The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-02-27
Prof. Harrington, Of Sheldon, wa
in town Yesterday. 4%29# <s At @

this week to make the town as bad
as Adrian is. T. M r'' ,'. .2s
The ladies aid society of the Meth
odist church met yesterday afternoon
with Mrs. Bly,. ',%
: Frank People came down from
/" Marshall last evening. He will re-
main until Sunday Z. ~, .-' ,,''f'T5
/ We print too early to give an ac-
count Of the lecture by Rev. Forbes
at the Congregational church last
evening. .#s5s
The Delsarte club will meet with
Miss Oaks next Tuesday evening,
March 3rd. All interested in Delsarte
are welcome. ..
Water and electric light dues are
payable on the first of the month.
If paid within s days afterward dis
count will be allowed. If dues are
not daid by the 10th, there will be a
total eclipse. Patrons should bear
this in mind. =" +
Among the attorneys. attending
court this week we note A. j. Daley
and L. S. Nelson, of Luverne, Wilson
Borst, of Window, T. j. Knox, of
jackson, Lorin Cray, Of Mankato, u.
F. hammers, of Heron Lake, z. r
Cheney, of Lake6eld, M. E. Foley.
of Fulda and o. w. Freeman, Of
Adrian. 1.
The store building of g. L. Peter
son has been greatly enlarged the
past week and the goods recently
purchased from the Union Mercan.
tile Co. together with his own make q
large stock. The back partition in
the store has been moved back IA
feet which makes the store over. a
third larger than formerly. i
The Wilder correspondent to the
Window Reporter says: Mr.. Nichols,
our new y citizen, recently: oi
Worthington, found it necessary to
move building from Heron Lake,
and fit up for a residence for his
family. He is building stable, and
things about his premises are assum.
ing an air of homelike comfort. -,
Alfalfa. four crops year, apples
pears, oranges, Strawberries, figs
lemons and olives grow abundantiY
at Fair Oaks, CAL, only II miles from
the Capital city of California and the
finest irrigated farming section in
the country. See US for excursion
rates. Next excurson March 9Th.
HEDBERa & CLAusEN,
28tf Worthington, Mimi.
"Uncle," one of the brightest, clev-
crest comedies ever written, is being
rehearsed by home talent and will be
presented in Masonic hall sometime
in the near future. under the auspices
of the Eastearn Star. The play is
exceptionally brilliant, the situations
highly amusing and the interest in
the plot continues throughout. In
the hands of good performers it can
not fail to please.
At the Presbyterian church next
Sunday morning Rev. Wilson Aull
will speak on the topic: THE Peace
Offering as Type Of the Lords Sup
per-" After the sermon new members
will be received into the church and
the Sacrament of the Lords supper
will be administered. Attic evening
service, the subject of the sermon will
be, "The Man Who Would Have Been
Better if He Had not Been So Good"
In another part of this paper will
be found an ad: of the Chicago Inter
Ocean. The regular subscription
price of that paper is one dollar a
year. BY special contract with
them we are enabled to give the
Weekly Inter Ocean and ADVANCE one
year each for the price of the ADVANCE
alone, $1.5O, when the subscription is
paid for one year in advance. This
offer holds good to old as we'll as new
subscribers. J..
Some sneak of the two by four cali
bre put some ground glass in the oil
cups on the engines at the power
house F iday and come near causing
a great deal of trouble. The glass
was discovered just before starting
up, however, and no harm was done.
It would have taken but short time
to disable the engine with glass for a
Iubricator. The village council have
offered reward of $25 for. informa-
ton leading to the arrest and cotvic-
ton of the guilty party.
On the first of next month Mr.. c..
M. Crandall will open up law Office
in the front rooms over the bank of
Worthington. Mr.. Crandall has been
employed in the law office of Geo.
w. Wilson for some time and will
now start out for himself. He is a
graduate from one of the best law
schools in the United States and he
needs no introduction to the people
of this part Of the state. He is an
upright, honest and hard working
gentleman and is sure to meet with
success in Worthington..
A. K. Albertus expects to move to
Worthington in the near future, and
open up nice line of clothing and
gents furnishing goods. We regret
to loose Mr.. Albertus and his es-