The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-10-04
The News Briefly Chron,c,ed


Thomas o. Brien, a popular conductor on
the Manitoba Short Line, died few days
ago Of pneumonia at his residence in St.
Paul, aged thirty-seven years.
The Minnesota Thrasher Company has
leased all the machine shops, etc, at the
Saltwater Penitentiary at $500 month.
John O'Dea, contractor, has brought
suit against the city of Winona to recover
abalance of s., II due him for work on
the streets
r. ". Mathews, an old resident Of Fari-
bault was struck with paralysis while at
supper the other evening, and was living
at the point of death.
At the recent fair at Granite Falls q
couple was married on the fair grounds
and received presents to the value Of $3.50.
Early the other morning thieves entered
Mr.. Hixon's stable, in the town of Lowell.
Polk County, and stole a.team of horses, a
carriage, a goat robe and a fur Overcoat
Near Campbell, WilKln County, o. A.
Robertson shot ball through the body OF
Joe Pfeifer few days ago. He claimed il
was done in self-defense
Mr.. Churchill, an old soldier who had
been sufferer for many years, died sud
denly at Hubbard recently.
William Russell, Minneapolis hack
driver, is wanted by the st. Paul police.
He borrowed s., 600 from u widow ard left
for parts unknown.
The steamer Menominee owned bv Bron.
son & Folsom, sunk in the Mississippi
river near Winona the other night. NJ
lives were lost.
A barn belonging to Mrs. F. A. Darling.
at Faribault. was burned the other night,
together with a cutter and two pigs. The
fire was incendiary.
Two Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Pau!
freig Mt trains collided head to head in
dense fog near Winona the other morning.
Wrecking both engines and derailing seven
loaded cars.
A gasoline stove in the residence of s,
Mcclure, at Worthington, exploded the
other day and the house narrowly escaped
destruction. A little girl was badly
burned.
Having come up to the requirements
made by the State educators, the Tracy
school has been pronounced a high school
This will entitle it to an appropriation o,
several hundred dollars from the State
fund.
Robert Arola, living near New York
Mills, shot and killed his father the other
day during family quarrel.
The other morning Miss Title Dance. 8
st. Paul school teacher, hanged herself at
st. Barnabas Hospital. She showed signs
OF mental weakness when admitted to the
hospital, but the nurse did not think there
was any danger in leaving her alone.
Archbishop Ireland was invested with
the pallium in the Roman Catholic Cathe-
dral at st. Paul few days ago, the cero-
monies being Of an impressive character.
A barn owned by ID. d. Farnsworth, OF
st. Paul, was totally destroyed by fire the
other morning. There were one hundred
tons OF hay In the barn, which was also
destroyed. The loss was q, 600.
The third annual tournament of the
Minnesota National Guard kiflo Associa.
ton took place at Minneapolis recently:
Prof. Leroy did his parachute jump in
Minneapolis few afternoons ago, from
the Exposition tower balcony, two hun
dred feet from the ground, making the de-
scent from the south side of the tower and
landing safely near the south entrance.
Boring at the natural gas well ten miles
east of Duluth had recently passed the
Twelve hundred feet depth, the au9ur
SHOWN. passage through gray sand
stone. Experts believed natural gas
dow would be struck as soon as the sand
stone strata was passed. = !
Tweaty-niRe cars of steel rails arriraA
at WtAoRa the othep day from Joliet, IT,,
Tor the WiaQna e Southwestern voad, AID
track LAYING Tspld seon eean,eRee. no
s1aa'sK WA progressing rapidly,