The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-02-24
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS.
TnE female barber 1t Hastings has
pulled up and lit out Of that town. .:cS

4HE lemeie: par Der at hastings mas
pulled up and lit out Of that town. -?
Tue sum Of el4l. 900 was expended for.
improvements in the. city of Faribaalt
last year.
EDWARD V. Ps1cE, the def.ultine attor-
ney at Willmar, has been disbarred by
the Kandiyohi bar association -
The first car load Of barrels were ship:
ped from the Wells, +:Faribault county,
factory on Saturday the 18th inst. H.
TaE saw mills Of Fred Albers, 1T Union
Lakes, near. Dundas, Rice county, were
burned on the night Of the 18th inst. :"
A NAN named j.: N. Curry, engaged
in chopping wood near Hastiugs,recently,
fell upon an axe and came near severing
three fingers Of his hand. y
IT is said that though the gross earn.
ings Of the S. NJ. r. R:.for 1875 were only
5000 more than the previous year, the
savings were about $l4,00 more than
that year.
An old settler of Wright county
named Joseph Rockliffe. was kicked on
the elbow by horse, about four weeks
ago, and died from tho effects of the in.
jury on the 10th.
A CHILD Of Mrs. Broberg. who lives
in the lower part Of the town of Chissgo
Lake, fell into tub of home made beer
which its mother was b. ewing, and was
SO SCALED that it died the next day after
the accident.
CoKAro, Wright county, has = scandal
in high life, in which a physician and the
wife of his former partner in the drug
business arc the principals. Suits for d.
vorce. adultery and damages arc to be in.
stituted.
G. HAzEN of Parker's Prairie, Otter
Tail county, who was convicted at the
asst term of court Of assault with intent
to commit rape, and sentenced to pay 4
fine Of $500 or year confinmeut in Jail,
has been sent to st. Cloud to serve out
his time.
A YOUNG man % years Of age, named
aawkinson, was instantly killed in Mari.
on on the 18th inst. While at work in a
stone quarry heavy rock became lossen.
ed above him, and in its descent crushed
the poor fellow to death.
In cleaning out a we'll at Eyota,
satchcl was found containing the body of
an irfant. The people who have used
the water Of the we'll naturally demand
the. detection and punishment Of the
criminal who placed it there.
LESuEuR Sentinel: Ground was bro
ken on Friday morning for the eastern
shore pier Of the iron bridge across the
river here, and the first pile was driven
for the foundation of the pier of Tuesday:
The work will be vigorously pushed un-
til the bridge is completed.
Mr.. H. S. Brown of Janesville, upon
entering his kitchen the other morning,
found six weeks old boy babe in the
room that some unknown don
had consigned to his care, Mr.. Brown
found . home for the little stranger
with Mr.. and Mrs. Dane who have
adopted it.
In 1854 every oak sapling on claim
adjoining Lake City was cut of: To-day
part of the same ground bears trees that
would yield twenty-five cords of wood to
the acre, of the slow.growing oak. What
would have been the result if the ground
had been planted with European larch,
butternut or maple!
AUSTIN Transcript: There is IN old
man about the city who sleeps in any
hall or cellar-way to which he can find an
entrance after BUSINESS hours. It would
be we'll for the officers to keep IN eye out
for him lest he should get SO cold some
of these bitter nights IS not to wake up
in tho morning. We don't know Who
he is.
A NAN named H. A. Buckley, who pur-
|ported to be an agent Of the Continental
Insurance Company Of Martinsburg,
West Virginia. was arrested recently in
Austin on the charge of doing IN insur.
ance business for = company not author.
lied by the State Insurance Commission
er. He was bound over in the sum of
$500 for trial.
The first number Of the Benson Times
has been received. tits neatly printed
seven column sheet, we'll filled with edi.
torial, local and miscellaneous matter,
and deserves Z liberal support from tho
people of Benson and Swift county. 1t
is published by Edward Thomas, known
in this city rs IN industrious and worthy
young man, and edited by w. A. Foland.
Mrs. JOHN KR1EcER, of Iosco, Waseca,
whose arm was crushed in sugar mill 4
year ago, on the 18th suffered the pain.
ful operation Of having the arm cut
open and large portion Of the principal
bone Of the fore arm removed. Drs.
Schmidt and Brubaker of Waseca per-
formed the operation, and the prospect
for the recovery Of the patient is con-
sidered favorable.
They have : youthful incendiary in
Rochester, girl twelve years old went
to : neighborink house when tho family
were visiting her parents, and pouring
kerosene oil in various places around tho
rooms set fire to it. The fire was soon
discovered and extinguished. The rooms
are in large block Of business houses
and tho early discovery Of the incipient
con6agration saved large destruction of
property. ,.@S p:
A CURIOUS case Of too much marrying;
has turned up in Olmsted COUNTY. Susan
Jones married James Taylor, and soon
after found that Taylor had previously
married, and the woman WAS still living.
She declined to play second fiddle in the
matrimonal waltz, and kicked over the
hymenial traces. Jim was Investigated,