The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-02-14
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.,

MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.
Articles of incorporation have been fled for
the Mississippi Water Power and Boom COM
pany at the state capitol with capital stock OF
$4,000 and > limit Of liability 900, 600. The
principal placb Of business is Brainerd. The
incorporators are G. F. Kindred, G. G. Hart
ley, p. r. French, w. H. BARLEY, W. E. Seelye,
J. n. Nevers, B. F. Hartley, F. b. Thompson,
L e Lum and G. B. Sleeper, all Of Brainerd.
Land company, to deal in lands and to negotiate
loans, with headquarters at Fergus Falls and q
capital stock of $25, OOO with the limit of liza.
bilities of $4,000 The incorporators are
James Compton, g. G. War6eld, A. Braden:
Brown and 6. 6. Clement, ali Of Fergus Falls
Also articles of the Northwestern Endowment
and Legacy association, of Minnesota The
principal place of business is Red Wing ani
the object the mutual protection and relief o.
members.
The following schedules of teachers i1isti
tutes has been arranged for March: Insaniti
Cambridge, March 10; Lyon, Marshall, Marcel
10; Lyon, Marshall, March 10; Olmstead, Roch
ester, March II; Kandiyohi, Wilmar, March "A
Mower, Austin, March "A; Jackson;
March "a; Fillmore, Lanesboro, March 81
Hennepin, Excelsior, March 81; Stevens, Nor
rls, March 81.
The state central committee of the Prohibi
ton party has called a convention to meet Feb
I'D in each of the congressional districts, al
follows: First district, Dodge Center; Secon6
district, Lake Crystal; Third district, Rec
Wing; Fourth district, Minneapolis; Fifth dis.
trict, Fergus Falls. The object of these meet
mgs is to discuss the general condition of the
work and to act upon reports of committees on
resolutions, on the more thorough organization
of towns and counties, and on Prohibition cele-
brations on the Fourth of July. They will per:
feet the organization of the districts BY the an.
polntment of o central committee, and cleo
twenty delegates to a state conference, subject
to the call of the state committee, for the prr-
pose of choosing delegates to the national con-
vention, to be held in Pittsburg in May. These
will be mass meetings of all prohibitionists who
favor independent political action.
The Marquis de Mores has purchased the
Drake Arctic stores, in st. Paul, to be added tc
his system of packing houses for dressed
alton paid was $25,0OO These buildings will
be used for keeping meats, principally to sup.
ply steaks and outlets to hotels, etc
The stockholders of the Bank of Ortonville
have decided to increase their capitol stock tc
$50, 600, and merge the same into national
bank. The officers under the new dispensation
will he: President Albert Scheffer of st. Paul
vice president, c. X. Orion; cashier G.. E.
Brooks.
Mrs. Cults, arrested in Mortified, charged
with killing the illesitimatc child of her daugh-
ter, has been held for trial in $500 bonds
Inn E,;o ,l>o :.
years of age, was found dead in his bed at his
home at Prairie Creek.
L. A. Davis, who attempted suicide in Crook
ston recently, by shooting himself in the head,
is recovering.
One hundred and forty-six deaths out of Ala
in Otter Tail county lastyearwere from diph-
liberia.
The Merchants and Farmers National banl,
of Shahopee with a cash capital of $4,000, was
organized in Shakopee, and the following are
the directors and officers of the institution: J.
B. Coulter, president; Mat Berens, Jr., vice
president; John NJ. Shwartz, cashier. Direc-
tors, John Jacaehnicke of Louisville township;
John Theis, Sand Creek; Valentine Zoller,
Jacob Spinck, H. H. kohls, Michael Shwartz,
of Shakopee This bank was rcmodeled from
the German American bank of Shakopee, Or
gained as private bank July, 1883, with a
capital Of $4,000.
The residence of E. Rackliff of Maple Lake,
was destroyed by fire Wednesday, the Sth inst
also burned. His charred remains were found
where sleeping when Mr.. Rachliff and wife
left him, short time previous when they went
to spend the evening at neighbours.
A petition asking for the appointment of a
grain inspector for each county is being pre-
pared for presentation to the governor.
Jeremiah Meacham, an old and respected
citizen of Red Wing died on the 7th inst, aged
sixty-four years.
2. w. McAllister of Howard Lake has made
an assignment, with liabilities of $4,000
Louis Kriegher, an old and we'll known citi
zen of st. Paul died on the Sth inst, of dropsy.
A postoffice has been established on the north
shore of Mile Laos Lake to be called Mile
Laos, with Mrs. Mary J. Garrison postmistress.
The mails are to be brought by special service
from Brainard twenty-five miles distant.
The wife of Herman Ollin of Buffalo went to
visit her parents. They would not allow her
to return home, and Henry secured her upon
writ of habeas corpus
Hugh Connolly, sheriff of Dakota county, adds
four to Warden Reeds charge at Saltwater as
follows: Robert Gray, larceny from the per-
son, three months; Robert Evans, larceny
from the person eighteen months; George
Clark and Fred Earle, each one year for lar
ceny
The pay rolls are being made up for the state
militia who served during the Saltwater trouble,
which will be submitted to the Governor upon
his return from the East. The necessary cash
will likely be drawn from the national guard
r,..> l. &c. ~ Ia L.
from which the money can be obtained At
least g. GOO will be required, and if this amount
is drawn from the military fund, the coming
summer encampments will be seriously Grip
pied.
At Austin, the many friends of Mr.: and Mrs.
G. D. Malrett presented them fine china tea
set consisting Of ffty-six pieces, as we'll as
several other appropriate and valuable tokens
of their esteem, on the twentieth anniversary
of MI. and Mrs. Marlett's wedding
James McClosky of Grand Meadow died re-
Gently aged thirty-five years. He had Just re-
turned from Nebraska, where he went for his
health. He was formerly deputy sheriff Of
Mower county.
Mr.. Hutchinson's house at Albert Lea, was
burned the Sth
Mr.. Edwin Chapman, formerly of Rocheste'',
whose wife was seriously injured in the Au-
gust cyclone and another member of his fam
lily killed and his property destroyed, writes
from the Rogue river country on the Pacific
coast Himself and friend have struck pla-
Ger mine which is paying him 500 day, and
he thinks he has good paying ground enough
to last fifty years.
A special election has been ordered in Polk
county for Tuesday, Feb. ~, to determine the
question of bonding the towns in aid of the pro-
jectcd Grand Forks, Crookston 4 Lake Superb
or railroad
The Red Wing Advocate says Lee Hammond,
a young man travelling for III. Park, has alb
seconded with about 5000 of his EMPLOYERS
money, having bought too many blue chips
while on his collecting tour.
John W. Warner, living near Blue Earth
City, was fatally crushed by falling tree, dying
at the age of sixty-eight years.
Mississippians feel very proud of
their State Library in the Capitol at
Jackson. 1t comprises 50, 900 volumns,
which include the legal textbooks and
reports from all the States in the Union,