The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-08-14

company Mr.. cabin said that he was not at lib
erty to talk ct present but that in due time he
would submit . carefully prepared statement
on the subject ono that would clear up the
matter and place tho company in it, proper
position before the public At present work
machines and filing orders without any embar-
raasment
Two barns with sheep, eighty tons of hay,
corn crib and 500 bushels of corn, the property
Of 8. T. Gjerns, farmer living mile west of
Rushford, were destroyed BY fire yesterday:
Loss, q, OOO; insurance, d, 100 Tho origin Of
| tho fire is unknown.
A convention of formers of the Forty second
| senatorial district was held yesterday at Her.
| man. Nominations were made for senator and
representative, s. n. Harris of Grant county
securing the former and A. p. Jackson of Big
Stone county the latter.
Articles of incorporation of tho Winona Au-
tomato Windmill company, with capital stock
Of ~, 600, have been filed in the Office of the
secretary Of state The incorporators are l.
=: Woods, W. f: Phelps, Samson Fleishman,
D. =: Vance, John Kunsn, Harmon Waldron
and J. H. Nsgler:
At Minneapolis, the Forest Portable House
company sued T. N. Joy for small amount,
and yesterday T. N. Joy assigned all his prop
cry to Isaac McNair for the benefit of his cred
itors. This failure also involves in it the Min
neapolie Warehouse and Seed company, of
which Mr.. Joy is president
At Minneapolis, Lydia n Ingram has begun
suit against her husband, Manvills A. Ingram,
Of Ingram, Olson l. Co., for divorce, alleging
that the defendant on Aug did commit
adultery with an unknown woman In Mime
aos for divorce md
m arriage.
Frank Trushel, Jr., cashier, IN Pillsbury d
Co.'s Office. Minneapolis, for five years, was
married about three months ago. Two weeks
ago, without explaining to his wife, he left
Minneapolis, taking $500 with him. His wife
autographed to his father in Pennsylvania, and
he came on The two went to Duluth only to
md young Trushel had gone to Port Arthur.
They followed him there also, but learned that
he had gone to Red Rock, and subsequently, to
Duluth. They took the boat for Duluth, ar
irving there Monday night. To their joy they
found the truant stopping At the St Louis hotel
with his father, he again disappeared and has
not been seen since
Arrangements have been completed for the
ments, to take place in Faribsult Aug. 70 and
II, and $3.50 is offered in prizes.
The mineral development of the north shore
OF Lake Superior begins to show up we'll Sew
eral new mines have been located this year and
several companies formed. News now comes
that one of them has made rich strike There
is little doubt that all reports are true
Judge Wilson says he would not BIO . candi-
date against Milo White.
scottville, Polk county, is the youngest
Minnesota postofice.
George Dinkle committed suicide Saturday
morning At his home in Long Praire township,
Todd county. He went home drunk, Thurs:
day night, and attacked his wife, breaking her
nose and knocking her teeth out A hired
man rescued the woman, who went to his SON
n-law's house and remained Dinkle's son
had his father arrested on Friday, but the
trial not being concluded that night the justice
he dressed himself in his best clothes, took q
dose of poison and died in the house alone.
He was soon after discovered by his sons
Dnkle was dissOlute character, and had fire.
quently threatened to kill his wife and boys.
E. c. Hennex, Of Superior, Wis, was arrest
ed at St Paul Monday evening by Detective
John OConnor for forging two drafts-one for
$15 and the other for $25-on the First Nation
al bank of Superior. He has been in St Paul
about two weeks stopping at the International
hotel and had paid his board with the $15
check. The check was deposited by the hotel
At the bank of Minnesota, and was by this
bank sent to the bank at Superior, Which re-
suited in the detection of the forgery.
The Chicago Stationer and Printer offered a
80 prize some time ago for the best specimen
Of job printing The prize was awarded to Mr.
Adams of Spring Valley, MINI.
Frank Carswikkes died in the vermillion
woods, north of Duluth, recently Of scurvy
He was native of Russia
A. F. ingalls, has bought into the Fulda Re-.
publican.
Mrs. Booth Of Chatfield Mimi, took corrosive
sublimate to kill herself, but the dose was too
large and the attempt failed.
The name of the new town at silliards neat
Granite Falls, which was first called Cable has
been changed to Cleveland
Mr. Mcleod has Withdrawn from the Hender-
son Independent William Dodge continues
| alone.
Mrs. Susan Berge, who was teaching school in
Eastern Round Prairie, was bitten or stung on
the leg by some poisonous insect or reptile on
June 30, while picking strawberries. She paid
little attention to the pain or the sting until
next morning, when she noticed a large purple
spot where she was stung, and her leg began
swelling badly. The poison seemed to pene-
trate her entire system, and showed itself all
over her person in large purple spots. 6ho
has grown steadily worse until her life is de-
SPARED of.
A swarm Of bees belonging to J. M. Doudna,
Of Alexandra, made seventy three pounds of
honey in nine days, q fraction over eight
pounds per day.
Otter Tail county has 1856 growing apple
trees, of which last year 254 bore twenty -four
bushels of fruit The county has twenty
| seven grape vines. Twenty towns report
maple groves, but there were only 500 gallons
of syrup made and but ,495 pounds Of sugar:
Bishop Ireland addressed the Catholic tenn
perance convention at Chicago.
Ex- President Billings of the Northern Pa
cific, is in St Paul.
G. N. West, young man working on George
Scribner's farm At Doty station, near Rochester,
| was killed by lightning. The remains were
| taken to Winona for burial
Rev. Osmun Hutchins, now of Sanborn, Oak,
| has just sold his farm, containing $40 acres,
and situated east of Taopi village Mower county,
to Mr.. George Beed of Hampton, Iowa, consid-
Grafton ~, 500 There has not been time for
lands, principally by Iowa and Wisconsin men
! Thomas s McManus, wholesale confectioner
At 81 East Third street, st. Paul, was found
dead in his store by the bookkeeper, Arthur
Lufsky, who opened the place of business.
The body was in arevolving chair at the desk,
| with both feet in 4 chair in front, the head
| thrown back the mouth open, the left hand
pressed against the heart, the right clutching a
| handkerchief and raised part way to the mouth,
| as if about to wipe the lips. Mr.. McManus had
! suffered great mental depression from dyspep-
sia, and his death was caused by prussic acid.
He was 81 years of age and native of Eng
| land
Mrs. Sletten, sister Of the late p c. Sletten,
receiver of the United States land Office, died of
consumption, at the residence of John Cromb,
! in Crookston.
W. H. Sargent, veterinary surgeon, examined
the horses in Marshall county for glanders, and
| five horses were condemned and killed
On July 2 the postoffice at Princetown was