The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-05-28
STATE NEWS ITEMS
N1FE mineral springs near t0watonna.
THE North Branch butter factory ID in

N1SE mineral springs near Owatonns.
THs North Branch butter factory ID IN
The death Of Col. Johnston, of Made
liz, is announced. i..: .y.i..,4
=: No grasshoppers in Yellow Medicine 20
far - heard lrcm. .:~ss;z
=: LICENSES for this year. Kin Faribault
amount to $4,000. >l. ..o..l.
JoHx DAY, Of Rad Wing. will burn
4OO, 900 brick this season.
SUNDAY croquct parties are not oonsid.
cred wicked in Hutchinson ~
TsE first wagon manufactured in Rush
City Was delivered last week.
W. D. CHASE, Of Faribault, has patsnt.
ed milestone dressing machine.
One HUNDRED dozen live pigeons were
recently shipped from Kasson.
MEASLES is playing havo; with the at..
tendance in the Owatonna schools.
The cold, wet weather at Granite Falls
has been too much for tho hoppers.
An elevator is to be built the present
season at Van station, Mower county.
TWENTY-FIVE million feet Of logs were
sluiced at Cheugwatana on the 7th inst.
The village of Mapleton is thriving.
Money is plenty and building is lively.
THREE men of Hastings captured in one
days fishing in Trout Brook 1858 speckled
trout.
WHEAT in Freeborn county is up and
looking finely. Same acreage sown ~
last year.
GEN. EDeERroN has been appointed
City Attorney of Mantorvil!e at salary
Of 500 per annum.
The City Assessor Of Winona receives
salary Of $500 and the Street Commis.
sioner $500.
SHERIFF CR1pPEN, of Winona, has . Po-
land China pig five months old. weighing
200 pounds.
The impeachment trial of Sheriff Shea
han, Of Freeborn county, still drags it,
slow lengths along.
The first drive of logs on Rum River
came into the boom at Anoka, on Mon
day, the 18th inst.
THE Rice county treasurer has received
for taxes from May lst to the 10th inst.
tho sum of $l2,l75.2H.
VIOLET JAYNE, little girl eight years
old, spelled down tho whole intermediate
school OF St. Charles.
The boom acrrss Cross Lake broke a
short time ago, and &C, 100000 iest of logs
are floating around the lake.
A NAN attempted 10 hang himself in 4
barn in Red Wing ON the 18th inst, but
was cut down and his life saved.
E. S. CB1rrENNEN Of ST. Paul has been
appointed Receiver Of the Munich & Bur.
rows stave factory in Pine City.
GOPHER catching is the pastims of St.
Cloud citizens. One gentleman recently
caught twenty-four in three hours.
A RAGE of one mile will be rowed at
Red Wing OH the 28lh Of june between
tho Red Wing and Saltwater boat clubs.
The Puget Sound Land Company has
donated four blocks of land in Brainerd
as location for the Minnesota Baptist
College.
HorPERs' eggs are found in myriads on
section 81. town Of Collins, Mcleod coun.
ty, and also in the towns of Sumpter and
Round Grove.
COUNTY Superintendent Of Schools P. z.
Kaiser Of Stearns county has gone to
Canada to visit his mother, who is re-
ported dying.
WELLnAN 4 PATTERSON, wheat buyers
of Dodge Center, have mdae an assign.
ment for the benefit Of creditors and will
pay so cents on the dollar.
Ed. P1rrs of Hastings recently released
from the State Penitentiary has been con.
vlcted of assault and battery at Hastings
and fined $25-or 90 days in Jail.
In the house Of John Halvcrson, of tho
town Of Lyle, Mower county, which vas
recently struck by lightning, there werc
eight persons, and all were stunned but
none seriously injured.
TwENTY-E1oHT acres Of trees and cut
tings were set out by Mr.. NORM, of Free.
born county, early this season. A re-
cent examination shows the trees are ali
alive and growing.