The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-04-07
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L PERSONALH.

EAlll OEaA, Vi "lllmOnt, walked In
on Tuesday, and is going to st. Paul
Miss Carrie johnson has returned
to Worthington, having closed her
school in Indian Lake.
Miss Carrie Vervatt has accepted
the school in District No. %, Bige-
low, to begin May l. Miss V. is an
intelligent and competent young lady
and will make al efficient teacher.
Robt. Miller, son of the Governor,
who has been spending some weeks
here with his father, left on Wednes-
day for Harrisburg, Pa.
Milton Mann has taken a position
in the Mobiles County Bank and Will
lie Humi~ton takes his place at the
Worthington Hotel. Both are No. l
young men.
James G. Clark is coming this way
and will sing in Sioux City on We'd
nesday night. He will take in Sioux
Falls and we hope Worthington also.
Mrs. Stranger has been engaged to
teach the school in the Gage district
in Seward, and her sister, Miss Net
tie Greene, will teach in the Ashworth
district, in Elk, to begin the middle
of April.
Some railroad officers ct in on
Wednesdays train and registered ut
the Worthington as follows: G. F.
Hatch, c. W. johnson, H. G. Hope,
J. W. Bishop, Chas. Bishop. They
jumped the big cut west of town and
took a hand car for Sibley and we
hear that Mr.. Hatch was knocked off
the car and had his knee cap broken.
Thanks to Mrs. Covey, L. S. Mel
son, ]. Upstrom S. G. Perrin, G. w.
Satterlee, NJ. Hciser, L Schneider.
Emil Graf and c. L. Clemmons, P.
F. smith, Jos. Tarbcrt, S. Wass. b.
W. Kerr, T. II. Lintner, R. T. James,
T. &. Bostic, b. w. Pope, f. J.
Clarke, II. Prideaux, J. dwelling, j.
Dchaven, II. Il. Trip for cash on sub
scription since our last.
On Friday last Merrill Rohrer be-
came seriously ill with spinal menin:
gifts, or similar disease, which has
been more or less prevalent and from
which several deaths have occurred
in this county. lie has been deliri-
Gus most Of the time but up to the
hour Of going to press is still alive
and his friends have hopes Of his re-
covery. We learn that daughter
of Mr. Eggleston has been ill with
the same disease for over a month
and is slowly recovering.
The Worthington ADVANCE pub
fishes very interesting biographical
sketch of Ex-Gov. Stephen Miller,
who is still PROSTATE from an attack
OF apoplexy. The paper includes sew
eral very neat poems written by the
Governor, and which are copied from
Mrs. Arnold's Poets and Poetry of
Minnesota" From the Governors
military history, the paper says, De-
cember 26, 1862, executed 80 Sioux
Indians from a SIM lie scatfold, and ut
the same moment, at Mankato, Mimi
-MankatO Free Press.
Mrs. B|aiStl-ll, Of Jackso, county,
who has been III Washington this win
ter using her persuasive eloUuence upon
Congress 10 induce that patriotic body
to grant her husband a pension of S a
per month. for Injuries received during
the war, has failed in her MISSION
The house reported favorably. but the
heartless senate reported against her;
and she will br compelled to wait until
next winter to renew her Efforts
While at Washington she has been writ
ing society gossip for the Jackson Re-
pnb'ic.-Mankato Review.
The following was handed us by
IL. j. Ludlow. We publish it in JUS
tice to Orson Crissy. We were, in
common with many others, under the
impression that he was a fraud, but
it seems that he is merely Jealous
fanatic who acts upon the church rule
of doh G evil that supposed good may
come vi it:
We, the undersigned, citizens of
Fsyette, Iowa, being well acquainted
with Urson Crissey, Of this place,
most of us having known him for ma
ny years, take pleasure in certifying
that his standing here is that of a
Christian gentleman; that his integri-
ty, honesty, and uprightness arc I'M
challenged; that he enjoys the conf
dence Of the entire community and
that his moral character in general is
above reproach. We further Il. ore
state that he is a strict temperance
man in his own habits ar q is now and
has been for years an active, efficient
and tireless worker in the temperance
cause
signed by the postmaster, mayor.
Pres. of Upper Iowa University,
route agent, 81 business men, Presil-
ing Elder Dubuque District, two edi-
tors, three attorneys and four minis
tiers.
COMMISSIONERS.