The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-08-09
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Mrs. DR.. Shepard Of Slayton is Wis.
iting her daughter, Mrs. 3. +. Kelly.
Trip and Krempier are making an
excellent grade of full cream cheese
Try email grocers sell 'em.
Harry Ruprecht boasts of the finest
lot of 60 odd young hogs in this sec
ton Of country. At feeding time
they beat a menagerie. $780,. 81.
Tightening struck some barley
stacks belonging to c. Kunkle, living
east of town, setting fire thereto and
consuming the entire setting.
Bigelow wants. good, live, ener-
getic young doctor. There is none
nearer than Sibley or Worthington.
One could run small drug store in
connection with his practice. A good
opening.
The Russian thistle, of which we
hear so much of late. is to be found
in this community. Everyone should
acquaint himself with it and wage
relentless war against it as common
foe.
Bigelow also wants some good man
or woman to come forward and SUI
perintend her Sunday school-a novel
case of an office hunting man.
There is plenty of good timber, but
no one seems anxious to assume the
duties.
B. F. Kelly, formerly agent for the
G. St. P. NJ. & o. Ry. of this place, is
now employed as operator by the
same company at Western Ave-, an
office in the yards at St. Paul. His
household goods were shipped this
week.
J. Harvey Yeager passed a success
full examination in telegraphy at St.
Paul a few days ago, making record
of 26 words per minute, % being the
number required to pass. He is
promised job as soon as business
improves.
Chris Peterson's oats Refreshed
last week by VIM. Yahns machine.
40 acres yielded 1900 bushels.
While the yield was very light, the
quality was excellent, weighing 36
pounds per bushel. They were sold
to H. V. Millar for "a cts.
H. V. Millar is now building an
Office in connection with his elevator.
His new scales are completed, his
dump is in working order, new APP
proaches and grades have been con-
structed and everything is ready to
take care of grain as fast as brought.
A load of grain can be elevated in
about three minutes.
Mr.. Slater of Worthington rode to
Bige]ow and return on his bicycle last
week. Distance II intestine COM
ing, Al minutes-return covered in 36
minutes. The future for the ''bike"
may be like the first railroad train
that passed through backwoods
town in Arkansas, which, the men de-
clared, took two men to see it go by
one to look up the track and say
*sThar she comes" and the other to
look down the track and say 'Thar
she goes"
A fire, propably set by careless
smoker, destroyed barn belonging
to Den Baldwin, 3 miles east of town,
Sunday afternoon. The barn consis-
ted of frame building surrounded
on two sides by straw sheds. IL head
of horses and 2 COWS were in the
structure, all of which together with
all the harness, 8 set. were saved
except team belonging to Alonzo
Smiley, worth $3.50 which could not
be forced out and which persisted in
the flames. Mr.. Smiley seems to be
pursued by hard luck. He lives 9
miles east of Ashton, Iowa, and hap
pened to be visiting at the Baldwin's
at the time. A few days before this
he was thrown from horse and dis
abled foot. A few years ago he was
burned out while living in Dakota,
losing six horses.
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