The Worthington advance., 1896-08-27
w0RTHlNGTON ADVANCE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1896

are lawfully shot now.
PC. Anderson of Org was ii pleas
ant caller yesterday.
Go to the A. O. U. W. Hall on next
Friday evening if you want to split
your sides with laughter.
John Rippberger is now ready to
do house and barn painting iii the
country. Farmers should take notice.
Paintshop in the rear of August
Falk's shoe store. Orders left with
Mr.. Falk will receive prompt after
ton.
The Methodist Sunday School will
hold picnic in Mark Sharp's grove,
two miles northwest Of town next
Friday. All desiring to go will meet
at the church at ten o'clock. Teams
will be provided. By order Of com
mittee.
Hon. j. T. McCleary will speak a,
Heron Lake on the evening cf Sep
tember 9th, at Benton's Grove, at
Round Lake on the afternoon of Sep
tember 10Th, and at Worthington the
evening Of September 10th.
Mr.. Clark. or Sioux Falls, one of
our former Worthingtonites, who is
here spending ii part of the summer
with friends and relatives, delivered
a very interesting and much apprec
lated sermon at the NJ. E. church last
Sunday evening.
It seems as though Gilbert Ander
son has the inside track for the nom
ination of sheriff on the democratic
ticket and if it should be possibl'
that we would have to give it over t.
the democrats it would be hard tt
find better man.
It is much better to have you
clothes made up by an experienced
tailor than. "a novice, and we have au
thority tc recommend H. Fl. Myrun
for his workmanship, Call and SET
him aud the samples of endles va
rieties of fall and winter clothing
He leads them all in prices and sat
isfactory work.
Ye editor, H. Hawley, has burden
ed upon us the responsibility Of his
journal, while he is taking two
weeks vacation with friends and rel
atives at Hastings, Mimi, and Ham
mond, Wis. We thought some OF
changing the sheet into sporting
journal during his absence but came
to the conclusion that it is better as
it is.
r. W. GiIchrist gave an exhibition
on Third avenue last Monday evening,
showing us the wonderful work done
by the Nutting Fire Extinguis hers.
He picked up number of dry goods
boxes and set them ablaze with a
quantity Of kerosene and while the
flames were at their highest rage,
quelied the blaze with Il "Diamond
Hand Grenade" in the course of
few seconds.
The demo.pops are claiming to
show an exceedingly good moral by
holding their conventions at Rush
more, where no Val Blatz or Mil
waul:ee Lager, "ball bearings can
be obtained and administered to del
egates as to influence them one way
or the other. They may by SO
doing intend to get the prohibition
party attached also to the tail end,
combining all the forces against the
Republicans.
O.G. Grundsten is among the five
delegates selected by the Peoples
party convention to go to Window
and Minneapolis to the congressional
and state convention held the 26th
and 9th. They left on the Tuesday
noon train. MIR. Grundsten will be
gone for at leas two days, as he will
visit all the board of trade and sew
eral wholesale houses with which the
Swedish Mercantile Company does
business. He is expecting to return
Friday night.
Mrs. Elias johnson. living two
miles south of town, called on us last
Saturday and left with us about
half bushel Of apples and that many
of this years product from
her farm, which were some of the very
finest We have ever seen raised in
this country. She also brought a
few ears of corn husked from a fifty
acre field, which she claimed was of