The Worthington advance., 1876-07-06
HOMES IN TIE WEST,

HOMES N TIE WEST:
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tllington, Mobiles County, Minnesota. -
Rev. G. L. Chase is spending a few days in town
| visiting friends.
S. Ed. Chandler is preparing to build a house
on his lot OH Fifth Avenue.
Rev j. C.aOgle preached at the Presbyterian
Church on Sunday morning last
Anna Dean has retired from the Posto1icc,
and Clayton IIumston has been appointed clerk
in her place.
There was soaking rain last Saturday which
| was worth millions to to the crops OF this por.
tion OF the west.
Dr. Bed ford, W it'll his lately arrived brother,
spent their Fourth ut Lake OlSaboji. They re-
port having had Il good time.
Cooper, Bailey 4 Co.'S show charged sl0O for
admission ut Yankton, Is cents at Sioux City AMI
Worthington, and 50 cents vt Nlank.to.
Alien ". Clancy, surveyor has been engaged
several days III cutting up he cast half dissection
-, OF this 'wnslIip into smaller parcels.
I'll. only towns along our line OF rard ut which
the Big Show exhibited were such Urge places
us Sioux City, Wortllington, Manka:o Shakopce
and st. Paul.
We hear that there was y genuine old fash
ioned drunken row OH the Fou, til at L,lVcrne.
accompanied by the usual number of bltody
| noses, black eyes, etc.
We heard young lady sing song tho other
day something like this:
'Depths of mercy can there he
Any man reserved for Me?'
We think there is. Apply at t-.
Geo. Rlone, formerly Station Agent vt this
place but more recently OF Illinois, came up on
the Fourth and called ON his numerous friends.
lie says that tho crops down in Ransom beat
anything that he has seen this year.
Joseph Il. 1iotllin came upfrom minneapolis on
Nond ", and spent II few days with his friend
VIII lumi5ton in looking over our beautiful
country. He pronounced it excellent, and Sc
cured himself quite q tract OF land.
L.. 'wen and family left Il few days since for
N1cGrc@oy, Iowa, to spend 4 couple OF weeks yis-
iting friends AIr BIS health is rather poor, and
VIC hope this trip will be the means of restoring
it. Duing his absence A. A. Kmball will run
the wooden ovcrcoat mandatory.
One Of the handsome st pieces OF farm maclin
cry that we have seen recently is that McCor-
mick Harvester on exhibition at II. W. Himball's
hardware store. ''lIerb" takes great pride in
| showing off the fine points and giving the pcdi-
gree Of the "animal." Take a look ut it,
| Elsewhere will be found u call for a meeting
| OF the Executive Committee Of the Mobiles Coun
! ty Agricultural Society, OH the Oath inst. We
hope all interested will attend, as the Committee
expect to decide 1T that time rs to the feasibility
Of holding a Fair the coming fall.
Rev. H. l. Tuttle delivered an excellent dis
course on Sunday evening last, at the Union Con
grcgational Church OH the Power Of Evil Habits
We wish that young people everywhere, to whom
the discourse was more particularly addressed
could have heard it, and would heed the advice
| given therein.
| Louie, the young man who butchers for Bigc
low y Durfec, came very near furnishing Il jol
for the undertaken on Monday last. He ll:lt
opened the chamber Of revolver and wastryinG
| to crowd in a cartridge, when it went off, the
bullet just grazing his forehead aud cutting Z
lolo through his cap.
| Arrangements have been made for a mattel
game OF ball between the Siblcy club and ou
boys, to takeiplace here Oh Saturday, July 5th
the rain having broken oil the match expected
to have been played here last Saturday. Ou1
boys may expect 4 Waterloo defeat, unless ;
great amountof systematic practice is done err
that timc
oI; of ~, Yo:1 -
bran new wife. the other day, and hicd up t
Worthington to enjoy the honeymoon. From
what the boys ut the hotel say VIC think that III
must have been troubled with the same com
pllint that he was when he issued that extra las
winter, onthe occasion Of the passage OF the Nc
Gregor Railroad bill by tho Iowa Legislature.