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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-05-11
NEWS N.EBULA,

Dumas has written 800 novels and
stories.
The favorite line of the tramps-
The clothes:line,
Strawberry short.cake is in full
bloom in the South.
Signs of the dimes-The jingle in
the contribution boxes.
If they want to prevent Bristow's
nomination they had better stop lying
about him.
Mr.. Donald G. Mitchell has been ap.
pointed one of the jurors at the Cen
tennial Exhibition.
Mrs. Conard Huelscher, of Battle
Creek, has a bible 26l years old and
another 24S years old.
The truth is 50 bad, nowadays, that
it is not surprising that nearly every
body has taken to lying.
Mr.. A. B. Chapline, formerly Du-
buque lawyer, is city attorney for Gus
ter City, in the Black Hills.
Iron can be manufactured in Texas
in sufficient quantities to build all the
railroads the state needs.
Misfortune never comes singly.
Tyndall was married while ago, and
now they have made a haronet of him.
A negro, in an endeavor to escape
from the officers In Savannah, Ga,
jumped into the river and was drown
ed.
Herman Perwitz was arrested few
days ago at Beaver Dam, Wis.,, for sell
ing salt creased in butter, represent
ing it to be butter.
Two or three London journals say
that Lieut. Cameron intends to take an
other journey to Africa to prosecute
his geographical researches.
A west side young lady says she
croquet. 1t is whispered around that
she wears number seven shoes.
A mistake was made at Crawfords.
Vile, Ind, last week, in a case of mea.
sles being taken for smallpox and the
patient being sent to the penthouse.
A London correspondent informs us
that the English mania for pedestrian
ism and spelling.bees Is commonly
called now the ''foot and mouth dis
eases
A resident of Madison, Conn.,, has re.
Gently buried his seventh wife. He is
now looked upon with as much curios-
ity as was Bluebeard, of romantic re-
| nOWn.
Harley French, ayeung man aged II,
was drowned in Virdigris river near
Ne,Mesha, Kan, while fording it in
company with young man named
Frank Young.
Judge Murdoch is shipping from Du
| buoue to the Centennial five large box
es Of Iowa archaeological specimens
Most Of these are relics of the mound
builders.
A Massachusetts woman wouldn't al
low her husband to bury his pet hors'
! in the family cemetery lot. She SAT-
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THE RECORD OF NEWS.
Political, Personal and Foreign Do
iags and Gossip.
President Grant Says No.

The President has sent to the House
4 message declining to furnish Information
"whether any executive acts or duties, ana
). any what, have been performed at dis
lance from the seat Of government" He says
he, ~ have all his predecessors, excepting
two, has been in the habit OF absentiDg him.
self at times from the seat Of government, and
during those absences he did not neglect or
lorcgo the duties and obligations Of his Office,
but he denies the authority Of the House to
require Of the executive, a co-ordinate and in
dependent branch Of the government, an &C.
count Of his discharge OF his appropriate ACTS
and duties, either az to when, where, or no"
performed. He also cited facts to show that
Washington was absent from the seat Of gov
eminent during his term, 28l days, and per-
formed many important executive acts while
absent; John Adams was about 385 days;
Jefferson, 1856 days; John q. Adams, 226
days; Jackson 602, and other presidents
down to Johnson's administration were also
furnished. The message was referred to the
judiciary committee.
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and educated still cling to him for sup
port. There is another class that
must be serious tax to Mr.. Stephens:
We meaasthe old political hacks who
in these times. Of Young America find
their occupation gone and ask Mr..
Stephens for aid. He can only open
his house to them, for he: is unable to
do more. Theysaccept, and the conse-
quence is that he is loaded down with
Burril's boarders, those who never
miss a meal or pay cent.
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THE WIDOW VAN COLT.

