The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-02-14
NEWS TN MINNESOTA.

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Several persons are reported to have
been frozen to death in the Rainy Lake
mining region. TIL
The insurance taxes paid to the state
during January We're $40, 975.S7; insu1-
ance fees, So, 9l7. H s:,S. tI.~.. <..
81. French, i merchant at Lakevillc,
| was burned to death during a fire in his
store and dwelling. FL. O..
Henry Jago Of Madison Lake has
plead guilty to the charge Of forgery.
The amount is small. ,!
Joseph Nadau, an old Frenchlnan,
aged 81, was cremated at st. Paul by
the burning Of his shanty.
The residence Of United States Com
missioner Spencer at st. Paul burned
Sunday night. Loss $4,000. T..
The report Of the collector Of internal
revenue for the district of Minnesota
shows total of $4,000 collected for
January
A mass meeting is being arranged at
St. Paul to discuss the subject of child
labor and to devise adequate legislation
to abolish it.. s..s -.
The Minnesota conlmandery of the
Loyal Legion will celebrate Lincoln's
birthday, Feb II, by a dinner at the
West hotel, Minneapolis. .:. !
A second street car, line between St.
Paul and Minneapolis has been practi"
cally decided upon, but the route hes
not been definitely selected.
Judge Brown of the Sixteenth Judicial
district, has left for the East, where he
will join the knights Templar excursion
to the Holy Land, returning some time
in April.
Andrew Leopold, who deserted from
the army at Assinaboine last June gave
himself up to Sheriff Rider at Little
Falls. An officer from Fort Smelling
took him.
According to the annual report Of G.
T. Howe, boiler inspector Of the Second
congressional district, ITO of the 1,206
boilers inspected We're in a dangerous
At Sacred Heart, Ed Nordstrom and
N. A. Monson were brought before
Judge Holian charged with selling
liquor to minors. Both plead guilty to
the charge and were fined $35 and costs.
Paul Jones, the globe trotter, passed
through the Twin Cities last week. He
started from Boston Feb. IL, 1894, with
out {. cent, On a wager to get around the
world i'll IL year, and to make s., 900 on
the way. When at the Twin Cities h
had 81, 300 Of the amount. ,..S .s.. s.4.s
# "A sale has Just been closed by which.
betW cen 900 II and IS, 600 acres Of Min.
nesota pine land is conveyed to jane:
e. Hurst aud Spencer 0. Fisher Of Mich:
igan. The pine on the tract is estimated
at 300, 10000 feet, 90,000,000 Of which
will be cut this season. ~
There are said to be serious doubts as
to the confirmation Of w. NJ. Campbell
as marshal Of Minnesota. Michael Doran
Of ST. Paul. has been i'll Washingtonfor
week working against it, and he is re-
ported as pleased with his success. Dick
O'Connor Of St. Paul, is said to be Mr.
Doran's choice. .--. .
Jerry Ryan, who was sentenced to d
term in Saltwater one year ago, at which
time he plead guilty to charge of bur
glary, releasing his brother who was &C
cused Of the crime, was paroled q few
days ago for good behavior and is now
in St. Paul in a demented condition. He
imagines he is Tascott.
The assignee Of Kingsland, the ex-
banker Of North Branch, has completed
a schedule Of assets and finds the affairs
of the banker in worse shape than was
expected. From what can be learned at
present liabilities will reach over $50, 600.
The assets are estimated at from S.. 900
to So 1000, and consist Of odds and ends
that couldn't be carried away. Less
than cents on the dollar will be paid
to creditors. ~M.
The Minnesota legislature recently
passed resolution asking the governors
Of Northwestern states to appoint com
missoners to consider the determination
of the Russian thistle. Pursuant to this
resolution Governor Clough has called a
meeting Of these representatives at the
Minnesota state capitol on Feb. ID, at 10
a. M. Governor Clough has appointed
Is commissioners from this state Senator
Jones and representative Reeves. The
governors of Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska
and the two Dakotas have been invited
to send representatives to the meeting
r. l.. Gibbs and Frank Hoshaw of ST.
Paul. both of whom died within the
past three weeks, are found to have had
hydrophobia. The disease was suspected
when Auditor Gibbs of the Great North !
ern died, but it was not until his clerk
had the same disease that the physicians
were sure of their diagnosis. A post
morte1n fully confirmed their suspicious.
A Miss Otis, who was bitten at the same
time, has been sent to the Pasteur insti-
tute, in New York. The bites We're
merely scratches, and were received !
while trying to pet q stray black-and-
tan. . qsrssa / ..,'l=.. |
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