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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-09-28
Practical Suggestions.

All coarse weeds may be removed by
droppingi nto the heart of each oil OF
vitroil. It should be applied with q
stick notched round for an inch or two
at the end the better to hold the LIQUID,
one dip of which will hold enough to
kill three or four plants. one drop be.
ing sufficient if the acid be good the
vitroil misses in burning up the weeds.
The sticks should not be pointed, the
bottle having wire round it for con.
venience of carrying. It is of course
needful to intrust the vitroil and its
use to a careful person.
BY the erection of bird-houses.
wrens> martins, and blue.birds, wholly
insectivorous birds, will occupy the
premises and tend to keep away rob.
ms, cat-birds. and cherry birds. which
are as destructive to small fruit as to
insects. There is another class of
birds that live in great measure on
the insects that destroy those we wish
to get rid of-such as the crow and
blackbird, and for that reason should
be discouraged. Our most useful and
beneficial bird is the wren, which
lives principally on millers, which
produce worms that destroy our fruit
and the foliage of our trees. The
next most useful is the bluebird next
the ground birds and chipping birds.
If these were plenty our fruit would
be less injured, and the expense of
bugging lessened.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-09-28
RECORD OF THE NEWS.
Political, Personal and Foreign Do
ings and Gossip.
The Postal Service.

The special postal railway co'nnl's.
.ion. APPOINTED under authority OF the ae' y.
Consres. nassed last session, convened AZ
Ch;caao on the 25th OF September. Ihe com.
mission consists OF Gardner &. Huboard' OF
Mass: F. w. Palmer OF ILL.,, and Daniel NJ
Fox. orPa. The commission heard John NC
Arthur. postmaster at Chicago; John NJ.
Hubbard general superintendent OF letter
carriers in Chicago; George S. Bangs, late
general superintendent Of postal railway trans
portation, and Hugh Riddle general superin-
tendent and vice-president Of the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific railroad company.
These gentlemen gave evidence on postal
railway transportation, the compensation
therefor and the best means for lettering it..
The board will probably set most Of the
week, and hear representatives of leading
railroads having headquarters here, officers
Of postal service, merchants, bankers, manu-
facturers, members OF the press, and all per-
sons most interested in fast mails. The board
has already collected many valuable data fol
their report to Congress, and have passed on
~ portion Of the territory they will traverse
The commission will visit Milwaukee Wed.
nesday by special train, and will return the
same evening.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-09-28
"Boys In Blue"

This organization assembled at In.
dianapolis on the Goth. Among the distin-
guished persons present were Governor Har-
trantt, OF Pennsylvani; Senator Logan, OF ILL.,
inois General Burnside, of Rhode Island /;
General Garfield, Ohio; General Goodloe,
Kentucky; General A. B. Norton, Texas ;
General Noyes and Colonel Scoville, Of Cleve-
land; Generals Negley and Parson, of Penn
sylvania General Madison Drake, Of New
Jersey Colonel L. +. Dudley, secretary Of the
national association OF the Boys in Blue
General Towbridge, Of Michigan; General
James Lotte, adjutant general OF Pennsylvan-
ia; John H. Montgomery, of Maryland, Gen
Dix was detained by illness and was not pres
ent but sent a letter, Senator Morton delfv'
cred address Of welcome, and Gen. Garfield
the President Of the association, responded
Gems. Logan, Hartranft, Hurlburt, Burnside
and others were among the speakers. The at
tendance was very large.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-09-28
Card From Theodore Triton.

Theodore Tilton on Tuesday, issued
the following letter regarding the scandal
which has been circulated affecting him:
During the past few years have been the
subject OF so much calumny and obloquy,
every trivial incident of my life being per-
verted and false incidents invented for that
purpose, that have long since ceased to re-
gard them, or deem it improper to contradict
them Injurious to me as is astory recently
published concerning an alleged transaction
on railroad, had at first resolved to treat
this, too, with silent contempt; but the ad-
vice Of trustworthy friends admonishes me
that owe it to them, as well as to myself, to
make an exception in this last and most
fragrant instance. Accordingly Iintrude my
self upon the public so far as to pronounce
the story imputng to me improper conduct
toward lady in a sleeping car OH the Hudson
river railroad, to be absolutely false, and to
declare that stand ready to meet and repel
every accusation Of such misconduct.
THEODORE TILToN.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-09-28
Mountain Floods,