The editor of the New York Sup has
been made the special subject Of muol,
prayer, of late, and seems to he soft
ening towards reyivalists. He gives
the widow Van Colt, who is preaching
in Brooklyn, the following kind no.
tice:
"Her daily meetings are crowded and
her altar is besieged by penitents. She
is accomplishing what the other fe-
male revivalists failed in, and the
scenes which were enacted during her
revival operations in the towns up the
river are repeated in Brooklyn. 1t is
evident that, next to Brother Moody,
Widow Van Colt is the most powerful
revivalist in the field. Her Language
is more polished than Moody's; her
reasoning is more orderly, and her il.
lustrations are more pointed. Her
earnestness could not be surpassed, and
she seems determined to compel people
to come in. Widow Van Colt, while
preaching in all the places around New
York, has kept out Of tho city itself.
Some Of her admirers are now trying
to get here over here, to take up the
work that Brother Moody left unfin'
ished. Let her come among us and dc
all the good she can"
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ALECK STEPHENS.

Columbus (0A) Enquirer.
Mr.. Stephens is poor now, and we
regret to know that he is burdened
to support many dead-beats, which
must be a serious matter with him at
the present low ebb of his finances.
It is said that whenever court assem-
bles in Crawfordville the Judge and
most of the bar ''put up with Mr..
Stephens, and there is lot of hangers.
on in his establishment that get a liv.
ing out Of him. Mr.. Stephens has been
very liberal in his charities, and has
educated more men and women than
any man in Georgia, yet in q number Of
INSTANCES those people whom he reared
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A. Toast,

Two important discoveries The
discovery Of America by Columbus, and Dr.:
opening up to mankind new continent, the
other a fountain OF health, which is indispen-
sable to the full enjoyment Of life and its
blessings. In response to the above senti-
ment come the unsolicited attestations of
tens of thousanda Of grateful patients, who
have been relieved Of chronic ailments
through its fundamentally. Those voices
are limited to no one locality, but from every
city, village, and hamlet in our broad domain,
as well as from other climes and in the
strange utteranoes Of foreign tongues, like the
confused murnaur Of many waters, come un-
| feigned and hearty Communications. 1t is, in
combination with the Pleasant Purgative Pei
let's, the great depurator of the age. Under
it's benign action eruptiens disappear, exces.
sive waste is checked, the nerves are
stre ngthened, and health, long banished
from the r-stem, resumes her reign and re.
establishes her roseate throne upon the
cheek. AL who have thoroughly tested it,
virtues in the diseases for which it ia recon-
mended unite in pronouncing it the grea
MEDICAL Discovery of the age.
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eiven fresh stimulus to shipments Of wheat
and corn, greatly reducing the storage in
western warehouses. The warehouse men OF
New York, however, have resolved upon IN
increase Of storage rates which may over
come the favorable effects Of the breaking Of
the freight poole. Large contracts are now
being made for shipping the tall crops, in
view Of the present favorable attitude Of the
railroads.
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The Minnesota LIQUOR War.

Active opposition to the enforce.
,nent Of the inebriate asylum law passed by
the last Minnesota legislature has been inau-
gurated in st. Paul. Geo. Benz and Col.
Allen were put ON trial in the Municipal
Court for refusing to pay the tax, and each
fined 926 and costs. The cases were appealed
to the Supreme Court, and motion made
for \ stay Of proceedings in other cases on the
docket until the law could he tested by the
two cases already tried. The court post
poned further proceedings one week, regard
less OF the demand of the county attorney
that the trials proceed.
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Minnesota Gossip.
OTTER TAIL,

