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

I Winahs tas asns $4,000 worth Of building
Do past year
! kntop Rlttsrs residence q Harvey, near
Gtshfsad, NJ burned Loss, 500
Anew 1000 poand ssN sriri7ed At the draoe-
vile. Catholic church in tints tg TOD he old
year out, and ring tho now year I'll
Tho First National bank ct ST Paul has n
sstsa a;s ia dividsn3 q 1857 Per cont
In the libel case at st Paul Of Gfbbas Vi. The
Pioneer Press company, for calling Gribble .
Shnyster, tho jury found for The defendanss'
Mr: Ke6gef ef Sommerset, who csme soSteele
county last spring, kaSing lost everything dur.
ing the Ohio floods, while doing his daily work
oharles Fox. deputy clerk Of Clay ooantyt
skipped suddenly from Moorhead and W. a.
rested 1T St S;neeat. He 10 charged With Of
fetal crookednesA
Antoine Superior, formerly porter as st.
johns college, St Cloud, was picked up 81
the gtfesaa ct Faribault in demented condition.
He was adjudee@ insane, and taken to tho asy-
lum at Rochester.
Thomas Joyce the watchmsn q the bridge
Of the Winons h st. Peter road near the 1ospi-
tal for insane 1T St. Peter, while walking across
the bridge fall and struck the ground near the
bank of the rivvst, thirty five feet below, being
dead when found
A private banking house, the priIcfpsa IN
3esturs being County Treasurer J. N. Movers;
City Clerk George Keene and c. l. Spanding,
the latter of Hartley Brothers h Demar, il
about organized 1T Brainerd Expecting to begin
business Jan 40
There is . movement on foot to divide the
Sixth judicial district in which We are located,
and putting Rock, Noble, Jackson, Pipe Stone,
Murray and Cottonwood into = new district
The matter will be submitted to the legislature.
Belle Wright, aged nearly ten years, while on
her way to school, WAS run over and instantly
engineer. Her little body was terribly mangled,
being almost severed 1t the waist and neck, and
6nS hand cut of.
| III Wilson, Mrs Louis Brinckhardt, during
tic ahbeiice of her husband In WinoDa, packed
his hard earned cash, started OF for parts M
known, leaving behind her TT information
| that she would never return
DR.. F. H. Kilbourre, late Of one of the New
7Grt hcseitals. is now stopping at the hospital
for insane at st Peter. and will probably &C.
cept the position of assistant physician, as DR..
Mc1ntire has resigned for the purpGre Of locat-
! ing in the practice OF medicine in Wisconsin,
! Smith Il Rosbach, Wholesale and retail to-
bacc6nAss; whose establishment is at the cor
| ner Of Nicollet sScrue and Second street,
Minneapolis. made an assignment TO William
the benefit of creditors Liabilities sc, O9e
4 man named Joyce, who has been bridge
tender on the Bridge scross the river between
the St. Peter hospital and Kosota, fell off the
bridge and when picked up was dead Joyce
had been hard drinker for several years; sDd
was no doubt the worse of liquor when he
fell
Another changeis to be made in the personnel
Of the passenger department of the Northern
Pacific: c. B. Kinnan. at present chief clerk,
Of gEnstal Eastern passenger agent He Will
be succeeded ~ Staef eEerh by George s.
Marsh.
The interest in the gold discoveries in Lake
ana C5ck counties still continues undated,
and there seeris, tvom what can be gathered
from those interested anG fvom street talk, that
it is likely to keep up for long time, unless it
should be shown that there is no catise fer all
| the excitement.
The Heniiep4, County Horticultural Soe!ety
elected the following tfsaAers for the ensuing
year: Presidential Pearce. fs-e President
Ezra B. Ames. Treasurer-Prot Asire.
Secretary-J. E. Northrup. Executive Corr
mittee-Messrs. J. I. Grimes, II. I: Busse, j.
s. Gray, William Lyons, and G. H. Roberts
Bishop Foss, who left Minneapolis for New
York recently, to attend the funeral of his mo-
Their; Has accompanied by his wife The de-
Ceased had h1ea to the great age Of almost
ninety years; she Vas the widow of a Metho-
dist minis ter and the mother ef three others,
only one of whom survives her
c. b. Fox, the defaulting deupty clerh Of
court of Moorhead; WAS taken back recently by
Sheriff Sloggy aud is now in jail at Moorhead,
| and he will have his preliminary examination
before Judge Titus. His deficit is between 81;
eco and 81, SEQ, as he acknowledges He will
probably be remanded to Jail to await the
grand jury's action
The business of the st. Paul postcftce shows
an increase over that of last year. Despite this
reduction of one third in the rate of letter pos
tage, the sale of stamps shows falling of of
less than $5,00o On the other hand, the bus
| mess of the money order department has been
greater by $4o, OW than last year.
A banquet was given J. H. Hland, arbitrator
for the Chicago, st Louis and Missouri River
association, recently at tho Merchants hotel, St.
Paul The banquet Was given by the mer-
chants of St Paul in acknowledgment of the
many courtesies shown them by Judge Hland
when he was general freight agent of the
Omaha road
The Ramsey county court house commission
decided to complete the building according to
plans that will involve total expense of $780,
| 600. Cut stone is to be used, and the structure
| is to be fire proof throughout The contract
Is to be let as soon as possible in order to re-
ceive the benefit of the present low prices that
prevail, particularly as regards iron.
The funeral of the late Henry A. Wilson of
st. Paul wa solemenized last Friday afternoon
ut his late residence on Summit avenue. Many
were present, the members of the bar meeting
the court room at noon and attending in q
body to the number of thirty There were
many handsome floral tributes Rev. CLAY
Macauley, of Unity church, officiated.
Business of the Tracy land Office for tn
year ending Nov. 30: Final homestead proofs,
acres 81, 1910: final timber culture proofs,
2,OS2. 50; homestead entries, II ,654 80; timber
culture, entries, 9,5O& 81; cash sales, 2,306 IS;
presumption declaratory statement filings,
,76l: IL; total acres, 63, 1854. This is FL
4S4. G6 acres less than last years business
Duluth Special Telegram. The gold interest
received fresh impetus recently by the pur-
chase by Greene Pack, one of the heaviest
luhbermen of Michigan, of the lot of land in
town G6, range6, and town 66, range G. Emery
brothers, H. NJ Land and Greene Pack, all
men of wealth, who have invested in gold land,
will start five mining camps, or about 500 men
to the scene of the discoveries at once.
Ex-Gov St. John of Kansas late prohibition
candidate for president of the United States,
has been engaged to deliver series of lectures
in Minnesota, and his route, so far az it has
been arranged, is as follows: Worthirgson
Jan. 10; Mankato, Jan. Ii; Is Sueur, Jan. IA;
Minneapolis, Jan. 16 and Il: Arrangements
are being made ut other localities, and it is