The Worthington advance., 1879-05-22
woRTH1NGro COUNTY,
MINNESOTA NEWS.

'' ";'':'*ii = MisNEsorA Milisris 1. NEWS. :
O"atonna has failed in hsr' artesian we'll
enfefpfise. :. ~! +, . e., Il ;-' t-'
Cramps are causing some Inconvenience
and uneasiness in Dundas.
Herman Herald: The measles are still
very prevalent in Breckenridge.
s- The semi,Waekly mail route between Lake
O'ty and Aazeppa has been resumed.
|. Tho late oopious rains and warm weather
nave sent vegetation forward With bound.
The people of Lake City are making ex-
tensive preparations to observe Decoration
Day. ~.
Over 100 acres of new wood Land has
Dundas
Work has been commenced on the new
German Methodist church edi6oe in Pepper
ton, Stevens county.
Judge A. @. Smith and wife, OF Litchfeh,
celebrated the fortieth anniversary Of their
marriage few days since. =.
=, The floors in E. Holmes elevator, in Car
var, gave way the other night. Nearly 80, ,OOO
bushels of wheat were in store at the time.
Last week G. G. Pineo, of Grand Meadow,
had bis stable struck by lightning and lost
four horses, one COW and all his farming i'm
plements.
The hardware store of Blair & Goodwin,
in Anoka, was struck by lightning the other
day. Three persona were severely shocked
by the coneussion.
Carl Anton Simondet, of Redwood Falls,
died few days since Of apoplexy. His
death was very sudden. He has been a
resident of Redwood county many years.
H. Burk, of Winnipeg, left st. Cloud last
week with one hundred head IF horses,
bound for the British possessions. He ex-
pecte1 to increase his drove to 200 before he
left tie State.
Andka City Herald: The stream of emf
grafton is pouring through our streets; never
has it been larger in the history of the coun-
try; every body seems to be acting upon the
advice "Go West.''
Benson (Swift county, Aduocute: Benson
has been full of covered wagons this week.
Many of item are farmers coming up 10
break upon their claims. Others are on
their way further west.
Little Falls Transcript: The other day
squaw carrying sack of flour weighing
ninety y-eight pounds left Little Falls in COM
pany with her "husband," who walked along
smoking his pipe as unooncerned as inno-
cenoe itself.
James Phipen, of Dundas, is lavinp the
foundation fol his new mill which will now
be pushed forward to completion. The
structure will be seventy feet in length and
two stories hifh. A large engine house will
faA erected NOM tho mill y,rov>nr
Morris (Stvens county, Tribune. May
Is: Settlers are yet arriving on every train,
and by team. Car and wagon loads of
household goods, droves of stock, and all
the attending paraphernalia of emigrating
families, fill every inch OF available space in
the depot and other buildings.
Wykotf Weekly: The latest matrimonial
freak is that of the two ladies' who are
welded to each other and who have gone to
housekeeping in Mrs. Metcalf's second story.
There is only one thing about the affair that
annoys US, and that is how we are to find
out which of the two is sthe man of the
house,
Sportsmen should bear in mind that it ia
lawful to kill game in Minnesota only as fol-
lows: Woodcock, July 4 to Nov. prairie
chicken, Aug. Is to Oct. l j; quail or part
ridge, Sept. to Dec. aquatic fowl, Sept.
l to May Is; elk, deer, etc., Nov. l to Dec.
Is brook trout, April to Oct. /.
Henderson (Sibley county, Indepentleat,
May 10: During the rain storm on Friday
night last the barn of Frederick Draves-
kracht, of Kelso, was struck by lightning
and two of his horses killed and third
badly stunned. If the barn had taken fire
the loss would have been greater, as it con-
tanned thirteen head of horses and colts at
the time.
Mr.. Albert Locke, of Donnelly, met with
quite serious accident last week while at-
tempting to draw ball from rifle. It ap-
pears that he first worked-as he thought -
all the charge of powder out of the gun,
then took red hot iron and inserted it in
the barrel intending to melt the ball. The
gun burst and drove large silver into his
hand, making serious wound. The acci-
dent is the more serious as Mr.. Locke is q
one armed man, and this renders him tenn
porasily helpless.
Litchfeld Ledger: During the
storm and high wind last Friday night, thu
house of Mr.. Martin Spellacy, in the town
of Greenleaf, was moved some little distance
by the wind. MIR. Spellacy was somew = at in
jured. He was about going down cellar for
something when the house moved, and his
legs were caught under the sill. He was COM
PEELED to remain in that position until the
floor could be sawed out sufficiently to let
him loose. Surely that was a close call for
serious accident.
A terrible rain storm, followed by heavy
fall of hail, passed over Montevideo and that
section, the latter part of last week. The
hail covered the ground, and ranged from
one to two inches in diameter. The large
agricultural warehouse Ct p. H. Nettlstoa
& Co., was laid fiat on the ground. Bart
let's hotel was moved six feet from its found
alton and badly wrenched. The Methodist
church also suffered considerable damage.
From reports from the surrounding country
it appears that large amount of window
glass was broken by the hail stones.
"When mule weeps, does he shed