The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-01-18

he sold the desk to "A. l ller,
formerly editor 81 the ADVANCE \ and AZ!
has remained the property ofs th M
Office ever since. ~
Winnie bago City Press-N ews:
ID. j. Forbes, Of Adrian, favored the &
Press News with a very pleasant cali
Tuesday. Dud is one Of the foremost
business men 81 that place, and ~ u
speaking Of the county seat fight on on
the tapis in his county said If M ortiz
ing ton retains the seat Of government
its citizens will have to build q new
court house and jail out Of funds con-
tributed by private subscripti ton.
That rs about all there is to the 50
called court house fight. Adrian
wants w orthington to bear the full
burden Of the erection Of county
buildings, which, Of course, is unfair air,
unreasonable and unjust.
This weather tries the coal sll
dealers patience. $s
Oscar Kilgore, Of LuYerne, was
among the ADVANCE callers last Thurs =
day. i.s5 .ssS5$
G. II. Sibley will make q pilgrim
age to st. Paul next week, On bust i:
ness. III s53 ,ass III $ssi
About ohe hundred cutters. wele
gliding about the city last Sat1url,daia IN
The day was fine. s8 81 F4s5 .8i
1gt-- M. II. Damon left tuesday for
Sioux Falls, via Sheldon. HE'S ex.-
pected home today,
The Leonard Comedy company
gave four fairly good entertai nmenls
at this place last week. S5 5a8 tt.sS
6. Barton. Of Ewington, Jack
son county, attended the a. 9. y. w.
banquet last Friday evening. sss
J. Bingham, oil inspector,
made an official visit to Fulda Tues
day last and inspected a car load Of
oil. n; S.5 i.s X 35.jj.s ..5
The Worthington Hay Go. for
warded 1856 cars Of hay last month.
They are paying out about $50 =
day for hay at present. s...
Ray Humiston attended a meet
ing Of the State Board Of Pharmacy,
of which he is a member, the first Of
the week, at Minneapolis.
Vokes G illeland is SO stupid that
many people think him wise
Meekison His case is even worse
than that. He is SO stupid that he
thinks himself wise. Life. ..5 3E
IN. E. Lawton was pointing out
the good qualities 81 Mobiles county
to a party Of land buyers the first Of
the week. N. p. IS doing 2 large bus
mess. NJ .ss
and Mrs G. =. Saulspaugh,,
Of Mankato, visited relatives here
last week. Mr.. s., is proprietor Of the
Saulspaugh hotel the finest il the
State outside Of Minneapolis and St.
Paul. ... .53s3
Ed. Knox, the big hay dealer Of
Prairie junction, was circulating
around town Monday under the pro
lection Of Fred Mason, the big hay
dealer Of this place. Both are good
men to hitch to. i. L
&c. @. Pannell is. receiving in
quiries for ice, from points south. If
this open weather continues two weeks
longer he will have orders for 5000
cars. This will give employment to
large number Of men.
Mrs. Fred Heron expects to go.
to- st. Louis in a week or SO to visit
her parents. She expects to be alb.
sent for several weeks. In the mean
time Fred will bake his own coffee
and boil his own pancakes.
Jos. Nolan, contractor and build
er, has an ad. in this paper. He has
some splendid recommendations from
parties in Spencer, Ia, for whom he
has done work. He contracts for
brick, wood or stone buildings. /.
Mutual fire insurance is becom-
ing more popular The last Luyerne
Herald says the Beaver Creek mutual
company is successful and affords
cheap and reliable insurance. The
cost for the past nine years has been
at the rate Of about S. cents on a
500. for five years or less than half
what old lime companies would
charge.
MI. and Mrs. Jas. Walker, of