The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-10-22

in aspeech At Servia, on the 18th, said the
government expected to have'l5 miles of rail.
| way completed next season from Fort William
towards Manitoba:
,, A stone has fallen from the pagoda oil
Juggernaut at Porce, aud, according to proph-
coy, this indicates the approaching tall Of
both the temple and its religion. The build
ing has stood for 100 years without any sort OF
repairs.
The Spanish note in reply to the vati-
can is ccnciliatory. The ministry explain that
they were defeated; that they made every
effort to establish IN understanding, but can
not tell what will he the cortes' solution of the
question. The clause of the constitution es.
tablishing religious liberty must he main
tanned. The note asks the vatican to consent
to settlement upon as broad basis as is pos
sible. ..z~.~* ~
Personal aud Political.
The October elections resulted favorably to
the Republicans. Ohio elected Republican
governor by a small majority, and Republi-
can legislature. Iowa gave the same party a
majority Of over 5000, and Nebraska by its
usual vote.
Ben. Butler isreported as the latest victim
OF confidence game, having been deluded into
giving Pittsbur5 fellow $l5 for writing up his
Washington house for some paper the fellow
falsely pretended to be connected with.
hard money convention was held in
Detroit, Mich, the l4th. Resolutions were
adopted appointing ten delegates to the ma
tional hard money convention to be held at
Cincinnati Oct. 25th, and declaring opposition
to any scheme Of imitation, or any form Of paper
money not actually interconvertible into coin.
Major h. NJ. Burleigh of Athol, Mass,
lawyer and politician ofssme note, son ofthe
well-known lecturer, Mathew Hale Smith,
(having had his name changed,) has dlsap-
peared. The last heard from him ne was ut
Springfield, expecting to return home the
next day. It is rumoied that several thousand
dollars are also missing.
Ex-senator Chandler OF Michigan has re-
ceived the appointment Of Secretary of the In
terror.
The grand jury Of Rockford, Illinois, has
indicted Foster and Edwards, the St. Louis
editors who recently indulged in duel farce
there, their seconds, surgeons, and the report
er present. It is also reported the same par
ties have been indicted in st. Ls.uis under the
Missouri law, and that it is probable that Gov.
Harding of Missouri will not honor the requi-
sition Of Governor Beveridge, Of ILL.,, while the
Missouri cases are pending.
+; The well-known poet and popular lecturer,
Gerald Massey, is suffering from alteration Of
the mind, causing his confinement in pri-
vate asylum in England. To those who have
been at all familiar with the career Of the
gifted ard unfortunate poet this sad news will
not occasion surprise, his writings on Spiritual
ism for years past Enthusiastically showing that
he was rapidly drifting in that direction.
Norman Wizard, the inventor, who has
for many years past figured in the Congress
sonal lobby as the owner of q patent cannon
which he wished to have the country adopt,
has gone into bankruptcy. He gives his debts
as s257 900 and assets about $200, 900, in addi-
ton to witch he schedules claims against the
United States Of $4,000. Wizard has carried
high hand in the past dispensing his hospi-
tality in the most lavish manner, his guests
always including goodly number OF members
of Congress