The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-11-22
MINNESOTA NEWS.

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Gov. Riibbardis Proclamation.
Gov Hubbard's proclamation for Thanks.
giving, divesetd Of to1malities, reads: In
accordance With Law. and most rsvered
custom. I do hereby set apart and appoint
Th0rsday, the twenty ninth day Of the
present month, % dsy Of solemn and
public Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for
his blessings and mercies to % State and
Nation. so
And recommend and exhort the people
OF the state that, mindful Of the good Of
peace. plenty, health, employment, CHART
ableness and freedom from faction, they
lift up THAR hearts on that day to the Givsr
ship, and in their sacred hsmes, with
psalms Of praise, and oil appropriate sb-
Howard Mcmillan of Worthington, who
arrived at Mankato on the nieht Of the 9th
inst, was found dead in his bed at the City
hotel on the night Of the 18th. Coroner
Shoemaker was called and the doc opened
a hypodermic syringe and . preparation of
morphine was found on the table: It seems
that the deceased was r6icted with neural
gia of the stomach, and the coroner's jury
rendered verdict that the deceased came
to his death by reason ofan overdose Of
morphine and astrophine administered
by himsel1 and that his death was acct
dental. The body was for warded to Wsr-
Ellington on the 18th inst.
Jonathan Metcslf, one of the oldest cit.
izens Of Fergus Falls, died in that city on
the 18th, aged seventy.one years.
Burglars made a large haul from the
clothing store of jacob Bros. at Sauk Gem
ter on the night Of the 10th. They gained
an entrance through rear window and
then unlocked the back door which was
found open in the mornings jacob Bros.
had received on chat day q large invoice of
silk handkerchiefs and scarfs for the holt.
day trade, and also Z good supply of fine
gloves, Plymouth and Others. The burglars
carried off all the better qualities of the
above mentioned goods. rejecting the poor.
er qualities, which were scattered all about
the Il COR the next morning. The show cas-
es we're all overhauled, one being almost
entirely cleaned, and the drawers were all
pulled out and over hauled. The loss is e.
timated at over $500. One hundred dollars
reward as offered for the recovery of the
goods. and the thieves would welcomed
accordingly.
The latest returns gives Hubbard 16, 1872
majority; Gilman, Is, 573; Won Baumbach,
4,857.
The Polk county commissioners are
charged with accepting brides to locate the
Red river bridge at East Grand Forks at
q point that would benefit certain real e..
tate. Commissioner Higbern denies taking
a bride, and charges the rest with receiving
$500 each.
Total rate of taxation for the city OF
Fairbanlt for 1883 is 22.1 mills; for the city
of Northfeld, 23.7 mills.
At Lake City the other morning the Son.
tinel newspaper building was destroyed by
fire. The Sentinel building was owned by
Hon. w. n. Lyon, of New York city, and
part of it Was occupied rs q law Office by
Martin & Greer. The loss on bui lding is S.,
500 insured for $1,000 in Lancashire. Loss
of n. B. McKenny on machinery and
stock of Sentinel Office, 5000 insured for
81 600 in Firemen's Fund; $1,000 in Lon.
don Fire Insurance associations; 1880 in
Hartford, $500 insQueen. Total SIS, 600. Loss
OF Martin & Greer on::law library and furni-
ture. 500, insured for 500 in Mechanics,
Milwaukee. Total loss by fire, SIC, 200; total
insurance 81, 400. McKeany will immedi.
ately purchase new stock for the pubilca.
ton of the Sentinel, and locate it in the
Lyon block.
A section boss named Moran was jerked
from hand car on the Osseo branch of the
Manitoba road, near Monticello, the 18th,
by freight tram starting up while he was
grasping chains attached to the train. He
was fatally injured.
DR.. Herriott. the new pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of St. Paul, began his
labo,s on the l7th.
Charles Schneider, Ir., of Pickerel lake,
threshed 16,006 bushels Oh wheat, 9853
bushels OF oats and 1872 bushels of barley,
or total of 25,591 bushels of grain this
year.