The Worthington advance., 1888-03-01

| ial gentlemen connected with any OF the
state departments.
James Carrington, aged twenty
years. was brought to Litchtield
under arrest and lodged in Jail to
await the action Of the grand jury. He is
| charged with forging the name of John
three orders for goods onJ. Norgren e. Co.,
| doing business in Litchfield.
The peoples church of St. Paul decides
| to build at the corner OF Pleasant Avenue
ana Chestnut Street.
At Zunbrota. Daniel Mckay. aged forty
| four. died and was buried with Masonic
| honors. He was native OF Scotland.
The following persons lost their lives by
| q dynamite explosion at Duluth: Andrew
| Dahl, single, aged 25. Aaron Erickson, sin.
| gle aged 23. buried under rocks; Erick
Matson. single, aged 23. Andrew Ecklund.
| single, aged "a. leg broken, head smashed,
| and back hurt, died.
Hon. A. D. Thurston of La Porte City,
Iowa. and grand chief telegrapher OF the
United States, was the guest of the may or
| occasion Of the first annual ball of the
Order of Railway Te'e.raphcrs, Division
No. 10, OF st. Paul and Duluth.
1t has been officially decided that the
fo-mer custom Of counting the inmates oi
the second hos ,'ital for the insane into the
population Of Rochester is lille .al, and
| that city will hereafter be classed among
cities OF less than 5000 inhabitants.
The Polk County Bar association has
adopted resolutions of respect to the la te
Hon. William Smith. register of the la nd
| office. calling upon the president to fill the
vacancy at the earliest practical moment,
md ~e L
James W. Keey OF Gro ,kston for the posi-
tirn.
The first real fruit of leap year in Albert
Lea is alleged to have occurred a few dAve
ago. wherein y young woman inveigled 81
trusting swain into the sanctity OF he,
chamber, and the next morning had hi,r
arres; el upon q serious charge, having the
alternative OF marrying her or going tc
iaH He chose the latter. and is now in
durance vile.
Hastings oldest inhabitant. John T.
S nth died in that city at the residence O.
his daughter. Mrs. F. b. Larpenteur, in
the ninety-fourth year Of his age.
j. A. Miller. a brakeman on the Duluth
& Iron Range road. WAS fatally injured
while making flying switch in tho yards
at Duluth.
Mrs. Seaman and Miss Thoraton of Mil
waukee, who were injured in the cable az.
cident are still at the Ryan Hotel, St.
Paul. The former has almost fully recov.
cred, but Miss Thorston can only move
about with assistance.
Col. John H. Stevens. the first settler OF
Minneapolis has concluded to surrende,
his editorial position on the Farm, Stock
and Home. and will hereafter devote his
attention to his history OF tina Northwest
and Minneapolis beginning with his boy.
hood at Galena, III.
The German American National bank OF
Sauk Rapids closed the purchase of the
Benton County bank at Sauk Rapids, and
closed the doors.
Several ca ses of glandered horses have
recently developed in Chauhassen town.
ship, Carver county.
o. II. Phillips, a Southern Minnesota
newspaper man, has decided to esta blish
Democratic weekly newspaper at Ada, be-
ginning about April I.
Wabasha county is talking up q new
court house.
The Schultz block on North Washingt on
Avenue. Minneapolis, gets a scorching and
q soaking; losses aggregated $43, ,OOO
with ample insurance.
Frederick Lamp, a prominent citizen O.
High Forest, Olmsted county. fell the
cellar at his residence and received interna al
injuries from which he died soon after.
wards.
The governor has issued the warrant 10,
the execution OF Nels Olson Ho!ong, nov
confined in the Otter Tail county Jail at
Ferg1s Falls under sentence of death, 10,
the murder Of Lille Fiell near St. Olaf,
May 27, 1887. Doctor Cyrus K. Bartlett
and j. f. Bowers. superintendents of tn.
insane asylum at St. Peter, were commits
stoned by the governor to examine Ho
I1nn ~ l..
the examination on the 22d. nnc
| reported that they considered Ho
long perfectly sane, and mentally ae
countable for his deed. The governor hns
liked April 13 as the date Of execution
Holong. who ia Norwegian about twen
eight years old, was working on the farm
for the Fields. On May 27 last, while the
rest of the family were away. he murdered
Lille. the sixteen-year-oli daughter. an.
threw her body in q hog pen. where it WA.
afterwards found by her father badly mu'
tilatcd,