The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-05-05
Tho News Briefly Stated.

changed from a second to first-class.
The new hall at Minneapolis in which
the republican national convention is to
be held is completed.
The new bank at Echo was opened
to-day by Griffith, Smith & Co., with a
capital stock of $4,000.
The public school buildings at Little
Falls have become SO crowded that the
board has decided to rent additional
room and employ smother teacher
Mamie Malone, little girl living
near Crookston, was shot in the left
hand by some playmates who were
shooting at mice in all old barn.
George Irvine, one of st. Paul's oldest
citizens, died very suddenly at the
residence of his son, aged rs years.
At He'll Gate gorge, on Kettle river,
there was a jam of logs, estimated to
contain five million feet, extending
40 feet above the surface.
''Green goods" circulars are pouring
into every postoffice in the state and
confronting honest citizens when they
open their boxes.
j. Moe, section foreman, had the
sight of one eye destroyed at Lincoln
by e spike that was being driven flying
loose and striking the eye.
The secretary of the interior has
appointed Stephen Il. Chase, of Mime
sofa, as a clerk in the Indian Office in
Washington at So per day.
Ed Wise, a saloonkeeper at Browns
Valley, lost a pocketbook containing
$195 in cash and wheat checks valued
at $500 from his pocket.
A post Office has been established at
Little Valley, Olmsted county, with
Samuel Smith in charge.
A colony of forty Jewish families will
shortly locate on lands near Milaca.
The business men of Granite Falls are
moving to make their town the first in
western Minnesota.
Ground for the new farmers starch
factory was broken at North Branch,
and it is expected that the factory will
be completed in time to CRATE this sea-
sons crop. ;---- $50
r. L. Cook, clerk of the usteamcr
Reindeer, fell overheard near Winona
and was drowned. He was a resident
of Lyons, la.
John Upper, living miles south of
Mortified, was chased miles by a
pack of timber gray wolves and barely
escaped being devoured.
Marshall is developing mind reader
who bids fair to win in short time the
celebrity of Bishop or tombstone. His
name is John Moen.
Fruit-growers IN this state say the
outlook for strawberries this season is
most encouraging. There will be
abundance of small fruit.
Mail Carrier Coe, at Winona, ate /:
bananas in Is minutes on q wager after
dinner.
Owing to the failure of the St. Paul
German Fire Insurance Company the
Commercial bank of St. Paul was
obliged to close its doors.
J.. T. Sowle, Minneapolis grain man,
became suddenly insane at St. Louis,
Mo-
A. c. Knapp, while drilling q we'll in
Fremont, struck a vein of lead ore ii
inches thick at depth of 80 feet. Mr..
Knapp has leased eighty acres of land
and will sink shaft.
Articles of incorporation of the Du-
luth & Northwestern Terminal Rail-
way Company were FLED with the reg
lister of deeds at Duluth. The capital
stock of the concern is 81, 100000 The
articles of incorporation provide for the
building of line northeast to the
boundary to connect with a Canadian
line.
The large furniture and furnishing
establishment of Smith & Farwell, in
st. Paul, was almost completely de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000; tnsur-
ance, $4,000.
The earnings of the state grain in
spection department during the month
of March amounted to S11,O94.s5. The
total amount turned over to the state
treasurer was $1,000.
The residence, barn and granary of
Mr. Raymond, few miles southeast of
Winona, were burned, and 600 bushels of
wheat, like amount of barley and a
large amount of hay and oats were con-
sumed.
Larson & Erickson have sold the
Marshall mills to the Sleepy Eye Mill
ing Company.
Miss Octave Brulie, living with her
parents near GENTLY, was accidentally
drowned by falling into the Red Lake
river.
Albert Peterson, of Minneapolis, who
was visiting relatives at North Branch,
was held up near the village and a
watch and $35 taken.
Duluth sawmills have begun opera
tions and the season il expected to be
the best on record. The log cut during
the wtater was 415, ooo, 900 feet, III, ooo,-
ooe esst more than last year.