The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-04-26

MINNESOTA NEWS.
Seeding is now under general head.
way all over Kittson county. while
other parts Of the state are consider.
ably behind:
Red Lake Falls has daily paper
the Red Lake Falls News-phblished
by p. p. Bodeen. Snow is about gone,
and the farmers will begin seeding at
once.
&. G. sohnson, proprietor and
manager Of the Oskaloosa BROOM
Company of OSHKOSH, Iowa. has been
in Faribault preparing to start
broom factory there similar to thefac
tory at Oskaloosa.
As the roads get partially settle.
reports come in from the country of
tho terrible work of the late storms.
A strip of country extending to the
southwest of Mankato suffered from
high winds. Numerous dwellings,
barns and one or Two school houses
were demolished. A Mr.. Ried, living
near St. Clair, was buried in the fall
ing OF his house, but was rescued, for
tunately unhurt. Some of the TIM
bers of a school house in Mcpherson
township were carried eighty rods by
the gale.
The Republican congressional COM
mittee of the fifth district met at
Fergus Falls recently to call conven-
tions. It was decided to hold tho
convention of delegates at Crookston
May Is, and the call was issued based
on the sams representation as the
state call. 1t was decided to hold the
nominating convention at St. Cloud
June II, but the call was not issued.
Gov. Hubbard, president of the
newly organized Duluth & Red Wing
Construction company. spent short
time in Duluth in the interest of that
company and the Duluth. Red Wing &
Southern road. He speaks very hope
fully of the building of the road. Ar
rangements are now being made by
Chief Engineer Powell of the road to
complete the survey between Duluth
and Red Wing, the lower portion OF
which was made last fall and early in
the winter, before deep snow COMPEL
ed a cessation of the work.
Lewis Olson was arrested at Han.
Jock charged with forging Peter Erick-
sons name to an order on which lie
obtained $50 worth of clothes from
NJ. Hoban, a storekeeper. He wrote
a letter to the clerk who sold him the
goods Dragging of the deception and
stating the facts, and thanking him
tor his greenness and stating that he
had left the country, otherwise the
crime would not have been discovered
for some time at least. Olson is TWEEN
ty-one years old.
The Stevens county bank of Morris
attached by replevin the wheat in the
elevator operated by Albert Dekay
on claim of 5000. This precipitated
a regular deluge OF claims and the re-
suits are astonishing to the com.
munlty. Mr.. Dekay has been sup
posed to have done successful and
lucrative business, and the fear now
IS that many farmers will meet with
loss. 1t is said there is little or no
wheat outside that attached, and as
almost all OF the claims were So
cured bv wheat checks the losses will
be serious.
J. J. Hill is actively surveying, get.
ting the right of way and collecting
Municipalities and rails-to build a
cutoff on the Montana branch, which
it is claimed will save him twenty-five
or thirty miles between St. Paul and
Helena. This new road leaves the
main line near Larimore, goes through
Hi!lsboro, Ada, and passes south of
the White Earth reservation, joining
the Fosston branch of the Manitoba
south of Leech Lake. end thence
straight through Brainerd to St.
Paul. The Manitoba is also collecting
material to rail and tie the branch
north from Pelican Rapids, which was
graded last year.
J. II. Lorden, brakeman on the
Omaha road, was arrested at Manka.
to charged with obtaining money I'M
der false pretenses. Last October it is
alleged he went to the express Office at
Waseca, forged the name of another
party to the books and obtained q
valise valued at $25. J. B. Hayden.
who was agent at Waseca at the
time, has been looking for Lorden
since Jan. l., having hunted over Hi.
nois, Iowa and Wisconsin.
A Swede giving the name of Gus Lin.
den came to Redwood Falls and
showed such symptoms of insanity
that the sheriff took him in charge. He
says he came from Minneapolis to es.
cape being killed by parties in pursuit
OF him. He also states that he has a
brother by :he name of Carl Gustave-
sen living in st. Paul. He is about
twenty-eight years OF age. height five
feet ten inches, complexion light, eyes
blue, hair light and curly.
At meeting OF the Lake City I'm.
p, ovement and Reality company q
committee was appointed to attend
to the Improvement OF the encamp-
ment grounds OF the Minnesota Ma
tional Guards, and work thereon will
be commenced Immediately. The
grounds will be seeded to grass, and It
is presumed they will be in excellent
condition in time for the eNcamp-
ment.
New developments prove that
Adolph Flinzer, of Freeborn county,
who burned up all his property. was
insane over the refusal OF his late wife's
sister to wed him. The lady was be-