The Worthington advance., 1878-10-03
THE NEWS CONDENSED,
LYNCHED.

Jamesi Russell, colored, charged with
~ attempt to commit:a rape was taken from
the jail, in Murfresboro, Tenn, by mob and
hung, There is some doubt US to his guilt.
ROBBERS.
!, While Walter Freeman and. family, of
Providence, r. l., were at the opera house,
|}their residence was entered by burglars and
robbed of diamonds and jewelry valued at
$4,000.
LII BAD ACCIDENT.
At soldiers reunion at Monmouth,
3D.; where Gen. John A. Logan delivered an
address, Emmer Green, firing salute, by a
premature discharge Of the. cannon had both
hands blown of.
THE QUAKERs.
A Richmond, Ind, dispatch says thirty
thousand people attended divine service of
the Indiana yearly meeting of the orthodox
society Of Friends. Several prominent En-
glish ministers were present
GEN. SHERMAN.
A'san Francisco telegram, of Sept: Goth,
says: Gen, Sherman had arrived there and was
busy arranging plans In the harbor for fortif-
cations. He will leave Sunday morning next
and proceed direct overland to Washington.
f y3s> SHOT.
Two of the Mexicans who were recog-
pized as the murderers of ex-Sherif Williams
11o ex- Clerk Finley, Of Santa Clara county,
near Tuevon, Arizoea, were captured in
Sonora, and shot by order of Gov. Marescal.
TO BE HUNG.
In the superior court of Fairfield
county on the 30th inst, Edward Hoyt, for
the murder of his father in Sherman June
%, was. sentenced to be hanged Oct. "a, 1879
This is the first time the sentence of death has
been passed in that county for nearly sixty
years.
BY way Of san Francisco it is reported
that the bark Florence Hawaein and brig w
H. Allen had been stove by ice of Point Bar
row. The bark Sea Breeze, when last seen,
| was leaking badly. The two first are total
| loss. Crews all rescued. The fleet had gone
| eastward.
DISAPPEARED.
H.J. Appleby, prominent citizen Of
Meadville, Pa, has disappeared very mysteri.
ously. He is Knight Tcmpler and Odd Eel
| low In good standing, about 40 years of age.
He.had been bitten on the hand by q dog on the
| morning he left, which seemed to prey on his
| mind to great extent.
? MONUMENT UvEnED.
A cable dispatch says q statue in honor
of the late Father DeSmet, the Jusuit mis-
sionary to the North American 1pdians, was
unveiled on the 24th inst, in his native place
Dendermoude, Belgium. A great crowd as.
sisted at the ceremony and a cantata com.
posed for the occasion was sung by 500 voices
KILLED.
At the Long Island railroad crossing
at Atlantic and Brooklyn Avenue, N. Y. on
| the 10th locomotive ran into carriage in g
funeral procession, instantly killing two fe.
males and the driver, and seriously inJuring
! three children. The engineer, conductor and
! tlagman Of the train have all been arrested.
FATAL EXPLOSION.
The Norwalk Conn. and New York
steamer Adelphi burst her boiler when mile
was Immediately towed to Gregory Point. sia
were killed and some twenty scalded. The
boiler blew out the starboard side of the roo
The hull and machinery are but little injured
| RETURN OF THE PREsl DENT.
The President has reached Washington
from his Western trip. He expresses himsel
much pleased with the receptions, public and
private, and is particularly gratitied with tht
evidences of restoration Of prosperity and o.
the feelings Of the people in favor of sount
currency such as the administration is seeking
to establish.
| BATTLE WITH INDIANS.
A Camp Chalk Creek dispatch gives al
account of battle with Indians in the com
mand of the Famished Woman's Fork. Lieut.
Cel. w. II. Lewis was mortally wounded, an,
tdied en- route for Fo1t Wallace. Three mel
lwere also wounded. Col. Lewis graduated a
West Point in 1849, was an native OF Albany
N. Y, and was about 50 years of age.
MAIL ROBBERY.
j.: The mail from New Fort McKenny
Clear Creek, Wyoming Territory. carried b
ambulance, was robbed, on the 9th inst, b
two men, about eight miles south of Cea
Creek: A. Snider of San Francisco, and I
Tillottson, of Fort Fetterman, passenger,
lost about $500 in moneyand clothing. Tn
mail carrier was not molested. No shots fire
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Revs. John Hall and J. H. Vincent, o
New York; Richard Newton, Of Philadelphia
John A. Broodus, of Louisville; Benjama
Jacobs, of Chicago, and others of the Inter
national Sunday school, met at the Gibso
house, Cincinnati, on the 25th of Septembe
for the purpose of providing the Internations
Sunday school lessons for seven years, begin
ing with 1880.
/. Five of the eight members OF the Cor
/ gressionsl committee appointed to examin
Indian affairs and report on the advisabilit
of transferring the Indian bureau to the wa
department met at the Lindell hotel, st. Loui
i Mo, on the 25th of Sept, and had secre
= session. There were present Senators sau1
ders, chairman, and McCrary, and Represent
atives Boone and Secretary Flanagan.
REUNION.
. Elaborate preparations are being mad
for the Army Of the Tennessee, at 1ndial
apolis, October 30th and 31st. General
Sherman, Sheridan, Hancock, Pope, Burnsid
Logan, Buell. and jeff G. Davis will certainl
attend, and other distinguished Officers al
expected to be present. The indication
promise large attendance from other State
and preparations are being made accordingly
WOLF.
The standing committee of the Obi
NJ. E. conference in session at Columbu
Ohio, after considering the case of Rev. F.
spenee,,one o: their number and E. T. mission
ary Of India and Italy, who is charged wi,
) immoral conduct while at farmers house
Athens county, some time ago, decided
expel Spencer from the church and Lepri'
him of his ministerial Office.
POISONED.
During an evening religious service
the Reform School in Washington City
number of the boys were simultaneously g
. tackled with violent vomiting. They we
removed tc their apartments, where tn