The Worthington advance., 1879-04-17
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MINNESOTA NEWS

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MINNESOTA NEws.' ii'i>'o l!:~
..;sss2si2 Sss %S%Rs prevail in Cannon R.'' IT,
spring md .aans; bird. ., .re now !, .ss ils,,'
the air with music: ~ f:;.:T'.r4 =. u,,II
Lewis E. Wilson, resident OF Faribatit,
since 1856, died recently. - - ~ y.;,1a
The first raft passed through the, railroad iii
bridge at Winona April 9Th. '!.' 2i!"'
The population of GAINESVILLE, Wasaoe =,
county, is, claimed to be. 200. y,
The Iberia, Brown county, school housa.
recently destroyed by fire, is to be rebuilt ~.
The Episcopal church edifioe at Shak,o,pleste ( ,
is to be enlarged and another: tier of 'seats |
added. j. ..n;'.: !: 20 -',rYjj.!..,
Diphtheria is raging in Oakland, Mower
county. -Four cases are reported in ,ons.,
family. ''''e.s; ~
Tramps abound in Mani.to; !; and dd:il'thhs' Ii lis
villages aud towns generally throug ughoutsths
State. -: I;,.0.,.-a t,;;,
The Austin papers of April 10 report wild +
geese still flying in large numbers in north
westerly direction. -
The citizens of Ruahford, Fillmore coun.
ty, at the late election decided: in favor of i.
license by % majority. .r... ,.,,.:
Spring Valley having tried s1no lceuse''
for two years, has this year voted 'slicenss''
by nearly four to one. !f :" !
A new and larger bell has been purchased
for the steeple Of the Episcopal church in
Litchfeld, Meeker county. ,.,a..
A. DeLacy Wood is about to start q new
paper at Breckenridge, Wilkin county, to be
called the Northeastern Press. Ia
A license to sell liquor in the village Of
Candy, Brown county, costs $500. Three
licenses have already been taken out.
Mrs. Catherine Mcintyre, of Clitherall,
Otter Tail county, has been adjudged insane,
and ordered to be taken to the insane asylum
at St. Peter. =,
A. M. Mueller, who has been absent alb out
year visiting his old dhome-Germany, re-
turned to his residence in Faribauit last
week. His family accompanied him on his
visit to father-land. ,..
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. E. Black, of Fergus
Falls, have suffered another severe bereave-
ment in the death of second child. >
Nineteen insane patients at st. Peter, be-.
Il.
moved to the insane asylum at Yankton.
A new bell has been put in the tower OF
the school house at Herman-weight 200
pounds-oost $62, gift from Gen. T.. H..
Barrett. -.
Jordan Adoocate:: The walls of the new
mill are rapidly growing skyward, as large 8
force Of men being employed as can be
worked. y,
Women attended the polls at the late vii
lage election in GAINESVILLE, Waseca county,
and in considerable numbers voted for men,
bers of the school board. There was 81 ma
jority against license. ''iF.
A man named johnson was found in his
hay NOW in Belle Creek, Goodhue county,
on the morning of April 9th with his throat
cut. There is no doubt that it is a case of
suicide. Cause unknown.
Near Long Prairie, Todd county, two
teams were racing-each wagon containing
three or four men-the horses ran away, the
vehicles were upset, and two of the men
very seriously, probably fatally, injured. .
The Mankato Presbytery, embracing in its;
boundaries southwestern Minnesota and
Dakota Territory, and numbering about
fifty ministers, will hold its spring session
\
The country papers of the State speak
generally of the present days being very
busily employed everywhere by the farmers
in seeding. Many have already finished, and
others are drawing this branch of their work
to close.
Wabashaw Herald: We are happy to
state that Mrs. G. B. Lewis. from whom
cancer weighing about three pounds was cut
two weeks since, is SO far recovered as to be
about her room, with good prospects of full
recovery.
The lost child in Ellington, Otter Tail
county, of which mention has heretofore
been made, has not been found, and the con- !
clnsion is that it has doubtless perished--l
perhaps been destroyed by wolves or other
wild animals.
The postofice at Litchfeld is entitled to
be taken out of the fourth and placed in the
third class. The receipts during the last ;
four quarters exceeded $1,000. A third
class postoffice entities the postmaster to Q
salary of $1,000. ~
Some careless shooter of ducks on Little
Cannon bottoms sent bullet whizzing over
the head of George Mckenzie, who was
standing in his door yard, and passed through
the side of his, house, and dropped on the
floor of one of the rooms.
small house owned and occupied by
Gustof johnson, in St. Peter, was destroyed
by fire last week. The first they knew Of
the fire was when it had burned throus b the
ceiling. MIR. Johnson's mother was some
what burned before making her escape.
The other day as Mrs. O. F. Hayes, OF
Hastings, returned home from buggy-ride
she discovered the wood shed on fire. The
timely discovery prevented destructive
conaagration. An incendiary set the fire.
A tramp who was at the house in the morn
ing is suspected.
New Ulm Rerieu: The Winona T. St.
Peter railroad is taxed to its utmost capacity
in moving the freight destined for stations
along their road. Every regular has all the
cars attached that the engine can possibly
pull, and still the company is compelled to
run from one to two extra trains each day..
The Methodist church in GAINESVILLE, Wa
SEGA county, narrowly escaped destruction by
fire Last week. Some evil disposed person
had obstructed the air passages to the furnace
beneath the floor, thereby confning the heat,
which was so intense as to set the floor on!
fire. A timely discovery prevented . oon1a-
grafton. r.. ..
Stephen Glrard's Tactics.