The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-13

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MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
FouoHT TO klLL.
rye Farnsrs Engage q 8 7paAy D.sl -
the Noonlight
Alex Gravel and Augtt Artnan,
well-to-do farmers, fought 10 the death i
with pitchfork and knife .5miles wes4
Of Little Falls Gravel andhis father.
Narcisse Gravel, with 2 yong Italian.
were on their. way home 70 travelville,
when Artman overlook them.I A quar-
rel 9ensued aud Alex Gravel, D. young
man of q, grappled with Artnap. tho
former using, n knife and the latter
Artman was stabbed in
twenty places, the fatal wound being
made in. the left thigh. The taher Of
Gravel, cripple, was unable to leave
The Gravels tand thcI,alisn are usdees
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Hail 1t st. Paul.
A hlilstorm passed over st. Paul. 90
ing much damage to vegetation and
buildings The hailstones were fully
] inch in diameter and great many
pedestrians were injured before they
found shelter. For half an hour busi-
ness was suspended all over the city,
travel on the streets being periious and
almost impossible, while the noise of
pelting hail prevented indoor labors.
Trees were almost denuded of leaves
snd great numbers of window lights
were broken. Telephone wires were
badly damaged by being broken down.
and much loss results. f-,.. ..s
. No Perjury After All. s-isH
In the case of Edmund Brouilette,
who was arrested at Croohston for per-
jury and had = hearing before Judge
the judge dismissed the case
after the first witness had been heard
on the ground that the clerk of the
court who issued the marriage license,
and before whom it was said thst
Brouilette had sworn that his intended
wife was of age when she was only 16
years old. had not asked him TO swear
as to the age of the young lady in ques-
Tense.
It's . Sorry-Go-Round. =
A crusade has been commenced bv
the pulpit aud Transcript newspaper in
Little Falls against a steam merry-go-
round which has been running there
for some time. The daily receipts of the
machine have amounted to over $50 I'm
moral tendencies are charged against it.
Rev. George De Bolt. Methodist minister,
would commence criminal proceedings
against the proprietor for running on
Sunday and an injunction was secured
against it as public nuisance.
OIL Inspector Reports.
State Oil Inspector Willis has fled
with the state auditor his monthly re-
ports from March until August No
fees have been collected from the oil
companies during that time as notwith-
standing the decision of the supreme
court in the dispute which they raised
he companies have refused to pay fees
AuO N0WH nEuOuy stated.
Samuel Lewison has been appointed
postmaster at Gull River.
A fire that started in an old barn at
tached to the warehouse of Joslvn,
Cudworth & Co. in St Paul DESTROYED
property valued at $40. 600.
Fred Marty, farmer just out OF
town, drove into Rush City on business
and when ready to retarn home found
that his horse had been stolen.
Chief of Police Gibbons, of South st.
Paul. who has made himself known all
over the northwest, has resigned his
Office and will go into other business
The Thomas Iron Company and the
Imperial Land & Exploration Com
pany of Duluth were Incorporated The
capital stock of the latter is s15o0oo.
Mrs. w. p. Wanabold. the wife Of
farmer living near Maynard. while
crossing pasture was gored by bull
and SO badly injured that she could not
recover.
Montague & Co., of Duluth. jewellers,
assigned to w. E. Richardson. The
assets were estimated at Sc, O0]; liza Dill.
ties, $1,000.
Since the opening of navigation 2.97e
vessels have passed in and out of Du.
luth harbor, carrying on tho average
about l, 500 tons each, or nearly 5,OOO,.
600 tons of freight.
Frank Schmidt was killed by light
ing at Zumbrota.
Louis. the 14-year-old son of C. L.
Angel. of Litchfeld, who was acct
dentally shot while hunting two weeks
ago. died from the effects.
Two burglars attempted to force an
entrance into Rutgers hardware store
in Little Falls, but were scared off by
Of1cers, who fred two shots at them.
Flames destroyed the barn and part
OF the house of w. Brown at st. Paul.
Two horses were killed and several car
riages were burned.
A 2-year-old grandchild of L. Hos
ford. of Dundas, pulled over kettle OF
hot water and was 80 badly scalded
that it died in a short time
A hy-wheel in Merrill & Rings saw.
mill at West Duluth burst, killins
Charles Simonean and badly injurins
another man.
The South St. Paul distillery has re.
snmed active operations. The concern
has paid $4,000 to the internal rev.
enue offices for September taxes.
j. r. Warner, an old and highly re.
spected citizen of Hamline, died after .
protracted illness. He lesves 4 widow
and several children. :.
Erick Erickson stabbed John Korum
at Henning SO that it Is feared tina.
korum~will die. They were threshera
and got drunk.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Empey were
very severely injured by their horse
running away at Northfeld.
Jack McAuliffe, aged %, and Swan
Claire, aged 81, both single men, were
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