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

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is very i'll. DR.. Dolan is attending
her. " as
Ed. Manuel of Brewster transact
ed business in Worthington Wednes-
day.
The crops around Brewster are
we'll taken care of; most of the grain
is in stack and considerable thresh
ing done. " -
Corn took a jump of 7 cents in
Chicago yesterday. The hot dry
winds of the past few days has stimu-
lated the price. " ,.#%
Ray Humiston, with party of
friends, expects to make trip south
early in November. The party will
head for Indian Territory. They ex-
pect to be absent several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Atwood, of Stillman
Valley, ILL.,, old time friends of Mr..
and Mrs. E. A. Tuttle, were here over
Sunday. Mr.. Atwood is publisher
of the Graphic. We acknowledge a
pleasant call.
Charles Miller and William Nc
Nair, of Heron Lake, were looking
after business matters in Worthing-
ton yesterday. Mr.. Miller was one
of the pioneers of Worthington-set-
thing here in 1871.
DR.. Cheney and Miss May Barthol-
omew we're married yesterday morn
ing at 10 o'clock. They left on the
20 train for the cities to be absent
several days. They will be at home
to Worthington friends after Septem-
Der l.
Call for the republican county
convention to be held a Worthington,
Monday, September Sd, is published
in this paper. Delegates to the leg
islative convention to be held at
Adrian September 9Th. are to be
elected, and county officers nominal
ed.
&C. o. Peterson, of Rockford, ILL.,,
arrived last week and will make
Worthington his home. He comes
to take charge of the Singer sewing
machine campany's business at this
place. He has secured the Okabena
house and will use the front part for
an Office and sa:esroom; will use the
other part for living rooms.
Union Sunday School Picnic and
Excursion to Spirit Lake, Tuesday,
August 18th. Tickets are now on
sale at Lovaless the Grocer's. It will
be necessary for all who intend to go
to let the undersigned know by
Saturday SO a sufficient number of
cars may be procured. Tickets 60
cents round trip; children 30 cent.
" w. w. LovELEss.
johnny and G. L. Peterson left
the first of the week for Minneapolis,
where they will be joined by their
brother, Rev. Frank Peterson, and
then proceed to Allamakee county,
Iowa, where they used to have fun
in their boyhood days; where they
used to yoke up the calves and 60
sleigh riding in winter. They will
put in a week visiting old familiar
scenes of by-gone days. The AD-
VANCE hopes their expectation of a
pleasant time will be more than real
lied.
"A dispatch from Luverne yester-
day says: An incendiary fire de-
stroyed three business houses in the
heart of the city last night, and for a
time threatened the entire business
portion of the town. Kennicott's
harness shop, real estate Office and
a confectionery store are the sufferers
and the loss will be nearly 5000;
partially insured. The buildings
burned were old landmarks, one story
in height and all connected. The
fire bug, before setting the fire, went
to the engine house and removed the
chemicals from the chemical engine,
cut the hose in several places and did
other damage. 1t was only by the
heroic work of the fremen that the
flames were confined to the above
buildings.
The management of country fairs
generally issue complimentary" tick
cts to newspaper publishers, who in
return give about forty times the val
ne in advertising. This would not be
so bad if the recipient of the ticket