The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-04-19
MINNESOTA NEWS.
A contract has been let at LIE Sveul
for q new So. 600 school house.

1Or q new $0SOOO SCHOOL mouse.
The executive committee for the
approaching G. A. r. encampment
organized at Fergus Falls. and de-
cided upon the following plan of &C
ton: The encampment will be held
tour days in that city, commencing
Tuesday, June 5. 1t is expected that
from five to ten thousand people will
be present, fully half of them members
of the Grand Army. Commander in
chief Rea, Department Commander
Eye, Gov. McGill and many others
will be present. Stanton post of
Fergus Falls is making expensive
preparations for the event.
The annual report of the water
commissioner OF Winona, shows
that 5,349 feet of water pipe were laid
this year, making g. total of sixteen
miles and 1,649 feet. There are now
in use III hydrants and there are
$40 consumers. During the year
there were 432,391, 4s7 gallons OF
water pumped. The receipts are
81, 469.2l over last year and So, $685.
o. over the year before.
A teachers institute at Battle
Lake was largely attended and suc'
cessfuIly conducted.
The Winona ferry committee OF the
city council worked all day on the ice,
trying to open q channel for the ferry
boat. They exploded half dozen or
more dynamite cartridges. and finally
with the aid of saws. got the channel
open clear across. The ferry boat was
launched at once, and this gave the
Burlington e. Northern a chance to
get in and cut of that city.
Louis Hospes, president OF the First
National bank of Saltwater and one
Of the wealthiest and Oldest residents
of Saltwater, died at his home OF
pneumonia.
During the performance f.the can
tata of esther, the Beautiful Queen"
at the opera house at Shakopee the
cry OF fire was raised by some one on
the street, and the immense crowd
was almost panic stricken. Thanks
to the efforts Of some OF the cooler
heads panic was averted. The fire
was half mile away.
A we'll dressed man came across the
river at Hastings with a bull dog, act
ing very strangely, and threw himself
down upon Seventh street, laying
there for some time. Chief OF Police
Richards came along and had him
placed in the city hall. He had a
Minneapolis bank book in his pocket,
and the authorities of that city were
notified. 1t is presumed his anne is
Joseph Warner, and he was adiudged
insane by the probate court, and was
| taken to the Rochester asylum by
Chief Richards and E. L. Winslow.
The village counc;! OF Vernda!e has
placed the liquor license at 81, 500 for
the ensuing year.
Mr.. Becknell, while trimming tree
on Harriet street, Winona, fell twen-
ty-five feet to the ground. His left
arm was broken and internal injuries
| are feared.
O. o. Whited, late OF St. Paul, will
open bank at Hallock with g. CAPT
tai OF 100000. NJ. NJ. Kelso of Bell
| view, Iowa, will also open a bank at
the same place.
The Browns Valley branch OF the
Minneapolis & Manitoba has been
opened at last and trains were put on
! after q nine weeks blockade.
Isaac Johnson, an inmate of the poor
farm. was adiudged insane by the pro.
bate court at Hastings and commit.
ted to the Rochester asylum.
Lakeview lodge, a Masonic organi-
cation at Ortonville, has decided to
erect three'story Masonic temple at
once. to be built OF granite.
The Farmers alliance of Austin has
of late been discussing subjects not
strictly agricultural, and these discus
sions are awakening much interest.
! One of the subjects discussed was:
'That the employment of convict la
Dor by manufacturers is detrimental
to the people"
The Cannon Falls creamery has filed
articles OF incorporation with the reg
lister OF deeds. The capital stock OF
the company is $4,000.
A Swede named Andrew Olson, aged
forty years, was killed in Per John.
sons saw mill in Collinwood town,
fifteen miles southeast of Litchfield.
He was engaged as a slab carrier. A
slab he was carrying away fell on the
saw, drawing him with it. One lie, was
cut of, and he was again cut through
the thigh and his shoulder and head
were mangled.
Joseph Cirzan. the Polish forcer cap
tured at Brookfield, has been brought
back to Winona by Sheriff Bogart.
Cirzan had debauch with the $500
he got from the Savings bank on a
forged mortgage. He had only Sl53..
43 of the $500 in his pocket. Cirzan
was examined before Judge Allen and
locked up in default of 81 900 bail to
await the grand jury.
NJ. Solum's tailor shop at Rochester
was broken into and 500 worth of
goods taken. Westerbaum, the Jew
eler, who occupies half the store, lost
an equal amount of his stock.
The contract to furnish the ma.
terial and do the mason work on the
new state building to be erected at
Faribault for the custodian depart
ment of the school for the feeble
minded was awarded to Mr.. Worm.
ington of Faribault. Mr.. Wormlnc-
ton superintendent the erection of
Shumway hall last summer. This
building, when completed, will he, in
fact, a completion of the plan origi-
nal!y made for the state, but the
part to be put up this summer must
OF necessity be IL separate building, as
the appropriation was made tor a
separate building, and not for the
purpose of building additions to
buildings already built.
At the annual encampment OF the