The Worthington advance., 1878-11-14

THE NEWS CONDENSED

THE NEWS CONDENSED
LYKcHkD. ~
At Little Rock, Ark, . colored man
was taken out of Jail and hung at Clarksville
the 9Th inst. for committing = rape on white
woman. :
DROWNED. i r. j
A Halifax telegram says four men
were drowned on Sunday, the 10th inst, at
White Haven, BY the upsetting Of . boat
A. r. STEWARDS BODY sroLEN..s
The vault containing the body Of "A. T.
Stewart, the late New York, merchant mill
ionaire, has been robbed Of the remains Of the
deceased. ..
A fire on Eastern Avenue, in Cincin-
natl, destroyed two tenements containing
eight families. The building and contents
were totally destroyed.
Daniel Sullivan, an Irishman, 63 years
Of age has been arrested for the murder of
Miss Barry, near Lone Mountain, California
The evidence against him is almost conclu.
sive.
THE INSANE.
Gross irregularities and inhuman cruel
ties arc charged upon the assistants who have
in charge the female patients in the Ohio In
sane Asylum, at Columbus. The charges
are very grave and will be investigated.
SUICIDE.
Washington Thomas. of New York
city, formerly a wealthy shoe dealer and an
active partisan Of Tammany Hall, hange
himself after ascertaining the fate of his party.
He had been promised an appointment if the
Tammany ticket was elected.
A LARGE SALARY.
Col. VIM. Roberts, engineer in chief
the Northern Pacific railroad, has, upon rec.
Of Capt. Fades, been appointed
to the service of Dom Pedro, in Brazil, at a
salary of $4,000 a year, under a contract for
three years.
Little Falls, Minn., telegram: A. j.
Clark, county attorney Of Morrison county,
Minnesota, shot and mortally wounded G.
Kimble, of Two Rivers. The quarrel arose
from newspaper article published by Clark
in the Morrison County Banner.
TURNED.
The Pearl Touring mill at Oswego, N.
Y.,has been destroyed by fire. Five two story
brick tencments in st. Louis have been burn
ed. Chris Muller was v:ry badly, and Mrs.
Hitting fatally burned, and little boy belong
ing to the latter nearly suffocated.
ACCIDENT TO GOV. HAMPTON.
While Gov. Hampton OF South Caroli-
na was hunting, few days ago, his mule be-
came frightened, and the bride breaking the
Governor leaped from the saddle. By the fall
the Governors right leg was broken in two
places, the bone protruding, and his ankle
was badly hurt.
STARVING REFUGEES.
Vast numbers of starving Mahomme-
dan refugees from the Rhodope mountains.
seekingto return to Roumelia have been
stopped at Gunuldjui. 1t is stated $50 Greek
refugees families who asked aid of the British
commissioner, were exiled from the Balkans
by the Russians.
ILLICIT DISTILLERs.
A Charleston, W. Virginia, dispatch
says the United States court, in session there
has ISL indictments against illicit distil1ers
before it, and there is likely to bs three or four
hundred indictments before the close Of the
session. The illicit distillcrs are said to be
terribly demoral,zed.
THANKSGIVING.
The Governors of Minnesota, Wiscon-
sin and Ohio have by proclamation set apart
Thursday, November 2S, as day Of thanks
giving. 1t is probable that most of the Gov.
ernors of the States will issue proclamations
urging the people to observe that day, it be-
ing also recommended by the President of the
United States.
RESUMPTION.
It is stated unofficially that after the
1st of January next, AS an aid to resumption
Of specie payments, it is very likely the treas
ury department will send to parties desiring
it, the standard silver dollar in quantities of
s. 600 and upward free of transportation, in
exchange for like sums of greenbacks depos
tied with depository banks.
sCHURz's DECISION.
Secretary Schurz has decided that
no portion Of the money appropriated by Con.
gress for public surveys during the present
wear can be used for the purpose Of tracing
former surveys in the field, to aid in the in
vestigation Of d: predations upon public tim.
Der lands etc. He holds there is no warrant
to add to the amount granted by Congress TO,
the prosecution Of that investigation, the ap.
preparation for 1t haYing been specific and
definite.
COL. SCOTS HEALTH
A Pittsburgh, Pa. dispatch says, the
private secretary of ]. N. McCulloch, of the
Fort Wayne l. Chicago railroad company. re.
ports Col. scotts health to be very muct
shattered by over-work, and that his physi
clan recommends absolute relaxation, declar
ing that if he persists in attending to hit
railroad duties death or insanity must soor
ensue. Col. Scott, with his family have EN-
barkcd for Europe, for an absence Of some
three months.
CONFESSION OF MURDER.
A Marshalltown. Iowa. telegram says, 8
curious case has arisen in the criminal court
which promises to produce some interesting
complications in law. Ajury found man
named Dakin, guilty Of the murder of Johr
Slough, last March, his punishment being tht
penitentiary for life. Frank Ross, an italian
who formerly worked for Dakin, after the clos.
Of the trial made affidavit that he, Ross, killed
Slough. 1t is not yet decided what the cours.
of the States attorney will be.
SPURIOUS HEIR.
In the Marlborough police court, Lon
don, summons was sent down for hearing
against Lady Annie Louise Gooch, and an
other, charging them with conspiracy to palm
off spurious child on Sir Francis Gooch a
his heir. Lady Gooch's counsel presented I
certificate Of her physician that she was un
able TO attend. The magistrate declared tn
certificate unsatisfactory, aud adjourned tn,