The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-02-22

prise looks the more feasible, and we
are inclined to accept the reports with
encouragement and it is hoped the peO-
pie along the line will assist Mr.. Shear
man in his cOmmendable efforts to give
them a road.
THE AUDITING BOARD.
The Board of Audit and the County
Commissioners have resolved them
selves into sort of High Joint Com
mission to examine and settle county
accounts. For the past few weeks they
have been quietly and diligently work
ing to make 4 correct and satisfactory
showing of the financial condition of
the county.
Owing to the neglect of former off,
Gals to make settlements, this is found
to lie quite difficult matter, and in.
wolves a general overllauling and exam
ination Of the books and accounts from
the organization of the county to the
present time. This is likely to be very
expensive, but the law requires it, and
it is right and proper that it should he
done. It has been neglected much too
long.
The law requires the County Board
of Audit to make settlements with the
County Treasurer three times in each
year and report the same to the Board
of County Commissioners. And oili-
Gals whose duty it is to do this, are lia-
BILE to a fine of from 500 to $500 each
for refusing or emitting to do so.
Will the leading members of the
County Official Ring please to rise and
explain why these plain provisions Of
the law have not been complied with,
and show cause, if there be any, why
these penalties should not he imposed
50 rs to make up to the county a part
OF The extra expenses Of this invcstiga-
ton.
TIE INFAMOUS WORThINGTONJOU
NAL.
Just about one year ago there was a
sensation in Worthington. Evening
after evening dead dog was laid at
the door of the ADVANCE: Office. The
rowlies of the town rendeZvoused in an
adjoining store and issued out with
hootings and jeerings. The officers
whose duty it was to preserve order
were always conveniently absent, and
men who professel to he Christians
justified the outrage and laughed 1T the
protests and the annoyance of the edi-
tor of the ADVANCE. The ADVANCE
spoke out against such outrages and
asked the Town Council for an ordi-
nance under which such wrongs might
be punished.
This afforded the enemies of the AD-
VANCE their long-coveted opportunity.
They went up and down the streets i'll
flaming the public mind against us, as
sorting that we had published the whole
town as "a set of rowdies," declaring
that we were injuring the community
and preventing immigration, and then
they drew up and circulated suLscrip-
ton papers for new newspaper. A
number Of the enemies of the ADVANCE
got together and passed resolutions coll
dcmning the ADVANCE for daring to
speak out against the disgraceful row.
dyism Of the rowdy element, and then
had the ineffable effrontery to demand
of us that we should publish the resolu-
lions in our columns Without comment!
IN this blaze of rowdyism and out
rage the Worthington Journal was
born. Around it the worst elements
OF the community rallied at once. A
few good men, unfriendly to the AD-
VANCE, supported it, but it has been
from the first the organ of the worst ele-
ments CT the community.
The chief stock in trade of this news
paper from the start has been the CRY
that the ADVANCE was lnjuring iln,ni-
grafton by publishing to the world the
fact that there was rowdyism and
wrong in the community. No outrage
committed Ivy its friends ever found
mention III its columns. 1t even de-
MED the existence Of any rowdyism.
But let us look more infinitely into
the unspeakable ,neanness and unfair
ness Of that paper:
It never mentioned the outrages of
any of the young men of Wortllngton,
but when II little eight-year old boy,
playing with toy pistol, was charged
will, having fired the prairie grass, it
rushed into print with the little fellow $
name. When G.. Z. Sutton and Daniel
Ro!lrer entered Prof. IIumiston's Office
in his absence and threw his furniture
into the street it made no mention OF
the outrage. When Sutton got into a
fight with lIu,n;ston'S clerk, who I'm.
dertook to defend the office, and an &C.
ton was brought for assault and bat.
terry, and the whole town was in blaze
of excitement, the Journal made nc
mention of the affair, but when one of
the humble citizens Of the town was
charged with having beaten his oxe.1
1t published him to the world.
When the ADVANCE denounced the
violence, the wrong dong and the VIC
slation of public order committed by the
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