The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-03-16

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MINNESOTA NE EWS ITEM6, {;
MANroRv1LLE has organized an old Jet.
tiers society. :sslss;f e :fs::szs31i zt'sssE:
"A NEwiwagon factory:is to: betlstarted
in Rochester. 33tf s!!sg::,:: ,sE: 1e esf9 est
I'D .jS.s sMcGRAw has been elected city
Assessor of MAnkato: > sTj -; ;EE;s}}
] ;A>NuxBER Of large farms will be opened
this year near Alden: 81 sz.s5E 4; :.ss-sqs : S<.ai
] Tue Mississippi river Ut, Winons has
risen = foot and = half from the effects Of
the recent rain and ,thaw. 2 ]. - 80 -
AN Anoka man has zsucceeeded il saoin! coin.
4 ing $50 words ont Of the letters used in
the word 'sdemonstra ative.' = l.. @ st
/ A MAN: named Vincent escaped from tho
Mile Lacs county jail last week. He
forced the door by means of wedges and
cord wood ''':5.-. - 1'i&'s'<<5-;;s y.E5|A
| The treasurer Of Freeborn county,
Chas. Kittleson, had narrow escape from
awatery grave, last week, in attempting
to cross Fountain Lake. = ;..,t.r ;: !
Now they have got it in Albert Lea,
It took three days to try. 4 case and &C.
qui': the defendant. Brooklyn could
have done as much in one day. fS5.. }
HARRY S1Moxps, of Rochester, was re.
Gently badly hurt by being run over by
a loaded sled, the horses attached to
which: had taken fright and run off,: sfrs. >
The Mankato State Normal School will
be opened os usual for the fall term, not
withstanding the legislature failed to ap.
propriate money to pay its expenses.
The County Auditor Of Isanti is
charged with having cut and carried away
some twenty-five cords Of wood from tho
st.. Paul & Pacific railroad lands. So
says the Anoka Republican. !
IT will be some time before the damage
to the Southern Minnesota railroad, By
last weeks rains, can be repaired. Sew:
eral important bridges and some two or
three miles Of track were washed away.
ON the 4th inst. man named :Chees.
bro, from the town Of Troy, Wis.,, was
thrown from his wagon 1t Lakeland,
Washington county, dragged some 800
yards and so badly injured that he died
the next afternoon: T:'.'
A CLUB called the Lake Pepin Sports
mems Club has been organized ut Lake
City-the object of which is to enforca
the game laws, to promote the study Of
natural history and the collection and
preservation Of specimens relating thereto.
In Rochester on the morning Of the
9th ult., = blacksmith shop and IN nd.
Joining building used as = hotel caught
fire and were both burned. The loss on
the former was about 5000. and on the
latter from $1,000 to $4,000, including
furniture, &c. $3.50
WHILE the team of Louis Lorene, Of
Cambridge, was drawing sled loaded
with wood down steep hill recently, tho
neck-yoke broke and the sled ran on tho
hind legs Of ona Of the horses, breaking
them instantly. The other horse saved
himself by jumping to one side.
ST. PETER Aduertiser: An insane man
was recently brought to tho Insane
Asylum, from St. Cloud. who, for three:
years. has made his home in the woods,
refusing TO- enter house. He would
first build fires and after burning = long
time wonld: scrape away the sshes and
lie down upon the warm ground and
sleep. .
| A YOUNG man named Julius Prell, Of
Winona, aged Is years, who was en-:
rloyed in \ blacksmith shop, drank some
strong brandy and at four o'clock became
Unconscious and fell to the ground. He
remained in this condition until the next
morning, when he died. The jury rem.
dered verdict Of death from apoplexy.
Hon. NJ. J. SEVERANCE, one of Mime.
sota's best lawyers, delivered temper,
ance lecture in Mankato, last week, to 4.
large and appreciative audience. The
lecture is spoken of as being At once able
and original, abound,ng in argument. elo-
quence and satire. Mr.. Severance, as 4.
public speaker, has no superior in the.
State. III;
JAMES and Hoyden Wylie have on Sec.
ton "a, Yellow Medicine county, 10000
young trees planted since 1859, and all
growing finely. On 800 acres in tho
same section were grown last year, 1890
bushels Of wheat, $50 bushels of fax,
l,500 bushels of oats. 180 bushels of po-
tatoes. and 1000 bushels Of corn besides
large quantities of vegetables, &c. J.:
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