The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-08-09

600 a. M. fa,.s NJ
J. A. Town was at Slayton last
week on legal business.
A. G. Hedberg transacted bust
ness at Lemars last week. a... I'd
Mr.. and Mrs. Shell went to St.
Paul on the early train Friday, last.
ID. w. Chute has put new
single roof on the school house in
district No. 81. l.l r;.t ..~-
Mrs Fred Wagner of Summit
Lake has been very i'll for the past
eight weeks. s- ,..l $, o..
Mrs. Hitchcock. of St. Louis, is
here on visit to her daughter, Mrs.
Fred Heron. n. s
-. Singer, of Cedar Rapids, was
here this week. MI. S. is a Worth
ington property owner.
Jas. Manning attended a meet
ing of the democratic state central
committee at St. Paul, last week.
Miss Efie Aldridge of Dubuque
is visiting with Mrs. Jas. Manning.
She expects to remain couple of
weeks. 49,
&C. W. Schultz went to St. Paul
this morning to attend a meeting of
the democratic state central COM
mittee.
j. w. Tibbetts, brother of H. B ,
is here for visit. He is attending
school at Winona, and came over on
his wheel.
ID. w. Chute is putting up CON-
bined carriage house. machine shed
and corn crib, on his college hill farm.
The building is 28x42.
Miss Caldwell of Window has a
large class in music here. She is a
most efficient instructor, and visits
the important towns of this part of
the state.
Editor King, of the Adrian Dem
ocrat, was here Tuesday. John is a
member of the democratic county
central committee, and came over to
attend session.
Perry Wysong, of Mankato, was
here Tuesday figuring on the contract
for putting up the Blair g. Co.-Lewis
block. Mr.. Wysong is stopping at
Adrian this summer with his family.
where he has the contract for putting
up the new school house.
y. H. Bly, has purchased the
Cowan and Lewis buildings that
were damaged by fire, and will use
the material in the erection of a
business house next to his store on
10th street. Mr.. Cowan is ready to
put upsa brick building on his lot.
Advices from Washington, in last
evenings papers, state that President
Cleveland and Sec. Carlisle have de-
cided to offer $5O,OOO,00O bonds for
sale at once. The republicans did not
leave the government in such bad
shape but that the democrats can sell
bonds. This is the second big issue
since Grover took his seat
-Sibley Gazette: The Worthing-
ton ADVANCE says that there is not an
old maid in the village-not one over
twenty. The ADVANCE should not
have given it away. There will now
be general movement of old maids
to that town, and we should not won
der if Sibley could furnish few if
they are needed up there. But we
are glad to know that the young men
of Worthington do their duty.
For the Annual Encampment of
the Sons of Veterans, to be held at
Davenport, August 20 to "A, the B. c..
R. & N. R'y will sell excursion tickets
from all stations at the rate of fare
and .one-third for the round trip.
Tickets on sale August Is to ~, good
to return until and including August
Is. Enquire of station agents for
further particulars, or address j..
Morton, G. T. & P. A., Cedar Rapids,
Iowa. (52w2)
The w. c.. T. U. which met on
Friday last with Mrs. Albert Bryan,
was we'll attended, seventeen being
present. The president, Mrs. John
Ramage, conducted the exercises of
the Union proper. The latter portion
of the hour was devoted to the
"Mother's Meeting,' led by Mrs. F..
F. Cross. Questions pertaining to
the care of children were read and
discussed, working considerable in