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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-08-13
THE GRANSHOPPEleS.

During the past week the grasshop-
pers folded up their legs like the Arabs)
and silently stole away. Bushels died
after laying their eggs and the degener-
ate and exhausted remnant seem to
have spread out over several Of the To-
wa counties to the south Of us, where
they have done little or no injury to
crops. They were at best sort Of rag
amuffin, Falstaffian army, with poor ap-
petites and no discipline, and we pre-
dict that the eggs which they have in
serted about here are "bad eggs" and
will, if they hatch at all, produce sick
ly progeny. Throughout most of the
county, they have left us at least nine.
tentfs of a crop. The farmers are tout
of the woods" and may now shout with
safety.
Mr.. Wilcox is through harvesting on
the Ocheeda Farm. He managed, by
crowding, to find room on the fields for
the shocks of grain. Any one who saw
this farm during harvest can never
have any doubts as to the wonderful
productive energy of this SOIL.
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ATTORNEYS.
PHYSICIANS.
r CRAFT, NJ. D..

r CRAFT, NJ. D..
PHYSICIAN Il SURGEON.
Special attention given to Surgery and the
treatment Of Female Diseases; having had eight
years experience.
OFFiCE-At residence, corner of Fourth Ave
rue and Eleventh Street, WOrthingtOn, MINES
Ot3. l44Iy.
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:ss:...zs.s3's7. q BoAleD..
Boards of Trade, Manufacturers
Boards, Exchanges, ETC., are common
in all the larger cities and towns. We
bave copy OF pamphlet sent out by
the manufacturers OF Indianapolis
showing the advantages Of that city as
a manufacturing center. This develop
ment is largely due to the workings OF
their Manufacturers Board, an associ-
alton which, holds regular meetings to
discuss all matters relating to the man
ufacturing interests of the city. Every
effort is made to secure tile investment
Of eastern capital in that city, every
attention is shown to capitalists visit
ing the place and every possible induce
ment is held out. Grounds are either
donated or sold at a discount, and
bankers offer special rates and favors
IN accommodating manufacturers.
We mention these facts 10y way of
preface to a suggestion we wish to
maket our own people. We need in
Worthington an organization or Board
for the development of all our interests,
Agricultural, Manufacturing and Com
mercial. This Board should he com.
posed of business men and farmers who
should meet as often at least as once a
week to consider all questions relating to
the development of the town and county
and to adopt measures for securing i'm
migration and the Investment of CAPT
tai. A Board of this kind would he
invaluable to new Corners in advising
them as to the needs, peculiarities and
advantages of<he country, and in Civ.
ing direction to the investment OF
means. The direction which such /,
Board could give to the employment of
both labor and capital, and to the in.
PRODUCTION of those agricultural and
manufacturing enterprises to which
our locality is specially adapted, would
prove Of inestimable benefit to Worth.
ington, and to the whole country tribu.
tary to this center.
THE CIeOP&
Immense!'' is the word. "Splen-
did," and magnificent! are also
freely used, while "never better - and
"largest ever grown!'' bring up the
rear. These words are applied to the
crops of nearly all the region within a
radius of fifty to one hundred miles a.
round Worthlngton, with the exception
of Il few spots where the grasslloppers
cut down the crops about one-half.-
The crops of Southern Dakota are enor.
nous. In Rock county, this State,
there is by far the largest crop ever
grown says the Herald. The Jackson
Republic says the same of Jackson coun.
ty. The same is true of the counties
just south of us in Iowa.
In this county everything indicates a
large yield. Five to 10 per cent will prob
ably cover the loss from grasshoppers.
We hear from Hersey that wheat which
was thought to have been injured is
filling out finely and will 60 twenty
bushels to the acre. Some farmers are
claiming Is bushels of oats on sod, and
others think they will have 80 bushels
on cultivated land.
These, We are we'll aware, are only
estimates and that the half bushel OF
the scales must decide, but where there
is so much smoke there must be good
deal of fire.
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ADDRESS.

