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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-04
FORTY.F0URTH CONGRESS.
Proceedings of the Second Sessio

On the Goth, the Senate met at noon,
l5 Senators being present. Senator Mitchell
Was added TO the committee on privileges and
elections, after which an executive session
was held and the Senate adjourned.
In the House on the 9th the speaker
presented q message from the President in
regard to obtaining certain concessions from
the Sioux Indians. A lengthy discussion was
had on proposition to read petition from
citizens OF Cincinnati relating to counting the
electoral vote. The reading was objected to
by Mr.. Garfield who claimed it was out OF
order. Mr.. Banning said the people would
have an honest ballot-box til spite Of the
army, the navy or the $4,000 Office holders
Mr.. Garfield characterized his colleagues
language as the the essence of violence and
calculated to do p'uch harm. Mr.. Frye said
the told OF War is bombast the people take no
stock in it, as is proven by the price of gold
which has not been 80 low at any other period
since the rebellion. Adjourned without
action.
The House convened on the 10Th, but
transacted no business. The Senate was not
in session.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-04
A Years RratliuU Free I

The following offer made by the
Podi tSs Of the Western Family Magsze
some, frst-class, illustrated magazines. price
Of each 81 50 year, is worth reading:
We will give to a,,y one who will send us
his own subscription to either Of our maya.
z'nes, and one other subscription to eithel
magazine, with the money for both ($3 OO) the
choice OF some eight or ten premiums, no one
Of which is worth less than $3.50 in cash
These premiums include standard books, gar,
and worth in cash the sum we value them at
A sample copy OF either magazine, ana tul
particulars sent post paid on receipt of Il
cents, or a sample of both for 20 cents. Non,
free; Address T. II Edwards 4 Co., Spring
field, Ohio.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-04
Changes the Senate,

In the course Of an impressive erlo.
gy on Senator Caperton, OF West Virginia,
who died last summer, Senator Edmunds re-
terred Thursday to the fact although the Sem
ate is the most enduring branch Of the gov
eminent in its personality, except the judic-
iary, it has now only three members who held
their seats during the administration of Pres
ident Lincoln, and only eleven who partici-
pated in the impeachment trial of Andrew
Johnson in 1868. The three Senators whose
terms Of service date back to the time OF Pres
ident Lincoln are Mr.. Anthony, who took bis
seat in 1859; Mr.. Sherman, whose first term
began in 1861 and Mr.. Cameron was in the
Senate as long ago as 1916, but he resigned in
1861 to take the Office Of Secretary of Wal, and
did not return to his seat till 1867. Mr.. Ham
lin, although not a Senator during Mr.. Lin
coins administration, presided over the body
in virtue of his Office as Vice President OF the
United States.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-04
A ShfpWreck.

The ship Circassian went ashore i'm
storm on the night Of the 18th ult. At that
time the crew and officers were saved. The
storm OF the 3oth caught thirty-tour men, EN-
ployees OF the coast wreckingS company, on
board, and in a short time after midnight the
ship went to pieces with An awful crash. Ac-
cording to the account, four survivors were
washed ashore next morning, more dead
than alive, on fragments of the wreck. No
one Of the remaining twenty-nine men have
been seen or heard from up to the present
have persisted. The Circassian was insured
for one hundred thousand dollars in the Lon.
don, the cargo for Ok, 00e.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-04
Origin of the Polka.

About 1880 a peasant girl, being in
service in BRIDESMAIDS family at Ell.
besteinitz,in Bohemia, beguiled herself
one Sunday afternoon in her Kitchen
by endeavoring to invent a new step,
which she tried to adapt to a village
song. While thus disporting herself,
she was surprised by her employer,
who, quite interested, made her repeat
the experiment the same evening in
the parlor, where Joseph Neruda, an
eminent musician, happened to be
present, who noted the air and step.
Not long afterward the new dance was
danced at a citizens ball in the town,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-04
kilograms to he Destroyed.

