The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-09-20
Minnesota News. !

ANOkA. '..,
A fire in Reed and Sherwood's lumber
;ard in Anoka on the 7th' destroyed 100000
feet of lumber. The loss however is, fully
covered by insurance. ..,.... :
EREEhORN. ii :. !. ~!
All the School, Internal Improvement,
Agricultural College and University Lands in
the county are to be sold at Albert Lea, Oc-
tober 10th. :. Mark Getter of Alden has Sc
cured a patent for a new process Of punching
hay3or fuel. The county fair is to be held
at Albert Lea October 11th. -
BENTON.
The Sauk Rapids cheese factory was
awarded silver medal, at the State Fair. ..
County politics are becoming lively and caudi.
dates in abundance are cropping out.
WABAsHAw.
One hundred and fifty FIVE children at
tend the schools at Reads Landing In the
town Of Greenfield, some of the farmers with
the view of enforcing payment for right Of
way, have stopped the grading Of the Midland
railroad. The Midland road has been To-
Gated to Millville and beyond. The Elgin
Elevator is receiving an average Of thous.
and bushels Of wheat day. "A newspaper
neutral in politics is soon to be started in
Mazeppa by Messrs. Schrave and Clark late
of Chicago. Threshing this year is done fol
two and four cents instead Of four and six
cents per bushel as heretofore. Rev Perrin
B. Fisk, late of Springfield, VT, has accepted
the call Of the Presbyterian Church Of Lake
City {: The mason work on the new stone
Catholic Church OF Bell Chester has been COM
pleted. The building is 30x9O feet.
oLMsTED.
Upon the farm of w.. H. Stone five
miles southwest of Pleasant Grove village
were raised two stools Of wheat, each from q
az r1o or,o uy,nn harfnop ~ nfn1lfa and
the other TO-. Horse thieves are numerous,
a valuable mare having been stolen on the
night of tbs 4th, from the stables Of James E.
Ware ofEyota. AN unusually large number
of grain stacks have been set fire by lightning
and burned this season in almost every part Of
the county and indeed, throughout the State.
80. The house of Franz Kce on the High For
eet road three miles from Rochester, was
burned recently with most Of it's contents.
Loss, 81, 900. 49,:
A young lady, formerly teacher in
the Owatonna public schools is now engaged
as assistant in the Auditors Office. The
residence Of H. A. Holmes of Owatonna was
recently entered and his pocket book contain
... The estimate for the. tax levy for school
purposes as made by the board of education
amounts to $1O,75O of which 5000 will be
borrowed aud the remainder raised BY taxa
ton this year. i =" -'i': .::'!
|: ct - FILLMORE. :i!,-. 81; t1-t
John Q. Farmer, Of Spring Valley,
raised 1900 bushels OF wheat on 100 acres Of
his Austin farm. '''
!. ~ >: CROW WING, = 'i'''r '''l
A new machine for laying railioad
track has been tested on the Braincrd Branch
road, and found to work wen. It is claimed
that It viii work great revolution in the pro
cess oftrack:laying :! On the evening of the
5th inst, construction train on the Brainerd
Branch was thrown from the track neal
Braincrd by coming in contact with q cow
Mr.. stcarns, the track-laycr, was severely in
jured. 3D.; So, ;.~,3y ..Hl;ti.: .es.:!
r.. ,, s;'.'tH DAKoTA.} !; ~: .Y7.t;,.s,s
The wife of Richard Van Valkenburg
Of, Farmington, has been adjudged insane and
taken to 81, Peter. '. Several fatal scasee, Q