The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-05-14
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PERaONAL&
Fl. Z. Shepard went to saltwater on
Monday.
Our genial friend Gilbert Anderson
IL ut home this week enjoying u visit
with his family. 80
g. W. Smith leaves tomorrow for .
visit to his friends in Pennsylvania.
Alex Grinager, tho Artist, leaves to-
morrow for Philadelphia to study and
work at his profession.
Mrs. r. q. Lybrand, of Richland
Centre, Wis.,, is visiting her auut, Mrs
&. H. Smith.
G. Z. sutton. we'll known here in car
lier days. made WOrthingtOn flying
visit last week. He il station age,'t 1T
Huron, Dakota, and is doing we'll.
Mrs. Is. N. Carrier has had rs a re-
cent guest, Mrs. Judge Wilson, Of Wor-
thingten.-Minneap"lis Spectator.
Mrs. Petersen has been very sick for
4 week past, bu! is now \ little better.
Her sister, Mrs. Hathaway, WAS ex-
pected yesterday to assist in nursing
her.-WiMdom Reporter.
Rev. K. G.. Faegre will preach at the
regular hour Sunday morning in Our
Savior's church, having sufficiently re.
covered from his illness.-Mahkato
Free Press.
C.P. Hewitt, of Worthington, and
W. Il. MARITIME, o: Pipestone, both old
business men of Sibley, came in on
Tuesday afternoon 3 passenger.-Sibley
GaZrtte.
Jerome Davidson has sold out his
Leola Banner and gone back to Lu-
verne. liz stopped over in PipestOne
ON his way back.-PiPestone Star.
6oDen
On Sunday morning last r. L. Err
skine, of Indian Lake, was gored and
severely hurt by a bull. lie had brought
| the animal into the stable after water
ing and went between it and the man
ger, when the bull picked him up.
crushed him against the boards, threw
him down and savagsly attacked him
on the floor. Mr.. Erskine had strength
enough to get away and crawl into the
nanger, thus getting beyond the pow
or of the Infatuated brute. DR.. Barber
was Immediately telegraphed for and
made qnick time to Mr.. Erskine's
place. He found that Mr.. Els collar
bone was broken, one rib broken, and
that lie had sustained other injuries.
At last accounts, however, Mr. E. was
doing we'll.
MAPS.
| Alex Grinager, the scenic artist, 10
painting dozen large maps for the
Minnesota Home Publishing Co., size
AXIS feet. The design Of the map is to
show the locality of the Blue Grass
Region, surrounded by points like st.
Paul, Sioux City, Sioux Falls, ETC., but
the scale is extensive enough to take in
Chicago, St. Louis, and north to Bis
marck. These maps are to be put up
at depots and hotels, at central points,
whore tho tide of immigration flows
through.
Worthingten will be shown as GEN.
trail point in the map, and town on
lake is painted in one corner which is
presumed to lie the Worthington of the
future.
Mr.. Day is having the maps painted
and Mr. Grinager is doing creditab!e
piece of work.
SAD ACCIDENT
a distressing accident occurred in
the family of Sutherland Mclean on
Friday last by which he lost one OF his
children, II little girl about three years
old. 1t seems that the girl had poured
hot water int 4 vessel aud WAS about
to clean the floor, when she stepped to
a closet for \ moment to get some arti:
Gle. While there the child went to the
tub of water and fell into it back wards.
The little child fingered in great pain
until Saturday morning, when death
relieved it.
Mr.. Mclean and wife were both ;ab
sent when the accident occurred. Tho
friends and neighbors did all that could
possibly be done to aid them in their
afiliction and Mr.. Mclean requests us
to extend the thanks Of his wife and
himself to all for their kindness.
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We noticed last week the fact that
Col. Mats0n, of Peoria, Ill.,, was here
with several friends. The gentlemen
who accompanied him were: Albert
Campbell, OF the hay and feed house of
G. s. Blakesley s. Co.,; D. O'Connor,.
6upt. Of Streets; Thos. Foster, Asst.
City Collector, and Geo. Hale. They
all seemed to be much pleased with
Worthington and vicinity. Messrs.
Foster and O'Conmor each bought a
quarter section of school land on 36 in
Elk.
Messrs. Foster and o. Connor are ia.
miliar with the brick business. and
were much pleased, while digging into
our soil a short distance north Of town,
to come upon good brick clay. They
are sure that there is All abundance of
good brick clay all about ns. They in
formed us moreover that all the brick
made 1T Peoria are hand made and
without expensive machinery, the man.
ufacturers starting poor and on small
scale aid growing rich at the business.
They are satisfied that this is the way
it should be here and that large bust
ness can he built up at this point.
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COURT.
Judge Perkins came down Tuesday
night and yesterday morning heard the
motion for new trial in the case of
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