The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1874-10-03

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30.-Secretaries
Bristow and Belknap are in Washington
once more =. .. The Atlantic block, Long
Branch, formerly the Helmbold block, was
burned Tuesday night Loss 950,000....
1t is estimated the assessors deputies of
San Francisco, now under arrest, appro-
priated at least 100000 Of public funds
to their owu uses James Glenn, tor
many years one of the leading proprietors
of the Cincinnsti Gazette, died at his resi-
dence in that city Tuesday, after pro-
tracted illness .. George Brown the cham
pion oarsman of Nova Scotia has chal.
lenged Joseph H. Sadler, champion 0.
England, for five mile race for $1,000
to 900 a side, to row at Springfield,
Mass, Halifax, or St. john, N. B. the last
week in October or first in November. ....
The Irish rifle team defeated by the Amer
leans at Creedmoor the other daysbave is
sued challenge for return game at
Dublin, June 1875, on the same terms as
the recent contest. The American team
accept the challenge. .. Gov. Woodson,
of Missouri, has appointed twenty dele
gates at large and two from each Congress
sional district to the capital removal con-
vention to be held at Louisville, KY, Oct.
%. "A collision OH the Utica and Che
mango Valley r. R., Tuesday, resulted in
the killing of three persons on the passen-
ger train and the serious wound
ing of several others. Robert Tenn
pleton, ,of Dudley, Mass, who shot
hi. wife dead on tie 5th of May last, plead
guilty of murder in the second degree
Tuesday, and was sentenced to State
prison for life :. i. !. The Wisconsin Supreme
Court yesterday vacated the exemption
made in favor of the Prairie du Chic II
road. relieving it from compliance with the
Potter railroad law Washington dis
patches say between three and four hun
dred employees, principally women, are
to be discharged from the printing bureau
-. The adjourned New York Liberal Re-
publican State Convention, at Albany yes
terday, declared it unwise to make nomi-
nations and adjourned. -. The following
nominations for Congressman from the
districts embraced in the city Of St. Louis
were made yesterday : First district, E..
C. Kehr; second district, Z. Wells, present
incumbent third district, Wm. H. Stone,
present incumbent. >. The total loss by
the fire at Lenoxville, Ont, Monday, is
now stated at s200, 900. The cotton crop
in the Memphis district shows falling of
of 43 per cent. from last years returns.
A hurricane at Charleston, South Carroll.
ma, Tuesday, did great damage along the
harbor, injuring wharves, etc. The low
storm sea wall, known as the Battery, was
laid in ruins. A number of buildings ir
the city were blown down, including til,
large new theatre. Estimated damag,
S250,0O0.
THURSDAY, Oct. 1.-The Duke Of Leis
ter is dead, aged 50 years :. .Moulton'
bail in the Edna Proctor libel suit ha
been reduced from 10000 to 50 00o..
NJ. D. Leggett, Commissioner of Patents
is to reign. The running time Of east
ern cotton mills is to be still further re
! ducea. Mead, the sculptor, has return
ed home from Florence. :. Merchants il
New York believe the underwriters an,
+ officials Of Chicago will effect compro
mise. >. The commissioners appointed t
= wind up the affairs Of the Freedmen