The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-07-12
NEWS IN MINNESOTA.

NEWS LIN MlNNL0UlAs
The blind Of Minnesota arc holding .
convention at Minneapolis this weak.
At Window, Robert Nolan was given
. 6-year sentence for stealing daxseed.
A new postof8ce has been established
at Conception, Wabashs' county, with
Conrad Riel postmaster. ga ag3i s#.
The Elysian village council has d.
cided to put III system OF waterworh.
A contract for an 9-inch well has been
made. a III. &.
The first carload Of California april
cots Of tho season Of 1894 was shipped
East from Fresno Thursday. It went
to Minneapolis. . -
The Minnesota supreme court al
lowed $125, 600 for attorneys fees in
four cases against tho Minneapolis and
st. Louis railroad. .~ F%sS. sss,fi..
John Goodnow Of Minneapolis has
leen elected chairman Of the executive
committee Of the National League Of
Republican clubs.
An annual examination for entrance
to Yale college was conducted 1t st.
Paul by Professor Royce Of the chair Of
philosophy, Thursday.
Ehle Allen, who killed John II.
Clspp at St. Paul last week, has been
indicted for manslaughter in the first
degree. The maximum penalty Is ten
years. '.s&> y n..& i
The Minnesota Boat club Of st. Paul
is trying to arrange race with some
of the Eastern college clubs. Probably
q match will be made with Cornell or
Columbia. ~. " ~, @a
Internal revenue collections in Min
nesots for June amounted to about
600, 900. The receipts in the customs
department for this district amounted
to about $16, 900.
Professor NJ. V. Oshea and Miss Har-
riet Ester brooks, both members Of the
Mankato normal school faculty, were
married at the home Of the bride at
NJ idgeville, Ills.
Jack Slavin of Australia and Paddy
Cummings of St. Paul met at the Twin
City Athletic club, Minneapolis, in q
2O-round contest. The decision was
given to Cummings, although the match
was even. s"$ Z
The house has passed Colonel Kiefer's
joint resolution calling upon the seore-
tary of war for information concerning
needed Improvements in the Minnesota
river between Chaska and Fort SHELL
ing.
The grand jury of Ramsey county
has found indictments against J. II.
Burns, ex-county auditor, for grand
larceny in the first. degree. He is
charged with having obtained 500
from tho Second National bank and
81, 900 from tho Union National hank
by fraud and misrepr sssnt atdon.: =
At TIE People 4 1lparty convention At
Willmar, resolut tons were passed favor.
ing : stats printing once 10 puhlish
t. 4 books ~ sehools. md to pridt md
furnish Stattonssar.yJ III blank books TO
stste, county ma Town pmcsrs IS COST
and thst ~ building 81 the state cap
itol5 - postp oned Ind anitely. s...
w. B. Mitchsll, former proprietor Of
the Pioneer drug store, ct Virgins,
fred three shots at Samuel Kleveland,
his former druggist. None Of tho shots
took effect. Some personal trouble il
thought to b tho cause. y :..@s:s y !.
M.F. Kahn, formerly county auditor
Of Ramsey county, has been elected to
fill the unexptred term Of Auditor J. 81.
Burns, who resigned on account of pres
sure brought by the county commits
sioners.
Both Wonigkeit and Ermisch, the
youthful but cold blooded murderers of
Bartender Lindhof, at st. Paul, win
pay the extreme penalty Of the law,
and Ramsey county for the first time
in its history will witness : double exc
cution. Judge Kerr sentenced them
Friday. This will be the first hanging
in Ramsey county for 81 years, the last
being the execution Of Annie Bilanski,
in 1860.