The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany has ordered that hereafter al copies Of
private tel grams sent over their lines shall
be destroyed. This order is given in conse-
quence OF the order Of the courts and the
House that copies Of the dispatches relating to
the Louisiana election and canvass,ng board
be produced before the Congressional COM
mitte". This result Of the Investigation will
be great inconvenience to the public, but it
is not Likely that the company will recede
from its decision.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-04
A Word Of JOY.
From the Hon. James Ross. Grand Lecturer of T n
Of Wiarrnriu

From the Hon. James Ross. Grand Lecturer of l. o.
T. of Wisconsin.
From feeling of gratitude, I take
great pleasure in giving testimony to the eff
cacy Of Hale's C''ugh Cordial in easily curina
persistent cough. For month while en-:
gagged nightly in public speaking, had sui.
tered with an annoying cough which stub
hornIy resisted the various cough remedies
that had taken Through the advice a
friends fortunately gave i4ale's Cough Cor.
"ia! a tria', when my coughing cased at ouce
and the following day it had done it's wrrl
complete and telt all right The first dose
went directly to the cold $ pot in my lungs
and in the midst Of q general warmth ai,o
perspiration the stubborn cough seemed t
dissolve. In gratitude and estet1n, a,n
Yours truly, JAMES r, IS.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-04

and in 1883 came into fashion at
Parague, where, in consequences of the
half step which occurs in it, it was
called the Polka, which means in
Tcheque, half. Four years later a
band OF Prague musicians brought the
dance of Vienna, where it had a great
success, and in 1910 a dancing master
OF Prague, named Raab, danced it for
the first time in Paris.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-04

Among those known to be lost are P. P. Bliss,
the evangelist who has been laboring with
Major White, and his wife and two child
rem. Mr.. Bliss was on his way to Chicago
with his family and expected to join Major
White in conducting the revival meet
ings in that city after Moody and Sankey
80 to Chicago. Mayor White and John V,
Farwell left Chicago Immediately on receipt
of the news to recover the remains. Mr..
Bliss was 80 years of age and has been engag
ed in evangelical work between turee and
our years. His children were aged tour and
two years respectively. DR.. O. H. Washburn,
rector Of Grace Episcopal Church, Cleveland
o., H. 5. Hall and bride, Of Englewood, Mrs
and Miss Mary Burchard, Of Fayetteville, Vt.
cousin Of Gov. Hayes, are among the dead.
Miss Burchard was on her way to Ohio to re-
ceive e2o.OO0 willed her by Gov. Hayes uncle.
Over twenty identified bodies have been re-
covered and about twenty more have been re-
cognized. It seems probable that at least one
hundred lives were lost, though it is not prob
able that the fire has left traces Of so many
bodies.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-04
Affairs In Louisiana,

The Republican members of the
Louisiana Legislature, organized in the State
House on the LIST inst, and elected Holm
Speaker of the House. The Democrats met
in St. Patriak's Hall, and issued protest
against the Capitol being barricadod, after
which the Democrotic Senate sent a commu-
nication to Gov. Kellogg notifying him that
they were rtady for business. The Republic
cans were jubitant that McEnery was ignored.
Gov. Kellogg's message was sent to the organ.
ization Of Republicans in the Capitol, and is 4
brief but pointed document
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-04
Rome Sentinel When a man

Rome Sentinel: When a man has
> AIDE slip at the top Of a flight OF
stairs, and is carefully marking every
bump with an exclamation, as h,
slides down to the hall below, it is no
time to ask his opinion about the Lou.
'siana returning boar1. He cares
nothing what the end of national af-
fairs may be, so long as his soul is
filled with anxiety lest his own end
shall be marked by Commissions.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-04
Water Famine in Massachusetts.

