The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-11-01

tiful snow lay deeper In that section than
ut any time before at this season for six
years. At Tower the snow was thirteen
inches deep, and in the woods back of Eli
it was twelve inches on the level There
was no wind and consequently no drifting.
Some snow fell in Central Minnesota but
it melted almostas soon as it fell.
Killed by y Scanold Falling.
At the new Soldiers Home building near
Minnehaha Falls the other afternoon
scaffold on which dozen men were at
work broke and four men were seriously
hurt. One of them, Henry Rietsell, died
at six O'Clock. The other three, 81. E.
Woodley, F. Bodard and John Anderson,
though badly hurt, were expected to re.
cover
, Oil on Water Incombustibie.
; A test was made at Duluth recently by
the representatives Of the Standard Oil
Company before a committee of insurance
men and city officials to determine wheth-
or oil on the surface Of water was com.
bustible. The oil company held that it
was not, and the tests made demonstrated
that their opinion was correct
Destructive Prairie Fires.
il, The most destructive prairie fire for
several years was set by sparks from an
engine on the Manitoba road about FIVE
miles south of Pipestone the other day.
On George Walkup's farm over one thou.
sand bushels of grain, much hay and
several head Of live stock were burned.
Loss, $4,000
The News Briefly Chrontcled.
August Trump, keeper of disorderly
house at Ely, shot and killed bully
named Jack Doyle q few mornings ago.
Jonathan Grimes and man named
johnson, both well-known citizens of Min
neapolis, were recently euchered out of
5000 by bunko men.
The contract has been let for building
the Eastern Minnesota railroad into Du-
luth.
The jury at Bird Island recently found
Barker not guilty Of shooting W. o. White
at Hector.
The annual fair Of the St. Louis County
Agricultural Society was held recently at
Duluth.
Mrs. j. Barrows, of Minneapolis, died
the other afternoon at the residence of her
daughter, Mrs. E. c. Pratt Mrs. Barrows
was one of the oldest residents of Mime.
apolis, having lived in that city thirty
years.
. One OF the Williams, Upham & Co,
dredges was burned on the West Superior
harbor the other night. The upper works
were entirely destroyed and the machinery
badly damaged, but the hull was not much
injured. Loss, 5000.
Fred Watchski, Of Minneapolis, EN-.
ployed at Fergus Falls in B. b. Nelson's
paper mill, lost foot the other night by
having it caught in the machinery.
A sneak thief broke into Leonard Thill.
NAMES house in South Fairbault, the other
night, and took basket of eggs, dress
coat, large cake aud ten dollars in money.
Jay Gould and the Union Pacific have
taken hold Of the Duluth, Huron & Denver
road. The scheme will be revived and the
road built at an early day from Duluth
southwest to connection with the Union
Pacific at North Platte. g
A horse-thief named Lynch, who stole q
horse from j. Smith. of Sauk Center, was
captured at Richmond the other day and
lodged in Jail. -,
A burglary was committed the other
morning at Whitman's store in Emerson,
and about f400 worth of fur goods taken.
The burglars were supposed to be half
breeds. 49,:
Judge Brewer, in the United States dis.
SAASV oouAo ~ Nv. dUAs UOClU0u EoC0uLly
that the Northern Pacific Railroad Com.
pany had q second indemnity land belt,
overriding the decision of Justice Lamar,
made while he was Secretary Of the Inter
Tor. VIZ
Mrs. Anderson, aged seventy years.
committed suic dc by drowning herself in
Slough creek at LIE Roy few days ago. .,
A steam shovel excavating on the Chi
cage & Northwestern railway property
near Wtnona recently unearthed two skel-
etons, which were identified by local
tribe of Winnebago Indians as the remains
of two of their chiefs
In Minneapolis there are twenty six resi-.
dent firms and individuals rated as worth
over 81, 000, 900!
Burglars entered the residence of DR..
Bennett at Owatonna the other night and
took various articles OF clothing to the
amount Of about twenty dollars. Entrance
was attempted to several other residences
in the same neighborhood.
man named Gibson. aged sixty. Ave
years, was run over and killed by passen-
ger train near Adrian few days ago.
Manager Barnes, of the st. Paul Base
Ball Club, recently sold the release Of his
battery, Duryea and Earle, to Cincinnati.
For Duryea he got e, 500 and Earle brought
81, 600. (:
r. B. Langdon, of Minneapolis, secured
Judgment few days ago for az, $50 against
United States Senator Sabin, and also had
his title confirmed to large tract Of tim
Der land south Of the Gogebic range
Langdon was an indorser for Senator So
Din, and was compelled to take up the
paper.
a brakeman named Nelson, on the Du-
iuth g Iron Range road, was killed at Two
Harbors few days ago He slipped and
fell between the cars. and his body was
literally cut in two. 80. !.