The Worthington advance., 1878-12-19

The burning out of one of the chimneya
Of the court house at Lac qui Parle caused a
lively time, and no little anxiety for a time,
but no harm was done.
The East St. Cloud depot has been closed
and persons wishing to take the cars at that
point are obliged to stand out in the cold and
await the arrival of the train.
Mr.. B. E. Cole, station agent on the Min
neapolis and St. Louis railway, at the village
of jordan, will, about the time of Merrie
Christmas, wed one Of the fair daughters OF
that village.
Two boys, in Northfeld, scuffling in q
wagon, frightened the horses, and were
thrown out on the frozen ground. One wae
badly hurt, and was taken up insensible, but
will recover.
E. G. Buck, jsnitor of the Odd Fellows,
Winnebago City, in going down the stairs
from the hall, missed his footing and fell.
One rib vas broken, and he received other
severe bruises.
In Hastings, the other day, a sensation was
produced by the appearance on one of the
streets Of crazy man entirely naked. His
clothing was found on the street. He Ian at
full speed into the country, and at the latest
date had not been found.
In Faribault, recently, an attempt was
made to burn large three.story stone dwell
ing occupied by c. J. B. jackson, formerly
known AS Hollock Institute, by pouring kero-
sene on the basement floor and setting fire
thereto. The fire did but little damage. The
result of the attempt was discovered next
morning. No clue to the miscreant.
Two st. Paul men wheedled away a very
valuable dog from Jackson, belonging to w.
Sears, on the 18th of last November. He
lately got clue, AMI found his dog at c..
Prescott's, St. Paul, and was greatly Iejoiced
to recover him. Mr.. Sears purposes to give
the abductors OF the dog taste of the law
for their enterprise.
Isaac Newcomb, of Pepin, Wis, while
skating from that place to Lake City Mon
day, broke through the ice when near the
center of the lake, and was only saved from
drowning by the timely aid Of SONS boys
who we're accompanying him. Several of
the lads tied their coat sleeves together, and
by twisting the garments formed a rope,
with which they rescued him.
Jordan Aduocute: On late evening a.
the express train on the NJ. l. St. l.. road
was passing point a short distance above
Backofen's mills, a volley of stones was fired
into the car windows by some persons con-
cealed near the road. We do not know that
anyone was injured by the cowardly assault.
The railroad men are on the lookout, and il
the offense is repeated the rowdies will be
treated with warm reception.
An exchange says: Travelling over the
county, it is surprising to see how ruthlessly
the farmers cause their property to be de-
stroycd. We refer to the manner in which
they treat se]f-binders, reapers, mowers, and
other farm machinery. Many farmers leave
these valuable helps of farm labor in the
open field, where they had performed the
last of the seasons work, to undergo the
rains and storms of the fall and winter. Ia
not this in literal sense the destruction OF
property?
Fred Marks, living near the mounds in
Blue Earth county, IN company with two
women and child were coming across the
Blue Earth river at Woodland, and as they
we're ascending the steep grade at the end OF
the bridge, the evener broke and the wagon
ran back onto the bridge, broke down The
railing on the side of it, and fell into the
river twenty feet below. One of the party
had a rather narrow escape from drowning
but. strange to say, beyond this no serious
damage vas done to any OF the party.
s. ]. buffer, who lives in tho woods som,
seventeen miles from Sauk Rapids, hs,
recently received anonymous letters threat.
ening him with personal violence if he con
tinued to "harbor" number of Mile Lat
Indians in his neighborhood who came there
| to hunt. Mr.. H. says that he is in no va!
responsible for the presence of the Indians
in the woods, and that it would be subjectine
himself and property to violence and de
struction to be otherwise than civil an,
peaceable with them.
A year ago, W. S. Cox, from Nevada, mad
. stop in Collinwood, Meeker county. Whil
there he married young lady of that place
and, preparatory to settling down, he re
turned to Nevada. On his return trip b
camo by the way of the Black Hills. Abou
the time he arrived at the Hills, man b
the name of Lee was murdered, and Cox va
arrested, tried for the murder, and acquitted
Cox has returned to Minnesota to make
his future home. Since the trial of Co,
. man by the name of Potter, under sentenc
Of death in Ohio, has confessed to the mul
der Of Lee.