The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-01-08

The lumbermen's board Of trade met in Still
water and voted that J. W. McKusck ought ia
be appointed to the surveyor generalship.
On Christmas day Frank Olson of St Paul
said he should be dead in three days. His
corpse was found Saturday in beer shop.
Mrs. Charles Buck, Of the town of Austin,
was Frustrated recently by partial asphyxia,
produced by coal gas from the parlor stove
Gov Hubbard is at work on his biennial mes
sage. 1t will be delivered to the legislature ~
install; on the second day after the organization
of that body.
The president of the Minnesota Editorial as
ISOLATION stirs up the brethren upon the sub
ject of a national association, to be organized
at New Orleans.
A suit for s16,69s, brought by the North
western Grain Dealers association against the
Northwestern Elevator company, is on trial At
Minneapolis.
During the;past summer the ral, uad company
has erected thirteen and three quarters miles
Of snow fences along the track from Sleepy Eye
to Watertown.
Agent Luse, with his secretary and Indian
police, has gone from White Earth to Mile
Laos, where he paid the annuities Of the red
skins of that band
While J. W. Wilson was digging we'll on
his farm, on Lake Traverse, about seven miles
northeast of the Browns Valley he struck q
vein Of coal about eight feet below the surface
Faribault Special Christmas morning, at
S o'clock, the mercury in the thermometer
CONCEALED, and spirit Thermometers registered
A deg. below zero in various localities in this
city,
John Howard, an old woodsman Of the firm
of Seoley 4 Howard, loggers near Aitkin, left q
camp Dec. 15 ana his body has just boon
found, he having become lost and persisted
from cold.
The name of Hon. H. G. Stordock Of Wilkin
is mentioned in connection with the speaker
ship of the house of representatives He has
been especially active in the farmers move
ment
One of the few encouraging signs of tho
times i'll Olmsted county, is the fact that tho
releases of mortgages filed with the register of
deeds considerably outnumber the mortgages
put on record.
r. J. Mitchell of Northern Pacific Junction
had valuable gold watch stolen, and John
Corners was arrested on suspicion. The
watch was afterwards found behind saloon
sccreted in the snow.
In the township Of Butternut Valley, Blue
Earth county,a couple of dogs attacked flock
and bit and mangled fifty six of them. 1t cost
the owner of the dogs $112
Hon. H. H. Wells of Stevens county intends
to introduce bill in the legislature providing
for the cancellation of all the old accounts held
by the state for seed wheat furnished during
the grass-hopper visitation
James c. Thompson, saloon keeper near
the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern and
Minneapolis 4 St Louis depot at Albert Lea,
while lying upon a sofa deliberately shot him
self, causing almost instant death.
About a month ago two men, named Timothy
Donahue and James Ryan, were burned to
death ir s shanty belonging to Donahue in the
town of Hyde Park, Wahasha county James
Mccarthy, about thirty five years old, who was
with them, escaped, although he alleges shat
he came very near losing his own life A few
days ago it began to be rumored that Mccarthy
caused the death of the two men, and Frank
Ryan of Lake City, father of James Ryan,
swore out warrant before Justice Stearns,
charging Mccarthy with numbering the men
and setting fiji to the shanty.
Attorney General Hahn holds that a teacher
who Furnishes . child to show malice toward
parents is not necessarily deficient in ability,
but is not of good principles, and consequently
of good moral character, and therefore her
certificate could be revoked. To ascertain the
truth of the charges, county superintendent
should give both parents notice of hearing,
aud if the evidence is complete the license
should be revoked and full record OF the re-
vocation and investigation made in his books.
The failure Of = teacher to pass On examination
in the grade in which she already held Ger
tificate does not annul her certif cate if it has
not yet expired; but if on such examinstion
the superintendent is satisfied that she has
mot sufficient learning and ability to teach, !"
for that reason he may snpul her certificate,