The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-16
D0INGS IN MINNESOTA

D0INGS IN MINNESOTA,
An old citizen of Polk county, John
O'Brien, a farmer living near Mallo-
ry, was kicked in the stomach by q
horse and died almost instantly.
James Rogers, aged seventeen, Was
killed by bull on a farm near Eagle
lake. The bull crushed in Rogers
breast and broke his arm.
Frederick Tonebohn had his wife
arrested on a charge ofstealing $500
from him. The case was tried at
Henderson and dismissed for lack of
sufficient evidence to convict.
Six cattle belonging to Calvin Black
OF Oak Center, Wabasha county, were
killed by a stroke oflightning. They
were standing by a barbed wire fence.
and were stretched dead in a row.
The sale of the Bank ofTower took
place and has changed hands. The
Union National of Duluth were the
purchasers. The future title will be
First National Bank of Tower; CAPT.
tai, $4,000.
Col. A. s. Everest ofAtchison, Kan,
formerly a resident of Austin has Of
tered the city ofAustin his forty acres
OF land within the city limits for a
public park on condition that it be
laid out and extensively beautifed.
The machinery for the addition to
the Red River paper mill has arrived
at Fergus Falls and is being put in
place. The consumption of straw
has increased to such an extent that
it is being pressed and shipped in
from Dakota.
The mere rumors which got out at
Brainerd regarding Judge Sleeper's
indemnity land decision in advance
gifts full completion did not cor
rectly state the courts findings.
The injunctions against the settlers
are sustained instead of being dis
solved.
The farmers of Lyon county have
been suffering from the wiles of gyp-
sy horse traders that are travelling
through tho country. Their plan is
to get into a house under the pre-
tense of selling laces, it is said, and if
they can get tho housekeeper out of
the room they steal whatever they
can get their hands on.
In the town of Montana, across
the river from Winona, in Wisconsin,
a bolt oflightning struck the house of
John Kerditzki and set it on fire.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kerditzki escaped from
the burning house, but their six
year-old son was struck by the
lightning and burned to death in the
house.
Cargill Bros, of La Crosse, received
samples of wheat from Albert Lea
which, in their opinion, show damage
of one-third or more by blight, the
tops Of the heads being entirely
empty. From information received,
they say the crop in Southern Mime
sofa and Dakota shows an average
injury of 25 per cent.
A hail storm about u mile wide
passed over the townships OF Chester,
Mount Pleasant and Lake in Wab-
asha county, doing considerable
damage to crops, but the full extent
has not been learned. Hailstones
three in diameter were found. Limbs
were broken from trees and some
fields of grain were beaten into the
ground. The storm crossed tho lake
into Wisconsin q short distance be-
low Lake City.
The heaviest rainfall known since
1859 was that reported in Stearns
county. The storm began at about
10 O'Clock and the rain poured down
until daybreak. Lightning struck
eight places in St. Cloud. The only
houses considerably damaged are
those of B. Muller, II. Bowers, Mrs.
Durup and a tenement belonging to
w. B. Mitchell. Every culvert in the
city was damaged, that on Fifth
avenue losing a half of heavy stone
retaining wall.
Considerable surprise was created
at Hutchinson, by the announcement
of the sale of the Bank of Hutchin-
son to the Citizens bank, Of which
Congressman Macdonald is presi-
dent. Joseph Dean, was president of
the Bank of Hutchinson, which has
been under the management of his
sons, Fred and George Dean, and
doing q paying business since start
ing about two years ago. The
Messrs. Dean will remain until fall to
close business matters.
The Brainerd Street Railway CON-
pany, In which Mr.. Kindred owns a
controlling interest, offers to sell
oil it's possessions, including the we'll
built line, which was put in new last
fall, cars, franchises. etc., and includ-
ing barn and real estate where it
stands, for the naked cost of the
rails and .ars. This is on account of
the difficulty between the city coun-
Gil and Mr.. Kindred. The line is said
to have been doing quite we'll, until
annulled Mr.. Kindred's electric light
franchise. Since then they have not
run more than a trip day, just to
hold the franchise.
The Death Penalty in Corsica.
One might have imagined that In
Corsica, the land of the vendetta,
where brigands seem to be almost as
plentiful as blossoms in tho month Of