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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-06-25
STATE NEWS ITEMS.


: TIE mother .of John s. Irgens ased
: ITO, died on the 18th inst. and was Inferred
in Austin ~ 81 94
THE srasshoppers are not, doing much
damage IN Clearwater and the surround-
ing section. : .z:7 .@,s,s., =. 5. 4 e. -
:. The Wabashaw Herdld has Been ii.
iarged and much improved in shape and
.fgenerel appearances. gev;.sH s:ssss+s .f.ot5zzt
| ELEVEN hundred bushels' of 'hoppers
were received and destroyed in; St., Peter
on the 10th and IL til insts.. ~.,,.s :.
i JAMES McCABE, the Anoka murderer,
as1indicted by the grand jury Of that
county on the. 10th inst. - .swsa .:,-stsssts
! The Republican papers throughout the
State speak favorably of =. the candidacy
OF Hon. J: S. lrgen for Secretary Of State.
j The annual closing exercises Of the Min
nesota State Institute for the Deaf and
Dumb took place at Faribault on the af.
ternoon Of the 18th inst. .'' ~
TnE population of Faribault, as shown
by the census just taken, is $50, show
ing gain Of thirty per cent. over that of
1870, which was then 4,523.
IT is estimated that As, 100000 feet of
pine logs have been cut in Princeton for
csts and sent down the river this season,
besides quantity of hard wood.
The mail route between Concord and
Zumbrota, Goodhue, county, is one of
the Nichols contracts recently annulled
by the government on account of fraud.
A MATCH game of base ball was PLAYED
at Faribault on the 10th inst, between
the Northtield Juniors and the Shattuck
nine, resulted in favor of the latter by
score Of 25 to Al.
The st. Croix and Lake Superior canal
surveying party have been heard from,
and expect to reach Ashland about July
LIST. They were all in good health and
getting along finely.
MANKATo Union: While the bounty
was on, the boys discovered that a Geld
solution of salt and water was the thing
to kill grasshoppers. 1t swelled them up
and made them measure big.
Four lodges of Indians left Standing
Rock, Dakota, on the 18th inst, and
moved towards Fort Lincoln, threatening
an attack on that place. Nothing has
since been heard Of their whereabouts.
BLUE EARTH county has paid in grass
hopper bounlles, up to and inclusive of
Wednesday, the 10th inst. between $27,-
900 and $28,00O. The amount of hoppers
destroyed aggregates nearly $4,000 bush.
els.
FoR the month of May last, the L. S.
and NJ. Railroad forwarded from Still.
water 5,7l2,024 pounds of freight and re-
ceived sos, ,24l pounds, making total of.
freight received and forwarded 6,579,26
pounds.
AUG. SrAAcKE of Belgrade, Nicollet
county. fancying that two men named
Tonlinsen and Keltgen were driving off his
cattle, assaulted the former and got the
worst Of it. He then got horse and
gun and tried to overtake Tomlinson, but
the latter escaped. Staacke was arrested,
and though it turned out that his gun
was not loaded, he was sent to Jail for
twenty-five days.
The school house near Waverly valued
at $500, was burned on the night of the
18th inst. The fire supposed to have
been incendiary probably grew out of
feud in the neighborhood as to the divi-
sion Of the district. IT,.
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A Female Fraud.
fFrom the Chicago Tribune.1

~~- ~~~~
A woman has been travelling for six or
eight years in this and adjacent States,
representing herself as the widow Of a
soldier killed at Shiloh, and an Odd Eel.
low and Mason. She is sometimes Wis.
iting 'tsik child''' in St. Louis, some
times in st. Paul. She is fraud of the
meanest kind. In 1857 she was in Ga
lena and sought aid as soldiers widow.
She tearfully described her melancholy
situation, her child lying at DEATHS door
in St. Louis, and her orange groves beck
oniAg her back to New Orlesns., It vas
touching in the extreme. But when she
came to the chronology she failed. The
child ''lying with folded hands, ETC.,
proved, by her statement, to have com.
menced its earthly career year and i,
half after the battle of Shiloh! She was
in Chicago two weeks ago, telling the
same old story with variations. ~,
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Ingenious SvVindler Discovered In
Time.

