The Worthington advance., 1881-09-15
PERSONALS.

~-s-.,. PERSONALS.
Judge Wilson left on Saturday for a
weeks visit to Kansas. j =.
County Treasurer Shepard returned
Tuesday from the fair and Saltwater.
| J. W. Simmons las moved to town
for the winter.
Mrs. Dean is visiting her daughter at
Sioux City. -
Mrs. G. H. Smith left few days ago
on u visit to kichland Centre, Wis.
d. Shell and wife left ON Wednesday
on visit to West Salem, Wis.
Mrs. Geo. Drowly, of Caledonia, has
been visiting her friend, Mrs. Thayer.
5. F. Fepple has gone to Ohio on a
brief visit. He will return and leave
Tor Colorado in few days.
Mrs. H. w. Sanb0rn, of Fort DodRe.
Iowa, has been making u week 3 visit to
her sister Mrs. A. w. Allen.
We learn that Miles Dickey, former.
~ OF 1';ls county. had his pocket picked
OF $50 durin: the big fair.
S. n. Ruslmore writes us from Hous-
ton, Texas, for the ADVANCE aud says
he still takes an interest in the welfare
| of Mobiles county.
j. A. Shriver having sold his farm to
Mr.. Randall, as announced last week,
leaves this week for Warsaw, Hancock
Co., Ill.
| Clerk of Court Carrier returned on
Monday from Minneapolis where he has
heen getting matters III shape for house
keeping i'll that rural village.
| Edwin $. Wemple. son of E. l..
Wemple, came down the road on Mon
day on his way to Omaha. He IS trav-
cling for q large print house in Chicago
and couldn't stop off this time.
Chas. W. Folger, son Of Judge Fol-
ger, chief justice of the New York
Court of Appeals, Of Geneva, N. Y,
and Chas. Peabody, stock broker from
New York city, have been spending q
few days in this vicinity with banker
Parsons.
Mr.. Torrance, brother to Fl. E., and
Robert Braden. are both down with ty-
phOid fever. This is certainly a ty.
pioid year. We hear of hundreds of
| cases east.
Finley Dunn, correspondent to the
| London Times. and Mr.. Shearman,
with party of English gentlemen, din
nered at the Worthington on Thursday
and made a trip to Sioux Falls.
VISIT TO uINNEAPOLLS
Our reporter left Friday morning
last to attend the Minneapolis Fair and
arrived there in time to see the race be-
tween Miss Cook and Miss Jewett. The
International race and the balloon as
cension did not occur until Monday
afternoon, and as we were compelled to
return on the afternoon train We did
not see these. We shall therefore say
but little about the Fair. Our people
will be more interested in hearing a.
bout the Mobiles county people who
have gone to Minneapolis to locate.
We looked up the families of B. N.
Carrier and s. A. Davis, recently re-
moved. We found them beautifully To-
Gated on Royalston Avenue in one of
the clesne>t and prettiest additions to
the city. MI. Davis WAS much disap-
pointed in not finding lis house CON-
pleted and he and family have been
''rougling it" since their arrival, but
Mr.. ID. says he eats and sleeps like a
well man and feels much improved in
health ly the change. lie told us Il
good joke t t, illustrate business oppor.
tunities in the city. He has had an Of
fer from Il party who is experienced in
the business. to opem a lager beer sa-
loon. Mr.. d. to furnish the capital
and the b aims and the other party to
furnish the muscle. Mr.. Carriers house
is nearly completed and they will soon
be liked up to live. They paid 81 900
for their lot last year and lots in that
addition are now selling 1T ST 500.
Of course we looked up Builder A.
g. Robinson, and found him with Ed.
Chandler and Salnl. Allen, and u large
force Of men, rushing work Oh a large
block Oh Washington Avenue. Mr.. II.
said there was considerable money de-
pending upon getting the building un-
der roof 10y Il certain date and they were
OH the jump. There was more work in
the city than the workmen coull do.
and bricklayers are getting 81 so u day
| and even common wOrkmen 81 50 to
s. %. We found Leroy Cole superin-
tending work Oh Il new Methodist
church OH Franklin Avenue. Found
our friend a. a. Kimball 1T work OH
the houses of MFR. Carrier and MI.
Davis and apparently happy rs u clam
Found II. l.. Lackor and Fred both
engaged at the large crockery house of
Drenne'. Starr Il Everett, said to be
the finest house of the kind west of
New York. They occupy four floors
covering about $1,000 feet of space and
do wholesale and retail business
reaching to i million or more year.
We made a brief call on III. D. VIM
ters, who lives on Western Avenue in
fine residence and takes his ease. He
| is still operating i'll bonds and orders
and of course growing richer all the
time.
Saw Messrs. Johnson and Woolsten.
croft, recently removed from Fulda,
and found their new store about CON-
pleted and ready to receive their stock
of goods.
We had not time to see all the Worth.
ington and Mobiles county people but
learned that all were busy and appar-
emily we'll Pleased with the beautiful
city in which their lots are cast.
HAY.
Mr.. Folger has been looking about
with reference to putting in hay press
at this point. This year has demon