The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-10-15
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Court Of st. Louis, the cas- q ex Senator
Zssh Chandler against A:5t C.SBuell. cores
pondent Of the St.: Louis. lieap, for lioel.
gave his opinion on the 6th, el,derng the dis
charge Of ! The prisoner. The Jqdge, IN his
opinion, aid the grayeat queition ID the mat.
ter was that of jurisdic iction: either the police
court Of " Washington had pe hsd not ju:isdic-
ton of the onehse charged & iGit had iurisdic-
tion 81 the oaense charged, IN The criminal
court had no right to take: cosaizance OF it. II
it had no, then the act of 1874, giving the
criminal court jurisdiction OVER il, was retro
spective as far as this case, ,was coGcerned, and
was, consequently, imperative.
/ The Comptroller and Depnty Attorney
General Of the State Of, New York have reoed-
ed from their positjonl + garding State appro-
priations Is Washing gton' 8: adauarterss III
Newburg, and concede that a half yearly in
stalment Of $500 was due to the trustees on
the first Of October. The amount will be paid
over forthwith, and the headquarters will not
| be closed. " hrfr
A recent school meeting in district No.
2, near River FALL, Wis. was broken up by a
woman rushing in crying, shears, four bears /"
The men proved handy with such rifles as
could be found at the moment and soon killed
large she bear and three cubs, who were
about to make raid on hog pen.
The Rapid Transit Commission of New
York, from more than one hundred plans be.
fore them. have selected and adopted three
routes which may he constructed singly or by
combining the three. They are single track
road on each side Of the streets over sidewalks
elevated on a. single line Of columns, or a
| double track over the centre of the streets by
posts placed in the roadway just spanning the
horse car, tracks, or supported on gothic
arches spanning the streets from curb TO curb,
according to plans presented by Richard Nor
gan, Jr., of Bloomington, Ill.
The new epizootic now seems to he steadily
spreading to all the large cities Of the country.
In Chicago the street railway and Plus lines
| have taken of a considerable number OF their
horses in order to stay the progress Of the dis
ease, which has attacked, in mild form, most
of the horses in use.
Wendell Phillips has lately written an ag-
gressive answer to the recent speech of Carl
Schurz, in which he advocates the necessity
for more greenbacks and less checks, and ans
wers the argument OF MIR. schurz relative to
irredeemable currency by reference to the re-
cent financial history of France and Germany
An interior postmaster has sent to the
department postal card with 1900 words
written on it. He thought so long mes
sage should pay more postage and asked in
structions. He was instructed to deliver the
card as addressed and to live for lew years Oh
phosphorus diet '4'-
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York, against Mckee Rankin, Judge Wing OF
Pittsburg. on the 7th, issued a perpetual in.
junction against the latter, restraining him
from producing the play OF "The Two Or
phans" in that city. This is the first time
that the decision has been rendered by any
court that Shook & Palmer have exclusive
proprietorship in the right to produce this
play in the Uni ed States.
Andrew J. Odeal, an elderly merchant
of New York, aided Annie A. Tracy in getting
divorce from her husband and then married
her himself. Within a few weeks he applied
for divorce from her, but the courts refused
to relieve him from his self-imposed punish
ment.
Mr.. Michael J. Ash, merchant Of Balti-
more was recently swindled out OF 1923 by the
telegraph receipt book trick. That is, check
was placed under leaf of the receipt look,
the latter being cut out for the purpose, and
when MIR. Ash supposed he was receipting for
a telegram he was really signing check.
A man who gave his nrlne IS Charles
Daniels, attempted to impose upon the First
National Bank OF Milwaukee with a counter
felt letter Of credit on the British Bank of
North America. The teller, being aware that
such counterfeits were out, caused Daniels to
Ike arrested.
United States Senator Pease and II. S. Attor-
ney Wells, of Mississippi, in conversation with
Attorney General Pierrepont ON the 9th, as
sured him that il matters in that State were
left as they now are, without any interference
by the general government, the result would
be the redemption of the State from the many
serious difficulties now existing, not among
the least OF which would be the election OF q
patriotic and law abiding legislature.
1t is sa the Supreme Court of the United
States will Oh the 2d1h hear argument on the
appeal from the Court of Claims decision in
favor of the Union Pacific railroad against the
government on account OF Transportation
charges.
A very rough tract Of land on the Charlton
river, about 81 miles northwest OF Macon, No.,
hitherto regarded as about worthless, has re-
| Gently been discov cred to be gold bearing.
The formation belongs to the drift period, and
is marked by deep gulches and volcanic boul-
ders. The gravel pays about two cents pan,
but water is scarce. ..