An letters addressed to Miller, Hum
tston & Company, Worthington, Mobiles
county, Minnesota, will be promptly
answered, and full information given
concerning the National Colony. .9Es'.*
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GEO. 0. MOO2 RE,

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Graduate Ut Ann Arbor, Michigan. Residence
on 10th street below the public hall. Dnice at
the Colony Drug StOre, opposite the WOrthlng-
ton Hotel, WOrthimgtOn, Mimi.
VIII atte"t; PROMPTLY to all Calls, day or
night. [Nly.
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Worthington Bakery.
The undersigned las opened
BAKERY AND RESTAURANT,
on Second Avenue between Ninth and Tenth
Streets. Will supply families with FRESH
BREAD, PIES and CAKES.
Meals or Lunch 1T all hours of the day.
April %, l875.-34-3w. WIN. n. CARROLL
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II ID. IA If7,ER.

X. u. DI Il DEK,
1)HYSlCIAN AND SURGEON, Graduate Of
/ Harvard University. United States EXamn-
Ing Surgeon for Pensions. Office at Barber &
I.awremceS, WOrthingtOn Mimi. (3-27ly.
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nj, WI II sell for the next Thirty Days
State Normal School.
MANKATO, MINI.
Fall Term commences September l.
ends December q
CONDITION OF ADNTssvON

!. Pupils must be at least IS years OF age
2. They must stand fair examination in the
common branches, to enter the d class.
They must pledge to teach two years in the
public schools OF the State, or pay tuition at the
rate of GIG per year.
4. Pupils may enter any class in the course by
undergoing the necessary examination.
S. A fifth class has been formed for the behe-
fit Of those whose examination fails to admit
them to the D class. Persons entering this class
have the same instructors, and are subject to the
same discipline as other pupils.
. Board can he secured at is per week. Pupils
wishing to board themselves can rent rooms at
very reasonable rates.
and school government, throughout the YEAR
Send for circular, to
D. c. JOHN, Mankato, MINI.
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Mrs. Stockdale left on Tuesday night
on visit to friends in Ohio.
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H. L. Lackor informs US that he is
now furnishing Okabena Lake ice to
both Window and Sibley. Sibley has
heretofore been supplied with Floyd
river ice from lie Mars and Window
has ordered Minnesota river ice from
Mankato. Both SHY that Okabena ice
lasts nearly twice as long as the river
ice. Thousands of tons might be put
up every winter, and the surrounding
country might be supplied with our
beautiful, compact ice.
We have received the first number of
The Printers Album, published at
Minneapolis, by VIM. E. VIM, who
represents the Illinois Type Foundry.
II is a neat publication, issued BIZ
monthly, and contains valuable sugges-
lions to printers and specimens of job
letter, etc.
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F. II. Wells has put a coat Of white
paint on his house.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-08-13

The new lumber office has received a
coat of lead -colored paint.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-08-13

We learn that Dysentery is prevail
ing to some extent in Sibley.
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A correspondent of leading Nebras-
:ska paper says that one quail will de-
stroy a bushel of grasshoppers q day.
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Hang him to the nearest tree" is
the prescription which the Rock Coun-
ty Herald advises for any one caught
III illegally firing the prairie.
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The Sioux Falls Paragraph nails the
name OF Hon. James G.. Blaine to the
masthead us its candidate for Presi.
dent.
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DENTISTRY
x. N. 9ATE2R,

SADDLE AND HARNESS SHOP.
T H. JOHNSON. Dealer In SaddlerY Hard
u ware, Trunks Valises, etc. Harness always
on hand, and made to order. Repairing neatly
done: Shop on Ninth Street, Worthlngton, MINI.
n ly.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-10-06
METROPOLITAN LETTER.


