The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1882-05-25
State HOlnuOpatilic 1nstitutc.

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State Homeopathic Institute. was held at
Minneapolis on Tuesday and Wednesday OF
last week. Some thirty members were pres.
cnt. A large number Of papers we're read
and reports submitted, upon which were in.
tcresting discussions. DR.. J. A. Steele OF
Minneapolis gave al interesting talk upon
the ctiolnyy and treatment oftyploid fever
He attributed the extensive nature of the re.
cent epidemic III 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 citv
laid flat upon the ground which easily ro
and fill the air Will, dcrolni,,Sng vegetable
matter; third, to bad sewerage and Il tlcfc<:
tive drainage, especially the tight ccsspools u
many Of our dwellings; fourth, to bad water
and some eases undoubtedly to contagion
lie attributed the great mortality of cases
under a!lopatlic treatment to the extensive
use Of4uininc.
follows
President, G. II. Hawcs, NJ. D., Hastings
first vice president, u. ". Goodwin, NJ d.,
Minneapolis; second vice president, o. H.
Hall, NJ. d.. Misunderstanding and Treas
urer, \. \. Camp, NJ H., Minneapolis
CcnsorS-H. \. Steele, VI. D., Minneapolis
II. Hutchinson, N. D., st. Paul. H. II
came, NJ. H., Stlt!Watcr.
Executive Commitce-O. N. Humphrey
NJ. d., Minneapolis; &. G. Higbcc, NJ D., st
Paul; A. A. Camp, NJ D., Minneapolis.
Publishing Committcc-W. +. Leonard
NJ. D., Minneapolis: G. ". Crary, NJ y.
Lake City; \. \. Camp NJ D., Minneapolis
Delegates were also elected to the Alncri-
can institute and to the Western Academy o
HON upatl,y. The presidents address or
Medical Ethics occupied the attention of til,
institute for a half hour, and was listened tt
witt, much interest. After tral,sacting
few items of business the sixteenth ann,a
session of the Homeopathic state institut.
adjourned to meet in st. Paul the third Tues
day and Wednesday i'll May, 1883.
The last session of the state legislature a,l-
tlorizcd the board Of regents Of the state
university to sell lands constituting the cx-
pcrimental farm, 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 whole. The proceeds of such
sale will be devoted to the purchase of a
much finer piece Of ground for the cxpcri-
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 All attempt to
reach his vital organs with knife Tuesday,
but the blade was too short A subscription
to provide him with a longer knife would
receive many signatures in Minneapolis.
Rev. Edwin Sidney Williams, pastor of
the Second Congregational church of Minnc-
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.
Hubbard, attended the funeral Of Gov
WaS]burnc at Lacrosse.
Prof Pike of the state university, charged
with shooting Paine the student, Asa Paine.
has been held i'll the sum of $500 to appear
for the examination. The three cases were
give bonds in the sum of $500 for his appear
ancc at that time, lrofS. Folwcll and Moore
being released on their own rccognizancc.
Charles Horn, the lie sucr county ravish-
cr, made statement to the county attorney
III the presence of witnesses, admitting that
he is the party who made the assault on lit
tic Mary Zimmerman, and was aftcrwarl
fully identified by the Widow Schultz As
>ot1t Hho 9p ec'ii. anu IL - ScICIdllN
stood that the penalty of such crime is a
life sentence, there is not much danger of
any attempt being made at lynching.
a meeting of some eighty of the state uni
vc1sity students was held on Wednesday and
upon motion that their continuance with
the university should be conditional upon
the withdrawal or removal of President Fol
well, there were g. votes in favor to Is in
opposition. How far the real sentiment of
the university students, numbering over 200,
is isrcilcctcd III this vote cannot be determined.
The Methodist conference for this state
will be held at Owaton,ra on the 4th of Oc-
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 hid was &52, 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. II. john
son was attacked and terribly bitten by two
fcrocious dogs.
Judge Mitchell Of the supreme court has
lately losta young daughter.
The farm house, stables, granary and 9TH
CT outbuildii,gs OH the farm of Jonathan
Crosby, in the town of Brockway, were dcs-
troyed by fire. Loss about $1,000; insured
for $780,
Toohey, sentenced to state prison for
numbering his wife, gives the following ac-
count of his attempted suicide lie said hc
first felt around for soft place III the ribs
and where he could feel his heart beat the
plaincst and then struck the knife blade in to
the handle. The blood sp,,rtcd out and flow-
cd freely, but after waiting about half an hour
and finding that he did not die he thrust the
knife in again and worked it around for the
purpose of fastening his death ifpossiblc
He expects yet to die and may have his cx-
pectatiOns realized.
At the sale Of school lands at Crookston
G,OOO acres were sold ut .nriccs ranninr from