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Connecticut western news., 1896-05-28
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Connecticut western news., 1896-05-28
yyIENEsRIS

All sizes, styles and prices. to suit
 all classes of riders.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-02-06
May Get a College.

During the past week there has
been considerable corresponding be-
tween Worthington parties and the
gentlemen who are talking of open:
ing school at this place. Mr.. Bau.
mer, of Sutherland, Iowa, will arrive
the first Of next month to look over
the field. He talks as though he
means business and the prospects
are bright for securing the school.
Mr.. G.. S. Pike, of Dexter. Iowa,
also expects to visit our city in a
short time with view to starting a
school for preparing pupils for COL
lege and also a business course. The
school board have signifed their
willingness to give the old school
building for their use. It is thought
that with ST. 800 Improvements the
building could be put in first class
shape: @.e2-' 5ss.> 35s@
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-02-06
NeighbOrhOOd News.


Kinbrae people want creamery
The Redmonds played at Adrian
last week.
New Ulm is having winter cary
inal this week.
A farmers institute will be held in
Luverne on Feb. 21st and 22nd.
Adrian is to have farmers insti
tute on the 24th and 25th of this
month.
Another robbery is reported al
Hills. This time man lost horse
and buggy. ..
A movement is on foot to establish
a paper at Dundee with Geo. Miller
late of the B alaton Eagle as editor
The Crescent says that Hills is
going to have electric lights.
That Hills is a live little town or
that Baily is live big liar.
The authorities at Jackson last
week broke up gambling den. The
club numbered about 30 or 40 but
only three were captured. Two of
them were fined $500 apiece and
the other one $4,000, @ r ..5
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-02-06
Cure for Headache.

AS remedy for all forms Of Head
ache Electric Bitters has proved to
be the very best. 1t efec's a per-
manent cure and the most dreaded
habitual sick headaches yield to its
influence. We urge all who are af-
Aicted to procure bottle, and give
this remedy fair trial. In cases of
habitual constipation Electric Bitters
cures by giving the needed tone to
the bowels, and few cases long resist
the use of this medicine. Try it once.
Fifty cents and $l.OO at Ray Humis-
tons Drug Store. ...
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-02-06
The Coming Week.

Monthly meeting of fire dept. Fri
day night Feb. 7th at 8 p. M. sharp
Regular Baptist preaching services
at G. A. R. hall next Sunday morn
ing and evening. =
At the Presbyterian church. next
Sunday morning Rev. Wilson Aull
will speak on Glow to become a
Christian" In the evening the sub
iect of the sermon will be s'The Most
Important Thing in Life"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-02-06
Death Of Mrs. Knott.

Mrs. Sarah Knott died at the home
of Mr.. VIM Ditty in this city Sunday
afternoon, of chronic gastritis. Mrs.
Knott was u years and 2. days old at
the time of her death. She was
Mrs. Ditty's mother and had been
making her home here. The body
was taken to Vernon Center Tues
day for burial, where the funeral
was held Wednesday. e ~.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-02-06
WHAT is NEEDED.
To Promote the Interests of
1'H WOrthingtOn and Make
Il FlOllrlshing City?
WHAT IS THE GREATEST NEED?
Everybody Has an Opinion in
This Matter. What Is .s.B8
YOurs? %S

There is not town in existance
but what needs something to make
it the best town. There is always
something which can be added to a
town to improve it and the prosperity
and the welfare of its inhabitants.
Some of them need a\great many
things to make them model town,
others need more. ~ 80 III;
There are great many things that
can help Worthington to become a
prosperous city and none know bet
er:what these needs are. than the
people who compose its population.
Everybody has some idea which,
he thinks, If carried out would be
of great value to the village. What
Worthington needs is a broad subject,
just as it would be in any growing
town. Public improvements, the
government of the village, licence or
no licence and thousand and one
other things are subjects upon which
all have some idea and this idea
can be shaped into the form of a
need for Worthington. -
The ADVANCE wants every reader
to write down what he thinks Worth
ington needs and either hand in at
the Office or drop in the post Office
for publication in our next issue.
Let every reader of the ADVANCE con-
slider this a personal request and
send in your idea. ~: l..s,55
This plan of publishing in the
local papers, the opinion of the citi-;
zens in regard to the needs of the
town, is being carried on in several 81
our neighboring towns, and much
good is gained from the opinions
published. go a
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-02-06
3 ANNUAL REPORT

