The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-05-22

Fred Wachsmith of Moorhead, whit
for some time past had been manager d
John Erickson's brewery, committed
suicide by shooting himself. He had
been discharged from the brewery and
WAS engaged in moving out of the build.
ing to make way for his successor. HI
stepped out with his double-barreled
breach=loader, sat down by the rive,
bank, pulled off one slipper and stock.
ing, cooked the gun, placed tho muzzll
to his mouth and pulled the trigge,
with his toe. He was thirty five years
old and leaves q wife and one child
Temporary insanity is the supposed
cause of the suicide.
William Farrell, formerly employed
as a letter carrier in Minneapolis, buI
for the past two weeks employed a.
brakeman on the Northern Pacific rail
road, was run over by the cars on Sun.
day evening, the 18th, between Bis.
marck and Mandan, and instantly
killed. The body was brought to Min.
neapolis and forwarded to his formel
home in Northern New York for burial
Each successive week serves tt
strengthen the confidence of the Min.
hesota farmer. The warm, bright
weather has completed. the good work
begun by the previous rains, and grair
has taken tiourishing start.
A.C. & w. A. Todd, Minneapoli.
fruit dealers, assigned.
The national guard will probably en-.
camp at Lake Calhoun.
Carrie Olson of Minneapolis says she
was wrongfully put in the St. Petel
asylum.
Hon. John Bullen of the town Of
Eliza, who died on Friday night, the
9th, at the age of eighty-one, had lived
in Winona county for twenty years, and
was a member of the legislature in 1870.
He was a native of Oneida county, n.
Y. and came West in 1885, being the
founder of the city of Kenosha, as the
representative of a colonization society
of New York.
At meeting of the trustees of Ma.
calester college held last month, the re-.
quest of the Rev. Edward D. Neill,
made a long time since. to be relieved
of the presidency, and fill the professor.
ship of history, literature, and political
economy, was granted. In view of t4.is
change it was unanimously decided tt
invite W.. Milne, LII. D., of Geneseo.
N. Y, to visit St. Paul and Minneapolis
to confer with the trustees, who had ex.
pressed their wish, if the way was open,
to elect him president. Should Mr..
Milne decide to except the headship OF
the institution, the trustees will take
steps to fill the professorship of mathe.
mates, natural philosophy, ancien,
languages, French and German, and
they wish that the classes of the COL
legiate and scientific department shall
be opened about the middle of Sep.
TENDER.
The effect of the car company failure
on the interests of the state are uncer.
tain, says Attorney General Hahn.
Miss Carrie G. Newton, daughter Of
W. A. Newton, of the Minnesota Far
mer, of Minneapolis was married tc
George F. Wright, also identified with
the Farmer.
At Moorehead, the people having ir
charge the erection of elevators in thu
interest of the farmers, report that they
have cash and stock subscribed suffi-
Gent to pay for the erection of eleven
elevators, and that the construction will
be pushed so that the warehouses will
be finished to remove the coming crop
A man named John Kemp was found
hanging to abeam in lungs hotel barn
in Kellogg, Wabasha county. The sui
eide was Luxemberger about thirty
years old, had been in Kellogg but a
few days, and had q brother living al
La Crosse.
At the annual meeting of the North
western Fuel company, the following
officers were elected: President and
treasurer, E. N. Saunders; secretary
H. Y. Smith assistant treasurer, NJ. L.
Saunders. The former board of di-
rectors was reelected.
Articles of incorporation of the Lake
Superior Land company have beer
filed with the secretary of State
The capital stock is $4,000, and the
limit of liability $4,000. The incor.
porators are Thomas Cochran, Jr., St.
Paul; R. NJ. Newport, St. Paul; G. w.
Darling, Fargo. and Owen Fargusson,
Duluth.
Seven companies of the First regi-
ment, NJ. s. N. G., having voted TO,
Lake Calhoun as the location for the
next regimental encampment, that mat
ter may be considered as fixed. The
St. Paul and Saltwater companies, c.
d. E and K. voted for White Bear, but
they were in minority.
John Drozay is in Litchfield jail for
stealing horse from Owen Quinn, his
employer, of Monmouth.
G.. Rossler, Lake City grocer, has
failed, with liabilities of 81 200, and
stock 1926.
Freedom county farmers will hold q
convention May %.
Friends of Mrs. J. D. Morris, Of
Wells, will be alike shocked and grieved
to hear of her death, which recently fol-
lowed the attack of quick consumption
Deceased was the daughter of Rev. S.
NJ. Childs, baptist clergyman: and was
born in Ohio. Under the preaching
and teaching of Rev. Father T. Venn
she espoused the Roman Catholic faith
and was especially active in the church,
being largely instrumental in securing g
church in her home town. The day OF
her funeral was observed as one oil
mourning, the railway shops were closed
and farmers came from miles around to
attend her funeral.
A respectable old gentleman of Wis.
consin, named Wilcox, became intimate
with a woman named Barney, who rob
bed him of 81, 800. She went to Red.
wood Falls, Mimi. and Wilcox followed
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