The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-03

Rapids to q point at the foot of Maple
island, where the mill is to be built.
The stock growers Of St. Peter and
vicinity have made arrangements for 8
monthly horse market at that place,
commencing on Wednesday, May z, and
to he held on the first Wednesday of
each month thereafter.
At the commencement of the present
term of court there were four suits
against the city of Waseca, brought for
injuries sustained by parties passing
along sidewalks, the amounts claimed
aggregating $4,000.
The United States timber thieves who
were arrested on the Red river between
Drayton and St. Andrus, on Thursday,
and who were placed in the county Jail
Saturday night, are O. H. Moe, Carl
J. johnson, S. A. Olson, Thomas Nc
Lain, Patrick Maloy, Edward Flaherty,
William Linkie and John Linkie. The
men all claim to be farmers, and say
that they cut very little wood and did
it to prevent being frozen. They say
they are in very hard case, their crops
having failed last year.
During the year ended March Mimi
eapolis had 1879 arrests, 1914 being Of
males and 635 of females.
The first annual meeting of the Min
nesota State Bar association will be
held at the capitol in St. Paul, April l,
at 4 p. m. Thomas Wilson of Winona
will deliver an address, and reports are
expected from the committees on legal
history and biography Isaac Atwater,
Henry J. Horn and NJ. S. Wilkenson),
on juris prudence and law reform Gu
gene NJ. Wilson, w. P. Murray, John
w. Arctander, w. II. Yale and J. n.
Searle). In the evening a banquet will
be provided. A meeting of the COM
mittee on admission will be held on or
before next Wednesday, and all who
desire to join the association are request
ed to forward their names to the secre-
tary at once.
Ex-Secretary and Mrs. Window are
now in Italy, intending to tour there
for six weeks. They spent most of the
winter where their little daughters are
at school. They have not changed their
original intention of returning home
early this summer, probably by June.
In the burning of the Minneapolis &
St. Louis transfer house John Dooley
persisted.
The Minneapolis fair will come off as
usual this year.
Maj. King has vindicated himself
from the ISLANDERS of several young
Leech Lake Indians.
j. McKullock, saloonkeeper at
Fergus Falls, recently made an assign
ment to B. F. Lounsbery for the benefit
of his creditors. Liabilities and assets
not known, but supposed to be about
$40, 1000.
George A. Freudenreich of Alexan-
dria, is in Washington, en- route
for Russia. He has been four years in
that country, representing the McCor-
mick Harvesting Machine company OF
Chicago. His headquarters are in
Odessa. He has been in this country
on o brief visit to his home. His father,
Baron Freudenreich, was among the
early settlers in Minnesota.
New York papers print kilograms
from st. Paul alleging that John Doug.
lass, one of the Yellowstone Park I'm.
provement company, accuses Rufus
Hatch of treachery and deceit in secur.
ing the appointment of a receiver. Mr..
Hatch, when interviewed concerning
the matter, said he did not care to talk
upon the subject. "The courts had
charge of the affair, and would protect
his interests from the sharks" The cur
rent understanding is that Hatch has a
ma ority of the non-forfeited stock, and
will have things his own way.
Sitting Bull visited the St. Paul en-
CINE houses and the boys astonished
the old savage. The chief could not
take in all the situation at one time and
viewed the horses getting to place, the
swinging harness, and the men sliding
down the pole with huge delight, giving
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hitching process was repeated for their
benefit, and their eyes concentrated
upon the sliding poles, which they
seemed to regard with the greatest in
terest, One Bull saying, Look man on
iron." The chiefs horse, which was
unattended but went to its place ready
for hitching, also delighted them. The
hook and ladder truck was then run out
and the fireman put on top of O'Leary's
packing house. The last visit was to
the fire alarm room, where they were
allowed to pull q box prepared for them
and see the blows come in on the gong
and repeater and examine the internal
working of the boxes, and also the bat
terry room where the subtle agent is
prepared. Sitting Bull in reply to a
question as to what he liked best, said
"All of it, like everything" The Indi-
ans went to church dutifully in the
morning and were pestered by sight
seers, as usual, throug hout the day and
evening.
The house of Mr.. Rolfe, near Pine
City, burned, the inmates seeking refuge
from the terrible blizzard in the smoke
house, where they nearly persisted.
The Grand hotel difficulty at Fergus
Falls has been settled by the purchase
of Chamberlain & Co.'s interest. This
includes the settlement of all claims up
on satisfactory basis. The continued
running of the hotel is regarded as an
assured fact.
Hon. j. A. Leonard Of Rochester,
writes that he will soon leave Leith,
Scotland. to assume his duties q United
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