The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-10-16
MlNN ESUrA STATE NEWS.
Steele County.

| Steele County.
| Owatonna Review, Oct. 4: Sunday last
Mr.. Andrew Anderson, who lives in the
south part Of Havana, was told that four
stacks Of wheat on another place had
been burned. Investigation showed that
the cause of the fire was the burning of q
straw pile in a neighboring field, from
which the fire had run In the stubble
across forty acre lot and ignited his
wheat. The grain was not insured.
| Dakota County.
1t is reported that the wheat receipts
in Hastings for the last two weeks have
averaged 10000 bushels day.
Hastings New Era: Sheriff Newton
and posse sttempted few evenings
since, to capture the bully and desperate,
John Dougherty, Of Meisville. The force
| proceeded to Deugherty's neighborhood
and searched fifteen or more houses, in
one OF which he was supposed to be Sc
creted. But, the fellow could not be
found, and the people would. give no I'M
formation regarding his whereabouts,
| as they dread his vengeance.
Geodhue County.
The house of W. s. Weatherston of
Warsaw, Goodhue county, was destroyed
by fire the other day with most of its
contents. Insured for $500.
Blue Earth County.
William Gale, of Mapleton, had the
ends Of his fingers bitten off by mad
sow the other day. He was putting
rings into her snout to prevent her from
roofing but accidently put his hand in
her mouth.
Mapleton blue Earth county, Messen-
ger, Oct, 4: Mr.. Bowman was again the
victim Of a fire last Wednesday. No
more than year ago Mr.. Bowman's
three children perished In the flames.
This time he lost eleven stacks of grain
and large amount Of hay.
Wabasha County.
The October settlement statement O
Wabashaw county shows that $118,181.
u as paid for taxes the current year,
against $129, ,426 Sc for 1873.
A collection was taken up on the first
Sabbath in October in the Catholic
church in Wabashaw for the relief Of
Archbishop Purcell, Of Cincinnati.
Some tast boys in Wabashaw handled
loaded 1evolvers rather carelessly on Sun
day Oct. 5. They undertook to practice
on an innocent Scandinavian named
Charles johnson. To carry out their
plans they got into quarrel with him,
and Aourished their pistols. One point
ed revolver at his head and told him
to march to a saloon and treat the crowd.
This he did. The smart and fast youths
who flour1shed their potent revolvers were
arrested. One was fined $25 and costs
or torty-ive days in prison, the other
was fined seventy dollars and costs or
sixty days days in prison. Both are in
jail.
Big Stone County.
At late session Of the county com.
missioners OF Big Stone county, three
towns were organized namely, Ortonville,
Custer and Big Stone. Elections will
soon be held for town officers.
Ortonvillc North Star Ortonville is
growing faster than any town in the
state; there are sixteen new buildings
under way here at the present writing
and more to go up soon.
At Ortonville, the other day Charles
Chamberlain, careless farmer, got bad
ly burned. The Big Stone county Her
aid says: In lighting his pipe by the
side of load of hay, the wind blew the
match into the hay and set it on fire,
and in trying to get the load of, in
order to save the wagon and rack, sus-
tanned some painful burns. The hay
rack was burned up and the wagon bad
ly damaged.
Lincoln County.
It is stated that town is to he laid
out in the neighborhood of the Southern
bend Of the Chicago Dakota railway,
several miles from Lake Benton, Lincoln
county, which will be named South Bend
At that point Van Dusen & Co. will erect
| an elevator.
Rice County.
A sneak thief the other day, stole
eight pounds of honey from the residence
Of Frank Anoyke, in Dundas.
Waseca County.
A dwelling house in Waseca, owned by
Peter Mills, was recently destroyed by
fire. Insured.
P. Callahan and Micheal Lanahan, of
cEccuo1u, W dSeC8 county,, HUI H1ty tOus
Of hay destroyed by fire last week.
6Mason & Earl, of Janesville, Wsseca
county, have already made 3, 500 fgallons
of excellent amber cane syrup and will
make 1900 more.
On recent night G. Keleher, Of St.
Mary, Waseca county, had four stacks of
four stacks of wheat and threshing ma
chine horse power burned up. Cause Of
the fire unknown. Fully insured.
Jackson County.
Sneak thieves are reported to be CON-
mitting many petty depredations in Jack