The Worthington advance., 1878-11-07

-Ah~ VI "&SiuH Oot&tHe0 ROOu6 on Ialee pre-
lenses. The complaint IL made by Solomon
bass, Of New York. The erder of the county
court Tor their arrest placed the bail 81 500
each The bail was promptly furnished. An
enort was made to keep the matter quiet
The arrests are on criminal warrants.
AuRDERous TEuD.
A dispatch from Chetopa, Kansas, Gays
that Theodore Munstermau, a farmer, VA,
arrested there, charged with numbering a
farmer named Hum, living some twenty
miles from Chetopa, and mortally woundine
his wife, on the 3oth OF October, Hunt was
shot through the right eye. His wife revived
sufficiently, after the condition of affairs wal
discovered, to state that Nunsterman COM
mltted the deed. An old feud is said to have
existed between the two men, which is sup.
posed to have been the cause of the murder.
fuRcHAsE. OF SILVER.
The secretary of the treasury has
opened bids for supply ng 100000 ounces oi
hne Ei.'ers recently given, Inviting proposals.
every week. The offers will not be made pub.
lie. Not matter whether the bids are accept.
ed or not. The amount purchased WAS lesa
than 100000 ounces, and the price ranged
from one-fourth to one-half = cent below the
London rate, but it is claimed the government
has an abundant supply for present demands.
Dealers said that the refusal to publish bids
defeats the establishment Of silver market in
this eou4t1y.
MURDER COMPRISED.
During the trial of Mrs. Lovina Alex.
ander In Bridgeport, Conn, for tn, nu der Of
Frank Weinnecker alas Slut erinx Jack,
July 18th, City Attorney Holt testified that
the prisoner, while making complaint OF
robbery against Frank Bassett, stated that
Bassett had done enough to be hanged, and
detailed the facts of Wcinbecker coming
to the house and be ng cbloroformed while
asleep, The placing OF his body in barrel. the
attempt to sell it to DR.. g. Sanford, Of the
medical school at New Haven, aud the late
disposing Of the body by throwing it into a
rayine.
WALKING MATCH.
A London telee ram Of Nov. cd, SAYS
the international pedestrian tournament
which began at Agricultural hall Monday
morning last OF five minutes uf one, terminal
ed at 1880 tonight. The competitors numb
cred twenty three and included Weston;
stakes, e50o, with the Ashley belt ESQ.
Vaughan =, d Weston were the favorltes at the
start. and betting was five to one against Cor
key. At the conclusion the scores stood;
Corkey, 52l; Brown, SIS; Roweu, 460; Hib-
bert, 40; Ennis. Of Chicago, 40; Courtney,
4o4, Day, 40; Richardson, $50. Sixteen
thousand persons were present at the close
and much enthusiasm prevailed.
STORM.
Advice from Grand Haven, Michigan,
report that the heaviest sea Of the season pre-
vailed there Nov. l. Four vessels were driven
on the beach-lhe Americn, Montpelier and
Australian. The name OF the other 10 not as
certaincd. One man was drowned off the
Australian by attempting to jump from the
vessel to the pier US che drifted in, In re:
spoDse to telegram half Of the life saving
crew stationed at Grand Haven took boat
to Whitehall by special train to rescue the
crew from the rigging OF the barque 8. c
Woodruff, sunk in thirteen feet Of water one
mile from shore. One boat load Of ioborers
were rescued from the barge Rutter, off Lud
ington.
WISCONSIN BANKS.
The annual report of the State treasurer
for the year ending Sept. 30th, makes tho fol
lowing: Whole number Of banks dong bust.
ness is %, with an aggregate capital Of 81, ,42o-
2S5. or the securi les belonging TO the sev-
eral trust funds, the school fund il credited
with ,S07, 100; :he normal school, fund with
s69O,5' and university fund with @135, 500
The debt of the State amounts to $2,25CO57,
divided principally among the several school
funds. The only county in arrears on account
nf State taxes i St. Croix, $7O4 SO. All the
Wisconsin railroads have promptly paid their
taxes except the Wisconsin Central, which
has failed to nay the second inetalment Of the
incense tax for 1877, amounting to 81 500.
TIE FISHERIES.
The London Daily Telegraph comment
ing upon the dispatches from Philadelphia
about the fisheries dispute says: I'm = world
where no two people think alike on any given
subject, why should the'fact that Lord Sails
bury and Secretary Evarts arc unable to take
quite the same view of this question create
in Philadelphia profound sensation: Let
the whole OF the facts be put before the pub
lie and we are sure the men of common sense
in both countries will seen arrive at friendly
agreement" There arc no other comments
on the subject in the daily or weekly press
There is not sufficient information published
here to justify expressions Of opinion. All
that is known publicly REGARDING the con-
troversy has come from the United stetes.
HlGwAYHMEN.
A telegram from Laramie, W. T., states
that the coach driver from the north reported
that on his trip north from Laramie, he was
stopped at the Platte river f'rd, about mile
distant from this point, by five mas ked men
who took from the coach two prisoners, Mans
field and Mclaughlin, and hung them on Z
large cotton wood tree on the river bank
These men were road agents and had been in
the custody in Cheyenne, and wero cnroute
for Deadwood under uard Of J. NJ. May and
Jesse Brown. wlfo.a the lynchers compelled
to give uo their arms and surrender their
prisoners. At daylight NJ. l.. Green, deputy
coroner, rode to the scene and found the
bodies still there, one hanging and the other
on the ground. They were brought to Lar.
ami and corners jury impanclled.
FIRE At TOPEKA.
A Teneka, Kan, dispatch says: The
State normal school building at Emporis,
burned Saturday morning. The fire broke
out at O'Clock, aud the building burned
with such rapdtty that nothing was saved. c.
VI. Pomeroy. president. lost his valuable lib.
rary. besides all household effects. Friday,
throughout the entire day, there was an odor
0: gas through the entire building. Mr.
Pomeroy made careful inspection Of the
building and found the coal in the cellar, sew.
enty-fivc tons, in heated condition, and had
the janitor, with some help, shovel it over to
cool of. At II O'clock at night the janitor
left his work feeling that ever, thing was safe
but the fire broke out and in q short time
nothing was left but the walls. The building
cost $S5,000 and had not farthing OF insur.
ance
REUNION OF THE ARMY OF THE TBNHBs.
SEE.
At indianapolis, Oct. so.h, the mem: