The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-11-20
1900 1888 - W1AL1AA. n 01HRIA0.
II. MATTsoN, Secretary of State.
COULDN'T STAND POVERTY.

Mich, when he married his present
wife. At that time he was . widower
with one child. He lost some of his
property there and then they went to
Minneapolis, where he had : large
mill. A break of bad luck resulted in
the loss of the mill, and he was left
almost pauper. This was too much
for the high-strung and spirited wife.
She had always lived in LUXURY and
could not stare poverty in the face. She
has . brother living in Manistique
worth $4,000, and with him she pre-.
ferred living instead of helping her hus.
band. For several years Wing has been
connected with tho State Mutual Insur-
ance Company, and he had written for
his wife to return, but she had declined.
Then he brought suit for divorce. .
Cost OF State InstItutions.
The State Auditors office shows OK
penses of certain State institutions for
the month of October as follows: First
Hospital for the Insane, support $1Y,-
542.2S, Improvements $500 so; Second
Hospital, support Sl5,6l2.O4, improve.
ments 81, 326.98; State School, 81, 092. TO-
State Prison, support 81. 9S6. 43, improve.
ments for latter $40, 1851; State &C.
count, $1,6Sa IL. At the Winona school
the amount for the support is S., S95. IA.
On An Omahs Sleeper.
A sleeper on the rear of an Omaha
train ran of the track at frog on the
Northern Pacific railway bridge near
Duluth, and was precipitated into three
feet of water. w. C. Bredenhagen, of
st. Paul. received injuries about the
back; Isaiah FAIRIES, of Minneapolis,
was bruised; J. 4. Black, ex-chief OF
the fire department of st. Paul, was
bruised. and several other passengers all
got an unexpected plunge bath.
Nom Partisan w. C. T. U.
The Non.Partisan Woman's Christian
Temperance Union of Minnesota was or.
ganized at Minneapolis with the follow.
ing as officers:
President, Mrs T. B. Walker, Mimi oapolis:
First Vice.President, Mrs. C. O. Van Cleve
Minneap oils: Second Vice President, Mrs. F.
E. Towers; Third Vice-President, Mr.. ]. A,
Sperry, Owatonna; Fourth ice-Presidept
Mrs Diner, Atwater; Corresponding Secretra
~ and General State. Secretary, Mrs. C. J.
Lund, Minneapolis; Recording Secretary Mrs.
Hugh Wilson, Minneapolis; Treasurer, Mrs F.
L. stetson, Minneapolis.
Carried Her Fortune with Her.
A woman was run over by q street
car at st. Paul and fatally injured.
After lingering for two days she died
and her body was sent to the morgue.
There she was identified as Mrs. Laura
Klutz. In the torn and bloody mass OF
rags taken from the body was found So, soc
in bank notes, Government bonds and
certificates of deposit Mrs. Klutz was
80 years old. had no relations and so fa1
as was KIN own no heirs
Railway Taxes.
The report of the State Auditor of the
railroad taxes for 1SSo-9O shows the fol.
lowing totals: For the fiscal year ended
July 81, 1889, the taxes on the gross
earnings of all roads operated within
the State amounted to 1866, 433. o., Flo,
the year ended July 81. 1890, the total
amount is $7O2, s67.73. These are one,
two and three per cent taxes, but mostly
three per cent.
The News Briefly Chronicled.
Ex-Chief Maurice Hafey, OF the Du.
luth fire department, is dead.
William Fulton died in st. Paul
from hemorrhage. He was choked tc
death by his own blood.
The State School of Agriculture
opened with seventy students in at.
tendance.
Miss Lottie Jones, a well-known
young society lady of Duluth, died of
typhoid fever. ..~
At Winona farmer named Gibson,
aged so years, made an assault on and
stabbed George James, but not fatally.
Mrs. Pennock's 1000 house north OF
Faribault was destroyed by fro
1t is probable that the receipts of coal
at Duluth up to the close of navigation
will reach 1,450, 900 tons.
Property valued at $1,000 was de.
stroyed by. an incendiary fro at Fari.
bault
Rev. A. A. Hammer, of Ishpemine,
Mich, has declined the call to the First
Swedish Baptist Church of Minneapolis;
Mrs. Joseph Gowon, of st. Paul, wae
burned fatally by the explosion of
lamp.
!: E.. G. Potter, of Minneapolis, and ].
F. Ames, of Northfield, are to look after
the Minnesota dairy interests at the
worlds fair in Chicago. <a =
From the revised tables at the State
Auditors Office Of personal property for
1890. by counties, the total for the State
amounts to $780, 39y, 4S4. In 1889 the to.
tai was $112, 338, $50, showing decrease
OF 2. $50, 226 in one year. The total val.
uation of real estate amounts to S497,.
12s,295 for 1890, as against $3.50, o9s. 7s5.
1889, showing an increase of 81, 0s9..
$40
Yuh Hoy, Chinaman from South Da.
kota, became suddenly insane while on
visit to st. Paul. -
Orlando n. Simons, for the last twenty
years judge of the district court, died at
st. Paul. .->>s.. j.. Il -
AS required by law the following
State institutions have reported to the
State Auditor the amount of receints
for the quarter ended October 81, 1890:
St Cloud Normal School, $478 o.; Moor.
head Normal School, $l2A 90; Winona
Normal School, s1,o25. 50: School for
Deaf. S1e4. Is; School for Blind, $50. 50;
School for Feeble Minded, $25s. 4s; Re.
form School. $1,2sa 80. Total, IS, s65: 81.
Michael Brennan, who was arrested
in Chicago for the murder in Duluth in
July of boy called Billy Lynch, VIA
convicted of murder in the second de.
gree. .s>.-a--.
Work on the Mitchell- Mcclure saw.
mill at Duluth has begun. Sixty houses
Tor workmen will also be built The
mill will be one of the largest in the
Northwest
The tug J. W.. Danforth burned at
Duluth. Loss about $4,000. This was
the fifth boat which had burned thare
and at Superior in the last ten davs
The others were the Free Trade, Ferry.
Cora 3, and James Bardvu.