The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-31

removed anu part OF front blown out Lu-
several small buildings near it blown to pieces.
c. Smiths newly completed residence blown
from it's foundation. The skating rink, 4OxlOO
feet, blown from it's foundation and partly
blown over. Hicks grain warehouse blown
roof taken of Nearly every clubhouse and de-
tatched shed in town was blown to pieces OF
tipped over. Chimncys all over town we're
blown down.
The report of the department of agriculture
for July is just out 1t reports decrease in
the acreage of corn in Minnesota, although it
says in the area west of the Mississippi and
north Of Missouri, the extension has been great
est because settlement and cultivation Of new
lands are more noticeable there. In Minnesota
the decrease noted in the acreage of corn is due
to the scarcity of good seed, and it was impos-
slble for the farmers to get full supply such
as they could depend upon this spring Pota-
toes are suffering seriously from the ravagea
to have made its appearance in some localities.
This variety is reported as being small black
bug. The favorable weather during the last of
June and the first part of July has advanced
the corn crop in Illinois very rapidly The
stand is fair, and in the northern and central
parts OF the state particularly the ground il
unusually clear
Jerry Baldwin, = pioneer settler and highly
esteemed citizen of Greenwood Prairie, died at
his residence Wabasha county Friday afternoon,
of lung disease, aged fifty eight years. He was
buried with masonic honors Saturday after
noon, Rev. Henry Willard officiating.
The mystery surrounding the cause of Her
man Berkholtz's sudden death at Rock Rapids
is still unsolved. The Chicago chemist who
analysed the stomach found no traces Of poi
son. Berkholtz died very suddenly, and it was
suspected that he had been poisoned
Two new elevators on the Little Falls l. d.
kota, at Westport and Cyprus, have been COM
pleted, and the machinery will soon be placed
In position
Blank Gray, supposed to have escaped from
the asylum At St Peter, has been arrested at
MindOra
The new German Catholic church at Still
water, called tho Immaculate Conception. :"
was dedicated recently. The consecration
service, according to the usual Catholic ritual.
was celebrated by Bishop Ireland, assisted by
= number Of the clergy, in the morning. At
this ceremony only the clergymen are permitted
to be present. At it's conclusion the lay mem
bership of tho different Catholic societies of
Saltwater, St Paul, Minneapolis and elsewhere
were admitted, and solemn high mass was cele-
OA0Iou W 1A1CcIVu hDDOt EuolDrOCK,. OF 81
Johns abbey At Collegeville, MINI.
A correspondentsayse equal parts Of camphor,
opium Qaudanum), rhubarb and ether, if taken
in doses of II to "A drops, will instantly check
incipient diarrhea. Mnemonically the dose
can be remembered by the letters c. O. r. E. !.
and the cost will not exceed ten cents
The main event at Lake Minnetonka on Sun
day last, was the arrival of Gen. Sherman and
party at the hotel st. Louis The general was
accompanied by bis daughter, Miss Rachel,
and his son, T. T. Sherman. Others Of the
to the general. Miss Rayburn, Theodore W.
Fitch, Gen. Sherman's son-in-law, and the
Hon. John r. Lonberger.
The Rev. John Sylvester Collins, o. p, died
at the Dominican convent, south Minneapolis.
Of heart disease, after q long and painful ILL
ness, the deceased having been affected by the
malady for many years.
stanbro, the Hawley, (Minn.,) embezzler,
was discharged by the judge in Winnipeg. re-
Gently, but rearrested before leaving court on
. charge of forgery.
A large yellow rattlesnake was killed recentlv
near Kasson, Dodge county.
Martin Paulson of Stockholm, Wright county.
was instantly killed by the kick Of horse
Thomas Gullingsrud Of Preston was found
lying in an unconscious condition near the riy-
Or bank at the west end Of Mill street He Was
lying on his right ann, both feet tied, and
drenched to his skin with water. A letter in
$Gullingsrud's pocket, addressed to his wife,
showed that there was domestic troubles, and
he was determined 70 end his life,