The Worthington advance., 1882-08-03
Minnesota Charity Conference Dele

The following gentlemen have been named
by Gov. Hubbard as delegates to the ninth
annual conference Of charities which takes
place at Madison, Wis, on the 7th of next
month: Or. W. II. Leonard, Rev. R. G.
Hutchins Nelson Williams, Minneapolis;
DIR. e. II. Boardman. Rev NJ MEG Dana, St
Paul; c. n. Hewitt, Red Wing; Franklin
Staples Winona; Gen. n C. Mclean, Fro,t.
enac; DR.. V: Smith, Duluth. In addition 10
these the following sta!e Officers ar4 delegates
ex-otlicio Prof n L. Noyes, superintendent
OF the Deaf Dumb and Blind as1 lum at Far
lbault; DIR. Z. &. Bartlett, super:n ndent of
Insane asylum at St. Peter; DR.. J. t. Bowers,
superintendent of the Insane asylum at
Rochester; Hon. 4. G. Butts of saltwater
and Hon. J. +. Norrish of Hastings, on
board of inspectors of Saltwater pen'te1-
tiary; D. ". lngersoll, Reform school boar
Hon. J. F. Meaghcr, trustee of hospital ,ut
the insane.
AT Litchfield, Nleeker county, Charles
Cross, Of Cedar Mills, shot by George
Welsh of Otter Tail county, a supposed
horse thief, died last Monday: after lingering
in great pain ten days. 4 post mortem eX-
animation. showed that the ball had not in
jnred any vital parts, Death caused through
uOrtlflcatlOn OF wound.
A telegram was received at Winona, Tues
day morning announcing the death of Mrs.
Nathaniel Ewing at Uniontown. Pa. eldest
daughter of Hon. William Mitchell of Wi
mona, aged twenty nine years. She had
been i'll for some time with consumption,
and her death was not wholly unexpected.
Judge Mitchell, wife and daughter, Miss
Jennie Mitchell, left for the east on Monday
| Al, Al
few weeks Judge Mitchell has lost both his
youngest and Oldest daughters.
The Austin Paper & Pulp company has
organized with a capital Of $4,000. The
incorporators are Gov. Eusk of Wisconsin,
Senator Officer Of Austin and eight or ten
more. The company will commence man.
ufacturing very early in the spring with fir-t
class facilities. The location selected is at
Officers mill on the Cedar river, four miles
south Of Austin
day of last week, Capt. Hancock's barn was
wrecked. Hail fell heavily and utterly
ruined Mr.. Roberts crops of all kinds. Mr.
King, living in the same neighborhood, also
lost his crops, amounting to about ninety
acres in all. The crops of O.C Wheeler,
Chas DesSo, u. Hancock and others i'll til.
same neighborhood were partially destroyed.
Several other barns were destroyed in that
vincinity. At Adelaide the house of E. II .
Chapman was blown down, and in the
track of the storm everything was destroyed,
wheat fields, gardens and all. The windows
Of houses facing the storm were nearly all
broken. The crops on the farms of J. D.
Mayo, John Northrop l.. l.. Chapman, l..
P. Brooks, Julia Northrop and Charles
Reel were entirely destroyed, uggregating
probably 5 0O0 bushels Of VIII eat, besides
other crops.
A man named Erick Johnson committed
suicide in Alexandria by cutting his throat
with razor. He had recently arrived from
Sweden.
At Winnebago Prairie man named Vim.
Spencer and his sixtcen-year old son were
making hay when the storm of Tuesday
came eup. Mr.. Spencer was struck by light
| ming and so severely shocked that his re-
cOvery is doubtful.
The county commissioner Of Ol1nsted
county have ordered a tax levied for the fol-
lowing purposes: 5000 for salaried officers;
$2, 500 for county poor, 81 900 for county
poor farm, $5,OND for county expenses, 81 600
for county Jail, 81, 800 for .lsticc and consta
BILE fees, $500 for fund and repairs, 81 600 for
| miscellaneous expenses, $1,000 for roads and
bridges and one tenth Of one per cent for
school nllrnOSes.