The Worthington advance., 1877-09-27
Minnesota News.


The Caledonia post office was entered
by burglar on the night Of the 10th, and
nickles, pennies and stamps to the amount q
eight dollars abstracted. :. While Anthony
Molitor, OF Caledonia was engaged in working
about thresher one day last week, his right
hand was caught in the pinion wheel of the
power and almost instantly severed from the
arm: The farmers Of Money Creek are
hauling their wheat to Winona, as it is zen
cents higher in that market than in Houston.
80. large quantity of sweet potatoes were
raised about Hokah this season.
FREEBoRN.
The first train on the Burlington, Cedar
Rapids g. Northern Railway reached Albert
Lea on the 10th. The new Catholic Church
at Albert Lea was dedicated on the 9th, Bish-
op Ireland and Revs. P. Riordan and Theodore
Venn officiating.
Hattie, the six-year old daughter of
Miles Growt, of St. Charles, was taken with
cramps and died, shortly after eating guam
tity ol black cherries, supposed to have been
poison ivy berries. :. The merchants and
tradesmen OF St. Charles arc kept busy from
.osy morn to dewy eve.
A Boston missionary" with a lady
stopped recently at Red Wing hotel regis
tering the name o" A. G. Pomeroy and wife,
Detroit Mich" While the couple were seated
asked the man how he got out of his scrape
the other day. Without finishing their meal,
the couple rose and left the room and without
further delay, took the eastern train. It sub
sequently appeared that the party had eloped
from Menominee Wis. and had been overtaken
at Hudson by brother. in law of the girl who
compelled the swain with the aid of q revolver
to undergo then and there, the marriage ccrc-
mony. The girl, it also appeared, was the
halfbreed daughter of rich lumberman at
Menominee, and from expressions let fall by
Pomeroy, it is almost positively certain that
ne is eagerly awaiting an opportunity to
"skip" and leave his helpmeet lone and DESC
late.
Eugene Hare, Of Clifton, recently caught
in steel trap, a young wolf, measuring from
tip of nose to end of tail, four feet, and stand
ing % inches high. The Minnesota academy
at Owatonna was dedicated on the 10th :.
The brick work of the Owatonna jail has been
completed. Farming lands arc in brisk de-
mand. .. An old log house which was built in
Is 1855 by Mr. lWinshiP and for long time used
Owatonna, has just been torn down to make
room for other improvements. It was the
Oldest building in the city.
WATONWAN.
The red ribbon Society in Madelia has
been revived -. Water is low in the wells
around Madelia. The Catholic church in
Madelia was struck by lightning on the after
noon of the 18th and slightly damaged. :.
Miss Ada Sargent of st. James has gone to
0watonna to occupy position as assistant in
the Academy at that place.
MINNEAPOLIS.
An artesian we'll, one hundred and
seventy two feet deep and throwing stream
of water eighteen feet high, has been bored
at the Monitor Plow works on the line of the
st. Paul & Pacific Railway Auditor Black
is about to institute legal proceedings to COL
lect the delinquent Inebriate Asylum tax.
Early on the morning of the 10Th, young
man named Edward Kelley was shot through
the breast and dangerously wounded, in a
corner of Second street and Second Avenue
North.
An old hunter has killed over 80 wolves
in the big woods near Forest this SUMNER.
Wheat thieves are operating in the vicinity of
Union Lakes. 80. Wild plums are scarce this
fall. Charles Bingham of Northficld is favor
ably mentioned as Republican candidate for
sheriff.
Seven bright-looking young Indian
by Father Thomazin to the Catholic school at
St. Joe, Stcarns County.
CLAY.
Barnes & Co. of Glyndon are erecting
an elevator at that place "a so feet and IS
feet high. Forty eight bushels of Norway
wheat to the acre were raised this season in
the neishborhood of fGlyndon. Two fine two
year old colts, belonging to r. P. Mumford of
Glyndon were recently killed by railroad
train 80. The body Of q man lin such an ad-
vanced stage of decomposition as not to
ago lying near the railroad track short dis
tance least of Hawley. =. An artistically ar
ranged wreath Of leaves and flowers, made
from wheat, oats, rye barley, corn, beans,
fower-seeds, ETC., manufactured by Miss
Aurelia Brendemuhle of Moorhead took the
blue ribbon at the State Fair.
CH1sAGc.
John Dean, of Sunrise, lost forty tons
OF hay by fire on Goose Creek meadow some day
grinding $50 to 200 bushels of wheat weekly.
"A. Mcdonald recently lost by fire Is tons
of hay, instead OF ten as first stated. John
Luby, a Rush City station hand, has fallen
heir to 10000 by the death of an uncle in Ire
land. F. H. Pratt, Rnsh City merchant,
has done cash business Of $4,000 within the
past months. j. B. Martell, Of Rush City,
is named as a candidate for Judge of Probate.
oLNsTED.
William A. Stevens, of Orinoco. has.
for several years, been afflicted with an un-
usual growth of tum0rs on his head. Five
have been removed and still there are seven
more. .. "A German resident of Rochester
named Christopher Lathewcssen, who has
been for some time in poor health, recently
expelled from his stomach tape worm mca-
suring 9I yards in length and half an inch
thick: Three tramps recently took lodgings
them robbed the third of $40 and DEPARTED.
Wheat receipts in Rochester amount to 10000
bushels daily. Johnny Ryan, of Rochester
fell the other day, into the bin Of an elevator
~ feet deep and was badly injured. Ed.
Farrell who stole a valuable mare from James
4. Ware, of Eyota, has been arrested near
McGregor, Wis, and the property recovered.
DODGE.
An average of 100 pocket gopher scalps
are brought in daily. "A cat destroyed ten
gopher scalps for q Mantorville boy, and
thereby saved the county $1.50. Three to-
matoes weighing five pounds were recently
exhibited in Mantorville. Ole Benson Nor
wegian living in Canisteo has been arrested
and lodged in jail, for stabbing Gilbert Chris
topherson with jack-kn and seriously
wounding him. The potato crop near Man
the property Of W: H. Wyman Of Claremont
were killed few days ago, and another horse
badly injured. Charles Pitts has been arrested
on suspicion.