The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-06-17


was moved to Jackson and E. II. Free.
man went in as register and j. B.
Wakefield as receiver. The first set
tiers in this county will remember tho
frequent trips to Jackson to attend TO
business at the land Office. The bulk
of the business being in the vest end,
the office was moved to Worthington
in the spring of 1874. Mr.. Freeman
soon retired and DR.. Leonard. of the
Rochester Post, took the office of re-
| ceiver and filled it a while. but was
not confirmed. Capt. Mons Grinager
came in as register in August, 1874,
and retired June l, 1856, holding it
| nearly twelve years. In January. 1875,
J. p. MOulton took the place of Mr..
Wakefield as receiver. and held it till
June, 1881, when q. H. Smith came in
and occupied it until Sept. /, 1885,
when August Peterson, of Albert Lea.
came in as receiver. Capt. Grinager
rendered his resignation when the new
administration came in but did not get
his release until few days ago.
The office was Democratic from 1854
to 1861, and Republican until Sept. !.
1885, when Mr.. Peterson came in.
Since then it has been 'arf and arf,"
as the Englishman says, and did not
become entirely given over to the De.
mocracy until last week.
THE NEW RECEIVER.
August Peterson. the new receiver.
is a Norwegian, 43 years of age. He
came to America in 1854 and settled in
Wisconsin. In 1858 he came to Mime
sofa. When the war broke out his
father Joined the Sd Minnesota, and
'the boy" August. ran away bare
footed to Fort Smelling and enlisted,
serving in the same regiment with his
father. After the war he farmed till
1871, when he was elected register Of
deeds of Freeborn county and served
three terms. He then engaged III real
estate and insurance business. He
was 4 member of the State Board of
immigration under Gov. Pillsbury.
He was Republican up to the time of
the Hubbard disaffectiOn," when he
Joined the ranks Of the Democracy and
| ventiOn which nominated Cleveland.
In August last he received his ap-
pOintmeDt rs receiver Of the WOr-
thington land office and came to Wor-
thington last September.
TIE NEW REGISTER.
Capt. &. p. Shepard was born and
bred i'll Nunda county, n. y, until he
was twenty. when he came west in the
spring of 1861. When the call came for
troops he enlisted at La Crosse. and
Went into Go. D. ?4,'l Wis. Inf, where
he served during the war and WAS dis
| charged us captain iii October, 1868
He was in the battles IF Shiloh 1uk;.,
Co:inth, Siege Of Vicksburg, Red Riv-
er. Expedition. Tupel". Nashville,
- >G sc1, Nf-S>
score of other engagements. With one
exception he WAS in every battle and
| march Of the regiment, which has y
| record Of II 900 miles Travelled and had
500 men added to its numbers after
! its first organization. He was one of
sixteen of the one hundred men Of the
| first organized company who were dis.
charged when the war closed. At the
close of the war Mr.. $. engaged in
mercantile business at Saltwater and
about ten years ago came to Worthing
ton and engaged in the lumber busi-
ness.
THE RETIRING REGISTER.
This is also the proper time and
place to say word concerning Capt.
Grinager, the retiring register, al
though his public record is familiar to
d
native of Hadeland, Norway, born in
1882. At twenty. .one he came to
America and farmed in Walworth
county, Wisconsin. In 1854 he located
at DEBORAH, Iowa, and engaged in mer-
chandisiDg until 1858, when he settled
in FreebOrn county, MINI. When the
war broke out he went into the service
as captain of Company K, 18th Wis.,,
and served three years. He was in
twenty-one battles and was wounded
at Stone River, which laid him up for
three months. At the close of the
war he returned to his farm. In 1870
he was appointed revenue assessor for
the 1st Minnesota district, and al
so held the office of assistant collector
for the same district and was also
| Deputy Provo Marshal. In 1874 he
was appointed register of the land Of
fee at Worthington and has resided
here nearly twelve years. He has
been staunch Republican always and
in 1873 received the nomination for
state treasurer, but was defeated
through the granger movement. Many
of his friends have urged him to be a
candidate for governor this year but
he refuses to enter the lists, wishing to
retire from public life. lie will re.
move to Minneapolis in few days.
Hon. G. H. Smith, the late receiver.
retired last year. and it is not neces
sary to sketch his career just now, fur
ther than to say that he is a prominent
candidate for the Republican nomina-
tion for congress-, and that If he is
nominated his record will be thorough
ly aired, ventilated, hung up, shook
mp. run through the thresher. ground
and bolted, and will no doubt pan out
equal to the best brand of No. l Hard
Fife.