John Teutz.
J. E. Campbell
Edward Landgren
A. J. Fran^m."
Absalom Nelson
A. J. Hurtig
John H. Moore.
William Jesmer
George fidd\
J- S. Ring
N. J. Andeison
R. N Atkinson
P. Farlei
Greenbush
Bogus Brook
Borgholm
Milaca
Foreston
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A Street K.iir.
A part\ has been in Princeton the
past week tr\ ing to interest the busi
ness men in a street fair and carnival
for next summer or fall. The carnival
and fair is featured in every respect by
the firm that interests the business men
in the enterprise. The business men
put up the cash and the other fellows
do the rest. The amount necessary to
conduct one of the street fairs is from
$1,00 to $2,000. The features consist of
all kinds of attractions calculated to
draw a crowd, but lack such features
as are an advertisement for Princeton
and Mille Lacs county. The business
men will do well to stand by the county
fair and help it along. It is something
of a permanent nature and is something
TJaat the farmers are interested in and
it is the farmers who make the business
for Princeton merchants every day in
the week. Farmers are not interested
in any cheap and sensational side
shows, etc. They want a fair and the
business men should see that they have
one. Don't monkey with any outside
attractions. Stay with the home at
tractions every time.
Liquor Licenses Granted.
A special meeting of the council was
held last Thursday evening to consider
the applications for saloon licenses
made by Paul Janikula, Joseph Lassard
and P. M. Morneau. The bonds of
Messrs Janikula and Lassard were filed
and approved and licenses were granted
to these parties for the sale of liquor.
Mr. Morneau did not file his bonds, as
a business deal was pending at the
time. Mr. Morneau has since sold out
to A. H. Smith and Fred Holm who
will conduct a saloon in the place form
erly occupied by John Thornquist.
Grandy to Incorporate.
The little town of Grandy a few
miles north of Cambridge, has voted to
incorporate. The vote was 29 to 25.
Grandy will now proceed to make it
self over into a village and make some,
of its blind pigs pay a license for sell
ing booze.
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MARRIEDJN HASTE.
A Duluth Chimney Sweep Falls in
Love With a Young Lady
From Greenbush.
A Few Days' Courtship Ends in
WeddingThe Girl's Folks Sur-
prised Over Affair.
Last Friday Wm. McCarthy, a chim
ney sweep who drifted into Princeton,
and stopped at the Scandia hotel, made
a short and bee line cut to matrimony.
He had no sooner found lodging at the
hotel than he became smitten with
Miss Nellie R. Lawler, who was work
ing at the hotel. He evidently couldn't
keep out of his soul the sweet refrain
of "My Nellie's Blue Eyes," for he
soon made love to Miss Nellie. William
was a large husky-looking fellow,
whose rotund form would plug up a
good-sized smokestack if it ever tum
bled into one. He did not look as if he
brooded over the question '-Is Life
Worth Living," and had a physique
that existed on all of three ''squares"
a day. But chimney sweeping is a
lonesome life, even if it does keep a
man up in the world, and McCarthy
wanted a partner. Nellie seemed to be
his affinity, at least as near as could be
ascertained on short notice. She had
seen sweet sixteen and one to carry,
and was going on eighteen. The two
were not long in making love to one
another, or something of that-sort, any
way and the result was that McCarthy
and the girl went to the clerk of court
early Monday morning and got a license
to wed. McCarthy then started out to
hunt up a minister. The first thing he
saw when he got outside the court
house was the Congregational church,
,and he concluded to hunt up the pastor.
He rushed into the UNI ON sanctum,
evidently thinking it was the parson
age, but when he got inside one look
sufficed. He simply made inquiry about
the minister. He was informed that
the church was engaged in looking for
the same individual and was directed
to the M. E. Parsonage where Rev.
Gratz married the couple.
The brides' home was in Greenbush,
her folks living on the Wbittier farm
aJKurtfwjy knew nothing 61 the"~wedding
until a friend informed them late Mon
day night. Miss Lawler's two brothers
came to town early Tuesday morning
to get acquainted with their brother
in-law. They found the bride and
groom at the Princeton hotel and were
getting ready to leave on the morning
train. The Lawler boys did not take
kindl\ to the new member of the fam
ily, who refused to answer any ques
tions, or to enlighten them on his pedi
gree. He also looked fierce and in
sulted when the boj talked y, ith their
sister. As the train whistled, the
groom addressed the bride as follows:
"Hurr\ up! Get your duds and come
along." And they proceeded to the
train, the boys following them to the
depot. There was no rice or old shoes,
or anything of the kind, when McCarthy
and his wife took the. Sandstone local
for Elk River and points up the'line.
A TAX SALE DECISION.
The Supreme Court Reverses a Former
Opinion on Unpaid Delinquent Taxes.
The supreme court has handed down
a decision affirming the St. Louis
county court in the case of Midland
company, apellant vs. William Eby.
