The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-10-28

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such crippled and deformed children.
as we'll as children suffering from dis.
eases likely to result IN permanent de-
The law imposes but one
the regents, which linn
its the amount to be expended in any
one year to s., 900.
Confessed to Murder. :
John Ives, q tramp. who had served
out q thirty days sentence in the Owa-
tonna jail. upon being released, told
the sheriff that one Of the other pris-
oners had made . confident of him and
had confessed that he had fired the
shot which resulted in Policeman
Winkelmann's death at New Ulm two
years ago. The prisoner has gone I'M.
der different names: Ives says he
knows him as Tom Hogan. but he is
now awaiting the action of the grand
jury on charge of larceny under the
name of Michael Enright.
Good Report.
Architect Friebus, of the Indian Of.
fee, has returned from q six weeks
tour of inspection of tho school build.
ings on the western Indian reserva-
tlons. He reports that the buildings
at the reservations in Minnesota and
North and South Dakota are in good
shape. He also reports that the gas
plant established at the Pipestone
school In Minnesota is q success and il
an ideal light for small schools. 1t is
probable that he will recommend the
of such plants in all the
small schools.
Four Victims.
The large barn belonging to Sivert
Berg. living four miles southwest of
Hanley Falls, was totally destroyed by
FIRE. together with all it's contents.
While the workmen were engaged in
clearing away the debris, the remains
of four human beings were found, but
were SO badly burned that they fell to
pieces as soon as disturbed. The vic
Tins are supposed to have been tramps
who had been sleeping in the hay loft.
There was no clue to their identity, as
no one saw them enter the barn.
Personal Property.
A compilation of the readjusted as.
of personal property, as fixed
by the state board of equalization at
its recent session, shows an increase
of about per cent in the total as re-
turned by the county boards. The
total is, however, still about 5000, 600
more than last year. The total valu-
alton returned by the county boards
was $102,21s,6o7. This was raised by
the state board to s105. 612, TIC. an in.
crease of So, 394,os9.
Logging on a Large Scale.
Red lake logging operations are to
be conducted this winter upon very
large scale. especially for the first
year in which logging has been per-
mitted IN much of that portion of Min
nesota's pine region. During the past
month a constant stream of men and
teams has been pouring into the woods
and the preliminary work, such as
road building and the construction of
camps, is we'll under way.
Immense Land Sales.
September was the biggest month
for land sales the Great Northern has
had in the Crookston district for ten
years, and the first half of October
overtops all of September. Six thou
sand acres of land sold in fifteen days
III small tracts to actual settlers and
nearly two thousand acres of that
quantity in Polk county, shows that
the Red River valley leads in it's at.
fractions to new settlers.
News IN Bret.
Tie saw mills at Cloquet have shut
down for want of logs.
Jacob Barge, the we'll known res
tauranteur of Minneapolis, has as
signed.
The cold storage warehouse of the
Eagesser Brewing company at Man.
kato was burned.
Albert Trap, while on his way to
the depot at Little Falls, was robbed
of'$35 and a gold watch.
Giesseps store at North Prairie was
burglarized by two young farmer boys.
They were arrested and the goods. con-
sisting of tobacco, chewing gum, etc,
was found in their possession.
Miss Anna Holland secured . verdict
of SIS against the school directors of
Dover township, Olmstead county. She
had a certificate from Winona county
and Superintendent Chapman refused
to endorse it.
The packing house at New Brighton
has resumed operations. The yards
are taxed to the utmost to handle the
business, and p. S. Shufeldt. the pro.
prietor, sees every prospect of running
the plant continuously.
Peter E. Nelson shot and attempted
TO kill his brother, Andrew Nelson, at
New Boston. Andrew was not dan
gerously wounded. Immediately after
the shooting, Peter gave himself up to
the authorities. He is evidently de-
ranged.
In the neighborhood of 100000 bass
fry and so, 600 croppies were placed in
the river at Redwood Falls.
The postoffice department has ar
ranged for handling the mails on the
street cars between st. Paul and Min
neapolis and New Brighton, also be-
tween the general Office in Minneap.
oils and sub-stations.
Customs Collector Willcutts, at Du.
luth, refused to allow % Italians. who
came from Canada, to land from the
Canadian steamer Monarch. Thirty