The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-11-29
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VER0OVAxA
: Attorney ROhrer left Tuesday morn
ing to attend court ut st. James.
Capt. Gr,m*grr. Of the land Office, has
returned from u trip to st. Paul.
Judge Wilso" went down to Sibley
Tuesday to wrestle will, the lawyers.
TM,s. Griffin has removed to Wur-
tl,imgto,, frs,u, his farm near Rmshm0re
and is occupying his house on 5ti'.av.
Attorney Clark went down to st.
James Monday morning to- attend
court.
The Claremont, West Va, Herald Of
NV. Is: says: mir. Daniel Stone and
family. IT Luverl.s. Miml,.. arrived on
Tuesdays lt0at."
Our young friend Ed. N. Keys writes
tr'un Billings, MOmta,IO, renewing Ills
subscription and says: Il Am still pun
ching tickets on the passenger train
Have y day run will, dining cars ~. tie
line and weigh 10 pounds AvOrdupOis.
Hops. hr'll bring it up to 2OO aud never
grow less.
Joi'" Ryan and family have arrived
from Bruce county. Ontario. and are
preparing t. locate upon the land pnr.
chased by Mr.. Ryan rs reported il last
WEEKS ADVANCE. on SIC. II. W"r.
thingt"n rp. Ills house il xb"mt tim-
ished aud is located on the sci. The
farn comprises 38O acres. Mr.. L. will
do ! general farming business with
stock rs the principal feature.
INA U0 URA T1oN OF Masonic HALL
Tonight the Masonic Fraternity give
u grand supper and social, with dance,
1T the new Masonic Hall which is now
completed and ready for use. Two
hundred aud fifty invitations are out.
printed in. regular ADVANCE style.
and \ happy time is anticipated. The
regular Lodge hall. which adjoins the
new public hall and Is connected with
it by double doors, will be thrown open
tor \ sitting room and tl'"se who have
not the entree Of the lodges which meet
there, will have AL opportunity to SEE
thr finest lodge room in Southwestern
Minnesota.
The new hall. which is to be opened
"n Thursday evening, is 29x6S feet
with stage l4x29 feet. and u II it
opening or curtain. with doors on each
side. At the rear Ut the hall is u room
l0xe9, with ticket office 1T the north
w-st side 1Oxl2. The landing "r en-
trance to the hall is 1Oxl7, with tl>,,bl.-
doors leading into the hall opening
both ways. A patent ventilat"r. tw"
feet IN diameter, has been placed in th..
roof, about the centre Of the hall.
which. will secure good vent,iat ION. -
Two six light chandeliers depend from
the ceiling. The floor is oak aud miadt.
with reference to dancing. 800 chairs
are t" b~ placed il the hall.
From tins date the hall will he ready
fur use for all kinds Of legitimate Ell
tertainments, and We congratulate our
people upon the fact that they again
have AL ample public hall.
v1slr IRON Az OLD SETTLER.
o. NJ. Whitney. 1T New Tacoma.
Washington Territory, is home on II
visit tn his parents. He arrived on the
81. having come over the Northern
Pacific railroad i" about Ct days from
New Tacoma to W"rthingt"n, to spend
Thanksgiving ut Ills old home.
Mr.. Whitney WAS one ut the very
earliest settlers in Mobiles county. hav.
ing come in 1871. with his father, c. T.
Whitney, and his brother, Ell. They
selected "A quarter section each on SEC
ti.'n 80. Wortl,imKton township, about
the slightest location il the county.
overlooking Okabrna lake. The only
settler then about the Oka.#nas WAS
Mr.. Hoffman. who had u dug .out on
the spot which lie afterwards improved
8" handsomely. During tho summer
If 1871 the railroad was surveyed;
through here and the town was plated
-" the south side Of the lake. Thr
change was made in the following fall.
W. learn, b+e:..,se Mr.. Hoffman would
not sell his place to the railroad com
pany ut what they deemed i reasonable
figure.
IL 1877. Mr.. Whitney left this count y
for California. and in 1879 left there
for Washington Territory. finally !"
eating at New Tacoma. on Puget
Sound. 1t was then \ town Of 40 it,.
I'abita,ts and now is city IF 6ON
with u SIS, 900 school house. and is the
terminus IT the Northern Pacific rail
road on the Sound. Mr.. w. has &C
cumulated quite \ property in tl,+
place, among which are p lots. The.
count confidently on u population III
$1,000 within the next five to ten years.
The Navigation Company has jus,
completed coal bumkers there ut Il cost
vt q million dollars and the Taco,n:
Land C". is building i $3.50, 600 hotel
Mr.. Whitney describes the mountain.
scenery back Of New Tacoma us supp.
rior to the C"l"rad" scenery. Noun,
Rainier, fifty miles east. rising 14.5tN)
feet above the sea level and l#ing Gov
rrrl with snow the year round. THE
country Is 4 magnificent timber cOnn
try, Mr.. W. having seen one log on til.
carriage at one Of their saw mills tI,irl J
fr~t long which scaled over 16.00O fr+,
1t lumber. They have coal nin+.
within thirty miles which, are putting
into the town 1000 tons u day.
We tender Mr.. w. the freedom of IT,.
'r;lirie and wish him 4 pleasant Thanks
giving.
II would not live always. I ask nv,
t. stay" W. d. not wonder, wit !;
~ucI' u cold AS yours. but there il {:
''right side I" everything, and sunshine
ven for those WrAcked with pain. d.