The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-12-17

Tho News fsr,eAr inronicIed.
John Lindquist, of Moe, committed
suicide by hanging.
The Oldest son of Mr.. Scrivens, of
Aitken, a lad of IL years, was fatally
kicked by horse.
James Mcdowell, foreman for Pat
Saunders, the Aitken lumberman, was
fatally hurt by tree falling on him.
An inventory of the stock of Jacob
Steen bauer, the loot and shoe dealer at
Winona who assigned recently, showed
the assets to be S6,742 70 and the liabil.
tiles to be sc, 293. Sc.
The fire loss for November in Min.
neapolis was the heaviest since July,
1888, being about $500 There were
fifty-nine alarms, making total of 63 9
SO far this year.
Arthur B. Church, an employee of the
Commercial bank in Minneapolis, lost
$1,000 through hole in his coat pocket
while going to the Citizens bank
Blanche Wooley, daughter of William
B. Wooley, living near Viola, was ia
tally burned while attempting to start
a fire with kerosene.
The Percival business block in Ar
gyle. including the post Office, was de-
stroyed by fire. The loss was $50, 600;
insurance light
The receipts from the state prison
for November amounted to 81, 972.37.
The Milwaukee car wheel works
have bought site in St Paul and will
move their works there
Clayton, the eldest son of Mr.. and
Mrs: j. A. Noyes, of Warren, was
drowned in the Snake river only few
rods from his home.
The receipts of the state insurance
Office for November, as reported to the
state auditor, were $311.O6.
John Frazer while at work in the
pine woods * miles east of Fosston had
his feet and limbs so badly frozen that
it was necessary to amputate both feet.
At Dundas F. NJ. Van Dykes store
building and contents were DESTROYED
by fire.
The expenses of the state reform
school for November were: Current
expense, $5,65s.27; building fund, ST.
$685. 81.
Edwin E. Holt, retired Minneap-
oils merchant, died suddenly at the
residence of his son-in-law, Frank B.
Felt, in Chicago.
A number of farmers in Rice county
say that unless some steps are taken to
prevent the further spread of wild oats
the weed is soon destined to become a
great scourge.
The German. American national bank
was opened for business at Little Falls
with Fl. Thorsen as president, j. D..
Anderson cashier and S. A. Siverts as
teller.
The Walter Wood Harvester Com
pany Of Hoosick Falls, N. Y, has de-
;ided to establish a western factory in
St. Paul, and local company with
$4,000, 600 capital has been organized to
build the new works. The factory
will employ $500 men.
N. C. Grovum, one of the early set.
tiers of Dodge county, died at his sons
residence in Kasson at the age of IS
years.
William Kahler, an old resident of
North6eld, and formerly proprietor of
the Cumberland hotel at Cumberland.
Wis. has purchased the controlling in
*erest in the Hotel Arlington at Fari-
bault.
Business was suspended for a few
hours the other day in the Office of the
Minneapolis telephone exchange, all on
account of a little mouse. The four
teen girl operators were freed on top of
chairs and deska-
Madeline Ullman, q nurse aged a
years, died at Winona from the effects
of an overdose of morphine taken with
suicidal intent.
James Towhy, = brakeman on the
Northern railway, lost q hand by an
accident near Perlcy.
J. s. Drew, of Rollingstone. met his
death BY falling from hay loft dis
lance of IL feet, and striking on the
ground.
In the United States court at Winona
Jury awarded Frank Macarthur q, ooo
damages against the Milwaukee & St
Paul railway for physical injuries re.
cetved at Mazeppa last Decoration day.