a Flax Name and Tail Thor
oughbred-The Changers En-
dorse the Costume - A Reiig-
iOus Exhibition of MetaI-An
EVentfuI Month.
KNOXVILLE, Oct. 2, 1875.
DEAR JoHN She was fax name
and tail thoroughbred that walked
up and through Gay street one day
last week, attracting the attention
of turfmen and all other fanciers Of
COOL parts and points.
You know that tie-backs and pin
backs are all the rage, and that ev-
cry critter who has well developed
parts and points is anxious they
should be shown to the best advan-
tage, and very sensibly adopt the
tie-back, and you may expect to see,
at the approaching Eastern Division
Fair, many, and more especially, fast
thoroHghbreds in tie-backs. can't
say how a he critter would look in
one, but, Judging from the manner
in which the fax name and tail filly
was received by the multitude on
Gay street the other day, 1 think
the tie-backs will be generally adopt
ed in the stock rings this Fall.
For the benefit OF Changers, and
others, who are not posted as to the
fashion. will give you faint de-
scription Of this particular costume !:
She had OH striped kiver, secur-
ed by red surcingle, a variegated
crupper, buckled under her tail, in
way that would remind you of
school boy cutting bullet patching
from the seat of his breeches, (you
know the lick it's done with). Her
fore-top was frizzed after the most
approved style, and with tail up and
head erect, she looked bully.
Now, filly can't be expected to
make long strides while she is crup-
pered thusly, but as a means of show
ing her parts and points, none can
be more appropriate. Brother Charl-
ton has endorsed the costume, and
we may expect the Changers to adopt
it.
Our streets were enlivened d few
days ago by an exhibition of metal
between one of our city divines and
an elder of some denomination. No
blows, but words, forked lightning
threats, and SIGH, were INDUCED in
by both, to an alarming extent.
hope their respective sessions will
deal gently with these erring ones,
and let the boys probate while long
err It would be pity to cut them
off in this the time Of their greatest
usefulness. A visit to Robinson's
circus will set them all right again.
October will be an eventful month
Robinson circus, Eastern Divis-
ion Fair and General Conference.
Fun, tie-backs and yaller-legged
chickens till you can't RESI-. Come
down, John Edward, and jine US.
Yourn, FLINT.
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MISS BELLS MURDERER.
Prior Coleman Sentenced to be
Hanged at Knoxville.

1
Hanged at Knoxville.
In the Criminal Court at Knoxville,
Friday last, the jury brought in YER
dict of ''murder in the first degree, with
out cxtenuating circumstances" against
Prior Coleman, for the murder of Miss
Ann Bell, of Knox county, the night OF
the 7th of March, 1865, and Judge Hall
! thereupon pronounced the sentence OF
death upon the prisoner-that the sheriff
of the county should take him, between
the hours of 10 and 2 o'clock, Friday,
November 10, 1875, to some place with
in mile of The Court House, and there
| hang him by the neck until he is dead.
The prisoner took an appeal from the
verdict Of the jury. The Press and
Herald gives the following details of the
hOrrid crime as gathered from the testi-
mony before the jury;
On the night of the 9TH of March, 1865,
| the defendant and James Chambliss
were at Sam. Cox's still.house, in the
seventh district of Knox county, drink
ing. Mrs. Chambliss sent her little son,
Rufus, to bring his brother home, who
at first agreed to go, and then declined.
Coleman was a stranger in the neigh
borhood, and had been staying several
days with Chambliss. The two, in COM
pany with witness Parker, started in the
direction of Knoxville, Chambliss stat
ing he was going to get a marriage Ii
cense next day. Parker's road home
diverged from theirs at Odells Mill, and
he saw them no more. This was at eight
or nine o'clock at night. Old Phillip
d. Bells house was about a mile east
ward from this spot, and not in their
way to Knoxville. About nine o'clock
they appeared at Esquire Bells house,
where he, his wife and two daughters
had retired to bed, and demanded admit
lance as friends, to obtain lodging for
the night. Mourning Ann Bell, the
youngest daughter, admitted them, when
Coleman entered first, and directed
Chambliss to stand by the door, while
he advanced to Mr.. Bell, who was then
about seventy years of age, and with
pistol in hand, demanded five hundred
dollars.
Mr. Bell protested that he did not have
that amount or anything near it in the
house. Coleman knocked the old gentle
man down with the butt of his pistol,
and then beat him badly, Mr.. Bell all
the while piteously asking for mercy
Hiss Del Threw neIsch DeIWeeH ner
father and his assailant, when Coleman
shot her in the head, killing her insGant-
ly. The other daughter was struggling
with Chambliss to keep him from assault
ing her father. After the murder of
Miss Bell, the ruffians threatened to
kill them all and burn the house down if
the money was not given them. Then
the aged wife went to her bureau draw
er and took out the small pitiful sum it
contained, and clutching it, Coleman
and Chambliss fed hastily away.
Then came the avenger. In resisting
arrest Chambliss was killed. Coleman
was tried by Court Martial, convicted
and sentenced to be shot. But he made
his escape and fled from this vicinity.
Fate brought his footsteps this away
again, after ten years of wandering, and
he was recognized and arrested.
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Sent to Jail.

