The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-06-26

Alabama postoffice, in the vicinity of Taylore
Falls, having dropped dead while walking home.
The Redwood county agricultural society has
decided to purchase forty acres Of ground,
where it's annual exhibition will hereafter be
held.
The ex-soldiers' association of Carver county,
composed of about 11U old Seterans of the late
war, will hold their annual reunion an Wa
coma on Friday and Saturday, July 10 and 19
1t is creditable to the taxpayers of Min
neapolis and of Hennepin county that, on q tar
roll aggregating over 81 800, 600 only about
&135, eco should not have been paid at the time
fixed by law for payment without penalty.
W. A. LOOMS of Wabasha, conductor on the
Ch'ppew Valley railway, was married recently,
to Miss Clara j. Smith, at Durand, Wis, the
home Of tho bride. The newly welded couple
left for the south on a brief wedding tour.
Luvorne Herald: Mr.: H. Berkholtz, pro-
prietor of the City FIGURING Mills at Rock Rap
ids, Unknown and highly esteemed citizen,
died suddenly At his home on Wednesday, the
18th, from the effects of q dose of poison. Al
though the evidence is not conclusive, the sus-
picion is generally entertained, and strongly
supported by the circumstances, that the poi
son was administered by the murdered mans
wife,
Tho county auditor of Ramsey county, filed
with the district clerk the delinquent real es-
tate tax list Of Ramsey county for the year
ending May 81. The entire assessment for the
year was 81, 1O2, G67, of which $305, 600 was COL
lected by the county treasurer from Dec L,
1888, to Feb. 20, 1884; $4,000 between March
and May 81, and about 5000 since June 1,
leaving about 81, G67 delinquent
Orders have been issued by Gen. Terry at
Fort Smelling, remitting the unexpired portion
of the sentence of the general court martial in
the case of Lieut. George B. Ahern, Twenty
fifth infantry, who was tried nearly six months
ago for absence without leave and disobedience
of orders in visiting st. Paul, and sentenced to
be rcprimanded and to be confined to the linn
its Of his post for one year.
John H. Wilson, blacksmith, living with
his family in Monticello, Wright county, was on
Saturday examined before Justice Cochran of
Buffalo by reason of a change Of venue, on
charge of attempt to commit rape on the person
of Mrs. Spauldins of that village, and was
bound over in 500 to appear at the fall term
of the district court Public opinion is largely
loose morals.
Mrs. Sarah c. Shaver, sister of George W.
Chowen, died at her home, opposite Wayzata,
Lake Minnetonka on Friday, and the funeral,
which took place Sunday afternoon, was at
tended by large concourse of citizens. With
her husband James Shaver, Jr., the deceased
settled on a tract of land on the south shore of
Wayzata bay i'll the spring Of 1852, and was tho
first white woman locating on what isnow Min.
netOnka township
At the annual meeting of the Ancient Land
mark lodge, No sat St Paul, the following Off
GERS were elected: Isaac L. Mahan, W. NJ !:
George $. Acker senior warden. Thomas L.
Kerr, Junior warden; w. E. Burton, treasurer
William Damphier, secretary. Appointive
officers were as follows: Henry Nickel, senior
deacon; George r. Morton, junior deacon;
William Ruff, senior steward; George R. Pea
body, junior steward; J. p. Pond, chaplain;
Jean c. Fischer, tyler.
Judge Breuer, who succeeded Judge McCrarv
on the federal bench in the Eighth circuit, made
an excellent impression with the bar of St.
Paul and Minnesot:, and with citizens general
ly, by his happy speech on opening court for
the first time in st. Paul. Occupying place
which for several weeks promised to work
changes in the personnel of Minnesota's dele
CATION III congress, there necessarily attaches
more than ordinary interest to Judge Breuer's
arrival here He is assurcdly a gentleman
worthy of the honor that fell to him.
Building of the new elevators has already be-
gun by the Farmers Union Elevator company.
At Sabin the structure is rapidly rising Lum-
Der is unloaded on the site of the new house in
Glydon, South of the Northern Pacific track
opposite Bangs & Co.'S warehouse Material
at Barnesville, Kragnese, Carman, Angus,
Argyle and Stephen. Each house is to
be Of $4,000 bushels capacity, built in crib
fashion, and requires 10000 feet of lum.
Der.
In the state of Illinois there is an organiza-
ton among the Knights Templar for the pur-
pose of furnishing life indemnity, or procuring
benefit to widows and orphans of its deceased
members. The organization includes some of
the most prominent knights of the state The
same organization is about to be established in
st. Paul, and the knights are interesting them
selves greatly i'll the mater: Several of tho
prominent sir knights have enthusiastically
taken hold of the enterprise and are now at
work at the organization, which promises to be
large one.
The horse thief who shot Marshal Hall of
Znmbrota last week, was pursued by Deputy
Marshal Anderson and posse so closely that he
abandoned the horses he had and took the road
on foot The posse came up to him sitting by
the roadside when he Immediately fled Tho
party fred twice at him. he dropping both times,
but he rose and escaped. They followed his
trail to near Easby's mill, but he escaped.
Search was made until Sunday afternoon, but
no thief was found. A rumor was current that
a German had been shot by the same party, but
it is not corroborated
monument to the late Col Henry c. Rodgers
of the Sth Minnesota, was unveiled at Browns
dale, Mower Co., on Tuesday, the 18th. There
borhood, and Ex-Governor Ramsey presided
over the ceremonies and Hon. Mark H. Dun
nell The Grafton was listened to with the
closest attention. Adjt. Swift read eloquent
letters regrettng their absence from Pennock
Persey, J. H. Baker and A. C. Hawley, visitors
spend the afternoon reviewing old times, Col
Rodgers grave being decorated with flowers.
Hon. H. NJ. Knox, public examiner, has sub
mitted to Gov Hubbard the matter OF the ex-
animation of the finances and system of &C
counting for the same in Polk county. The ro-
port sets forth that in examining tho Polk
county commissioners accounts it has been as
ccrtained that in many instances work has been
done that calls for the sevcrcst criticism; that
tho commissioners have appropriated money
from the county treasury when they have had
no authority so to do, and when the county
fund was exhausted they have used school
funds for county purposes, thereby defrauding
the school district, ETC.
The appearance of Capt Russell Blakeley up
on the streets of Saltwater recalled to the mind
of E. D. Farmer of Saltwater the time when in