The Worthington advance., 1876-06-15
Minnesota Matters.
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FILLMORE.
On the 9th, at Chatfield, Wm. Wat
son committed brutal assault on his wife,
whom he would probably have murdered,
had not police officer arrived.
DR.. N. Allen, one of the oldest set
tiers of Chatfeld and among the first physi-
clans who commenced practice there, died in
that city Oh the 9Th, Of inflammation of the
lungs.
DOUGLAS.
A historical and descriptive sketch
of Douglas county, from the pen Of James H.
Dunn, is to be issued shortly in pamphlet
form, illustrated by an accurately drawn map
of the shire.
1t is believed that the Duluth and
Dakota narrow gauge railroad will have the
cars running into Glenwood by the first Of
next December The line is already located
from near Randall to the loot of Lake Whip
pie.
The Plainview and Minneiska rail.
road is deemed sure thing"
When completed, the Touring mill
at Mazeppa, will have daily capacity OF $50
barrels. At present it has six run of stone,
to which it is intended to add three.
GoODHUE.
Red Wing has inquired from Still
water, "What are you going to do about it!'
The query alludes to boat racing this season,
but, as yet, the crew Of the latter city has not
had the slightest practice.
After three trials, David Hess has
been acquitted of the charge of attempting,
last autumn, to set on fire the lumber in the
extensive yards OF Isaac Staples, Saltwater.
oINsTED.
The walls of the new Universalist
church edi6ce, Rochester, are having the
roof placed on them.
Martin Holland, of Rock Dell, was
run overlby a wagon, and had his ribs broken
and sustained severe internal injuries.
E. Limbo has been fined $25 in Roch-
ester for selling liquor to an iatemperate per-
son, the said intemperate being the chief wit
ness for the prosecution.
Eyota and Dover, are building cred
table school-houses. At the former place
the edifice will be of brick, costing 46, 600: 1t
the latter, of wooden frame t'veneered" with
brick, costing $4,000.
An association, named the Bishop
Ireland Total Abstinence Society, was orga-
nized on the 7th in connection with st. Johns
Catholic church, Rochester, with member
ship OF 80.
A sixty-years' old resident of Rock
Dell, named Nels Nelson, fell instantly dead
while in the act of pumping water.
| In walking through the woods on
the Sd, Hon. L. NJ. Gaskill, had the odd for
tune to have the end of twig lodge in his
ear, which engendered such intense pain as
to necessitate the employment Of surgical aid
tor its removal.
| W1NONA.
The afternoon of the 10th, at Vino
ma, = German butcher named Thode commit
ted suicide by hanging in his bsrn.
The Winona l. St. Peter railroad will
issue excursion tickets on July Sd and 4th--
good till the 6th-to and from all points Of the
road at one and one-ffth fare for the round
trip.
During the heavy hail storm in Gill;
more Valley, about two weeks ago, the hail
was washed down into the ravines in large
quantities. Eight days after the storm Mr..
James Harwick found, under = pile OF rub
bish, mass of hail two feet and seven inches
thick. The hailstones measured fully IN
| inch in diameter.
MOWER.
An old warehouse at Brownsville
burned down last week, entailing loss Of
about 99, 900.
! A wild animal got into a cattle pen
at Brownsville and caused Z stampede in
which four Of the smaller cattle were tfampled
on and killed outright.
The great demonstration of the Ma
tional division of the Sons of Temper.
ance will take place June IL.