John Hall, colored, was arrested and
tried last Saturday, before Esq. Donald
son, charged with stealing "a hat from
MeCrary's store the day before. The
proof was sufficient to justify the magis-
trate in binding the prisoner for his APP
pearance at Court. In default of bail,
he was lodged in jail. Hall has been in
our town but few days, and says he is
srom Nashville, but from the stories
he tells, it is believed he is an escaped
convict from the Cincinnati Southern or
some other locality where penitentiary
eonvicts are employed. A description
of the man has been forwarded TO the
Iessees of the State prison.
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RAILR01D COMMISSIONERS.

News comes to us from the East
that his Excelleney Gov. Brogden
has appointed Maj. w. W. Rollins,
of Marshall, and DIr. w. S. Pearson
our assistant editor, commissioners
of the Western Railroad. The
third party is not named, but it is
thought that Mr.. Myers, of Charlotte,
will be the man. The energy and
ability of the two gentleman appoint
ed argues well for the completion OF
the road. Their every interest is
identified with its success, and they
will reach that desideratum if not
hampered by northumberland
Pioneer.
We have the further information
from a gentleman who travelled with
Maj. Rollins from Washington to his
home at Marshall, in Madison coun-
ty, week ago, that the Commission
ers had been telegraphed by Gov.
Brogden to meet at Charlotte last
Saturday, the End inst, to organize
and get ready for work. Maj. Rol-
Inns remained but day with his FAM
lily. and then eft for Charlotte. 1t is
confidently believed by our inform
ant that work will be commenced on
this end of the road in a few weeks.
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" The Democratic platforms in
New York and Maine may differ IN
some particulars from the Democrat
&c platforms in Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania, says the New York San. but
there is one fundamental thing on
which the Democrats of these and
all the other States are agreed, to
wit: That Boss Grant must be turn
ed out Of the White House: that
this Administration must be driven
from power; that the plundering
Officeholders must be routed from
their places; and that the Republi-
can party must be relieved from
the control of the country.
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MUNICIPAL.

