The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-07-26
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Minnesota News.


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Michael Conner, Of Rosemount, recently
lost two horses which were slot and killed By
some cowardly person who: took this method
Of injuring an old and respected citizen. =: =;
The bridge over the Cannon Riyes,is
becoming unsafe "A young man named
Nelson, resident Of Kenyon, Rice county hid
asunstroke on the 7th inst, while at workih,
q field and In attempting to reach the house,
wandered off the road, and although search
was kept up the entire week NO traces wasi
in the tall grass Of q marsh near by. =: The
indications were that his su6ermgs~ were ter
rible before death came to his relief, .:z
HOUSTON. a. i
! The upper and lower jaws Of the muir
dercd man En0s have been taken from the
body and found to fit exactly the severe
wounds upon the hands Of the murderer Mar
quette now in jail in Caledonia, thus estabhsh-,
ing another strong link in the chain Of: evi.
ceive from $500 to $3.50 per day in Houston,
....Corn is looking well In La Crescent. -,
wABAsHAw.
J. E. Blunt, chief engineer of the Min
nesota Midland, accompanied by assistant en-:
gineers Connover and Wilder and full enel-.
neering corps is engaged In the work Of run
ming lines from Wabashaw and the Zumbro4a!;
IA drove Of five hundred Mexican Mus
tang ponies Is expected to arrive at Lake City
in q short time. The barn Of II. Dweile,
1920. .-:- ;: ..-.-. ..''
DR.. J. G. Rosser, the we'll known resi- /
dent physician at Brainerd has been employed .
BY the Indian Department to vaccinate Ill ln;,
dians who may apply to him At that place: -. +
donated the Congregational Society Of Brain: .,
erd 500 for putting Pews in the church edthcc :,
and 800 year for five cars to be applied to (
the support of minister His wife and wife's
sister have also agreed to donate $50 apiece
per year for five years for the same purposo:l
The body of an unknown man which !,
was found short time ago lodged in a snag
in the Minnesota River near Ottawa, proved
to be that of an insane asylum patient named !
A. Oleson who had been missing since June
3Oth. One very singular item in the report
Of the Assessor of Waterville township is the (
number Of melodeons and organs in the town.
ship, II the aggregate value Of which IL placed
at$44, or about $500 each. :: .':
COTTONWOOD.
Henry Lewis, while blowing corn the
other day, laid his vest containing about 4 |
hundred dollars on the ground. He crossed
the field and returned, and found that q colt
had taken fancy to his vest, scattered the
money on the ground and commenced eating
when it was discovered, making horsehesh At
three months old very valuable. 7
BENTON.
The Sauk Rapids cheese factory is max
ing about four hundred pounds ofxcheesc
daily Two lawyers are about to locate at
sauk Rapids. a Sauk Rapids merchant re:
cant1v ehiprnd tc R;emoroE ,,o,,ndo of
cheese.
The hoppcrs have left the county and
no regrets are felt therefor. >. C. Baberich has
sold his Touring mill in st. Peter to Frederick
Harkce for the sum of 5000. The County
Commissioners have granted petition for
new township aud set off for the same the
north half of the congressional township No.
ITO, range o.. Mr.. James Hughes and his
sons have destroyed more than six hundred
bushels of 'hoppers by surrounding thirty
acre lotwith ditch from twelve to fourteen
feet bored in the bottom in which the pests
were driven and then killed.
POLK.
Samuel Honeywell has some of the
finest grain in Polk county. 1t stands three
feet high and promises very heavy yield:
The snake root business employs some thirty
$4,000 viii be paid out this lis summer for roots.
....T The efficient County Auditor A. Yvernault
received the thanks of the State Commissioned
of Statistics for the careful and correct reports
from Polk county. William Cunningham,
from Canada, after a long exploring trip,
iS .cceo oa
Crookston. Encouraging crop reports from =
different parts of the county have had good 7
tendency on the people who are confident ofa
heavy yield notwithstanding the abundance
Of rain, and rumors Of failures. The wheat fs ,
heading out, and barley almost ready for the
reaper. The projectors of the new hotel 1t
Crookston have completed the contract for it,
erection with Robert Houston. .. The Red
Lake river ut Crookston was two inches higher
during the flood than it has been known for
five years previous. The boiler in the saw.
mill Of Mr.. Hoover was completely submerged
for several days, which drove the men out and
stopped work on the grist mill foundation. =
RAMSEY. ;,.; rf -;;r' i;~tsg
On the afternoon Of the Goth, James :
8. Connellee committed suicide. in Osklau1s =,
cemetery by shooting himself through tho ;
heart with pistol loaded with buckshot.. :.
from depression Of spirits eliminating ia par
tial mental arrangement caused by deafness
tho result of a severe fall several years ago.
He was q carpenter by trade, had been res. ::
ident in st. Paul for % years and is spoken Of ,
as an industrious and reputable citizen. :?
CARVER.
Hon. H. A. Child of Chaska, law part
Monday the 10th by cutting his throat with :
razor. Mr.. Child had fornearly year suffer
ed with pralysis, which dnslly dc1nged His
mind and, as is supposed, resulted In his ::
tragic death. He left his Office on Monday
morning about O'Clock, and his body Wa
the village. Mr.. Child had been member OF
the Legislature for several terms and was last
elected to that body in 1872. He was deserved- !
ly popular among all classes and his death j
will be sincerely regretted. The barley and
rye harvest has commenced, and the claag, e
quarters-silver plated nickel-are said to, be-
in circulation in Carver and neighboring
towns. The collection Of the delinquent
inebriatc asylum tax is about to be attempted
IN this county. Capt: Collins, formerly ;bta
Is station agent of the Minneapolis and st.
Louis Railroad at Carver >. From thirty 70
forty bushels of wheat to the acre is what the
farmers in the towns back from the river ex-
pect; provided, that the weather for the next
Two weeks proves favorable and the hoppcrs
keep away.
The 'hoppers have done but little dam.
age in Buffalo, aud that only in spots.
The joists are laid upon the second door d
the new Court House at Buffalo: 8. Archie
Guthrie, formerly conductor, 10 now purchas.
ing agent for the st. P. & P. r. R. It, F. Mil
lcr, OF Montrosc, is making brick At that place.
He has kiln Of 10000 now ready to buin....
The st: ?. & P. R. r. Co: is about to put
new bridge or trestlework over the crossing
of the Delano and Watertown road just west
of the Crow river bridge. ...H. Ferguson, Of
Silver Creek, while standing by the gate wait.
ing for horse to pasa through, was Knocked;
down by a sudden spring Of the horse, and
the buggy passed over him, dislocating his
shoulder and otherwise bruisinR him..
Crons are looking finely in Monficello