The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-02-26
The New. ,sr,eav vnrontc,ed.

Henry Stem, of Faribault, has in.
vented a feeder for feeding power print
ing presses.
At the regular meeting of the Alex
andria County Alliance resolution
was adopted favoring the turning of all
license money into the county treasury.
A bold attempt was made to rob the
Citizens Bank of Minneapolis, but the
thief, who had seized considerable
money and fed, was captured.
A large four-mill of 3. 1000 barrels daily
capacity will be erected at Duluth in the
spring by well known outside millers.
The Winona County Bible Society
held their animal meeting and elected
Alvin Braley as president.
Scott & Holston, prominent lum Der
merchants at Duluth, have ordered a
plant of the National Iron Company for
the purpose of manufacturing boxes
of surplus lumber to supply the local
demand.
State Senator Ignatius Donnelly has
filed a 100000 libel suit against the
Pioneer Press of St. Panl, for pub
fishing letter written by Colonel King,
of Minneapolis, in 1880, charging Don
nelly with corruption while member
of Congress-.
Peter Anderson, of Lake Prairie, was
fatally kicked by horse.
A fire in the Ryan fruit stand in ST.
Paul, opposite the Ryan Hotel, de-
stroyed about 81, 500 worth of fruit and
confectionery.
Brown Brothers, dealers in crocke1y
at Duluth, failed for S53, 900.
The Rochester fire department have
organized an association to be know n
as the Rochester Fire Department Re-
lief Association.
The Bank of Mantorville has been
organized with pail-up capital Of
$25, 600. and authorized to do business.
Samuel Wilson is president and j. S.
Haines cashier.
The Minneapolis exposition board
this year.
w. A. Bucholtz, Winona druggist,
made an assignment to C. A. Morev for
the benefit of his creditors. Liabilities,
$4,000; assets. 81, 800.
While riding home to Alexandria
from Evansville Otto Froland, nephew
of County Treasurer Bordson, had his
shoulder crushed and several ribs
broken by a fall from his horse.
The new Central Presbyterian Church
at st. Paul has been opened for service
1t is one of the finest churches in the
Northwest, with a seating capacity of
1000, costing about 100000.
Cass Gilbert, of st. Paul, has been an
pointed supervising architect of the
new Government building to be erected
in st. Paul.
The stock of fancy goods and notions
owned by Mrs. w. S. Elkins at Roches-
ter and known as the New York Ba-
Ear, was almost totally DESTROYED bv
fire.
At a NEE ing in st. Paul of the pre-
MUM committee of the State Fair Asso-
citation an entrance fee for grand
sweepstakes in dairy breeds was abol-
ished. 1t was decided to offer $500 in
prize money for the best herd of four
cattle-one male and three females of
any age, open to the world.
A resident of Northeast Minneapolis
killed wolf near Sandy lake.
j. A. Hanks, of Edison & Hanks, has
been appointed special municipal Judge
for Duluth by Governor Merriam, vice
j. E. Davis, resigned.
The FIRST Avenue Hotel at West Du-
luth was burned to the ground with all
its contents. It was owned bv John
K. Randall. Loss, $500; insurance,
$1,000.
NJ. Markham, of Rochester, who was
seriously injured in railroad accident
at Lowell, Wis, last March, made a
settlement with the Chicago & North
western railroad, he receiving s1O,500.
c. A. Ewer's store at Blue Island was
burned. Loss, about S., 900; insurance,
$4,000. Mrs. Bonney's millinery store
upstairs suffered a loss of s., 1000.
The Myrna Iron Company filed art,.
cles of incorporation at Duluth. with a
capital of 100000. The Stowell Iron
Company also fled articles with CAPT.
tai stock of sl,O0o,0oO.
novel find was that of an employe
OF the Union Bridge Company at Win
ona who, while shoveling coal out of a
freight car, exposed to view a hand
some gold watch and chain that had ap-
parently travelled all the way from the
Esst tt3 WinonR in the car.