A dispatch from Reading, Ia. gives
an account Of terrible disaster in Forest
coun y, Pa, Sept. q. The mountain streams
beco ming greatly swollen from recent rains
the waters flooded the partly settled valleys
near Ralston, newly opened numbering ham
let. Two cabins occupied by George Parks and
Daniel Cooper, wood choppers, were washed
down the mountain into the stream at an
early hour in the morning The Parks fam
lily consisted of seven persons-father, mother
and five children. There were nine men,
bers Of the Cooper family-Cooper, his wife,
six children, and Mrs. Adams, mother OF
Mrs. Cooper. These sixteen persons were all
drowned, and their bodies carried away and
jammed between boom of logs in Forest
Creek. The houses were completely wrecked.
Near Smithport, in Tiega county, three
lives are known to have been lost, and four
persons were drowned at Willsport.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-09-28
The Dead Bandit.

The body of the man shot near Ma.
della was brought down to St. Paul on Sat-
urday and taken to the State House, where
II was embalmed by Drs. Murphy and Hagan.
great crowd Of people thronged the capitol
Dolld,ng and grounds all the afternoon.
snough lew were allowed to see the body. On
Sunday crowd Of several hundred. includ-
ing women and children, throneed the
grounds nearly all day, but all the onter
doors of the building were locked and No
visitor was permitted to enter. Chief ~
Police McDonough, Of st. Louis, arrived IL,
st. Paul Sunday morning, and he identified
the dead body as that of Charley Pitts. one Of
the most daring Of the gang This renders
1t reasonably certain that the large robber
killed ut Northfeld was Clell. Miller.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-09-28
Recovering an Income Tax.

In the U. S. circuit court, Judge
Knowles delivered an opinion OF the court,
Judge Clifford and Knowles, in the case o.
action at law OF the United States vs.. Row.
land g. Hazard. The action is one Of debt tc
recover the sum of Sl7,751 for TAX on defend.
ants income in 1869. Defendant pleads in
bar to recovery OF payment by defendant o.
assessment made by the U. S. assistant Is
SCISSOR with IN added penalty offfty per cent
TIL Ell. 8. attorney, Gardener, demurrcd to
this and other pleas, and the opinion Of the
court to-day sustains the demurrer of the U s.
supreme court in the case of the Dollar Saw:
ings Bank vs.. The United States. The case
1 important as it is the first one instituted te
recover an income tax after citizen had paid
the tax assessed by u. s. assessor for &
per cent. penalty. The judgment Of thu
court sustains such action.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-09-28
STOP THAT COUGH!

From the sale OF $1,000 bottles OF Hale's
Cough 60. di"U. sold in the northwest with
in the past year, ON guarantee to refund the
less than fifty b'ttles returned, being less than
one failure in thousand. The fact speaks
volumes in favor OF this wonderful remedy tor
Colds, Coughs, Sore Threats, Bronchitis,
Asthma, &c: Physicians everywhere &C..
knowledge their surprise at the wonderful
results from the use of this medicine. We
authorize every druggist to warrant cure or
return the money in case OF failure after
using one-halt the bottle. 1t lie very pleasant
to the taste, making it very desirable rem
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-09-28
Bonds Called In.

The secretary of the treasury has
called in tor redemption ten million dollars
Of 6-oOs bonds Of 1866, May and November,
upon which interest will cease the 2lst If De.
cember. They are as follows: Coupon bonds
$50, No. 65l to 7ts, both incluive 500, No
6,6oi to No. $4,000, both inclusive $500. No
1901 to No. 1900, both inclusive 81 200, No
1851 to No. 46,85o, both inclusive. Tota
coupon, seven msllion dollars. Registered
bonds, $50, No. to 80, both Inclusive $780,
No. l,'0l to No. $50. both inclusive 81 600
No. a,70l to No. $3.50, both inclusive @5, 600
No. p ol to No. $500, both inclusive SO, 900
NO: a,'oi 20 No. $3.50, both inclusive; total
registered, three million dollars. Aggregate
ten million dollars.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-09-28
The Fat Womin'a Escape.