The swindle in question was detected
by Mr.. J. X. Cummings, proprietor of
the st. Louis glass-works.; At an early
hour in the morning q young man Of
business-like air called at the house Of
Mr.. Cummings. Next the early visitor
brought forth q book. He gave the
book and two envelopes at the door, tell
ing the servant to deliver. the books to
Mr.. Cummings and have him sign for
the kilograms. AS the kilograms were
prepaid, he had no hesitation in signing
on a page, where the book was made to
open by means Of an elastic band. The
numbers on the telegrams were written,
and. opposite each of these numbers, fur
ther towards the edge of the page, was
rectangle enclosed in black border, of
sufficient dimension to admit long sig.
nature. Over each of these rectangles
was printed the word ''Signatnature'' in
large black letters. Mr.. Cummings un-
sosPic'oos'y wrote his name
proceeding to do likewise in the one be-
low when he noticed that that part of
the paper touched by his pen appesred to
move slightly, while thesrest of the leaf
remained stationary. This looked queer,
and Mr.. Cummings looked closer at the
book, and discovered an ingenious fraud
That part of the leaf which was incloscd
in the lower portion Of the rcctangles had
been carefully and smoothly cut out, and,
with white background, it was very
difficult to discover that the leaf was not
perfect. That part in the interior of the
upper rectangle had been cut above and
below, leaving the ends intact, so that
q piece Of paper could be slipped in
through the slit on one side and out at
the other, thus filling the space with a
counterfeit blank for the reception of the
signature. A blank check of the Butch.
ers' and Drovers' Bank, in which institu.
ton Mr.; Cummings keeps his bank &C.
count, had been very ingeniously folded
and placed under the leaf, so that, while
the line for the signature Of the check
came directly into the lower rcctangle,
the other end Of the check passed through
the slips above insuch q way as to pre-.
sent to the signer just that portion Of
the check where an; Endorsement is
usually written. When Mr.. Cummings
signed the first blank he indorsed the
check, and, had he signed the other, he
would have given his signature to the
check. Had the check been fastened by
little mucilage, so as to keep its place,
it is highly probable that the discovery
would not have been made. Mr.. Cum.
mings, as soon as he saw the fraud, ran
to the door and called the servant girl
to hold the messenger for moment till
he could get down, but the young man
who was, Of course, eagerly Watching 70,
any signal of danger. dashed out into thu
street and made his escape. ~ ~
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Heavy rain on the 18th, still prevailing
on the 18th, have interrupted the Cali
fornia harvest and inflicted great damage
upon grain in the northern and central
parts Of the State. The grass in many
localities is ruined. The storm is unpre-
cedented for this season Of the year.
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As:Young man from Wyoming, Kansas,
was shot and captured the other night
by q depot watchman at Fort Scott, who
discoverad him trying to break into; .
freight car. He is supposed to be one Of
. large gang Of car robbers. ss.e z <},.5z
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3 Moody and Sankey, the revivalist
preachers who have been stirring up the
people Of London for some time, propose
to meve5 on Eaton college to convert the
students. The proposition causes great
excitement, and asprotest signed by $50
boys of Eaton has been sent them.
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Asensation has been created by the publica-
ton in the st. Petersburg Galos, a newspaper,
of an article advocating an alliance between
Russia and England. because that between the
three Emperors has lost the power of guar
anteeiug peace since one member has become
suspected Of warlike designs
In the trial of Count Won Arnim, in Prussia
the counsel Tor the prosecution urged that a
criminal offense had been committed with re-
gard to the two series Of documents, for the
retention of which the Municipal court had
acquitted defendant. He demanded sen:
tence oftwo and one halt years imprisonment.
Both sides pleaded the competency Of the
Municipal court. The. counsel for defense
made this ground for demanding that the
sentence Of that court be annulled. The pub.
lie prosecutor demanded the imprisonment Of
the Count because he was guilty of embezzle.
'nent In abstracting documents received in an
Official capacity. ia.
A special dispatch Of the 18th, to the N. Y.
Times says Don Carlos has given his son the
title of Prince Of Asturias. He has also con.
voked the Biscay Jnntas for the 9th inst.s te
contrast the attitudes OF the Carlists with thai
OF the Alfonsists, whose government, he says
is afraid to summon the Cdrtes.
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Dubuque and vicinity is much troubled
by : gang of burglars nightly operating
with varying success. sss=s%$ss .7=55.4.'|:= &
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Chicago Produce Market, June 92st.
1850 A. N-Receipts of hogs about 5000.
Market steady and firm at s68O@7.4e Cattle
quiet !; receipts 1000.
: ii A. M.-Cariots: Wheat Ill; corn 224
oats 63; rye and barley none.
1:sO p. n.-Wheat steady and active at 99xc
at fl9.25 for Jnlv; 919.45 for August, and
fl9.6b for September; nominally Si9. .2b cash.
lard steady at 1905 tor July, and l3x@
l3.27x for August; nominally i3.46 for Sep:
tember. E Sa},58~:>E il 2-i..5 <<s;ss~
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Four bears, the largest weighing $50
pounds, were recently killed in Douglas
countv.s
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Another Boston Building Destroyed
by a Mysterious ExpIosion. =


