The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-01
NORTHWESTERN NEWS.

Inc First National Bank of WaphetOn
closed its doors on March 9th The diff
Guilty is said to have resulted from advan-
ces made the Wahpeton Mill and Elevator
company. On the morning of the 9th
c ashier Hayward declined to accept depos-
its which we're offered, saying the bank
could not meet its obligations. He says
that in time all creditors and depositors
can be paid. but to do SO they will have to
realize on all their securities and assess the
stockholders 1000 besides. Durham &
Johnson, of Minneapolis, have had Hay
ward arrested for failing to remit a $500
collection he had made. As the result of
the bank failure, Keller & Goodhue, general
store closed and the Wapheton Mill and
Elevator property being attached also sus-
pended business.
Among the combinations by the Senate
on the 18th were the following:
Registers of Land Offices-Georqe w.
Warter, Tracy, Mimi; William Smith,
Crookston, Mimi; Ralph N. Marble,
Duluth, Mimi. Receivers of Public
Moneys-..August Peterson, Worthington,
Mimi; Philip K. Wiser, Tracy. Mimi.
Jonathan F. Gardner. Agent for the
Indians Of the Omaha and Winnebago
agencies, Charles 81. Potter. Postmasters
r. G. West, Terry, Iowa; William T.
smith, oscaloosa' Iowa: James F. vogt,
Lemars, Iowa; 8: W. Hobbs, Storm Lake,
A. K. Weber, Abba, Iowa.
The Grand Army of Dakota held it's
annual meeting at WATERFOWL on the 24th
and 25th. A resolution was adapted ask
ing the legislature to make an appropria-
ton TOR soldiers home. The following
Tas aRP9iGted to look after the
second, D: N. Gross Yankton; third, c.
I: Cement, Fargo; Fourth, B. F. Campbell,
Sioux Falls; fifth, A. C. Mellette, Water.
town; sixth, W: E. Bentley, Bismarck
Committee at large on home: J. E.
B. Dennis. jamestown was selected as the
place tor the next annual meeting, but
another meeting will be held at Mitchell
in June when the soldiers and sailors
reunion occurs.
At O'Clock on the morning of March
18th, fire was discovered in the Northern
Pacific railroad shops at Brainerd, MINI.
The shops are very large and in two Sec
TONS one section being wooden and erect
ed by Jay Cooke when the road first began
and the other brick and stone erected by
Willard at a cost of a million dollars. The
they were unframed. The frame buildings
were destroyed. The loss is about $10O, 900
and covered by insurance. No men are
thrown out of work by the fire.
The Bank Of North Minneapolis closed it's
doors on the 26th. It was organized about
four years ago under the State law and was
owned at the time of the failure by VIM
FarnswOrth and Jacob Rauen. The canita1
stock was $50, OOO and the failure was dine
to Farnsworth's speculations in wheat. De-
positors are not likely to receive much.
Jacob Hoffman, owner of the Touring
mill at Elba, Winona county, Mimi, was
drowned with his son, aged Is years. on
March 9th. The wheel of the mill became
clOgged and they went down into the nit
to repair the difficulty, when the gate
opened and the water rushed in and drown
ed them.
George Pownall teamster at South
saltwater was found in dying condition
in his barn on the morning of March 2sth
from shot in his head. He died few
hours later: The murder theory is raised
but the indications point to suicide.
Miss Clara A. Root, teacher in the
public schools at Valley City, D. r.,
committed suicide on the 18th, bv taking
carbolic acid. She was sister of Herbert
Root, President of the Farmers Merchants
National bank at that place.
The court martial to try Capt. Garvev
will convene of st. Paul April g. Lieut..
Hinton. Eighteenth infantry, and Sergeant
Casey, Company I, of that regiment. have
been ordered to st. Paul from Fort Gibson
as witnesses.
The daily Argus at Fargo, D. T., burned
out at A. NJ. on the 26th. But very little
was saved from the building. The loss was
$4,000 and insurance 5000. The paper
continued without missing publication.
The gross receipts of the marshaps Office
in Minnesota for ten years have been $685.
600, and net earnings $4,000. The district
attorneys office has earned in the past tan
years $4,000 gross or $96, COO net
The food at Elk Point d. T., had not
abated on the 24th many miles of farms
and homes are under water and the DAMAGE
cannot be estimated until the waters recede.
but it will be large and serious.
The largest part of the business houses
in Glendive, Mont. were destroyed by fire
on tho oath of March. The loss was
yS5,O0O and insurance about $4,000. The
fire was incendiary.
The bill to permit the First ational bank
OF Shskopee, Mimi, to increase its capital