The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-09-13
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INC ttacR at.a Po1n9 ninesml west Of HOkAk
Y saaa ~ ~hish tS hsd been Nee4ed down apd
the might previous: |5TKe sGfi1eel Jun jumped q
and escaped WITHOUT injury but the afiremep,
pan!el 5n M esIatss Getes VS. instantly killed fe
The school house in the. .town!of Fa3ott
kr0Y0 as.District. School, No. ~, was. .huracd
on the night g. theE27th dlt. No INSURANCE.
III: Chafies Btlalard, .ef Green Isle, while 1t
assS cafbf e se s21a4g 9 @aeein aa4
iprsa that he:died within s sho.e 1ime ssftes
| the accident. 7 .2=1.;T- nftI:v,,(f =: IN:
Five years ago 4: 81: Carver With 5000;
| a wife and several children came to the State
9nd purchased q farm: of 1ao acres Of H: s.
Langdon, situated six miles northwest Of
1000 bushels of wheat, payable in. five years,
Then about one hundred acres were p1owed
| now, except four acres Of timber and few 81
grass land, the entire farm! ia under cultiya.
| tion, and in addition also has neat dwelling,
with all necessary outbuildings and plentifulfy
stocked with machinery, work animals and
cattle. This season his wheat crop was above
indebtedness. On the 25th ult; three grain
stacks on the farm of c.. "A. Abbott, near
Elmira, were set fire to by sparks from the
engine which drove the horse power The
stacks and the separator were entirely de.
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Bill Collins and Jim Quick, Of the
township Of Dasse], between whom an old
fend existed, met in the woods on the 28th
tilt:, when the quarrel was renewed and Col
Inns struck Quick severalhlows upon the head
crushing the skull and injuring him. fatally.
Collins has been arrested. '"', ;':i !':'' =!
l.. ~ .5C:*i. =, CARVER. - =. II: &,
The Democratic County Convention
will be held at Waconia, Sept. 9th i. The
jury Of inquest upon the body Of Martin Fish.
cr found that deceased came to his death from
Mo4pds 9pd Sas9 upon the head inflicted with club
Waconia on the 18th ult, :. Tho County Fair
comes off, Sept. 2Sth and Goth. The fall
term ofthe District court will commence Oct.
lst!. Candidates are as thick as hops, .:.2!E'
b. Harrison is acandidate for the Democratic
nomination for the Legislature from the First
timated at IS bushels 70 the acrc. The house
of Theo. Griens Of Benton was struck by
lightning on the 26th ult and a fourteen year
old son Of that gentleman instantly killed. )
~ 'ANoKA. = - .--:.3:tff.
The Anoka mills, after a weeks sus.
pension on account of the big fire, have COM
menccd running again. -. On the 29th ult,
about O. clock in the afternoon, five men who
were engaged in laying brick upon the walls
ground, distance Of forty feet, 81 the giving
away Of the staging. Two were seriously in:
jured and the other three escaped with slight
bruises. The staging had been carelessly
built and was heavily numbered at the time.
-: On the 3Oth ult, the residence of Isaac
Rithcr near Round Lake, was struck by light
ming and burned with all its contents. The
stable of H. w. Emery near by was also
struck and burned with some hay and stock.
<1sANT1.
Three small boys, sons of NJ. +. Peter
son of Stanchfeld recently killed an extraom-
inarily large bear which entered the cattle
yard at night and Being shot through the back,
crawled into pig-pen where he was finally
slaughtered. - i, ::
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Farmers are already beginning to build
upon their farms and otherwise improve them.
.Drnmmers are plentiful in the towns
along the Sioux City Railroad Apples over
four inches in diameter and finely favored are
raised near Madelia. Ole Howe Of Long
Lake near st. James threshed 1000 bushels of
| bushels to the acre. His oats yielded him
nearly 10 bushels to the acre.. Jake Barge
of South Branch made 80 bushels Of wheat to
the acre. "
wAnAsnAw.
The Grand Union Fair al Lake CITY
will be the only one held on the line Of tho
Milwaukee & st. Paul Railroad. The Catho-
lie Church at Belvidere which is just being
completed is one of the finest structures in
wide with, , O. solid tower 80 feet high above
which will loom the spire. :. Thieves visited
the barn of Warrington Brown of the town of
Florence recently, and Harvesting his horses
to q wagon drove away, since which time
nothing has been seen or heard Of them. "A
%1rv
kicked in the stomach;by = horse at Central
Point, with such force that he, died o. short
time afterwards: Lightning struck The res
idence Of II. K. Terrell Of Lake City on the
3oth ult., and severely shocked that gentle.
man and his daughter, Mrs. Baker: 80
A. L. Knapp of Clinton Falls thrcshed
out 2272 bushels machine measure of wheat
from 70 acres. By weight this will probably
which this yield was made, has been cultivated
for over 20 years Ezra Town Of Owatonna
recently had his jaw bone broken and several
teeth knocked out by the kick Of horse. (.
The Catholic school building in Owatonna
euna n9a;y pnyc SCOOP penes hevo
thoroughly cleaned and repaired during vaca-
tion.. "A package of love letters written;by a
young doctor to young lady, were recently
found in shady nook in the grove surround
ing the Owatonna Mineral Springs. ..J. B.
Crooker, formerly Of Owatonna, has struck it
rich in the Black Hills.
Don L. Willard, County Treasurer and
Mrs. Lottie Bucklin, both Of Pine City have
been arrested on complaint of the latter's hus-
band for adultery, and held to bail in the sum
Of 500, to answer in the District Court. The
husband has commenced a suit a for
divorce and one also against Willard for dam.
ages in the sum Of $4,000. ''::-i ;:1;h
J.: .. a.. 2f:!' POPE. 81; -; Isl;
The mail between Benson and Glen.
wood is now carried by way of Swift Falls
Gilchrist, Chippewa Fails and Anderson. The
new route from Sauk Centre via Raymond,
ly commence. For this new route George ".
Loomer, of Raymond is the contractor,
MURRAY
On the cath. ult., Joseph Goetzel was
brought before Justice W. NJ. Davis, charged
with attempting to commit q rape upon the
person of his fifteen year old daughter, and
| was held to bail in the sum of $500. Il: Failing
| to give bail he was ordered to be taken TO the
Jackson county Jail, but he escaped, and il
now a fugitive from Justice; /: In e1tendation
Of the old country to thus test the chastity o1
its daughters. ::*'.''s: =: III -
A. Deemann,of Lester, had eight sheer
iS ~ i %l feei Se gat 'sT s?dp s
There was magnificent yield Of wheat in th<
town of Lester this :2year. Corn is being
cut already. IL. n Donaldson Of BridgeWa
ter, is being pressed BY bis 6riends for the: Re
publican nomination FOR Register of Deeds
-: 1T is rumored that an insane man IN fe
male apparel is roaming; about In the ;Emcr,
neighborhood. *!1~ ~, i!G T. "T::' .is,,:l
d, ?tss'a III =: SHE ;BURNE y: ;tM: : ! ~
Wheatof betterquality than for year,
past, is being brought freely into Elk River
-. Elk River, in spite Of the hard times, il