The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-12-02
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New York closed the evening Of the 2ed. 10.
seph Dion won the first prize, 4l 500 and IA
bic. Cyrille Dion the second, 81 100, and Sex
ton, Garnier and Slosson tied tor the third
and fourth prizes, which they decided to di-
vide equally.
The Attorney General OF all New Jersey
has ruled that woman cannot legally hold
the position Of jailor. But Mrs. Jones, who is
the jailor at Jersey City, differs from the At
tor"ey General, and wilt hold her place until
the Supreme Court passes upon her right:
The crops down in Louisiana are SPOKEN of
enormous An instance is cited of one plant
er who, on an outlay Of $l75, 100, which covers
the total expense OF his crop from the plow to
the wharf, will make 5000 hogs'eads of sugar,
which will bring him $40 PER hogshead, and
500 barrels ot moassas, tur which he will
rral.ze 924 per barrel.
In his late report the chief signal officer OF
the army says that Is PER cent. Of the progn. 8.
t cations have proved correct, and that the
disasters averted turing the y:ar by these re-
ports have resulted in saving OF property
to more than the cost ofthe servi.e.
The "Holiness Association" has, with.
out sermons OF preachers, gained over hum
dred converts at Ray Station, on the c. B. &
Q. railway. The members Of the association
number thirty and are mostly women Their
public exercises are song prayer, Scripture
reading and short, pointed exhortations. Their
example is likely to be followed throughout
that region
Commissioner Pratt refuses to consider
a fr>eA q uS1 nf In e>f
the officers displaced by the recent executive
order consolidating inter or revenue districts,
a. the subject is one for the Presidents ulti-
mate de ision. Many appeals have been car
rled to him, but there are no indications that
he will reconsider his action.
A divorce suit At Flint, Michigan, between
klr. and Mrs. Newcome. was settled by the
principals, who are wealthy, -ffecting recon-
ciliation The disappointed lawyer. had their
revenge by causing the husband to be arrested
at midnight, he being taken from his wife!s
chamber and taken to = l:ck.up, where he
compromised charge Of conspiracy by paying
26O0 tees for himself and wife.
All the railroads leading into Chicago, Ill, !,
from lumber regions have fixed the minimum
of = carload Of lumber or other forest products
at q, COO pounds. Carloads weighing up to
1000 pounds will be carried at the same rate
per 100 pounds, but all excess over 24,O0o
pounds will Ike charged once and 4 half the
regular rate.
It is believed at Boston that the Eng.
lish capitalists controlling the Grand Trunk
railroad Of Canada, holding already above
halt the first mortgage bonds on the Eastern
railroad, hope, by throwing the latter road
into bankruptcy, to eventually put it into
possession OF the Grand Trunk company,
which will thus gain an outlet at Boston.
The very latest advices from the English
arctic expedition state that IN unusually easy
passage has been effected to within 100 miles
OF the entrance to Smith Sound; and it js hored
that, 1t circumstances continue equally tavora.
bic, the Pole may be reached this year. The
expedition is not expected to return, however,
until the close of 1877.