The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-06-02
MINNESOTA NEWS.

THERE 10 prospect of large movement O:
grain to Montreal from the port of Duluth
this season.
DROVE 454 head of cattle bought in the
vicinity of st. Cloud, passed throug gh Alexan-
dria the other day, bound for Fort Garry.
farmers generally report that they have
never seen wheat growing as fast as at the
present time.
The subject of making the Minnesota river
na'igable by system of locks is agitatinr the
Mankato board Of trade.
NEGOTIATIONS are going forward for the
purchase of the water power at Taylors Falls
by saltwater company.
Thee. N. Nelson lumber company, Duluth,
has purchased 722 acres of pine land in St.
Louis county, price $500.
ny the addition OF several Cinnamon direct
from the aowery kingdom.
A FIRE in the planning mill of Jansen, G.l-
brantson & Co., Minneapolis, last week, de-
stroyed property valued at 81 200.
LARGE numbers Of prairie schooners pass
through Mortified westward bound. They
all seem bound for Dakota and Montana.
The Preston Republican says: ''The wheat
Is looking srlendidly, and much of the corn is
already above ground, promising an abundant
crop.''
THE deed for the transfer of the st. Paul
Driving Park to Norman W. Kittson, has
been filed at st. Paul. The consideration wa.
S35, ,OOO
THE other day a son of P. E. Folsom, of
Rush City. was run over by wagon, and his
scalp torn open to the extent of four inches.
He will recover.
The house of William Berrill, near Morris,
Stevens county, was destroyed by fire with
most OF its contents. Loss some 81 500; in
sured for ESQ.
SIX tons of dead fish were found On less thai,
half acre of ground near the railroad
bridge at Fairmont. They were buried by or
der Of the Council
The Duke of Sutherland and a considerable
retinue passed through St. Paul and Mime
apolis, last week on general tour of inspec-
tion of the Northwest.
THREE days service was held in St. Pat
AA~'> NAuls sAS III NACllOSC, oltdluS county,
last week, and a number of youth were ad-
mitted to their first communion.
SMITH SHEPHERD, Indian interpreter at the
Sisseton Indian agency, fell from horse when
rapidly riding the other day, causing concus-
sion of the brain, from which he died.
IT is probable that, owing to the damaged
condition of the old walls of the Capitol, they
will ho 7cd ho No,; ~
new and more modern style of architecture.
TRANSFERS engaged in hauling dirt from
excavations of several large buildings in
course Of construction at Minneapolis, las,
week struck for $3.50 per day. Thej had been
receiving $500.
Two hundred and sixty-three loaded freight
cars were received and unloaded in Minneapo.
lis the other day, and the shipments for the
day filled no less than two hundred and TWEEN
ty-six freight cars.
| Tue death Of Judge Cornell occurred at his
home in Minneapolis, May %. The Jndge has
been sufferer for some time and his death
has been anticipated. He had been a resident
Of Minneapolis since 1854.
An accident insurance company is being
formed in Saltwater. 1t will be upon the
! mutual plan, with the intention to give the
insurance at cost and to guarantee higher
weekly indemnity than can be lad Of Other
companies.
The progress of building at Minneapolis /.
much hindered by the lack of skilled wcrkmeu,
and many houses, which are needed to ccom-
modate the rapldly-increasing population, are
IN incomplete stages, simply because worklncn
are not to he had.
! AvAGABoND who insulted coupe of ladies
In Minneapolis, the other evening, met hl-
just deserts. One of the ladies armed herself
with slipper suddenly taken from her foot,
and with it belted the fellow over the face and
mouth until the blood ran.
LITTLE girl in Elysian, IL Sueur county,
went out to see the pigs, the other morning,
and playfully thrust her arm through the
boards. The SOW Immediately grabbed the
! child's hand in her mouth and ate it Off above
| the elbow. The child will die
! DROVE Of about two hundred head of one,
two and three year old steers were driven
through Albert Lea recently Oh their way to
Iowa. By selling all their young stock farm
ers commit great error, and others make all
the money there is in stock.
| LIGHTNING destroyed The stables on the
Griswold Farm, in Grant county, last week,
and between twenty and thirty head of horses,
together with the barn and contents, were de-
stroyed. The farm is situated between Tineah
and Corton, near the railroad.
SAMUEL MrNcY, ESQ, OF Swan River, Nor
rjson county, was drowned last week, while
attempting to ford river with a horse and
| buggy. He was thrown in the stream where
the water was only about two feet deep. It is
supposed he was stunned by the fall. He was
72 years old.
! As Mrs. Billhorn, wife of farmer living
three miles from Mendoza, was in the pasture
| among the cattle, she was attacked by VIC
| ious COW. The animal knocked her down, and
! then thrust one OF her horns intothe woman's
breast, which penetrated the lobe Of the right
! lung. She would have been gored to
death had not the other cattle rushed
| pell-mell to the scene and driven the mad ami
NAL away. The woman is in critical con-
| diton.