The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-09-10
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.

MlNNESUIA STATE NEWS
Mr. Louis Demeules, an old resident OF
St. Paul, died at his home recently. Mr..
Demeules was born at st. Philippe, in the
county OF Huntington, Canada, on Feb.
Is, 1882.
w. r. Merriam teleeraphed to the police
Of St: Paul from New York, that he had
identified and recovered his property stolen
from him by burglars on Aug. 2.
The state treasury has over $500, 900 Oh
hand in cash.
A pleasant little affair occurred in St.
T. Duluth. 1t consisted OF the pres
entation OF a handsome and valuable gold
watch and chain to Hon. James Smith,
Jr., general solicitor and ex-president OF the
company. The watch was the gift OF the
resident directors, officials and employees
OF the road.
gentleman from PittsburR, visiting st..
Paul and Minneapolis, writes to a friend at
home as follows. St. Pauland Minneapolis
are just the busiest municipalities in the
geography OF our country to-day. The peo-
pie don't sleep in either place. in order that
they may be up just shade earlier than
their neigebor. Talk about the jealousy OF
Chicago and St. Louis! 1tpales before that
OF st. Paul and Minneapolis. St. Paul il
ing corporate improvements. Streets are
being extended in all directions, and three
new bridges are being built, or about to he
built, spanning the river. They are scarce
~ behind this over in Minneapolis, but I'll
give you Il little instance showing you the
jealousy that exists. A photographer went
about taking views OF the business houses
and street scenes of St. Paul. having fin
ished business there, he went over to Min
neapolis and proudly exhibited samples OF
what he had done for us as a surety of
what he might de- for them. The samples
killed him. The people wouldn't give him
an order because he hadn't been over there
first.
H. H. Winchester, Il Minneapolis travel.
ing man, committed suicide in Sheldon,
Iowa.
Hastings seems to be necdlessly excited
over young man who was engaged to two
girls, and, in the nature of things, could
only marry one.
Elwood and Wilson, the noted burglars,
who, when arrested in New York, had some
OF their St. Paul plumber in their posses
sion, made Il great effort to esca pc at Jersey
City from the Toledo officer, and pretended
they were being kidnapped. The game didn't
work.
Mrs. Michael Welch OF Minneapolis spent
a few days visiting friends in the interior
of Minnesota. She returned home via the
Omaha road. Before leaving the train,
while caring for her children, she missed
her satchel, and could not find it. 1t con.
tanned two checks, one for $3.50 and the
other for $125; SITS in money, diamond
pin worth $75, IL gold watch and other
BILE property.
Edward Keller of Hokah, has in
vented device to prevent accidents from
people having their feet caught in the frogs
OF railroad tracks. The device is simple,
and consists OF "a piece Of steel, SO curved
as to fit tightly in the crevices of the frog.
The Milwaukee & St. Paul tracks in the
st: Paul union depot yard were supplied
with them recently.
The Northern Pacific has for some time
past been Il fruitful subject Of speculation
and conjecture. The latest report concern
ing the roads is that there is a scheme on
foot in New York to form a combination
between the Northern Pacific and the Rock
Island, Milwaukee 4 St. Paul and Omaha
roads, somewhat on the order of the old
tripartitc agreement between the Union
Pacific and its eastern connections at
Omaha.
A correspondent at Grand Rapids, Oak,
says the very lowest report from threshcrs
is liz bushels highest, 28R. Three
fonrths OF it will grade No. l hard, and the
balance No. hard. At I4uverne, Minn.,
the yield shows 1919 bushels grading No. 2,
and 1T is claimed to he an average OF that
section. Gardner, Dak,, says machines
viz: One 10, one 20 and one 2OX bushels,
with an average OF IS. Grade about No. l
hard.
The Manitoba has prepared a time table
to govern the running OF trains to and from
the State fair grounds. Trains will leave
St. Paul and Minneapolis at 7:15, 8:l5, 9:15,
9:45, 1915, 1915, Ills, and las a m.,
and every twenty minutes thereafter until
4:l5 p. III. The trains will run direct to
the passenger station on the fair grounds.
No stop at any intermediate points will be
made. Returning trains will leave the fair
grounds for both st. Paul and Minneapolis
at 7:45, $40, 9:45, 1915, 1O:45, Ills
and las Il. m, and every twenty min
utes thereafter until p: m. The last train
will leave at p. m. The single fare will
be 20 cents and the round trip fare 25
cents. Regular short line trains will be run
between the two cities as usual.
A little child sixteen months old fell
through a stovc=pipe hole to the floor in
the room below, at Zumbrota, the other
day, and was picked up inscnsible.
There has been $4,000 worth OF farm
machinery and $4,000 worth OF binding
Irvine sold at Zumbrota during the present
year.
The Winona Bicycle club will probably be
represented at the bicycle tournament at
Minneapolis Sept. %, by Messrs. John L.
Wilson, H. S. Bolcom and Z. c. Smith.
The large boarding house neal the foun-
Try at Moorhead WAS partially burned.
The flames started in the second story and
are supposed to have come from q defec-
! tive hue. The house was owned and occu-
pied by $. SamuelsoD. The furniture was
saved. The building was worth 81, 500
and was insured for 81, 900. Loss, 500.
Senator Sabin delivered an address at the
Red Wing Fair.
Mr.. w. J. Van Dyke is in receipt of a
letter from President J. J. Hill, stating
that he has no more bulls to distribute to
farms along the Manitoba road. He has
already placed about lao young thorough
bred bulls in the different counties traversed
by the Manitoba road.
f. l.. Thorns OF Ashby, Otter Tail county,
! lost a threshing machine and forty bushels
OF wheat by fire, recently. Loss about
! $64O.
The state railroad and warehouse CON-
missioners lower the grade of No. l hard
25 per cent at the solicitation of Duluth
grain dealers.
At St. Paul DR.. II. S. Walrath and John
/ Barger are arrested, the one charged with
abortion and the other with seduction.
Frederick Herman OF Buffalo, Wright
county, is under bonds on a charge of out
raging Mrs. Margaret Uhl. He broke open
a trunk with an ax and rifed it OF notes.
mortgages and other documents aggregat-
ing in value upwards of 81, 900, after which
he took to the woods. Mrs. Uhl was found
; some time afterward in an unconscious
condition.
The Albert Lea Standard says there is a
sharp demand for good teachers in Free,
born county.
Mankato has shipped 200 car loads of
stone for the insane asylum building at
Norfolk Neb.
James Norton OF Wascca county raised
5000 bushels OF grain this year.
The new freshman class of the State Uni:
ycrsity, numbers 1S9.
The Milwaukee & St. Paul has issued a
circular to agents that, taking effect Sept,
!, shipments Of greer, apples or cider in
barrels OF apples or 20, 900 pounds Of cider,
will be billed from Chicago, Milwaukee and
common points to all stations on the com
pany's lines in Minnesota and Dakota lex
cept st. Paul, Minneapolis and Minnesota
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