The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-07-26
Six chiefs of the Mile Laos band of Chip

pewa Indians called upon the governor on
the 18th inst, to complain of the inrOads of
white settlers on their reservation. The
governor informed them that their COM
plants had been forwarded to the secretary
o; the interior at Washington, and as soon
as instructions were received he would ap-
point some suitable person to visit the res
ervation and investigate the matter. The
chiefs were accompanied by n. A. Pember
ton of Mile Laos as interpreter.
Rev. J. G. Portman late superintendent of
state fish hatcheries OF Michigan, and FORM
erly Baptist clergyman, died suddenly of
heart disease at Benton Harbor.
Multiplying by four, the Fergus Falls city
directory shows q population OF 1000.
At Whitfield, Kandiyohi county, re
Gently, in the evening four men we've sit
ting in a carriage conversing, when a per
son passed and rcpassed severa! times, and
refused to answer. Being confronted the
person ran and fell PROSTATE. The men
procured gun and fred it in the air, when
the strange acting individual came to time
and proved to be girl in mems clothing
who toolishly attempted to play off silly
joke to her own great shane.
E. P. Freeman is the new land Office reg
lister at Redwood Falls.
Mankato is to have pork packing estab-
lishment soon.
Martin Miller, one of the oldest citizens
of Mankato, died recently, aged sixty eight
years.
At the judicia' convention for the Sew
enth judicial district, bold at Sank Center
Stearns County, on the 18th, D. B. Searle,
chairman of the convention, called the
meeting to order. Hon. J. W. Mason of
Fergus Falls was elected temporary chair
ty temporary secretary. On motion of !.
D. Jones of Todd county the temporary or
ganization was declared permanent. A
committee on credentials, composed of N.
Richardson, Morrison county; E. E. c .rliss,
Otter Tail; D. B. Searle. Stearns; and G. H.
Rhines, Mile Laos, was appointed. After
the report of the committee on credentials
was amended and adopted. the nomination
of Judge Co]lirs for the office of judge for
the Seventh judicial district was made by
District Attorney Searle seconded by Hon.
X. Nelson and f. f. Corliss, and carried
unanimously. committee was appointed
to wait on Judge Collins, aud he delivered
an appropriate address.
Il correspondent asks how the name OF
MahtOmedi near st. Paul is pronounced
Is u lu1CIl VI tFc CWO lduldu
words, Mah-to and Mede. This has been
turned into Mahto uedi, which is pro-
nounced with the accent on the first and
third syllables. It is comm only supposed
that the word means White Bear Lake, but
it meaDs only Bear Lake.
Charles Nordhoff is building a $4,000
house in Washington.
The storm on Friday morning was very
severe at Winona, Wabssha, Shakopee and
other places. In the town of Faxen, Sibley
county, hundreds Of acres of wheat, corn
and other crops were totally destroyed.
Among those who have lost heavily are P.
Duffy, twenty acres OF wheat; James Reilly,
his entire crop, corn, potatoes, oats and
wheat; Stephen Smith, over 100 acres OF
wheat together with all his other crops;
John Donovan, fourteen acres of wheat;
John Crehan, thirty acres of wheat and
Michael nearly one half his crops. Besides
the above losses, Mayor Keieher, John
Phelan, D. H. Fearing and Others in town
had their wheat and other crops badly dam
aged, perhaps more than half
Mr.. NJ. Carroll will be the acting mayor
of Duluth until successor to Mayor Cul-
ver is elected by the council.
F. W. Philbrick's safe at Redwood Falls
was blown ope~ by burglars, who secured
SIS in cash and some checks as follows:
Check from w. f. Mills, Mankato, for
&18.18; check from J. H. Long & Co., Man
kato, $11 46; check from Hubbard & Fay,
St. Paul S12.10; check from J. W. Griffin,
Minneapolis, 81; check from Jackson e.
Pond, Minneapolis, $3.50; creamery receipt
to William Root, 1921; creamery receipt to
E. N. Martin, $4.5l.
The directory fend is at work in Duluth
and figures ont the population OF that city
at 16, 600.
As W. G. Lieb and family of Somerset
Station, were eating supper recently, in the
building which is combination of store.
postoffice, depot and dwelling house, the
flames suddenly burst in through the din
iDgroom door. Almost as quick as thought
everything was OIL fire. Nothing Of any &C
count was saved.
He. Mansfeldt, pioneer of the state,
died suddenly in Gaylord recently, aged
sxty-four years.