OTTER TAIL.
The first sturgeon speared in Red
River at Fergus Falls, this spring,
weighed 40 pounds.
St. Paul bummers avoid Fergus Falls
rs Sundays resting place. They
can't even get up a game of cards there
on the Sabbath!
The railroad bond sentiment has
greatly changed in the paat year in
Parkers' Prairie, and it is thought the
bonds will be voted,
1t is said that the Fergus Falls Advo.
cate will be discontinued owing to the
continued illness OF the editor.
Sheriff Anderson has returned from
his search for the missing Goodall girl,
with sufficient information to warrant
the arrest Of the inhuman father.
MARTIN.
The Sentinel says: Eairmont will
be the liveliest town, of it's size, in the
west, the coming season, and Martin
county will receive a larger addition
! ia its wealth and population, during
the centennial year, than any other
county in southern Minnesota.
An old mill.dam has washed out
which will drain 4 large supply of
water out of four or five beautiful
lakes, and should the matter fail to
be remedied at an early day, the result
will be serious and irrelarable.
Arrangements have been perfected
whereby the two enterprsing and
well-to.do English gentlemen-Smales
and Lyon-haye become associated
with Messrs. Munger & visselman ir
the banking bushes at Fairmont.
Sherman, the English colonizer OF
Martin county, is again in the field
He takes the discouraging experience
Of former years phiiosophfeally.
The Good Templars, Lodge of Fair
mont, has reorganized, elected a,
efficient corps Of officers and bids fai
to regain IT'S former good standing ant
usefulness.
An interesting elopement is report
ed from Elm Greek. John Ellis, VIII
Aaa heretofore figured quite promi
nently in the criminal courts of tn
county, became enamored with til
charms of the wife of II. H. Winslow
who, it seems, reciprocated the tende
passion. An elopement was secretel
agreed upon and, one night, last week
like the Arabs, the parties ''folde
their tent and silenly stole away
Tho hotels of Fairmont are ''cran
jam full" as a consequence Of the re
vival of immigration.
DODGE.
Kasson has four church edifice
. worth SIS, 900, and a fifth now in pre-
cess of construction.
, Arbor day was duly observed in Ka:
son and surrounding country.
Fruit raising, which has hithert
been considered rs an experiment i
Minnesota, is now CONCEDED 4 success
, and Dodge county contains many fin
orchards.
Dodge county is said to be the ricl
est county of land of its size in til
: State. It is entirely destitute of hig
: hills. its surface generally rolling, 81,
.. ing to its streams good current.
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Remarkable EscaDe from D

A singular accident occurred few
days since in the town of Coralville, Ia. A
little boy, only five years old, was playing
about the pool above the dam, from which
the water flows some hundred feet under
ground to the wheel Of the paper mill. He
was seen to fall into this pool, when inme-
date search was made by lis parents, but
they were unable to find him. A short time
after, and when all hope had been banished
offnding him, person connected with the
paper mill happened down by the wheel
where the water discharges under the ground
flume, and heard child's voice hailIng him.
With light, search was made in the dark re-
cess Of the mill wheels, and there the little
fellow was found, holding to the wheel-post
in the water up to his waist. He had been
drawn through this fume hundred feet aud
came out all right.
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THE HARPERS' WEALTH.

In an article on Fletcher Harper,
The New York Weekly says: Upon
the death of Wesley Harper, in 1870,
a new organization was inevitable.
Each of the brothers had one son or
more, now grown to mans estate, who
had been trained in the business
each one specially in some particular
department of it, but each with gen.
eral knowledge of the whole. Each of
these had naturally become the special
assistant of the father, These were
all admitted 40 members OF the firm,
soon no longer to be Harper l. BROTH
ers, though still retaining the old des-
ignation. The present members are
Fletcher Harper and his son, Fletcher,
Jr., was born In 1920, Philip j. A. son
of James, born In 1924; John Wesley,
born in 1880, and Joseph Abner, born
| in 1888, sons of John: and Joseph Wes-
lev, born in 1880, son of Wesley.
There are also grandsons of the origi-
nal members who have important
places in the establishment.
OF the wealth Of the firm no one but
themselves can speak with any Ger.
tainty of being even approximately
correct. There il no reason to sup
pose that 1t approaches In amount that
left by AstQr or Stewart. or that held
by Vanderbilt, and it is, undoubtedly,
surpassed by that Of several magnates
of the commercial and financial world.
But it is the accumulation of so years
of marked and uninterrupted success.
Probably there has not been for half
century single year, except that of
their great fire, when they were not
considerably richer at the close than
they had been at the commencement.
The establishment in Franklin square,
including buildings, machinery and
, stereotype plates, must be worth al
least 1900. 600 or 5000, 900, and very
probably considerably more. The an
, nual profits of the three periodicals
for the last ten years can harly be less
than 400, 900, and this by no means thu
main source of income, FOR every one
, of the thousands of volumes on theil
, list is presumed to afford consider
able, and not 4 few Of them a very
, large profit year by year Making al
lowance for Il liberal, though by NJ
means lavish personal and household
expenditure, the annual aggregate O
of capitalized profits must be yer!
. large; and there can be no room fol
, doubt that the firm, Of which F.etohe'
Harper is the senior member, mus
stand high up in the list Of American
millionaries.
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LeaycnWOrth Hurricancd.

