The Worthington advance., 1879-10-09


family to Avoca next Monday.
Mrs. Browbcnder has returned from
a visit to Mallkato.
Mrs: Wegan WAS very sick this week
but is better now.
WESISIDE.
a LIVELY PRAIRIE FIRE.
The westboulid train OIL Friday last
fired the prairie ol, my land. The wind
was blowing hard from the southwest
and fire was soon under full heaGway,
1t burned about 20 tnns of hay for me
and one stack for l.. G. Long. I have
seen Il good many prairie fires but never
SAW one E't travelled us fast us this fire
came toward l.. G. Longs house, stable,
gHnery and grove of timber. ltjust
about ruined his grove. Mr.. Long was
from home 1T the time, but his wife
and daughter showed great presence of
milr. They got ~ pail of water and
some bags and whipped the fire out 6
feet from tt t Eouse and then went to
the stable and granery and saved 10y
one rod.
| [ think the railroad should make
them Il pre- sent, for Mr.. Long had
tlrcs''ed his crop and had l 200 bushels
Of grain Oh hand. It this had burned
the railroad company would have been
liable for the damage Paul Voight-
! lander saw the fire, and with four men
in Il wagon, put whip to the horses but
| the fire beat them in the race.
r. SIMMONS.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONTENTION
The First Annual Convention of The
Mobiles County :. s. Association was
held i'll Wnrti'ington on Friday, Satur-
day and Sunday, Oct. 81, 4th, and 5th.
The opening session, il service of
praise, WAS held on Friday evening.
Geo. j. Dty spoke in behalf Of Gods
love. Rev. g. W. Hanna, What this
Love is t" the world. Rev. d. X. Mil
lard, Manifested in the gift of Il Saviour.
ID. t.. Holmes, The effects of that Gift
to the world, ''Whosoeyer that beliey-
eth''
Saturday morning session in the Con-
gr'gatio''al church. The County Sec
retary being absent Il. G. Robinson
gave q report Of the Sunday Schools of
The county; so far us intelligence had
been received. At 10, the topic, The re-
lation Of Sunday School to the church
was discussed by Rev. G. W. Hanna,
D. G. holmes, Dr. Clippenger and II.
Plant. The Dignity, Responsibility
and Reward Of the S. s. teachers work,
was then taken up and remarks were
made by Clippcngcr, Deacon Smith,
Hanna, and others. Communications
from the several schools Of the county
were received at IL A. NJ. The Con-
vent;"n then listened to paper entitled:
ftl;hi)lrof the Home to the $. S.
y bountiful rcpast was served at 1P.
NJ. hy the ladies Of the churches in
| Wo:t''ington to the delegates and
| friends from abroad.
At , =. N. the convention met in the
! VI. r.. Church and was called to order
| by the President, n. l.. Runyon. Dur
| ing the afternoon the convention listen
ed to \. &. Robinson and others O., the
Best meth"'s Of conducting S. s.
Geo. J. Day opened the following dis
cnssioh; The Bible Class and how to
teach it. The lesson for the following
Sunday was taught by II. Plant Of Min
neapolis. Illustrations by black board
and how they would he serviceable in
the :. :. Rev. G. W. Hanna. Prof.
Martin read a paper on The especial
need OF the $. s. Of to-day.
| The evening session was held in the
Congr gational Churc''. Rev. ". NJ
Bear opened the following theme; How
shall the sunday School be made more
effective. The topic; The Sunday
Scholar WAS opened by II. Plant. d.
G. Hol n"s discussed the theme, How
can the ). 5. be made more attractive
to young men. The session was closed
by ~ word Of Good Cheer from the Pres
!
The services Sabbath morning were
held in the Presbyterian Church. open-
ed by IL service Of praise ut 8 O'Clock fol-
lowed by addresses from Rev. W. NJ.
Bear, Rev. d. K. Millard and Rev. G.
". Hanna. A Bible reading was then
given hy II Plant. after which he con-
Quoted Union Sunday School.
At 3 Z. N. clildrens and young
peoi''> ,, meeting was held in the NJ. E.
Church. conducted by DR., Barber, fol-
lowed by Bible reading OH the book of
Hebrews 10y H. Plant.
Ihe closing session was held in the
evening at the Cnngn church. Rev. G.
". Hanna concluded u service ofpraise.
after which II. Plant gave a Bible read,
ing upon The Active Christian. The
convention closed by singing, stSlall
we gather 1T the River.''
711f6t PAUL RASsENGE1e THROWN
FROM THE TIA CK
The south bound st. Paul passenger
when three miles north Of Shakopee at
| about o'cl"ck Friday evening ran on a
| broken rail. Tic engine and bagrare
! and mail cars passed over in safety. bit
two coaches and the sleeper were
thrown from the track. About half a
dozen passengers were bruised NJ some.
what, but no one WAS seriously injured.
Perhaps the most ilnrt were Mrs. A. B.
Curry and her-son- Harry of this city.
Mrs: Curry was painfully bruised about
the head and shoulders, and Harry had
several teeth broken and his lip badly
cut They were in the sleeper and were
ChroWl, about twelve feet. The passen-
car and taken into Shakopee. where a
passenger coach was obtained, and the