The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-06-16
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Items by Mail and Telegraph.
.- Peter Glorsam, Swede, was drowned near
Waverly.
With one machine, Seymour, Sabin & Co,
Of saltwater, are making brick 1t the rate of
l25 per minute.
An eight -year-old daughter of Edward Boyer
was drowned at-ltead's Landing, the body be-
ing discovered soon after.
The sayenth annual meeting Of the Freeborn
County Nd Settlers association will be held in
Albert Len on Tuesday, June Ii, 1881.
l The willow Of Mr.: A. BALDWIN of Lake City
has received $5, 900 from the American Leg
ion OF Honor, of which her deceased husband
was member.
DR.. Mayo Of Rochester, on his sixty-second
birthday, was presented by his neighbors and
friends With complete set Of Wilson's orni-
tholcsy, costing @11O
trip sold over $40, 600 acre of school, internal,
improvenents, and university lands, at IN
average price Ut about Sc per acre
The socisl event Of the season At Spring
Valley, was the marriage of Geo. r. Farmer,
son of Judge Farmer, to Minnie W., daughter
Of N. B. s6s1ith, of the Commercial house, Rev.
T. F. Allen officiating.
Appleton Press:-The fish at Artichoke lake
have all died from the effects Of the past win
washed ashore which were obliged to be hauled
away to prevent sickness in the neighborhood.
The annual meeting Of the State Medical 60
ciety will be held in st. Paul on Tuesday. the
2lst inst The address of welcome will be de-
liyered by DR.. Daniel Leasure, and the meeting
will conclude with banquet at the Merchants
hotel
Architect Burlington AZ arranged the plan
of the new capitol at st. Paul 80 an to bring it
Svn< TIM WI no<a ~ %1,4
put the Wabasha street front about twenty five
feet back of the line Of that wing Of the old
building.
The closing exercises of the blind and Of the
deaf and dumb institute occurred at Faribault.
on Tuesday, and were very interesting. At the
meeting of the board of directors Prof. Noyes
WAS relieved of the position of superintendent
Of the blind, and Prof Dow appointed to fill
the place. Prof. NOyes will hereafter hold the
pot&ion Of superin 'endent Of the deaf and dumb
and imbecile Institutions.
hy Mr.. Engesser fell with crash that awakened
the sleepers in that vicinity in short order
During tho flood the water washed the sand
rock on which it stood from under it, and the
lower floor gave way and let . large quantity of
barley into tho water. Mr.. Epgcsser partly re.
paired the damage; but the building had been
more undermined than WAS supposed. and last
night walls and all tumbled.
At Kasson, on saturday night, the lightning
struck the barn of G. X. Stewart and it was to-
tally destroyed by fire; loss $500 and no in
surance His son-in-law also loses 500 worth
Of personal property. The citizens managed to
save anothor barn six feet from the one destroy
ed. During the fire the American house barn
was struck and damaged to the extent of $25
VIM. Blunt's hous5 was struck but no damage
DONE A large tree in front of J. H. Kasson's
house was struck. His son had Just started
for the fire and had got under the tree when
the lightning strnck it. He was knocked in
sensible, but was brought too by the rain which
was potring down in torrents.