The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-06-06
NEWS in nj M.INNESOTA

NEWS i'm Minnesota
Albert Tea is to have $1s, 500 school
n house. @ # +}N ''"
5& August Fossburg was killed by fall
in crater at the Montana mine at Vir'
ginia s.l ~.
The Jury in the Hoskins libel case al
B Fergus Falls has found verdict Of no,
guilty.
y A postofice has been established at
Trip, Aitken county, with William L.
Moss as postmaster.
One hundred men employed at the
east cut of the Biwabik mine have gone
out on a strike for higher pay.
John Hogas fell from the top Of the
first level at the Canton mine at BIZ
wabik and was Instantly killed.
Land owners claim that never before
was there such a demand by settlers
for land in Northern Minnesota.
One hundred and fifty girls employed
by Guiterman Bros, St. Paul, struck
against reduction of wages and won.
J. S. Vandiver and others will start a
weekly paper at st. Paul to be known
as The Standard. 1t will advocate free
silver.
The directors Of the Winona and
Western railway have decided to build
u T. $r A
distance of two miles.
A Minnesota concern in which John
Zelch and A. 81. Cooper are interested
is after the contract to build large
irrigation canal in Idaho.
Klenschmidt Bros. of Mankato have
been awarded the contract 1or< the new
Watonwan county courthouse. The
building will cost $50, 700.
The first annual session of the grand
council of the United Commercial Tray
elers for Minnesota and the Dakouas
was held in st. Paul Friday and Sat
urday.
Judge Otis Of St. Paul has refused to
dismiss the temporary injunction here
tofore granted, and that means that
Sunday Dase ball will not be tolerated
in that city.
At Canton burglars broke into the
hardware store OF johnson & Snyder
and took $500 worth Of razors, pocket
knives and revolvers. No clew to the
thieves can be found.
At Tower, the 9-year-old daughter of
Mrs. E. Atwood, while playing near a
fire, was accidentally pushed in by
playmate and was almost burned to
crisp before help arrived. She died a
few hours later.
While riding a bicycle Edward B.
Baldwin, publisher OF The Housekeeper,
a Minneapolis weekly paper, was
struck by Como avenue car. His
skull was fractured, his head cut and
his left leg broken in two places.
The Northern Pacific road, through
General Freight Agent Moore, has is
sued circular for distribution among
the agents Of the company, which is
intended to encourage pork raising
among the farmers along the line OF
road.
Health Commissioner Stone of St.
Paul proposes to have every dog in the
city muzzled within two weeks. The
step is taken as a precaution against
any possible danger of the spread of
rabies, the city already having two
cases and South St. Paul one.
James Harmon Of Minneapolis, aged
80 years, was drowned in one of the
creeks near Crystal Lake. He had
been afflicted with epileptic fits for 10
years past, and it is thought that dur
ing an attack Of the disease he fell into
the water with the result stated.
An attempt is to be made to amalga.
mate in so far as possible the various
commodity handling crafts at the head
of the lakes into one organization for
the better protection OF labor, whether
they be coal beavers, ore trimmers,
package pushers or lumber showers.
Governor Clough has appointed the
commission whose duty it shall be, as
prescribed by act of the last legislature,
to erect a suitable monument to mark
the site of Fort Rsdgely and commence
rate the heroism of the brave men who
lost their lives during the siege of Fort
Ridgely by the Sioux Indians in 1862
They are: Hon. Charles E. Flandrau,
St. Paul; T. J. Sheehan, St. Paul;
Major B. H. Randall, Winona; A. A.
Stone, St. Peter, Andrew Anderson,
Nicollet; Captain c. H. Hopkins, Fair
fax, and Major NJ. E. Powell, Redwood
Falls.
Action Against Gamblers.
DULUTH, May 27.-Great excitement
was created at Virginia when deputy
sheriff served papers on the proprietors