The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-04-24
The News Briefly ChronioI cd.


The News Briefly Chronlcled.
At Fergus Falls the other day, Mrs.
Walter Bonn was trampled to death by
horse.
J. NJ. Donaldson. Minneapolis jewel
er, was recently robbed of valuable
diamonds at Butte, Mont.
Mrs. Belle Giddings, of Minneapolis,
shot herself the other day. She was
crazed with pain from neuralgia.
The Southern Minnesota Sheep Breed.
ers' Association have decided to hold
their annual sheep shearing at Eyota
on Saturday, May 4.
There are 1855 children in the forty
one public schools of>St Paul.
The trestle on the Milwaukee railway
at Lamoille was burned at:2 o'clock the
other morning.
An interesting discovery of ancient
Toltec or Aztec pottery was recently
made at Grand Marais, and large guam
tity Of andirons and broken vessels ha6
been taken out. -:
Mrs William Bohn, aged 70, of Fer
gus Falls, fell in front of horse recent
ly and received fatal injuries.
The Board OF Education of Fergus
Falls have elected Prof. Frank A. Weld
superintendent of the city schools.
Mrs. F. F. Griffin, wife of Superin.
tendent Griffin, of the Northern Pacific
road, died suddenly of heart disease a,
Fergus Falls recently.
The United States Senate recently
passed the bill for reimbursement to O.
NJ. Laraway, late postmaster Of Mime
apolis, for the robbery of his office.
Henry Willard promised at reception
given the other night at Minneapolis
that the electric exhibit made at the
Paris worlds fair shall be duplicated at
the Minneapolis exhibition in Sep
TENDER.
Mary Johnson, 7-year-old~ girl OF
Fergus Falls, was crushed to death in
the Northern Pacific turn-table the
other night.
An Alliance cheese factory isl to be
started at Magnolia.
The barn of P. Barry, of Ellsworth,
was destroyed by fire the other morn
ing, together with valuable team o.
horses and quantity Of hay and grain.
The St. Paul presbytery recently de-.
cided in favor of the revision Of the con.
fession of faith. The Duluth presbytery
voted against revision. -. ="
The Indians in the neighborhood Of
Pipestone are taking great deal of in.
terest in the establishment Of an Indian
school at that place. A petition with
the signatures of 1913 Indians attached
was recently forwarded to Washington.
Samuel Dawson, son of q St. Paul
millionaire, was robbed at Little Rock.
| Ark, recently of $1,000. : Is :. ~ ~
News was received in Minneapolis, re-
Gently of the death at Nassau, Bahama
Islands, of malarial fever, of ex-Con
gresham Eugene NJ. Wilson, Demo
cratic candidate for Governor of Mime
sofa in 1883 and member Of Congress II
1868. ~ -:
Levdausky's dry-goods store and M
Nordstrum's blacksmith shop at Sacred
Heart were destroyed recently by fire
resulting from lamp explosion. The
loss was about $40, 600, exclusive of $500
in money which was consumed in Lev
dausky's store. 4t -,
The Huntress & Brown Lumber Com
pany will build saw and planing-mil
at once at West Duluth. The mill vii
employ about 100 men and will have ,
capacity of 100000 feet.
The house, at Faribault belonging K
James Cook, with most of the contents
was totally destroyed by fire the othe1
morning. Loss, 1000; insured.
The MMinette Iron-works Company
which have extensive machinery work.
at Marinette, Wis, and Menominee
Mich, will remove their plants to Du
luth. The new works will have /.
ground space Of 125. 600 feet and employ
500 men. azzs.. - s+.z
Minneapolis sportsmen have bee,
aroused by recent decision by Judge
Emery, who fined prominent sports
man for cruelty for shooting . pigeon
from trap.
Dexter Carleton, who lives on Eas1
Prairie, and is one of the oldest pioneer,
Of Steele County, committed suicide TIL
other morning by shooting himself.
Cause, insanity.
The seasons log cut, according to thu
figures of Surveyor-Genera Frazer, 8
the Duluth district, amounts to $40.
ITO. 600 feet, TOPPER cent. increase Owe,
the estimate made ct the opening Of III,
Season