The Worthington advance., 1876-06-22
Minnesota Gossip.
RAMSEY

RAMSEY. -
The Supreme Court has made de-
cision which is Of great importance in these
days OF sewing machine and agricultural ma
chinery frauds. The case presented was the
sale of sewing machine for S75, of which
the agent received $50 and the purchaser
signed paper which declared the ownership
and possession of the machine to still remain
in the dealer, purchaser agreeing to pay i've
dollars per month for five months, etc. The
court decides that the receipt Of "one's own
property from person having no right to the
possession OF it cannot be valid considera-
ton for an agreement to pay for the future
use Of the property or to deliver it up to such
person on demand" and therefore decides
that the dealer cannot carry off = machine
from q purchaser and also retain the money
paid for its purchase.
A St. Paul woman has been confined
in the county jail, OH a charge Of mayhem
In the preliminary examination it was proved
that she has disdgured tor life her sisters
child, = little girl sent to live with her, by
tearing the cartilage from her nose and biting
her, and by burning the face OF the poor little
thing with hot flat-iron. Great patches Of
hair had been pulled from the child's head,
and several bones broken. The testimony IL
the little sufferer created a. profound sensa-
ion in court, and had the hend been unpro-
tected, it is not certain that little .lyhchipg
would not have been done. +::i =; y
Lautenslaeger, ,one: of the. murder,
ers of Mrs. Lick, has been sentenced to he
hanged. ). ..: ,,,., ,.., :.
The new iron span ofi. Of the St.; all
bridge will be completed in a few; days. :!
: MARTIN '''''' hs;S (
Mrs. G. Ansonany of: Maskaa,, planted
6,7s5 slips on Arbor Day, and her little 'giri,
aged nine years, set out 43l.
As an evidence of the large influx of
immigrants in the southern counties; ths
fact may be cited that, On: the l0th, there were
100 passengers for'those regions on the west
ern bound train of the c. n. Il SIP. R.,R.!r
Mr.. H. F. Shearman purchased in
New York and shipped to this: county; four.
hundred and twenty bushels of peas and i've
hundred and twenty bushels Of beans, which
he will plantas soon as men and teams can do
the work. He has the best and! latest ma
chinery for carrying out his agricultural en-
terWises, and has entered upon the work
with Characteristic energy and perseverance.
MOWER. $50.
Benz. Gorham was an engineer" on
the Milwaukee Il st. Paul road, I. i N. Di-
vision, and was lately discharged for drunk
enness. He died last week with delirium
tremens, at Austin. >" - -
A guest at the Fleck House, in Aus
tin, laid himself down to rest with loaded
revolver in his pocket. The revolver was
discharged and the bedding set ahaue, which
had the effect of waking up the careless lodg-
er in time to get late breakfast. - ''e =
DOUGLASS.
The Black Killers have all returned,
and it is not likely that they will again risk
their scalps out that way. - ~ a'-s<t
All kinds of fruit, both wild and cul-
tivated, are most promising, and with cx-
cellent prospects for grain = centennial "har-.
vest home," may be looked for, combining
genuine enjoyment with all the usual ont :
ward show. .,-.ss~, IL. &, E.ss-.t..< - p
Business at the Alexandria land
Office has been unusually large this season.
In no former season has there been SO great
an immigration, s:s;-s. =.