The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-03-05
MINNESOTA, NEWS. HEnS,,':

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D. N. sPrlE has severed dissemination
with the Hutchinson Esterprise.r r...<
B. F. PAM, = leading citizen Of st.
Peter, who has been dangerously i'll for
some time past, is :convalescing.2a ri;
One Eugene Rising contem pl.tes start
ing = paper at Montivideo. Chippewa
county. =
A 8o-HoRsE power saw mill will. in all
probabilities. Be putin At Brainerd in the
spring. -; -,..,,
THE owners of the ferry .chk-ter =:
Wlnona are moving to secure an exten.
sion Of the charter for ten years. o':s,:jf
.NorwlrHsTAND1sa the hard times $4,000
worth Of village lots have been sold at
Minnesota Falls since January. lst, =.
| Hon. 7. S. VAN DYKE Of Wabashaw
is writing the Herald interesting Beecher-
Elton letters directly from the seat Of
war. =, -, .t.w
TIE Patrons of Husbandry CT Mower
county are moving for the establishment
fof a mandatory Of farm machinery $.
that county. ~
TnE store of I. II. Warner, at Sunrise,
was burned Thursday, the 18th. !: Loss on
building and stock about $2,500, with
$500 insurance.
The shaft of the Taylor's Falls copper
mine is down 72 feet, and drifting has
commenced. The show Of copper con.
tinues to improve.
TIE LIE Sueur Sentinel calls attention
to the demoralized condition of the postal
service in that county, as a proper mat
ter to be investigated. r.,
PRAIRIE wolves are quite plenty in and
about Rochester this winter, several hay
ing been caught and killed Immediately
on the outskirts of tho city.
The Rev. J. B. Tuttle, Baptist cleir.
|gyman Of Anoka, has gone to STUDYING
law and j. W. Steele, ESQ.,, lately 4
lawyer at Brainerd, is now studying the.
ology in Ohio. '--' - y
Mr.. JOHN HARTMAN of Wells creek,
Goodhue county; while driving home from
Red Wing, on Saturday the 18th, was
stricken with paralysis, and lived but a
few hours.
The Green Bay & Minnesota railroad
company are putting On q large string Of
piles to guard their elevator and freight
dock at Winona from damage by ice in
the spring.
SUNDAY evening Minneapolis rough
named Jack Sexton made brutal assault
on MIR. G. Schlefke, merchant Of Water
town, and robbed him Of 5000 in money.
Sexton made his escape.
WABAsHAw Herald: Talk about Min.
Inesota's coolest tropical beside Wiscon-
sin; for gentleman informs us that -
spirit thermometer At Chippewa Falls
marked down to So during the, late cold
snap.
The Mankato Rerieu says tho mean
Temperature for January last was 2 l.2
degrees below zero, and it was the coldest
month for forty-two years. It was the
meanest temperature ever experienced,
and required lots of forty-two'd to en-
durc it.
LIE SuEuR Sentinel: A L. Sutton in.
forms us that he recently purchased an
oak log at Cordova that scaled nearly 500
feet of lumber. The oak, ash and walnut
timber of LIE Sueur county is not sur
passed in quality by any forests in the
Northwest.
| W1NoNA Republican: The weather
suddenly grew ''sultry" this morning and
the mercury rose to 10 degrees below
zero! Everybody began to rummage
their trunks for Panama hats, palm leaf
fans, and busters. These great changes
| ha1o
mer heat quoted above have been rare
since the first day of January.
A NAN named Patrick Heffron, living
some nine miles from Kasson, was killed
Tuesday the 10th. He was on top Of =
load of wood, and driving under tho rail.
road bridge, his head was hit by one of
the timbers, pressing it down with. suffi.
cient force to dislocato his neck and pro.
duce instantaneous DEATH.
Mr.. ISAAC ENGLISH of Stearns county
had pistol ball removed from his arm
the other day, which had lain there for
three years. The piece Of lead in passing
along the bone of the arm had fattened
out, and was Of whitish appearance
when removed.
| l. h6 OUU CcAOWS VI nOCUeSter nave
fully arranged for erecting q fine, two
story building the coming season, the first
floor to be fitted up for the post Office and
10 store, and the second for hall for the
Lodge and Office rooms. ~ ;
A MASSACHUSETTS gentleman, engaged
in the manufacture of stationary engines,
heavy mill machinery and water wheels,
has purchased half : block Of ground in
Winona for the purpose of commencing
such business in that city. He hopes
to have his shops up and ready for bus.
mess next fall. ..
In digging we'll the other day in Pleas.
ant Valley, Mower county, 1T : depth of
thirty feet vein of coal five feet in
thickness was struck, under q heavy bed
|of clay. The coal, it is said, resembles
1.-THE soft coal of Iowa, and burns clear and
bright. ....: j. -
I SALTWATER Gazette: We learn that,
Isome developments Of a rather startling
lcharacter, have recently been brought to
1.-THE surface, in connection with the charge
against r. M. Coles, Of obtaining money
under false pretenses, which will have !
tendency to show up the parties in the
prosecution in different light. s:s51'~ Hi!
i A Nh. ScpHRwnER, an employee il Mr..
|Boegin's steam saw mill at Mankat to.While
lenRaged on Tuesday. the 18th. in cleaniro