The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-06-18
4, STATE. NEWS y ITEMS.

+ T. CRoPs are looking fine IN tho n,,siehb6r-
hood Of Rushford, Fillmore count unty;at., 10,
Isl THERE is & cheese factory; in fsdcoessful
operation near Sauk Centre. ..5stllfe:If bna .
THERE arc 100 families, consisting sof
584 persons in Mendoza y sz' z..tila .l,i
% .; THEs u, work Of rebuilding the Ittls Sthk
4 mill dam IS progre rapidly :ffat.
IL TIE Pine City town beard has: been'An-
Joined against issuing more city ordsFsa
g BIAcKbiRDs are more troublesome tkis
year III Martin county than ever before
The population Of the town. Of Mime.
sofa Falls is 1873 persons, divided into 40
families: :. sz,::ss -z<s 'z1gA-T -, 50 f>-siI
MokE Improvements are going on in
Hastings the present season than for
some years past. :57.'7t lisp
/: A FLOUR mill with two run Of ston6sis
to be built on the Pomme de- Terre river
in Lac qui Parle., ,...-; ia ;,au,7
TIE Teacher and Pupil is tho na.,me,of
little sheet issued monthly at. Ovation
ma, by NJ. A. Winchell, editor, e. :! 80
THREE persons were recently capsized
in the Lake near Lake City, and we're
rescued with great difficulty. n <: -;
CH1sAao county has over six thousand
people and only one lawyer, but 'thenshe
is able to attend to all the business! 52'
A STOCK company is organizing ,in Oal-
edonia for the purpose of establishing
store to be conducted on the cash system.
An unsuccessful attempt to rob the
safe Of Ellison & Stannard, in TayloS's
Falls, was made on tho night of the :llth
instant. :. ;. H.i
THEODORE JoHNsoN's house, one and:
half miles west Of St. Peter, was burned,
with the contents, on the 5th inst. Loss
ST. 900. ~ -'':'':t
A HORSE belonging to Patrick Hyland,
of Lakeville, while running at full speed
in pasture, fell over a wire fence and
broke his peck. .f1*i xEt
Ar recent meeting of the stockholders
Of the Plainview and Minneiska telegraph
company, held at Plainview,a dividend of
ten per cent. was declared. r., ::''''"':
Nh. L. D. Mills of Garden City, Blue
Earth county, by digging ditch at the
entrance to his wheat field, bagged in two
days, Z bushels Of hoppers. =, -: ..,Ir
The granary of Mr.. II. G. West; living
near Lac qui Parle, with contents worth
about $500 was struck by lightning; and
burned on the evening of the 3lst ult:c
OK the afternoon of the 9th, DR.. Gala.
way, of Rochester, was thrown from bis
buggy, but fortunately escaped with no
more serious injury than broken RIB:
A HORSE recently walked the railroad
bridge and double trestle across the river
at Mankato> which is from 80 to 70 feet
high, and made the entire distance in
safety. ",
CHARLES BAKER, boy living in James
vile, Fillmore county, on the 9th inst,
was instantly killed, while playing ball,
by being hit with hard rubber ball just
over the heart. '~''
EVAN EvANsoN, q Caledonia drunkard,
jumped into a mill race. fell out Of two
story window, cut up other antics Of q
similar nature, and after all turned. up
safe and unhurt. .,~u,
GEO. BAysoN, aged g years, a, respect
ed citizen Of the town of Rollingstone, on
retiring to bed one evening last week,
was heard to breathe very hard and
soon afterwards vas found dead. t".s
A MAN named D. L. Reyes severely
thrashed with stick boy in the town
Of st. Charles who was ono of group
that called him buttermilk, as he was pass
ing along the street. He was. arrested
and held to answer. T.: s9,:r.
New YORK, June 15.--Reports from