The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-07-25
THE IlsREPieESSIBLE PAGE.

After his return to Austin, Judge
Page addressed Il meeting of a number
Of his friends. The principal point he
made was that he had exposed and to
his ability stopped the attempts of the
politicians to steal from the county,
lie claimed that the stealings amount
Ell in all to $2s, 1000 or SEA, 900.
We believe that Page is bitter in a
political tight, but every scrap of testi-
mony we can get is to the effect that he
is all honest. upright, public man, who
is not afraid TO denounce and expose
corrupt men. This is the secret of the
bitter warfare against him. lie has Of
Tended the politicians of lis county by
his honesty, and the liquor element by
his temperance advocacy. And these
politicians, it seems, after robbing the
county of $4,000, put the State to an
expense of about ss0, 600 in an attempt
to inpeacll the Judge.
Some of the good points made by
Page were that even his enemies had
never yet charged him with "pilferimg
from the public crib;" that he intended
to remain and fight the peoples battles
until every vestige of the conspiracy
was wiped OUT and he said:
Could I have known in advance that
all that has happened would happen,
| and in addition to what it has cost me
would take my all and lay my head in
the grave, | would never shrink from
performing a single act that have per-
formed.
STANLEl's FIRST LOvE.-The pa
pe:s are still writing up that love af-
fair Of SANKEY'S down at Omaha, where,
some years ago, lie was desperately
smitten with young actress. The
Sioux Falls Paragraph editor knows
something Of the circumstances and
gives brief history of the affair, from
, which we extract:
After Il time Stanley left Omaha, and
in the Course of Il few months Annie
went back TO st. Louis, being engaged
there 1T Ben dc Bars theatre. In the
course Of time Stanly started for Afri-
Ca, and obtained Il worldwide fame by
discovering DR.. Livingston. Annie
sa%s what she had thrown over her
shoulder. She saw the man whose love
she had spurncd petted by royalty and
the biggest brains in all the world
She saw herself ssin only 'slnging
chambermaiel =" of Il st. Iouis theatre.
1t was too muc!, for her. Chagrin did
its perfect work, aid she committed
suicide. Rather than bear the calling
consciousness that she might have been
Il partner III all the glory that surroun-
ded Stanley, she ignominiously sent
her soul to eternity.
Why didn't the poor girl do a. The
lady did wl,o refc*ea George Washing
ton z Afterwards, when Washington
became great and returned with hon
ors frora the war, she was present ut
the reception and contented her3eM with
fainting ut the sight of the man she
might have had for husband. It's
always better to faint than to commit
suicide.
We have received communication
from Graham Lakes censuring Mr..
Downs for the part he took, or rather
failed to take, III the recent anfurtn
nate drowning affair i'll Jack Creek
The correspondent says:
Early on the morning Of the accident
Downs heard q wagon go by his hOnse
and knowing that the ford was impas
able, listenet. For the return of the
wagon. After tir,se lie got up and 1T
tended to his cattle, but not being sat
isfied, went down to the ford and there
found that the team Was drowned
Had he taken the tTonNe to warn the
young man as lie went by, Fisll's lift
might have been saved. . 81 :,
Other matters are allatted 10 MhjeI
are of no interest to the general pnblic
being mainly personal, and which 'wouk
!, only tend to create bad feeling and keel
; up bad blood.
Other parties from Graham Lakes
inform us that Mr.. Downs, was in be-
when he. heard the, wagon go by, AMI
| supposed that the driver would nth,
:; situation and not attempt to cross. On
; rising however, he saw that the wealth
Ell was fogyy, and went down to TIL
creek. lie saw the wagon tracks ant
) thought to himself that the man WA
/ lucky to get across. AS soon as the fe|
, cleared away, however, he saw tn
wagon and teazn little below the Fore
and at once gave the alarm and assist
ed the Messrs. Cunningham in gettin'
j.: the team and wagon out and making
search for the body of the na;n.
| When the editors of the Worthjne