The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-04-23
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THREE fine business blocks are in pro.
cess Of construction It Wabashaw.
MRs. JUDoE VAN DrKE .1of 1o Wab.ssh.w,
died quite suddenly, Tuesday, the 18th
4 THE iOwatonna, Journal commenced
volume thirteen with The; issue.of the
10Th. ,rStiE, sg.sgs r. Ss.='.t:E -.
The Norwegian Lutheran church soci-
ETY. Of Fergus Falls are building church
CLARK W. THoxrsos. Esq, and Col. J.
v: Pol!eys, are to start : barrel factory
at Wells. <as S'zszs@ sss sassts: :=*S s.s:s:>
A AWAsa1lkao,,rros, teap 81 par e Il still~ater.
Tuesday. in aidEof the Episcopal church,
netted $500. e = ~ :.
,THE two dams atss> s>Sunriss City, Pine
county, we're carried out by the Spring
break up, ..~.~.>.is y,..g. ~
TnE Herald announces that Judge E.
F. Parker has retired from the editorial
charge Of the Duluth Minnesotian.
GROUND has been broke for . new Evan
gelical Lutheran church III Mankato. The
building is to be 36x50, with basement.
G. B. BERaHAx Of Milwaukee has been
awarded the contrast:o building the id
dition to the insane asymlqm this season.
Nh. MoR1N of Albert Lea proposes to
set out $4,000 cuttings and trees on his
farm this spring. He has already set out
no less than 10000.
"A MANUFACTURING company has been
incorporated At W ellis, with = capital stock
Of $4,000, Of which Col. Clark w.
Thompson is President. 5,.,.
NATHAN POWELL, IN inmate of the In
sane Asylum from Olnsted county,
jumped out Of the window and was fatally
injured Saturday the 10th.
Rev. H. NJ. TExNEY, Pastor of the Con-
gregational church of ;Winona for the
past four years, has rendered his resigna-
tion on account of ill health.
r. G. MAeu Of Quincy, was garroted
and robbed Of f$l75 in money and $75 in
valuables, in Austin one night last week
while on his way to the depot.
Two farmers of Winona county-Mr.
Lewis and Peter Erb of Lewiston have
spring wheat above ground already. Tho
seed was sown early in March.
Rock COUNTY Herald Rations are be-
coming scarce; at least meat is. and No
are reduced to the alternative of salt cod
or starvation. Where is the supply prom
ised us by Uncle Sam.
/ A coNxrrrEE of the leading mechanics
Of Owatonna; have made a thorough ex.
animation of the city high school building
and pronounce the report that it is un-
safe unfounded.
A Mn. GOODWIN of Marshall, has in.
vented q combined roller drag, seeder,
drill and corn planter, that, according to
the Prairie Schooner, will do more for
the same nancy than heathsn Chinee.
A TEMPLE of Honor, the first in the
State, has been organized at Red Wing.
1t is temperance organization, compos-
ed entirely Of men, and was very popular
throughout the Eastern States many
years ago.
A YOUNG man named Meyer, of Buffalo.
Wright county, has been committed to
jail in default of $500, on the charge of
an attempted rape upon the person of
Mrs. Odorf of Pelican Lake settlement.
Meyer pleads in extenuation that he was
intoxicated OF the time.
JOHN FAY and Georgia Nelson, young
girl Of Is, eloped from Maine prairie,
Stearns county, the other day. Finding
= justice who was Vllie-ing, the couple
were made one, after which they pro.
ceeded southwark in search of 4 home
beyond the reach Of stern parents.
ArlRE at Bl.keley, Scott county, Fri.
day, destroyed some 100 cords Of wood
for the St. Paul & Sioux City railroad.
The wood was in close proximity to some
Of the best buildings of the town, and IS
a high Wind directly toward them was
prevailing, nothing but extraordinary ex-
ertions on the part Of citizens saved it
from disastrous confagration.
MR. CoNANr, agent for the sale of the
Southern Minnesota railroad lands, has
received the past winter, from two ladies
of New York city, the sum Of $700-one
lady giving $500 and the other $200-for
the benefit Of the grasshoppcr sufferers
in Jackson and Martin counties. The
money was used in the purchase of seed
wheat which was distributed by commits
sioners selected by Mr.. Conant.