The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-12-02
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SUMMARY OF THE WEEKS NEWS
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W ~~Ae NSVS$ s0Ay OtABtV" ACk0 4uAly lAIVUkN
with the whisky rings Of Milwaukee, Chicago
and St. Louis, he has : considerable field o.
operations lett at New Orleans, where the
whisky men have 70 much influence as to b
able, they claim, TO dictate the appointment o.
tn United States Judge to succeed Du,rell. =.
The little town OF Pleasanton, in Kansas, il
greatly exc'ted over what appears to Le = case
Of murder and suicide. James Brooks, an old
resident, was found dead on the bank Of the
river three miles from Pleaanton, with bul.
let hole In his head. His vile was Afterwards
found dead in the river. 1t is supposed that
Brooks killed his wife and then committed
suicide.
A loody and desperate prize fight occurred
the morning ofthe 2. tn in Del ware, abou,
thirty miles from Philadelphia, between VIII
liam Walker and James w. Hodon. In the
forty first found Walker was knocked out Of
tune. having been badly punished, although
up 70 the tenth round the affair vas all in his
tavor. It's said to have beena scientific fight
and lasted one hour, seventeen M nutes and
forty seconds.
The Grand Jury Of st. Louis has just re-
turned indictments against nine contractors,
Inspector, overseers, ETC., belonging to what
is called the 'Macadam ring" for swindling
the city. The swindle consists in charging
the city with and collecting pay for about
twice the amount Of MAJ adam rock actually
used IN the streets, and the amount fraudu-
lently received from the treasury is from 8, 600
to =, ,0e0 per week. Other indictments are
anticipated, including members OF the City
Council
Jacob Reuter-, Of Albany, Indiana. the man
who. two months ago murdered h wife, after
trying to burn her to death, and then cut his
own throat, was supposed to have recovered,
but on the Path he endeavored to show \ doc.
tor that there was yet hole in his throat the
size Of q nickel aud fell over dead, so escaping
legal punishment.
Tony Nellem and Alice Harris, both COL
ored, were hanged at Monroe, La, Friday, the
26th, for the murder OF Henry Harris, husband
Of Alice, in May, 1874. About 5000 people,
mostly colored, witnessed the execution. The
wife, Alice, confessed she was = participant,
and was glad of her husbands death, be.
cause he had beaten her and threatened her
life.
At Bement, near Monticello, Illinois, the
night Of the gath, John Cole, being drunk, left
his sweating horse hitched iu the street and
his friend Dr.. Ruby put the horse in stable
This offended Cole so that he assaulted Ruby
and crowded him so hard that he was COM
pelled 70 use his pistol, with which In two
shots he laid Cole out dead.
Rations have been stopped at the Cim-
arron, N. NJ, Ind an Agency, secause the In
dians (Apach-s) have not surrendered some Of
their number who shot at the Agent. The
Indians have about $50 fighting men, thei'
women and children having been sent away,
The Agent can music, about 800 armed
whites, besides Capt. McCleve's Company o.
the Eighth cavalry.
Nearly i've years ago man named Slack
leoyle, died in Lancaster, Grant county, Wis
aud was buried by his father at Pot si. Re-
Gently the widow, residing 1t Lancaster, had
the remains transferred to the Lancaster GEM
etery. Then \ father and brother of the de.
ceased, disinterred the remains at midnight
and again buried them at Potosi. Upon this
the widow, by legal proceedings, caused the
father to lie fined elOO and compelled to return
the remains to Lancaster.