The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1874-12-11
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


City pastor, for some time past OH trial TO
the alleged seduction OF Miss Pomeroy
has been acquitted on every count. {. j.. Th'
entire business portion Of Wilton, N. H.
was destroyed by Gre yesterday. Los
$1,000. 900. The prohibitionists Of New
Hampshire have nominated full State
and Congressional ticket. -. The Supreme
Court OF Ne y York has affirmed the jurjs.
diction Of the court before which Boss
Tweed vas tried, convicted and sentenced,
leaving him no loop hole Of escape from
serving out his sentence except through a
writ OF error. -. Yesterday in Estella
county, Ky, John D. White, Republican
Congressman elect from the 9th district,
shos, and killed Il. Cocknell, his Demo.
:rat'c competitor. The trouble grew out
Nthe canvass, which was very bitter and
personal. -. The colored men propose a
national convention in Washington, to
urge the passage Of the civil rights bill, the
Sth inst. The New York Times says the
loss i'll operating the Pacific mail
is 81 AZ, ,2lo. Senator Howe uf Wis
c"nsin has written letter with respect to
the approaching senatorial election in that
State, strongly endorsing the claims Of
Senator Carpenter for reelection, on the
ground that he has done as much to dis.
tinguish W isconsin and the West as any
one whoa the West ever sent to Wash
ington. IA meeting Of colored men rep
resenting twenty cotton counties of Ala
banaa, was held Tuesday to concert me.s-
ures for wholesale emigration to States
where the colored men are in the majority.
....T The schooner Star with all the crew,
was lost on Lake Ontario Tuesday night.
....S. G.. Robinson, member Of the firm
Ct c. IL Be..edict & Co. OF New York city,
committed suicide st the Grand Pacific
hotel Chicago, Tuesday. No cause known.
1.-Two thirds Of the town Of KarEs City
in the oil region tt Pennsylvania, as t'es-
troyed by fire yesterday. Seven.y- FIVE
buildings, including two hotels and the
post Office were burned. Loss 800,
with small insurance. "A negro 6end
named Isaac Rutiin met and outraged Me.
lissa Adams also colorcd, near Naricn,
Ark, Saturday. Later the same evening
Rufin met Maggie Il sister Of Melissa, and
outraged her person. Shortly after Ruff:
was arrerte,l when forty or fifty negroes
took him out OF the hands Of the officers
and shot him to death, literally riddling
his body with bullets. .. The English
steamer Leplata foundered at sea off
Ushant the 29th ult., and sixty persons
drowned, only fourteen OF those on board
being rescued.
FRIDAY, Dec. 4.-Fifteen hundred more
striking mechanics On the idle list at New
York. frederick A. Docke:y, the
American arrested in Cuba as SPY, has
been Iardoncl. %. Among the officers OF
the Grand Fncampment elected by the
Knights Telnplar at New Orleans yester-
day, was Benton H. Lanley, of Winon, as
Grand Senior Warden. .. The Secretary
of War states that his report will show
that the actual expenditure Of the war de-
partment for the year endiAg June 30th,
1873, including river and harbor improve
ments, We're s46, ,325, 1903. .2l, and that the
same for the last fiscal year, ending June
30th, 1874, were s62 1926, ,3l47l showing
a reduction OF s3,99s, 1898. so. -. Wilbur
F. Story, Of the hicago Times, was mar
ricd Wednesday evening to Mrs. Eureka
c. Pearson. :. i. Judge Durrrell, the noto
rious Of New Orleans, has forwarded his
resignation to the President Should it he
accepted it will put a stop to the impeach-
mont proceedings now standing over him
1.-THE annual report of the Attorney
General shows that out Of 996 arrests in
the South unoer the enforcement act, only
twelve we're found guilty 80. Three negroes
were taken from the Jail at Morganfield,
Ky, Tuesday night, by a party Of masked
men and hanged. 1ncendiarism was their
crime. -, Rev. B. Davidson, pas
tor Of St. Johns Episcopal church,
Of Cincinnati, died yesterday morning
....A Kingston. Jamaica, letter put the
damage to that island Ivy the typhoon OF
Nov. lst, at $3.50 900. The calaboose at
Pontiac, ILL.,, was burned, and Frank
and Samuel Downing, who were confined
in it for disorderly conduct, were burn.
ed to death. They were sons Of an old
and respected citizen. .. Booths theatre,
New York, was sold yesterday by order OF
the Supreme Court, by foreclosure. The
property was bought by Oliver Ames, Of
Boston, for, for $3s5,0oo, subject to u
mortgage Of S276, 900. Prot. Marsh oi
Yale College has arrived at Cheyenne, w.
r.. with two tons Of lurs from the Bad
Lands south of the Black Hills. i. Presi.
dent Mcmahon delivered his message te
the French Assembly yesterday. He say:
there is a decided improvement in tn,
financial condition Of the country, that th.
agricultural product has reached an un
precedented figure, the export trade neve
80 considerable, while her standing anon,
foreign countries is most satisfactory.
SATURDAY. Dec. 5.-The tria! Of Davit
A. Gage, lac treasurer Of Chicago, charge.
with detalcation, resulted in. his acquittal
The amount Of tho alleged defalcation j
over half million. -. The government G
Manitoba having resigned. new one ha
been formed Of three instead of Eve mem
hers rs before. A saving Of about $1,000
per year will be effected by this chang,
which inclu los the abolition of the unn,
house and the Off :e Of Attorney Genera
....By the explosion ofa pneumatic cy
inder intended to form part Of the pier ,
the railroad bridge across the Taun:e
river near Fall River, Mass, yesterda,
- three workmen were killed outright az