The Worthington advance., 1880-09-16

An. r. W. Hal, OF Spring Valley, at.
tempted self destruction the other dey b,
taking largo dose of morphine. She N.
| saved. The unfortunate woman promieet
not to do 10 any more.
A prisoner named O'Brien, Who had but
two days moro Of his sentence to serve In
tho Jail Of Stevens county, broke out Of thai
institution fow days since, and skippsd "a
parts unknown. No reward. All regard il
. good riddance.
Tho wife Of John Surple, of Spring Valley
was thrown from . wagon tho other dav bv
. frightened runaway team, and had thru
ribs broken. aud was otherwise very badly
injured. Her physician reports her - ver1
dangerously hurt.
Beaver Falls, (Renville county, Times .Sept
3: Last Saturday, at Bird Island, ,I1ehu Hinda
and Albert Brown got into Z political dis.
cushion, and % Ia often the case at such
times, words led to blows, resulting in NOR
| or less injury to MI. Brown, who vas struci
in the face with scythe stone and knocked
down.
The Anoka Union hss entered upon its six
| teenth volume.
Farmers in Scott county. Sept. 9. had begun
to cut their corn.
Wolves and dogs sre killing sheep in LIE
Sueur county.
The amber cane acreage of Le Sueur county
10 larger than ut any previous year.
Ira II. Carpenter has been appointed post-
master at Little Sank, Todd county.
The Lincoln Touring mill At Auoka has been
grinding new wheat for over two weeks.
John Daniels, of Norwood. Carver county.
lost an arm tho other day bya thresher acci.
dent.
II il A>A AA.A- =
aged to = considerable extent by the late rain.
in LIE Sueur county.
CASHIER DahlgEen. Carver county, the other
day was badly and it il feared fatally Injured
by beng run over by his team.
Recently Matthias Hoen of Benton, Carve,
county, fell from . load of wheat. recievinq
| Injuries which caused his DEATH
Two new postofices have been established in
Todd county. namely: Bertha. John O. Ris-
ton. postmaater. and Powell. George N. Hill
dreth, postmaster.
CHARLES Smith. Of Maine township, otte.
Tail county, the other day got one of his lees
into the wheel If his wagon and suffered com
poond fracture just above the knee.
Peter BroberR, of Waoonia. Carver county.
the other day, sliding down from 4 load OF
wheat was impAled on tho handle of pitch-
fork-condition cEitical--recovery doubtful.
Le 6ueur Sentinel The corn crop of this section
now safe from frosts, il one of the best grown
here for years. Tho dry weather OF tho first
three-quarters Of August matured tho crou
finely.
Joseph Bowling, while sinking = large
boulder on the farm Of Matt OufinR, in Hoop
ton, Dakota county, was so badly crushed
beneath the falling rock, that he died three
days after the accident.
The LIE Sueur Sentinel Of Beptember 9 a.vs
threshing wheat from the shock VA reAnme1
last Tee<, and although but little of the wheat
was sprouted, one grade has been lost bv ex.
posure to the continuous rains.
The citizens of Albert Lea are anxious to se
cure the location of the projected Presbyterian
college in that town. Tho prospects, seem
favorable, and liberal subscrip ptions On the
part Of the people seem only wanting to &C.
complish tho object.
The other day two men in a lumber wagon
undertook to cross tho Southern Minnesota rail
road near Dodd's orossing. ahead of m az.
proachinR freight train. Tho engine struck
them, killing one horse, smashing tho wagon to
splinters, and seriously injurine the men.
One day last week ~ Mike Cunniff, of Rose.
mount, Dakota county, was moving in his
cranberry patch. his scythe struck . mans
boot. Investigation discovered human skele-
ton. The body was judged to have been there
since last winter. Identification WA inn
possible and tho remains were buried without
an inquest.
Glencoe Register Sept. 9: On Monday last
Jessie Harmon. young man about 20 yean of
age, slid from the top of . wheat stack and
struck the handle of hoe resting perpendicu-
larry against the stack. The handle passed into
bis bowels and up to bis vitals terribly lacerat-
ing bis intestinal organs and lungs. he lived
until Wednesday morning, when death ended
his agony