The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-05-14
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.

| p. CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
| fhe Terre Haute Gazette coI..es linn
Ing in at~the tail end Of the excitemel
with tho last name for it: "Spelliosy,
racy."
At late spelling match in Gambia, !
H., Deacon Ezekiel Lane, SO wears oil
spelled down oil the young folks and too
the first prize. -
The District Of Columbia debt is u,
wards Of $40, 100000. But then the littI
municipality can draw on Uncle Sam
treasury.
"Long Hungry" the Comanche chic
says the New York Commercial Adpe,
ttser. is on his way East. What app,
tight he'll have when he gets here.
The Cincinnati Enquirer sproposes
popular vote on the question Of Beecher'
guilt az tho onl y way Of settling the mat
ter and restoring social peace to tn
country.
A sharp talking lady was reproved b,
her husband, who requested her to kee
her tongue in her mouth. INV dear.
she said, ':it's against the law to carr,
concealed weapons"
Robert Connelt, workman at Colum
bus, o., was killed on the I'd by 4 hal
ounce Of croton oil given to him by dru,
clerk Of ten years experience on = pre
scr'ption plainly calling for castor oil.
Among the minute men of Connecticut
one hundred years ago, were Lieutenant
Noah Grant, Of Coventry, grandfather o
the President, and Captain Mcclellan. o.
Woodstock, grandfather of Gen. Georgt
B. Mcclellan.
Gen. Cook is said to be the first mill
tary commander Of Arizona who was moi
welcomed to the Territory with flags
drums and speeches. and the only one
whose departure is regretted by the peo.
pie of the Territory.
The circus sensation of this season will
be fac SMILES Of Tilton and Beecher. Ey.
cry tirst"class show pays large salaries to
men whose only show merit is that thew
resemble the plaintiff and defendant in
the great scandal suit.
A Dubuque printer received the follow.
ing note from his girl: *'MaY I cit
yanked out o bed at midnite every mite
by . cuss like Theydore Tilton, an car.
ried upp million pare Of stares, if ever
sese to love you, Jim.''
There was once Pennsylvania legisla-
tor who laid by thirty thousand dollars in
one session. When he was asked how he
managed this with a salary Of one thou
sand dollars, he said that he saved it BY
doing without a hired girl.
Agnes Burns, daughter of poor weaver
of Dundas, Scotland, who secretly left
her home for New York last September,
is wanted by her wealthy uncle, Robert
Gray of Glasgow, who proposes to make
her his heiress, but cannot find her.
The Rev. Washington GLADDEN. saws
that the religion Of the Southern negroes
has not the remctest relation to their
conduct, and that ''the notion OF any in.
eongruity between piety and theft or
adultery scarcely enters their heads
San Francisco had spelling match, in
which the worst speller was to have the
prize, which was a copy Of Josh Billings
book. "Virtue' was one of the words
gwen out, and the man who spelled it
was awarded the prize.
Bishop Foster does not anticipate sue.
cessful temperance reformation for CEN
tury to come, and seems rather doubtful
about it then; bnt he has one consolation,
that at the judgment day the prohibi-
tionists will get even with the rum sellers.
Gen. Frank Blair, who has long been
prostrated under the effects of paralytic
attack, is thought to be improving since
his MUSICIAN, DR.. Franklin, of St. Louis
has resorted to TRANSMISSION of blood into
the Generals veins from those of a
man.
One Of the objects Of the new English
expedition to the Arctic regions is to
search for another mine of ervolite, (ice-
stone,) and in the event of it's attainment.
certain London merchants have pur-
chased the exclusive right for It's work.
ing by pledge to pay oil the expenses
Of the expedition.
Canada is not all devoted to agricul-
culture. Official returns from Ontario,
Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
show 1864, ,020 invested in manufac-
lures, employing l87, ,942 persons, earning
$40, ,851 600 year, using 1924, ,907 ,246 in
raw materials and producing $221,6l7,-
773 in manufactures.
After twenty years trial Of proh,bitory
legislation, the Michigan Legisls.
ture has resorted to system
Of taxation in lieu of license, the
latter being forbidden by the constitution,
and has also proposed \ constitutional
giving the liquor traffic Who'll
y into the control Of the Legislature.
The Northwestern camp-meeting
ground, it is decided, will be located in
some spot along the southwest shore of
Lake Michigan, which will be provided
with ample hotel accommodations, and
all convenience for camp life and camp
including seats for 5000 people
around the central pulpit.
Rev. A. Crowell of Shueyville, Ia.. \
Of the United Brethren Church,
whose mind has been affected by illness.
recently tried to commit suicide BY cut.
ting his throat, and probably will not re.
cover. Certainly he cannot be restored
to reason. He has beena faithful timer
ant for twenty years.
The German reporter who committed
suicide the other day in consequence Of
the Beecher trial, was detailed to trans
late the proceedings into German. If
ever IN unfortunate human being was
justified in shutting off this coil he Ger
tainly was. and is entitled to Christian
burial, Notwithstanding the violence to
himself.
A New Orleans woman's insanity in
duces her to shout ':stop thief!'' whencv-
er she sees anybody running in the street,
and several staid old men, upon starting
briskly for horse car, have been chased