The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-05-03

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waymen, is improving. The doctors
feel confident that they will not only
save his life but his arm also. Milo
Lavanway, Owen Kingston and q
young man named Rice have been ar
rested on suspicion, and were identi.
fed by the injured man.
Gilbert J. Hopkins, late from Mon.
tevideo, Chippewa county. whose PEG.
pie reside in Castle Rock, was adjudg.
ed insane and will be sent to the Roch.
ester asylum. His father was com.
mitted to Rochester over a year ago.
A Worthington man found a pock-
etbook recently out on the prairie that
another Worthington man lost whila
helping to fight fire out there some
seven or eight years ago. There was
something like 500 in the book when
lost, and when found about $50 of it
was in passable condition, but the
balance was about destroyed by the
ex posure to the wind and weather.
Over thirty families have settled in
the vicinity OF St. James this spring,
coming mostly from Illinois.
Frank Collins, American express.
man OF St. Cloud lit a cigar and, find
ing it would not draw, cut it in two
and discovered a small cartridge in
the middle with the ball pointed to-
ward the small end.
Charles Greenwood, of Owatonna,
while springing a. trap for glass
balls, was shot in the forehead and
left eye by the accidental dis
charge of gun in the hands of Fred
Ginger.
The house of Mrs. Wade, in East
Rochester, was burned, none OF the
contents being saved, but the sewing
machine. Mrs. Wade is a widow with
four children to support, and all her
worldly wealth was in this house. No
insurance.
A recent offer OF c. A. Ballack to
build flax fiber mill at Lake City for
bonus OF $4,000 is not likely to be
accepted.
Hon. Amos Coggswell's nomina,
ton as postmaster of Owatonna has
been confirmed, and he has received
the necessary papers for execution
before taking the Office.
James O'Neil, who came to Moor.
head from Milwaukee, attempted
suicide by jumping through second.
story window OF the Key City hotel.
He had been intoxicated, and it is
supposed attempted to take his life
while suffering with tremens.
Frank ALE and Mrs. T. Mcdonald,
arrested on the charge of setting fire
to the house of Robert Mcdonald,
had their examinations at St. James,
aud were discharged.
Mary Carron, aged 80, who lived
with her brother, Fred, and her moth.
or, on the Keith farm, west of Mar
shall committed suicide by hanging
herself in the barn. She had been
considered partially insane for
some time. Some few weeks ago
she attempted to commit suicide,
taking poison, and had been ever
since closely watched by the family.
Rev. Louis Salzerer, of St. Paul, a
German Catholic priest who was being
taken to an insane asylum at Chicago,
Jumped from car near Beudi Land.
ing and fractured his skull. He died
at Wabasha.
The Rochester city council has vot.
ed to remit the customary tax on the
opera houses for the purpose of en-.
couraging managers to bring before
the people first-class entertainments.
An important case was decided at
Duluth. involving the title to many
hundreds of thousands OF dollars
worth OF land. Messrs. Rice and Nal.
lett were in partnership and the latte,
made several deals which his partne,
claimed were firm transactions. while
Mallett claimed they were his own pri
name. The judge decided in
favor Of Rice, who get $4,000, be-
ing the quarter interest in $25O,OOC
worth of iron lands in the Vermillior
range, 1000 acres of land in Michigan
and the Mallett addition to Ely.
"A. H. BERGMAN, editor of the Wade
ma County Pioneer, died at his home
of congestion OF the blood and heart
He had been sick for some time. His
age was q. He leaves q wife and lit
tie daughter.
H. E. Boon, secretary of tho State
Farmers alliance, was arrested at
Fergus Falls, by Deputy Marsha
Campbell on the charge of cutting
timber on government land. He had
a hearing before United States Com
missioner E. E. Corliss. Boon claims
it is a piece of spite work and will
amount to nothing.
A meeting has been called by thu
township supervisors for the purpose
of raising tax to build an iron bridg,
across the Zumbro river between Kas
! son and Mantorville.
A large circular saw, in the sawm,l
of Messrs. Youmans Bros. & Hold
gins at Winona, struck an iron boil
in q log and burst to pieces, which
flew in various directions, but fortu
nately without hitting any men in tn
mill. One man had the front of hi
hat torn.
In the district court at Red Wing
Judge Crosby sentenced John Joerger
Jr., convicted of obtaining money un
der false pretenses, to fiveyears in tn
state penitentiary.