The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-05-31
NEWS IN MINNESOTA.

N. J. Soderstrown of Hutchinson has
assigned.
Montevideo is to have town hall to
cost 81, 1889. ISL
Danish Baptists held state confer.
ence at Kasson. sge
A 5-foot vein OF asbestos has been
found ut Morton. #,1D"
The St. Paul School of Fine Arts has
teen incorporated.
The Nancy courtmartial trial is in
pro ,ress at Fort Smelling.
A receiver has been ordered for the
Fergus Falls Water company.
The Lake View house at Park Rapids
was destroyed by fire. Loss. $1,000.
Two 9-year-old Polish boys fell out Of
a boat at Winona and were drowned.
Val Blaiz, the Milwaukee brewer,
died at the Ryan hotel, St. Paul, Satur-
day.
The safe in the saloon Of j. H. Roach
at Mankato was tapped and $175 Sc
cured.
A large exodus of Scandinavians from
Minneapolis to the old country is re-
ported.
The St. Cloud chief of police killed
one tramp and injured another in self
defense.
The Winona normal school gradu-
ated over 100 at the commencement
this week.
The Second district Republican con-
gressional convention will meet at Man.
kato July 10.
A new postotfce has been established
at Nevan, Clay county, Lester H.
Baker, postmaster.
Several indictments were found by
the Otter Tail county grand jury for il
legal liquor selling.
The American whist congress has Sc
lected Minneapolis as the place for their
next annual meeting.
Mrs. MART Holey died at Madelia
aged nearly 1O4 years. She was born
in Lesja, Norway, in 1890.
Eight thousand Sunday school chill
dren united in a mass meeting at the
st. Paul Auditorium Sunday.
Cherries E. Mexican was elected presi-
dent of the State sunday School associ-
alton at its meeting in St. Paul.
Ex-Alderman C. c. Hashaw of Min
neapolis was drowned at White Bear
Sunday by the capsizing of toat.
The Minnesota worlds fair com mis-
sion held its final meeting and turned
over a balance of $4,000 to the state
treasurer.
Fifty.nine graduates received dip
Tomas at the St. Cloud normal school
commencement. Governor Nelson de-
ivered them.
The Old Settlers association hold
their annual meeting in the historical
rooms in the state capitol at noon of
Friday, June 1.
Adjutant General Muehlberg has
granted permission to the Boys brigade
to use national guard tents during the
brigade encampment.
DR.. S. G.. Mitchell of St. Paul Park
was treated to coat Of paint and
feathers, for alleged undue fondness for
a married woman of that place.
Mike O'Keefe and John Fitch, two of
no in h0 hot
saulted Harry Nee and other Duluth
men at Tower, are in Jail at Duluth.
John Roche's liquor store at St. Paul
was robbed in broad day. While one
crook engaged the sole attendant at the
noon hour companion extracted the
cash drawer of the safe, containing $175.
At St. Paul Samuel Robinson, rail-
way news vender, indicted on two
charges of selling and having in his pos
session books of an obscene character,
plead guilty to the latter and was SEN
fenced by Judge Kerr to nine months at
the workhouse.
The state land sales this year have
been unusually small. Those for May
issue amounted to $3.50 acres. The
sales took place from May IA to 10 in
elusive, in the following counties: Will
kin, $50 acres; Otter Tail, $50 acres;
Clay, $50 acres; Norman, $50 acres;
Polk, $40 acres; Marshall, 200 acres;
Pine City, 1900 acres; Carleton, 7OO
acres.
The Birch Cooley monument COM
mission has awarded the contract for
the monument to be erected to mark
that battlefield. The base of the monu-
ment is to be nine feet square, and the
apex of the shaft will rise so feet above
the ground. Rockville granite will be
used, and the monument is to be COM
pleted and in place before September 2,
the anniversary of the battle.
1T IS CONSTITUTIONAL