The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-08-27


three days exactly At the "danger line," tn
river has fallen one inch at Memy his.
The trotting horse Grafton has been pur
chased by Robert Bonner for e36,0Oo. Hi
best time is 2.16x.
Gov. Allen has determined to withdraw
from the political canvass in Ohio. his friend
regard his defeat as certain, should he 20 I,
the pol as candidate. His friends advis,
the move on account of the health of the olt
man.
Prof. Jenny, the government geologist in th,
Black Hills, has himself washed out sl65'
worth Of gold in ten hours labor, and says tha
skillful and economical! labor will yield fai
remuneration.
Jeff. Davis has accepted an invitation to de
liver an address before tie Knox county agri
cultural society, in Illinois.
immigration to the United States, for thu
year ending June 18th, was &, 600 less thar
the previous year.
The lower Mississippi flood is at an end. TIL,
damage TO cotton is estimated at 8, 900 to 20 O0(
bales, and that to corn equally great.
The insurgent negroes in Georgia implicatt
Prince Rivers Major General in the Confed
crate army.
The American rifle team net with a grand
reception on their arrival in New York, on thu
2lst
The population of Louisiana has increased
l28, lis in the last five years.
The London Times says it il probable tia,
the present price Of wheat will be maintained
a. the English AMI European wheat is not only
below an average yield, but is poor in quail
ity.
The Indians of some of the Upper Missouri
agencies are reported to be already dissatisfied
and will not send delegates to the Black Hills
council. At Standing Rock, particularly, the
Indians have unanimously resolved not to dis.
pose Of their rights in the Hills nor to have
anything to do with the making of a new
treaty.
A company has been: organized to build a
narrow gauge railroad from Omaha to the
Black Hills
A dispatch from Washington says the Geor-
gia negro scare is ''put up'' for political effect
During the past year the Chicago & North
western railway has had l16 miles OF steel
track laid. The net earnings Of the roads were
81 1866, 1874.
Ex-Representative J. M. Wilson has been
appointed assistant U. S. attorney Tor the Dis
trict OF Columbia, Tor the prosecution of the
treasury thieves.
II. T. Helmbold, the Buchu man, lately re-
turned to America with the intention of again
going into business. His reception by ''par.
ticular friends'' was so warm, however, that he
has been taken to an insane asylum.
The failure OF Duncan, Sherman & Co. has
been traced to riotous living. It cost the senior
member SO, 600 year for personal ard fam
lily expenses. In ten years the firm has spent
g, 2,o0o, GOO for "hoard and clothes"
The Democratic majority in the Alabama
constitutional convention will lie sixty three.
Revised census returns Of Wisconsin show
the population Of the State to be ,zs6, $50.
A bottle has been picked up at Port Hope,
Mich, containing message from Donaldson.
written when 5000 feet in the air and the
storm coming Oh. The balloon was getting
out of order and the gas escaping fast The
last words are "fearful storm"
The Secretary of the Treasury has appointed
another commission to examine the Chicago
custom house, and if possible to tell what
should be done with the white elephant.
The second international" swimming match
between Coyle OF Chester and johnson of Eng
land took place in the Potomac river on the
9th. Coyle was taken from the water at the
end of the sixth mile. Johnson was more
than mile in advance, and continued to the
end Of the course-ten miles land came ont
looking quite fresh.