The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-27
The News Briefly Chronicled.

MI Waru OaEey, OF Little rails, recently
received q letter from a London barrister
stating that an aunt Of his, who died re-
Gently in that city, left him ESQ, 600, or
$3.50, OOo all invested in British consols;
also valuable tract of land in North
Carolina.
In an accident at Owato nna few days
ago s. W. Farmer was severely injured in
the back by being thrown out of a buggy
by his team running away with him.
The agent OF a fraternal society which
has an insurance feature was arrested at
st. Paul recently charged with doing bust
ness without license.
W. Il. Brink, st. Paul contractor, ar
rived in Little Falls the other day and be-
gan the brick work on the new eight.hun-
dred- barrel Touring mill
Charlie Sanders, young man who
had been working at Pipestone for
several months past, left for parts I'M
known recently, leaving numerous I'M
paid bills and taking with him q twenty
dollat bill which a Norwegian laborer,
half full, had given him to buy five dollars
worth of whisky.
Four men were locked up at MINI apolis a
few days ago who were believed by the po-
lice to belong to q gang Of safe blowers op-
Grating through Minnesota
At recent session in Minneapolis of the
State Fair Auditing Board it was an.
nounced that the society was out of debt
and had e, 1856 81 In the treasury.
The Vermilion & Grand Marais Iron
Company, with a capital Of 5000, OOO was
recently organized at Duluth. 1t is a con-
4olidation Of the interests Of large num-
Der OF owners Of iron lands on the Yer
million and Mesaba range, and will control
from $4,000 to $4,000 acres.
Miss Minnie Clark and Miss Rockwell
had narrow escape from drowning the
other day while skating on Lake Winona
The ice broke and let them in up IT, their
necks, but the lake was crowded with
skaters, and they were rescued. Robert
Cressey also broke through, but got out.
A. Hall, one OF the oldest residents of
Rochester, died suddenly of apoplexy a
few days ago. He was about sixty-tive
years of age.
A. B. Stickney, the St. Paul railroad man,
is trying to make arrangements for q rail
and-water route from Duluth to Pitts
burgh by way OF the Mississippi and Ohio
rivers.
Alexander b. Davis, at one time At
torney- General of the State. was found
dead in his bed in his room in Brooklyn,
N. Y, the other morning. He was g very
wealthy man at one time. having sold the
Little Chief mine for $1,000, OO0 He died
in poverty.
The Woman's Relief Corps at Adrian re-
Gently donated fifty dollars for the SOL
ders' Home at Minnehaha.
Milton Clay died the other morning from
the effects of injuries received on the head
and face in attempting to Jump from q
wagon near Darwin when the team was
running away.
An epidemic of measles has broken out
at Sugar Loaf. Out Of fifty children only
nine were at school the other day, the
others either having measles or having
been exposed.
The st. Paul Council Committee on
Streets recently granted franchise to ex
Postmaster-General Hatton and associates
to lay hot water and steam heating pipes
in the streets
The Touring mill at Fountain City was
burned the other day. The loss 10 about
$4,000.
Eight horses and COW were cremated
IN livery stable fire at Minneapolis re-
Gently. Besides the animals several bug
gieA carriages and cutters were destroyed
and . considerable quantity of hay went
up in smoke. Loss, $1,000
Early the other morning fire broke out
in E. L. Dobelps cigar factory on Main
street In Luvorne, and within two hours
from the time the alarm was given the entire
north side Of Main street, from the Jasper
front building to the post Office was burned.
Total loss, s21, 800; insurance, q, co.,
Emory Williams, resident Of Pine Lake
township, was chased by wolves the other
night He had an axe, and after q hard
fight escaped, leaving one dead wolf and
several others badly hurt.