The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-05-08
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES:

n: E: Lawrence, late editor Of tho
Northfeld News, accompanied by his
wife and children, has gone to Butte,
Mont.
The house, barn, farm machinery and
grain belonging to John Halsted 81 Lake
Eunice burned Saturday morning.
At Northfield; . heavy wind storm
prevailed all day Sunday; aid during
the night d heavy rain fell: Consider.
able damage was done by the wind
blowing down fences; barns, etc. D.
Goodhue's large barn was blown down.
Ice formed one quarter inch thick Mon
day morning.
The Manitoba has closed contracts
for two elevators 81 $4,000 bushels Ca
pacity each, to be built at Devils Lake
this summer.
In th6 district court at Duluth the jury
in the case of Miss Alma White VS..
The Village of Duluth returned ver-
dict for the plaintiff for 81, 1916. Miss
White while returning from church
one night last fall fell off defective
sidewalk and into an open trench,
from which she received injuries
which laid her up for seveal months,
and she sued the village for s., 900
damages.
Articles of incorporation have been
fled with the secretary Of state capita
stock of $4,000. The incorporators
are NJ. N. Leland, Clark W. Thompson
and others; all of Wells. Also articles
of the Mankato Cattle company, to deal
in live stock in Minnesota, Montana.
Wyoming and elsewhere. The capital
stock is $4,000 and the limit of liza.
bility $15O,OOO. The incorporators are
G. w. Monks, G. D. Taylor, J, A.
James, J. L. Washburn of Mankato, J.
H. Baker of Rapidan, j. w. Dilley, E.
l.. Warner of Garden City, and William
Thomas and G. W, Piper of Mankato.
Also articles incorporating the Pruden
Stoves Company of st. Paul, with a
capital stock of $4,000. The incorpor-
ators are A. K. Pruden of st. Paul, and
H. F. Foy and H. w. Voss of Cincin.
natl.
During the storm Oh Sunday morn.
ing, valuable stallion owned by r.
Williams, St. Peter, was struck by
Lightning and paralyzed.
The body of Charles Wesley Keen,
who disappeared from his home in Still
water, April 5, has been found floating
on Lake St. Croix.
NJ. Gillispie, one of the firm of Dun;
lap & Gillispie at Audubon, died in Ire
land, where he went last fall in search
of health.
The faculty has decided to omit, this
year, the session of the summer school
in connection with the state university,
| on account of the convention of the Ma
tional Educational association at Madi-
son, Wis. in July.
Superintendent Kiehle will call a
meeting of high school principals, during
August, to hear the report of the special
committee appointed at the December
meeting to consider the operation of the
high school law Other matters of in
terest will come up for general discus
sion.
The Manitoba railroad has
commenced suit in the United States
circuit court against Ransom Phelps of
Breckenridge and G. w. Stewart of
Gienwood, asking for title in certain
lands in controversy, which it claimes by
right of the construction of it's road from
st. Anthony to Breckenridge, from St..
Anthony to Sank Rapids and from st..
Vincent, and which lands are claimed
by the defendants under homestead
laws. About dozen similar cases have
been commenced recently.
Recently notice was served on the
Duluth lumbermen that they must pay
toll before their logs were let through
the boom at Cloquet. Last week when
the logs came down to the boom the
men in charge Of the driving were given
orders to not open the booms or permit
the logs to pass through until all the
parties owning them paid toll of As
cents thousand feet, and arrearages on
those which had passed through. The
Duluth Lumber company and several
other firms, as soon as notified, proceed
cd 20 replevin their logs, but in the
meantime delay has been caused, and in
all probability the high stage of water
will have passed before they can be got
through and many logs will be hung up.
Andrew Lundstrom of Lake City,
died recently of Inflammation of the
stomach, aged thirty-four years. He
leaves widow but no children. His life
was insured for $4,000.
The Page FIGURING Mill company OF
Fergus Falls has incorporated, with a
capital of $180,000.
The marriage of DR.. A. F. Pringle
to Miss Clara F. Allen, daughter of Mr..
J. s. Allen, of Northfeld, took place
at All Saints church, on Wednesday.
The Wedding was after the English
fashion, and there were no bridesmaids,
but the couple we're attended at the
alter by the brides father and Mr.. III. G..
Johnson. The ushers were Messrs.
Robert Wheaton and H. G. Dampier.
A sensation has been caused at Eagle
Lake, Blue Earth county, growing out
of the conduct of MI. William Morris,
an old citizen, recently returned from
. visit to England, bringing home with
him from that country strange woman
as "housekeeper," and turning out of
doors the wife with whom he had lived
since 1876. Morris narrowly escaped
rough handling at the hands of public
meeting of his neighbors.
H. B. Mckinney, late proprietor of
the Lake City Sentinel, has gone to
GAINESVILLE, Wis, to take the position of
treasurer of Burr Robbins meanagerie
and circus, which wlntered in that place.
Destructive fires ragged extensively IN
the timber section adjacent to Forest
City, Meeker county, last week. Hun
dreds of acres of valuable timbe, belong
ing mostly to the railroad company and
to non-residents, has been scorched and