The Philadelphia Item, speaking of
Saturdays fire near tho Centennial
grounds, says: The fat woman-who
was at the Sea Cow and Learned Hog
show and made her escape so cleverly
was found by reporter Of The Item.
She was In q jolly hu,nor, and seemed
rather to have enjoyed than been
frightened by the event. When she
laughed she shook the house, and
made The Item man tremble lest the
building would fall aud crush out of
existence the purpose of his journey.
''You know" said the fat woman,
81 can step at 500 weight, and, as
the front stairs were on fire, / had to
90 down the back way. Now, the
front stairs were built especially for
me, of wool six inches thick, while the
back steps were only fit for common
light people like yourself. The first
step took crash went the wood, and
I came near going myself. The hog
was squealing awfully, and both the
sea cows were roaring like mad bulls,
but wasn't frightened bit. I got a
long smooth board that was in the
room, and placing it on the stairway.
tucked up my dress and slid down
gracefully. smashed everything al
the bottom, and got my foot wedged
just as got free, a noble fireman
rushed into the building. ''Rescue
me, rescue met cried. He came
toward me, and threw myself into
his arms. He fell with a shrek. My
weight had broken both his legs
She then detailed how she had sue
ceeded in getting out of the building
how she had been unable to sleep al
night, except on the floor, having bro
ken all the beds down how much at
tached she was to the educated hog
whom, she hoped, would get monu
ment, &c.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-09-28
The Indian Commission

The new Indian Commission of which
Bishop Whipple and DR.. Daniels OF Mime
tonka, are members. seems likely to prove
an utter failure. The object Of the Commits
sion was to negotiate a peace treaty, disarm
the hostile Indians, and secure the Black Hills
country. The Commission is at Bed Cloud
Agency, but at last accounts the Indians re-
fused to meet in Council, and the prospect
was that the Commission would have to
abandon the field.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-09-28
The Safe Burglary Trial.

In the trial of Gen. Babcock for con-
spiracy in connection with the Washington
safe burglary case, Whitley, ex-chief OF the
secret service bureau, who is jointly indicted
with the defendants, testified under nolle
prosequi granted in consideration OF his evil
dence, and states that Assistant District At
torney Harrington and General Babcock were
cognizant Of tie burglary, and promised their
cooperation in protecting participants there
in from punishment.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-09-28
Escape Of the Mortified Robbers.

The pursuit of the bandits who made
the raid upon the Mortified bank has been
abandoned and they have escaped from Min
nesota into Iowa and Dakota Territory. All
accounts agree that it WAS the hardest chase
the notorious Younger-James gang OF outlaws
ever had and they will probably give Mime
sofa wide berth hereafter. The photographs
OF the dead bandits shot at Mortified have
been fully identified by parties in Missouri, as
being Clell Miller and Bill Caldwell, both
known to be members Of the Younger-James
Gang.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-09-28
Railroad Riot,

About $50 men, laborers OH the
Manchester & Keene railroad. marched into
that city = few days ago, armed with canes and
clubs, creating general alarm. The court
house bell was rung and Central Square was
speedily filled with citizens. The men are
mostly Italians, and the demonstration
reused by the failure of contractors to pay
their wages. The men visited the residence
Of several prominent men identified with the
road, demanding wages and food, and threat.
ening to burn the town if their demand.
were not complied with. The police and
military are undor arms, and will prevent vi
Olence
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-09-28
4 Swindling Concern.

