The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-10-18
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Minnesota News Items7
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E40ANOnE. --'i+i1.A ~ nav ~
at Preston, ADJOURNED without mskiSF1 any
nominations, -; On Friday of lastYWeek; Dr.
n. A. Trow removed q cancerous tumor from
the arm of Mrs. E.f NcGrew,, near ghatfQd.
The tumor had been gradually growing Tor
the past fifteen years, but until lately Alda oG@1
SnSs% as Pss1t ID SSa
s0'wcll pleased with the country that they
purchased several hundred acres OF land 3hese.x
81: The ginseng diggers ara about through
work for the season.
"';oa aRA4T5t:H x: roT
!" Ell. p. Hanson, chairman, of the. Grant
county Board Of Commfsslo oneris recently killed
2S ducks, and wounded 8more all at the same
shot. - *S*S@.-'~ 4 -
o1MsrED. -~~~s>e
There is just now quite rush of parties
from Rochester and vicinity to ithe<Westetn
and north western counties q t1e state 70 In
fifteen Or twenty men, have already gone OF .
are going on this business: :. Mr.: M j.. ,
,slayen has bought the residence property Of
Mr.: F: r. Morton, in Rochester for 81 900.
D: Patterson residing in East Rechester hes'. q.
weight Of which is Ave pounds ~ James
Morris and Ed. Holt, two boys Of about 16
years Of age, have been arrested and held to
bail on the charge Of having committed sew
r eral b1rglaEriess:: "A daughter Of Geo Plank,
head by horse, about noon on Friday Of last
week. The bone was depressed full half
inch, AMI she lay in q wholly unconscious
condition. until about evening, when an oper-
alton was performed by one Of the city sur.
;geOns, that gave her relief. .''' >
LYON in.yi. i.
A man calling himself Thurlow Weed
and nephew of the New York politician Of
that name has been in. Marshall and proved
himself a first class dead beat. When arrested
for obtaining money under false pretenses: he
plead insanity and postponed his examination
for ten days.
There was shipped over the Hastings
and Dakota road, from Carver, during the
month of September, SS0, 40 pounds Of
freight. Tho receipts of merchandise during
the same time amounted to 106!SS7 pounds.
-. The Catholic society Of Victoria CLakc-
town. are about to erect new school-housc
and over 81 900 have been collected and will
be applied to that purpose.
FREEBORN.
The Albert Lea hotels are crowded
with guests -. Marriages are numerous in
and around Albert Lea. d. L. Gates has been
Company for both roads ct Albert Lea.
There is to be q baby show in connection with
the county fair.
A Mr.. Tanner, living four miles cast of
Audubon, while engaged in cleaning his gun
and not knowing it was loaded, accidentally
discharged it, shooting his little son in the
foot with buck-sh0t. Geese have begun to
leave for the south.
BENTON.
The end of the track on the Brainerd
Branch on the 9Th reached point about two
miles above Little River, or about ten miles
from Sauk Rapids and will be completed
in a few days -. An idea of the wheat crop In
the town Of Gilmanton. this county, can be
sowed six bushels, fromlwhich he threshed 100
bushels; another put in five bushels and re-
ceived over one hundred. Many Of the farm
ers received as high as thirty bushels to the
acre. Mr.. G. Herbcrgcr, formerly Of st.
Cloud, and three others, recently purchased Il
saak Rapids which they will make into farms
for the coming season. The erection OF build
ings is now going forward, and the dwellings
will be occupied by the four families before
winter sets in.
VIM. Schimmel of ST. Peter has packed
10000 pounds of butter this season. so says.
the st. Peter Tribune. Geo. A. Mcleod, OF
Traverse planted some corn aftet the grass
hoppers left, which ripcned over a month ago,
the drent It % is Of course Of the smaller Va
ricty, but is Of good quality: Mr.. McLeod's
crop shows how easy it is to secure crop Of
corn when other crops fall
BLUE EARTH.
A short time ago tramp entered the
school house in Mankato township near Cap
tain Dickinson's, and burned all the books but
about twelve. He was not arrested. .Au-
gustus Reetz, alias Fred Brooks has been ar
rested, charged with stealing a watch and
chain and some other jcwclry, the property Of
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Nine marriage licenses were granted in
this county during the last month. -. The first
frost OF the season Of any consequence, occur
red on Wednesday night, the 3d.. :Twotho
sand five hundred and seventy five gopher
sealps were brought in md paid for during
the month of September. %. OF the& 81 cases
present term OF, court, Gen. Edgcrton's name
appears as attorney in 40.
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Quite lot Of Texas ponies were sold
at Mazeppa at auction on the 4th, prices
ranging from $40 to $40:. An attempt was
made to blow open the safe Of the Wabashaw
Mill company on the night OF the 7th, but the
ing only succeeded in injuring the safe with.
out forcing it.
LIE SCECR.
Sebastian Grooshans German saloon "
keeper of LIE Sueur deliberately committed
suicide on the 8th, by inserting the muzzle Of
a shot gun in his mouth and pulling the trlg.
ger with his toe, death resulting instanta-;
neously. He is supposed to have been insane
at the time. Two Lc Sueur county boys,
aged about II years recently quarreled, and
started out to settle the difficulty on the 1sti-
cuff principle, when one drew q small pocket
knife, and severed the main artery Of his op-'
ponent's arm.
There grew on Mr.. L. B. Ferrin's farm
this wear q curious lusus nature in the shape
Of twin pumpkins. They are ofmedium size,
well.shaped, and joined together perfectly
throughout their entire length. Mr.. Ferrin
says they grew on single stem from dou-
bic blossom. The stem is now broken OF,
through the break shows it to have been con
nected with both of the pumpkins. The
temperance cause is progressing in st.
Charles. lin the proceedings Of the etdtc
board Of equalization, the personal property
assessment of Winona county for 1877, was
increased on an average about 20 per cent
above the equalization rendered by the county
board.
To Make Salt Goldfish Balls.-Onc-
third of salt Goldfish add six potatoes;
the Goldfish to he the best Isles ofShoals
fish :prcferable), and the potatoes ripe and
mealy. Put the fish in gallon of water
and let it come to boiling point. Boil
and peel the potatoes. Chop the fish fine
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