The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-05-16

Boys, What nO you think! There's
il circus ;l-comlng.
Father Knauf, of the Adrian colony,
WAS in town yesterday.
The Bennett boys are putting coat
of white paint Oh their house.
The boys have reorganizel the Okla
bena Base Ball Club.
Seventeen loads of lumber went out
of Mr.. r. rbes' yard on Monday.
w. II. lIoyt has retired from the firm
of Craudall Il lIoyt.
l.. G.. Stevens, Roadmaster on the
branch, has removed from Slukopee
and located in Worthington.
Willie lIumiston has the town herd
this year and is taking care OF some 50
cows.
No business transacted ut tie Coun-
ell meeting on Friday night beyond al
lowing Il t. W bills.
Mr.. Hoffman reports that his straw
berries ami grapes were somewhat in
jured Is the f.pst.
The two-story front to the depot is up
with windows in, outside painted Il
brick rel and will be finished by June ].
Hon. G.. II. Smith, Of Window, was
down on Monday attending some land
trials and dropped in.
PICTURES COpiED.-Chidley copies
and enlarges old pictures Of amy kind
1T low rates. lw.
G.. II. Abbott is breaking 50 acres on
his place across the east lake. lie is
stopping will, MI. Brant.
Things are suffering for rain. Our
rain barrels are wiltad and WON'T pro-
duce half a crop at this rate.
The barn Of G.. Dana. III Summit
Lake, was burned few days since. in
Guiding Il mower and some tools. The
loss is about $3.50.
Coop YOKE YOUNG OXEN FOR SALE
Cl1EAr.-Enquire of N. Heiscr, Jersey.
1W.
Il. II. Bennett. formerly foreman in
the ADVANCE office. is up from Sioux
City, visiting friends. We tender him
the freedom Of our lakes for fishing and
boating.
A petition has been circulated asking
the Council to open up 9Th Avenue to
the lake. Parties also wish to have 18th
! Avenue opened and have circulated a
petition to that effect. Both improve
ments will soon he needed.
W. J. Abernethy. agricultural editor
Of the PioneerPress, spent Sunday in
town. lie goes us far rs Sioux Falls
with II view to reporting upon agricul-
tural matters.
DR.. Churchill's Horse, Gray Charley,
will be IN Worthington every Monday.
Farmers wishing to see good horse
are invited to call. 1w.
Street Commissioner 11umist"n is
grading I'D the streets, cutting bitches
and putting down more Sidewalks
Worthington is the best walked.
graded. freed, lighted and pretty-girled
town all around here.
! Absolutely free from N1orphia and
other dangerous agents DR.. Bulbs B;a-
by Syrup is valued most highly as u
remedy for the disorders Of babyhood.
Price only 25c a bottle. 1w.
Workmen are digging about the Or
namental els tern corner 10th Street and
4t|, Avenue. We hope while they are
about it, they will take the hole up out
OF the ground. Like the house and the
brine barrels in the park, those cisterns
were invented to give several men job
and they have never been single cent s
worth Of benefit to the town.
Peter dickson, who was. moving to
Dakota, from Faribault county, Mimi,
| lost daughter from throat disease on
Monday last. They camred near the
cemetary east of town. where the girl
died, and was buried on Tuesday.
There were slight frcsts on Friday
and Saturday nights last, but no dam
age that we hear Of except to young po-
tatoes in some instances. The frost
was pretty general through Minnesota
and Iowa, and slight damage was done
to fruit in places.
AvOCA.-B. W. Woolstencroft was
in town on Monday preparing to sur.
vey the grounds for the village of Avo'
ca, to be located on Lime Lake, in
Murray county. This lake lies between
Bondin and Shetek and affords a fine
site for /: town.
DR.. E. G.. Smith, dentist, of st. Paul
called on us few days ago. The doc
tor expects to visit our county occa'
sionally on professional business. He
is also proprietor of the Minnesota 11o-
meopathic Pharmacy, and is placing
homeopathic medicines in the drug
stores of the Northwest where they can
be obtained with full directions fol
use.
CARDs.-Just received at the AID
VANCE Office, 10000 tinted Cards, ali
tlhts, sizes and qualities. Personal and
business Cards printed at St. Pau
prices. i.
ANNUAL STATEsIENT.-The long
delayed Annual Statement appears il