The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-10-30

773 acres of railroad lands nave been
patented. The Surveyor tnerars force
has surveyed 144,s AGES. There u.s.
the Commissioner saW an increasing
demand for surveyf the balance OF
the unsurveyed land in the State. The
business of the Offices has been as fol-
lows:
Crookston, 1919 >htries, 1881 acres sold fol
$43, 7O1; Duluth, 1278 entries, 82,2H acres sold
ior s69,447; Ma,shall, o28 entries, 3S.s7O acres
sold for ST., 07s St. Cloud, 1,l43 entries, 57o45
acres sold foy$16 1855; Taylors Falls ia entries,
600 acres odd for $500.
Royal Arch Masons.
The Grand Chapter of Minnesota
Royal Arch Masons in session at Mime
apolis elected officers as follows: M.
f. G. H. p, A. Brandenburg, Fergus
Falls; Deputy, ]. M. Martin, Mime.
apolis; King, Isaac P. Durfee, Worth
ington; Grand Treasurer, S. Armstrong,
Minneapolis; Grand Secretary, L.
Montgomery, St Peter; Grand Chaplain,
R. Wells, Preston. BY the report OF
Secretary Montgomery the receipts OF
the year were shown to be $4,000 and
the disbursements $4,000, leaving q
balance of cash on hand of $1,000.
A Farewell Meeting.
At the Missionary Training Institute
in Minnesota there was farewell meet
ing in honor of five young missionaries,
James Duff and William Taylor of Tor.
onto, and A. w. Lagu rquist and Geo.
Marshall of Chicago, who were just
leaving America for the interior Of
China. Rev. F. A. Steven, of Toronto,
who has been in the missionary field TO,
seven and one-half years, and who &C
companies the young men as far as the
coast, was also present, in Chinese cos
tune, and gave an account of his work
among the heather.
Hi. Liberty of short Duration.
Thomas O'Connor, with life sentence
for murder, who was pardoned on condi.
ton that he leave the State forever.
has been sent baolx to prison He diG
not leave the State, but went to his
former home to see his wife, who was
suffering from paralytic stroke, and
while there was arrested on account of
not complying with the terms of the
pardon. A friend of O'Connor stated
that O'Connor had intended leaving this
country forever and going to Canada,
but was detained by his wife's sickness.
Damages for Losing Her Pension.
Mrs. Sadie K. Warner, wife of Lucie1
Warner, real-estate dealer and one Of
the most prominent men of St. Paul.
has filed complaint for divorce, al.
leging cruel and inhuman treatment
many instances of which are detailed
She also demands $50, ZOO of Mr.. War.
ner, alleging as reason that she LOST
her soldiers widow pension BY marry
ing him.
Tho News Briefly Cnrontcled.
The Scandinavian Lutherans will
erect new church edifice at Winona.
The internal revenue collections for
the district of Minnesota in Septembe
were $177, 995.
The Brotherhood Of Carpenters and
Joiners OF St. Paul has resolved not tc
patronize stores violating the early clos.
ing agreement.
William II. Halbert, cashier of the
Security Bank of Luverne, is dead. He
was one of the earliest settlers of Rock
County. He served as county audito,
and as register of deeds.
A jury at Minneapolis in the damage
suit of F. Fl. Ayres, the brakeman,
against the 500 Railway Company TO,
$25, 900 for injury received to his arm,
brought in verdict Of Sis. 600.
After Twenty-Five years, Israel H.
Rushford, of Minneapolis, has discov.
cred the whereabouts of brother sup.
posed to have been killed in the war.
He was found living in Salem, Mass.
j. Il. Sutpin, of Duluth, owner Of the
old Powder River Cattle Company's
yards located on the Omaha road, is re-.
building the sheds and barns, which
were destroyed by fire over a year ago.
Active preparations are beginning for
the fourth annual State convention OF
the Christian Endeavor Societies, which
will be held in Rochester November Il,
Is and 16.
At the annual meeting of directors OF
the Great Northern railway at St. Paul
dividend of per cent. was declared
The gross earnings of the road for the
first five months of its existence were
So, 982, 587. O6.
John Selden, a well-to-farmer of
Traux Prairie, Wis.,, was run over and
killed by a train on the Northwestern
line. Selden formerly lived at Osseo,
this State, and his family were there
when the accident occurred.
Ambrose M. Miller, Jr., succeeds DIR.
George h Haycock as manager of the
Duluth Opera.House.
Estimates place the lumber cut at not
less than 1925, 0o0, 600 feet and not more
than $50, 000, 600 feet. The season as
whole was prosperous
scandinavian lodges of Good Tenn
plars are organizing temperance
crusade in the part of Minneapolis for.
merly known as the Hub of He'll"
John Buckley, who was injured in a
runaway, died at his residence in Min
neapolis. He leaves a wife and chill
dren. He served in Company C of the
Twenty fifth Ohio Volunteers.
Randolph Harper, workman at Carl.
sons livery stable in Minneapolis, fell
through trap door distance of fifteen
feet and fractured his skull.
The net proceeds of the Minneapolis
exposition Here $22 651. OF, and there
would be small balance in the treas.
Try after all expenses were paid.
Two s-year-old boys are in custody IN
St Paul for attempting to .'crack'
safe. .cs%s.. .....s- -
Senator James Compton, Of fergus
Fall, State Commander OF the Grand
Army. shot himself through the left
wrist while hunting. His arm was am.
'utated just below the elbow.