The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-03-20
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.

MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.
Some unknown person attempted
to wreck the passenger train on the
Northern Pacific, at Detroit, MINI, by
turning the switch. Fortunately, it was
discovered just in time to save the train
OF thirteen loaded coaches.
Miss Allie White of Duluth has begun
suit against the city to recover 5000
tor damages received by reason of de-
fective sidewalk.
The president has nominated Judge
Wheelock for Owatonna's postmaster.
St. Paul's city engineer, Somers, was
unanimously reelected.
The Republican congressional COM
mittee of the first district met in this
city Monday. All the counties were
represented, except Fillmore, Houston
and Olmsted. It was resolved to hold
convention within the district to elect
two delegates to the national Republic
can convention, and to hold seperate
convention to nominate congressman.
The chairman was authorized to fix the
date of the convention after the call for
the state convention has been issued.
Wlnona was chosen as the place for
holding the convention, and the num-
Der of delegates will be the same as in
the Rochester convention of 1882.
DIR. Lyon, a New York chemist, has
analysed the water from m artesian
we'll in Mankato, and obtained the fol-
lowing result from half-gallon of the
water of 1886 grains, represented in
parts of 1000, viz: Protosulphate of
iron and alumine, 32.O22 grains; sui
plate of lime, 49, 928 grains; chloride of
sodium, Is. 321 grains; sulphate of mag
nesia, 13. SIS grains; silica, l3 OPS grains !;
organic matter, 1855 grains. Total,
124.396 grains. This water is said to
be equal to that of the famous Wauke-
sha springs in medical qualities.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Odell of Owatonna
celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of
their marriage, by golden wedding.
The residence of Mrs. Dresser, at
Mortified which was partially destroyed
by fire, was insured for $500, 81 ZOO
in the German Insurance company of
Freeport, ILL.,, and $500 in the Home
Insurance company of New York.
Prof. Northrup is reported to hesitate
about excepting the presidency of the
state university on the salary issue,
since the removal will necessitate the
the sale of his home in New Haven, one
of the finest in the city. The tender
has been made of a salary of 81, 500, but
it is believed that Sc, 600 will be neces-
sary to secure his services.
Judge Brill of St. Paul granted Flor
ance Moody divorce from Robert
Moody, on the grounds of cruel treat
ment and desertion. He also gives her
the custody of her child, 81, 800 alimony
and her personal property.
Articles of the Sank Rapids & Mis-
sissippi River Boom company, to con-
struct and operate booms on the Mis-
sissippi river at Sank Rapids, to drive
and sluice logs, timber, and lumber
have been fled with the secretary of
state. The office of the company is in
Sank Rapids. The capital stock is
s5O, 900, and the limit of liability $685.
600. The incorporators are G. B. Buck
man, George w, Benedict, Erasmus
Cross, and Joseph Coats, all of Sank
Rapids; Joseph P. Wilson of Min
neapolis, H. Gilman, Rice's, Benton
county, ond S. G. Hall of Muskegon,
Mich.
Gov. Hubbard has received letter
from White Cloud, the head chief of
the Chippewas-or, as he writes it, the
Ojibways-at the White Earth reserva-
ton. It expressed the thanks of the
chief and the tribe to the governor for
his friendly feeling and action in their
behalf, and assures him that what he
wrote to the commissioner of Indian af-
fairs about the Mile Laos band was all
true, and is in less degree true of the
Leech Lake band. White Cloud writes
that "the Ojibway Indians, on account
of the rapid and full settlement of the
country by the white man, cannot live
by hunting"
Norman Buck, formerly of Winona
has been appointed associate justice of
Idaho.
Minneapolis is asked to adopt the
Chicago plan of hiring detectives to as
sess hidden notes and mortgages.
The Erickson brothers, supposed to
be the ones who made the late murder
Gus assault with knives and axes on
Samuel Wilson and Fish's camp on the
Duluth g. Iron Range railroad, waived
examination at Duluth and were COM
mitted to await trial.
Three weeks ago thieves entered, the
barn of Charles Needham, a merchant
of Ottawa, LIE Seuer county, and stole a
buffalo and lap robes worth over $50.
Monday night Sheriff Moll arrested at
St. Peter Daniel and Charles Long of
Ottawa on charge of stealing the robes.
Both parties confessed, and told where
the robes could he found. They had
sold them to parties in Pennington. The
prisoners were taken to Ottawa for a
hearing, and as they made full confess
sion they will plead guilty and go to
Jail. They are sons of respectable par
ents, but for the past six months have
been loafing in Ottawa, St. Peter and
Mankato, and spending money freely
without doing any work to earn any.
At the meeting of tho board of trade,
Secretary Phelps submitted the annual
report of the business of Winona for
the past year. The first report, pre-
sented early in the year 1881, showed
the business of the year previous to have
amounted to $8,O8S,52O Two years
later, in January, 1883, the amount was
$12, $685. 53. The present statement
mounts up to SIS, 034 500, divided as
follows: General trade $12,O46, 1886;
banking, 50, 1913 ,438; building improve
ments, $794,256. Grand total, $751;
034, 500.