The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-08-16
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Minnesota News Items.
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49, - 1:;i srEkRSs.
The hoppers have departed from sauk
zen; Gentre ~ Stewart Duncan one of the old set
1ever; "A section of country between Osakis
ana sauk Centre, near English Grove was not
discovered by the h0ppers and is reported to
yield most abundant crops.
wABAsHAw. = -!
a few days ago little son of Austin
Wlswcll, of Lake City, strayed out into the
harvest field where his father and crew were
running a reaper, and lying down in the
saana;ng grain tell asleep; Shortly after, the
macnlne mn passed along and the driver not see
ing the little fellow, the sickle passed over
MIN lacerating his body and limbs terribly.
MORRISON.
Irack-laying on the Brainerd Branch
Will commence in a few days, the iron having
already arrived at Duluth ;. Harvesting is in
full blast. t....A Sank Centre man recently
soid $2,OU Of mOrtagaged personal property
IN Rich Prairie and then decampcd with the
sheriff Keeping bright look k-out for him..
a aaa traamp named George Clark, while i~:oxi-
Gated, broke into Bailey's gun shop in little
Falls and carried Oft a gun which lie sold ior
Two dollars, receiving only twenty cents in
part payment. He was arrested and bound
over in the sum Of $780, but as he was unable
10 give bail, and the county did not feel in
chned to bear the expense Of keeping him lit
prison he was liberated
Polk county orders are at par. Travel
and business on the railroad have fallen OF
and the trains arrive at Crookston liphflv
loaded. On the 1st inst, the barn OF Thoma a.
Barton Oh the Wild Rice River caught from
mosquito fire and was consumed with its con
tents. No insurance.
About these days the machine men are
wonderfully pleased :. .Tramps in consider
able numbers have visited Owatonna but ere
ated no alarm. The Owatonna pottery is
turning out some fine ware in the shape Of
Jugs, Jars flower vases etc. %. The firm ofPratt
the milwaukee, Road between St. Paul and
Dccorail, Iowa. At a temperance meeting
held in Owatonna, ,2l0 persons took the pledge
and are wearing the red ribbon
DODGE.
A night watchman is wanted in DOLCE
centre. Farmers are paying $3 per day for
good harvest hands. Many Of the idlcrs Of
Dodge Centre have quilted their old familiar
haunts and gone to the harvest field.
wINoNA.
Mr.. Lutte n. Pike, of St. Charles, who
is in his eOtl year, drove the reaper while cut
ting over IA acres OF ground and at the close
OF the days work, showed but little fatigue.
:..: Thomas Fay's saloon, in st. Charles, was
broken into by sneak-thievcs recently, who
stole $1,000 in money and Il lot of cigars.
NICoLLET.
The st. Paul & Sioux City Railroad
elevator III st. Peter caught fire on the 9th,
from sparks lodging on its roof and was
burned to the ground. About 5000 bushels of
wheat stored in the building, was also burned.
inc building was insured for 81 600 and the
LEsuEuR.
One hundred cords Of wood belonging
to the Sioux City Railroad were burned at
Kasota recently. =. The store of w. H. Tom
linson OF LIE Sueur was entered on the 1st and
SO taken from the drawer. On the 4th inst
JACOB Zlnhner, German saloon keeper of lie
Sueur was thrown from a buggy and falling
on his head, was killed.. The dogs are play.
ing havoc with the sheep in Ottawa A
Mr.: Harrington of that town, who last sprinx
had ~, now has sixteen only.
BENTON.
The Sauk Rapids cheese factory has re-
ceived an order for twenty-five boxes (25O0
ponnds)iof cream cheese for select custom,from
Chicago. The harvest will close with the
end OF the present week, the 18th. The yield
is exceptionally large. Colt distcmper hns
aRpeared The ,nr in an the vicinity Of sauk Rapids
progressing rapidly, and the structure has
wcll-nigh been completed.
RICE.
The Fair of the Cannon Valley Agri-
cultural Society will be held at Faribault,
Sept. 18th, 18th, 18th, and 18th. The Rice
County Union Agricultural Society hold their
annual fair at Mortified, on the 18th, 18th,
ana goth Of September: AT Millersburg
II JS nV III tod ~
good. sized chicken with four legs-the extra
being longer than the natural
ones but not used for practical purposes by
The critter. The owner refused a dollar for
the prodigy. An old watch and clock
mender named e. G. Dicker was recently
robbed OF his tools and thirty dollar watch
by a companion tramp with whom he had
taken lodgings for the night in haystack.
- One side OF cherry tree in the garden Of
George w. Cameron in Dundas, hangs full of
ripe cherries while the other half is blooming
with white blossoms
FILLMORE.
The weather has been highly favorable
for harvesting: :. The Chatfeld public square
M mas proved to be sleeping ground for '"tra-
had his skull fractured in drunken row at
Fountain. :. Several ponies purchased at the
great sale of Mexican Mustangs at Mason
City, Iowa, have been brought to Chatfeld.
::;..Ihe golden wedding of Mr.. and Mrs.
Stephen Jones was celebrated at Chatfield on
generally estimated at from IS to 20 bushels
TO the acre, and there is little doubt the quail
ity Of the grain is far better that the average
OF several years passed.
wABAsHAw.
While Mrs. Roscoe, wife of Eli Roscoe,
farmer residing near Reads, was pulling
some straw from estack, on the evening OF
9Th, she was bitten i'll she hand by a rattle
snake. She returned to the house, bandaged
the wrist to prevent the poison from extend
ing, and going back to the stack, killed the
sn axe.
The town Of Concord returns 345 cows
and IS sheep sheared for 1S77-an increase of
two cows and 20 sheep over last year. The
whole county has a total of 4!OG COWS and
,269 sleep-an increase of 81 cows and GA
sheep over the returns Of 1876. The house
of William Andrist, of Mantorvillc, was en-
tered recently by thieves who went through
his pants pocket, secured one dollar in silver
More improvements have been made in NJ an.
torviile this season than for several years.
TODD.
Some time last week William Shubert
CT the town of Ward whipped his wife aud
two days thereafter she died. The woman
had been in bad health, but supposing that
her death was the result of the whipping, the
coroner held an inqucsto over the remains, but
the verdict arrived at failed to warrant
stronger conclusion than that her death had
been hastened by brutal treatment. Nine
loads of flour were shipped from Long Prairie
to Moorhcad recently. :. Charles Harkens, a
prominent merchant at Long Prairie, recently
started for Bismarck with herd of cattle and
sheep.
WRIGHT.
Maple Lake farmers are expecting
from thirty to thirty five bushels of wheat per