Another Boston Building Destroyed.
by a Mysterious Explosion. y
At three o'clock on the afternoon Of
Wednesday the 10th inst, terrible ex-
plosion occurred in two story building
near the corner Of Kemble and Farnham
streets, Boston, used by G. E. Martin as
a manufactory Of fire works. Ten men
and boys were employed in the building
at the time, only one Of whom escaped
uninjured. Without moments warning
the building blew np with a terrific re-
port, into a confused mass of indammable
material took fire and was entirely con.
sumed before any assistance could be rem
dered by the five department.. Six
bodies, burned and charred beyond recog-
milton, were taken from the ruins. John
Woods, a carpenter who was atwork near
a window, jumped out and escaped. He
stated that sudden presentiment came
over him that something terrible was
about to happen, which prompted him to
escape. He had proceeded nearly 20 feet
from the building when the explosion oc-
CURED. Thos. Hardy, NJ. Trinity and
w. Mclyn, were rescued from the ruins,
all seriously if not fatally burned. The
cause of the explosion is unknown. Loss
$50, 900; no insurance.
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Jacob M. Nc Grew OF Ohio, for long time
chief clerk of the Sixth Auditors Office. will
be appointed auditor inplace-ot ext Congress.
man Sheats of Alabama-Sheats, who was ap-
pointed only about three months ago, has been
removed. He has been absent several weeks
in Alabama and will not return.
The Democraac State convention of Maine
nominated Gen. C. w. Roberts for Governor,
and passed a resolution favoring one term fol-
the President at $25, 900.
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COMMERCIAL MATTERS.

