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

r. Rider leaves in few days for
Omaha where he will be engaged dur
ing the summer in making brick. Hope
Mr.. II. will return and make this coun-
ty his home.
VIM. L. Jones, of Little Rock, has
just returned from an extended visit to
Iowa county. Wis. lie signalizes his
return by taking two copies of the AID.
VANCE, paying for both year ahead
and says a number from Iowa county
are coming west.
Il. I. James, of Little Rock, is in
town helping j. II. johnson out on
job OF harness making. Mr.. James is
said to be- No. workman.
Jerome Davidson, son of our old
friend W. N. Davidson. well known
here, is going to Dakota to start
newspaper. Jerome is good boy and
We wish him the best of luck.-Pipe-
stone Star.
Ed. Morrow expects to leave Satur-
day to accept position elsewhere rs
telegraph operator. A number of our
testimonials and all regret his leaving.
We have not learned who is to take his
place. w. J. Ries remains as night
l.
}. II. Pratt and family will remove
to Cedar Rapids next week. lie has
rented farm Of eighty acres 2 miles
west OF that thriving city. on which he
will move his family. We are sorry to
lose this family from Iowa Falls. Mr..
Pratt's run as postal clerk on the B. &.
4. T. N. is from Cedar Rapids to Wor-
Ellington, and he makes this change in
nr1n 70 In l., :, 10 60 -,
time than he could be here.-Iowa Falls
Sentinel.
W. G. MARITIME furnished u bill of sill
yerware for the Calumet hotel amount
ing to $500. Casters. pickle dishes.
cake baskets, butter dishes, spoonhol-
ders, spoons, knives, forks, etc, are in
cluded in the invoice. The silverware
is quite elaborate, triple plate, elegant
in design and richly clased.-Plpestone
Republican.
WORTHINGTGN'S POPULATION:
The whole number Of votes cast at
the village election ON Tuesday WAS
2l9, the largest vote ever polled in the
village. There are, however, 335
names registered on the lists, as enti-
tied to vote here. Some of these have
doubtless moved away and arc no Ion
ger voters here, but there is no doubt
about our having from $50 to 800 vot-
ers in this village. This would indi-
cate q population of 800 to 1000.
DEA7 tn OF ca PIT, .1KINS.
DIED, at Lewiston. Idaho Territory, on
T.
Ofpneumonia.
Capt. Atkins was one Of the earliest of
the settlers in this village and county.
coming here in the winter of 1871 and
", and moved his family here in the
spring of 1872, from. Quincy, III. lie
first settled in the village building
hardware store which he stocked from
St. Paul, and in the fall of ~ he nov
ed to his farm in the town Of Elk, after
selling out to W. s. Stockdale. The
efforts of Capt. Atkins were always d.
rected to the improvement of the coun-
ty and to his efforts the ex soldiers are
indebted for the G. A. r. Post at this
place as it originally was. lie was al
so the first commander of it.
AS farmer lie was also one of the
prime movers of the Grange here and
was its first and most efficient Master.
1t was in his unfinished storeroom (now
occupied by the Bank Of orthington,(
that the first religious services ever
held in this county were held, in the
spring OF 1872.
After being financially ruined by the
grasohopper plague, here moved to Wal
Ia Walla, ". T., and from there to Lew
iston, where he died, leaving a wife and
two children. Peace be with him, for
we believe him to be a noble, kindly
hearted man, and we mourn with Lew
iston the loss Of good citizen.
Con.