The receiver Of the suspended Nc.
chanics' and Traders institution. of Nev
York, has made statement of the Condition
OF the bank to the depositors, which show =
deficiency in the assets of$s4a, 1916. He states
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-09-28

Pimples on tho face, rough skin,
affections cured, the skin made soft and
smooth, by the use OF Juniper Tar Soap
That made by Caswell, Hazard Il Co., New
York, is the only kind that can be relied on,
as there are many limitations, made from com.
mon tar, which are worthless.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-09-28
$50 or 500 Bounty,

Children, Parents, write term Of service
amount Of Bounty received, sending stamp
to Col. L. BINGHAM 4 CO., Attorneys for
Claims, Patents, Land Titles, Washington,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-09-28

that il Is now well known that = number
trustees have been insolvent for years past.
All neglected or mismanaged their trusts,
for alleged services, have withdrawn large
sums Of money tor their own use. He further
charges that the accounts have been wiltully
falsided tor nearly twelve years, and that
many ofths investments. amounting to hun
dreds Of thousands Of dollars, were made in
direct violation of law.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-09-28

Base ball is undoubtedly good exer.
else and capital amusement, but 1t often oc-
casions bunged eyes, b, oxen skins and bis
tered hands. We can tell you that in all
such cases if Johnson's Anodyne Liniment is
the pain.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-09-28

Sr1R1rUAL1sx.--Address spiritual Sci
enlist" Boston, Mass, and receive specimen
copies Of this weekly paper.
You can save ten per cent by order.
ing your winter overcast from the Boston One
Price Clothing House.. Minneapolis. Send
tor the size You usually buy, and a fit is war
ranted.
We would not recommend the fire.
quent or constant use Of any medicine. It is
important to take even 4 good article Judi.
ciously. Parsons Purgative Pills are safe,
prompt and reliable as laxative or cathartic
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-09-28

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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-09-28

See adv't OF Ladies Floral Cabinet. It il
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Courier-journa|.

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to be fully and accurately posted to the real condition
Of cling and affairs in the SOUTH should subscribe to
the greet Southern pewspaper Louis
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-06-02
A GENUINE WINDFALL.


After Fifteen Years a Pennsylvania he
quest Turns Out 10 be Worth Half q
Million.
From the indianapolis Journsl.l -
About the biggest thing ia the way OF
windfall that has been chronicled, foi
10 ! these many days, has come to light
within the past few days in this city.
During the winter months Cobb & Bran.
ham have had in their employ man by
the name of ID. 4. Bruin, who has en-
gineered coal cart with skill and
ability. Bruin lived on Yandes street
with wife and three children, and has
been in somewhat Strengthened circum-
stances. Mr.. and Mrs. Br,iin lived in
the Lehigh valley, Pennsylvania, many
years ago, and nearly twenty years age
Mr.. Burns, the father of Mrs. Brlin,
decided her and her brother one thou
sand-acre tract of mountain land, which
was then comparatively valueless, and
was chiefly productive of underbrush
and rattlesnakes. The Bruins moved
West shortly after this, at length find.
ing a heaven in Indianapolis. The
brother remained in Pennsylvania, but
possessions, and consequently knew but
little about it, though the taxes were
prudently kept paid up, as it was ex-
pected that the land might increase in
value. Not having the advantages OF q
very extensive education, in fact being
meagerly endowed in this regard, the
brother and sister have not carried on
much of correspondence nor kept a
very close watch on their property, be-
ing quite in ignorance of its value.
Imagine, then, the surprise OF the
worthy Bruin and his wife at receiving q
call from party of Eastern capitalists,
about ten days ago, and an offer OF
5000, 900 for ten years lease OF the
aforesaid tract. The cautious couple
concealed their feelings and asked the
advice of friends upon the best course to
pursue in the matter. They were adj
vised to wait, and accordingly announced
that they would not at once accept the
offer. The men returned East, and
three or four days since another set OF
capitalists from Pennsylvania called
upon them, and, after the usual amount
of dickering, proposed to give $500, 00C
for O ten years lease of the ground
800, 900 to be paid on the LIST of July
next and the balance in nine annual pay
ments. This proposition was accepted
aad the gentlemen left for Nevada tc
look after other mining interests. They
will return in few days, and the
Bruins, accompanied by member o
the firm of Cobb & Branham, will go tx
Pennsylvania and close the compact
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruin are past the prime
of life, but bid fair TO live many years t.
enjoy their suddenly acquired wealth.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-06-02
Build up a Homestead.

