The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1874-12-18

perjury 90. AN agent Of : the
Nebraska State aid society
reports that 1890 grasshopper sufferers in
that State will need daily rations aud
cloth: 8 until they can raise something to
subsist upon in the Spring. Judge John
J. Elliott, Of the circuit co rt Of Baltimore
county, has commenced suit against the
altimore American for libel with DANA.
ges at 950, 900, 70: criticisiny the action Of
the court. ~. M. Deart, a prominent
anti~monopoly politician Of Iowa, died at
his home in Independence Of lock jaw, yes
terday, superinduced by = gun shot
wound received while hunting Thanksgiv-
i:g day. DR.. James V. z. Blaney, a
well-known physician and professor Of
analytical chemistry in Rush Medical Col.
lese, died at his residence in Chicago yes.
terday morning, aged 81 years. %. The
right Of Mr.. Beecher to demand bill OF
particulars Of Tilton has been decided in
the Affirmative, and the case now goes over
to Je nuary.
MONDAY, Dec. l4.-Jack O'Neil, a no.
torious Northern Pacific rough, was killed
Friday "ight by Paddy Hall, by revolver
shot. Hall gave himself up. The Ver-
mont reform school at Waterbury was
burned Saturday. ....A Annie Gallagher OF
Columbus, O., attempted suicide Friday
night by taking a large dose cf vitriol
Before taking tie poison she dressed her
self in shroud bought for the purpose
and retired to bed taking the poison with
her. TIE revolution in Buenos Ayres is
ended. King Kalakaua arrived in WASH
ington yesterday. Gen. Sheridan reiter.
ates his assertion th.t there are no whites
prospecting for gold in the Black Hills.
TUESDAY, Dec. l5.-Mr. Walsh, of St.
Louis, has been appointed supervisor ar
chitect Of the Treasury H. Jones,
Of somerville, Mass, murdered Mrs. 0. B.
Barry Sunday, and then cut his own
throat, doing bot)' deeds with a razor. -.
The Republic newspaper, started in New
York about two months ago as an admins.
traticn paper, suspended yesterday.
The chic: engineer Of the St. Louis gas
works was killed Sunday by an explosion.
..Seventeen thousan dollars " >rth OF
tenement houses were burned at Brighton,
o., yesterday. Martin Keith, s. Co.'S
shoe factory at Campbell, Mass, was
burned Saturday night. Loss $3.50, 900 !;
insurance $4,000. Nearly 200 hands
are thrown out Of employment. Five
children of John Dotterich, of Preakness,
N. j., playing on the ice sunday, broke
through and were drowned ia fire at
Boston last night destroyed ten buildings
1.-THE report o. the Commissioners to
wind up the freedmen's savings bank,
say the total liabilities reach nearly 81, ,00O,-
600, with only about $lo0, 600 assets.
"WEDNESDAY, Dec. l6.-Several disas-
trons fires occurred yesterday. One at
Boston destroyed proper y to the value Of
nearly half a million; another at Charles
town, suburb Of Boston, with loss Of
between two and three hundred thousand
collars; the nail factory, rolling mill, ma
chine shops, ETC., Of the J. & J. Rogers
iron company at Au Sable Forks, N. Y,
with loss OF abont @l25,00O, and the
Champion cotton mills at Charleston, S.
c., involving losss of about $3.50, 600, ali
partially insured. The Merchants Ex-
change and Board Of Trade Of St. Louis,
have united in a memorial praying Con-
eress to grant the aid asked by the Texas
Pacific railway. Mayor Cobb was re-
elected Mayor of Boston yester-
day by $4,000 Majority. -. The
murder Of the two Kelly Brothers,,
some fifty miles from Bismarck and Of a
Swede at Heart river, six miles frora Bis
marck, Saturday, is reported. No par
ticulars. ....U. S. Deputy Marshal, C. J..
Miller, and H. c. Mccarthy, sheriff of
Burleigh county, while driving on the
Missouri river above Bismarck, Sunday,
drove into an air hole and both men aid
team were drowned. %. The Dakota lexis-
lature has unanimously adopted memo
rial to Congress for the division Of that ter
ritory by an east and west line. .. The
nomination Of Marshall Jewell as postmas-
ter General was yesterday confirmed by
the Senate. King Kalakaua was formal
ly presented to President Grant yester.
day Small pox is prevailing to an
alarming extent in st. Louis The trial
Of Count Won Arnim is concluded and
uagme It will probably be rendered Satur-
day.