The Worthington advance., 1896-09-03

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Helen Keller, the wonderful young
blind and deaf girl, who has started
on course of study at Radcliffe
College and whose history is intense
ly interesting>to to everyone, is effect
lively written about and pictured in
Demorest's Magazine for October.
Andy Anderson a former brakeman
on the B., G. R. & N. r. R. couple
years ago, but now resident of Ash
ton, Ia, is here with a Mr.. Tabb
Napps erecting house and barn for
our enterprising hardware man, F. R.
Patterson, on Section 8 in Hersey
township.
Geo. w. Brant was met with sur
prise last Saturday evening when
opening his mail finding two R. R. pass
es for himself and wife to the State
Fair at the Twin Cities. This was the
kindness and forethought of their son
John W. Brant who is a conductor on
a freight train running through here
on the Omsha.
The Swedish Baptist church of In
dian Lake is experiencing steady
increase in number as we'll as spirit
ual strength with their Jealous pastor
in the lead. They are bound to win.
AS many as sixteen new members
have been added lately by baptism.
There are more to follow. Let t'',,'
good work continue.
A reception was rendered Mss
Carrie Allen last Thursday night at
the residence Of w. W. Loveless. 4
large crowd of her young friends
were present. and all enjoyed a pleas
ant evening. Miss Carrie departed
Saturday for St. Paul to take in the
fair and from there will go to Little
Falls, Mimi, where she has position
as teacher il the high school.
Ren. Mccartney, one of N7orthing-
toms popular citizens, comes out in
this issue with an announcement for
sheriff. Mr.. Mccartney will come
before the republican convention to
try for the nomination and will prob
ably get it. He is a man of consider
able experience in this line and if
nominated and elected Mobiles county
will have model sheriff.
Warren and Chester Odell, of Owa-
tonna, Mimi, have been the guests of
the Saxon boys for few days, stop
ping at the old homestead in Indian
Lake. They came on a pleasure trip
on their wheels, extending their tour
into South Dakota to visit an uncle.
They have travelled abont 800 miles.
They were William Saxon sclassmates
at the Owatonna academy few years
ago.
The stalwart form and statue of
Mr.. Albert Hector, of Indian Lake,
was seen in town last week. Mr..
Hector is spoken of as an available
log Of timber for the erection of the
peoples party fences at the coming
county election in the capacity of
county commissioner for the lst dis.
trict to succeed E. A. Tripp, of Round
Lake. The party could certainly not
find better man to fill the response
BILE position. Mr.. Hector is we'll ed
ucated and posted on all issues of
the day and is holding and has held
several township Offices in the past.
Adrian Guardian: T. G.. Nichol-
son, late of the Worthington Herald,
has started the third paper at St..
James, to be known as the Gazette.
It will be for sound money and repub
licanism and is bound to succeed.
The Guardian is pleased to see
mick" in the harness again so close
to home, and congratulates St. James
upon securing SO able a newspaper.
Will Kennedy returned to Wor-
thington Monday after a weeks
pleasant visit in and around Adrian.
He will leave in couple of weeks for
Minneapolis to attend college, and
will have the best wishes of his many
Adrian friends. . . Mrs. F. E. Little.
field visited friends in Worthington
yesterday and today.
The entertainment given at the A.
O. U. W. Hall last Friday night un-
der the auspices of the ladies of the
Presbyterian Church was sanguinely
appreciated by the goodly attendance