The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-09-25

crease in Minneapolis M 5 Dor cent upon the
81 per cont remaining, Bringing the: net valua-
ton down to "a per cent Of the original assess
ment
In reply to I. question, transmitted through
Bank Examiner Knox, from the, auditor Of
Nicollet county, - to the expiration Of the
term of judge of probate, elected last fall,
Attorney General Hahn says: :The term will
expire on the first Monday Of January, 1857
The constitutional amendment provides thateAM
state, county Or other officers whose terms of
office would otherwise expire on the first Non:
day of January, 1886, shall hold and continue
in such Offices, respectively, until the frg1
Monday of January, 1887 So far is THU
clause of the amendment 10 concerned there il
no exception. 1t included judicial a. we'll ~
with tho decision Of the supreme court in State
70. Frizzell, Is N. W. r., $40"
Articles of incorporation were filed with the
secretary of state yesterday for the South Min
neaPolis Building and Loan association. The
The North Side Building and Loan society, Min
neapolis, also fled articles. Its capital is $780,
900, divided into 10, GOO shares
Arguments for and against the lowering Of
the assessment Of Minneapolis were listened
to by the state board of equalization in COM
mittee Of the whole. Finally . motion that
was carriad, - was also one to raise the valua-
ton of property throughout the state 5 per
cent. This will result In ! net reduction to
Minneapolis Of about Is per cent, or OIL 100.
UOO making the total valuation of ~, 81 7S1,
The property Of the whole state was rslsed 5
per cent to equalize 1T
:, During the past Week there have been tho
deaths from dphtheria 1t Rock Creek.
The state Methodist conference will be held
In Duluth, beginning Oct. 4.
The Mcleod county fair will be held At
Hutchinson Sept "a, Is and Is
The Chis.go and Pine counties fair begins
atNorth Branch Oct l.
The Adventists will hold general meeting
in the form Of camp meeting at Sank Center
about the 1st of October:
During = severe storm Monday evening the
barns and two wheat stacks of John Justs in
the town of Rapidan, Blue Earth county, were
struck by tightening and destroyed They
were covered by insurance.
:. Gov. Hubbard and ex-Gov. Ramsey spoke At
the Owatonna fair.
A party Of drunken men boarded the train
1t Fergus Falls, and while on the way to
Rcthsay one of them raised up in his seat
gave two or three piercing yells and fell over
dead His body was taken OF ut Rothsay:
Rev. C! N. Showers of Winona was attacked
with pulmonary hemorrhage as he was about
to begin services, followed by another attack
in the evening. Hopes are entertained of his
recovery.
Lucas Kuehn, president of the FIRST National
bank at Wabasha, Mimi, and one of the prin-
cipal business men of the city, made an assign
ment Wednesday for the benefit of his credit
ors Mr.. .Kuehn is involved with Senator J.
s. Lawrence, although his assets are regarded
more than ample to cover his liabilities. He
is understood to have endorsed Mr.. lawrence
paper to q considerable extent
The LIE sueur county fair has been postponed
to Sept Is, Is and ~.
II. F. Farney, the Cincinnati artist of Harpers
Weekly and the Century Magazine, is in St
Paul He starts in : few days, in company
with Mr.. E. V. Smalley, for . trip over the
Northern Pacific In search Of material for the
Century, pages
A fire caughtin the new Miller Sweat block
at Faribault, but was extinguished without
much damage.
The St. Paul jobbers took another outing
Monday in the shape of days jaunt to Owa-
tOnna, where they visited the fair. met their
friends and had pleasant time generally.
After four days session the annual con-
tention OF the German Catholic Benevolent So
cieties in St Paul was brought to a close last
Wednesday evening" Taking all in all, the
meeting was one Of large importance, and of
which the results will be widely felt The
next conclave will be held in Brooklyn next
year.
On the jOth of June there were 5,OG5 mem.
beEs of the G. A. r. in Minnesota, according to
the returns just received, or an average OF
! forty nine members per post
On Monday Adjutant General MacCarth,
mustered in militia company of sixty-three
members at St. Cloud, of which Andrew Lar
! sen is captain, John Schaffer first lieutenant,
and W. H. Alden second lieutenant On Tues
day he mustered out Company X at Little Falls.
After the St Cloud company and the new Du-
luth company, which was recently mustered in
have had several weeks drill and practice, the
adjutant general will, after inspection, assign
the better company to the state guard, giving
| it the letter of the disbanded Little Falls
company.
Postoffice Detective Childs arrested a man
at st. Vincent, Tuesday night, on a charge OF
the name of James Blackney. He reached St
Vincent about two weeks ago, and going west
found employment with farmer named Haas
at Hamilton, Oak. but Childs hearing of hi
whereabouts went to St Vincent and got hi
man. He admits the deed, and says a girl wa.
to blame. He is unmarried and is about TWEEN
ty-five years old
Grain sheds on the agency near GAINESVILLE
belonging to James Lynch, were fired BY
| steam thIesher recently and 800 bushels ofwhes
lost
The silver wedding of Myron Skinner ant
wife was celebrated 1t their residence in North
aeld Friday.
All of the money stolen from Oeakis bank ha,
| been recovered
Saturday night the saloon of Henry Brande.
in Pine City, was the scene of a serious alter
cation between the proprietor and Detlof
Peterson, which resulted in the death of tn,
latter: Peterson, being somewhat intoxicated
| entered the saloon, and while attempting to e
behind the bar with the evident purpose of as
saulting Brandes, the latter seized . small NAL
let and struck him in tho forehead. Peterson
remained unconscious until Sunday morning
| when death ensued.
! A st. Louis creditor says mismanagement
politics and too many irons in tho fire caused
the Red Wing failure.
Henry Brandes, Pine City saloonkeeper
Drained . recalcitrant customer, Detloff Peter
son with beer mallet Saturday
The little two year-old girl of Mr. and Mrs
6. s. Mallory of Albert Lea, while out playin,
in the yard recently, fell into pool of water
and when taken out she WAS so near browne,
that she died in q few minutes.
Appleton, Wis.,, Special-About year as,
there came to the village of Hortonville. thi
county, man and woman with four children
who lived happily together until within fcy
days past, Sebastian Waundron, the alleged hus
band of the woman, who has been living Will
Mcrrell Cottril( during twelve months appcare,
on the scene and caused their arrest, charsin.
them with adultery. The guilty parties, accord
ing to the story of Wauntlron, eloped from Red
wood Falls, Mimi, about year ago, takin,
with them four children. He got on thel
track and followed to Appleton, from whicl
point he caused their arrest The story tol,
by Mrs. Waundron il somewhat different
She says that about two years ago she and he
husband separated, he going his way, and sh
| hers The al1ere6 crimina1a vrorn .r~.;...