water FAMINE In MASSACHUSETTS.
A dispatch from Springfield Mass,
says: "The mantle of winter which has set
led down in such bountitul abundance in the
Connecticut, Housatonic, and Hoosac valleys
has brought degree of inconvenience and
suffering which none but the afflicted commu-
mites can fully realize. The entire summer,
as we'll as the last months OF autumn, were ia
vored with but very few rains, and when win
ter came found nearly all the streams and
wells in the western part Of Massachusetts,
either very low, or dried up altogether, ard
hence the dilemma which the people now
find themselves in is a very serious one.
Manufacturing is retarded or wholly suspend.
ed in many sections, and il is only with great
difficulty that some neighhorhoods can obtain
the aqueous fluid in sufficient abundance 10,
Ordinary domestic purposes. The manutac.
turing interests are also suffering terribly
from the unprecedented water famine, and
thousands OF operatives are threatened with
idleness and dtstitution. The Dwight man
utacturing company OF Clicopee, has Just bee,
compelled to shut down two OF its largest
mills, and over 800 persons have been thrown
out OF employment in consequence AS |ull,
one-ha1f Of these operatives have been living
Tram hand to mouth, such will be compelled
to ask for aid from the city if the mills remain
closed tor more than q month. The mater
has already been made the subject OF sprcia
town meeting, at which SIC, 600 was appropri
ated for pauper proposes, 5000 Of which il
to be used tor immediate relief. From Berk
shire county there comes the same doleful re-
p'rts, and the towns OF Hinesdale, Pittsied
Adams and Great Darlington are filled will
idle operatives, praying for either rain or .
thaw.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-04
TIL Last Move in the Beecher Scandal.

After Frank Moulton discontinued
his suit in the Beecher scandal, in which he
prosecuted for alleged malicious prosecutions,
Mr.. Sherman, counsel for Beecher, thought
he was entitled to some extra allowance for
his valuable legal services, and consequently
made application in the Supreme Court for
q, 500 tor such allowance. The Court de-
cided that he had fixed the value of his servi.
cee just ten times too high, land awarded him
$3.50.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-04

The Boston Daily Advertiser men
lions ian 1gan specially constructed
by the Mason & Hamlin Organ Colnpa.
ny for the celebrated DR.. Franz List
is now on exhibition at their ware.
rooms. The instrument is to be used
in the List concerts in Europe. 1t is
constructed in many respects on an en-.
tirely new principle, and is in all res.
poets a truly wonderful instrument.
Its quality # tone and power are sim.
ply surprising 1t is certainly great
compliment to these American makers
that the great European musicians
send for their organs.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-04
CA ART
Sneezing catarrh, Chronic Ca
tarrh, Lucrative catarrh,
permanently cured BY
RADICAL 49,
CURE:

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certain cure for Catarrh OF every
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by and consttuttonaly ~ ins:Ena az
It soothcs heals and ccanses the nasal passages Of
every feeling Of heavincss oostrnston OF
the blood puries Il Of the acid poison with which It
liver and Kidneys, perfccts digestion. makes new
blood, and permits the formation Of sound healthy
disease. Tho remarkable curative powers. when all
other remedies utterly fall Of sASFoEDs RADIcAh
ommcnd 1t to fellowsufcrcrs. No statement IS made
regarding 1t that cannot be substantiated by the most
good medicine, and worthy all confidence: Each
fords improvcd inhang tube, and iali directions for
its use in all cases.
SANFoRD's RADICAL. CURE Is sold by nll wholesale
and rciail druggists throughout tho United States,
Price 81. Depot. WEEKS 4 POTTER, Boston.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-04
The Celebrated Ii. Crosse Bank Case.

1H0 VOzOO1"tCW LIT CHO6Sc DHUK CNSC.
The celebrated La Crosse bank case
which has been in the United States court at
Madison for some time, has reached a final de-
cision. The jury rendered verdict OF guilty
n all the counts. This case has excited a
great deal Of interest in the State. Mr..
Wheeler who has been there during the trial.
and who was lormereIy auditor OF the old
Galena road, was very much depressed at the
rendering Of the verdict. His bail is held by
Chicago parties. It's understood to be fifteen
thousand dollars.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-04

There is. probably, no way in which
we can benefit our readers more than by rec
ommending to them for general use Johnson's
Anodyne L'niment 1t is adapted to almost
a specific for coughs, colds, whooping cough,
soreness OF the chest, lame stomach, rheulna.
tism, splitting of blood, and all lung difficult
les, it has no equal that ever we saw or heard
of
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-04
The Vengeance Of a Fly.

