The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-06-12
The original levy for taxAs Al ra.1

Jay evening, 5lst inst, at the close of
settlement, there was Of this sum only
$2,OSS.53 remaining unpaid, or less than
per cent. of the original levy. Since
the March settlement the county treas:
urer has received $34,8O5:35. It is
doubtful if there is county in the state
that can show better state of affairs
than Nicollet can in the matter of paw
ing taxes.
State Auditor Barber, has returned to
st Paul from the yellow Medicine coun-
ty, where he sold $500 acres Of public
lands. There is quite boom in that
section on account of railroad extention
up the valley. The entire amount sold
during the auditors trip through the
state in the last few weeks reached 90
600 acres.
Sealed proposals for the state print
ing from Nov. 1884. to Nov. l, 1885, we're
received and opened by the secretary of
state few days ago. The printing was
awarded to the lowest bidder on each
class as follows: F. Driscoll, first class,
81 per cent; F. Driscoll, second class
81 per cent; F. Driscoll, third class. 81
per cent; F. Drisooll, fourth class: 81
per cent; L.: Harrison, fifth class, so
per cent. The numerals represent the
per cent: of the bid lower than the max
lmum allowed by the statutes: The
nrst class is incidental printing for the
legislature; the second, house and SEN
ate journals; third, executive docu-
metts; fourth, general and special laws
nth, blanks; letter heads. etc.
At the annual session OF the grand
Temple of Honor at Minneapolis the
following officers were elected: G. W.
T.-George W. Penniman, Minneapolis.
G. wv. TT. +. Crane, Rochester.
G. w. Re: y. Allison, Marshall. G.
G, w: &c. B. Shove, Minneapolis.
G. w. U.-G. V. johnson. Wayzata.
G.. w. &C. A. Terrell, Winona. G.
". C.-Rev. W. W. Regan, Brainerd.
Z: 3. Shove, A. F. Newt and L. Mel
Hyde of Minneapolis were elected men,
bers OF the executive committee for the
ensuing year.
In the criminal libel case of Green vs..
Wood, LIE Sueur, which came up before
the grand july, they failed to find an
indictment against the defendant.
Mr.. H. De la Vergne of LIE Sueur
died, from the effects of an amputatier
OF his leg, aged seventy-four years.
A little son OF Lewis Cook OF Chester
was thrown from wagon by runaway
team and instantly killed.
William Ross caught sturgeon in
led Lake river which weighed 115
pounds and measured feet / inches.
Warden Reed received from the
hands of sheriff Arbuckle of Wilkin
county, John Peterson, convicted of ar
son and sentenced to four wears in the
penitentiary.
AZ 4 meeting Of the directors of the
Southern Minnesota Fair association
held on Saturday evening, arrange
ments were made for races on july 4.
There will be a race for five-yeaY=olds
for purse Of $500. divided into three
moneys. It was decided to solicit a
citizens p'trse of 5000 for race for
hree>year Odds. Besides these, there
Will be purses offered for farmers horses
and other minor races. The premium
list for the fair to be held the first week
in September has been revised, and
will soon be published.
Charles Wheeler Of Mortified is dead,
In compliance with article &, of the
military code, camps of instruction for
the national guard of Minnesota will he
established as follows: For the second
regiment and Emn,et Light artillery at
Winona, July 7, Col. Joseph Eoblcton,
commanding and for the First regiment
ut Lake Calhoun, July 7, Col. w. B.
Bend, commanding. An officer of the
United States army will attend the en-.
campment of Minnesota troops, and the
commander in-chief trusts that the con-
duct and bearing of officers and men,
proficiency in drill, and attention to ali
the duties of soldier, will cause his re-
ports to be entirely creditable to them
and the state.
Heavy fires have swept portions of
the White Earth and Red Lake reserva-
lions lately. The fire origin ated in the
Scandinavian settlement on the eastern
end of the thirteen towns where the
settlers were burning brush. The dry
grass and rubbish burned so fast that
with heavy west and southwest wind
got beyond their control and soon reach
ed the pine timber at the head of Clear
water, and within ten miles of Red
Lake. All pine that had been killed by
previous fires as we'll as down pine was
totally destroyed as far as the fire
reached, and the green timber, both
White and Norway pine, has been Sc
riously injured in many places.
The new St. Paul city counsel is as
follows: Aid. Smith, president, Aid.
Cornish, vice president; Alderman Cum
mings, Dowlan, O'Connor, Robert, Cul-
len, Otis, johnson, Van Slyke, Starkcy
and St. Peter. The only changes are
Mr.. Cummings, vice Mr.. Allen, and Mr..
Cullen vice Mr.. Fischer.
A meeting of the Dodge county COM
missioners held at Mantonville, G. j.
Humason of Dodge Center was appoint
ed county auditor, to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the death of A. Alder.
Charles G.. Fisher, charged with
forging check for 80 on F. T. Burn
ham & Co. Of Fergus Falls, was SEN
fenced to three years in Saltwater
penitentiary.
P. F. Lyons, sergeant signal corps,
U. S. A., in his review of the weather
during the month of May, says: The
met ,oric conditions at st. Paul and
vicinity were notable without sudden
fluctuations or extreme changes. The
terminal spring month went by with
out any well-marked evidence of the
occurrence of frost, and with matter of