Organization of the New Board.
The newly elected Board of Mayor and
Aldermen of Morristown, to-wit: James
G. Rose, Mayor, and G. T. Magee, G..
W. Folsom, NJ. Carriger, Joseph Brown,
John Murphey and R. E. Rice met at the
Courthouse at 2 o'clock, P. NJ. Saturday
October 2, 1875, and each having taken
upon himself the oath of Office as re-
quired by law, the following proceed
ings were had, to-wit:
James P. Evans, E. Love and Mr.. ].
Harrison were each nominated for the
Office of Recorder, and the election be-
ing duly held, Mr.. Evans was declared
elected, he having received the unani-
nous vote of the Board.
The Mayor announced the following
Standing Committees, to-wit:
On Streets.-George w. Folsom, r.
E. Rice and Joseph Brown.
On Finance.-John Murphey, NJ. Car
riger and G. T. BIagee.
On motion of Alderman Magee, the
Finance Committee was instructed to
settle with the retiring Board of Mayor
and Aldermen and report to this Board
at the earliest time practicable.
Alderman Carriger offered the follow
ing ordinance, which was adopted:
Be it ordained by the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen of Morristown, that here
after the constable of the corporation
have fixed salary Of thirty $3.50 dollars
per month, in lieu of all fees and COM
missions heretofore allowed, and all or
dinances in conflict with this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
Alderman Murphey offered the follow
ing ordinance which was also adopted:
Be it further ordained by said Board
of Mayor and Aldermen, that the con-
stable of said corporation be and he is
required to collect all taxes, fines and
ferfeitures due the corporation which
may come to his hands, to execute all
process, enforce strictly the ordinances
of the corporation, take charge of and
control any person or persons who may
be required to work out any fines, ETC.,
upon the streets, as well as other hands
employed at any time to work on the
streets and to do all other duties requir-
ed of him by the Board, and that he
shall reside within the corporate limits
and be on duty at all times when neces-
sary.
On motion of Alderman Murphey, the
following tax on property is imposed
for the present year, to-wit:
40 cents on the $100-fOr current eX-
penses, and 40 cents on the 800 as
special tax to meet the bonded debt.
On motion, the following committee
was appointed to wait on Mr.. Evans
and inform him of his election, to-wit:
Col. j. G. Rose, Mayor, G. T. Magee
and Joseph Brown.
On motion of Alderman Murphey, the
election of Town Constable was deferred
until the next meeting.
Thereupon the Board adjourned until
next Saturday, 2 o'clock.
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NEWS AND OTHER ITEMS

| N II w . AMI ~ LIEN L 4LLuAS
The Peaks of the Adironda cks ar
white with snow.
Louisiana's new census shows 90,
900 more colored residents than whites
Over five hundred students wer
registered at the opening of the WiscOn
sin State University.
The Germans of Dayton, Ohio
agree to give up Sunday professions anC
celebrations.
Later accounts confirm the wors
reports from the Texas coast. -Four
hundred lives lost.
Five Mexicans who were caugh
robbing the dead near Indianola wer,
shot and killed.
Boston subscribes literally for the
Texas sufferers.
1t is stated that nine persons out
of hundred are insane from hereditary
| causes.
Diptheria is quite fatal among the
children in some counties in West Ten
nessee.
A war is predicted between Rus
STA and Prussia at an early day.
Accounts from Sydney state that
the plague has carried off 40 900 Fijians
in four months.
Col. Albert Fink has resigned
the Presidency of the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad.
Another of the Missouri outlaws,
Cole Younger, has been arrested by the
sheriff of Fentress county, Tennessee.
The President has decided not to
remove Col. Spence from the u. S.
Marshalship for Middle Tennessee.
Columbus DeIano has resigned
the Secretaryship of the Interior Depart
ment, and his resignation has been ac-
cepted by the President.
Miss Hulett practices law in Chicago,
and keeps very far in advance of her in
dOlent sex. She refuses to take any d.
vOrce cases, as she thinks ''any woman
who will marry a man ought to be forced
to live with him.
In the Loudon Circuit Court, in the
case of Dunn against the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia Railroad, on ac-
count of the death of his son by being
run over and killed in 1872, the jury
found for plaintiff and assessed damages
at $4,000.
Ned O'Baldwin, the Irish giant, who
was shot in a bar-room Monday night,
died the evening of the Goth.
The Board of Education of Chicago,
with but one dissenting voice, have re-
solved TO discard the Bible from the pdb-
lie schools of that city.
The Board of Health of Washington,
d. c., regarding the wood pavement, of
which that city has sixty miles, report
the emission of gases engendering dis
ease.
The affairs of the Jaeger Iron Compa
ny at Albany, N. Y, whose blast works
cost $500, 900, are reported in a bad con-
dition.
Ten persons were killed and thirteen
badly wounded by the running off the
track of a passenger train on the Rich
mOnd, DrummOnd and Arthabraska rail-
road in Canada.
Nichols, the defaulting teller of the
Bank of Commerce, Montreal, and his
father, have been arrested in st. Angus
tine, Florida.
Robinson, who wounded Mrs. Dixon,
at Norwich, Conn, is dead from poison
taken after his arrest
The Emperor of Germany has gone to
Baden Baden, and will go thence on the
10th of October to Italy.