The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-10
Minnesota News Notea.

Nichols & Dean and Averill, Russell
& Carpenter of st. Paul fled petition
in the district court asking for the ap.
pointment of receiver for Mayo &
Clark, under the statute entitled IAN
act to prevent debtors from giving pref
erence to creditors and to secure the
equal distribution of the property OF
debtors among their creditors, snd fol
release of debts against creditors"
At an adjourned meeting of the Fari-
bault board of trade the following COM
mittee was appointed to wait on Mr.. A.
B. Stickney, for the purpose of discuss
ing the railroad question, and the pos
sibiljty of running the road about to be
built from Mona, Iowa, to St. Paul,
through Faribault: T. II. Loyhed, chair
man; Hon. Gordon E. Cole, J. d.
Greene and Donald Grant.
Rev. A. II. Lembower, of Reading,
Pa, worthy master templar of the
Temple of Honor of the World, will
visit Minnesota the last week CT July
and the first week in August, in the in
terest of Temple of Honor work. The
temples of Southern Minnesota will be
in session during the constitutional
amendment convention at Waseca on the
18th and 18th of July, at which dele
gates will be present from the temples
of Minneapolis, Rochester, Winona, and
other points, and addresses will be de-
livered by G. w. Peaniman, Rev. III. c..
Jennings, u. w. G. T. of Waseca, and
others.
Senator George E. Case will leave
France on the LIST of August, with twen-
ty Norman and Percheron mares, which
will be exhibited at the Minneapolis
fair, together with stock from his LIE
Sueur and Fridley farms. His children,
who have been attending school in
France, have been transferred to Ger
man school, Mrs. Case remaining with
them.
q. E. Beecham is the new assistant
superintendent of the Hastings g. Dako-
ia.
George Wilson of Austin was arrest
ed for running away with Martin
Bradon's wife and four children.
Ex-senator Widom is at the Park
Avenue hotel, New York.
Engineer Root, of the st. Paul &
Duluth railroad, reported at Saltwater
the wind was so strong in the vicinity of
Dellwood, on White Bear Lake, that
numerous oak trees six and eight inches
in diameter we're broken off. Quite q
large number of shade trees in Still
water were broken and ruined.
Soon after Orton's Anglo-American
circus had begun its exhibition at Wa
basha, Monday afternoon, terrible
gale of wind from the west struck the
tent and completely raised it. Several
of the cages containing animals were
upset and one of them fell upon w. NJ.
Bloomfield, an employee, breaking his
left leg in two places. Another emyloye,
whose name was not learned, sust aimed
internal injuries. There was an audi
ence of nearly two thousand people I'M
der the canvas when the hurricane came.
but outside of few scratches and
bruises, no injuries are reported. The
damage to the circus company is esti-
mated at $500.
Jacob Austin was nominated for re-
ceiver of public moneys at Fergus Falls.
AS Elias Gjendahl and two other
men were returning to their homes
from Ortonville they we're overtaken by
thunder storm, from which they sought
refuge in Mr.. Carlson's granary. They
had only been their few minutes when
it was struck by lightning and Mr..
Gjendahl Instantly Killed. The two
others escaped with only being heavily
shocked.
H. K. Hoyt, shot himself through the
head at St. Paul. He gave the name
of Hoyt at the hotel, but after his death
papers were found ON his person which
lead to the belief that his right name
is Louis Stone. Among his papers
were found letters indicative of family
troubles.
The seventy-five barrel Touring mill
at Moorhead owned by Nelson Overbee
has been sold and possession given to
George n. Kneisley, of Dayton, Ohio,
who has figured in sensational dispatches
from that place as having ruined sever
Fargo real estate. The mill is the one
quarfeled over by the creditors of p. V.
NJ. Raymond, of Fargo, last winter, he
having lease of it.
Wells Brothers, wholesale dealers in
millinery and fancy goods of Portland,
Or, have failed. Liabilities, 800 900;
nominal assets, $12O,OOO.
The receiver of the Newark IN. J)
Savings Institution recently began the
payment of 60 per cent. dividend. To-
tai amount, 50, 100000.
The liabilities of the Marsh Binder
Manufacturing company, of Sycamore,
ILL.,, which assigned recently will amount
to $500, 1000.
During the storm at Rush City, the
front of G. Munding's blacksmith shop
was blown out. Munding was buried in
the debris but not dangerously hurt.
The frame of F. s. Christiancys new
house was blown down. Loss, $500.
The Catholic church was slightly moved
on its foundation. Many trees, etc.,
were blown down.
The wind storm at Long Prairie un-
rooted q few barns and small buildings.
Two chimneys were blown down on the
new court house. The storm took q
due easterly course and tore down con-
siderable timber.
Notices have been received by Mr..
Strait that pensions have been allowed
by the department to Charles Waehler
of Sibley county, Bradley Rogers of
Lake City, and T. D. Greene. of Brown
county, MINI.