The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-25


bishop Ireland, Ex-Gov. Marshall and
Senator Stevens. The proposition is to
call the new municipality Federal City.
Tho Nows Br,oIy CnronIcle1.
Ola Nysluen was instantly killed and
two other men injured by lightning
near Little Falls.
The wife and little child of g. NJ
Miller, of Minneapolis, were overcome
by escaping gas. The boy died and tho
mother was in a critical condition.
Annie johnson, the daughter of
scandinavian farmer of Norman coun-
ty, has married William Saice, an In
dian on the reservation.
Walter Smiley was shot in the thigh
at Pipestone by Marshal Walkup, out
of mistake for a burglar.
Otto Magnus, a boy IA years of age,
was drowned at Winona by falling off
barge on which he was fishing.
Charlie Coles and Ed Berg, of Bird
Island, boys of Is years, were drowned
in Kandihoyi lake.
Mrs. Charles Messed, of Mount YER
non, was fatally injured by the run
ming away of her horses in Winona.
The Farmers Alliance of oyer Tail
county proposes to build railroad
from Duluth across the state.
A 14-year-old son of NJ. Bierdan, of
Slayton, accidentally shot himself and
died in half an hour.
In sinking an artesian we'll miles
west of Warren natural gas was struck
Mt a depth of 20 feet from the surface
Bishop Cotter, of Winona confirmed
$50 children at St. Johns church in
Rochester.
Louis Kellogg fell to the bottom of
an S)-foot we'll near Fulda and was
instantly killed.
The old soldiers of the Eighth Mime
sofa volunteers held their annual re-
union at Pennington.
The case of Cynthia A. Imeson, of
Hastings, against the Chicago, ST. Paul
& Kansas City Railway Company. to
recover $40, 600 for the killing of James
W. 1meson in st. Paul on November 81
last, has been settled for $4,000.
Mueller Bros, well-known tailors at
Duluth, have made an assignment,
their liabilities exceeding their assets
by several thousand dollars
Hiram Stevens, one of the early set
tiers in the vicinity of KassoD, died at
the age of S. yea 8.
Capt. Peter Berl<ey resigned tho
treasurership of the St. Paul chamber
of commerce and D. O. Monfort was
elected in his stead.
j. Fink and brother will put in fac
tory at Faribault to make the combi-
nation wire and picket fence.
The steam ferryboat Won Gorder
was burned at Winona- The origin of
the fire was unknown.
The comptroller of the currency has
appointed the First national bank of
Minneapolis the reserve agent of the
First national bank of Darlington,
Wis, and the Sioux national bank of
Sioux City, la.
Fritz Getterup, a member of the May
Louise Agen opera company, was
drowned in the Minnesota river at
Henderson.
Hank Andrews, captain of the
schooner Negaunee, was found dead
in bed on board his boat at Duluth. 1t
was suspected that he committed sui
eide by poisoning.
The Charles w. Wetmore, loaded
with 70, 600 bushels of wheat for Liver
pool, left Duluth at 10 o'clock the other
evening. She was the first departure
from Lake Superior for Liverpool. The
grain was shipped by A. D. Thomson,
of Duluth, and the steamer was built
and designed in Duluth
The opening of the Hotel Lyon in
Lake City was very fine affair, nearly
200 guests being in attendance.
The ltasca county bank building at
La Prairie was burned to the ground.
Loss, $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
Charley Olson, of the town of Mandt,
broke into the Chippewa roller mill
and stole large load of feed. Olson
was arrested.
The South St Paul distillery, tho
only institution of the kind in Mime
sofa, which was purchased a year ago
by the whisky trust, has been closed,
throwing several hundred men out of
employment.
Louise Rimbrich. a German girl of
II summers, eloped from Park River
with William Joplin, q widower of two
months.
An attempt was made to set fire to
the central school building in Winona
by igniting kerosene in the vicinity of
the east entrance to the building. The
blaze was discovered in time to smother
1t before damage was done.
News has been received of the death
In Beulah, Liberia, of Richard P.
Morley, former resident OF St Paul.
who was experimenting the con-
struction of mission buildings in Beulah
for the Episcopal board Of misssonss