The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-11-18
MINNESOTA NEWS.

MINNESOTA NEWS.
Miss Ella A. Stone IRE married; also J.
Frank Shaw of New Orleans and Miss
Matte e. Riley.
Solar in the State ofMinnesota. but four
olemargarine licenses have been taken out.
Three OF these were wholesale, and were
taken by tho Armour Packing company,
Paul. One retail license has been taken
out in the state by J. Nay & Co. OF Min.
aeapolis. The Armour Packing company
reported that it had found a marked in
crease In it's sales of olemargarine since it
took out its license-the increase in the few
lays since tho law went into effect being
about 10 per cent. 1t intends to contin.
10 the sale right along.
An exceedingly sensational divorce case
has been commenced in the Washington
county district court. and will likely be
tried during tho present term. The parties
are members OF about tho Oldest and best
The action is brought by the husband,
whose complaint charges the wife with
atlnltery with a prominent physician OF
Stillwater and with professor OF music
~ho "bsconded from the locality some
months ago.
The change in tho county seat at Lac
lui Parle county. from Lac qui Parle TO
Madison, was carried by vote ], l73 to
7O3. Gov. Hubbard has issued his proc
hmation accordingly. hon. Gordon E.
Cole has notified Gov. Hubbard that the
election will be contested.
All the returns OF the counties in the
Third congressional district have been
officially canvassed, aud they show that
Judge Macdonald received 1910 more
votes than Editor Herbert.
Judge Vanderbure OF the supreme court,
ha nds down q decision affirming the valid
lty OF the olcomargarine law.
Circulars received in St. Paul announce
that arrangements have been made for
i've California excursions via New Orleans.
They will loave Chicago over tho Illinois
Central Nov. 16, Dec. II, Jan. IL, Feb. Is,
Ind March Is. The fare for the round trip
rom St. Paul will be $3.50.
Bait Stetfns' brewery at Hastings was
damaged $4,000 by fire.
The official canvass Of votes on the ques-
ion Of removing the county seat OF TRAY.
ii 200.
Frank Patten. one OF the men in the
Waseca county jail, brought from Austin q
o. months ago, charged with robbing the
Weckw orth house. escaped.
The new site for which the government
paid $15, 200 for the erection Of public
building at Winona fronts $50 feet on
Fourth street and 12O feet on Main street.
The building will be started early in the
spring.
The grand jury OF Wabasha county fin.
shed it's work and was discharged. In
aictments were found as follows: Antox
Gedert for polyga1ny, Henry A. Andrus for
horse stealing, Frank A. Hammond for
telling mortaaged property, jeremiah Hing
Tor robbery, A. J. Edstrum for burglary
and David Vining for rape. Gedert pleaded
guilty and was remandcd for sentence.
The others pleaded not guilty, and they
will he tried shortly. The case OF Vining,
woman in the case being his granddaughter
aycung girl. Vining is between 60 and 20
years OF age and resides in Lake City. His
alleged victim is q resident OF Florence,
Goodhue county.
St. Cloud Journal: Tho water power
company's dam across the Mississippi riv-
sr at this place has finally been completed.
There is still some work to do on the can
al, but the dam is an accomplished TACT,
and the father OF waters at last rolls over
what the people OF St. Cloud talked about
and hoped for for many years. The com.
pany extended the canal three hundred
!eet longer than the contract with the city
calls for, and it is now one thousand feet.
Col. Sam McPhail was elected county at.
torney of Lincoln county.
The Citizens Bank OF Cannon Falls. for
merly owned at Hastings, has been sold
TO SERVER & Norton OF North6eld.
Gus H. Beaulieu, a Chippewa Indian. has
,ued T. j. 6heehan, Indian Agent. in which
ne claims that no owned on March %,
1856, a lot of type and printing material
valued at $500, and that it was in his
possession and removed him and his mil.
terial from the reservation
The following corrections, from official
returns, have been received since the pub
Gcation Of the list OF Legislators of the
state at the recent election. In the TWEEN
tieth district (Rice county,, A. D. Reyes
and H. A. Swartwoudt, both Republicans,
are elected, instead OF Batchelder and
Matthias, Alliance candidates, as report
ed. In the Thirty-third district Wright
and Sherburne counties), F.: F. Hurd,
Republican, is elected over Fridley, Demo.
:rat, by $50 majority.
Tho resignation Of Rev. D. D. Reed has
been accepted by the trustees of the Bap.
fist church at Rochester. He removes to
Boston very soon.
Tho Minnesota supreme court has decid.
I'd that q complaint for selling intoxicat-
ing liquors without a license, which sub
stantially follows the language of the stat
ute or ordinance under which the prosecu.
ton is brought is sufficient. It is compe.
kn,>k CO. +hn tn.,so 0o k,,~o :,>~
nicipal courts to provide for the trial and
hearing Of complaints and causes involv-
ing merely the violation OF municipal or
dinances in a summary manner, without a
jury. As respects such prosecution the
act establishing the municipal court of the
City OF Mankato, ch. 119, Special laws
1885, is constitutional.
The following additional maiorities have
been received on governor: Renville, 29S
Tor McGill; St. Louis, L, O69 for MCGill: Wa
dena, 81 for McGill; Itasca, 152 for Ames;
aud Hubbard, "a for Ames. These and a
lew minor changes in the majorities previ-
ously received make McGill's majority
2,727. The only county not yet heard from
is Lac qui Parle.
"A company has been organized to build
q line OF road from St. Paul to White Bear
and thence to the Wisconsin boundary line
On tHs 5V. NTOlA T1VeF IL Will ne known AZ
the White Bear Lake & Wisconsin railroad.
Its capital stock is $500. 900, divided into
5000 shares, and the incorporators arc
E. D. Comings w. A. Somers, r. A. Smith,
H. H. Fuller, William Dawson, William
Dawson, Jr., w. r. Snche and II. H. Hor-
ton.
Henry w. Bulls. and aged and respected
citizen, OF Owatanna, died OF pneumonia.
He was we'll known there as hotel man.
Henry Balm, OF Ottawa, took a horse to
LIE Sueur and sold it for sos, after which
Re started for his home. He was followed
by four roughs and when half. way between
Ottawa and LIE Sueur he was knocked sense
less and robbed OF all but so cents.
Judge Benjamin Pringle celebrated his
seventy.ninth birthday on the 9th.
A French teamster near Fossum, threw
a lighted match into the dry grass from
which q prairie fire started that did an
immense amount OF damage before it could
be quenched. Stacks Of hay and grain were
consumed, and many OF the unhappy
farmers must now part with their stock,
as hay cannot ne procured in sufficient
quantity to supply the loss.
There are said to lie several thousand