The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-06-09
The News Briefly Stated.

NlnOna'S average death rate the past
year was 1888 per 1000.
1t is now thought that the spread OF
diphtheria is effectually checked in
Faribault.
S. L. McCarty died at Plainview,
aged 81 years. He had been a resident
for 40 years.
State Auditor Bierman has sold 10, 800
acres of land in Wilkin county and
$500 acres in Otter Tail.
Mrs. Charles Nockin, an old and es-
teemed resident of Winona, died sud.
denly from dropsy of the heart. She
was 81 years of age.
Atwater's mineral spring water has
been competently analysed and pro-
nounced fully equal to the far famed
Waukesha water.
The receipts of the state prison for
April amounted to $5,717.17.
Farmers from Edmunds county, S.
D., are looking for farms in Kandiyohi
county, this state.
About 900 acres of Kandiyohi county
school lands were sold at Wnlmar
courthouse at from SIS to So an acre.
Ole Omodt, of Money Creek, farmer
sc years of age, died in his buggy on
his way to Winona to visit his daughter
The State Firemen's association will
meet in Rochester June IA and hold a
two days session.
Terrence Brazil, one of the pioneers
of Renville county, was drowned in at
tempting to ford Wabasha creek, 7
miles east of Morton.
A Winona horseman says a balky
horse can always be conquered by
taking up one of his fore feet and hold
ing it firmly for three minutes.
Albert Garvin, warden of the Mime
sofa state prison, has been appointed
chief of police of St. Paul. Garvin is
celebrated as a prison manager.
Fergus Falls has tree club whose
mission is to have shade trees set out
on the streets.
A. w. Riddle, of Mortified, has a
heifer only 10 months and 8 days old
which recently gave birth to calf
Sundre Knudston was found dead Q
miles west of Porter. He is supposed
to have broken his neck falling from
his wagon, as the wagon seat and a
bottle of whisky were found with him.
At Window, June 2l, meeting will
be held by the lately organized South
western Minnesota Bar ASSOCIATION to
elect officers.
The state dairy and food commission
in his monthly report shows that out
of 1887 suspicious samples of food
stuffs and milk analysed, 1,543 were
found pure and 345 samples were found
to be adulterated.
At the commencement exercises OF
the normal school at Winona the class
was the thirty-fourth to graduate from
that institution and was the largest
ever graduated, consisting of eighty
members, three gentlemen and seventy.
seven ladies'
A call has been accepted by R. B.
Kaighn, of Springfield, Mass, to serve
as secretary of the Young Mems Chris.
tan association in Rice county.
Rev.W. Scheitel, of Wood Lake, while
attempting to cross Yellow Medicine
river with one horse gig was drowned
The body was found.
Farmers in southern Minnesota will
pretty generally plant sugar beets this
year.
At the preliminary examination ir
Pennington of Edward Murrell he was
held to the grand jury in Hastings in
connection with the mysterious death
of Mrs Holmes or Murrell, by poison.
In the case of Therope VS.. Doran for
possession of the Hotel Pokegama at
Grand Rapids, a jury rendered verdict
for defendant.
A match has been arranged between
Capt. Sullivan's PAGER 1T. B." and A.
Bailey's 'Alec," for $500 a side. The
race is to come off July 80 at the Min
nehaha Driving park, Minneapolis.
The 2-:year-old child of Martin Ben
son, living near Crookston, wandered
from It's home, and not returning at
night large crowd started in search
The dead body was found in the woods
In the morning, the child having died
from oxDnanra.
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