The Worthington advance., 1893-08-03
News In Brief.


birth to three girl babies recently.
weighing respectively 61, 81 and ~
pounds. The most remarkable thing is
that Mrs. Loudon has done the work in
family varying from 10 to IA until re-
Gently.
Erick Reseland. q farmer living half
mile from Fertile, while moving hav
fell from the seat. his head coming in
contact with some hard sustance,
breaking his collar bone. He died
within few hours after the accident.
From later reports received at Still
water regarding the break at the Yel-
low river dam it seems that only a gate
went out, and it will not take as long
to repair the damage as at first sup
posed.
The s-year-old son and only child OF
A. F. Crawford, of Casselton, N. D..
who with his mother was visiting rela.
tives at Little Falls, fell into a cistern
and was killed.
President j.. J. Hill, Of the Great
Northern railway, will entertain the
various commissioners from the leading
foreign countries to the worlds fair
next month, Aug. % is set as the date
of this visit The guests will be given
trip through the famous Red River
valley to see the harvesting of the
wheat crop in the greatest wheat fields
In the world. President Hill will take
his guests out BY special train.
The Great Northern road has signified
its willingness to put on a daily mixed
train between Benson and Huron, to be
run ON schedule time. This answers
tho demand in the petition of the citi-
zens along the line, fled before the
state railroad and warehouse commits
sion.
Lightning burned E. Carlson's house
at st. Cloud. Loss, with contents,
81, 400,
The postoff1ce at Canon Falls was
robbed of the money order book and
postofice cash. No stamps were taken.
lightning struck the Union oil house
at Buffalo and 1t was burned to the
ground. T, A. Quirk's residence was
also ST. uck and the family severely
shocked. There were no fatalities.
James H. Bennett, of Buckman town,
near Little Falls, Minn., aged about so
years, was found dead ON his wagon
seat while the team was on it's wav
home. Bennett came to town for some
medicine for his sick wife and bought a
bottle of alcohol and chloral and drank
about two ounces of the choral, mis-
taking it for alcohol.
George Merritt, the Northern Pacific
agent at Moorhead, and his two sisters
have each fallen heir to $25, 600, which
has been left them by the decease of a
wealthy relative in Illinois.
Ash Nelson, dealer in general ner
chandise at Brocton, has assigned.
Liabilities, $1,000. -.si
The Millers & Manufacturers' Insur.
ance company of Minneapolis has be.
gun suits against farmers in various
counties to collect premium notes. In
Polk county alone between 500 and 400
actions have been commenced.
Fire damaged the stores Of +. O. Hall
and Mrs. Rademacher at Austin. 3.
Olaf Pasy, merchant and lumber
dealer st New York Mills, has assioned
to Fred Webber, Of Perham. Liahili-
ties, $4,000; assets, ss5, 900,
William Lavalley, living near Moor
head had his flne driving horse stolen.
Recently he discharged and paid on one
Of his hired men who went away, but
shortly afterward returned and huno
! around during the afternoon and even.
Ing. Lavalley told the man he could
sleep IN the 8ranery. In the mornin1