The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-04-30
THE NEWS.

THE NEWS.
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The suit Of Mis- Alice Early against the Chi :
cage Times for libel has resulted In : verdict
"gainst the publisher for ~, 900. Miss Rarly
10 tho daughter Of ex.Lieutenant Governor
Early, of Rockford. Illinois. The libel con-
sisted of = published letter, in which it was
Itated that Miss Early bore improper relations
toex.Senator Crawford. :
Troops have been dispatched after the blood.
thirsty Cheyenne Indians in Kansas, and i..
teresting news from that quarter may b look
ed tor.
W.P. Wilcox, formerly Of st. Paul.. COM
mitted suicide At Fort Garry, recently, Cause ;.
financial embarrassment. I. ,~ss-s ~ I
Another raid into Texas by the Mexican rob-
hers II reported from Brownsville. United
States troops have been sent after them, and it
is expected that the greasers will suffer.
The steamer Edgar Stuart, engaged in the
coast trade, has been declared forfeited to the
United States for fitting out and departing for
foreign port without necessary clearance pa
pers.
A rough known as Black River Bill, who is
we'll known in many towns in the Northwest,
has been arrested in Canada for robbing
hotel.
A. detachment Of cavalry, under lieutenant
Austin Henley, Of the 9Th cavalry, surrounded
. party of 27 hostile Indians, in Kansas. last
demanded their surrender. The demaud was
answrred by bullets, when the soldiers opened
fire in return and killed them all.
Advices from Kansas state that large band
ofOsage Indians are now on the war path, and
will probably be heard from in the Southwest
ern part Of the State,, avenging the killing o
four Of their tribe by the State militia.
The war department has advioes OF another
raid of the Mexican robbers into Texas.
A dangerous five dollar note on the first ma
tional bank of Paxon. ILL.,, is in circulation in
the Northwestern States.
John Heard was arrested at Council Bluffs,
on the 9th, charged with the murder of John
Dowlan, At Avoca, Wis.
A Mrs. Bishop was knocked dswn and rob.
bed OF $40, on = street in New York, last
week. The robber was captured after hard
chase. 3
A suburb Of Bismarck, called Pleasant Point,
was swept away by the flood, recently. No
Prot. Donaldson, the baloonist, made trip
In his ar car from Philadelphia, the other day
and alighted near Acton, N. J. His balloon be-
came unmanageable, on landing, and was
lost
Reports from Indiana, Ohio, and portions of
Pennsylvania report the damage to fruits and
winter wheat by the recent frosts to be tar
greater than first reported. Peaches in Ohio
were totally destroyed.
The Union Pacific railway is in bad fix,
Il is reported that the track is washed out in
many places-one break extending two hund-
led miles. Don't start for the Pacific slope un-
til the breech is filed.
A frightful calamity occurred at New Or
leans, on Friday, March 23d. Three steamers
lying At the levee took fire and were burned to
the waters edge, q large number Of passengers
perishing in the flames. Two Of the boats
were cut adrift, and Aoated into the stream and
could not be approached.
Reports Of the condition of the growing crop,
in the Northwest, made on March Oath, are not
encouraging. In Missouri, Indiana and Iili-
nois, not halt q crop Of small grain will be har-
vested. Fruit is total failure In Missouri
the egrasshoppers was devouring everything.
Snow fell to the depth of five inches, in Ne
braska, April24
Two trains collided on the Baltimore aud Po-
tomac railroad, April Goth, caused by the care
lessness Of an engineer. Nine persons were
severely injured.
Disastrous fires in st. Louis and Chicago
last week took 600, 600 from the insurance
companies.
A dispatch from Omaha dated April 26, says
the water in the Missouri is the highest known
for years The railroad depots were all sur
rounded by water.
The Sawtelle theatrical troupe, which gave
exhibitions in many towns in Iowa, Wisconsin
and eMinnesota, last year, were all drowned,
while crossing Puget Sound on a tug boat, last
week. The boat foundered in storm.
1t is estimated that at least SlOO, 900 worth OF
mules and horses have cen killed by buffalo
gnats, in and near Memphis, this spring. In
consequence Of the loss, stock has advanced tc
4 high figure in that market.
miscellaneous.
The cross-examinatiou of Mr.. Beeoher closed
ON the 2lst.
A dispatch from Bismarck says the Black
Hills fever at that place is subsiding.
United States troops have been rendered to
the Governor Of Texas to aid in repelling rob-
bers' raids from Mexico.
The Louisiana Legislature has adopted res
olution extending the extra session to Mayi6th,
on account Of the fresh complications which
have arisen.
Henry NJ. Cleveland was the principal wit.
ness in the Beecher trial March 23d. He testi-
Ted to the whe reabouts of Mr.. Beecher during