The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-01-29
State Agricultural Society.

State Agricultural Society.
At the annual meeting of the State
Agricultural Society in st. Paul officers
were chosen as follows: President, F.
B. Clarke, of st. Paul; Vice-President,
D. NJ. Clough, of Minneapolis Second
Vice-President, L. Cook, of Blue Earth;
Directors, c. M. Cosgroye of LIE Sueur
and Colonel Clark Chambers of Owa-
tonna. Mr.. Clarke refused to accept
the office of president, necessitating
new choice.
They Want to Vote.
The Woman Suffragists of Minneap-
oils held a meeting and decided to de-
vote all its spare time and energy to Sc
curing petitions to the Legislature for
the enactment of certain laws. One of
the petitions asks that the ladies be
given municipal suffrage, and one of
the laws that they wish repealed is that
giving the father more control over the
child than the mother has.
Southern Minnesota Fair.
At the annual meeting of the South
ern Minnesota Fair Association in
Rochester the following persons were
elected directors: Jay La Due of Lu-
verne, F. L. v. Mount, T. H. Bliss, C..
Van Camper and DIR. w. j. Mayo of
Rochester. It was decided to hold the
fair for the year 1891 during the week
commencing August 81.
An Opera-H use I'm Ashes.
The Opera-house in Winona was
burned the other night soon after tho
performance was finished. The Maggie
Mitchell Company had occupied the
house for the evenings performance
and some of the property of the COM
pany was destroyed. Loss, $1,000.
The Nows Briefly Chrontcied.
- Winona's post-office receipts for 1890
were $23, Os7.1s.
Alden Wheeler, a young carpenter
living at St. Charles from boyhood, took
a sudden departure, leaving numerous
creditors
Joel Brown, one of the early settlers
of Dodge County, died of rheumatism
of the heart.
The Nicollet House at Pipestone was
partially burned.
Ex-Traffic Manager Alexander of the
Great Northern road has been appointed
president and general manager of the
Eastern Minnesota road.
Fire destroyed the California saloon
at Little Falls, causing loss of 1000
Mrs. c. w. Scott, of Bloomington
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on Nicollet avenue in Minneapolis.
The National Oil Company of Lima,
O., secured a verdict of $4,000 against
the st. Paul Gas Light Company for
fuel furnished.
J. Ideal, proprietor of the Revolution
store at Winona, made an assignment to
A. j. Cole. Liabilities about $4,000;
assets small.
The infant daughter of A. NJ. Silver,
express agent at Crookston, died on
train just before reaching home.
The Duluth Sestalite and Stove Com
pany has organized with q capital of
100000. The company will manufact-
ure stoves and other articles by means
of the consumption of fuel. Sestalite
and fuel itself will be manufactured on
large scale.
A move is being made for the building
of canning factory at Dover. A COM
pany will bo organized and officers
elected as soon as s., 1000 worth of stock
has been subscribed.
Wallace Lethers, of Minneapolis. a
nephew of General Lew Wallace, COM
mitted suicide in fit of deliriu4n ire
mems by throwing himself from the
third-story window of his boarding
house.
President Irwin Shepard, of the State
normal school at Winona, has received
the appointment from Secretary Win
dom as member of the assay commits
sion to meet in Philadelphia February
II for testing the accuracy of coins.
Knute Larson, an old resident and
hardware merchant of this place, died
this morning after brief illness of
pneumonia 2,
The Duluth Farmers Alliance nomi-
mated full ticket for city officials.
The Woodworkers' Mutual Fire In.
surance Company was organized at
Winona with Earl S. Youmans as presi-
dent. ae
It is estimated that the excess of State
receipts over disbursements for the
years 1S92.9s will approximate $70O.0OO.
This sum will be available for Purposes
of charging and improving Sta.e insti
tutions, etc.
A new G. A. R. post, known as the 8.
B. Sheardown Post, has been organized
Of Winona, with H. L. Church as COM
mander.
Anthony Kelly, millionaire whole-