The Worthington advance., 1901-03-08

with the grip. $ }t'.
The county commissioners are il
session this week.
7 Mrs. Geo. D. Dayton loft Wednes'-
day for Minneapolis.
James Ramage went to Sioux City
Wednesday afternoon.
L Ed. Wilson and con Earl made =
trip to Heron Lake Wednesday.
For Sale -75 Plymouth Rock
chickens. Enquire at this office.
@. r. Woodcock, Of Waverly is now
employed in F. G.. Stitsers harness
shop. ~, j>
Money to loan at loweet current
rates on real estate. Apply to Wal
tor Aagaard. = i;
Fred Mohl went to Colorado Tues.
day. Frank johnson expected to go
with him. 49,
The New York Bargain Store pays
the highest market price for old iron
and copper:
Messrs. Harry Ruprecht and DIR.
Stover, Of Bigelow were count y seat
visitors Tuesduy.
Rev. McKinzie, of Brewster, was
the guest OF Rev. Carl Anderson
Saturday.
See M. E. Lawton about those
Northern lands and his low every
day excursion rates
Svante Kali, janitor at the conlt.
house, is housekeeper while his wife
and family are enjoying visit with
her parents, G. Sundberg, Dewald.
A petition is being circulated in
Pipestone praying for the incorpora
ton of that town as a city, on the
same plan as given in these columns
last week.
Eight hundred pounds of sulphur
was used in fumigating the school
house Saturday. If quantity counts
microbes of every description ought
to be extinct in that building.
B. F. Chute left Tuesday night
for Ulen, Clay Go, with his personal
effects in car loaded at Reading.
He expects to make that place his
permanent residence hereafter.
Go to the Red Flag sign next door
to Billiard Hall for bargains. All
goods at one-half price and some at
one fourth of cost.
Carl Graaf moved here Tuesday
with his family from Hartley, la,
locating on a farm of two hundred
and forty acres in Sec 13 and IA Elk,
which he purchased recently for cash.
Tho apportionment of state school
funds for Mobiles county amounts to
$3642.5O, $1.25 per pupils; Rock
county gets 2777.50; Pipestsone,
2947.5O: Murray, 3906.25; Jackson,
$43Ol. .25; Cottonwood, 3345.
Jos. Joynson left Tuesday for Ok
lahoma. Having sold his farm in
Elk he expects to purchase in Okla
homa. While there he will visit. all
of the former Mobiles county residents
An oratorical contest took place
Saturday evening between contes-
tants of st. James and Window at
the first named town resulting in St.
James winning first honors in orator
ical and dramatic and Window first
in humorous.
Floyd Wolcott was taken with
small pox, Wednesday and with Hen
ry Blume, quarrantined in the latters
photograph car. The car will be
moved from it's present location on
second avenue and the boys taken to
M. L. Millers.
A party was given at the home OF
Peter Peterson on the banks of the
Ocheeda Saturday evening in honor
of Mrs. Peterson's birthday. Re-
freshments were served and dancing
afforded the principal amusement, all
present haing delightful tim.
Albert Schultz returned Tuesday
from attending the funeral of of bis
father in Blue Earth county. His
father died before he reached there.
He was only sick about-eight hours
with heart trouble, age 63, the funer-
al occurring on his birthday.
Two young mon at Mankato plead
guilty to charge of assault and
paid fine of 50 and costs for put
ting saltpetre mixed with tobacco in
pipe given to third party to
smoke. AS soon as the tobacco was
lit an explosion followed badly
burning the smokers face SO that it
was necessary to have physicians
attention. - j.; s. +
Christ Niemann, Of Fountain City.
Wis.,, arrived Wednesday with hie
household goods and expects hit