The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-05-28

State Auditor Braden has returned from
trip through Southwestern Minnesota, where
he completed the sale of $1,000 acres of state
lands Twenty thousand acres were in Muir
raw county, apd the price at which the land
sold was unusually good
Receiver Brown, of the Northwestern Car
company, concluded that he might "a we'll file
the claims made against the company with the
clerk of the court They aggregate 81, !s,S, o24.
E. p Bassford has been decided on for the
position of superintendent of construction for
the Minneapolis postoffice building.
Margaret Feldman, German girl of twenty
four years. for the past two years has been
employedin the family of Rudolph Knapheide,
from st. Paul, hanged herself because her low
or could not marry until next spring, while
Margaret was anxious to marry at once. 1t is
entirely probable that the girl, finding that her
advances were not returned with sufficient
warmth, and brooding over the delay in i,er
bordering very closely upon insanity, which,
in more than usual despondent fit. effaced
the thin thread of reason remaining, driving
her to insanity and self-destruction
W. H. Linderman of the town of Lynn, Nc
Leod county, lost his house, barn and all out
buildings by fire. Mr. Linderman was badly
burned in trying to save his property Several
calves were burned in the barn. No insur-
ance
A. Samson and wife, of Clinton Falls, cele-
brated their golden wedding on the 14th inst
At the sale of state lands At Madelia 8, 40
acres of lands were disposed Of
The reason for Architect Bassford's appoint
ment as superintendent of construction for
the Minneapolis postofice is said to be that
the president believes in having outsiders for
such work.
At Dover Lake fire destr Dyed property to tn
amount of $4,000, owned by A. N. Roach and
Dover 4 French.
Many orchards in Chatfield have been killed.
it is believed by sudden changes of weather in
March last
c. E. Garner, head cook, lndEmma D. Swan
son, pastry cook, at the Grand Central hotel,
St Cloud. eloped recently. Garner is . mar
ried man, whose wife left St Cloud two weeks
ago for Minneapolis to visit some friends
Emma is unmarried
Francis s. Wetherbee, . general merchant
at Marshall, has made IN assignment Banker
Dibble of Marshall is tho largest creditor
415, OOO-all of which is amply secured The
other secured claims are all of . Winona firm,
$500; Lyon County bank, $500, and a Chicago
firm $3.50, making the secured indebtedness
1880, or . total indebtedness of some 5000
To meet the unsecured indebtedness Of $500,
there are assets Of nearly e, ON.
The WiEona l. st. Peter Railroad company
is to erect grain elevator Of $50 900 to 800 Oo0
bushels capacity at Winona ON the river bank
nearly in front Of the passenger depot Bids
For ho IL hns III
is expected that work upon the structure will
be begun 1T once.
At Duluth, John Waiseman WAS sentenced
to be hanged
George c. Drowley, sheriff Of Houston coun-
~, accompanied by John Hohl and Clement
Hindt, guards, delivered to Warden Reed, .,
Saltwater, James Smith, convicted Of larceny
and sentenced to eighteen months imprison-
ment, and Stewart G.. Pierce, sentenced to two
years in the peniteptiary.
Samuel Mayall, prominent resident Of St.