The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-02-20
MINNESOTA NEWS.

I - ~" oONAs uoVhc 10 10 D6 erected &E (thAn
wood the present year. ;rao.,
depot is soon to be established in VerndLe.
on the Northern Pacific.
Hattie Correl has been appointed postm .st-
ress at Plainview, Wabashaw county.
| number of lumber camps in the State are
breaking up on account of the lack of SNOW.
| The village council of Redwood Falls have
resolved TO grant no liquor licenses for the en-
suing year.
petition is being circulated. asking tho
Legislature to unite the counties Of Cas- And
Crow Wing.
The sale of railroad tickets at the depot in
Hastings during the month of Jann.rv.
amounted to 81 ,503.68.
The dry goods house of A. G. Ander.on. Of
Kasson, succumbed to the preaanre of tho
| times last week, and was closed.
Numerous deaths are reported among the cat
tie IN Rice county. The fatality is believed by
| many to be due to wire binding.
II. Schmidt was thrown from his huooy in
Owatonna, the other day, and severely bruised.
one OF his arms being disabled.
Large quantities of fsh have died this win
ter in Indian lake, near Mankato. There arc
different theories as to the cause.
Persons cutting ice from lakes OF rivers are
required by law to place a fence around the
holes' t" guard against accidents.
Ashbury Newman, harness maker of Sank
haplos' has been adjudged insane, and has
been taken to the hospital At st. Peter.
Snow is noted by the State papers a. h.v;n.
fallen in different localities recently from one
long. ''"'
ID. nj. Atkins, of the Hherburne comfy
Std1, has sold his interest to his partner. Arthur
N. Dale, by whom the paper will in future be
conducted.
Malcom Clark, of the town of St, Charles.
Wiaoaa non county, will be entitled to about
@l'zO0 pension arrearages by the new Congress
sional pension bill.
ty, was slosed by the sheriff last week. Slow
collections and hard times proved too much for
the storekeeper.
About 100 car loads Of stone is to be used by
the railroad company in riprappiDg the trestle
work opposite Hastings. The stone ia prc-
duced at Red Wing,
George Bailey, of Elk River, while loeeiug.
by the slipping Of a handspike, had the whole
weight OF log brought down upon his shuul-
der, crushing it badly:
The small boy, son of Mr.. Morlock, of Jor
dan, Scott county, whose eye was injured by
piece of guu-cap which he placed on q stove
and struck with a hatchet, has lost the sight of
the eye.
confidence man in Marston, Dakota
county, spent about a week ''boarding roupd''
negotiating to buy farm, and finally swindled
farmer out of twenty dollar bill and de-
camped.
The project of building curt house in Mar
tin county, is strongly agitated, and there is a
growing sentiment in favor Of bonding the
county to the amount of $l0, ,OCO or $l2,O60 for
that purpose.
Gould's drug store in Fairmont has been
closed by Mr: Hewett, of Winnebago City,
who held $500 mortgage given by Mr..
Gould to the Bank Of Fairmont on the stock of
drugs, etc.
Wesley Wright, of Wrightstown, has for his
winter work thus far, cut and cleared, ready
for the plow, three acres. Many others are
b9si!y employed in cutting timber and clearing
off the land.
iphtheria Of fatally malignant type is
still raging in Castle Rock, Dakota county, and
vicinity. Mrs. Wheeler who attended Mr..
Slocum's children when sick of it, took tho
disease and died.
DR.. Gates amputated four fingers from the
hand of Mr.. Wallace Hemphill, of Winnebsgo
Valley. Mr. Hemphill froze bis fingers very
badly New Years night, and after futile efforts
to heal them amputation waa found necessary
Mrs. c. H. Plummer, of Wabasha, while lift
ing some articles on the tea table suffered the
fracture of an arm. A year ago her collar bone
was broken by some triling wrench. The doc
tor states that this extreme brittleness of her
bones is due to excess of phosphate of lime
Ferdinand Menka, German, aged So years,
resident of Clifford, Wabashaw county, COM
mitted suicide the other day, by blowing off
the top Of his head with an old iron bound
musket. Temporary insanity, caused by ILL
ness, ia alleged a. the cause.
John McC0mbe, married man, had an alter
cation the other day with Mrs. D. Jones, of St.
Charles an honest, hard-working woman, whose
daughter he had seduced, and during the con-
troversy he drew revolver, for which he was
arrested and taken before q justice and fined
$50.
The Hokah Blade learns that work will be
commenced on the Southern Minnesota rail-
way extension as soon as spring opens, and the
road pushed on towards the Missouri river
Upon the same subject the Lsnesboro Journal
says: 1T is said the Southern Minnesota will
be extended l4O miles next season.
Princeton Union: The brother of Hattie
Stanley informs us that he saw his sister re-
Gently, and he thought she would gladly return
home if she was not afraid to do 80. The fool
ish girl has had I'LL her romantic ideas about
life in = wigwam with an Indian lover dispclletl
by this time.
The New York canal board has fixed toll on
West bound freight a one-quarter of mill per
thousand pounds to the mile, and on East
bound freight one-half mill. On coal, iron.
y
thousand pounds per mile, east or west. The
free list will be continued.
Currie Pioneer, Feb 6: On Saturday last the
residence of 8. q. johnson, in Lime Lake. was
destroyed by fire with all its contents. Mr..
and Mrs. johnson were absent from the house.
the latter only temporarily, when it supposed
the fire originated from sparks from hay which
they were using for fuel.
The prospect of erecting Touring mill at
r~vk~p l-s
ated somewhat. In reference to this the st.
James Journal says: A Touring mill in St.
James would enable farmers to get from four
to six cents per bushel more for their wheat
than they now receive. At the Rapidan m,lls
this il the case, the owners paying An advance
of several cents over and above the price offered
by shippers.
The sauk Rapids Press gives an account of =
row that occurred in the town Of Mavwood.
Benton county, instigated mainly by the royal
presence of King Alcohol. The bridegroom
threw a stone at one of the party, and missing
bis mark, hit his father, an old man, on the
head, telling him to the ground, and rendering
him unconscious for time. At last accounts
the old gentleman was in = critical condition.
Lamberton Commercial: One day last week,
while William French and AL. Small were down
on the Big Cottonwood river trapping, they
came to a ripple or opening in the stream not
yet frozen over, where they scooped out sixty
one bass within a few minutes time. They
threw the fish ON the ice and they froze solid,
but on taking them home they placed them in
warm water, and when thawed, they came to
life again, breathing ~ natural ~ ever.
A young man named Rounds shot himself
fatally near Little Falls, Morrison county. He
was from the East and was living in the fam
lily of his brother. Having some words with
his sister-in-law he took = gun and placing the
butt against the barn and the muzzle at his
heart, he pulled the trigger by means of stick
and was dead in an instant. When found his
clothes were burning and the barn was in i'm
minent danger of taking fire.
A few days since Madts Madison, of Houston,
Freeborn county, hung himself In his harm.
He had had some financial embarassmeuts and
had been sick, his sickness alleged to have been
caused by poison administered by his wife.
He had been married 10 years aud had no
children. The testimony produced at the cor
oner's inquest satisfed the jury that Mn.
Madison had administered poison to her hus-
hand. and she was arrested and put in Jail, but
bailed out by her brother. The stomach Of the
deceased il to be anylixed.