The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-02-02
MINNESOTA NEWS.

| m nES0Tl NEWS.
A boarding house at Tower, in which
thirty men are sleeping. 10 burned to tho
ground. OF tho number six are known to
have persisted in the flames, and three or
TOUR Others arc missing.
Theodore Frazee, leading merchant Of
Pelican Rapids. assigns.
Hon. w. r. Merriam 10 in Washington
in attendance upon his vile, who has beer,
there ak weeks with her mother, Mrs
Hancock. Mrs. Merriam is in delicate
health. Mr.. Merriam was accompanied by
his family physician, DR.. Hadley.
verdict for the defendantis rendered in
tho well known Murdock-S Shelly damage
suit at Minneapolis.
Dennis Ryan OF St. Paul 10 sued for halt
q million dollars by tho Horn Mining com.
pany. 8.
The residence OF E. v. Smalley, st. Paul.
was damaged by fire and smoke to the ex:
tent of about 1000.
The Norwegian Lutheran church OF Wa.
kena hled articles of incorporation with
the secretary of state.
w. H. Burt. residing on the Herman farm
at Spring Lake, Dakota Co.. was burned
out saving about half his household goods
The cable cars ere running at St. Paul,
to the relief OF all who were sick of cable
talk.
Fritz Krett, an old resident OF Faribault
Is now lying at the point of death with
erysipelas.
The st. Paul Press Club, composed OF gen.
tlemen editorially connected with various
publications of st Paul. had g. banquet at
the Ryan Hotel. The following were chos.
en- by reclamation to fill the offices for the
ensuing year: President. Louis E. Fisher;
vice president. C. S. Bartram: secretary,
L. B. Little; treasurer. c. NJ. Schultz;
A. W. Dunn, George Clifford.
A case Of smallpox in q malignant form
10 disc overed in Minneapolis.
At Faribault, dwelling on West Sixth
street, owned by W. B. Hale and occupied
by Henry Lobec, was destroyed by fire.
Ike Weir knocked out Tommy Miller in
the seventh round at Minneapolis.
In the National House Mr.. Lind intro.
duced bill to remove the charge Of deser-
ton againstDaniel w. Selleck. Mr.. Nell
son, a bill for the relief OF Andrew J. Boss,
of Becker county, for 800, being the vet
eran bounty being paid at muster out. Mr..
Rice. bill for the relief of the heirs of Jo-
| seph Anderson for $500, being the balance
due for lumber taken from him by author
ity OF the United States government in
1862. Also bill for the relief of Theo.
dore B. Banliell, $2OO.14, being the
amount OF his claim as assistant miller OF
the government grist mill on the White
Earth Indian reservation.
At Faribault, Frank Decker, aged forty
md ;oI
OF heart disease.
The directors of the Mankato National
bank elected officers as follows: President,
j. H. Ray; vice president, z. G. Harrington;
cashier, John r. Thomas; teller, NJ. B.
Haynes, Jr.
Cokato Special. Lima Quinn, son OF
Franklin and Eliza Quinn. aged 16 years.
| came to his death by freezing. He was on
his way home at French Lake, six miles
from here when he became overpowered
by the intense cold. Being unable to pro.
coed further, he tried to save his life By
digging q hole in the snow, but finding the
effort to resist the cold Dino avail he start
| ed back to a house q quarter of a milo dis
tant. crawling on hands ard knees. He
! only succeeded in going four rods, when he
became unconscious and succunbed to
| overpowering sleep.
The building occupied by the Grand
Meadow Record was destroyed by fire.
The contents were saved.
George Dow, a young man who lives in
Mobiles county. went out with his brother
in-law after a load OF hay. They were
| caught in storm and both persisted.
Adrian Special: The party sent in
search of Hartaung found him four miles
| north. little frozen. He walked against
the storm, The party report two Hollan-
ders, living in Edge, Murray county, dead.
At Minneapolis. Rachel NJ. Holdridge
charges her son. Earl Holdridge of St. Paul
| an ex.minister OF the gospel, with fraud in
! proceedings commenced in the district
J court.
President Strong of Carleton college has
| left Mortified for Southern California.
His health is much better than it was q
few weeks ago. and he hopes by this season
| Of rest in California to regain fully his
| wanted vigor.
The rate from Minneapolis to New York
via the $780," is made two and hall
cents less than via the Chicago lines.
H. S. Stonebraker of Beardsley tells q
| blood-curdlng story of the suffering on the
Browns Valley branch of the Manitoba
| by reason OF the recent blockade. The
situation there is very serious, but vigor.
GUS efforts are being made by tho railroad
to raise the blockade.
Dannie Needham of st. Paul knocks out
Jimmie Griffin OF Grand Rapids, Mich,
In the eleventh round in q skin glove fight
at Norwood. The contest was success.
sion of hard, vicious and telling blows,
! and both men were badly punished.
At Albert Lea, V. H. Buffers house was
partially destroyed by fire.
E. Gilbroth, who recently came to
Brainerd from Montreal, was arrested on
a charge OF committing q postal fraud or
forgery at Brainerd postoffice.
The farm house of Fremont Graham,
three miles north OF Faribault on the Dun
das road Yves burned.
The Northern Pacific Railroad company
appealed to the district court at St. Paul
sioners ordering them to close the upper
berths in their sleepers when not in actual
use. The company denies the right of the
commission to enforce the order on the
ground that tho law is unconstitutional
and unreasonable. It has not been decid-
ed when the hearing will occur.
St. Cloud Special: J. K. WHITMAN q
carpenter, and Ben Harmon, blacksmith
fought seven rounds with four ounce gloves
at tho latter's shop for $50. Whitman
was knocked out in the seventh round.
The Browns Valley branch OF the Mani
toba il open to Graceville. The work Of
clearing the line il being pushed forward
as rapidly as possible.
Mrs. Frederick Tonebohn OF Henderson
deserted her husband and left for parts
unknown.
Sanford Tanner of Freeborn county il
said to have been swindled out of $4,000
by a bogus detective.
Rev. J. Settler OF Muskegon, Mich, has
Denmark, in 1901, during the reign OF Chris
tian w. 1t contains both the Old and New
Testaments. and, considering it's great age
is in q remarkable state OF preservation.