The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-08-06

terday.
w. I. Hulniston's family returned
Saturday from ar extended visit in
the South.
Sherman McCune, of the St. Paul
Dispatch, came down Sunday Tor q
visit with his parents.
See the funniest, wittiest, and jol-
Hest of all comedians at the Opera
House toni ght and the rest Of the
week.
A reduction of freight rates went
into effect July 25th which increased
the price Of grain from one to three
cents.
The Irvine production at the state
prison this season amounts to three
million three hundred thousand
pounds.
They say Billy Marble grows
younger, retains all of his old vivac
iousness and becomes twice as funny
in his work.
A. Palm commenced services
with the Omaha road Tuesday morn
ing as clerk for Supt. Glasgow and
Roadmaster GRAIN.
Billy and Ella Marble as the two
stellar lights, brings to us the strong
est company Of the season. Hunts
Comedy Co. tonight and the rest of
the week.
Some men from R. E. Covey's hay
camp had runaway Saturday night.
Pieces of the harness were found
strung along the road from town to
Sioux Falls junction.
Z. Moncoll threshed his rye that
was PARTLY destroyed by the hail
and we understand he expected it
would be about worthless, but yield
ed about fifteen bushels to the acre.
Marshal Anderson received notice
from the sheriff of LeMars that two
prisoners named Chas. Davis, aged
-, and Henry Jones, aged IF, had
broken Jail Monday morning.
They have a trampish appearance.
For the information of our young
readers we beg to state that the first
furrow plowed in Mobiles county by a
white man was turned over by
Isaac Horton in Indian Lake town
ship, where the remains of the old
log hut can yet be found on the east
shore of Indian Lake. Mr.. Horton
has gone from the land of the living,
but his children are with us until this
day.
Carolus O. Peterson, who claims to
know the lay Of the county as
Thoroughly as certain man who
seeks the 18th nomination for sheriff
of this county, reports that the best
cornfield in Mobiles county is one
owned by Edmund 0. Hanson, in
section 6, Little Rock township.
Every hill growing with 3 stalks in
each and Standing eight feet in
height.
In the beautifully illuminated
street pageants to occur in Minneap-
oils on the evenings of the week of
Aug 31st there will appear caravans
of acting beasts, scores of gai}y co.,
tuned characters. dozens of novel
and thrilling races and contests, the
greatest jockeys and bicycle riders of
the world. Three of the main streets
will be ropea off, making one tremen-
dous arena of some three miles in
length.
Great car]essness in keeping Bird
ges and culverts in safe condition is
prevailing all through the county,
mostly in Dewald township along the
so called Luverne road. Between
here and Rushmore there are three
defective bridges and the road is
travelled considerable. 1t makes it
dangerous to travel in the daytime
say nothing about after dark. and we
would suggest that it was more i'm
portant to look after the safety of
bridges than to be blowing up III
roads and making them nearly i'm
passable.
Arrangements were completed last
week Friday whereby Gay Allen Sc
cured Mrs. G. E. Browns interest in
the Lake View House. Mr.. Allen
took possession Saturday. He will
retain clerks Will Mcdonald and
Chas. Barnum. The outlook is
that Mr. Allen will make good
landlord and conduct the house in
manner that will merit the patronage
of the people. Mrs. Brown will con-
tinue her residence at the hotel for
the present.
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