The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-03-20
Crookston, and each was identified with
the building up and developing Of that

city.
At 'Vermillion, on the Iron Range
road, "Black Jack, and his pal, Brown.
went into camp where there were sever
or eight men, and robbed the whole outfi
of $187, and one of them dare not say .
word for fear his life would pay thu
penalty.
DR.. Van PAIL of Chaska has been ar
rested and held in 81 900 bonds, on .
charge of ravishing simple minded
thirteen-year-old girl who boarded il
his family.
At Moorhead, William Ovens house
was burned.
At Moorhead a rumor is afloat that w
H. Lewis, county physician, has left tn.
city for good. He was we'll liked ap
parently by all, and had fair practice
here. He married about fourteen
months ago young lady who had been
waitress in one of the hotels, and it i:
said that the welded life of the pair has
not been the most felicitous. His wife
and child are still in the city.
George S. Dale of Minneapolis los
his wallet with $67, 600 in notes in New
York.
Swan and Corlson are in Jail in Duluth
charged with the murder of Sam Wilson
at Vermillion, and number of other
have been arrested as accessories.
Conrad Boettcher, pioneer of L,
Sueur, died at the residence of his son
Rev. Henry Boettcher, in that town
aged eighty-four years.
The Lake house in Alexandria wa.
burned with its contents. Loss, 81 900
insurance, $500.
The house committee on public build
ings and grounds agreed to recommend
the erection of a public building q
Duluth, Mimi, to cost 100000.
A meeting of the Minnesota Rcpub
lican state central committee is callet
at St. Paul March 28th.
At Langhai, Pope county, severa
days ago, while digging we'll on Lane
of Gunder Tharaldson, silver, lookin,
as if the outcropping of vein, wa
found.
William Lyons, an old and respected
citizen of Alexandria, died on Sunday
aged seventy-two years, from the result
of wounds received during the late war
The large price that has been paid il
Rochester for few years past for gin
seng has resulted in extirpating tn,
plant from Olmsted county, and as tn
root is of very slow growth, there ca,
be no more to dig fof a number of year
to come.
Mr.. G. II. Voorhis died very sudden
~ at Faribault of heart disease. HI
was formerly resident of Philadelphia
and came to Faribault about a year ag'
and entered Seabury Divinity school
with the intention of taking orders ii
the ministry.
The woman who died under mys
FERROUS circumstances in Motley, tn
dead body of an infant being found il
her trunk, proves to have been the wifi
of Myron Fuller of Reynolds. The,
had not lived together for four years.
The roof of stable containing fort,
head of valuable cattle upon the Moor
land farm, near Moorhead, fell in iron
the weight of snow upon. Fourteen O
the cattle were killed.
Nels Ash, Swede, was fatally in
jured by falling from a pile driver be
tween Anoka and Champlin, and die,
soon after.
Seaman & Wall are to start banl
in Lanesboro called the "Home Elk
change"
Harper & Gillispie and the St. Croi,
Lumber company of Saltwater hav'
filed claims to the amount of $17.OO(
and the laborers to the amount of Sc ,OOt
against A. S. Bliss, lumberman O
Barnum. The sheriff is now in posses
sion.
The coroner's jury in the case O
Hedge Helgeson, killed by snow pillow
near Norcross, when two other section
men were wounded, returned verdic
that deceased came to his death "b,
being run down by Engine No. 1855
with snowplow attachment, driven b,
James p. Haines, of the St. Paul, Min
neapolis & Manitoba railroad; and W,
further find that the said engine wa.
run at an unjustifable rate of speed
and without the caution necessary fol
the safety of the section men at worl
on the track"
In drunken row at Beaver Bay NJ
Indian named Yellow Bird was killed il
attempting to prevent trouble. Domin
lex and Smith fled, but were arrested ant
examined ON the following Monday ant
discharged by justice Of the Peace
Salisbury, although they did not den,
that they committed the murder, simpl,
swearing that they were too drunk t
remember who did it. The constable
50 it is reported by those there, furn
ished the liquor, which he sold openl,
to any Indian who would pay for it il
money, flour, calico or anything else.
The house of Stephen Hewson, ar
old settler of Oxford, burned Monday
his sick daughter and two children
being removed in safety. The post
Office, kept in the same building, wa
also destroyed; some deeds, mortgage
and notes were saved, but his library
valued at $500, was total loss.
The directors of the Minnesota Iro1
company held their annual meeting a
their office in st. Paul, for the electio,
of officers. The resignation of T. l.
Blood, al secretary of the company
dated Dec. 81, 1883, was read. Th
following officers were elected for tn
ensuing year; C. Tower, Philadelphia
Pa, president; George C. Stone, St
Paul, Mimi, vice president and genera
manager; C. Tower, Jr. Duluth, MINI.
treasurer; I. P. Beck, Duluth, MINI.
secretary.
Wadena expended $68, $50 in build
ing improvements last year
The report of the Minnesota state sta
tistical agent to the United States az
ricultural department for March
shows the corn on hand of the crop Q