The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-07-21
GOPHER GOSSIP.

City Rapid Transit company, If plans
now in the minds OF stockholders ma
ture "as Gl$@M ~ ,D
Moorhead-The city board Of equal.
eaton has finished Its work of revis.
ing assessments and has given out that
the valuation of personal property In
the city is see, $40. 49,. /. IN
,Eveleth-The decomposed body Of
August Il jornson was found in
swamp alongside an old road four
miles from Shaw and fifteen miles
from here, by Ole Holmquist
Elbow Lake-John Hutchison,. Jr.
son of Professor j. G. Hutchison OF
the Greek department OF the state uni
versity, was drowned in Ten Mile
lake, between here and Dalton. +
Duluth-Earnest Ballman, mayor of
Laurium. Mich. and president of a
bank in that city, dropped dead in the
lobby of the Spalding hotel here in the
presence of score or more of guests.
Northfeld-A mysterious club OF
young ladies has been formed in the
city. They are styled ''The Beau
Nots." From their meeting on porch
es, they are also called ''Tbe Porch
club"
St. Paul-Bessie Mcdonald was found
adrift in q row boat on Lake Como at
2 O'clock in the morning. She evident
w had foated about the lake the
greater portion of the night before she
was found.
South St. Paul-Michael O'Toole
was found not guilty by jury before
he was tried on charge of violating
the Sunday closing law. Former Ma
yor Lyle had sworn out the warrant
against O'Toole.
St. Paul-Edward T. Young, attor-
ney general, gave an opinion that the
Northwestern National Life Insurance
company of Minneapolis must pay its
9 per cent tax on its premiums,
am ounting to something over S14,oo
Winona-The spontaneous explo'
sion of barrel of fly mixture in
barn came near killing Arthur Swartz'
a boy nine years old. He was chasing
a kitten into the barn and just as he
entered the door the fly mixture ex-
ploded.
South St. Paul.-"shipments of
sheep from the west this year will
not equal last years record, SAID
William Rae, who has just completed
a trip through Montana, Washington
and Oregon, investigating the sheep
situation.
Redwood Falls-This town has a
population of l., 800, gain of III over
the census of FIVE years ago. The town
has about one-tenth of the population
of the county, indicating that the lat
ter will reach 10, 600, q gain of 1000 in
Ave years
MISUNDERSTANDING that her boy
might 90 insane, Mrs. Conner appeared
before the state board OF pardons to
secure if possible the release OF her
son, Raymond NJ. Conner, sentenced to
the state training school on charge
of petit larceny. -
Two Harbors - The underground
barn at Leonard mine, northeast OF
here, was destroyed by fire and six
horses and three mules persisted. The
origin of the fire is unknown, but it is
supposed that it communicated from
miners candle left burning in the
| timbers.
Wabasha-Claud Preston, aged 81
wears, was drowned at Pugh's point,
three miles below this city. He and
some companions were in bathing, and,
being unable to swim, he was carried be.
yond his depth. The current is swift,
owing to high water: The body was
| recovered.
Duluth-F. c.. Laird of Skibo, of the
firm of Nolan Brothers & Laird, has
put a deal by which he acquires tract
of timber in the neighborhood of Ski
BIO, aggregating about 100, 900, 900 feet
This will include practically all the
marketable timber still standing in
the vicinity.
Winona-A voluntary petition in
bankruptcy has resulted in Referee
Burns declaring H. w. Rogers and
Rudolph G. Guenther, co.partners as
the Winona Floral company, bank
rupt, and on account of the perishable
condition of the stock, J. W. Booth
has been named receiver.
St. Paul-Au opinion by Judge Pol
lock handed down in the United States
circuit court of appeals approves the
decision of Judge Lochren in the fed
eral circuit court in the suit OF BUS
sell Sage as assignee of the Hastings &
Dakota Railway in the United States,
which was against Sage. 4
Hastings - Owing to drivewheel
tires giving way, the Pioneer Limited,
eastbound, was detained q mile above
st. Croix Junction for several hours.
Rigs were sent over after many pas
sengers, who were Hastings people.
BY the trains stopping where it did, a
serious accident was averted.
MISUNDERSTANDING journcyed all
the way from Havre, France, to gaze
upon the scenes immortalized by
Longfellow, Pierre La Rue was struck
on the head by . rock and rendered
| unconscious at Minnehaha falls. The