The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-04-11
JUVENILE PRANK.

On Monday night about 8 O'Clock,
tho whistle Of the engine 1t the Wor-
Ellington Mills gave out . series Of al.
arming, shrill reports, giving our PEG:
pie to fear It was Are or some other
dreaded calamity. When some Of our
citizens arrived at the mill they could
ct first discover no visible hand letting
on the steam. Investigation finally
showed that some mischievous boys
had mounted the roof and drawn up
the whistle rope and attached Z weight
to it. To this they tied y rope which.
they fastened to the coupling of .
freight car standing Oh the side track
near the mill. When the evening train
on the Burlington came in, it backed
up against the freight car, severing
the rope and leaving the weight sus-
pended, causing tho whistle to give
fortha prolonged alarm. It was re-
lief to find that there was no worse
calamity at hand than the prank Of =
few reckless boys.
"All's we'll that ends well," and We
are not disposed to make too much of
= boyish misdemeanor. But such
pranks lead to some thing more serious
it not met with timely check. We
suggest that every parent or guardian
Of boys see that their charges are 1t
home after night.fall. II the boys
must have nocturnal recreation, let the
parent or guardian 20 with them.
When q boy is not at school or ut work,
he should be ut home, or il at play, let
it be IN play of such character a. his
guardian has knowledge Of, approves
Of, and Is willing to he responsibletor.
It might be we'll to read to their chill.
dren the admonition given by the vii
lage council to enforce the ordinances
applying to such cases.
There Will be no Prayer Meeting a,
the Congregational Church on this
Thursday, evening.
A good time at the Methodist Graz,
Social last night. There was methot
in their madness. Tie receipts wer'
about $l2.
A painful rumor came to this place
few days ago that Prof. H. F. Hum
iston, known to all as PROMINENT.
identified with the founding of Worth
:, ington and the early settlement of tn,
county, died recently in Boston, Mass.
and was buried in Cleveland, Ohio
This came in a letter received frou
Mrs. Wilson, of Minneapolis, by he
;. sister, Mrs. e. w. Smith. As Mrs. w
8 is a near neighbor Of Mrs. Stockdal>
e sister of Mrs. r. F. Humiston. th
8 Eumor would seem to he authentic
r Yet up to this time no other INTEL
:. gence has come to his brother or othe
Il relatives living hero. We hope it ma
/, prove to be q mistaken rumor. Pre-
II H. was in feeble health when his brotl
er, E. II. Humiston last heard frol
Il him, but he hopes to hear that he
s still alive. We wait to hear furth'
before making such remark a. wouI
- be demanded in his honor, il indet
-, his earthly career has ended.
III Mr.. G. L. Peterson, of the Swedi'
Of Mercantile Company's Store, has pu
na chased the store of E. M. Blakeslee,
n. Round Lake, with the Lumber q,
Az Coal Yards attached. Leonard Eckl,
=. will attend to the business for &
70 present, but Mr.. Peterson expects to
to Round Lake soon to superintel
the business in person. We congrat
late the rapidly growing communi
about Round Lake on the acquisiti'
VI of such q live and reliable busine
~ man as Mr.. Peterson. He will furni
0' them az their needs may demand, q
oo serve them in . satis'". DRY manner