.Olsthe Efrst Baptist Church 81
I'M \ thing tor ( ian. g I sl G
Membership Jan. 4, 1896, So; adj.
tioh during the year, 35;;. dismissed
BY letter, l membership Jan, l, 1895,
r. 4 4,
Trustees were elected and church
incorporated July 9th: .....,
Alot for a church site was pur-
chased ant! frst payment made on
same. #...'
The Sunday school reported an
average attendance of SO. 80
A Young Peoples Union was or
ganized Feb. 26, 1896 and reports a
membership of AZ. -
The Ladies Aid and Missionary
societies report year of successful
work. j. H. MAXWELL, Clerk.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-02-06
OPINIONS
Expressed i'll the Hearing of
.... Advance Reporters.

Expressed i'll the Hearing of
..,.lss Advance Reporters. ~,
. Rev. Robt. McCune: I think a
business college would be a fine
thing for Worthington. %ls
J.H. Maxwell: I remember that
five years ago during the months OF
December and January we had just
aboat the same kind OF: weather as
we had during those months this win
ter. Only twice did it get
down to zero; then only 2 degrees be-
low. ,s ~. .....,..! .s....-,s, :,
Joe Lowe: Minnesota is a good
enough health resort for me. I be-
lieve the only place that will benefit
a person more than here is near the
sea shore. This going oft a war
mer climate for a short time and then
coming back where the climate is
fresh and crisp does more harm than
good.
MD. Banner (who is thinking of
starting college in Worthington):
A town that sends out such papers as
the Globe and ADVANCE must have
some get up about it. We expect to
open regular college classical, nor
NAL, music, art and business depart
ments. If your citizens want the
school they will be able to get it as
Heron Lake is the only other Mime.
sofa town that has written me and l
want to go to Minnesota. Our
courses of study are preparatory l
year, music 4 years, classical 4 years,
art years, normal 4 years, business
/ year. I think I will bring $1,000 to
$1,000 in business to your town dur
ing the first year. My printing bill
alone this year has been about $50,
We will not open as an academy but
rs college.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-02-06
"A Model Flown.

y s No.
/ The little hsmlee of Affection, JEFF
ferson county, enjoys the distinction
ofbeing the only Wisconsin settle
ment of any size: without a woman
resident or inhabitant., -" - 49,
The village was plated a year ago,
immediately settled, and named after
Alice Aspinwall Metcalf, daughter of
ia. Aspinwall, one of the very first
settlers of the country.
Atpresent it has "star route"
mail service daily, a dry goods and
grocery store, butter and cheese fac
tory. blacksmith and repairing shop,
and resident population of perhaps
a hundred men. It is known as the
town without il woman"
The town is of historic interest be-
cause of its location within the limits
of the ancient ''canal strip" of 1910,
a tenmile wide tract of land extend
ing from Milwaukee to Rock River,
in which the even sections Of land
were given to Wisconsin territory
providing a canal was dug connect
ing milwaukee and Rock River. for
the convenience and necessities of
commerce. when Wisconsin had not
single railway. 49, t.
In those days. land purchasers in
this ''canal strip" paid $3.50 per acre
for land in odd sections and Sl.25
per acre in the even sections. pur-
chasing the latter from the State.
There still reside near Affection two
of these first settlers, J. X. Porter
and wife, who in 1914 purchased
eighty acres Of their farm from the
general government and pre-empted
another adjoining eight acres i'll the
':canal strip" territorial lands st. &
Paul Globe. "
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-02-06
New Jewelry Store.

Geo. E. Cunningham, of Tyndall,
South Dakota, is in the city this
week making arrangements to: open a
iewelry store in G. H. Babcock's drug
store. He expects his goods to ar
rive next week. Mr.. Cunningham
comes highly recommended as first
class jeweler and business man. The
ADVANCE wishes him success.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-02-06
Window School Fight Over.

