The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-07-14
The News Briefly Stated.

JOhn L. Omrc, a StOncmaSOn at Mon
tcvideo, committed suicide by taking
rat poison.
Hans =. Slette, of Granite Falls, was
given 81, 100 for injuries sustained while
in the employ of the Great Northern
railroad.
A barber named Peck was nearly
killed in quarrel with Manager King
in he Eureka club gambling rooms at
ST. Paul.
At Thief River Falls two brick yards
have commenced operations and are
turning out the finest quality of red
brick at a rapid rate.
The office of f. f. Collandon, manu-
featuring jewclcr at St. Paul, was bur
glarizcd. the safe forced and goods
worth $500 stolen.
Fire destroyed the sawmill at Mime
apolis owned by Smith & Richardson
and damaged the mill Of Joanin 4 liam
son. Loss, $4,000; insurance, SS5. 900.
They arc still threshing last years
wheat crop in Marshall county.
Mrs. John A. Logan was rendered a
reception at Minneapolis by Mr. and
Mrs. Morrison.
While hunting near Pine Knot C. A.
Pierce accidentally shot and probably
fatally wounded his son.
The Riverside cooper shop at Little
Fails was burned. Loss, $1,000 to ST..
500; insurance, $500. Ten men EN-.
ployed lost kits valued at $3.50.
The stone work on the Indian school
has been completed at Pipestone.
President Harrison has granted a
pardon to w. E. Covel, of Minnesota
convicted of employing an unlicensed
engineer on a ferry boat.
John Holt, of Oscar township, was
bound over to the grand jury for at
tempted criminal assault upon his
cousin, Il girl of IA years.
Walter Lea, residing at Woodland
was killed while engaged in saving
pickets by being struck in the abdomen
by flying piece of plank.
The Chandler mine ON the Vermillior
iron range will ship 60o,o tons of ore
this season and the Minnesota will ship
500, 900 tons.
The Farmers Alliance party me,
in St. Paul and nominated Gen. Jane.
II. Baker, ex-secretary of state, fo,
governor. No other nominations were
made.
Thomas Blake, a 9-year, old boy liv
ing at Rosetown, was drowned in Bas.
lake.
While Walter Bernhart and Alfred
Jensen were crossing Lake Miltona al
Alexandria their skitf was accidentally
overturned and Tsernhart, being unable
to swim, was drowned.
G. l.. IIollowell. who had been en-
gagged in the grocery bsuiness in Winons
for twenty-five years, has filed an as
signment. Assets about $1,000; liabili
lies, $4,000.
At Lake Minnetonka Laura Lewis
Ida Swanson, Rufus Hogan and Osca,
Sandell were out rowing when the boa
caps;zed and the two girls and Hogan
were drowned. They lived in st. Paul
j. NJ. Gilman was divorced from his
wife at Duluth on the ground of big
amy. He claims she was never legal,
divorced from Hugh McFaden. She
says she was and that the records are
lost.
Burglars broke into the manufacture
ing establishment of S. +. Calender il
St. Paul and forced open the safe ant
got away with from $1,000 to 1900
worth of jewclry and small sum O.
money.
A new banking house. styling itsel
the Polk county bank, has been opened
at Chief River Falls with a capital O.
SIC, ZOO.
Flames in the cathedral of Duluth
partially burned Bishop McGolrick'
private library, one of the finest ant
most complete in the northwest ant
numbering $4,000 volumes. Loss, $40,
600.