The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-01-13
For Editorials and Local Items.
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SUMMARY OF TIE II 4 NEWS, s

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George Smith. returning from the banl
4 Yankton, D. II, on the "a, vas knocked
down and robbed Of u ,4oo he had lust dr.xr
No clue tothe robbers. e4.S E /,
Treasurer Dork Of Buffalo claims thai
hh partner. James 8. Lyon, u q. .c,ulpab.e :,
himself In the tranlactions which have taken
~>oo.ooo itom the county treasury. u f
The grand jury Of Chicago or tho 8tt
found two joint indictments against John y
seammon, for mtappropsiation Of funds o
the Mechanics National bank Of New York. l.
The jury in the caae of.Frsderick New
hester, at Council Blum, iowa, accused Of til.
murder Of DR.. Ha.tou, some time ago. ne
Turned . verdict Of guilty Of murder in th.
drst degree on tie 3D. !
The operatives at the Slackinton wool.
en- mills, haas., stroek on the Sd on acooun,
Of ten per can't reduction, following up the
stsaks by threatening the life of the mill
manager and burning his barn.
Charles p. Beckwith. the former con.
ndential clerk Of Babbitt, soap maker, was
committed to prison At New York the Sd
without bail. His known detaloation is $780,
ooo and It may reach 9600, 600.
At Osborn. No., on the Hannibal & St.
Joseph railroad, burglars on the night of the
9Th broke nto the drug store and stole bot
OF ehlosoform, with which they drugged the
whoe town. They went through both hotels,
I'LL ths stoses, and many private residences.
They secured several thousand dollars and
escaped. -., .s.,v,
The colossal bronze statue Of Gratt.n
~ unveiled the 9Th inst, ON College Green.
Dublin, in front Of the old Parliament HOUSE.
which was the scene Of many Of his greatest
trfumphs. The procession on that occasion
was ~ meostef one, though some refused to
participate because they regarded the demon
stratton - endorsing the idea Of Irish inde-
pendenee.
D.J O'Connor, chief clerk in the
freight department Of the Kansas City, St. Joe
4 Council Bluffs railroad, in Kansas City, No.,
has absconded, leaving his cash account some
1900 short. A Davis who is reported to be
the Davis who was mixed up in the Hannibal
kst. Joe ticket swindle, unearthed at Hanni-
bal some three months ago, left the city with
him. His bondsmen are amply able to make
the deficiency good.
Angus Mc1vor was executed At Fort
Cary on the 9Th, for the murder Of George
Atkiuson. near Fort Ellis, last summer. He
dlsclaimed to the Last any knowledge Is to
how the murder was committed, or who com.
mitted Il. and that if it was done by him it
was In state Of somnambulism or uncon-
sciousness, and died asking pardon for all his
odtnses. nclvor was : young Frerch hall
breed, about twentv-four years Of age.
Further developments show that Lap.
pan, the defaulting State treasurer OF Kansas,
In connection with his brother-in-law Scraf-
ford, has been carrying on extensive system Of
fraud. scranord fed the country Immediately
after tL" exposure IF the sch>ol board frauds.
Annoos The numerous suits commenced against
the edscts Of the scoandrrls, Is, one by the
treasurer Of Nemehs county for $4,000, for
which he holds LAppan's receipts Is State
treasurer, but tor which he failed to ACCOUNT to
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