The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-06-20
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

v,abasba's city marshal killed 30 dogs
hast week. ~ 5@'&
Five priests were ordained last week
at the st. Paul seminary. ~
:. The directors of the Minneapolis ex-
pos ton have ordered an assignment.
A. spaniel belonging to P. J. Dreis Of
St. Paul died Saturday with most OF
the symptoms of rabies.
The village bonds of Aitken for $780,
900 tor electric lights were sold to J. J.
Mcdonald of that place at par. la~
Mrs. Williams, living five miles
northeast Of Stephen, was instantly
killed by lightning during thunder
storm.
At st. Cloud the barn Of NJ. j. Homer,
mail carrier, was burned, together
with two horses, carriages and mail
cart. Loss about 800.
The Home Telephone company will
begin the erection of its line t.ais week.
The line will connect Montgomery,
Lexington and LIE Sueur Center.
At the special election held at Chat
field to issue S., 900 bonds for the COM
pletion of the system of waterworks,
the proposition carried by 56 majority.
One Of the largest camp meetings
ever held in the state is now under pro-
or ass at Minneapolis. tits the occasion
OF the State Association of the Seventh
Day Adventists.
The Lawyers Surety company OF
New York was admitted to do a surety
bond business by the state insurance
commissioner. The capital stock Of the
company is 5000
While on his way home from Crooks
ton during heavy storm, Albert Hart
wick was struck by lightning and In
stantly killed. He leaves a wife to
whom he was married two weeks ago.
a fire occurred in theWakefeld block
at Winona. The first floor was
occupied by w. L. Pindleborough
& Co., grocers. Loss on stock, 81, 600;
on building, 5000. Stock insured for
$4,000.
Farmers near Jasper report that cut
worms are doing vast amount OF DAM
age to corn in many of the fields. In
some places the damage is so great that
the fields have been replanted to flax
and millet.
The Cloquet Lumber company at
Cloquet lost $780, 600 worth Of lumber
by fire. It is estimated that 10000, 900
feet of dry lumber, mostly Norway
pine, was burned, The origin of the
fire is not known.
| Alonzo H. Pickle, a sergeant in the
Minnesota battalion, and Captain G.
A. Cilly OF the Second Minnesota have
been awarded medals of honor by the
war department for conspicuous brav-
cry during the War Of the Rebellion.
A horse fell through coal hole into
the basement of the Ryan hotel at st.
Paul. He alighted on his back and
rolled head foremost into the engine
room. 1t took IA men to get him out.
The horse was practically uninjured.
A defective sidewalk in Wells cost
that town $3.50 recently. The suit was
brought against the town by Mrs. Jen-
ME Leary, and the council paid her the
above amount and considered they were
lucky to get out of it as cheap as they
did.
In the trial of the suit of ex-Dairy
Commissioner a. G. Howard against
the Omaha road to recover $1,000 dam
| ages for the death of his son while fill
| nf hat
road, the jury returned verdict for
the plaintiff.
Orio Rogers, one Of the pioneer resi-
dents of the state, who settled in St.
Paul in 1852, died at his home near
Browns Valley. He was ~ years of
age, and was born at Hamilton, N. Y.
He was member of the Sixth Mime
Sofa regiment.
The new county Jail at Grand Rapids
is in danger Of sliding down into the
Mississippi river. The structure is not
safe as it now stands, and Contractor
Kelley says that it would require an ex-
penditure of considerable money to
make the building secure. 1t seems
that mistake was made in placing the
building where it now stands.
The board of regents of the state
university has received and accepted
the offer OF Frederick Weyerhauser,
who will pay for five years the salary
of professor in Semitic languages and
history. This chair will bear Weyer.
hauser's name, and Professor J. R.
Jewett of Brown university has al.
ready been recommended for the place.
A Sank Rapids butcher named Har-
toon was administering corporal pun
ishment of quite severe nature to his
wife when the latter's son came in and
took hand in the fray. Between the
mans stepson, and his own wife, Har
toon received a terrible beating A
doctor was called and found five scalp
wounds. resulting from the treatment
and which it was necessary to sew up.
Frank Court, farmer living four
miles from Pine City. struck curl.
osity which may prove of great value.
In digging q we'll on his farm he had
reached a flenth of 80 feet. when sud.