The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-17

Hon. D. ltOhrer, Of W.orthington, is
in town in the interest Of the st. Paul,
Minneapolis & Omaha road. Mr.. II.
says the cars on that line will certainly
be here by the FIRST of July.-pipestone
Star.
MORE GOOD ONES
Among the ''good ones'' we must
not omit to mention John Upstrom,
who walked III the other day and laid
down the money 10 complete his elev-
enth year. lie is 4 regular ADVANCE
and advance subscriber.
Next, &. W. Bulls, of Indian Lake,
drops in and hands us $3.50 to even
out IL years, during which he has read
the ADVANCE without u break.
PENIS PAPER
We have received copy of the Rec
ord. published at Worthipgton, MINI.
This is the paper recently purchased by
e. ". Penn. And Il more "hOodoo"
looking sheet it would be hard to find.
If Penn doesn't improve its appearance
about 800 per cent. there will 10 some.
thing strange about it.-Peteysburg TO-
Press.
Yes, and the copy you got was an
improvement of 800 per cent. on the
paper before it changed hands. It was
not run by il "hoodoo' but 4 ''hoodev.
ill.," who was neither u printer nor Il
man, and not even 4 ''w!,at is it,
TO Assessors. We are in receipt of Il
circular from the Commissioner of Sta
tistics urging the Importance Of asses
ors complying strictly with the law in
collecting statistics Of the several
towns. lie says that some sections,
owing to neglect of assessors, have
made very poor showing us compared
with others. Counties have, therefore,
he says, lost their share Of the popula-
ton and money which have come into
the State.
This is in important matter, and he
urges all assessors to read carefully the
Constructions" and tire 'I.aws'' gov
| erning tie collection of statistics to he
found OH the back of the blanks.
Early Seeding. A gentleman in New
York writes us to give the earliest
dates of seeding in this county this
spring, as lie wishes to compare our
season with theirs in York State The
earliest we have heard Of this spring
was the first week III April, but we
have known considerable seeding tn he
done here III March and some expert
mental sowing in February.
Will farmers please send in word of
the days on which they began seeding
this years
GONE VEST:
G. ". Penn and family, of New Cas-.
tie, Pa , left fortheir new home in Wor-
thington, Mimi, Wednesday. Previous
to theiv departure they visited their
numerous relatives throughout this
county, spending several days in this
neighborhood. Mr.. Penn will continue
in the field of journalism, for which he
is especially adapted, having purchased
an entire newspaper outfit in W0rthillx-
ton.
In parting with Mr.. Perm we al.
most feel like parting with 4 brother.
For several years we were associated
with him IN the publication OF tie Par
agrapt. at New Castle, and though 1T
the commencement of our copaltner.
ship we We're almost total strangers,
we soon learned to esteem him for his
social qualities, his ability us u news
paper writer, and above all his strict
uprightness and integrity III business
matters. The faults which lie possess
rs are all upon the surface and are visi.
bic to even i cas- ual observer; but they
are so heavily overbalanced by good
Qualities Of head and heart that after
more mature acquaintance one al
most ceases to notice them or to he
aware Of their existence. That he may
meet with unbounded success in his
new field of labor, both socially and fin
ancially, is the earnest wish of the wri-
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