The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-09-05

rive Italian ragpickers had a narrow escane
atom oeatn at bridgeport. They went to sleep
ba baos .s.ck IN the railroad yard and would have
! 1een crushed by switch engine "A r. came
aashing along had it not jumped the ra;,s inst
before it reached them. '-''
mr.. W. J. Vance, appointment CLERK of tho
| treasury department. and former Washington
correspondent has been solicited to accent The
candidacy for the Republican Concressiona
Wn14 m1natlcn M In the Second, or Martinabure,
According to the Swedish papers Prince Eoui,
| Napoleon had a very narrow escape with his life
during his visit to Sweden. Examining at an
agricultural exhibition, he approached close to
an engine, which, unexpectedly, was set in mo-
ton and caught his clothes.
man at one of the watering places commit
TED suicide by cutting his throat in bath
| house. 1t is thought he imprudently looked
| ihto mirror after donning one of those awful
bathing suits, and the sight of the horrible OBJ
| ]ect reflected therein turned his head.
large district of Siberia is being ravaped
by hordes of bandits They consist of escaned
conVlcts-men who have been sentenced to the
mines of Siberia, but have escaped. These
have banded together in companies, and are
now the terror of the district they infest.
Concerning the ratification of the Berlin
treaty: Austrias ratification, and the emperor's
os well, Was III Lat1n, EnplanQ's
English, 1taly's in Italian, Frances in French
and Russia's in Russian with a French transia-
tlon. the latter duly signed by Prince Gortscha-
koff.
IN fIorence, Ala, woman gave herself up
TO the authorities, accusing herself of killing =
man. The Florence Gazette remarks: 1--WE are
informed that the killing was the result of
jealousy. her fellow was sitting in another
girls lap, and she shot the stufing out of
him." 00A
senator Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey, and
family attended the funeral of Mrs. Rachel
Williamson, who died few days ago at the
age OF l03 years. She was the daughter of
slave girl d princess of Madagascar, who was
captured by slavers and sold in the streets of
New York.
The effort to raise bananas in San Diego
county is proving to be success. 1t is be-
lleved that within the next five years the home
market will be supplied almost entirely with
bananas grown in California. If we are bound
70 slip mp on banana SKINS let's encourage
domestic industry.
The clergymen of San Francisco have en-
tered into q movement to prevail on the dele
gates IN the Forthcoming convention to insert a
clause or clauses in the new constitution of
California making the observance of the Sab
bath obligatory SO far relates to the closing
OF places Of business and amusements
The English judge who put wax for another
o>'6S W SAC oil uulINp RECENT tfl1I mas been
threatened with punishment by the home Sec
retary. The trial led to an unseemly alterca.
ton In the robing room, and one learned Judge
went SO Tar as to threaten to pull the other
learned judges nose, or in other words to
''wax' him.
A new cannon has been made at the Krupp
works In Germany of enormous dimensions
ball of this cannon pierces the thickest
armor plates of vessels at a distance of eight
miles. Two shots at range of six thousand
feet are supposed to be enough to dismautle
and sink the most powerful ship. Each ball
costs $3.50.
In an interview with correspondent at Sar-
atoga Mr. William H. Vanderbilt expressed
great satisfaction with the results Of the recent
railway conference. He said the pooling sys-
TEN is working well, and will result in bene-
tit to the general public as we'll as to railway
owners. He anticipates a revival of business
in the fall.
Brigham Young's widow is still gradually
remarrying. On Thursday. Aug. l5 Amelia
Folsom, Youngs favorite wife, was married in
the Salt Lake Endowment house to John
Leavett, general passenger agent OF the Utah
Central railroad. Amelia is his second affinity,
Ihere are yet sixteen sorrowing widows left in
the harem.
A coroner of Kilbarry, Ireland, at an inquest
on man killed by mad bull, said sterniy to
the owner of the beast: II must ask yon 70
part with the animal. Ship him. He is not
tit to have about the place. If you sell him
here You will likely have some more Irishmen
killed. Ship him, and if he is to kill any per-
son let it be an Englishman.'
A court of inquiry has been held at WOOL
wlch, England relative to certain officers of the
army in refusing to attend mess dinner given
Ill honor of officers recently promoted from the
ranks. The Duke Of Cambridge has directed
that two shall be relieved of their duties, and
has intimated that they will be further dis
posed of rs soon as their successors are ap-
pointed.
On old fellow named Barney Moran, who
died recently in the workhouse at Balliea, in
Ireland, revealed to the chaplain before his
death that he was the excutioner of Robert
Emmert. He was young soldier at the timo
and performed the revolving Office for a reward.
None but a few officers knew what he was, and
the secret was we'll kept that it has common
]y been supposed to be past finding out.