The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-29

Star postal service has been established
from Wakefield to Lake Park, Ia, one trip
Tuesdays and Saturdays. A post-office has
been established at Dugdale, Polk County
Peter Fellows, of Pleasant Valley, fell
from bridge with load of lumber re-
Gently. the lumber falling upon him and
killing him.
William Stanley, who arrived at Duluth
two months ago and who had since been
employed at the Eagle Hotel, disappeared
few days ago with 300 Of tho proprietor 8
money. He was captured at Northern Pa
cific Junction.
Timothy Martin, school district treasurer
and postmaster in the town of Paddock.
Otter Tail County, disappeared recently,
together with the school district money
and some town money. The shortage is
between 1900 and $500.
William Kelly, porter, dropped trunk
belonging to Milton Tootle, of St Joseph.
NO., in tho Hotel Lafayette at Lake Mime
tonka the other day and revolver in it
was in some manner discharged The bull
let passed through the trunk, entering
kellys head, and he died almost instantly
Benjamin Mclean. of Kansas CITY.
dropped dead in the dintng-room of the
Hotel St Louis, Minnetonka, the other lay
while eating his dinner: Death was caused
by apoplexy
All the Minneapolis mills are run
ming and the present supply Of logs is fair
~ good. Some have ahead all the logs
they will need this season and others are
going partly on luck and partly on faith.
The large roller-skating rink at Argyle
was totally destroyed by an incendiary fire
recently:
D. E. Davis, of Providence, r. l., and q
drummer had ring fight with fists at
Eyota recently over an affair concerning 4
woman. Davis won, furnishing the drum
mer severely.
Alta meeting of the State Board of Health
the other day DR.: Franklin Staples, of Wi
mona, was elected president, as successor to
the late DIR. D. W. Hand, who held that Of
flee since 1873
While excavating recently for the foun-
dation of the roundhouse at Glenwood, a
fossilized elephants tusk, three feet eight
inches long by four inches wide, was found
about seven feet beneath the surface.
While Levi Early, Faribault boy about
sixteen years of age. was cleaning a re-
.volver recently he accidentally shot his
father, shattering rib.
While crossing Ann river at Mora the 9TH
er day with q traction engine the flooring
broke through, and Andrew Peterson. the
engineer, was instantly killed.
At the State prison grounds the founda-
ton is about completed for the dry kiln for
the pail and tub factory. It has capacity
Of fifty thousand feet of lumber.
heavy hai1-storm, accompanied by q
strong wind, struck about six miles north
of:St Hilaire and did great damage to the
wheat not yet in shock. It also broke win
dow glass extensively. Chunks of ice an
inch square were found.
ANDREW Larson fell recently from the ton
of the smokestack at Peck's mill, no feet
high, at Duluth, to the roof of the mill, in
juring his face, but no bones were broken.
During a thunderstorm at Plainyiow a
few nights ago Bartly Costello, 4 STAGE
driver, was struck by lightning and In
stantly killed.
George, Zenck, a wellknown lnilkman.
aged forty-five years, was gored to death
by an infuriated bull at his farm in Winon,
County the other day. :s
H. ]. Flentje, cashier of the Chicago l.
Northwestern railroad at Winona who dis
appeared under a shortage of $50. was
found at Homer few days ago in the resi-
dence of DR.. Vale, asleep He had 42Oc
with him.
St Cloud boasts the Oldest twins in tho
United States Rosa Stencil and Cresen-
tia Fritz were born February ~, 1SOX.
Robert Sloggett and two brothers named
Simonson were crossing Lake vermtllion
the other day in = treacherous canoe when
it capsized and Sloggett was drowned
A Mrs Goodling, living three miles south
Of Aldom committed suictda tho nthor rd.v
by hanging. She was thirty-five years old,
No cause was assigned for the act
At Duluth recently Judges Stearns and
Ensign, OF the circuit composed Of the
counties Of St Louis, Lake and Cook. hold
the scheffer dtessed-beef law to DO nm.
oongdtut t0nal - an Interference with In
tef-etate commerce. Both Judges con.
sqre4 n the opinion.