st. Paul Wholesale Markets, June 22
Wheat 88@90c.
Corn nominally 67@7oc on trac X; from
store TIC.
Oats 55@58c on track; from store 62@66c.
Rye scarce with a ready market at $l.l6@
l.2ONo. /. II
Flour; xxx, 81. .50@4.75; XXX, &3.60@4
patent process $7@9.
Rye four4 43 5O@3. ,;
Bolted corn meal, $L76@2.
Pearl barley Sc:
Butter is coming in more freely, and, prices
declining choice table l6@l8c; second selec-
tions l3@l6c; shipping grades lO@l2c. ..
Receipts of eggs are liberal and prices re-
main steady at 12c.
Provisions pork, so 60@2l co. Hams,
canvassed, l3X9l4Hc. Shoulders, 9K@lOc.
Lard, l4K@l5c. Bacon, 14@l4Kc for clear
sides; 13h@14c for clear ribbed. -
Mess Beef--$i0 OO@llOO. ~.
Cheese New factory, l2x@l3Xc; last sea-
sons, l6@l5Kc.
Potatoes--Larg supply and light demand;
quotah!e at 30@40c for mixed. Small lots Of
choice peach blows, Soc. >~
Peas Trade quiet at $l.75 for prime field;
q. .25 for marrowiots.
Beans go 25@3.36 prime medium hand
picked: IS hand picked navies.
Oranges in good sound condition are worth
81 80. Lemons, S7@7 SO selected.
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TaE mother of John s. Irgens, ased
20, died on the 18th inst. and vas Inferred :. :.
rHE sr.'sshoppers are not, doing much 'a'
damage IN Clearwater and the surround. II
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ton as will ensure a speedy return to
specie payments. Tie Ohio elections
indicate that the western people arc
realizing the fact that the greatest OBJ
s,aelc TO the prosperity Of the indas-
trial part of the cousfry is an unsounG
and unreliable mea-ure Of values.
The message u noticeable in another
particular. Tie untaxed church prop.
erty in the Uaitel States is at present
estimated To be $1,000 eo,0 10
value. IL is well known that a great
proportion Of tins property is real
estate, not used for eiifices or ceme.e-
ries, but simply a. a means Of revenue
owned by religious corporations. The
President suggests that all this prop
crty thus used for revenue be taxed as
other property.
The message calls the attention Of
Congress once m IRE to the vcxing
Mormon question Now that the sew
sral parts Of the country are 50 inti
mstely united, i, wouh seem desirable
to wipe u this disgrace TO our laws
and country.
These are the most important ofth,
matters urged upon Congress for their
action, and the Presiiest in conciul-
lug presses them once more u?on the
attention of that holy. They are sub
jects Of interest to the whole country.
and, we doubt not, the message is an
exposition Of the opinions Fl the una
of the R~epublicl, party.
The Red Cloud chief., 1875-12-16

The Presidents Message has been
received. 1t is generally acknowledged
By the press to be an able document.
. His views on the topics Of the day are
round. and for the most part reflect
the sentiments Of the Republican
party.
The President has exhibited lately
considerable anxiety with regard to
the security Of cur free school system
His speech at Dcs MONIES, the only
spe ech he has ever made, was fiaught
with his solicitude upon this theme,
and he takes it up among the fist
matters of his message. He recon-
sic d. d constitutional provision re-
.tric;ing the several states from grant
ingnny portion of the funds to any
sect or appropriating it to any other
than that Of free education. When
the increase oi the Catho ic element 10
our country is considered. the necessity
aud advisability of this step is made
manifest. 1t is best to guard a~gain-t
this eril while We may.
The President takes an equally de-
cided stand on the currency question.
1t will be remembered that he EN-
pha,ically expressed his views when
he vetoed the bill which had for its
object the imitation of the currency q
couple Of years ago. He now suggests
the redemption Of the legal tender
notes, at a rate Of not more than g.
ONO, 900 monthly by the issuing of 3.25
bonds, that is bonds bearing interest
al the rate Of three and one-fourth per
c. mt, per annum. lie recommends
further an accumulation of the gold in
the treasury by duties 81 tea aud cof.
Zee. 1t is I'll. ueht that the duties on
tn, &c articles will NOT enh, n,e thar
price. &c urges upon Congress the
i.eeesti,y aa! rrcpriety Of such lcgila-
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s:.e-aao s. s -asEa.

