The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-03-24
Tho News lBr,eAy ChronicIed.

A gang of thieves operating in Wi.
mona have been jailed and valuable
goods stolen from railroad caboose,
recovered.
Frederick johnson, Jr., young man
living near Boyd, fell dead in the street
at Montevideo while unhitching his
horses. Heart failure was the causa
The work of tearing down the old
city hall in ST. Paul to make room TO,
the government building has CON
menced.
Col. Carswell Mcclellan, of the United
States engineering service, died at hi.
residence in St Paul. He was distin.
guished both as soldier and an author
The ice has gone out of the river at
Winona.
The infant child OF Mrs. NJ. L.
Abbott was found dead in bed at St
Peter, having been accidentally smoth
cred some time during the night.
During the recent great storm the
house belonging to Eli Bailey, west OF
Faribault. was burned. Loss abou,
81, 900; insured.
Fence Manufacturing Company has
commenced business, after a shut
down of over three months.
Mat Bierden, a young man of 10, O,
Cowville township, was found dead ir
barn. He was supposed to have beer
kicked by horse.
Branham Bros, grocers at Litchfield,
failed for several thousand dollars.
The state executive ommittee of the
Y. NJ. c. A. propose placing paid sec
rotary in Rice county to prosecute re.
ligious work.
Arthur Briggs has been appointed
chief of police at West Duluth and con.
firmed by the council, and D. NJ. De.
wore has been made village attorney.
c. H. Meilicke, a farmer, was cross.
ing the Milwaukee track at Winons
with a team when he was struck by .
train and instantly killed.
The Polar Star mill property al
Faribault was sold to w. H. Cheney
and r. G. Weatherston; consideration,
$12,0
The Camden Iron Company was or
ganized at Duluth with a capital OF
Sl.0Qo,000. E. w. Hale, Jr, of Tona-
wanda is president
Reeds grain elevators at St. Paul
were burned with 1000 bushels OF
wheat Loss, $1,000; partially insured.
The barn connected with Rodewalds
& Devery's meat market in Faribault
caught fire, and the building and nine
horses and one heifer we're burned.
Tim OLeary, aged about 50. was in
the store of c. P. johnson at Lake
City eating bread and meat, when he
suddenly turned black, started for the
door and fell dead.
The trouble at Marshall with the in.
surance adjusters over the courthouse
loss has been settled, S14,622 having
been finally allowed by the insurance
companies
Herman Krouse, a disappointed lover,
tried to murder his sweetheart, Mar
garet Conrad, at St. Paul. and then, in
the belief that her injuries would prove
fatal. placed the muzzle of his re-
volver in his own mouth and killed
himself.
A fire in Bakers photograph gallery
in st. Paul did $4,000 damage to the
building, $1,000 to the gallery, about
81. 900 to Frost & Browns drug store
and $500 to other tenants
Judge Start filed decision the othe,
day in favor of the First national bank
of Winona in the suit against the
W;nona Plow Company, involving &c..
424 and interest
Norma Leander, a single Swedish
girl 20 years old, was adjudged insane
In the probate court at St. Paul and
ordered sent to the Rochester hospital
The immediate cause of her disorderec
intellect is homesickness.
The state supreme court has decided
q mine foreclosure case involving $4o.-
600 In favor of John v. Farwell, OF
Chicago
Miss May Seymour, leading lady O,
the ''Ole Olsen" Company, and Frank
A. Farley, business manager, were
married on the stage at Crookstoa 4,
the close of a performance.
The noted law suit of w. H. Il
Spaford, of Winona, against the Du.
luth, Red Wing & Southern railroad
for $27.7o0, due the former as a sub.
contractor for work done on the grad
ing of that road, has been decided il
favor of Mr.. Stafford.