The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-02-05

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press are unusually complimentary of
this company, and we suppose they will
give our people quite Il treat.
There are upwards Of 5000 head of
cattle and $1,000 head Of sheep III Mar
TIN county, and they are Il sure source
OF WealCh and Observation-Disclosures Co.
Sentinel.
Well, the young county Of Mobiles is
not far behind You i'll sheep.
1t strikes us that society matters are
sadly neglected in Sheldon. We need
more social gatherings, u more frequent
and universal cultivation of society in
terests generally Sheldon Mail.
Try the church social. That il what
Worthlngton runs to. OF course the
worlds people" will occasionally get
up dance, but they do so at the peril
Of their soleS.
Elsewhere we publish the prospectus
Of the st. Paul Puncer-Press. We
gave our opinion Of the Pioneer Press
at the time Of the big Holiday number
and need not repeat now. The fact is,
it is Il necessity, like fuel, flour or any
other staple article essential to exis-
tence in the Northwest. 1t used to he
said in New York, tive have not read
the news until we have read the Her.
AID" In the Northwest we have not
read the news until we have read the
p. y.
n. s. Lindsay has sold the Worthing-
ton Journal to Rev. J. e. Ogle. Now
Miller has u ''foeman worthy of his
steel. Esprit Lake Beacon.
That depends upon whether Ogle
backslides or not. If he should back
slide, it might be lively for time, but
while lie remains II meek and gentle
reverend" there won't be mo fun.'
The trial of the contested election ca
ses began here yesterday with Judge
Cox OIL the bench. Senator Castle, of
Saltwater, assists Attorney Clark, for
the respondents, and NJ. J. Severance,
Of Mankato, assists d. Rohrer for the
| contestants. Ex-Gov. Davis was ex-
pected to assist Messrs. Clark and Cas-
tie but owing to a fall which lie receiv-
ed he was not able to come.
The Pioneer-Press of Wednesday last
| contains poem entitled 1.-THE Army
of Types" by "A. p. Miller, of the Wor-
thington Advance. The poem is dedi-
cOted to the Minnesota Editorial Con-
vention, and is, as must be expected
from gentleman Of Mr.. Miller's abil-
ity, y production Of superior merit
Luverne Herald.
We called attention last week to the
Western Farmers Almanac, published
by Jno. p. Morton & Co.. Louisville,
KY. Among the articles of value we
notice further the following: The Ef-
fects of Fertilizers, Tobacco, Culture
of Pearl Millett, Small Fruits and Ber-
ny Growing, Our New Sugar Plants.-
Besides these there are about 20 pages
of recipes and items of practical use to
| farmers. Send ten cents and get copy.
The Martin County Sentinel contains
II list of persons in that village who
pay a personal property tax of over 81.
Day Il Billiard pay $7.ss. We suppose
bachelor Day pays half that. We Wor.
Ellington bachelors can beat you. Shep.
ard, the new Treasurer. pays $685.
school tax alone. Baker, tile clothier.
is down for $3.50 school tax, and the
ADVANCE man pays over $1,000 school
tax. A shame, isn't it?
Busy WEEK. Perkins, the
referee in the mandamus case, took
testimony on Tuesday. Yesterday the
trial of the contested election cases be.
gan. and tomorrow the County Com
missioners meet.