A terrible rain and wind storm has
left Leavenw orth to expend two or three hun.
bred thousand dollars in repairs. a clouo
was seen approaching the city, funnel:shaped
and black, bounding along like bomb-shell'
and when it struck the city, steeples, CHM
news roofs and buildings were leveled to the
ground. Although no persons were killed.
the streets presented scene Of wreck and
disorder. The storm lasted but q few mo-
ments.
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The Foreign Policy

The President says that he shall
feel it his duty to veto the Consular and Dr.
plomatic bill if it should pass the Senate SUBJ
stantially in the form in which it came from
the House. The President was very earnest
in his declaration, and intimated that lie
might not sign the bil; even if the House
should accept the notifications made by the
Senate. He thinks that these notifications
cripple the service, and has intimated that it
would be better to withdraw all our diplomat
ic representatives, as consequence Of the
failure ofthe bill, than to continue any OF
them under the circumstances provided by
the bill. Secretary Fish is understood to in
dorse this position.
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LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION.

An interesting incident which fore
Swallowed the tragic fate of President
Lincoln, but which has never before
found its way into print, is vouched
for by a number of persons, still in
Washington, and who were witnesses
of it. On the day when Mr.. Lincoln
was inaugurated the second time in
1855, and just as he had passed from
the rotunQa of the Capitol to the plat
form at the east portic0, where his in.
augural was to be delivered, man
who was recognized by several per.
sons to be John Wilkes Booth, pushed
hurriedly through the passage leading
from the Senate Chamber to the ro-
tunda, and in an excited and determin.
ed manner broke through the line Of
policemen which kept the crowd back
from the procession, and made a des-
perate effort to reach the eastern door
of the Capitol. He was discovered by
member of the Capitol Police-Mr. J.
w. Westfall of New York-who on
several occasions before rs well
AZ since. has given evidences of
his faithfulness and efficiency. He
seized the excited stranger, and after
severe struggle during which Major
B. B. French, then Commissioner of
Public Buildings, at the suggestion of
Mr.. Westfall, caused the door to be
closed and aid furnished, succeeded in
forcing him back into the crowd.
Booth had already been noticed by at
least two persons who knew him, pass
ing rapidly from the direction of the
S:nate Chamber toward the rotunda
and some idea of his determination to
reach the inaugural platform may be
formed from The fact that he broke
away from the man who first seized
him, Mr.. Westfall, and but for the
closing of the door he would probably
have accomplished his purpose, what
ever it was,
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Notice to Subscribers.

Attention Is called to the arrange.
ment made whereby any subscriber to this
paper fold or newt may obtain FREE, a copy
Of that household treasure, "Hodgman's Fam.
lily Album" the retail price of which, as solo
by agents, is $500. Read the advertisement
in another Column
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A Right Royal King.

The King of Dahomy having been
assessed fine for maltreating British SUBJ
jects, sent an ivitation to commodore Hewitt
to ''come to Abomey and receive payment in
powder and bullets" The invitation will
probably be accepted, as fleet Of vessels was
Immediately ordered to assemble at Whydall
with orders to take active proceedings if the
fine he not forthcoming.
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Mckee Goes CD.

The United States circuit court has
overruled the motion in arrest Of judgement
in the Mckee case, At st. Louis, and SEN
fenced him to. two years in the county Jail,
and to pay fine Of sio, 600. Mckee is the pro-
prietor OF the Globe Democrat newspaper,
and strong effort will be made at Washing
ton for remission Of the sentence of impris.
onment, q stay Of commitment having beer
had for that purpose.
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War on the Chinese,

AT meeting of two large societies
known a. the Anti-Coolie Clubs, in San Fran
cisco, It was resolved to destroy the Chinese
quarter Of the city unless the general gov
eminent takes immediate steps to "abate the
evil" The speeches were highly incendiary,
and letters were received from societies in the
interior asking cooperation. It Was report
ed that {, 800 stand Of arms had been secured,
and unless action is taken by the government
there is reason to to believe that serious dis
turbance may take place.
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Decidedly the best remedy that has
ever been discovered for rheumatism, SWOLLEN
or stiff joints, hesh wounds, sprains, bruises,
cuts, and burns, is Johnson's Anodyne Lini-
ment. We use it, and always Recommend it
to our friends,
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A Ourstion of Veracity.