A poor man died a few years apo in
the hospital at Paris, from a carbuncle
produced by the poisonous puncture
OF a fly, Deceased informed some
friends one night large green fly
kept him awake with its buzzing to
punish it he plucked off three Of its
legs and set it free. Four days after.
wards he fell asleep after his break
fast. and was awakened by sting or
his cheek: he raised his hand to the
spot and picked off the insect that had
been sucking his flesh, and found it to
be the very fly that had been mutt.
lated. This time he crushed it past
surgery, but forgot his wound till
modification set in and resulted in
death. ;SsrH;,..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-04

There can be no mistake about it.
'Matchless" plug tobacco takes the lead.
Old fine cut ehewers say it gives better salts.
faction and is cheaper than fine cut. You
cannot be imposed upon, as each plug has the
words, "Matchless P. T. Co.." on a wooden
tag Try it once and You will always chew i!
Manufactured by the Pioneer Tobacco Corn.
danny, New York.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-04

The propriety of giving condition
medic inc to horses, cattle and sheep, was dis
cussed and admitted by many of the Agricul
turaf Societies throughout the State last Fall
and we believe that in every case but one the,
decided in favor If Sheridan's Cavalry Condi.
lion Powders. Good Judgment.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-04
Invalid Pensions Increased.

Officers and Soldiers Horse Claims
Will be paid. Write Col. L. Bingham g. Co..
Atty's tor Claims, Patents, Land Titles, Wash
ington, D. c.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-04
Affairs in Turkey.

Although Lord Salisbury has visited
the Sultan to press the proposals OF the con-
ference upon him, the prevalent opinion in
Constantinople seems to be that the Porte
will not accept the proposals. The Times, in
leader discussing the proposals, says the
agreement between Russia and England de-
nies that even should there be change of de-
tail, the main lines will remain fixed. Intel
ligence has been received there that the Rus
sian army is in very bad condition. The
troops are decimated by marsh fever and ty-
phus. The Tines Berlin dispatch confirms
the report that good deal of epidemic dis
ease exists in camp and barracks. The cold
has reached 80 degrees in southern Russia.
1t is almost impossible to move troops in such
a temperature. a heavy shipment has been
made from New Haven, c., Of munitions Of
war tor the Turkish government. The value
Of the cargo is nearly million and halt
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-04

Since orr last issue we have heard
of several persons who have used Durang's
Rheumatic Remedy for rheumatism: and all
pronounce it q success. 1t comes to our mar
ket highly recommended; and as it is the on
" reliab bic remedy how in use, it will have a
large sale. It is taken internally. Price 81 90;
six bottles, $500
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-04
Progress of the Investigations.

The investigating committee of the
Senate and House have been constan. ly Al
work in the several contested States since oul
last report. The amount OF testimony taken
by them is 80 volunlinous, and much of it is
so unimportant that no attempt is made t.
give it to the public. In Louisiana the House
committee has accumulated volumes of ttsti
mony from Democratic negroes about being
int'midated by the Republican negroes, and
the Srnate Committee has unlimited evidence
to sustain the canvassng board, so that Con.
gross is not likely to he greatly enlightened
regarding the facts in the case by the reports
OF the inv' stigatiors. In Florida the Supreme
Court has ordered the returns to he Counted,
for State officers, according to their face. The
Senate committee has completed its investi
cations in Columbia, aid reports the frauds
even greater than declared by the returning
board.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-04
0AG'Ts WANTED FOR HISTORY a !
UEnTEu'l EXHIBITION

It contains $50 fine engravings, Of buIllt 70 and
tic and complete history published. It treats Of the
Grand buildings. wonderful exhibits curiosties great
events ETC Very CHI zap and sells at sight. Agent
sold s copies in day Send for extra terms to
Agents and full description Of the work. Address
CAIITT0N Unreliable and worthless books on
O1A AVA~' the Exhibition arc being circulated
DO not be deceived See that the book you buy con.
tains 81 pages and $50 fine encravings
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-04
Frishtful Railway Accident on the Lake
Shore.