The school fight which has been
on so long at Window and which
has attracted so much attention in
this part of tho state is at an end
Last weeks Reporter contained the
following account of the settlement:
AS stated lin the Reporter last
week the school war iss; over. The
terms of settlement have been fully
complied viii, and # armer, :iis
back IL tha3 school Is, dang y il lB en iI,
work. III fact, Re has not nsg gisetesdl
Ills school work during the "scrspi,' :
but, il anything, has tried to do; bet
ter work than heretofore. Mr. W.
Gregor returned home from The cities
Friday morning, and during the day
he joined with four other members Of
the board in the execution Of a. con-
tract for our::months aud half, thus
completing the school year, at SAL
ary for that time of nine hundred
dollars, it being agreed that the old
members of the board shall not aid
in Farmers return another year. The
only substantial difference now exist
ing between the new and old men,
bers of the board is the question. of
three hundred dollars salary which
Mr.. Farmer would have been entitled
to had he a lawful contract at the
commencement of school. Of course,
the new members of the board will
not favor the payment, and it may
be submitted to the next annual
school meeting, but the Reporter
questions whether this will be done
when Mr.. Farmer and his advisers
fully consider the matter. If he had
any contract at all, emitting him to
pay from the commencement of
school in the fall, his voluntary aban-
donment Of school last week absolute
ly abrogated it, and there is no pos
sible way for it to be paid without
committing public offense. The
vote of the people authorizing it
would not help. and no action can be
commenced with hope, of recovery.
This, we think, will dictate that no
attempt be made at the school meet
ing in July to secure it, and we hope
that no effort will be made to reopen
the question, in any possible way.
Both sides have yielded to the better
dictates of discretion, reached hap
py settlement of the matter, and good
judgement appeals to everybody not
to attempt it's re:opening either in an
meeting or in board meetings.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-02-06
Hay and Pasture lands.

SIOUX CITY AND ST. PAUL
RAILROAD co. MINNESOTA
LAND AND INVESTMENT CO.
All persons areheceby wlrned not
to trespass .on the lands of above
named companies. =@
Parties desiring to obtain permits
to cut hay or herd and pasture on
the lands of said companies willEap-
ply to She'll & Mann, Worthington,
for descriptions and terms. #l
Persons using these lands unlaW-
fully will be prosecuted. S2s
w. P. JEwETT, 5
s' Land Commissioner.
ct. Paul, Mimi, - s= '.ss.ssSs'5
Jan'y q. 1885
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-02-06

pocket, the thought of which served
the purpose of a great deal Of heat.
Will was only wishing he had some
milk 80 he could make milk punch.
No sooner had he wished that than
the engineer espied Will wishing he
had some milk with which to make
milk punch, and at the same time he
espied bovine of the feminine gem
der sharpening her teeth on the gray
el on the track in front. The engi-
neer was one of those smart fellows
who are never contented unless they
are making trouble for somebody, so
he pulled the throttle wide open;
then he went to sleep. At the next
station the engineer got down from
his engine to pick up what bones
might be left of Will to sell to a med
ical college. What was his surprise,
then, to see that gentleman. calmly
milking that COW. Will enjoyed his
milk punch, thanked the engineer,
and boarded the next freight for the
south.
3,
I heard it remarked on the street
the other day that the council de-
serve a greal deal of credit for keep
ing the sidewalks clear of snow this
winter. l don't think SO. If the city
dads are responsible for the little
snow we have had this winter they
ought to be severely punished. I
ike to see the ground covered with.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-02-06

