The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-10-23
MINNEfS0TA

The Rochester school enrolment 10 nearly
800.
st. Peter is to have monthly horse and cat
tie market.
The idea Of opening the Albert Lea college
this year has been abandoned.
Saltwater people have made = vigorous de-
mand for night telegraph service.
David B. Wilson, of Minneapolis, died of
heart disease at Herman ON the 10th.
Billings, of LIE Roy, took lis pounds of
honey from between the clapboards aud plas-
tering Of his dwelling.
An unknown man shot himself through the
head with revolver near Redwing, and was
found in dying condition.
j. A. Thorn, of Osccola township, Rcnville
county, lost his stables, thirty tons of hay and
some farm machinery by fire.
Strawberries, the second crop this season,
grown In an open field near Winona, are on
sale in that city at 81 per quart.
Adon Butler, of Minneapolis, defeated John
s. Most, of Hudson, Wis, in a wrestling match
at the former place on Tuesday.
The house Of j. s. Hotchkis, of Owatonna,
was entered by burglar who got away with
the pants of MIR. Hotchkis, containing $50.
The jcwclry store o! j. F. Macombc, at Min
neapo'is, was robbed in broad daylight Oh the
10th, $500 worth of property being secured.
A man named Levin and boy named Fer
guson were drowned in Diamond Lake, Kan
diyohi county, while fishing the other night.
The Brainard Grand Army post has complet-
cd its cast of the military play, "Gcrman Vol
unteer," to be given the first week in Deem
Der.
The jury in the case of Henry Brandcs, on
trial at Price City for killing Dcttoff Peterson.
failed to agree. Brandes was released on g., 600
bail.
Strict quarantine has been established over
scarlet fever cases in Fairbault, of which there
have been thirty-two reported, with three
deaths.
Two little daughters of Fred Dcmpke,. of
Ada, Norman county, were found drowned in
Wild Rice river. 1t is supposed the drowning
was accidental.
Becker, Roth, and Dolterweich, judges of
election at Winona, have been indicted by the
grand jury for frauds pcrpctrated at last
springs election.
NJ. X. Armstrong, of the bank of St. James,
is credited by the New York Bank Reporter as
being the best judge in that state of real estate
value and securities.
DR.. G. r. Patton, of Lake CITY, has pur-
chased promising 2ycar-old bay -brown Ham
bletonian FLY at the stock farm Of G. W. Sher-
wood, near Sheldon, Iowa.
The elevator at Chester, owned by Van
Dusen i Co., burned on the 14th with l, 200
bushels Of wheat and 1,2GO of barley Total
loss about $1,000, with no insurance.
VIM. Elson, of Parkcr's Prairie, Grant coun-
ty, in attempting to remove belt while
threshing machine was in motion, got his arm
caught and wrcnched off below the elbow.
The barn of Andrew Stomprod, in Fribcrc.
Otter Tail county, burned, together with all
the contents, among which was harvester and
considerable amount of grain. Loss, 800.
c. NJ. Barber, clerk in the freight Office of
the Sioux City division of the Omaha road at
st. Paul, was brutally dubbed by special
policeman named Ryan on the night of the
10Th.
A bear got into the cellar Of Dan Fecncv,
who lives near Litchfield. Dan got on the door
to hold it down, but the bear easily raised both
Dan and the door and made its escape into the
woods.
Articles OF incorporation of the Church of
st. Mary, of Waverlv, Wright county, and of
the Church of st. Adelbert of Hale, Mcleod
county, were filed on the 18th with the secre-
tary of state.
Mrs. Luther II. Lennon, Of Anoka fell
dead on Tuesday. She was standing at the
head of the cellar stairs, falling to the bottom,
and was dead when found. She was IS years
old and leaves husband and four children.
A Shakopee correspondent says: The crop
OF amber cane syrup has been immense this
vicinity, and the article goes a-begg;ng on our
streets at 40 cents per gallon. Potatoes are
also drug on the market, and arc offered in
wagon loads at 90 cents per bushel for choice
qualities.
Capt. William Robinson, II. r. Roberts,
John Segars and Jerry Weber, of Winnipeg,
passed through st. Paul this week cnroutc to
Egypt to join the expedition for the relief of
Gen. Gordon. They go from there to Toronto,
thence to Quebec, where they embark for the
scene of operations.
The houses of Senator Sergeant, ex-Mayor
Brown and J. D. Dudley, in Albert Lea, were
all burglarized Saturday night by unknown
parties, and no clue left as to their identity,
At the former place silver knife was secured;
at the latter, $13 and silver watch, and at Mr.
Browns the sum the thieves got was only 40
cents.
An cid man named Matthias Riehl, aged
about 60 years, living with his only daughter
in Henderson, committed suicide short time
after noon Sunday by placing a double barrelcd
pistol in his mouth and firing and blowing his
head to pieces. 1t is supposed that he CON-
mittcd the deed while under temporary
alteration OF mind brought on by failing health.
M. j. Johnson, station agent of the Northern
Pacific railroad at East St. Cloud. was found
shot in bis Office on the morning of the 10th.
lying near the money drawer which was open.
He was shot with revolver, and the ball en-
tered his left eye. He had a pipe in his mouth
The shooting was probably accidental. john
son died in the afternoon at o'clock His
wife is in New York. johnson was formerly
station agent at Clear Lake.
As Robert Jones, of Birch Coolic, Rcnville
county, was returning from Morton, Saturday
night, after selling load of wheat, he was at
tackled by highwaymen and badly pounded
over the head. They were frightened away by
teams following before they could secure his
money. At O'Clock Sunday afternoon Jones
had not recovered his senses, and his condition
was critical. The would-bc robbers were not
caught and there is no clue to their identity.
MOB RULE III ENGLAND.
| "A Conservative Demonstration Broken
Up.
LONDON, Oct. 14.-The Conservative dem
enstration announced for Birmingham ycster-
day, involving meetings in Astor grounds, town
hall, and the skating rink, was prevented by an
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