The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-03-03
MINNESOTA TAT NEWS

MIN NES()TA STA. Z 3, NE VS.
Minnesota Butter.
Minnesota will be representcdsst tho
annual meeting Of the National Cream
cry Butter makers at Topeka, Kas.. by
three coach loads Of butter makers and
so tubs Of the states best samples Of
| butter. Minnesota has two places on
the program. Prof. T. :. Hacker, Of I
the state agricultural college, and H. 4
=. Schuknecht, Of Albert Lea, will
| take part. The so tubs from Mime.
sofa are expected to score 95 points or
better, and a prize of IS, 1000 is to be di-
vided between all scoring that and
over. Minnesota stood high last year.
but butter men say her samples are
better this year.
Territorial Pioneers. go "a
A general reunion of old settlers
who came to Minnesota prior to 1858
was held at Little Falls in response to.
invitations sent out by Hon. Nathan
Richardson, secretary of the Terri
torial Pioneers society. About 50 were
present, among whom were Hon. VIM.
r. Lee, Of Long Prairie, and ex-Sen-
ator Geo. Feissel, of North Prairie.
both of whom made speeches, after
which several hours were spent in
talking over old times The banquet
was held at Hotel Buchanan.
Want the State to Pay. >*--
Beltrami county officials want the
| &o1@ 70 %heH
bills growing out of the killing of
Game Warden Wetzel by the Indians.
The doctors ask for $50, of which 800
is for care for the Indians shot by Wet
eel. DR.. j. B. Gilfllan, the White
Earth missionary, urges the commits
sion not to push the prosecution of the
murderers. The commission. however.
urges the fullest prosecution.
Iguatius Donnelly Married.
A wedding which has created great
sensation and an unusual amount of
talk and interest in Minneapolis. and.
In fact, all over the northwest, or
wherever the distinguished bridegroom
is known, was solemnized in Mime
apolis Feb. %, at high noon, when Ig-
natius Donnelly was united in the holy
bonds of matrimony to Miss Marion
Olive Hanson. the 22-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Hanson.
Postmaster Burned to Death.
The postoffice at Runeberg. six miles.
from Menahga, was burned. and POST
master Olaf Kartunen was burned to
death. He lived alone and slept in the
building. No one knew of the fire I'M
| riy1r xvyho h 10 hid v1
was found in the RUNS
| News IN Brief
The clergymen of st. Paul have de-
cided to take an active part in munich
pal affairs in that city, to work vigor-
ously in primal and on the curb and
to form distinct citizens movement
if possible.
The saloonkeepers of Crookston gave
a ball on Washington's birthday.
President James J. Hill has promised
the citizens of st. Cloud new Great
Northern depot of native granite and
extensive capacity. The St. Cloud peo-
pie, IN return. promise to ship in and
out via the Great Northern.
The warehouse of the Anheuser-
Busch Brewing company at St. Paul.
was damaged by fire to the extent of
$4,000. .
DR.. l.. N. Lyon and Mr.. and Mrs.
Shattuck, OF Minneapolis. have been
chosen by the St. Paul gun club to
represent that organization at the an
nual meeting of the American gun
club, to be held at Elkwood, N. J.
This will be one of the greatest tour
naments ever held IN the United States.
The North Swedish Mission church
in Minneapolis was damaged by fire to
the extent of $500.
The state executive committee of the
Y. NJ. c. A. has reorganlzed by the
election of N. R. Frost, st. Paul, presi-
dent; c. S. Ward, Minneapolis, secre-
tary; R. II. Chute, Minneapolis, treas
urer. State Secretary Francis and As
sistant Secretary Hill were reelected.
Executive Agent Fullerton, of the
state game and fish commission,
seized two boxes of white or pin-tailed
grouse at the Minnesota Transfer. The
birds were being shipped through to
Boston and were consigned to J. w.
Little & Sons, st. Paul.
Fire at Duluth did $25, 900 damage to-
the Chambe of Commerce.
The merchants of Montgomery have
organized a board of trade.
After three years of quiet, the Mil
waukee road will reopen its station at
Carver.
The farm house of E. e. Rogers, near
Stewartville, was partially burned.
w. NJ. Smith, Minneapolis grocer.
was fined s25 or 30 days, after plead
ing guilty to the charge of selling bak-
ing powder containing alum without
it being marked as provided by the
state law.
At the special meeting of the state
board of charities and corrections at
the state capitol to elect successor to
Secretary Hart, James F. jackson,
secretary of the st. Paul associated
charities, was named.
General Wade has announced the
sentence of Private Eckhardt, COM
pany A, Third infantry, Fort Smelling.
For quarreling with Captain Hannay,
Eckhardt gets five months of hard
labor with a pay forfeit of SO per
| month.
Mrs. Anna Slepika, a Bohemian wo-
man, died at Eastern, aged los years.
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