The Worthington advance., 1881-08-25
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Jas. Farnham and wife, from Sauk,
Wis, have been visiting y. Shell, who
is Mrs. Farnllam's brother.
his Hattie Smith has recovered suf.
ficiently to make 4 visit to her sister,
Mrs. Limbert, 1t Adrian.
J.. NJ. Tatman and wife, OF Sioux
Falls. have been visiting father and
mother Chase. .ss *z:z s5 .. =..
Deputy County Auditor Moore. from
Sibley, came up Saturday to attend the
funeral and while here made 10 call.
MrA Blaisdell. we learn, has secured
a government appointment at Wash.
ingt0n.
DR.. Bedford. Dentist, loft on Mon.
day for Sioux Falls and will not be
back to do work until October.
Mr.. Sprague and wife, Of Luverne,
attended Gov. Miller's funeral and
spent Sunday with father and mother
Hildreth. 49,. -,
Banker T. II. Parsons returned Sat.
urday night from New York state
whittier he went to attend the Bankers
Convention. s,.s. II !. "
Alfred Heron. representing blank
book house Of Dubuque, was IN town the
other day visiting his brother, W. w.
Heron of the restaurant. ...,s .ss.
Mrs. Parsons, mother 20 +. H. Par.
sons, from Damascus, Pa, arrived on
Saturday with her son and will make
her home here.
Hon. E. w. Trask who has been
county Auditor Of Houston county for
three terms, spent several days in town
last week with his friend W. F. Thayer.
Mr.. Trask is a prominent candidate for
State Auditor.
s..Among the Window people who At
tended Gov. Miller's funeral we noticed
Mrs. Boswortl,, mother to Mrs. w. A..
Peterson; E. G. Huntington of tho Re-
porter and Rev. D. q. Gum.
Bert Day. editor Of the Jackson Re.
public was in town Tuesday and called
in for shake. Glad to get hold of his
81 and make his acquaintance, for he
is one of the live editors.
Judge Dickinson. Capt. Cannon, MI.
G. g. Burt and other of our citizens at.
tended the funeral Of ex-Gov. Miller, at
Worthington, on Saturday.-Nankato
Review.
5. F. People is selling of his goods
preparatory to going to Pueblo, Colo.
rada, to join the Worthington boys
there. We learn that N. V. Mcdowell
expects to take the Railroad Hotel to
be vacated by Mr.. People,.
~nk.r~~>n.1 ~,>
last from three weeks visit to Ohio.
He found his brother, DR.. Will H.. at
Cleveland up to his eyes in medical
practice and learned that Profes.
ser Humiston's antiseptic is proving
quite success.
D. H. Hiestand is at present at St.
Louis and writes us: ''Drouth, chinch
bug, ETC.. have destroyed nearly every
thing. Pastures dried up, corn in Ill.
inois no crop, no feed for stock, very
much sickness. Give me western
Minnesota for health and all that is
worth living for"
Mrs. Kennard and family, Mrs. Price
and family, Miss MAILER and Miss Min.
turn. Of st. Joseph. who have been
summering at Worthington, left on
Friday for Il brief visit to Lake Minne-
tonka.
Alex Moir and "A. ". Allen returned
from Nebraska on Monday. Mr..
Brown having been relieved by the
company the bridge force decided to
leave also and on Saturday night pre-
sented Mr.. Brown an $50 gold watch.
Mr. 1koir's family will return to
Worthington and he and Mr.. Allen
think If going to Superior.
B. N. Carriers family will, Miss e.
Ii Mead, and s. A. Davis's family, left
yesterday for Minneapolis, Mr.. D. and
family to remain permanently and Sir.
C.'s family to get their new residence
in shape for permanent occupancy
They leave many warm friends here
and we hope they may find as warm
ones there. We regret their going but
bid them a cordial good.speed and
good-by. Mr.. Carrier will not remove
permanently till after the expiration Of
his term as Clerk of the Court.
SUMMER RESORT
Worthingte,, Is admitted on all hands
to be about the handsomest little town
on the line Of our road. Its trees, side.
walks, lighted streets ut night. neat
residences, good hotels, ETC., and its
charming lake, with good boating and
fishing, are all becoming widely known
and making ita place Of summer resort.
a little advertising and effort will
bring hundreds to ~ annually. And
one Of tho iirst things to be done 10 to
lay out drive, road or boulevard r.
round tho west lake and lire it with
trees. The village council and the cit.
izens should move upon the county
commissioners, it that is the necessary
step to securing the road, and keep
moving until it is secured.
CoINC1DENCEs.-His:ory abounds in
condolences, portents, etc.. especially
connected with the death of prominent
persons. Shakespeare says in Hamlet:
I'm the most high and palmy state of
Rome,
a little ere the mightiest julius fell,
The graves stood tenantless, and the
sl,eeted dead
Did squeak and gibber in the Roman
Streets"
There were no dreadful or gloomy CO.
incidences connected with the death of
Gov. Miller. A beautiful one did occur
however, which is worthy of note. Just
after the Governor died one of the little
apple trees in his lot put out a boquet
of snow white blossoms. Our attention
having been called to the fact by sever
al persons, we examined this beautiful
phenomenon and found that on none
of the other trees was there any sign of
blossoms. These blossoms were pluck
ed on Saturday and laid on the casket