knows that the New York Clipper is
pretty good authority on all sporting
matters, and the cause of my sur
prise lies right here. I turned over
the leaves one by one until I came to
the hose races. gazed at that page
with all my might. My eyes stood
out like great balls of fire, my nos
trils dilated and cold perspiration
came out all over my body. I be-
lieved was going mad. I came to
the end of the space devoted to hose
races. I went over the list again,
this time more carefully. Again and
again perused the column.
Then arose. I did not feel like
myself; I put my hand to my fervid
brow; it felt as though it was on fire.
A sickening sensation came over me
aud I thonght I should fall.
Was Isick or crazy1 you ask. :.
| Neither. Ifwae indignant With 10
tlgahtsods indiienst don: Whit did 4
ses there taat 90 agitated ne! II
waslwhat / Didn't 'tsees that made me
60 indignant. :! ~ ..:r> 4 !.
| I didn't see the word Luverne
there in large, flaming letters with
%1-5 following it in larger, flamier
figures. But what 1 did see was that
the best time. made in that kind of a
race was % seconds.
Then I got to thinking. Was not
the time at Pipestone given to the
Luverne team as 26 1-5 seconds?
Surely it was, for I Was there my
self and heard it. Then my indig-
nation grew more righteous, for I
knew the races at Pipestone were
given under the auspices of the COL
umbian Inter state Firemen's Asso-
citation, and the records made there
should be entitled to compete with
the records of the world.
! Then I got to thinking again.
What if they had got to investigat-
ing the thing and had found out that
one of the judges was the trainer OF
the Luverne team and that his watch
differed very much from the watches
of the other judges and each time in
Luverne's favor? ..s =,
Then resumed my normal state
and found I had been unnecessarily
agitated and when had whitfield it
down to a fine point found that my
indignation was very unrighteous. !"
am now smiling very loudly at
the whole thing and l deeply sympa-
thise with our sister town to think
that she is not, after all, the possessor
of a hose team that holds the cham
pionship of the world for hose races.
It's too bad.
*s:*
I don't believe everything that
that Will Mcdonald tells me. I was
standing down by the depot the 9th
er day watching the steam cars
coming in and going out when he
told me of an experience he had once
while riding on a COW catcher that
caughta IA COW. Now, I don't want to
be too sure whether he said it was
himself or somebody else who had
the adventure because I wouldn't
like to get licked, but anyway I am
going to say it was because like to
have somebody to talk about whom
know. .E
Well, as I said before, Will was
riding on a COW catcher that caught
q COW. 1t was pretty cold night,
but he had a bottle of whiskey in his
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-02-06
.OKABENA is DRY
Not the Lake Okabena But the
Okabena Club Has
NJ Gone Dry. -st !
CLUB is "cLosED FOR REPAIRS
And the Bottlewasher is Behind
la the Bars of the County
5tst..S q Jail. '. -.

The Okabena Club is non est.
Tuesday a warrant was. sworn out
for the arrest Of Hallick> Thompson,
who has charge of the Okabena club,
which is located over "Opens black
smith shop. He had his preliminary
hearing Tuesday before Justice
Hildreth. After hearing the evil
dence the Justice bound him over to
the district term of court which con i.
venes Feb. 24th. The amount of bail
was fixed at $500, but being unable
to secure bondsmen, he was COM
mitted to jail. City Attorney Rohrer
and Z. S. Nelson, of Luverne, cen
Quoted the prosecution. as.
i The facts in the case as stated by
witnesses on the stand are as follows:
Arthur Erskine, of Round Lake,
stated that he and his brother Ralph
went up to the club room on the af-
ternoon of Jan. Both. Thompson was
not in when he went in but he soon
came in. He was not then a men,
ber of the club or never had been.
There is a box nailed upon the wall
with a slot in it. Erskine stated that
he:put some money in the box and
Thompson unlocked door that led
to an adjoining room, in which beer
was kept in cases. He and Thomp-
son both went into this room and he
(Erskine) helped himself to some
beer which he took into the next
room and drank. He also said that
the defendant one time brought out
the peer. .
! Herb Horton stated on the stand
that he was in the Okabena club
room or the afternoon of Jan. 30th {,
and also got some beer, in the same
manner, but was not member and
also that he saw Erskine give Thomp,
son some money. Thompson, in this
testimony ssid that the he simply
1schsnRed m { l' ! dollar fof iii Him. Horton
said that both himself and ErskinS
was drunk. E.;s ..z
HaAick Thompson, the defendant,
said thatNhe was employed by the
club to wash :glasses, take charge Of
the beer, and have general charge of
of the club room. He carried the
key to the beer room and was in
structed to let only members of the
club have beer and that be knew all
the members of the club and there
were lot of them. He saw that the
right amount was put in the box
each time. He said that he had been
hired by Peter Christianson and that
the latter took the money out of the
box each night. lie said the club
had government licence, which was
pasted over the door of the beer room.
He swore that he never took money
from any body.
AS a result of Thompson's arrest
the Okabena club is now closed for
repairs, and the members are waiting
the outcome of Thompson's trial at
the next term of court.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-02-06

