The Worthington advance., 1881-08-18

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MlNNEsaO y aOTA3s NEWS.
g. G: Hawley, pioneer settler Of chataeld,
Henry Davis Of L. Crescent Houston county,
Was drowned near La Crosse.
An Episcopal church. IAN saints) SO BY 50.
has been consecrated at Howard Lake.
Allen Whitman, assistant state examiner, 10
ports that tho Wright county books are in per
feet order - - ~, = :,
Manager Willard Of Tie trans Continental
railway sends $1,000 TO New Ulm COLLECTED
through his personal solicitation in New York.
The Illinois contribution to the State libraiS
Of law reports, statutes and executive docu-
ments numbers 23O volumes, and will prove 4
valuable acquisition. - - = -:
Excursions Of from 500 to I, 600 people are
Of almost nightly occurrence from St Paul to
Ainnetonka lake. Sailing, music, and hops,
constitute the entertainment
Rev. G. n. Davis, for tho past three years
Cloud will remove to Fsirbault With hi: family
on or about the 3Oth inst ~ =
The wedding Of Mr.: Herman Stookenstrom.
odice editor Of tho Skaheren. the Swedish
weekly. and Miss Nary A. Nelson. daughter of
4. Nelson, ESD, was solemnized ct the
4rst swedish Evangelical 1uthern church, St
The adjutant general has received from the
Moorhead Rifles notification OF the election Of
! officers - follows: Captain, Benz H. Gurley,
vice, Capt Sloggy, resigned; first lieutenant
Wait W: Partridge, vice Gusley, promoted !;
second lieutenant, All. J. Smith, vice Partridge,
A v.terspout deluged 1.levi.v, Lake
m nynH%v, 0Mo ~A-
pouring from the clouds for nearly thirty
minutes! The loss Of life and property has not
yet been ascertained on account of the con-
fusion it occasioned. and the re:noteness Of the
scene from telegraph facilities. -
In the case Of Edwin LAwlor, coveted at Wi
mona At the October term Of the district court,
1881; Of the m94a9slaushter 94 Of James Malone,
prison TOR five years, the supreme court has a.
irmed tho judgement and ordered tho sentence
to be carried into execution. Pending this d.
cision Iawlor has been confined in the Jail at
Winona.
At Ottawa, Le sueur county, James weth-
Dougherty widow aged SO, were married.
The roughs started charaivari at IL p m.,
which lasted till two o'clock in the morning.
The mob then broke in the door and demanded
money, which was refused The old man beat
them OF and followed them out At daylight
crushed.
Owing to the failure of the collectors for New
Uim sufferers to report, the total amount COL
lected at Chicago cannot be definitely asoer-
tanned. The amounts already forwarded to
New Ulm reach 81, 900, which do not include
large number of private donations. The CON-
mittee on concert report that the net profits from
the concert Friday evening will reach $500.
The total amount collected by tho committee
up to date is estimated At $4,000.
The singular news came from Washington
that Secretary Kirkwood has asked the resigna-
ton of Mr. Kuffee, agent for the ChlppeWas,
Because he corld not answer the secretary's
be overhowed by the Lake Winnibigosish
reservoir-and that Messrs. John De Laittre.
OF minneapolis. Thomas Simpson of WinoHa
and Mr.: Marrel of the Indian Office are to be
sent on the same wild goose chase.
Freddie W. Van Pstten, son Of A. g. Van
Patten, left his home in Cambria, Blue Earth
TO-, Mimi, on the 22nd of last June, and has
was seventeen years old, about five feet eight
inches high, blue eyes and dark brown hair.
Al! search and inquiry, so far, have been in
vain. Any information leading to his discov-
cry would be very thankfully received by his
distressed parents. Address. A. s. Van PstteD.
Conrtland, Nicollet Co., MINI.
Gov: Plllsbury has received q contribution
OF 800 from 8. A. Quale, of Eau Claire, Wis,
to bo applied for the benefit Of the cyclone suf
ferers at West Newton, Nicollet county, de-
wasted at the same time a. New Ulm In his
letter OF transmission enclosing the $50, Mr.
Quale says: ''Thin is in fnlfillnlent Of prom
lso solemnly made Immediately after the At
temp ed murder Of the beloved president of
these great United States, that in case he
! should got we'll and be entirely out OF danger
said sum should be used for tho benefit OF some
really needy and deserving person. The pres
| idcnt having had relapse, threatening in the
| to be fully satisfied Of Ills complete recovery,
which, happily for the country's good, is sure
| ly expected"
for state news says that Gov. Pillsbury is called
upon to act in loco PARENTS, in 20 far "a giving
advice, at least, is concerned in more ways than
| the general public ever wots of. Farmers
whose crops do not turn out we'll; merchants,
in whose tills money is far from plentiful; law
yers sans briefs and doctors lacking patients;
e!ergymen seeking q charge and laborers
place to work-these, and hundreds Of others
write and ask him, not only advice, but assist-
| ance, varying the demand according to the
cheek or needs Of the writer. This may be all
well enough, but when one fellow asks that
the executive shall recommend him . midwife
in expectancy of IN increase to the family and
another AYERS that be is in need of cook and
terual business seems iko]y to be run into the
ground trife. While the reporter was in the
gubernat0rial Offices, 4 letter was reed from q
gentleman in Marshall, Lyon county, setting
forth that glanders was becoming very preva-
lent among the horses in that region and naive-
1y suggesting that the governor send ''vet'
up there ut once to look after the matter.