The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-08-17
News In, Brief.


The elevator belonging to the Atlas
Elevator Company, of Minneapolis. at
Redwood Falls, was destroyed by fire.
1t was only partially filed with
wheat.
p Carl Erickson. an s-year-old Crooks
ton lad, fell from roof 20 feet from
the ground, struck against fence
pos: and broke a rib.
Joe Schlanser, who bit off Carroll's
thumb in fight in Moorhead, from
which Carroll died, was held to the
district court for mansiaughter.
The state fair grounds was the
scene of $4,000 fire last night. 80
ciety barn." which. is one of the larg-
est on the grounds, was burned to the
earth.
w. II. Merritt was awarded the con-
tract for building the new city Jail at
Moorhead for 1852. 1t will be a
model city lookup and will be COM
pleted about November /.
The flour mill of John Wait, on Long
Prairie river. one mile west of the
town of Long Prairie, was struck by
lightning and burned with contents
to the ground. Loss about $4,000 with
no insurance.
On application of the committee ap-
pointed to carry out the contract for
the proposed new dam in the Redwood
river the United States fish commits.
sion will, in about three weeks. ship a
lot of young bass to plant in the lake.
Willie Gleason, an inmate of the
asylum, has recently disappeared and
no trace of him has yet been found.
Sheriff Schilplin has been asked by
Sheriff Brown, Sherburne county, to
keep lookout for Emil Gergen, II
years old, the boy who accidentally
shot his mother and then took to the
woods. The people reside at Becker
and twas another case of not know
ing the gun was loaded.
M. N. Anderson's farm residence in
Featherstone was totally destroyed by
fire, the origin of which is unknown.
The loss is about $500.
Crookston is to have a new hospital,
to be opened by the. Benedictine Sis
tiers of Duluth.
Ole Rofstad was drowned while
bathing in the Red river near Hal
stad. A companion. Willie Mactine,
narrowly escaped like fate. -
The large coal docks of the Duluth,
Mesaba & Northern Railway, at Iron
Junction, were partially destroyed by
fire. e., 5..
st. Paul is given nearly 10000 more
people by the special city census than
were recorded in the government CEN
sus. The appropriation for taking
the city's census, proved insufficient
and the council committe is devising
means to raise the necessary 5000. d
Bertanno Louij, an Italian in the
employ Of Sylvan Nadeau as farm
laborer, in Little. Canada. fell from q
load of hay while in the field and died
at the st. Paul city hospital. - =. =. =,
Peter Jurlizel, of St. Paul, was
found running through the street
with his bowels protruding from a
cash in his abdomen. He claimed he
was cutting watermelon and the
knife slipped.
The city council of Rochester has
decided to install a firm alarm sys-
TEN, and two-circuit system, with
10 experimental boxes, will be put in.
operation at once.
The crop outlook has grown to be
better than was expected, and with
the progress Of harvesting good res
ports are coming in from many sec
tons Of this and neighboring states.
n most places II is just between har-
vest and threshing, and the final esti-
mate Of the crop cannot he made un-
til the threshing reports come ii. s
a horse thief visited Faribaul and;
stole . Handsome new buggy belong
ing to Mis-. Emma Hedges, and ..
horse and harness belonging to Apr
Ley Smith The police are on the
truck.