The Worthington advance., 1876-06-01

,ever said the package contained bonds,
vbile Mr.. Blaine testides that the package
,ontained maps Of the -ArkAnsas- coal fields
md namphlets and sketches descriptive of
he same. NJ. Blaine, on the 2bth, - ked the
committee il it was intended to ,keep, open
he investigation until the return d Caldwell
rom England, and demanded arepor With
ut further delay. 49,, s,<.,s.,,:.y ;stf /
=: The Markets. :''~ '.*.,>
St. Paul, May 27.-Wllsat in New
lork,& sl.2o@1. 80; Chicago,' No. 2, sel.l6;
No. l, $l.14, No. 2, el.os; st.
Gold in New York closed at 9l:12x:'
A Chicago report says OF .Minnesots wheat
L is quite but frmer.t No L was offered at
b. .1s, without buyers. Gales were reported
# 800 bushels No. 2 at 9l.lO; "a 500 bushels
y sample at s1.10@l.l2 on track; and ], 900
bushels do at @l.l4@1: :1S free on board cars.
Total t, 600 bushels. A great dealot Ainne-
ota wheat is now passing through. and
round Chicago which il not bonght and sold
n this market. f:,.f::.. .:!j..{J = ;...,;.;7'
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. The Methodist Conference. J., ;...f'
The General Conference of the NJ.
z: Church 1t Baltimore had under discussion
ast week the question Of the electi6n OF :pprl pre+
lid ing elders by the conference, the minority
report providing that presiding elders shall
be appointed by the bishops on the nomina-
ion Of the majority Of the annual conference
BY ballot, without debate, provided, however,
that in case the bishops shall deem that the
interests Of the church demand that my per-
son 40 nominated be otherwise employed,
they shall communicate their knowledge to
the conference, which shall then proceed to
make other nominations until the required
number is obtained. The subject was de-
bated until adjournment.
Congressman Elections. -
The fact that henceforth, under the
law of congress, the congressinal elections
are to be held the same day in all OF the
states, has probably been forgotten. The
apportionment act of 1872 fixes
the time on the first Tuesday after the first
Mondayin November. In twenty states, in
cluding Minnesota, there is no change. The
principal objects of the law are, to have all
the seats in the House filled, should an extra
session be called on the 4th OF March, on the
Of an old congress, and to cut
of the facilities for colonzing votes from. one
state to another.
The Black Hills.
Gen. Sherman has written 4 letter
to Gen. Sheridan, in which he says that not
withstanding the fact that whites are in the
Black Hills and upon the Sioux reservation
i'll violation Of all treaties, the government
does not desire to see them massacred. He
therefore directs the military authorities to
protect all parties returning from there and
all persons going in with food and supplies
for the crowd in there. His directions are
positive, however, to turn back all miners
and people going into the Black Hills fer
purely speculative purposes.
Another Colorado Snow Storm.
Colorado was visited by another I'm.
seasonable snow storm, on the 2sd, continue
ing some twenty -four hours. In Central City
Georgetown and other localities snow tell ia
depth Of three feet, while at Denver rain fell
to the depth Of six inches. The railroads suf-
fered much, and all trains were suspended.
The flood following was unprecedented.
Sorry FrOlic.
A party of twenty-five young men
who went from Cincinnati to the Black Hills
about month ago, were attacked by Indians
and eleven killed. They were all sons ot
wealthy men of that city, and went to the
Hills for summers trolic. The sad termin-
alton of the trip will he severe blow to their
parents and friends.
A STUDENTS FREAK.
Troy (N. " Press
A disgraceful and outrageous occur
renee took place at Fort Edward on
the night Of the 1lth inst, between
the hours of II and O'Clock. A mum.
Der Of the students, as supposed, be.
longing to the Institute, secured the
old field-piece, which has done duty in
that town for the past hundred years
on all Fourth of July celebrations, and,
placing itdirectly in front Of the In
stitute building, loaded it up to the
muzzle with powder and sod. A rope
was then attached to tho bell on the
Institute building, and, all being ready
the gun was touched off and the bel
violently rung. TO describe the sen
sation which was produced and the
fear expressed by the neighborine
citizens, who were awakened from 3
sound sleep would be impossible. Suf
fee it to say that simultaneously with
the deafening report made by the dis
charge of the canon, an explosion oc
cured, the gun flying into a Thousand
pieces, and the window.lights contained
in the front portion of the Institute
and the neighboring dwelling house.
disappearing as if by magic. The
damage done to property in the vicin
ity is estimated to be considerable.
FOREIGN MARKETS.
The Mark Lane Express, in it's re
view of the British grain trade during
the week ending May 20, says:
The present aspect of the country
although not alarming, is not calcl,
lated to afford farmers much satisfac
tion. Light lands bear fairly promis
ing crops, but Oh heavy soils the crops
are poor. We incline to the idea that
with tho oocoo%;n,, of oo1xl ~,,:,>lo o-L