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

sick list, but was reported in better
health yesterday.
Worthington's expectations of hav-
ing those geological specimens" have
gone glimmering.
We had a light fall Of now on Sun
day, but the warm sunshine since has
caused it nearly all to disappear.
The Bank of Worthington is re-
ceiving the St. Louis pressed brick for
the new building they are to erect.
The nomination of August Peter
son as receiver of the Worthington
land office was confirmed last Thurs.
day.
| The Ellsworth news has discovered
an original way of spelling St. Patrick.
The way it spells the name is this:
"Paterick.'
The Bank of Worthington is closed
today on account of the funeral of Mr..
Dayton's mother, which occurs at
Geneva, n. Y.
The judge of probate has put in a
much needed blank cabinet, made out
of two thread-cases such as merchants
use for holding spools of thread.
The card of Thos. Griffin, contract or
and builder, appears elsewhere in this
issue. Mr.. Griffin has had sixteen
years. experience and is a thoroughly
competent workman.
The Mankato District Conference of
the NJ. E. church will I've held Mt Made
liza, April 6, and 8. This conference
was to have been held at Luverne, but
the diphtberia scourge prevailing III
that town caused change to be made
in the place of meeting.
The Burlington, Cedar Rapids and
Northern railway will sell round-trip
excursion tickets to Jacksonville, Fla,
tickets good for going passage, contin-
nous trip, and for return passage, until
May /, for $3.50 from Wortllington.
Tickets will only be sold April l.
During the reporters periginations
about town hunting for items the 9th.
er day he asked i friend the sterotyped
question with which he is wont to bore
people: "What do you know?" The
gentleman respcnded: II know but
very little and am getting to know
less and less every day.
There was slight change in the
time of the day trains on the Omaha
line taking effect last Sunday, the
trains going west leaving Worthing-
ton ten minutes Later, and the one 60
ing east leaving seventeen minutes la
ter. The revised time card is given
elsewhere in these columns,
Will the writer of the Hersey CORE
spondence signed with a stars, please
send his name. It will not be pub
lished unless lie 80 desires, but editors
like to know, and it is the general rule
not to publish communications unless
they know the name of the writer.
The ADVANCE will waive this rule
just once, however.
The following men and families have
arrived lately at Worthington with
farming effects: w. F. Moss and J.
Dohlheim. Greenville, Iowa; Nels and
John Johnson, Gilbert, Iowa; G. G..
Mackoy, Geneva, N. Y; John Block
Morrison, Iowa; John Schuck, Ill.,; E.
Waliner, Pecatonica, Ill.,; A. N. Hoge-
man, Reinbeck, Iowa.
The California fever has been raging
in Worthington. The round trip fare
from Omaha to San Francisco has been
reduced to $40, and a number of our
citizens have taken advantage OF the
cheap rate to take little ride. II. II.
Anderson and z. White left on Tues
day morning. d. Shell and family left
this morning, and other parties talk of
going.
Have the readers of the ADVANCE
ever tried to find out how many words
they could make out of tie let
tiers composing the word ''Wor-
thington." Mrs. W. F. Thayer
made III words without doubling any
letters that are not duplicated in tie
original word. Until some one beats
this record Mrs. 7. must be considered
the champion.
A man with q patent lung tester
took in the town one day last week,
and also took in some of the ''boys. -
Among these who discovered that they
had good sound lungs were Jim Gran
dali, Ed Elliot, Pete Becker, G.. W.
Smith, Fred Humiston and w. j.
l:eiss. They came near "bustiug' the
mans machine as they all blew so hard
that their faces turned Llack.
Some people are very kind. The otl..
err day friend Neff offered to step in
and kill Charley Smith in order to fur.
nish the reporter with an item, but
Charley, not approaching the necessity
of providing items for great family
newspaper like the ADVANCE, object.
ed, so the deed was not consummated
and our readers will have to get along
somehow without that morsel of news
The county auditor has apportioned
the school funds coming from the
March apportionment. The tota
amount for this county is 1919 "a
which is divided among l,54s scholars
giving So cents to each scholar. Thu