The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-09-05
ADRIAN, MINNESOTA.

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July, the t:aok-layers on the Worth
ington Il Sioux Falls Railroad reached
the tanks Of the Kanaranzi. It was
midway between Worthington and
LuVerne. The site was ''beSutiful
for situation" The country surround
ing it was rich and inviting. From
the summit of the bluffs that bordered
the river the eye turned north, south,
east and west, over hill, prairie and
stream-a vision of beauty. ''What a
grand site for a new town." was the
exclamation of the leader. And it
was then and there decided, that a
town should be OIL the spot.
The truth of history cOmpels me to
say that the scared squaw's birth Ca
noe" was not frightened from the wa
ter of the kanaranzi by the 'tsluoking
and raving" of the iron horse, but it is
literally true that the city lots
"Were staked for sale,
Above old Indian graves"
But half score of years ago this had
been the home OF the red man, and you
can now count on the fingers of one
hand the years that have passed since
the first white man built his claim
slantyty on the banks Of the stream
that wanders through these prairies.
"A month after the town was located,
q boy, not yet Of age, heard of the new
town Oh the ''road.' Placing his house
on wheels, he dragged it YEARLY, with
his own oxen, seven miles across the
prairis, and thus ''crected'' the first
dwelling in Adrian. He found already
OIL the ground an en.erprising mer-
chant, with his boxes and bales Of
goods scattered over the grass, engag-
ed III building store. This was the
beginning of Adrian. To-day it is one
OF the ''prairie wonders" The streets
are broad and clean, and lined with
shade trees. a beautiful park Of six
acres, the gift of the railroad company,
has been planted with forest trees, and
Il school house has been built that
would be Il credit to any community.
1t is 2Sx3S feet in size, two stories in
height, with II feet ceilings, and fur
nished throughout with the latest i'm
proved school furniture, and is painted,
plastered and paid for. In IL few weeks
Il bell is to be added and the ground
enclosed and improved. How many
towns OF the size and age of Adrian
have such school buildings? Here is 4
people just entering OH the second year
OF their eXistance, who have cheerfully
paid fifteen hundred dollars toward
making a pleasant school home for
their children. 1t is a better invest
ment than Il dozen saloons or billiard
halls. This sclo.l-house. the park, the
neatly painted buildings Of the village,
the flowers that peep through the win
dows and nestle in the front yards,
tell Enthusiastically of the character Of
the people. One Of the first things the
people Of Adrian did. was to organize
IL Union Sunday School, aud establish
regular church services, and faithfully
have they maintained both.
Last season oyer 10000 bushels of
grain was shipped from this point.
b. is conjectured ut present, but they
will much exceed these figures. Thee
grade Of the wheat is generally dam
aged, hut the yield will be fully Zip to
| the lyerage.-CUr. Pioneer Press.
PETTY EOhGEHY:
On Saturday last, Il young man, ap-
parently about IS to 20 years of age,
presented an order at Lidgerwood' s
Dry Goods store, purporting to he CIV
! Ell by d. II. Jones, OF South Bend, for
$l3.45. lie claimed to have worked
for Mr.. Jones, but the order was 50
bunglingly drawn, and the signature
30 poor an imitation, that Mr.. Brown,
the cashier, refused to pay it, but sent
i messenger to Mr.. Jones to notify
him Of the matter. Soon after, the
some party presented ut the store of
Prael 4 DuRuisson an order upon
them for s.. Is. from the same gentle.
man, claiming that it was the amount
due from Mr.. Jones, for whom he had
worked. Mr. Jones had not been in
the habit Of dealing at this store, and
that ct led Mr.. DuRuisson to sus.
poet its genuincnesS, and comparing
it with Mr.. Joms's real signature at
the Citizens Bank, the forgery was
quite evident. That gentleman always
appents ''jr.' to his name, and this
was emitted. The attention Of the
chief OF police was called to the matter,
and he arrested the young man. Up.
Oh interrogating him lie first claimed
to be from st. Peter, and afterwards
to live 1T l.uVer'.e. lie WAS not SO
positive that Mr.. Jones had signed the
orders, but was quite confident lie had
given them to him. lie was taken be.
fore Justice Leonard, who committed
him to Jail, to answer to the charge OF
forgery.
1t afterwards was ascertained that a
similar order for S. Is had been presen.
ted at Mr.. Purdy's, and that gentle
man, assuming it to he i'll right, and
knowing Mr.. Jones to be perfectly re-
sponsible, casled it. The money was
found in the prisoners possession, and
is now in the hands of the sheriff.
lie also presented and had casl,ed ut
Meagher l. Busch's an order for S. Is.
After his arrest. and when pressed
by the chief of police, Anderson admit
ted the forgeries.
It see MS that he arrived here on Sat-
urday morning from the west, and
soon after made induiries rs to the
largest and most responsible farmers
in this vicinity. Henry Shaubut and
-. A. Jones were named and he made
further inquiries as to where they liy-
ed, and gained in this manner, gener.
III information us to these gentlemen
and their farms. Without visiting Ell
ther he wrote the orders.