The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-04-23

FASHION plaLe are beautifully dressed.
and that the two girls in the frontis-
piece are pretty. The costume plate
must be valuable to the ladies and the
reading matter is entertaining. L. A.
Cooley, Philadelphia.
THE COMING CONCERT
The Philharmonic Society are re-
hearsing for the approaching concert,
which will be given about the 18th or
18th of May. The music will be of a
high order, and from what we hear the
concert will he one calculated to do
credit to the musical societies Of the
older cities. Some of the selections are
among the best of those given at che
great Boston Jubilee. Some forty sing
ers will participate, and our people
have Il rich treat in store.
TRAIN WREcKED
On Monday last special freight
train, laden principally with cattle, was
thrown from the track on the Stoney
Greek trestle work on the St. Paul and
Sioux City road, near Mankato. The
engine, tender. caboose, and six cattle
cars went through the trestle work,
crushing four cars to splinters and kill
ing So head of cattle. No human lives
were lost, but a brakeman was severely
injured:
The cars were thrown off by an Oh
struction neatly fitted into the track ut
a point where wagon road crosses the
trestle work, and designed to wreck the
express train. Fortunately the extra
OF special train was Il freight, or the
catastrophe would have been fearful.
ARBOIc DAY
One week from tomorrow will he the
first day of May, the day suggested as
Arbor Day for Minnesota. We wish
to keep the matter before the people,
and hope they will be prepared to give
at least half the day to tree planting.
1t is to lie regretted that Worthing
ton is not prepared to do something
this Spring toward setting trees in the
park. The Railroad Company has do
mated ten acres just above town on
Lake Okabena for a city park, and it
should he set with trees at the earliest
practicable moment.
An association has been formed here
which will result III bringing some cap
ital into the place just ut Il time when
it is badly needed. A Board of ten has
been organized to take policies in the
Northwestern Life Insurance Company,
of Milwaukee. Where such Boards are
formed the company will loan money at
ten per cent. in sums not less than
1000, running from three to five years,
on real estate security. The Board
consists of the following named persons:
President-I. n. Safer. Vice Presi-
dent-W. r. Bennett. Medical Exam
iner-Dr. Geo. 0. Moore. Secretary
and Treasurer-M. w. Carlisle. At
torney-B. n. Carrier. Directors-J.
Ames, G. z. Sutton, G. P. Hewitt, G.
T. Pope, II. NJ. Johnson, G. G. Luckey.
A team belonging to J. G. Clarke be-
came frightened OIL Monday afternoon
last near the mill and ran away. They
ran along First Avenue, distributing
the wagon, and turned down Eleventh
Street. When hear Fourth Avenue
they seem to have taken it into their
heads to give chase to a lady, who ran
and climbed up the stone wall into Mr..
Sutton's yard, the team following over
the wall, down through the yard and
out on the open prairie where they
stopped. The lady escaped into the
house. ~
. The lens seem to be Laying them
selves out " III leggs now. W. G. Ram
dali, of Dewald, brought i'll an egg last
Saturday laid by one Of his Dorkings,
which measured n inches the long cir
conference and inches the short.
Thereupon DR.. Moore produced a
White Brahma egg which measured u
inches the long way and 81 the short.
We wish to encourage this rivalry
among the hens, and if any of them
should read this item and he stimulated
thereby to enter the lists, we hope they
Will remember that Il little fresh meat
is excellent to promote laying.
Last Sunday was observed even by
the weather as a day of rest. Old b.
reas seems to have put on his Spring
clothes and gone to church and then
stayed at home all the afternoon read
ing the Christian Union, the n. Y
Observer, the WoRTH1NGToN AD-
VANCE and other good papers. The
frogs and grasshcppers played leap frog
along the.lake shore ; the green flies sat
in the dining room windows summing
themselves and rubbing their hands
with satisfaction and a good many
boys of all ages from As to 10 amused