The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1882-05-25
State Homeopathic Tnslitutc

INC SlAl'l annual session ~ Inc Minnesota
State homeopathic Institute, was held at
Minneapolis OH Tuesday and "Wednesday OF
last week Some thirty members were pres.
cnt. A large number Of papers were read
! and reports submitted upon which were in
tcrestinS discussions. DIR. !. \. Steele OF
Minneapolis gave an interesting talk upon
tho ctioloSy and treatment of typhoid fever
He attributed the extensive nature Of the re-
cent epidemic in that city 10 first, the long
continued rains Of last fall and the consc.
quent miserable condition of the Streets
second to the miles of sidewalk in that city
laid flat upon the ground which easily rol
and fill the air with dcro,ni,using vegetable
matter; third, to bad sewerage and IA ,lcftt;
tive drainage, especially the tight ccsspools o.
| many Of our dwellings; fourth, to bad water
and some cases undoubtedly to contag;on
He attributed the great mortality of cases
/ under allopathic treatment to the extensive
use ofquninc.
The annual election Of officers resulted a:
follows:
President, G; II. Hawc* N. p, Hastings
| first vice president, ID. ". Goodwin, NJ d.,
Minneapolis; second vice president, O. II.
Hall, NJ. d.. Notwithstanding and Treas
urer, \. 4. Camp, NJ. d., Minneapolis.
Cc'lsors-i'. \. Steele, NJ. d. MINNEAPOLIS
II. Hutchinson, NJ. D., st. Paul; II. II
Cainc NJ d., saltwater.
Executive Comnitce-O. II. Humphrey
NJ. D., minneapolis; c. G. IIigbcc, NJ. D., st
Paul; \. 4. Camp, NJ. D., Minneapolis.
NJ. D., Minneapolis; G. W. Crazy, NJ. y.
Lake City; \. \. Camp, NJ. d., Minneapolis
Delegates were also elected to the Alncri
can institute and to the Western Academy O
Homeopathy. The presidents address or
Medical Ethics occupied the attention of thu
institute for half hour, and was listened It
witt, much interest. After transactins t
few items of business the sixteenth ann,la
session Of the Homeopathic state institut,
adjourned to meet in ST. Paul tic third Tues
day and Wednesday in May, 1888.
The last session of the state legislature au-
thorizcd the board Of regents Of the state
university to sell lands constituting the cx-
detrimental farm, a tract of land of about 100
acres lying near the university. The board
have determined to plat the old farm into
town lots, hoping to receive larger sum
from their soil than could be obtained BY
selling it as a whole The proceeds of such
sale will be devoted to the purchase of a
much finer piece of ground for the expert
mental farm about three miles distant
Mr.. John Toohey, formerly of Minncapo-
lis, and now Of Saltwater for the murder Of
his wife, is anxious to join his beloved wife
in the better land. He made an attempt to
reach his vital organs with knife Tuesday,
but the blade was too short. a subscription
to provide him with longer knife would
receive many signatures in Minneapolis.
Rev. Edwin Sidney Williams, pastor Of
the Second Congregational church of Mime
apolis, rendered his resignation as pastor on
Sunday, after seven years continuous labor,
during which he has seen a large and pros
porous church grow up about him.
Most of the state officers, including Gov
Wasllburlc at Lacrosse.
Prof. Pike Of the state university, charged
with shooting Paine the student, Asa Paine,
has been held in the sum of $500 to appear
for the examination. The three cases were
set for May %, Prof Pike being required to
give bonds in the sum Of $500 for his appear
ancc at that time, rroG. Folwcll and Moore
being released on their own rccognizancc.
Charles Horn, the lie Sucr county ravisll-
CT, made a statement to the county attorney
III the presence of witnesses, admitting that
nc is the party who made the assault on lit
| tie Mary Zimmerman, and was aftcrward
fully identified by tic Widow Schultz As
court sits SO soon. and it is generally under
stood that the penalty of such crime is a
lie sentence, there is not much danger Of
any attempt being made at lyncling
a meeting of some eighty of the state uni
| vcrsity students was held on Wednesday and
upon a motion that their continuance with
| the university should be conditional upon
| the withdrawal or removal of President Fol-
| we'll, there were g. votes in favor to Is in
%1>~ 4
the university students, numbering over 200,
is reflected in this vote cannot be determined
The Methodist conference for this state
| will be held at Owatonna Oil the ltll of o.
tobcr, Bishop Merrill presiding.
The county commissioners of Mower
county awarded the contract for the super
structure of the new court house to Solomon
Snow, of Chicago. His bid was $50, 600, but
it is expected to reduce this some thousands
by changing the finishing of the exterior
In Fergus Falls, a little son of L. H. john
son was attacked and terribly bitten by two
tcrocious dogs.
Judge Mitchell Of the supreme court has
lately lost a young daughter.
The farm house, stables, granary and 9TH
CT Outbuildiilgs on the farm of Jonathan
Crosby, i'll the town Of Brockway, were dcs-
troyed by fire. Loss about 1000; insured
for $780,
Toohey, sentenced to state prison for
numbering his wife, gives the following ac-
count of his attempted suicide He said he
first felt around for a soft place i'll tho ribs
! and where he could feel his heart beat the
plaincst and then struck the knife blade in to
the handle The blood spurtcd out and flow
cd freely, but after waiting about half an hour
| and finding that he did not die Inc thrust the
knife in again and worked it around for the
purpose OF fastening his death fpossiblc.
lie expects yet to die and may have his cx-
pectations realized.
At the sale of school lands ut Cooksto,.
, G,OO acres were sold at prices ranging from