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

that Judge Drigg Of tho United States District
Court has granted Waddy Thompson writ OF
habeas corpus.
The Board OF Aldermen of Cincinnati have
adopted = resolution eulogistic Of ex-Presi-
dent johnson. -
About fifteen thousand persons are at
tending the National Methodist camp meeting
at Old Orchard Beach, Maine.
The Northampton Anchor Tape and Web
bing Co., Of Springfield, Mass. has failed. Liza
bilities $40, GOO.
Reports from Cairo, announcing that the
river had come to : stand, causes rejoicing
here, though it will doubtless be several DAYS
before any change will be effected at this point.
Weather cloudy and sultry.
A dispatch from White Mountain on the 7th
OF August, says there is rumor in circulation
in the hotel in which Mr.. >Beecher is stopping
that Francis D. Moullon has been in consulta-
ton with Gen. Butler, and that the result of
their consultation is partially perfected plan
to bring an action against Beeoher in that coun-
ty for perjury in swearing to his reply to the
Tilton suit OF last year, at Middleton. MIR.
Beecher has introduced in the hotel the feature
of morning prayers, which will be continued
during the time he remains.
Wisconsin has suffered but little from the
recent rains. From some points damages
by chinch bugs are reported, but the yield of
wheat in the State, as a whole, will be
large. There will also be good crops Of oats,
barley and corn.
War has been declared between the St.
Lonis, Kansas City & Northern and the KAN
sas City railroads, and great reduction in
passenger rates of the roads is the consequence
The majority Of McCreary, Democratic can
ddate for Governor of Kentucky, is about
45, 600, an increase over Leslie in 1871 Of nearly
5000
Joseph H., oldest son OF Brigham Young,
died al Monti, Utah, very suddenly on the
night Of the 6th Supposed to lie heart dis
ease.
The latest reports from the North Carolina
election give the Democrats small majority
in the constitutional convention.
Colonel Ross, for many years chief Of the
Cherokee nation, was defeated tor reelection
by Rev. Chas Thompson.
A dispatch of the third, from Lafayette, Ind =.
says the flood in the Wabash river was the
greatest ever known. The Wabash and Erie
Canal was entirely destroyed, being broken in
in over hundred places. The dispatch says
the storms have given the State a terrible
blow.
Millions OF acres of grain, it is reliably re-
ported, have been destroyed in Ohio. In
whole counties, where the destruction has not
been complete, there will not he one fourth of
crop harvested.
The grasshOppers nav. returned to Nebraska
and are harvesting the crops with ven
geance.
The exact result Of the election in North
Carolina is not yet known, although it is pretty
evident the Democrats will have small maj
ority.
Spite OF the continued good weather. abroad.
the grain markets remain firm, and quotations
Of wheat favor holders.
At the Saratoga races yesterday, Madge ran
three-tourths OF a mile in the remarkable time
of lI5A. At Buffalo, the horse OF Gov.
Sprague trotted on exhibition. mile in 2:2l ,
which tor a four r-year-old is the best time ever
made. At the same track Lulu trotted mile
in 2:l5.
Crops Of all kinds in portions of Alabama
and Georgia have suffered terribly for want Of
rain. 1t is so dry and hot that even trees are
dying, and shedding their leaves like au-
tumn.
Wheat at Liverpool is still steadily crawling
up.
| From Abroad.
Hans Christian Andersen, the world re-
nowned poet and author, died of cancer, in
Copenhagen, en- the 4th.
Disastrous floods are reported in the East
Indies
At the OConnell celebration in Dublin, the
Fenian amnesty association crowded to the
front Of the stand, and prevented the lord
Mayor from speaking.
Cardinal McClosky, accompanied by his
secretary, has sailed tor Havre, on his way
to Rome, where he will receive the hat and
ring of the Cardinalate.
The Madrid Government denies that il
intends negotiating seven million dollars
loan to indemnify the Porto Rico slave owners
Victor Hugo welcomed the American rifle
team to his residence in Paris on the 9th.
great hail Storm recently visited Dorches
ter county, province of Quebec, doing i'm
mense damage. Hail stones larger than egg
fell, covering the ground for five miles squar,
to the depth of four inches. The government
has been asked for aid for the sufferers.
In the international shooting match at Stutt
gart, the 9Th, Fred Kramer OF Baltimore, wo,
the silver goblet.
The Spanish government has decided to b.
represented at our centennial.
The number Of cotton operatives idle by tn,
strikes at Oldham, Eng, is 2o,hO0.
A London special says the weather for tn,
past week has been fine and very much NOR
Encouraging to operators for lower prices
Harvesting will begin next week, but with al
this the accounts OF crops continue unfavorabl
and favor holders Of stocks Of wheat
The price to fall grades is well sus
tanned and quotations are steady on th
basis of 81 shillings per quarter for No. Q Mil
waukee on the spot. Cotton strong and activ
= and prices show an upward tendency. bu
, speculative elements are not sanguiue. Their
are little or no changes in stock quotations fror
E the closing figures of last week. The inouir
, is moderate for American.
E A new levy Of 100 600 men is soon to b
made by the Madrid government in Spain.
Commercial NFnrrers