The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-05-10

NAOANoys
The latest thing in picnic flats at
Miss Sievers.
Note the change in Miss SEWERS
ad this week.
Will Post made business trip
to Fulda this week:
j. M. Messer was visiting in
Worthington last week.
Miss SEWERS is enjoying visit with
her mother from Remsen, Iowa.
Mrs. Post and little daughter
Hazel were at Estherville last Sat-
erday.
Rev. Father Vanderburg con-
Quoted services at this place last
Sunday.
Rev. j. w. Robinson attended a
ministerial meeting at Madelia most
of the week.
Don't forget the Sons of Veterans
dance at the G.. A. R. Hall next We'd
nesday evening.
Mrs Cheney is home from Ma
della, where she has been visiting for
the past few weeks.
Quite a number of our young
people attended a dancing party at
Rushmore last night.
Mrs Jno Humiston went to Ma
della, Monday to visit with friends
and relatives for few weeks.
The Sons of Veterans will hold
dancing party at the G. A. R. Hall
on Wednesday evening, May 10Th.
H. G. Shepard made a business
trip to Lakefield last week. He says
about forty men are at work on the
new court house.
The village marshal of Adrain
gives notice that all tagless dogs found
running at large in that town after
May 10th twill be disposed Of"
Miss Winnefred Shell has had
charge of Miss Bartholomew millin-
cry establishment during the alb
sence of the latter in Wisconsin.
Saturday last the ADVANCE re-
ceived pleasant call from Attorney
Albert Barck of Luverne, who was in
Worthington on legal business.
Duncan McNab of Alba town
ship was circulating around Worth
ington, Saturday last. He says
L akefeld is sure to win the county
seat contest in jackson county.
Monday was a gala day for
Worthington. The Mobiles County
Bank reopened, and work on the Jail
and sheriff's residence was COM
menced. It was good days work.
Ed. w olven expects to have his
gasoline boat running in a few days.
Besides pleasure boat he will
also run barge, and tow sand &C
cross the lake for use in the new court
house and Jail.
Henry Tibbetts shall wear a
crown. With his magic wand he
touched the balky engine in this
office and made it
do duty. If there is anything about
an engine Hank don't know it isn't
worth investigating.
The Mobiles County Bank, which
has been closed since last July, re-
sumed business Monday, the assignee
having been discharged last week.
Mr.. Thompson's host of friends re-
ioice that he is again in command,
and that the old pioneer bank is now
on better footing than ever.
"A good story is told of citizen
who made up bundle for the needy
poor. His good overcoat got mixed
up in it by mistake. When the bun
die got to the church parlors it was
looked over and the overcoat thought
too good to send away, SO one OF
the good deacons traded and put his
coat in it's place, for an even exchange
is no robbery. In the meantime it
was discovered that the wrong over
coat had been placed in the bundle,
and the citizen called at the church
to see if it had been sent away, when
10, and behold, he was greeted by a
good deacon whose person was wrap
ned in his over coat. It was decided
to keep the affair quiet, but it leaked
out and the good deacon cannot see
where the joke comes ink.
1t is evident that the nickel-in-
theslot machines must go. There
seems to be growing sentiment
against them. The Minneapolis
journal says: It may seem to some