The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-12-02
MINNESOTA NEWS:

Dana-1p St. Paul, Nov. 1oti. Susan G:
vile Of DR.. N. MEG. Dana, OF Plymouth
Senator Sabin teleeraphed as follows to
Allen Arthur: = Accept and convey to
Mrs. McElroy and your sister my deepest
sympathy. The end so long expected finds
! US still unprepared and unreconcjled to
tho earthly ending OF one OF tho nOblest
OF private citizens and best OF public. men
Adjt. Gen. Mccarthy has issued the fol-
lowing commissions George Whitney cap
tain Company b. Second, regiment, vice
| Kelmer, resigned; D. F.. McGraw, captain
Company +, Second regiment, vice Wash
burn, resigned.
Converse A. Pettingill Of Minneapolis
has commenced action against his wife,
Hanna Z: Pettengill, from whom he wants
an absolute Divorce: The plaintiff. is thir:
years his junior. Tho unhappy wedlock
began in Minneapolis on May IS. 1884.
The principal charge is uniaithfulness, o!
which Pcttengill says his wife was guilty
on divers occasions with one August Sund;
ford.
The MINNESOTA Transfer. Dressed Meat
company filed articles OF Incorporation
with the secretary OF state. The company
will engage at Minnesota Transfer in the
Strengthening of cattle and the packing and
shipping OF dressed meat. The capital
stock is $50.0O0. =.
The Manitoba Railroad company i.
building two. mile spur. track through the
granite region near3t. Cloud.
St. Cloud is to have new -four mill
which will turn out $50 barrels of -four q
day.
At the sale Of state lands in Willma1
there were sold 100 acres of university,
800 acres OF internal improvement and
2,72O acres Of school lands. The prices
paid were mostly IS and Sc per acre.
The register of the Benson land office
says that the land commissioner has ruled
that applicants under the homestead, pre-.
emption and timber culture laws must
state in their Splie alton tho place of their
actual residence and their postoffice ad-
dresses, otherwise the applications will be
returned:
Secretary Charles Bornarth. of the Scott
County Agricultural society, has undertake
en- to unite all county societies in tho state.
and have them take concerted action to.
ward having the state appropriation equal.
~ divided among socities holding annual
fairs.
Rev. H. A. Newell, formerly pastor OF
the Presby terrain church of Rochester, and
for several years located at Salt Lake City
in charge OF q 1ourishing church. has &C.
cepted call from q congregation in Salem,
Or, and has removed thither.
At Wabasha, Anton Gedert, who pleaded
guilty to the crime OF polysa,ny, was SEN
fenced to two years in the penitentiary.
| Charles Hammond, indicted Tor mort:ar.
ing property which he did not own, plead.
ed not guilty. He was tried and acquit-
ted. Gerdert and Henry A. Andrus con-
victed of horse stealing, were taken to
Saltwater by Sheriff Burkhardt.
Anna NJ, wife OF the late Herman Leasing
OF Manaeha, has been granted a pension
Of Is per month, dating from the date Of
the death her husband.
The state school land sales for Stearna
county held at St. Cloud was the largest
ever held. It amounted to about $36,,
600 for over $500 acres. The highest
price paid was $12 per acre and the lowest
IS, an average of $3.50
Hon. John 8. Pillsbury sues the St,
Paul Globe for libel.
resident OF Spring Valley dug up dirA
knife, ten inches long. On plate of silver,
riveted with gold rivits on the handle, was
| engraved: I'm hoe signo vinces." He also
F. found All Indian tomlhawk that was mi,
+; nus handle and badly rusted; and an In,
j arrows q gun barrel and lock, Il copper.
mounted powder horn, all but slightly in.
jured. Also the skeleton OF man whose
stature in life is estimated to have been
about. six feet and three inches; he had a
string Of bears claws around his neck, with
a gold medal attached to it.
! f. F. Drake, member OF the eyndicate
building the Duluth, South Shore e. and
Atlantic, the new line between St. Paul
and Montreal, returned recently from New
York. Interviewed. Mr.. Drake said: The
money nescessary to build the line has
been raised by the syndicate, which is com.
and St. Paul. Tho road will be COM leted
! by Oct. 1887. The completion CT the
Duluth. South Shore & Atlantic will give
st. Paul a new line to tide water several
hundred miles shorter than any othe,
| route.
! Last spring wedding was to have taken
place near Cannon Falls. but a few DAYS
before the time set the brides parents lost
their house by fire, and the bridal troussear
burned with the rest. Time sped by. A
new house was built, and on tho 10Th thu
wedding was to have been, but again the
! elements interfered- The snow blockade
j kept tie bridegroom from reaching thu
house OF the bride.
Rev. Jay Henry Long, OF Fergus Falls
knute Nelson's opponent for congress or
the Prohibition ticket in that district has
received and accepted a call to preach al
Ladora, Ind.
At meeting Of the directors of the
German American National bank. St.
Cloud. the banks attorney was instructed
to bring suits against the Minneapolis
Evening journal and st: Paul Dispatch fe ,
| $4,000 each damages for publishing q re-
/ port that the bank had closed.
c. H. Davidson has sold the Austin
Transcript to Charles H. Barnes of Austin
and Parke Goodwin OF st. Paul. Consid.
Grafton, $4,000; possession to be given
Dec. l. MIR. Davidson becomes business
OF which his brother-in. law is owner.
Moses Gallup, one OF the earliest settler,
OF Dodge county, dropped dead at his
home in Wasiopa on the evening OF the 9th
! The St. Paul, St. Croix & Lake Superio,
alton with the secretary OF state. The
capital stock is placed at 81 900. 1000. The
object OF the company is to build a lin.
! from some point in st. Paul through Ram
sey, Washington ana Chisago counties tc
; a point on Lake Superior, probably Du
luth. Branches will also be built in tn,
several counties mentioned. 1t is tn,
! object OF the company to have the roaC
ready for operation by June l, 1887.
A delegation from Fergus Falls, consist
ing OF Judge NJ. R. Tyler, Hon. James
! Compton, Capt. 0. c. Chase and f. E
Corliss visited the office of the state boart
! OF charities and corrections at St. Paul
and set forth the advantages and claim.
OF Fergus Falls for the new insane hospit al
Joseph Bobletter Secretary OF State elect
has sold the New Ulm Review, and he vii
retire from journalism.
Articles of incorporation were filed will
the secretary of state of the Chesterfield
Live Stock company. The main Office !!
to be at Minneapolis. The business of tn
corporation is to be the operation OF :
stock farm.
John V. Wright and G.. +. Larrabee. O
the Indian commission, report that the,
had a second interview with the Mile Lac
! on tho 18th Of the mouth, but could not in
duce them to consent to removal to tn
White Earth reservation.
Notice OF senatorial contest in Dakot.
county has been served on D. +. Akin, b,
A. II. Truax. 1t is thought that Stringe
d Seymour will have charge OF the defense
Some Of the scholars in the village schoo
at Houston had the itch, and after a re-