". had the pleasure ola converse
ton with Nj. Miller, 4 citizen OF Co.
oIaiJ DOW 10 our City, o an ardent
advocate OF a connection with lincoln
from Debvtr. which gave Us some
good idea- of the Importance ct this
line 10 ciiiz.ns Of bo,h Stat s-iOr
Colorado will he q State ia u short
time.
Every acre Of kind tina, can b. Gu,
tiya,ed 10 Colorado Is now occupied
and iarmei, but the eutlie ~proiuct of
III farm. viii no begin 10 supply the
p0pu'a;ioB 0 Ia i.ie cities aud the
miDcs. The great bulk of the corn,
wheat, beel, pork, hay aad oli, must
BE- imported At Georgetowl lay
COMMAND, SO. per ton, aud 30 j; /,
all through the mines. Colorado
wants Nebraska FIR her market In
which to procure ali the ncces-aries of
lie. She VIII eventually support the
largest mining population ia the wore
for her mineral wcal.h /, inexhaus,i-
be. GA the otter hand NEBRASKA
consumes coal, aul Colorado has the
mos, extensive Goa, fields "a ;he c)al-
try. An idea Of the extent Of her cal
may be formed from the
Marshall mine, near Golden City.
Prof. Hayden estimated the amour;
Of coal On a twenty four acre plot to
be loo 900 go tons.
The coal Is bituminouS, Of YER,
fine quality the same as the WyOm-
lug coal now in the Nebraska markeil,
and the We u are from fifteen to twenty
feet 10 lhickn -, anu extend from the
sources of the Plat; to Canon City, Il
distance If POO miles, encompassing
Denver with "A chain of coal beds on
three sides. Of that Epgih. Thu, i,
what the cars going to Denver laden
with grain aud hay would bring hack
as return freight. Colorado is LOW
shut out irom a market for her coal a,
Nebraska il shut ou. from a market
for her hay aud grain. Build this
line of 400 miles, ut u cost which viii
not dxceed So, 900 900 IN round nun
bers, aud tie two States are supplied
at once with what they most need for
the development, of their e
natural resources.
Fellow citizens, there Is no question
about it. Nebraska and Colorado
must aud will build this connection.
and the sooner it Is In. the sooner
viii both States escape from the main
difficulties that now keep them con-
paratiyel; pocr.-.S ate J0uradL
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FROM .IvEiToN.
re a2AIsCs'S FEAST.

eSSS SSS4ssSS$S oGS4
Be the powers. Mr. CHEF, there is
tuu here Ia town,
Since the railroad Is coming our peo-
pie are glad,
For the graugeIs Are sworn to kick the
inst clown,
Who srarves, while there is corr
enough to be had.
For corn uaSes butter and corn makes
pork,
Much better feed corn, than ship 10
New York.
With f.e,ilag aud breeding We II meet
all our tax;
And the margin twill leave us, will
see 10 our backs
The erassboppers paid US a visit lat
year,
Our jaws they hung heavy, minus our
CAKE
But tins time We re full Of the very
be-t cheer,
For their absence this season has left
US a stake;
For corn fats horses, and corn fats
mules,
Much better feed horses, for such was
the rules =
With feeding aud breeding we'll meet
Hi our tax,
And the margin twill leave Us will see
to our backs.
The gransers this night here, held q
love least,
In oar uuwber n schools capaclous
bali,
Goab!ing the "iodserS.' 40 very good
haste,
And feeding the hungry, youngsters
aud all.
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Cattle, Cattle, Cattle!
FOE SALE.


80 head ofes,tle. IL head Of two.
year-oids, 10 head of yesrlinxs, ~
head Of calves. ard the RESI- coxs.
Which viii be sold cheap fos cash
Also = cool heavy draft team weigh
ing about 80 hun1rel. age Sand 9.
Price. horses and harnes. 1850
Also a farm for rens. terras. : for ]
year, OF for Gre yesr-; 20 aeses bro
ken. good hose, les feet Of .tab1pe.
txo wells, and abou, Is acres of fdi
glowing. For particulars esE on a.
address T. A Lane, OF A. Garaer.
Guide Rock, or a, ihi. Office 81
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December 9TH. 1875.

