The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-01-03
cooking, sensual excesses. of all kinds, il.
Drunkenness neglect ofthe. sick, the pref, I
erenoe of "con!jurors" to, physicians, and, .
5absence + OF proper precautions against con. !;
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llllt Minnesota News: items, d.

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, During the past year, there were man T.
9factured in Chaska 4,l50yoo0 brick. "A new .
Touring mill is to be built in the village of1
ting wood recently, was struck in the face BY.
a stick, and his eye seriously injured ':': ;>I'
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A daughter of Rudolph Miller, aged
about 13 years, met with q severe accident by
the discharge Of a shot gun, which her broth. .
er carelessly pointed at her in sport. Fifteen;
shots were lodged in her face, neck, breast
and arm, one passing very close TO the heart
and another Within Une Sixteenth Of All inch OF
the jugular vein.
On the 18th, at Williams store in Shell
don, William Phelps, aged II years. was fear,
fully burned about the face and head ana
of gunpowder. He entered small room ad
joining the store to get some apples in q bar
rel and in doing SO, upset can of gunpow-
der which exploded from the fire of cigar he
had in his mouth. The fronto the room was
blown away and the contents scattered around
Phelps face was so badly burned as to he al
most unrecognizable, but it is probable he
will recover his eye-sight. 49,.
MORRISON.
Samuel Muncy, of Swami River, aged
IS years, who few months ago with no other
acquaintance than that brought about
through brief correspondence by mail, mar
ried Chicago lady, has, it now seems, re-
his "bed and board, }" he gives notice that lie
will pay no debts Of her Contracting. $3.50
Wildcats, lynx, wolves, etc., are said
to be playing havoc again among the poultry
at the farm houses in the vicinity of Lake City.
Merrill Dwelle has had his peultry-ya pref
ty nearly cleaned out by the vermin Work
has been suspended on the Midland Narrow
gauge railroad on account. of the want OF funds.
BLUE EARTH. ~.
In accordance with the provisions Of
for the payment of rewards for the capture 'of
the Mortified bank robbers, Judge Dickinson
constituted referee to apportion said award,
on the 22d inst. made and filed his decision,
in which he awards $3.50 apiece to seven per-
sons to fourteen Others $56 .25 each; to twenty
five others $56.M each, and to eight others
the sum Of $15 each. The whole amount dis
tributed was s4,O63 so. . The formal dedica-
ton of the new Masonic Hall and the accom-
panying banquet by Mankato Commandery
Knights Templar, took place on the evening
of the 19th and brought together one of the
largest and most brilliant social gatherings
ever witnessed in Mankato.
SCOTT. ...
Be it known, on the 10th and Goth O
DcCCmOcT, 1911, "ln hdHlllLOnS teams were
plowing on his farm in Eagle Creek: and We
understand John McMullen is daily expecting
a new style of plows, made cxpresslyfor winter
plowing in Minnesota. How's that for a cold
ice-bound State.
FILLMORE
George Holmes and Loren Johnson, re-
siding near Chatfield, have been arrested and
fined $40, each for stealing hoop-poles from
the land Of w. A. Pease.
TODD.
The remains of Charles Hartung, who
was lost in the woods some time ago, has been
found near Partridge River. Search was
made for his gun, but it cound not be found.
49,. Madison Young has been appointed Post
master at Daylight in place of Hartwell Sill
yer.
Since harvest, Jacob Grasslc of Cas-
cade has shipped seven hundred head Of beef
cattle to Chicago. james II. Williams has
been appointed postmaster at Farm Hill -.
VIM. Somerville, of Rochester, while expert
menting with health lift, sustained such
injury in the region of the small of the back,
that he had to be carried home and put to bed ;
go. VIM. Buck, of High Forest, has sold in II,
Rochester one dozen hogs of the Poland China
breed, a little over one year DID, which, when
dressed, weighed over 4, 100 pounds, or an
average of about $50 pounds each. "A good
deal of plOwing has been done the past few
weeks. Lewis Smith has been convicted of
stealing an overcoat from the Broadway
House, in Rochester, and sentenced to forty
days. imprisonm ent, in default of SIS fine and
costs.