The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-10
The News Briefly Chrouicled.

The News Briefly Chroulcled.
Judge c. B. Sleeper, of the Fifteenth Ju-
dicial district, died the other day.
Miss Eliza Borg, young woman living
near Glenwood, and we'll known in society,
became insane recently. She had for some
time past been engaged to q young man of
that vicinity, but her mother objected and
the engagement was broken of, causing
the above result.
In one week recently there were eight
hundred transfers Of real estate in Duluth,
the money transactions being f6O0, 900, and
they aggregated fully s., 100000.
A fire the other afternoon at st. Paul in
the fur store Of Gordon & Ferguson dam
aged goods to the extent Of about SO, 600.
The building was saved.
The disreputable places in the Vermilion
iron range are being closed by the United
States Government for selling liquors and
cigars without o license.
P. j. E. Clementson, boot and shoe
dealer at Minneapolis, made an assign.
ment recently. His liabilities were 49,
8S9, and his assets $84, 538.
The contract for the Iron Ridge rail-
ways new ore docks at Duluth has been
let to and signed by Shepherd, Simons &
Co., Of St. Paul, for an amount approx
mating $65, 600
Three hundred coal dock laborers ut,
Duluth struck the other day against q re-
duction of their wages from 81 to 81! 75'a
day.
John Peterson and Gus sLemay lost their
houses by fire the other day at Rice's
Point. Insurance not known. Loss about
$500. G%5
A passenger train going west and. q
freight train going east ran into each other
near Reads Landing the other morning
and Brooks, a brakeman, was killed Mead,
a conductor, was badly injured, and sew
eral other tra;nmen were slightly hurt.
Both engines and several cars were a total
wreck.
= Frank Levaiski was dangerously stabbed
in lumber camp near Tower the other
day during drunken brawl
The St Louis County Road Commission.
ers report a total Of sixty-nine miles of
new road built during the year, and forty
three miles turnpiked and rebuilt at cost
Of &5a0N = za
e. F. Osborne & Co., plumbers and
m-fitters at St Paul, were financially
embarrassed few days ago, but.expected
to continue business. They owed S69, 600,
but had contracts to the amount of $3.50, 600
Gustav swenson, Duluth grocer, and
some tenants in the upper floors OF the
building were the losers to the amount
Of 5000 by fire few nights ago; fully
insured.
G. p. Stevens & Co., furniture dealers a.
Minneapolis, failed the other day for 60.
OOO
The general store Of George ". Clark,
at Aitlkin, was closed the other afternoon
on attachments from St Paul and Aitkin
firms. The assets were estimated at 312,.
600, and the liabilities the same.
On an indictment for larceny in the drst
degree, Theodore 6hotw- Ill, Of the in.
solvent arm Of shotwell, Clerihew 4 Lott
man, at Minneapolis, was recently held in
$4,000 bail. The Northwestern National
Bank charged Shotweu with obtaining
$4,000 on false representations % to the
financial standing Of his Arm.
It 10 announced that tho Minnesota mills
viii not be run over half capacity during
January, and that one hundred and seve,.-
ty-dve mills In the winter wheat section
haye agrsed TO reduce the output Of Aour
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