The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-01-28
The News Briefly Cnroniclei.

Rochester will have an ice palace,
and it will be stormed February 4, 5,
and t.
The residence of Rev. H. W. Knowles
at Minneapolis was burned, causing a
loss of $780,
A. A. Nicholson, a young merchant
tailor at Duluth, assigned to Simon
Clark.
A. Wright was elected president O.:
the Duluth & Winnipeg road. to sue
coed B. n. Baker.
Mayor Smith has received the accept
ance from the United States govern
ment of the title to property upon
which the new government building
will be erected in st. Paul
The Swedish Lutheran church in st.
Paul was destroyed by fire.
Rev. Frank Palmer, of Glenville.
lied at the rooms of DR.. NJ. c. Keith,
in Minneapolis, where he has been
under treatment for paralysis.
p. +. Gaylord was found dead in a
barn On his fathers farm near Plain
view.
While chopping cordwood at Dundas
Mr.. Harris Wooley had tree fall on
him. breaking one of his legs and 9TH
erwise injuring him.
The Minnesota supreme court has
decided that stockholders of a corpora
ton are liable for the debts of the firm
to the extent of their stock.
Demetrius Konoplitzky, an escaped
exile from Siberia, where he had been
banished for political reasons, arrived
in Minneapolis from Vancouver.
A laborer named Erickson fell on a
cutoff saw at Longs mill in Little
Falls, and was frightfully mutilated.
A bill is before the house in congress
appropriating 100000 for a public
building at Fergus Falls.
L. P. Hunt addressed a meeting of
the Pope county alliance at Glenwood
on the needs of an extra S1O3, 600 for
the worlds fair: At the close thew
passed resolution requesting the COM
missioners to appropriate Pope coun-
tvs quota
Rev. William A. James, . well-known
Congregational clergyman CT Mime
apolis, is dead, having succumbed to
an attack of the grip.
There is a scheme on foot at Fari-
bault to have petitions circulated in
each congressional district in the state
asking each congressman to use his in
tiuence to further deep water navisa-
ton via the great lakes to the sea
board.
A fire in Fergus Falls destroyed the
harness shop of c. NJ. Thompson, the
shoe shop of Anthony Healy, a vacant
building belonging to the First national
bank and building belonging to j. B.
Cutter. The loss was about s., 400.
The poultry house of the Crescent
Creamery Company at Rochester was
burned. Loss, $1,000, $500 worth of
poultry being consumed. The fire was
incendiary.
Fire started in the store of the Castle
Shirt Company at Minneapolis, but
was soon extinguished. Damage bv
water was in the neighborhood of
100000. The stock was fully insured.
The celebrated Griffin will case at
Winona, which has attracted no little
interest and attention throughout the
country since it was brought before the
public, was decided by the district
court against the contestant.
Judge Crosby At Centre City, sen.
fenced Herman Pohlman for shooting
Fred Tang last October to five years in
the state prison.
Articles of incorporation were filed
Ut the Crookston Mercantile COMPANY.
with capital stock of $50, 600, to trans
act wholesale and retail business,
groceries, fruits and tobaccos.
Miss Tilda Newman, daughter of .
"ell-known wagonmaker at North
held, and Jacob Clapp, one of New
mans farm employees, got aboard .
southbound train after cleverly getting
rid of the old folks and left for parts
unknown.