The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-06-14

NUMRER j i]1 r ii. ;. !.
with nearly all it, contents. .. Nellie, swift
Z notortously bad character, was recently, at.
rested in Rochester for dressing in naa{s *
jeil. One night In the lookup cured hef oS:
stinacy, and next morning she was brought
up and fined 31100.. q. Tie Father NattSeW
Temperance Society Of st. Bridget's Church,
Rochester, is to build hall 26x40 feet. =. Tho
the st: Paul diocese will be held at Rochester
June 18th. - t:5s.- :: -:
! ..- DOUGLAS. = 49, !:
VIM: Nelson recently came; upon two
young fawns in the woods, which, ION being
against the hopper. :.:$ooo young :s,no4
have been placed In Lake Agnes and 1000 IN
Lake Victoria. For killing deer out 81 80.
ssen' se' A15aeam Abb b" and John L.%Rna9 xere ass*
while the former refused to fork over aud b.
ing committed in consequence, sued out =
writ OF hdoeas corpus and was released.
! aooDHUE.
Red Wing is organizing a military
company. The corner stone Of the new
Catholic church at Red Wing has been laid
| with imposing ceremonies. Cannon Falls 10
| to have pony running race for 4 purse Of
Dodge Centres colored barber has
"vamosed the ranch.".. Fourth Of July talk
is comiug in vogue. >. "A prisoner in the Dodge
| Centre lookup smashed the windows and
stove and then built IRE in the middle of the
low made to pay $25 for his little diversion. 49,.
The house Of Mi. Hutton, of Claremont, was
recently entered and few articles of clothine
| stolen. The potato bug is gorging his 70.
raclous appetite In the gardens Of Mantor-
VILE. -Four young men were recently fined
$oOOfor shooting pigeons contrary to law.
YELLOW MEDICINE.
The crops are showing finely and thus
far the hoppere have done but little dam
age. The black birds are by no means inef-
ticient factors in the solution Of the grasshop-
per problem. They are destroying the pests
| by thousands and hundreds of thousands. ..
Base bali fourishes here-the Cascades, Of
Granite Falls, having recently waxed the Mon.
tevideo club by score of 80 to ~.
WABAsHAw. .
H. Duerre, of Reeds Landing, has sold
since Feb. list, $1,000 ties >. The tug Ida
Campbell struck a raft at Beef Slough boom,
| and was injured about $4,000 worth.
WAsECA.
Martin Krassin, aged 81, who first came
to the county in 1854 and settled the following
year, died on the LIST inst. :. .Waseca village
has many attractions in the way of fishing,
boating. and driving. The Sunday school
convention held its annual meeting at Waseca
| recently, and was well attended.
wABAsHAw.
The Mississippi, with the aid of recent
rains, rose 40 inches and then went into de-
cline. "A man named Bill Hines has been A.
rested and lodged in jail, charged With at-
tempting to rape Norwegian girl. ;. Peter
stoll, Of Kellogg, was recently kicked by =
stallion and badly injured
Whooping cough prevails among the
children Of Sauk Rapids The Pine River
and Hillman Brook log drives, consisting Of
20,O00O00 and TO- O00, 600 feet respectively have
! reached Rauk Sapids. y. R. Patten Of Sauk
Rapids had the middle finger of his left hand
| so badly smashed with sledge hammer that
ne; ne Wi VII Lose it The hopper war in the
tended with the most gratifying results.
DAKOTA.
The reunion of Co. F., 8th Volunteer In
fantry, occurred at the Fair Grounds, Farming
| ton, on the 9Th inst. .. Considerable building
Improvement is going on at Pennington.
The half-demented young man who accident
ally shot the Bohemian girl at Rosemount =
few days since, has been discharged from ar
rest: "A young man named Fred Bear stole
5000 from his employer living In Eureka
with which he came to Pennington, hired 4
livery team and left for St. Paul
LIE sUEUR.
A severe wind and rain storm passed
oyer Le sue4r recently, but did no damage.
Hon. N. J. Severance of Mankato, delivering
the address and about so ex-soldicrs and 4
large number Of citizens joining in the process
sion
The st. Peter public schools have closed
for the summer. :. Fifteen persons were con:
frmed by Bishop Whipple in the Church of the
Mrs. Bode, Of Swan Lake, was recently
struck by a railroad car, which passed over her
leg, injuring it so badly that amputation was
| necessary.
sHERBuRNE.
The overseers of the roads are making
| their annual calls upon all parties of certain
prescribed ages to come forward and work
upon the highways. :. "A match is imminent
between the Princeton and the Elk River base
ball whackers The bridge across Elk River
is being repaired.
The railroad company is building 1000
feet of new side track at Delano . Green GIN
| seng is worth twenty cents per pound. AN
OK Belonging to Mrs. O'Leary, near Deiano,
was killed by lightning recently The stone
| foundation and basement walls of the new
court house at Buffalo arc nearly completed
the county Treasurer's Office, averaged over
81 600 day. :. Monticello has voted $500 to
be used against the hsppers sGP2
One hundred and fifty barrels of tar
and SC bundles Of sheet iron have bean ordered
e.. y
supervisors Of the several districts. Glen.
wood is to have steam mill driven by IN
engine of Is horse power. Large numbers
of cattle are being collected for shipment to
the Black Hills. =. The grasshopper report IL
favorable.
The Albion farmers have converted
their maple sap evaporators into hopper-do-
zers... Twenty men are at work on the river
improvement at Battle Rapids, below Monti-
cello. D. The right foot of John LeClair which
was injured some time ago by railroad
cor, has been amputated.
MEEKER.
One thousand land locked salmon frv
have been placed In Lake Ripley. Minnebelle
and Round Lakes have also been stocked....
E. A. Campbell of Litchfield will attend the
general convention Of the Catholic Total Ab-
stinence Society at Rochester as = delegate
from Forest City,. .Grasshopper depredations
| are cOQuneu nOSCly W ucW OIcAA1uR Wuu6
old land is comparatively exempt. .. Crop
reports are generally favorable. 8.
! JACKSON.
| Since the recent rains, corn and other
crops are growing finely. The Republics
Heron Lake reporter reports Canada thistlee
Is matching out " at that place; he wants !
thistle -dozer invented. No hoppers in Heron
Lake yet. .Grasshoppers and hopper-dose
are leading articles Of thought and action
throughout the county just now.