The north pole,
Everybody prosper,
Everybody out of debt,
The drill out of the we'll,
Everybody wear smile,
"A college in Worthington.
Unity in all public enterprises,
A telephone line in our village,
An opera house in Worthington,
All the churches filled each Sun
day, -
More people who are not afraid to
say no."
Everybody hand in their items to
the ADVANCE, -.
A manufacturing establishment in
Worthington. -.
Our streets guarded at night by a
night-watchman,
Grain sell for twice the price it is
marketed at now,
All our stores doing business in
hrge brick blocks,
Our fire company win the cart at
the next tournament,
The "Invincibles" organize next
spring and play ball,
One hundred farmers hauling their
milk to the creamery,
The fellow who prowls around at
night and steals: coal, ~
N Every body pay UP their subscrip-
slt;o.l4Ao Aouas I. q.
! 9btick buildias on lain ssreet from
the depot to Fifth avenue, T.
! Bicycles sell for a reasonable profit:
but not at 400 and 500 per cont, - Z.
C.,K. Davis occupying the presi-
dental chair for the next four years,.
Every man, woman and child in
terested in the welfare of the village,
People true to their political con-
viction even though they be popu-
lists,
A person who does not know more
than the editor does about running a
paper,
Every child from the age of six to
eighteen years enrolled in the public
school,
The country for ten miles around
Worthington as thickl y settled as the
village is,
Every reader of the ADVANCE
give an opinion on what Worthing-
ton needs,
A correspondent to the ADVANCE
from every township and village in
Mobiles county,
The real estate dealers bring as
many settlers to Mobiles county this
year as they did last,
Some power with backbone enough
to take the sultan of Turkey by the
ear and teach him lesson,
The fellows who wouldn't put in
electric lights be obliged to 50
without them about one night,
Some of the worthless dogs which
roam around Worthington consigned
to a watery grave or somewhere else,
A village council elected this
spring who will do as much towards
the building up and improvement OF
the town as the one now in power
has done.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-02-06
SOME THINGS
Which the Advance Would Like
s .s '.-E To See. |A.', ~,

ARE a great many
things which the
ADvANc E would
like to see. We
want to see our
beautifulc city con-
tinue to prosper
as it has in the
past, TO see new
industries 9 tart
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-02-06
REM MARKS AT RANDOM.
WRITTEN BY A GOSSIP.

UST think of it!
i am surprised
beyond m ca s.
ure. I will tell
you why. I was
reading a copy
of the New York
Clipper the 9th
er day: Now,
e v e ry b o d y
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-02-06

up and prosper until Worthington
shall be known throughout the state
u the busiest city in Minnesota.
Among other things we would like to
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-02-12
BIG COAL DEAL
Which will Cut Great Figure In the
Anthracite Situation,

Anurnctte Situation.
CHICAGO. Feb. 1.-THE Post today
says: IAN extensive deal in Illinois coal
lands, embracing nearly 1900 acres,
has been practically completed by a
New York and Chicago syndicate rep.
resenting two Of the largest railway
companies in the country. The syndi-
cate has already obtained options on
l0.100 acres of coal lind In the Grape
Creek district, everything q rich vein
containing not less than 10000 900 tons
OF bituminous coal.
George Gould and the Wabash road
are said to be largely Interested In the
deal, which threatens the valuable in
terests OF the Chicago & Eastern Illi-
nois road in coal freIghtage from that
district to Chicago. The ostensible
promoter OF the deal. T. A. Broughton,
vice president of the Crescent Coal and
Mining Company, and manager Of the
syndicate, has denied that Gould or the
Wabash road Is interested In the big
deal. but the denial may be withdrawn
later when the last details OF the work
OF securing control OF this vast tract OF
rich coal lands are completed The
names OF all capitalists connected with
the syndicate are being closely guarded
Just nj present, but II is known that the
deal Involves the building OF new
railroad TO tap the fields.
Firm reliable sources the Information
is gained that this enterprise will be
the largest since the anthracite comhl-
nation. now merged into the Reading
syndicate. which Is In a state OF reor-
gunIzatlon,"