The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-08-22
NEWS in MINNESOT A|

NEWS LIN MlNNESO1IA
Cholsrs Il carrying OF hogs n ~
sueur county. VI " III n.
IA through consignment Of hogs IS
South st. Paul are suspected Of swine
plague. MA w ..- =55.
The Minnesota Democratic associa-
ton has resolved on : campaign Of cd
ucation. t.#. .5 81 = s5 Z. IN
Railroad and warehouse Qnmission-
ers have reelected A. g. Clausen chief
grain inspector.
The ninth annual convention Of the
United Typothetae Of America 10 in
session at st. Paul. n @> ,
At Mapleton. two new elevators are
nearly completed and contracts for two
more have been let. s@&g .r%. u .,s@
Baldwin Brown, one Of the oldest
and best known citizens Of .Minneap-
oils, died Saturday. ~.
The London and Northwest Ameri.
can Mortgage company has asked for q
&
ment company. "~ /
The 2-year-old colt Rocket, owned
by "Jules the Gypsy" was killed by q
Milwaukee train at Midway. The colt
was valued at $500.
Knights of Pythias Of St. Paul, Min.
4eapolis, Saltwater, Duluth and other
cities Of the state will picnic at White
Bear lake Aug. II.
State Treasurer Koerner had on hand
e2,O44, 100. SO at the close of the fiscal
year. The money is deposited in 100
banks throughout the state. -s
Fire at Wells destroyed Domberg's
livery stable and several adjoining
buildings. Twenty-four horses were
cremated. Total loss, 100000. II
Forty men employed by the St.
Croix Boom company lost all their per-
sonal belongings by the burning of
their lodging house Saturday night.
j. V. Wheeler, bookkeeper at Field,
MAILER & Co. 8, St. Paul. is supposed
w have been drowned in Forest lake.
His clothes were found on the bank.
Archbishop Zardetti, formerly of St.
Con I, has resigned his see at Buchar:
st, A.oumania, and has been named as
tirular archbishop of Mozesso, Asia
Minor.
Tilden r. Selmes of st. Paul, assis-
tant counsel of the Northern Pacific
Railroad company, died Wednesday at
Aurora, KY, where he had gone for
his health. g..
A: Written, aged over 80 years, and
resident Of Anoka since 1864, has
married Mrs. Emma Morton, a charm.
ing widow Of 48. Mr.. Written is one
Of the wealthiest men in the county,
and has been a widower little less
than a year. j.:
The state railroad and warehouse
commission has granted to the express
companies doing business in Minnesota
an extension Of time of 10 days in
which to file report with the com.
mission in accordance with, the law
passed last winter. S
The registration Of pupils at the state
university summer school closed with
1,l34 names enrolled. This is 126more
than the total registration Of the sum-
mer school last year, and the number
will probably be raised to 1900 when
all the physical culture people are in.
Duluth lumbermen are feeling good,
for within the past week they have
sold more of their product than in any
week for nearly year. The total is
not far from 81, 900, 900 feet. An en-
couraging thing is the fact that nearly
$500. 900 feet were sold for export to
the West Indies.
Two strange men at Montgomery
were trying to induce men and boys to
be tatooed by exhibiting fine specimens
of that art on their own persons. Dur
ing the night they left by a freight
train carrying away two valuable fur
and beaver overcoats from the Mime.
apolis house. Near Helena they got
into trouble with brakeman and shot
him in the hip and knee.
Insurance Commissioner Smith has
made the annual division of insurance
taxes. The tax for 1894 amounted to
PO4SV4COSs VI VAAAS t114OuAV, PSO, @N4 90
will be divided according to the old
law among the fire department relief
associations in st. Paul, Minneapolis,
Duluth, Winona and Saltwater, each
of which have populations of more than
10000. Thus the st. Paul Fire De.
partment Relief association will receive
81, S57. IA; the Minneapolis department,
$12. $50. 10, the Duluth department., 49,.
$50. "a; the Winona department., 1856. II
and the Saltwater department. $741.84.
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Minnesota Plumbers.
T MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 5. "A meeting of
the plumbers of the Twin Cities was
held in Labor Temple for the purpose
of discussing matters pertaining to the
closer organization Of the different
lodges of the state. Several short in.
formal speeches were made, welcoming
the visiting members. and the commit.
tees appointed to investigate the advis.
ability of forming state organization
made their REPORTS. These repOrts were |