Shore.
The most terrible railway accident
that has occurred for yeas took place on the
Lake Shore road at Ashtabula. Ohio, on the
Goth ult. The scene of the accident is a few
rods east OF the depot, at the iron bridge that
spans the Ashtabuln creek Is teet above the
water. The Pacific express train going west
with seven coaches and IT'S PASSENGERS went
through the bridge and broke the ice on the
creek resulting in the. death of nearly one
halt the people on board. After the tail the
cars Immediately took fire, and many who
were neither killed by the tall nor drowned in
the water, were bnrne, to death The snow
had been falling all day and the telegraph
lines worked 80 badly that relief trains were
slow in starting tothe help OF the death strick-
en- travellers, and slow to reach them. It was
early in the evening when the accident occur
red, but late in the morning before the re-
moval Of the dead bodies commenced.
The train was moving slowly towards the
station, and the only facts known regarding
the cause Of the accident are that the engine
In front passed safely over when the bridge
gave way and the train with its load OF pas
sengers plunged to the bottom of the ABYSS.
followed by the engine in the rear Almost
instantly the lamps and the stove set fire to
the wreck, and doubtless many who were on
" stunned and who might otherwise have es-
capped any serious injury, tell victims to the
flames. The bridge was Howe Truss, eleven
years old, and was considered perfectly safe.
When one stands at the foot of the raviue
and locks up, It seems almost an utter impos-
sibility that any man should take leap from
80 great = height and live, yet number es-
capped comparatively unharmed, and had it
not been for the fire, probably not one-third
would have been lost.
Twas nearly twenty-four hours before any
list Of the dead could he obtained, and il IL
doubtful whether complete list will ever be
known, as m.ny bodies were totally CONSUMED.
, 1877-04-14
$32.88 do do
$3.50 do do
40 60 do do
527 AZ do do
@670.83

But here it must be observed that tho rove.
nue. from the Post Department. includes an
amount Of 1922 C5 for January garter 1874,
consequently an item not appertainirg under
the financial year in question and the item
" Sundrv Revenues an amount of $4,000
from the sale of old muskets and cartridges, an
item that was quite iuailentaI and ought not
to have been taken into calculation in framing
the Budget. There will then be ooIy 3
items remaining in which the revenues have
exceeded the sums estimated i'll the Budget
with a total Of S90.48.
The remaining "a items have given a less
revenue Of $33,42S.O6 in all if from This be
deducted the above increased returns $G7C.S3,
we arrive at the above total deficit in tho
estimated revenue S32,7572 % We beg now
to specify these items and at the same time
to state the proportional figure or ratio in
which the returns f.on them have been below
what was calculated in ;he Budget:
, 1877-04-14

The undsTsIgned U0mmIItee APP0lnFod Dy
the Colonial Council to make a general rcvi-
sion of St. Croix Communal Accounts for tho
Financial Year 1874 IS, bogs leave to state
the following
The r venues were in the Budget cstimaf-
ed to a total sum Of $l49 .875, but hey
have in reality only amounted to 8ll7, 1I7.77.
in other words, there has been n less revenue
of $32, 757 80, below the sum calculated on.
The TOM of revenue are 20 in number,
"a Of which have given less revenue, while
only 5 have shown larger returns than csti-
mated. These s items are:
Foes for appointments, s1cws 1857 above tho calculation
, 1877-04-14
P R @ G E 3 D [ N G S
BF P3R
COLONIAL G0UNGfh
908 ST. G1OQuu

(Conciusion ofmeeting 9f3rd April 1879
2, Discussion on the Report from the Com
r%Hittee to revise St. Croix Communal Accounts
for 1874 Is.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02

effect of endeavoring to shut the doors of
the public library and the gates of the pub
lie park is TO augment the moral power of
those who would open the 'theater and the
beer garden"
A large part of the effective temperance
work which is being done at the present
time is by earnest Christian men and wo-
men, but very largely outside and indepen-
dent of the respective churches of which
they are members. Without detracting any
thing from their present useful labors, Why
should they not do yet more for the right
eous cause of temperance in their OH
cial and denominational relations as
members and officers of Christian churches1
If churches may properly organize to pro-
mote home and foreign missions, why not
for special temperance work? No one will
deny that strong drink is chief if not the
chief. obstacle in the way of the progress of
the Christian church. If churches may
properly organize for the distribution Of the
Bible and other religious publications, for
the quickening OF religious interest, the con.
version of sinners and the salvation of men,
why not also Christian temperance litera-
ture, which shall both prevent the young
from entering upon evil courses and rescue
erring men from the perilors pathway of
drinking and inebriety?