Daily globe., 1879-01-25
SALTWATER NEWS.

G. w. Bartlett, who has been suspected
for some time of petty thieving, was arrest
ed yesterday, charged with stealing meer-
schaum pipe about the first Of December,
from Jerry Brown.
Ed. Stewart, down from Namakogin, re-
ports eighS inches of snow in that vicinity,
and the different crews doing good work.
MIR. Stewart up to date has over 100000
feet of logs banked.
The committee of seventeen will meet
each evening at the council rooms until the
report of all the sub-committees are acted
| on, when the reports with the recommended
| tions of the general committee will be SUBJ
mitted to the council for their approval.
There was large attendance Thursday
evening upon the occasion of the dedication
of the Y. M. @. A. building. Addresses
were delivered by Thos. Cochran Jr., and
D. r. Noyes Jr., and E. A. Holdridge, of St.
Paul, and Maj. Edward, of Saltwater. The
report of the treasurer showed the cost of
the building to be $500, of which all but
$34.9O had been paid, and tho amount was
promptly supplied at the meeting.
DEATH Of Major Tan Vor1tes.
Died yesterday, at 4 p. NJ, Mai. A. Van
Vorhes, at the ripe old age of IS years. The
funeral takes place Sunday at O'Clock.
Members of St. Johns lodge, No. l, are re-
quested to be at the lodge rooms at 1890.
Maj. Van Worries was one of Stilwater's
Oldest and most respected citizens. He was
born in Washington county, Pa, ON the Sd
of December, 1894. He moved to Athens
O., in 1882, where he published a newspaper
several years. In 1910 he was elected to the
lower house of the Ohio legislature, and af-
terwards to the Senate, in which he served
four terms. He was county treasurer of Athens
county one term, and county surveyor for
six years. In October, lS49, he came to
saltwater, having been appointed by Presi-
dent Taylor register of the first land Office
in the territory. In 1854 he was appointed
by Gov. Ramsey territorial auditor. In
1856 be served one term in the territorial
legislature. In 1860 Gov. Ramsey appoint
ed him commissioner to locate the capitol
lands and the balance of the Minnesota uni
versity lands appropriated by Congress, To-
county surveyor of this county, holding the
office for twelve consecutive years.
Maj. Van Vorhes was a self-educated man,
months, but such was his thirst for knowl-
edge that he early acquired a love for scien-
5ifc pursuits in which he in time became ex-
tremely we'll versed.
Maj Van Worries was married in Pennsyl-
vania in 1917 to Mary W. Vorhees, by whom
he had eight children, five of whom
are living. His second son, An
drew Jackson, who died in Jan
nary, 1872, established the Saltwater
Messenger in 1856, and conducted it until
1862, when he Went into the army, acting as
captain and quartersnastsr. His youngest
son, Henry O., is in business in this city, aud
a daught:r is the wife of H. D. Cutler, ESQ
In the death of Major Van Vorhes tie
connecting the Saltwater of to-day with the
Saltwater of early days has been broken,
with all the associations and friendships con-
nected Herewith. His life has been a part
OF Saltwater, his name finding place on al
most every page of its history, the memory
Of which will long be cherished by the peo-
pie among whom he has lived 50 long and
honorably.