The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-11-27

During drunken hurrah at Glenwood, James
Malloy was shot by Village Marshal Squires,
inficting serious wound.
Herman A. Mosher, pioneer and respected
citizen of Waseca, dropped dead recently aged
f0rty-nine years.
Much excitement exists in the village of Hen
ming, Otter Tail county with regard to the re-
cent burning of hotel at that place, and man
named TOllefson is suspected of being the in
cendiary. He has been hiding for some days,
fearing lynching.
The department has ordered an extension OF
mail service on the Minneapolis 4 St LOUIS
railroad from Birch Cooley via Redwood Falls,
Echo Wood Lake. Sillard's, Hazel Run, CIarks-
field, Boyd, Dawson, Madison Revillo, Oporto,
Troy and Waverly, to Watertown, Oak, dis
| lance of 1881 miles, This is to go into effect
Dec. l, with service six times week, or as
much oftener as trains may run.
The Eighth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry will
hold their first reunion at Market hail. Min
neapoGs, on Thursday, Dec. i, at 10 a. m. !; aud
at $50 p. m will partake of a banquet at West
the Eighth, and their wives, are requested to b.
present and participate in the festivities.
D. d. Robinson died last Sunday night at his
residence in Appleton, sxty-six years of age.
He was one of the first settlers III that town
and had served the community faithfully in
many positions of trust He plated and loca-
ted the main part of the village on his farm
six years ago.
Itchfeld.-Burglars Sunday night broke
into the safe in V. H Harris drug store.
They entered through back window into tho
cellar, and thence INTO the s:oreroom. Their
operations indicate that they were experts
They bored hole into the lock, knocked OF
the tumblers and opened the safe They SCI
cured a little more than $40
Health Officer Quinby of Minneapolis warrs
the people as to the necessity of sanitary pre-
cautions.
Attorney General Hahn has given an opinion
in reply to question of Superintendent D. L.
Kiehle, to the fact that independent school dis
tricts are not limited in the tax levy to nine mill,
on the dollar. If section ~, chapter II, general
statutes 1873 has any application to an indie
pendent district, no tax for such purpose can
be raised therein under the existent law. The
only limitation as to rate is contained in Sec
ton 1lO, which applies to building a school
house and purchasing sites, and as to this is
eight mills, and not one per cent as in sec;
ton 49,
The Presbyterian congregation of st Peter
has extended call to Rev. H. G. Mendenhall
OF Grand Forks to become the pastor of their
church. He has not yet accepted.
State Auditor Whitcomb in 1878, added 10 to
20 per cent to the appraised value of the state
land in Redwood county, as returned by the
commissioners appointed to appraise the same.
The effect was to disturb the relative values,
and IN many cases to leave the fixed price en-
tlrely too high. petition signed by large
number of citizens of the county has been
forwarded to Auditor Braden, asking for re-
appraisal of this land, with the expectation
that the request will be granted
1t is not probable that Lake Pepin will close
before Dec. l.
E. T. Wilder of Red Wing, assignee of the
Minnesota Elevator company, gives notice that
all claims against the company Will be taken up
by him for examination allowance or rejection
Dec IL, 1854
". II. PUTNAM OF Redwing, assignee for tie
Mazeppa Mills company, announces to the
creditors of the company, that he will, on Dec,
10, at III q. M, at the Office of the company in
Kedwlng, adjust, allow, or reject claims against
the company,
A horse ran away in Owatonna fracturina
the skull of the driver, named Racine. and
badly wounding the horse.
Following are the committee ordered a.
pointed At the last annual meeting of the Min
nesota Editorial association to organize q na-
tonal editors and publishers association.
and to further such end, to call = con-
vention at New Orleans; b. B. Herbert. Red
Wing; H F Hall; St Paul; D. Sinclair, Vino
.. Hoard, Montevideo; H. A. Castle, St. Paul;
A. j. Underwood, Fergus Falls; A. w. NcKin.
stry, Faribault; W. J. Whipple, Winona
The formal opening of the great West hotel
at Minneapolis celebrated last Wednesday
evening with probably the most elegant ban
quet ever given in Minneapolis, At which vera
seated 500 gentlemen, principally from St Paul
and Minneapolis; but the company embraced
large number Of prominent men from Chica-
go Cincinnati and other cities The occasion
was made somewhat . tribute to the Iste
Charles W. West, and was planned when Il
WAS oeheyed that the builder Of the magnificent
west would be able to receive in person thu
expressions Of appreciation given forth ~ he
exceptional enterprise.
In private letter from Bishop Whipple h.
expresses himself as follows with regard to n.
use Of old St Mary's Hall At Faribault for An
industrial school for Indian girls: ..A. =, ~.
use of Old St Mary's for an Indian sca,s.,i lug
shall be delighted to have it 20 used: M - =
were necessary would make any sanri6ca
Deleve Seabury mission will give 81 No..
the lots The school could be establishei 81
utie remain In st Aary's unless a.nov cnrr,. ~
ation Is 1ormed-a corporation OF laflies "a ~.
wnole charge. can only cav there sh.iI
. W p'aetaase oh my part