December 9TH. 1875.
Met pursuant to adjournment. Flu |
Board present. Minutes Of last meet
ing read and approved.
Bridge ACROSS Elm Creek on Junia.a
road, built by John Laverty. not ac-
cept,d, and tue extended to Dec. Is,
1873, to enable him to finish bulge
according 10 contract.
Ufhciai bond of L. Mitchell. Con
stable, Batin Precinct, approved.
The following accounts allowed
Mitchell \ Morhart, bolts aud
spikes for bridge S415
}. G. Warner, buggy hire, 400
o. p. Mckinley, extra work r.
ID. No. II % %
A. NJ. Hardy, Com'rs fees 900
Geo. w. Ball, %
Frank, Matteson, 1920
Adjourned till Dec. 18th, 1875.
j. A. TULLEYs, Il. NJ. HARDY,
CLERK. Chairman.
The Red Cloud chief., 1875-12-16

For corn makes dodgers" anu corn
makes mu>h,
Much better make dodgers than 81 oil
1t IN lush :
With feeling and breeding We Il mee,
'aii our tsx.
And the msrg q twill Ieave Us wiiise
81 our backs.
ORENus.
The Red Cloud chief., 1875-12-16

The following official bond. were ap
proved VIZ: Thos. Kennedy, n Click
Marion Alexander, NJ. l. Garter,
Charles Buschow, Assessors /; Lamdin
Lady, + O. Parker. N. Haney, Ste
ph.n la, les. VIM. Wilson, Jno. Nc
Cal!um, Justices of the Pea:e. Geo.
Hummel, Constable, and n. Haney,
+. w. Tuttle, Il. Kuhn, George Bah
bit. X. B. Fulton, Jno Wrattcn, and
Oscar Arnold, Road Supervisors.
Application Of Geo. 4. La,ta for
lease OF q, set, Sec. Is, town =, range
10. gran ed, and the lease made out,
duly signed and acknowledged.
The following accounts were allowed:
W. n. Richardson, wood, S54 %
j. n. Tulleys, money e~xpeniel 80
Mrs. j. f. Smith, care OF pauper $3.50
Board adjourned till Dec. 9Th.
j. A. TULLEYs, A. VI. HARDY,
Clerk. Chairman.
The Red Cloud chief., 1875-12-16

There rs a Il. X. meeting he'd at
Jewell Cea;er OH the An Of De-. that
resulted in the election Of Fl G dele
gates to attend another meeting to be
held at BeiIrviiie On the IL ii of this
month.
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The leading features Of the Daily
ITS REPORT

Which are carefully prepared by experienced
me-, al = Large expea sc. and cover. wiS& the
utmost aceurdcy. The MarAc.s Of . hiesx,.
Geaerai and special kilograms from IN lead
log cites Of this and foreign countries st,ii
further enaaLce the va ne of t6is particular
department: OF the Pspe Business mea
thru nout the country can rely on the mar
ket 4uoIailo : Oi tie i'ost aud Mali a. being
accurate and comprehensive
Published every sfternco . the pap r fur
nishes the puoiic OF the Northwest with its
News ami Market Rep IT'S at least
Tec Eo1rs "a Aivsncs
of the morning p -pers. . gain in the tine and
4 saving IN MONEY waich on ,incss inea ia The
county can SppTcyiste-
In addition t. tLis $ ecial feature. the Post
ard Mail gives The best # Speciai kilograms
Coneiseness for business Mea the Associated
Pr - hi patches. Crlsp Correspondence. aud
General and Local News OF all sin3s.
In all matters that tend TO make a sharp.
spiey Asd en,erprisins daily rewsplper. me
Daily Post and Nail " i'll not be fouad want
ing.
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PROCEEDINGS OF TIE BoAsD Of GO.
COMMISSIONERS.

December 9Th, 1875.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present, Geo. ". Ball, Frank Matte
son, Commissioners, j. A. Tullcys,
Clerk.
Minutes Of last meeting read aud
approved.
The reports of the following Road
Supervisors were presented and up