The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1874-10-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

FRIDAY, Oct. 2.-The Secretary OF til
Treasury yesterday made cali for $40,
00o,0o0in 5-2Os, FIR redemption With
three months The public debt state
ment shows reduction Of four hundre,
thirty-fve thousand, four hundred ant
seventeen dollars, during September.
Hon. A. e. Miller, Of Milwaukee, die,
Wednesday evening. Mr. Miller wen
to Milwaukee as Territorial Judge in 1888
and was appointed District Judge by Pres
ident Polk in ls45, and held the oflic,
until lie resigned last spring. >. The grea
society event Of tho ser Un 1T Washington
was the marriage Thursday Of Thos. w
Fitch to Miss Minnie Sherman, daughter
OF Gen. Tecumseh Sherman. An immense
crowd witnessed the ceremonies, which
were performed by Archbishop Purcell, o.
Cincinnati. Among the guests were Presi
dent Grant and members Of the Cabinet,
members Of the diplomatic corps, distin-
guished army and navy officers. and prom
inent civilians, nearly all accompanied by
ladies'; the number Of notables present
exceeding that on any like occasion ever
assembled in that city. The
Grand Hotel at Saratoga was
burned yesterday. The building was
worth about $500, 900; insured for $780,
600. The furniture was insured tor
$4,000. Other fires yesterday were the
FIRST Baptist church, New Haven, c.
Loss $50,oU0, insurance $4,000, and
seven large oyster houses and two dwell
inys at Crsdeld, Nd. loss $4,000, in
surance 5000. -. Congressional nomi-
nations yesterday; Democrats-O. +. .Allin
I'D N. y, Geo. NJ. Beebe, 18th N. Y,
W. F. Mcfarland, lst Tenn; Republican,
Hon. Horace II. Maynard, Tenn, I. C.
Platt, 9th N. Y, Marcus $. Ward, 9Th
II. j.. and +. W. Sumner, Texas . Prof.
Donaldson, accompanied by members Of
the press, made u sncce ssful ascension from
Pittsbure, Pa, yesterday. 80. Capt. Collins
Of the Kansas militia, while on the trail
of an Indian war path, discovered the
dead bodies Of five buffalo hunters killed
81.
They We're all scalped. :. Mr.. Jno. Mitch
ell, of Irish fame, having failed in secur-
ing nomination to Parliament, is return
ing to America, sailing Thursday The
Independents Of Nevada, have nominated
full State ticket, being made up OF seven
Democrats and four Republicans.
SATURDAY, Oct. 2.-Commodore NJ. 3.
Woolsey, commandant of Pensacola Navy
Yard, died there Friday of yellow fever
....The President las appointed John NJ.
Thatcher, of Virginia, Commissioner o.
Patents, vice N. D. Leggett, resigned, to
take effect November lst. -. Elmer C.
Washburne, ct Chicago, has been COM
missioned chief OF the secret service bur-
eau Of the United States -. The shipping
house of DeWolf & Co., of New York,
have failed. ....At the Peoples Conven-
ton for St. Louis county, Friday. Edwin
y. Stanuard was re-nominatcd for Con-
gress in the first district, the nomination
Of Erastus Wells, Democrat, in the second
district, endorsed, and Robert i. Wingate
nominated in the third district. The
railroad commissioners of the Northwest
ern States, in session at Madison, Wis.,,
during The week, adjourned Friday, after
adopting form for reports, so that the
railroad statistics of Illinois, Iowa, Min
nesota and Wisconsin, will be collected
and published in uniform series Of tables.
The next meeting will be held at Spring
field, ILL.,, the 28th Of December
next. The Nashville, Tennessee,
blood.horse association opens Monday the
5th. One hundred of the best blooded
racers Of Tennessee and Kentucky are al
ready on the ground, and more expected.
....Gov. Brown, Democratic candidate
Tor Governor OF Tennessee, opened his per-
sonal campaign at Columbus, Tenn, Fri
day.. The President and Mrs. Grant left
Washington to-day for St. Louis. He was
accompanied by Gen. Babcock, ex-Secre-
tary OF the Navy Borie, and Mrs. Borie.
The President will attend the unveiling
Of the Lincoln statue at Springfield, and
will not return to Washington until after
the marriage Of his son, Lieut.. Col. T.. D.
Grant, which takes p]sce in Chicago this
month. >. Chas. Summers estate has been
appraised, and is valued at s134, 724. 90.
A water spout on the Humboldt division Of
the c. P. r. R. Thursday night, washed
out piece Of track, into which an emf
grant train drawn by two locomotives
plunged. Both engineers were instantly
killed. Col. Wingate, captain Of the
American rifle club, has formally accepted
the challenge of the Irish team to shoot a
return match in Dublin during the sum-
mer Of 1875. Fire record Friday Green
Point, L. l., tenements and box factories :;
loss over S1Oo, 900. Circleville, O., three
dwellings and $4,000 worth Of broom
corn belonging to Edward Smith.
Sherman & Norcross saw and planning mill,
Glenn Falls, New York, $4,000. Car
riage factory Of Henry Tinken, St. Louis,
$4,000. VIM. Clark & Co.'S saw mill,
Martin, Ohio, SO, 500. The first fruits of
the New Orleans compromise is witnessed
in the dismissal of Thos. Wynne, assist
ant supervisor, and Wm. Davis, clerk,
Tor obstructing registration.
MONDAY, Oct. 5.-The executive COM
mittee Of the Democratic party of Alabama
have issued an address to the people Of the
United States denying the truth OF the re-
ported ontrages in that State: and assert
ing that the charges were made for politi-
cal effect. They also state that the rations
donated by Congress for sufferers in the
ovcrdowed districts are being used as a cor
ruption fund by the Republicans. :. .Ad-