The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-14
SHORT LOCALS.

SHORT LOCALS.
The Worthington rink was re-opened
last Monday night.
The county treasurer is cashing
county orders again.
Taxes are coming into the county
treasury 1T lively rate.
There was little runaway Tuesday
on Tenth street-nobody hurt.
It is reported that Miss Celia Far
mum, of Minneapolis, who will lie re-
meunbered by many of the old settlers
of Worthington, is to lie married OH
the Goth inst.
Married-In Worthington. January
9th, 1886, by Rev. W. II. Hartzell, Mr..
ANDREW HENDERSON, of Sioux coun-
ty, Iowa. and Miss MATTE A. o.
SEDswoLD. of Mobiles county, MINI.
AS will be seen by a notice to ba,k.
ers published elsewhere, the board of
audit will receive sealed proposals for
| deposit of county funds, up to Satur-
day, the 10Th inst, at 10 o'clock Il. NJ.
The case Of the state vs.. Sarah NJ.
Plumer, which was tried ut the recent
term of the district court, has just
been decided in favor of the plaintiff
by Judge Perkins,. This was a suit to
collect certain personal taxes.
Alex Grinager, the artist, has been
engaged for the past ten days III paint
ing scenery for a dramatic company of
Sheldon, Iowa. The company expects
| to take in Il number Of surrounding
towns aud will probably show in Wor.
Ellington.
The ice harvest has commenced. 1t
is about twenty inches thick and Of
good quality, and six or eight teams
are engaged in hauling. One gentle
man wonders what use can be found
for so much ice. We suppose they use
it to cool beer.
The following persons were the hold
ers of the numbers which drew prizes
in T.. W. Smiths drawing last week:
No. 1l2, library lamp, George Prince;
No. 25S, comb and brush set, Phil
Glasgow; No. 264, piano. Ed Pannell;
No. 81, Shakespeare. viii Firth; No.
2G. album, -.
Last Tuesday Rev. Lathrop, pastor
of the NJ. E. Church, was So years old.
But few people were ware of the fact
that it was the anniversary of that
gentleman birthday, among whom
were Mr.. and Mrs. Bigelow, whe pre-
sented the elder with a set of silver
knives and forks.
s. Mclean ard r. E. Convey brought
III a carload of horses last Thursday
after much trouble from the wintry
weather. They report the snow about
a foot deep along the route between
Winona and Mankato. They got
through to st. James all right, but
there they found that the storm had
| blocked the trains, but the Omaha
sent snow plow ahead and opened up
the track for them to Wo:thington, so
that they were not compelled to lay
over at st. James.
The Pioneer Press company offers 4
| dollars worth of seeds and the Weekly
Pioneer Press for 81 20, aud very liber-
al club premiums in seeds. The seeds
are furnished Ivy Mr.. Metcalf. of st.
Paul, Il thoroughly reliable seed deal
er, and the subscriber selects the varie-
ties desired from u large list published
by the Pioneer Press company. All
persons desiring seeds should send for
the list. The ADVANCE and the Pho
| neer Press will be furnished for $3.50
a year in advance without the seeds,
| or SS2.7O with the seeds.
| On Friday last during the b!IZz .rd \
| Child Of Henry NJ yn's, two years old,
living on the Brant place two miles
east Of town, climbed up to cup
board and got bottle of strong car.
bolic acid and took swallow Of it..
Mr.. Meyn came to town on foot for
Dr.. Barber, and when the DOCTOR ar
rived, half an hour after, the child was
pulseless, and only faint heart throbs
could be Distinguished; pupils were
insensib!e to light or touch; r,spira.
ton was feeble and gasping, and the
child could not swallow ut all and
seemed near deaths door. DR.. Barber
gave it by hypodermic injection in the
arm, onequarter ounce of brandy. this
reviving it somewhat; this was repeat.
ed four times within an hour aid /,
half, resulting IL the restoration Of
the child to consciousness, when vom-
ting was induced and the child re-
covered.