The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-09-10
THE/NEWS.
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Ex-Judge Mitchell, Of Quincy. HI was shot
and badly wounded by tie husband and broth
er of woman Of whom he testified In
church trial that she was guilty of improper
r. lations with her pastor.
An attempt was lately made to bury the
body Of Protestant in Catholic cemetery, at
Montreal, when a mob Of five hundred French
roughs, Catholics, gathered at the gate. Short.
ly after the arrival Of the hearse the crowd had
increased to thousands, and stones were
thrown at the corpse until the procession re-
tired from the gates, unable to inter the body.
Several people were badly injured, among
them the driver ofths hearse. : - !.
Fix murderers were executed It Fort Smith,
Ark, on the Sd, all lstandine on the same drop,
An Italian painter attached to the consulate
III New York was asked to contribute 70 IN
entertainment At clam bake At which Wrre
several congressman and other men Of ncte,
and while repeating passage from Shakes
peare, put a revolver to his head and blew out
his brains. At his funeral were the Italian
Consul General in New York, the Grecian
Consul, the Italian Vice Consul, Signor Theo-
dora Pcrosseri, the brother of the late mayor
Havemeyer, FerdinaDdo A. Nora, painter, G..
Torrinni, sculptor, and signor Ferranti, the
bnfto singer. There was considerable delay oc.
casioned by the taking Of two photographs Of
the remains and the scene to be sent to the pa
rents Of the deceased artist After an address
by the officiating clergyman the Count de Inca
spoke in Italian eulogizing Narni's studies
Of his works, and spoke of the cloud that
had gathered over his life. CouHt de Luca
said lie had been we'll acquainted with his
family and there was no truth in the state
ments which have been made that Varini
fought a duel with nobleman,
and after killing him, stabbed
himself Vaini had been involved in some
trouble in Rome, and had attempted, ursuc-
cessfully, to end his life. The locket
that has been spoken OF contained a
picture Of his mother, painted by himself
Count de Luca has taken charge Of his prop
erty, which is variously estimated at from
$4,000 to 100000.
The graod jury of Washington county, Ga ,
before whom the alleged insurrectionsts have
been OH trial, pre- sented report to the Court
on the Sd instant, recommending the discharge
OF the remaining prisoners and commendin g
the Judge and council for
the faithful performance Of duty.
Judge Johnson then addressed the grand jury
and citizens, advising the latter to acquiesce
in the decision of the jury, and commencing
the people Tor the conservative
and aw-abiding course they pursued. All
the prisoners not indicted were then dis
charged and the court adjourned until the
regular term.
The case of VIM. Collie, of London, Eng,
who with his brother Alexander Of the late
firm Of Alexander Collie II Co., is charged with
obtaining money under false pretenses, has
been adjourned till October 18th, to give the
prosecution time to capture Alexander.
The receiver of the Burlington, Cedar
Rapids 4 Minnesota railway, in circular lately
issued, announced the resignation of w.
W. Walker and the appointment OF w. Petit
bone as General Superintendent. Mr. Petit
hone has had large experience in railroad
management and the appointment will give
general satisfaction.