The opinion is written by Justice Col
lins. In this opinion the court over
rules a former opinion of the Minnesota
supreme court. Justice Collins says:
"When specifying the amount re
quired to redeem in the notice provided
for in general statutes 1894, paragraph
1654, the county auditor must include
.the total sum due on account of the
delinquent taxes, interest, penalties
and costs mentioned in the second and
third subdivisions of section 1602.
"This amount should be the sum
actually due on the day the notice is
datedoverruling Knight vs. Kno
blauch, 77 Minn., 8, on this point.
"When redemption is made interest
should be added by the auditor up to
that day, and also the amount of all
delinquent taxes, interest and 'penal
ties, if there be any, which have ac
crued subsequent to the date of the
notice.
Ah, Take a Bite of This.
Mr. Harry T. Johnson, an ex-ob
server of the United States weather
bureau, has established an office with
Milman, Bodman & Co., of Chicago,
and is now preparing weather fore
casts for the trade. His forecast of the
crop season of 1903 says: "The spring
of 1903 will be marked by rainfall
slightly above the normal, but not ex
cessive over the great grain growing
belts. Winter and spring wheat will
be harvested under decidedly more
favorable conditions than 1902. Sum-
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mer will be ideal: warmer than 1902,
but with less rainfall. No draughts or
excessive wet harvests will occur, al
though there will be ample sunshine
and moisture. From the above con
ditions the wheat crop of 1903, as well
as the cotton crop, will be the most
abundant in the historv of the coun-
try."
Princeton Town Election.
The regular town elections will be
held on the tenth of March. The elec
tion in the town of Princeton will have
an innovation in the shape of a vote on
the question of whether the poll tax
shall be abolished in the town. The
petition for a vote on this question has
been properly signed and presented to
the board and the proposition will be
placed on the ballots. The chances
are favorable for a very good natured
election this year. It is said that the
present clerk. Ernest H. Sellhorn, will
not run again for clerk. He has held
the office for three terms, and thinks
that this is enough. The name of
Otto Henschell has been mentioned for
Mr. Sellhorn's successor. The old
board will probably be re-elected.
The annual town meeting and election
will be held at the armory hall in
Princeton, over the Caley Hardware
Co. 's store.
Potato Arbitration Board.
H. Ferrell has been having
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trouble with the insurance adjusters in
agreeing on the loss from the recent
fire in the Rines & Co. warehouse at
Cambridge. The insurance companies
wanted to allow Rines & Co. $1,800,
while the firm placed its loss at $3,500
and told the insurance companies they
might take the stock and remove it
from the warehouse. There was trouble
in agreeing on a price for the potatoes,
and it was finally decided to appoint a
board of adjusters. Mr. Ferrell named
T. H. Calej and the insurance com
panies named S. H. Hall, while these
two parties will select a third man and
they will determine on the loss in
curred by the fire.
Spelling School and Debate.
Arrangements are being made for an
old fashioned spelling school to be held
March 9th. All the good, bad and
indifferent spellers in Princeton and
vicinity will be invited to get in the,
game which will be a lively and hard*-^
one \iad those vht?Viirhona?9 wai-^oV^
so only after demonstrating their abil
ity as good spellers. After the spelling"
match there will be a debate on the
question, "Resolved, That the Pen is
Mightier than the Sword." Rev. W.
E. J. Gratz and J. J. Skahen are to de
bate the affirmative side of the ques
tion, while C. A. Dickey and M. C.
Barry will have the negatfve. The
spelling match and debate will be held
in the opera house.
A New Kind of Road Tax.
A delegation of farmers came in the
other da to see the count} attorney
and ascertain if it was not possible to
levy a tax for road work against every
forty on the "pike." They saw clearly
the hand writing on the wall that a lot
of road work was absolutely necessary
but they also saw that the road fund
was just a trifle small, and they thought
that if they could tax every forty good,
bad and indifferent with a road tax
they would be able to solve the ques
tion of good roads. County Attorney
Ross informed them that they would
have to. call upon the legislature now
in session if they wanted any aid along
such lines as present laws did not per
mit of any such tax.
A Patriotic Lecture
Harry W. Knowles will lecture at the
opera house to-morrow night on "How
Patriots are Made." This is said to be
one of Mr. Knowles' best lectures,
which is given under the auspices of
the Columbian Lyceum bareau of St.
Paul and will be the last of the series
of winter entertainments which the
people of Princeton have had the pleas
ure of attending. Mr. Knowles is can
sidered one of the best lecturers in the
country at the present time. He should^
have a good audience, for his subject is
one that should draw a good audience.
Nineteen Horses Burned.
James Connolly's livery barn at Sauk
Centre with nineteen horses, several
vehicles, and a large quantity of feed
were destroyed early last week by a
fire of unknown origin. The loss is
about $6,000, with $1,000 insurance.
Three of the horses which perished be
longed to C. McClure of St. Cloud
and two were owned by transients. The
others were the property of Mr. Con
nolly.
Had Already Smelled Powder.
PapaMy child, if should die pen
niless, are you well prepared to fight
your way in the battle of life.
BlancheI think so, father I've
been, through three engagements al
ready.Stray Stories. Sj
Carpets and rugs, the newest patterns
and makes at
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