The Worthington advance., 1876-06-08

of annihilation. Of one regiment
numbering 600 only eight returned to
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THIS AND THAT.
Peter Cooper is the man of '76 and 10
over. ~ ?
Vanderbiltis is failing. Only in health,
however. ..~
Potato bugs are operating extern
sively in Indiana.
The trouble with hangings is that
they use too small rope.
Marvellous fish stories begin to float
through the country press.
A little child is supposed to have
been eaten by wolves at Egg Harbor,
Wis.
What will the sultan do with his
1900 wives? is the question of the
hour.
Tilton occasionally uses whisky ''for
a gargle." If it slips down sometimes
it isn't his fault.
The temperance question is prom
inent one before the public at Rock
ford, ILL.,, at present.
The Miller's National association
meets in annual convention ut MilWau-
kee OF the 2lst of June.
Judge Hilton says Stewart s will can
not be broken, that he has got the
money and intends to keep it.
If you had worked for A. 7. Stewart
20 years for So a week, you would re-
ceive /: present of 81, 900 now.
A woman named Murphy died sud-
denly at Dwight, Ill. Cause, apoplexy,
induced by excessive drinking.
Anna Dickinson having vindicated
Anne Boleyn, is prepared to vindicate
herself. Look out,eyou critics.
Vic Woodruff is Conkling man.
She says if she ever takes new affin.
ity that he will be the first choice.
Jane Swisshelm is we'll again, and
now jumps into her chemiloon with all
the sprightliness of healthful spirits.
Dom Pedro had high name in Phil.
adelphia. 1t was "hi gh' principally
in connection. with the hotel charges.
An apple tree on Larrick' farm, south
of Charlottesville, Ind, is nine feet
two inches in circumference at the
base.
Jas. Mcclure, of Oconto, Wis, has
J. II. Taylor, of Waupaca, to fight him
for the light weight for $50 or up.
ward.
Some of the Boston sentimentalists
think that Piper was insane. 1t is OF
no consequence, however, Piper was
hanged.
The most prosperous people in Phil.
adelphia are the pickpockets, though
they say they have to work hard for
all they get.
Five more men have been placed in
the Carbon county, Pennsylvania Jail,
accused of murder and belonging ia
the Molly Maguires.
La Crosse Sun: Always pick out {:
bald-headed barber to shave you, be-
cause he can't consistently ask you tC
buy any hair-renewer
Benjamin Corter died at his resi-
dence, near Trout Run, Pa, last Satur
day, aged l04. His wife who survives
him is 102 years of age.
Blue Lick, Floyd county, Ind, wants
to send Tom Dietz' little baby to the
Centennial because it was born with
chin whiskers an inch long.
There may not be gold, but there's
no question about the quantity of lea(
in the Black Hills. Every Indian ha:
a gun full of it and isn't stingy.
Milton, Wayne county, Ind, has :
gang of h0odlums who delight in mis-
placing switches, destroying property
and other innocent amusements.
The richest man in Prussia is neither
banker nor noble, but plain Kropp, th'
maker of cannon. He pays more in
come tax than any man in Prussia.
A. O. Smell, of Yorktown, Delewar'
county, charged and once convicted O
murder, has been acquitted and ha
! married the daughter of the murdered
man.
A young boy named Waller Wander
ho0f stole 500 worth of watches ant
jewelry from his employer, Thoma
Chadwick, of Neilsville, Wis, and raj
away.
A muscular girl, of Eaton, o.
knocked an able-bodied young maj
down recently for irreverently play
ing jewsharp in the graveyard OF
Sunday.
A Milwaukee man made three unsuC
cessful attempts to blow his brain
out, and then his wife told him
''Don't try it again, John; you haven
got any,"
When man goes into one salool
after another and asks for drink OF
tick, and the bartender in each plac
says II don't know you," he begins t.
think he is the great unknown.
One of the strong points brough
forward by Tilden' s supporters is tina
their candidate is a bachelor. An,
yet that profound observer, Senate
Matt Carpenter, has said that it is bet
ter, that a man should have a family O
his own at Washington than some
body else's.
Sexton, the billiardist, made ru1
of 287 points, French caroms, at tn
Philadelphia tournament last week
which, the telegraph informed us, wa
the largest on record. Foreign paper
inform us that recently Prof. Bataile
of Montpelier, France, made a run o
1000 points, and only stopped on &C
count of exhaustion.
Ginger-snaps are Excellent to Keep
"A friend told me she never meant t.
be without them; she had kept then
six months by moving them down Gel
lar when they became dry, and if the,
grew too moist there would dry then
| 4 little in the oven.