The feeling that you are settled and
fixed will induce you to work to improve
your farms, to plant orchards, to set out
shade trees, to inclose pastures, to build
comfortable outhouses, and each sue
cessive improvement is bond to bind
you still closer to your homes. This will
bring contentment in the family. Your
wives and daughters will fall in love
with the country, your sons will love
home better than grogshops, and prefer
farming to measuring tape or profession
al loafng, and you will be happy in see
ing the contented and cheerful faces of
your families. Make your home beauti-
full, convenient, and your children will
love it above all other places; they will
leave it with regret, think of it with
fondness, come back to it joyfully, seek
their chief happiness around their home
fireside.
Women and children need more than
meat, bread and raiment; more than acres
of corn aud cotton spread out all around
them. Their love for the beautiful must
be satisfied. Their tastes must be cult.
waited their sensibilities humored, not
shocked. To accomplish this good end
home must be made lovely, conveniences
multiplied, comforts provided, and
cheerfulness fostered. There must be
both sunshine and shade, luscious fruit
and fragrant flowers, as well as corn and
cotton. The mind and heart as well as
the fields must be cultivated; and then
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-06-02
The Lodgings Of Mckee and Mcguire in
the IT. l,Ouis Jail.

These cells are Nos. SO, 80, and 100,
and are in the second tier of the female
section, and are directly opposite the
cells occupied by the otter whisky pris-
oners. This is the first time that cell
in the female section has ever been oc-
cupied by male prisoner, and no reason
is given for breaking the rule in the case
of Mckee and Mcguire, except that they
desired to be separated from the rest OF
the male prisoners. The cells are to be
fitted up in elegant style. Besides fine
Brussels carpets, they are to have
spring mattresses, instead of the straw
ticks of the jail, and tables and chairs,
and the walls are to be hung with paint
ings and pictures of all kinds. The
middle cell is to be used as a store-room
and wash-closet, and the other two cells
! for sleeping-rooms. Their meals are to
| be brought to them from restaurant
| st. Louis Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-06-02
The Pistol with Which Burr Killed
Hamilton.

The tragic death of Alexander Hamil-
ton at the hands of Aaron Burr will
never be forgotten. The quarrel grew
out of Burr's defeat for Governor OF
New York, which he attributed to Ham
ilton's influential opposition. Hamilton
disapproved of dueling, and accepted
Burr's challenge as q concession to the
public sentiment at the time. He said /:
"The ability to be in future useful,
whe Their in resisting mischief or effect
ing good in those crises of our public
affairs which seem likely to happen,
would probably be inseparable from a
conformity with prejudice in this par
ticular."
On the 18th day of July, 1904, the
parties met at Weehawken, on the Hud-
son, opposite New York, and at the first
fire Hamilton received fatal wound.
The pair of pistols used by Burr on
the occasion were by him presented to
the gentleman who acted as his second.
BY this gentleman, whose name we are
unable to find, they were presented in
after years to Col. James Bowie, the
celebrated inventor of the knife,
and one of them had been marked by
Ule beCOuu W ucSlSllttc IL 10 tlio iuuti
weapon. Col. Bowie wore them as belt
pistols, and afterward, while swimming
a Southern bayou, lost one-fortunately
for its value as relic, retaining the one
which had been marked. Subsequently
the remaining pistol, being the one with
which Hamilton was killed, was given
by Bowie to his friend DIR. Carr, who
was superintendent of the United States
arsenal near Baltimore during Taylor's
administration. DIR. Carr was himself q
noted duelist, having killed four men.
In the spring of 1912 DIR. Carr acted as
the second of Hon. Thomas f. Marshall
in his affair of honor with James Wat.
son Webb, editor of the New York
Courier and Enquirer, in which Webb
received wound which crippled him
for life. DIR. Carr, who was warmly at
tached to Mr.. Marshall, presented him
with the Burr pistol as memento. Mr..
Marshall presented it to his brother
Hon. E. G. Marshall, who wore il
through the Mexican war, and from
whom we gain these interesting particu-
lars. The pistol is now in possession o.
his son, Louis Marshall, of the Com
mercial National bank, in this place
Woodford (hy.) Weekly.