The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-08-28

Only favorable reports are received from the
harvest fields Of Northern Dakota and Mime
sofa. By the close of this week the crops the
entire length Of tho Red River valley will be in
shocks Stacking has already commenced in
the southern portion of the territory and is gen.
eral in Southern Minnesota. The wheat yield
In Dakota, ~ reported by Reagents of elevator
companies and other grain men who are COM
potent judges, will not exceed the first estimate
OF sixteen bushels per acre.
Bliss Elliot, numbering firm with an Of
ice in the Academy IT Music, Minneapolis
made voluntary assignment for the benefit
Of their creditors, with liabilities at t17o, 900
consists of A. s. Blake and Dr. A. F. Elliot. but
the latter gentleman has been connected with
] the firm but . limited time The action which
Precipitated the assignment was an action
brought by the Citizens bank to recover on i
note for $1,000
AtNew Ulm Charles Hers of New Ulm and
Harry Winters and J: G. Porter, of M.nkato;
were at work on the public school building,
Standing on a scaffold thirty five feet from the
ground. Suddenly the scaffold gave way, hurl-
ing Heers and Porter to the ground, the form
or striking sharp edged stone, cutting large
cash in the back Of his head, beside receiving
1
giving him severe shock.
Mr.: E E. Game, of the Commercial hotel,
at Owatonna, while hunting in company with
F. Roskcff, one of Owatonna's best marksmen,
while looking for shot bird in the tall grass
received the whole charge of Mr.. Roskof's gun
IN his face and breast At short range the latter
not being aware CT his presence. The wounds
are not fatal, but he may lose tho use Of one
| eye.
Richard Wells, an Englishman about twenty
years Of age, who has been in this country only
two or three years, was accidentally shot and
killed by his companion and friend, Mr. Frost
bic, in Fox Lake, Mimi. Frostbie tripped his
foot and fell, and as no went down his gun was
accidentally discharged, the entire volley taking
erect IN his companions head, and killing him
almost instantly.
Near Lansing, number of calves have boon
lost by mysterious disease called bloody
murrain. The calves are taken sick and die,
some within sixteen hours, there being no
cure. The disease is contagious
soldier of the war of 1912, Mr.: Isaac De
Courcey, died in Faribault, at the home of HE
granddaughter, Mrs. Ray
Peter McClosky of Carrollsville lost his barn
and granary being set on fire by children play
ing with matches.
A new $1,000 bushel elevator will be erected
at Eagle Bend, Todd county.
Mrs. A. W. Fountain celebrated her hum
dredth birthday on Sunday, at the residence
| OF her daughter, Mrs. Stephen Francisco, in
Florence township, Wabasha county.
| Carleton college opens Sept 10 The atten-
dance promises to be large.
Judge Mitchell of the supreme court has
| handed down his decision in the suit Of Stephen
F. Bueneman vs.. the St Paul Minneapolis and
Manitoba railway, affirming the order of the
lower court denying new trial to the railroad.
The suit was for $40, 0CO for damages to Buene-
man growing out of injuries sustained by him,
BY falling of the depot platform at Alexandria,
Mlnn, some five years ago.
The officers of the Northwestern Lumber
mans association reelected at the meeting in
Chicago are:
President, A. G. Van Shack; vice president,
u Z. Merriman; treasurer, A. A Biglow; sec
rotary, +: s Hotchkiss; directors, f. E. Gro
Mich. E. W. Durant, Saltwater, Mimi O. H.
Ingram, Eau Claire, Wis., r. G. Peters, Manis-
toe, Mich. w. O. Goodman, Menominee, Mich
): II. Swan, Muskegon, Mich. p. NJ. Musser,
nMu 9 s1 Iowa; w. J. Young, Clinton, Iowa;
La Crosse, Wis. J. NJ Gould, Moline, Ill.,; G.
W: Rody, Ludington, Mich s. W. Farnham,
Minneapolis; c. NJ. White, Montrose, Iowa.
Theodore Kaupang, aged twelve years, of
New Sweden, Mimi, was killed by the kick ola
horse. Louis Edwards, aged fifteen, of Den
yer, Mimi, was thrown from horse and re-
celved injuries from which he died soon after.
Anna Fildman, child fourteen years old,
a daughter of Henry Eldman, living near Graf
Ton MINI aoCi6onfo11v eho&
her brothers gun.
Levi W. Stewart, son Of Elder Stewart Of Le
sueur county, Mimi, was arrested 1t LIE Sueur
after . severe struggle, charged with burglariz-
ing the Kasota eating housn Tt il believed he
ness in burglary and petty thieving 1T LIE Suour
and Ia THO vicinity for some time past, as
well as at LIE Sueur Center and elsewhere in
the county during the past year.
Al St Paul Hugh Gallagher was run away
with and killed.
The liabilities of F. E. Schenck. of the Bruins
wick, Minneapolis, aggregated $6,G49 Net
assets, 81, 742.
AT Winnebago City, the postofice and Ameri-
can Express Office was broken into Thursday
morning at one o'clock, and the safe drilled
open. The loss to the postoftice is about 500
in stamps and $25 in silver The express
office lost sl9 in currency, and among other
valuable papers thirty blank express money
orders. B. F. Goodwin's Office was entered
and IS taken from his SAFE The contents of
the safe was carried block, where they broke
open tho iron chest and sorted tho papers,
taking only part of them.
At Willmar, two tramps, named Frank Dig
now and Thomas Quigley, confined in the coun-
ty jail on charge of burglary, made their es-
cape by crawling through one of the ventilators
but We're soon captured
The Austin Transcript speaking of the pros
poets of the Minnesota 4 Northwestern, says:
1.-The distance from Mona, Iowa, to St Paul,
via the new line is only ITO miles, instead Of
is as has been stated, and from Austin to St.
Paul IS miles, which is five miles less than by
the Chicago, Milwaukee 4 St Paul The route
selected north of Austin is the line west of
brownsville. 1t will cross the Southern Min
nesota railroad about two miles cast of Ramsey
The reason given for selecting this route in
preference to via Brownsville, is that it saves
the company over mile in distance and will
cost less money for grading and bridging.
Tracklaying will commence in the spring lust
as soon as the ground is in proper condition,
probably about May l, and will not consume
over forty days for the entire line.
Material for tho Minnesota l. Northwestern
AVA wy Nv O"oC"AO3 A'AHhIA, 10 AoW dIIlNluS "
Watervillo. There will be about eight hundred
car loads. A spur track will DO built from tho
minneapolis < st. Louis at Cascade, and the
rails unloadcd ready for track laying in the
spring There are strong grounds for believ-
ing that the work will be run in tho interest of
the Illinois Central Work on the Wisconsin.
Minnesota Il Pacific between Manka6o and
Waterville has not yet commenced, although
the survey is completed
Montgomery Il Morley have purchased 5000
acres of swamp land in Ham Lake and Colum-
bus, Anoka county, and have already put in
fifty miles of bitches. 1t is expected to make
5,OOO or &, 600 acres of the amount hay land be-
fore operations shall be suspended.
Mrs. W. R. Murray, of Lake city, delighted
numerous friends with an exhibition of night
blooming cereus with six magnificent blossoms
uponit. The same plant unfolded two blossoms
on the DreviOns evanino