The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-04-25
Minnesota News items.


| odcoD 1IolSer, SOn-ln-IaW OF Joseph MARI
who committed suicide in Stearns county
resents the reflection that the suicide wa
caused, in whole or in part, by his conduct
ana denies that he ever received any dona
tions or even pay from Marx.
SWIFT COUNTY.
Rev. Father Oster is building fine resi-
Ounce at Clontarf, Swift county.
The house of Charles A. Sheridan, nea
Hazel Lake, Swift county, was robbed las
week and then burned.
II: G. Alexander, of De Graf, being in
sane, has been sent to St. Peter. He cam,
to the Swift county Catholic colony a yea
ago from England, and occupied farm pur
chased for him by his father, who also allow
ed him $500 year. He is but IS years old
but has been sadly addicted to the use OF
strong drink.
T. MEEKER COUNTY.
Andrew jacobson, of Union Grove, Meek
er county, Al years old, partially insane from
religious excitement, has been sent to the St
Peter asylum.
Bishop Whipple arrived at home {Fari.
bault) from Florida, Monday.
Patrick Byrnes, of Faribault, formerl,
sheriff of Rice county, died Tuesday morn.
ing from an appolectic fit.
Maj. Dixie, of Faribault, has returned
from the Hot Springs, Arkansas, benefited
IN health bv two months sojourn at the
springs.
A gang of tramps last week took posses.
sion of an unoccupied building at Faribault
stole cook stove, wood, and chickens and
went to housekeeping. The police broke up
the establishment.
Mary Mention, the Shieldsvilie, Rice coun.
ty, girl who was, over two weeks ago, terri.
ribly burned by her clothes catching fire
from blazing brush heap, Tuesday last,
although three to five pounds of burned
flesh snd skin had come off her body, was in
such condition that hopes of her recovery
were entertained.
MARTIN COUNTY.
A tive-legged lamb was recently born or
the farm of Mr.. Longstreet, in Rolling
Green, Martin county. The odd leg is lust
back of the left fore leg, and we'll developed
In the flock of Mr.. Bottleson. of Lake Belt
same county, one lamb was born with thu
exact counterpart of dogs foot in place Of
a natural one on the left hind leg, while al
his this spring lambs are spotted in perfect
imitation of a dog that was the terror of thu
flock.
MURRAY COUNTY.
A town is to be laid out on the east side OF
Lime lake, in the south part of Murra,
county, for large colony, which is to be
named O'Brien, in honor of Dillon O'Brien
of St. Paul.
STEVENS COUNTY
Miss Lyman, of Raymond, Stearns coun
ty, engaged to be married to a young mar
of her neighborhood, was employed a.
housekeeper by Joseph Peacock, widower
who made love to her with such success thai
she wrote to the young man breaking off thu
engagement. But her father interposed, eo
her home by trick, and kept her. The1
MIR. Peacock made out writ of habeas cor
pus, and MIR. Lyman produced his daughter
before court commissioner at Sauk Centre
At this point the young woman emphaticall,
declared she would not wed Mr.. Peacock
and the latter was compelled to abandon hi.
curious case.
wAsECA COUNTY.
Fled. Schultz, of St. Paul, the Wasecs
Herald says, delivered there last week Sun.
day, an interesting lecture (in Germany t.
large audience. His subject was, "Tht
Welfare of the Human Race
MORRISON COUNTY.
young. son of Allen Blanchard, of Twt
Rivers, Morrison county, driving cattle ant
using his fishpole for whip, swung the fish
hook through the eyelid of his elder brother
A surgical operation was required for tn,
removal of the hook, but fortunately the ev,
was not injured.
OLMsTED COUNTY
Gen. II. w. johnson, of St. Paul, is tt
deliver his lecture, ''War Memories q
Rochester, May 3.
The building for the second insane hos
pital, at Rochester, is to be ready for tn,
reception of patients next fall.
sweeping fatality among the hens ir
the vicinity of Rochester, is mentioned b,
the Post. One farmer lost all but five ou
OF nearly 300. The symptoms of the diseas,
are not marked. The birds are seen to b,
dropping, and in few hours are dead.
An elevator clerk at Rochester made
mistake of ten bushels against the elevate
in giving wheat ticket to A. Dutton
farmer: Mr.. Dutton discovered the erro
when his ticket was paid, and had it cor
rected. This the Record d. Union notes a
an instance of old-fashioned honesty. It i
in contrast with the usual run of items abou
altering wheat tickets.
A medical student forwarded parts of
human body from Chicago to an acquaint
ance near Genoa, Olmsted county, to kee1
for him until he arrived there. The studen
not coming as soon as expected, his frien,
hired boy to bury it, and the boy, to say
labor, threw it into creek, from which waite
is taken by many families for househol
uses. The explanation relieved the peop}
of the neighborhood of fears that murde
had been committed, but all the waters Q
the creek cannot wash away their disgust a
its pollution.
= LEsUEUR COUNTY.
Charles Haverland, from St. Paul, ha
taken charge of the Glen Touring mill nea
LIE Sueur.
FREEBORN COUNTY.
A rowing association has been organize
at Albert Lea, its first boat being fou
cared shell bought from the Minnesota cIu
; of st. Paul.
. wAToSwON COUNTY.
"Watonwan county has no funded debt,
is a standing announcement in large blac
type, in the Madelia Times.
MILE LAC COUNTY.
The barn of George James, at Princeto,
!, was destroyed by fire last week. Two cow
e three yearlings, and span of horses an
y harness were burned. Mr.. James is a po<
t man who had worked hard to accumula,
t what he did have.
a The Princeton Union says the man HUI
e gins, of Grcenbush, that county, whose bo
c Frank, (picked up by the police at Minn'
!. apolis.) says his father would not let hi,
/ live with him, is reported very eccentr
. individual, but not one SO heartless as I
:, turn his own child out of house and home.
= COTTONWOOD COUNTY.
!, A teachers institute is in session ut Wi,
- dom, to continue through next week.
BECKER COUNTY.
, There were 481 entries of public lands
D. the Detriot land Office in the quarter endin
!. March 3lst, embracing SO, $40 acres of Ian,
) "Dutch Frank" leaving Detroit to becom
q healty, happy Deutsche granger down j
s Becker county, extended his hands to h
t friends and said, "Vell, of; I dvn'd com