The Worthington advance., 1878-10-03

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Minnesota News Items.

There ire now about eighty men en-
ployed on the two bridges 1t Sauk Rapids.
Two prisoners escaped frs m tho .Faribault
is not reported. w y
.;;st nis: .,tS FL Ess + X::ss g :, he. her
cords, while barring apples.
had his barn dsssro%y s. ysd Sy fire, together 1itS
a quantity Of hay and span of mules. h.
The walls Of the new school house at
Wateville, LIE suem roupty;e are reported
to have been blown down during the recent
gale. ...,x ..,,.. -<,.t
Twelve carpenters with their tools, FROM
Rochester, reached Pine Island one day last
week to commence work On the now elevator
and depot. =. !:
Pine Island Ne,es, The amount of money
invested in new buildings this fall about the
depot grounds and elsewhere on that side it
is estimated will foot uo over. $50, 600. A
good start surely. t,'-.'
A little daughter OF a man named Raseoe,
living in >Wade1a county, ah6uk ten miles
from the county seat, was frightfQllY. bitten
by dog. The brute tore 81 the whole of
one side of her face, and it could not be
found. -, -, II: -! l.i
The Union: brick block in Wipnebago CITY.
was struck. by lightning, breaking window.
glass, losening brick, but doing no serio(
damaee* Thesconegesion qfsthe bolt made
tie people tntk' the eao1oeat. M .tee day of
The general prediction in AL quarters is
that very hard winter is before US. This
prediction is based 1on 1nriouss evidences and
representations, growing out of the ex-
perience and observation of ''the Oldest in
habitant" in every locality.
Sank Center Herald: Mr.. J. r. Howard
discovered . hee tree IN tho WOODS tlB other
day-a big bee tree, and the bees we're thick
around. He took four men, two teams, wash
boilers, buckets, pans and no ends of things,
and went to capture the honey. After 4
great deal of hard labor, the tree: was telled
the cavity opened, and what sight greet
ed the eyes of the honey-eeekers! AT. least
teacup full of beautiful honey, and only
six men to divide it among.
What has become of all the -s'hired
girls'' we mean? There is a general COM
plaint of ithe deaftl of hired :girls in the
cities, and by the local papers throughout
the State, it is noticeable thst the same
scarcity exists. Girls cannot be obtained
''for either love OF money"-we guess,
though, upon sober second thought, they
are "ttill susceptible to the tender passion"
though impervibps to, tho influence Of the
sauE Rapids (Be1t65n 5 6joIab6tSy)' Press:
Some dastardly william applied the torch to
Eli Griffin's hay stacks, situated near Fort
Ripley, undoubtedly With, the intention of
burning the whole 'lot-about 70 tons-but
fov NJ a., kn1 of ho&
was destroyed. Other parties in the sam
is estimated that not less than 800 tons have
been destroyed by incendiaries the past two
| months.
Princeton Union: During 4he thunder
storm on Wednesday, night, M Isaac Gil
lespie's house, in Gfeenbush, was struck by
lightning. Mr.. Gillespie, who was sitting
at the front window; was knocked complete
ly out of time by the shock, and Mrs. Gil
lespie, who was in bed, to say the least, was
badly frightened. Isaac says the smell of
sulphur and smoke caused him to think that
he had suddenly been transported to the
! lower regions. There was hole torn
| through the roof and through the floor on
| both sides OF the stove; several yards of
plaster were knocked off the wall, and the
| llgltS Ill one OF the WINDOWS were complete
" demolished. 1t was close caQ, sand Mr..
and Mrs. Gillespie ane ito be congratulated
on their narrow escape
Winnebago City Press; Life savea by a
kitten. little 5 years old son of J. A.
Armstrong, of this city, narrowly escaped
death by drowning, one day last week. He
and his kitten were out in the yard playing,
and as is too often the case at many houses,
the cistern had been left open, and in some
way tha little fellow tumbled in. Mrs. Arm
strong missed him; and upon searching for
him was attracted to the cistern by the new
ing of the kitten, and upon looking in was
Mortified at seeing the little fellow lying upon
his back in the water keeping himself afoat
by clinging to a friendly rope that hung ip
the cistcrn., Mrs. A. with the assistance OF
the hired girl soon rescued the little fellow
from his perilous condition, and none toe
soon as hts strength YaY almost gone and in
a short time more he would haveslet 90 hi
hold upon the rope and been drowned. O
course it. Is not necessary to suggest the
propriety Of keeping that cistern closed.