The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-15
The Hows ISrlo.lv Chronicle I.


( August amounted to sc 1893 SIS.
Mrs. Carrie r. Cox, of Minnesota, has
been appointed copyist in the patent
Office at Washington at a salary of 1920
per annum.
The Minneapolis retail grocers are on
the point of boycotting commission
men who sell at retail.
The Duluth chamber of commerce
has issued circulars to the various in
terested commercial bodies, calling for
deep water convention.
About twenty prominent farmers
met in Minneapolis and organized the
Farmers and Laborers' exchange. an
institution to consist of all the farmers
and. laborers of the county.
Monroe Nichols took possession of the
Office of register Of the Duluth land
office, succeeding COL Colville.
The man killed by the cars on the
Great Northern tracks at Granite Falls
has been identified as Ole johnson. a
.well-to-do farmer of Renville county.
The Olympic theater in St.. Paul was
burned, the loss being about $l0o, 900.
II. j., GUIDES grain elevator at Duluth
was burned, the loss being $40, 600; in.
surance, $1,000. -. :.
Eight buildings, including five prin.
cipal business houses, were DESTROYED
by fire at Gibbon. Loss, $4,000.
Mrs William Tiegens. of Tyner,
Pembina county, was pronounced in
sane in the county court.
It was said two cases of sealskins
and imported shawls, valued up among
the thousands, were taken from a car
near Lake City by thieves
New Duluth held its first village
election and elected Gus Lind as presi.
dent License carried by a large ma
jority.
TwosSt Paul men filed articles of in
8 corporation for new type foundry at
Minneapolis, to be known as the Tach.
type Manufacturing Company. Its
capital stock is 81, 0oo, 900.
- Col. w: II. H. Stowell. of the com.
i. .pany that has leased the mammoth
blast furnace for reducing iron ore at
West Duluth, says the plant will be in
operation by November l. About 1850
men will be employed and the furnace
will turn out 1875 tons of bessemer pig =
day. ..,sy...,y, ...., " -.
ssYA. D. = Thomson, of Duluth, saws
that of the $500, 600 bushels of wheat
which was shipped out of that city. in
the past month about 1000. 600 bushels
was for direct export; ~, -
Charles Watson, the travelling sales
man who victimized several Duluth
persons bv drawing on his former EN-.
ployers and .getting the drafts cashed,
has succeeded in escaping to England.
Dyer & Martin, Of, Stevens Point
Wis., have taken contract to bank
between 10000, 600 and 50, o00, 900 feet
of logs for Laird & Norton, of Winon a,
The contract amounts to between $780,
900 and $3.50, O00. %.s@s3g5EE .g+} @i~15,@
p Mrs Andrew Bak, lsyvife of = prroa,ni.
nent farmer living miles south, of
! ertille, while passing through . pasture
was attacked ~. 4 vicious. bullerand
badly idsitil&tedh aTea ~%fF ! {
Albert Green's wife, without warn.
ina.t Doardede train al Hector for the
least, ieavinR.her family Of six {, aldren,
the youngest only weeks old. behind.
y + thought she Is insane. Il ftssz
Judge weBber, Of New Yin, has de-.
scided that the quantity Of land in .
homestead il the plated portion Of
any town. city or village, with less
than 5000 inha bitantA cannot exceed
one-kalf acre ~. So 900