The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-12-09

sz 1GInHn sorA NEWS 81:
Iroa hsidss axe sooe to Is erected 4 keayoa
and Pine Island. .s: s,S.szss =: :.s es :.#
An iron bridge has beea completed over the
Zumbto q 7WanamiDgo. 3D. f.. -.
Nearly Ill ths grain In Cottonwood township
and that vicinity hes been thssshed. 81. :.
Tho receipts st tba recently hsld Catholic
church fair In L. 8ueur Melted about Oh. 800.
6ome thirty or forty men were hired in North.
aeld laas week to 60 into tho Wisoonsin PIN
cries.
Agrsst many horses in tho vicinity of Win
nsbago Oty are reported to be affected with
the epizootio.
Last week Mn. snalley. of Pleasant Grove,
tillmsge oounty. by fall on tho loo had three
ribs broken.
Carvee, Carver oounty,is looming up - IN im-
portant pork market. There are several heavy
buyers there.
Tho AiMissippi il 70 solidly bridged With loo
that farmers are crossing with loads of wood
and farm produce.
Two prisonen in jail st 81. Peter escaped
last week by saving off iron bars to window.
They are atill at large.
The New Ulm Revieso says tho spisootio bas
taken hold OF the greater number Of horses in
that town, but in mild form.
his pocketbook containing about e85, proba-
bly, At the City mills in jordan.
It il Estimated by machine wheat threshern
that at least one-fourth of the wheat crop of
Nicollet county IL yet in tho stack.
1t il reported that on the morning of Thanks
giving day, Nov. Is. tho Thermometer at Bauk
Rapids registered So degrees below zero.
Tho burning of the grist and saw mills of
Austin & Worden ct miunesots Falls il be.
lieved to have been ito work of IN inoendisry.
Last week . carpeute: by tho nsme of Yer
non fell from the roof of . house in Jordan,
Fillmore county, and bad one of his hips dis
located.
Miss Rose II. Doyle, one of the teachers in
the public school at st. Peter, slipped and fell
on the Toe the other day and broke ono of her
arms in two places.
The Baptist church in Lake City il without q
pastor and looking ont for . shepherd TO lead
them. The church IL said to be in . healthy
condition and abundantIy able to support .
rector.
The l.die: of tho N. e. church in Detroit,
ton to purchase IN organ for tho church. They
have already got nearly enough to accomplish
their object.
The merchants of Lanesboro. Fillmore ooun-
ty, arc reported to be doing . thriving busi-
ness. The cash receipts Of one of them last
week amounted to $4,000. This indicates that
tho farmers and community generally are pros
porous.
In West Newton, Nioollet county, last week,
was found . human skeleton. It Wa lyiue
face downward-no flesh ON the bones-but .
hickory shirt over tho body, we'll preserved
It is believed to be the body of Billy James,
who has been missing since last June.
Last Thanksgiving day was the coolest ex-
perienced in Minnesota for the last seven years.
John stearns. of Red Wing. who has kept .
record Tor years, says tho mercury reached the
Thanksgiving. that it did seven years ago.
The Red River Free Press says tho d,outh of
wood uoon the prairie districts along the line
of the st. Paul, Minneapolis l. ManiIoba rail-
road, has been keenly felt during the past
cold weather. but the company came nobly to
the assistance of the people, who are thus
saved from suffering.
much of = holiday in Jordan. All of the bust
ness houses were open a usual and trade ap-
peared to be about an average. People came
in from the country and bought their groceries.
a is their custom, and tho streets did not in.
dictate any particular change in the days pro-
Rramme.
The new Congregational church in Lake
Qlty IL rapidly advancing to complete finish.
J. G. Doughty put tho new furnace into it last
week. The seats and the glass are still behind
time in arriving. There are number of things
yet to be purchased, in addition to these, and
it will probably be the middle of January be-
fore the new edifce is dedicated.
The twenty fifth annual meeting of the Rice
County Bible society was held il Faribault
president, r. 4. Mott; vice president, Prof. h.
A. Pratt; secretary. Lyman B. Smith; treasurer,
+. N. Lesvens; librarian, F. 8. Wilson; execu
tive committee, Rev. r. Forbes. Rev. E. g.
Sanders and Rev. T. @. Northcott.
Lake City Leader, November 80: On Satur.
day Last, a. Andrew Boss, of Clifford, was going
home from this city, the bolt that couples the
dropped to the ground, frightening tho team.
mr. Boss held on to the lines and was dragged
over the dashboard out of the wagon. In the
fall his right shoulder was badly bruised and
bis right hip was broken.
The Rush City, Chicago county, Post. on
nounces . lively trade in VOID, saying 1.-THE
wood dealers are the busiest men out lust at
present, and the one who gets tho wood is the
smartest.' They are making all the contracts
possible at "a per cord, and the Rush Oity buy
ers all buying at the rate Of 500 to 1000 cords
daily. The prospect is, SO some of the buyers
claim, that dry maple will vet be worth 81. 50
per cord.
y, The winneb:go City, F.ribaa!t county,
penetrating winds of the week have been hard
on both man aud horse. A great many per-
sons are laid up with species Of epizootic. and
there is scarcely family but what has some
one afflicted with 1t. Sore throat is prevalent,
and there arc some cases of diphtheria reported,
but of very light form. It will pay we'll to be
extra careful for the present.
New Ulm Revic,o: Henry Mueller of Lafay..
cite township. Nicollet county, acroes the river
from this place, threshed about 5000 bushels
OF whe at and over l,500 bushels of oats q few
days ago. He raised about 1000 bushels of
Nam goth wheat which average about twenty
bushels to the acre. The wheat weighs sixty-
two pounds per bushel, struck measure and
without being cleaned after being taken from
the separator.
Long Prairie Todd county, Argus: Many
of our readers will remember Edward Mahoney
who WAS confined in the Jail At this place last
summer on account of insanity. After attempt
ing to have him cared for in the county, with
ont success, the commissioners had him taken
to the hospital at st. Peter. He occupied
apartments directly over that part of the base
ment where the recent fire broke out, and il
supposed to have been tho irst poor victim to
suocumb to the raging element. He was par
TALLY para1yzed and could not have esoaped
without assistance. He was probably one of
the number whose hand full of ashes was
buried recently.
The Sank Rapids Sentinel reports that "a
Joseph SCHNEIDER, of st. Cloud, was going out
to Gilmsnton for . load of wood, one of his
horses stepped into . rut in the road near
Mayhem creek, and in attempting to free itself
fell aud broke q leg. Mr. SCHNEIDER did not