The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-05-26
The News Briefly Stated.

The News Briefly Stated.
George Washburn, postmaster at
Pelican Rapids, died the other morning.
Fire partially destroyed the hard
ware store and stock of Wolterstorff,
Haskell & Co., in st. Paul Loss, $780,
600.
The Bank of Window has increased
its capital stock from s25, 900 to s65. ZOO.
Rev. E. c. Bill, ID. D.. dean of the
southern convention of the Episcopal
diocese of Minnesota, died in Faribault.
The national convention of insurance
commissioners will meet in the senate
chamber of the state capitol on June Ii.
1t is now settled that Faribault is to
have 900 boot and shoe factory.
n. F. Warner, of Minneapolis re-
ports that he has opened six pits in
section Is, town Sc. range -. and in
none of them has he failed to strike ORE
Young Peasley, on trial at Faribaul,
for murder, was acquitted.
A syndicate of local capitalists have
arranged to construct an opera house
at Little Falls.
The assignee of Daniel Aberlee, of St.
Paul, has filed schedules showing as
sets SlO5, 77s. 35 and liabilities s1Os, 744.-
So.
Mrs. Mary Croft died in Lake CITY
from stroke of aroplexy, aged &C
years. One son and daughter survive
her.
The attorney general has decided that
the Australian election law does not ap-
ply to school elections
Stephen Young the 12-year-old son Of
John Young, of Graceville was shot
and killed by the accidental discharge
of his gun while hunting.
John Seymour. railroad man.
hanged himself in his cell at Minneap-
oils. He was locked up at the station
pending examination as to his sanity
Lewis Coleman was killed bv buck
ct OF ore falling and striking him Oh
the head at Capt. Blake's camp on the
Mesaba range.
The Duluth Transfer Railway Com.
pany has increased its capital stock
from $4,000 to $4,000, 600, by permits
sion of the railroad commissioners.
Charles NJ. Cushman, one of the old.
est residents of Duluth, died at St.
Mary's hospital from the effects of in
juries received by runaway accident
The Duluth Savings bank has amend
ed its charter SO as to extend its time
for existence until 1919.
A good deposit of soft coal has been
found on the farm of Ole Finnis in Vel
low Medicine county. The drill had
gone through two feet of solid coal.
There are thousands of fruit trees
being planted by farmers all through
the state.
A Swede named johnson was killed
by the cars near Winona. He was living
on the track drunk, and the darkness
hid him from the engineers sight. He
was single and lived on farm near lie
Roy.
In the seventy-two hours women's
walking match at st, Paul the score at
the finish was as follows: Stevens, 269
miles; Schultz, 254; Tobias, 251; NJ.
Harvey, 233; A. Harvey. $50; Ruston,
225; McBeth, 220 miles. The record
made by Miss Emily Stevens eclipses
all others.
Carver county will dedicate soldiers
monument on June II at Waconia. The
monument is of white bronze, Is feet in
height, and cost 81, 0O0
E. Stone German. ex-judge of probate
OF Ramsey county and for quarter of
century one of the democratic leaders
of Minnesota, dropped dead of heart
disease at the Windsor hotel in St. Paul.
aged 4s years.
Detective Dan H. Oakley, of Fergus
Falls, who is chief for Minnesota and
North Dakota for the Washington Oa.)
detective agency, must stand trial for
shooting at Mr.. Carlson, whom he was
trying to arrest without a warrant.
In Fergus Falls large number of
residences have been bought by people
who occupy them and pay from $500 to
81, 500 for the property.
l.. w. Meining & Co.'S hardware
store at Duluth was entered bv bur-
glars and rev6lvers, cutlery and other
goods to the value of about $500 were
stolen.
Fred c. Pillsbury, member of the
:!reat milling firm of Pillsbury & Co.,
lied at his home in Minneapolis 4
malignant diphtheria He was 80 years
Did and brother of c. A. Pllsbury,
son of George A. Pillsbury and nephew
offex'Gov. Pillsbury.