The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-07-25
NEWS in MIN NE E \

Winthrop has voted to build Q q. 900
schoolhouse ID l, s..s
Survivors of the Indian massacre Of
1862 held q reunion at Currie. a,s n
Centerville has q new creamery,
owned and controlled BY farmers.
The attendance at the summer school
for teachers at St. Cloud is nearly 200.
Stockholders Of the Duluth and Win
nipeg charge the bondholders with
fraud. Ii ~, IA. =.
The condition Of spring wheat in
Minnesota and South Dakota is reported
at 112 s.'s., .: }5sasa N
Nels Bergquist, wealthy SMinneap-
oils grocer, was drowned in Minnetonka
Sunday. IA z>S ..'s.*
3 The Fort Riqgely park commission
has concluded negotiations for the nee
essary ground. ss425 - &&.l,,
The Northwestern elevator at At.
water was burned. The grain had prac.
tically all been shipped. -.
State Labor Commissioner Powers is
one Of Mr.. Horr's assistants in the great
Chicago financial debate. " ill.,.
The Winona city council is consider.
ing the advisability Of maoadamizing
some Of the residence streets. IN ~ =.
Annie Olson, St. Paul domestic,
fell through sky trap three stories.
She was almost instantly killed.
!. William Hartley, who swindled
Twin City banks by forged paper, has
been brought back to Minneapolis. *
Work has begun on the new city hall
at Waterville. Eleven brick blocks have
been erected at that place this summer.
For the first time since the panic of
''9S the railroad shops of st. Paul and
Minneapolis are running this month at
their full capacity. # !" 49,. 4.
George A. Du Toit, the Chaska
banker, will open 9 new bank at Ex.
celsior on Aug. l, to be known as tho
Minnetonka bank.
b.. James Lochren, a brother of Pension
Commissioner Lochren, became suo-
denly insane while attending to some
business at St. Cloud.
DR.. John F. johnson of Martel, Wis :.
has been indicted for causing the de.4 Il
of Clara Bergh by criminal operation
at st. Paul.. Charles R. Lowe was in
dicted as an accessory.
James G. O'Keefe of Minneapolis has
been elected chief ranger of the high
court of the Independent Order of For
esters of Minnesota The next meeting
will be held at Redwing.
The 9-year-old son of Adam BRANDED,
who resides on a farm about three
miles west of Jordan, committed sui
eide by hanging. A threatened whip
ping by his mother was the cause.
Work has been commenced on the
new cell house at the state reformatory
at st. Cloud. It will contain 1856 cells
when completed. It will be built of
granite and the work done by the in
mates. 4 III ~, S.s es:al$
# Word has been received at the capitol
from State Treasurer Koerner that he
has purchased $2S3, 900 of United States
bonds for the school fund. Of this
amount $500, 900 are for the permanent
and $sS, 900 for the general fund.
Chief Justice Start of the supreme
court has handed down q decision re-
versing that of the lower court in the
case of Spangenberg against Mcmahon,
and holding the St. Paul license ordi-
nance for retail meat dealers valid.
The Liquor Dealers Protective asso-
citation Of Minneapolis has issued cir
cular calling for meeting Of the liquor
dealers of the state at Minneapolis Aug.
20. The object stated is to form a state
protective association Of liquor dealers.
Chief Grain Inspector Clausen has
returned from the Red River valley.
He says the government report on the
condition of the wheat crop in Mime.
sofa is grossly exaggerated, and that
the yield will not by any means equal
that of 1891.
The herd Of cattle on the Mendenhall
farm, near Bird Island, is badly affect.
ed with tuberculosis. The board of
health has them in charge. All of the
cattle were tested with tuberculin and
eight of those responding to the test
killed. All were found badly diseased.
The census bureau was all torn up
Friday over the publication Of the pop
ulation Of Saltwater and Blue Earth
City. Secretary Berg has written to
the enumerators in these places de-
manding explanations He says he is
fully determined to prosecute every
enumerator in the state who violates
his oath by disclosing the results Of his
labor. ~ e.. =. III. .;-..E-....
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". .,. >S.. LABoRERS ARE FEW.