Sometime ago Brick Pomeroy, who is
running paper in Chicago, published we'll
written story to the effect that Wilkes Booth
killed President Lincoln because the latter
permitted the execution Of bosom friend
Ut Booths as spy, after promising that his
life should be spared. Col. Forney stamps
the story as false in warp and wool, and gives
some pretty good evidence to support his de"
nial oft.
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A Blow at Chicago.

A tornado visited Chicago, on the
9Th inst, blowing down steeples, unroofng
houses and topping over chimneys. Several
persons were fatally injured and others more
Or less severely hurt. The Michigan Southern
railroad and the county hospital were un-
rooted, the steep!es Of Grace church and
Wabash avenue Methodist church were
blown down. Osborne's harvesting machine
factory was damaged to the extent Of $1,000.
The fog bell on the water works crib was
blown into the lake and the tower totally
destroyed. Trees, lamp posts and other deb
ris strewed the streets. Six men were buried
in one ruin, one Of them was killed outright,
and the others all had bones broken
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Chapped hands, face, pimples, ring.
tons cured, and rough skin made soft and
smooth, by using Juniper Tar Soap. Be care.
full to get only that made by Caswell, Hazard
Il Co., New York, as there are many imita-
tions made with common tar, all OF which are
worthless.
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Georgia and Kentucky Democrats,

georgia 0nu K6utucKy VcluVFFStss
The Georgia Democratic convention
was unusually harmonious and composed OF
a good class Of citizens. The delegation to
the national convention was not instructed,
and twill vote for any good man who can be
elected" The Kentucky delegation may be
set down for Tilden.
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We are glad to proclaim throughout
the State that the Boston One Price clothing
store, Minneapolis, are just what they claim
to be-one price to every one.
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Tho Rrist0W Farce.

The investigation of the charges
against Secretary Bristow was closed on the
4th, without receiving any EVIDENCE to sus.
tain the alleged irregularlty in reference to
the brig Mary Merritt.
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We should not hesitate to recon.
mend to any friend Of ours, Parsons Purga-
tive Pills; they are scientifically prepared,
and are adapted to all the purposes ct good
purgative medicine.
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J. The great Empire of Brazil, with a
splendid map of South America, is ex-
haustive}y treated of in the AMERICAN
CYcIoPED1A, together with a special
notice of the life Of the Emperor, Dom
Pedro II. This great work is nearly
completed, the last volume being in
press. The cost of this. immense un-
dertaking is over $3.50, 900, exclusive
of paper, printing, and binding. The
publishers, D. Appleton 4 Co., New
York, supply the work in monthly or
bi-monthly volumes when desired.
They will supply specimen-pages, on
application, gratis.
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Rlaino Ta1lvs One In oregon.

The Republican State convention in
Oregon elected five Blaine delegates to the
Cincinnati convention, The usual resolution
endorsing the administration was omitted:
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Empress Of India.

The royal proclamation has gone
forth declaring the Queen Of England to be
the Empress Of India, but there seems to be
considerable disappointment that the assump-
ton Of that title does not effect the royal
property-in short that the daughter Of the
Emperor Of Russia, who is married to VIC
toriA's son, is still one step higher in rank
than her English sisters-in-law. The Ere-
lish press, express much dissatisfaction that
the government has persisted in the matter,
and finally triumphed.
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The Markets.

st. Paul, May 8.-The wheat market
il still declining. In London, to day, north
western spring averages s. Cd; in New York,
sill q 1.la; in Chicago, CSC. in Milwaukee,
u 90; in St. Paul, el.03 CLOS. II il prob
able that prices in local markets will again be
reduced after the spring seeding is done.
Oats in sacks, 80 q SOC. Barley, 80 q s5c.
Beans, 81 49,: Butter. from lac to 22c. for
tub aud jar; % @2s for hest roll. Eggs are
down, and only local demand At lie.