The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-07-04
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John King, of Byron, wasses county,
lately lost his house BY hre.
A little boy, 1s months old, was drowned
in we'll in Martin county, last weak.
It took just le days for : cargo Of dous
to 60 from Minneapolis to Liverpool.
The residence of James Norell. Of laanH
county, was burned to the ground, last week.
The June settlement In stearns county
shows $4,000 more collections this yser
than laet.
Father Holton lost 600 in Hsstine. q
few nights ago, and il wholly unable to ~
count for it.
poor widow woman living in Rochester,.
over work.
A few days .eS5 . l.borer in . winon. NV
mill, had his left arm nearly severed BY .
Thursday night, Juno 9th, . man named
Bismarck was garroted and robbed In Koch-
ester, Olmsted county.
Martin Noah, Of 6mithtown, Lake Mime
by lightning, last week.
Thieves are becoming 20 numerous In
Hastings that call is being made for an
increase of the police force.
Charles Roach. of Westfeld, Dodge eoun-
ty, an old and respectable citizen, dropped
dead last week from heart disease.
Pat Kernon, of Eyota, was thrown from
his wagon and kicked by ono of the horses.
The team was frightened by the can.
Nineteen miles of the Hastings d Dakota
railroad extension is completed, and freight
billed for Addie and Stewart, stations bsyond
Glencoe.
At Wadena Mrs. Barney Snyder was thrown
from wagon, one of the wheels of which
passed over her left leg, breaking it above
the knee.
The Fergus Falls Adrocate says Mr.. Kop-
pany. Of Aurdal, had 26 out of flock of 50
sheep killed, or so mangled by dogs ~ to bs
worthless.
Two children of Mrs. Mark Holmes, Of
Rochester, were badly scalded last week.
aged respectively five and one year. They
will recover.
| Burglars entered the residence of z. Hill.
in St. Charles, in the absence of the family.
Mr.. Hill suddenly returned, and they Asw
without booty.
Gen. Wagner, of Hastings, lost f30 last
week from between the ticks of his bed, The
burglars having effected an entrance through
the side door.
| The Sherburne County Star estimates
from reliable information that not less than
5000 acres of new land will be turned over
for cultivation in Sherburne County this
year.
! Fred Botz, of Rochester, had Z steer
hitched behind his wagon. Tho steer gave
a sudden jerk, ovelturning the wagon,
throwing Botz out, and breaking one of his
legs.
The house of Dwight NJ. shumway'
of Castle Rock, was burglarized
one night last week, and notes to the value
of $4. .555 taken, together with $65 in money
and gold watch.
A couple of drunken men got into fight
They both tumbled out, the wagon passed
over one of them. Each were badly bruised,
and both were fearfully dirty.
The house of Alexander Smith, of Austin,
was entered by burglars the other night,
and jewelry, m oney, ETC., to considerable
amount taken. The family did not discover
their loss till morning.
A few days since Mrs. Conelly, aged about
60 years, a heshy body weighing about 23O
pounds, fell and fractured her skull. At
latest accounts she was doing very we'll, and
suffering but little pain.
In Austin, Mower county, Eugene Coz,
aged 10 years, son of Mr.. Cox, the livery
stable keeper, while at play fell violently,
striking his temple on the ground. He sur
vived the hurt but few hours.
In anticipation of strike, all the ooopeS
belonging to tue Coopers' union, employed
in Capt. Eames' cooper shop, at Red Wing,
have been discharged. No union men will
hereafter be employed in the shop.
Eighteen years ago Clay Willis, of Lake
City, had kernel of corn pass into ono Of
his ears-and there it has remained, produo-
ing deafness, till few days since, when DR..
Patton successfully removed it-and hearing
has been completely restored.
Mrs. johnson living on Tenth street,
Hastings, was terribly alarmed one night
last week by an attempt on the part of two
men to enter her room after she had retired
to bed. Her screams aroused the neighbor-
hood, and the scamps fed.
Some parties in the town of Leslie have
been made not little anxious by the dis
covery that their homesteads are decided to
non-residents, although they hold the proper
papers from the land Office. Doubtless tho
lnnd-ot1ice papers will protect the settlers.
George Bennett, Of LIE Roy, Mower county,
had a horse running in the road-a horse
thief came along and took the horse. Ben-
} nett saw him as he rode of, but did not 70
cognize the horse as his on the moment. TO
steal q horse under the owners vefy nose, %
it we're, is the very acme of horse thieyinR.
The Fergus Falls Journal says, George
Wentworth, of Western, from seven eoWs
furnished Sherwin's cheese factory with 1913
, pounds of milk in one day. Four Of tho
COWS are heifers, and two of them have given
milk continuously for fourteen months
Grass feed is now at its best, and it was
never better.
few nights since the house of w. c.
Porter. at Blooming Prairie, was bur-
glarizel. Mr.. Porter was chloro-
formed and 1925 taken from
under his pillow. Several other parties in
the place were visited and cash and valu-
ables aggregating nearly hundred dollars
taken. Several arrests have been made.
The court house at Glenwood, Pope coun-
! ty, is in size 22x18 feet and story and q
f half high. The county and its business
have outpassed this small structure and the
county commissioners have wisely decided
to erect new court house building. III
size is to be 64x4O feet, two stories, with hall
and office rooms on first floor, and court and
Jury rooms above.
A busy man is Mr.. Tolcott. His mind ID
on his business. He has "a soul above but
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