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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-01-03

NOTICE. U. S. Land Office, Worthington.
~ Minnesota, December 3, 1877.
C0mplaint having been entered at this ONCE
ny Charles Gordon against Benz. f. Tanner for
abandoning Timber Entry No Al dated Sept. Is,
1874, upon the nw14 of nwH & s11nwA sec 6, town
q, range 80, in Mobiles county, Minnesota, with
view to the cancellation Of said entry; the said
parties are hereby summoned to appear at this
O'Clock = III to respond and furnish testimony
concerning said alleged abandonment.
MONS GRlNAG Err, Register.
H] j. +. MOULTON, Receiver.
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!; hDSPECIA!L NOTICE.

!" People removing to or visiting worthington,
Blge'dw, Hersey, Adrian of Luverne, may, by
applying to Allen Gibson, Agent, at No. 100, LAKE
STREET, CHICAGO. ILL, procure tickets at re-
duced rates. from the following points, :to-wit:-
Chicago Rockford and Harvard, ILL.,; Milwau-
kee, kenosla, Beloit, Madison Fon du Lac. FL
roy and Sparta, Wis, and from Winona and st.
Paul. Mimi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS rates on house
hold furniture from the same places per car load
or per hundred pounds. Mobiles county people
may be enabled to confer q favor and secure Wis
its from m their friends by Informing them Of the
above arrangement - :':''' +" T.;
Maps, pamphlets and full information as to
prices and terms OF sale of the Railroad and COL
ony lands by applying personally or by letter to
Nnl.:' FALLEN u IBSON.
5"44tf Agent No. 100 Lake St., Chicago. III.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-01-03

Horned cattle to exchange for live
Eoss' also steers to exchange for brea.:-
ing next Summer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-01-03
MOBILES COUNTY OFFICERS.
CLUB RATES.


The ADVANCE IS furnished at ii so a year to
Clubs Of ten or more Clubs ten for six months
Is cents for each subscriber
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NOTICES OF CONTEST:

\ Office. U. s. Land Office. Worthington,
~ Minnesota December 1877
Complaint having been entered at this Office
by August Falks against Monroe L. Miller for
abandoning Timber Entry, No lis dated Dec. q,
Mobiles county. Minnesota, with a view to the
cancellation Of sad entry: the said parties are
9th day Of January, / Is, at / o'clock IN to
respond and furnish testimony concerning said
alleged abandonment.
MONS GRINAGER Register.
41 j. L. MOULTON, Receiver.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-01-03

Tie weather is putting on airs. 1t is
as sharp and crisp us an old maid, and
snaps up every one who attempts to 20
out without his ears tied up.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-01-03

The NJ. E. Church held 4 watch meet
ing las, Monday evening, to see that
the New Year was properly ushered in.
Did she arrive on time -?
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-01-03

CONE IN AND WRITE Il LETTER.
Farmers In town wishing to write a letter arc
invited to call at the ADVANCE Office and do so.
Writing materials free.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-01-03

BUSINESS NOTICES..
Notices IN local columns, reading matter type,
20 GEMS line frs: Insertion; 10 centsa line each
subsequent insertion. TO regular advertisers,
half rates.
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WA &c MAKING ),

l. ton with the Blacksmith Shop If August
Schultz: and Is prepared to do all kinds of work
In hts line. An kinds of Wagon Making and
Repairing done on short notice. = -.
WAGONS BUGGIES, SLEIGHS,
Made to orde
SIS VI J. G. GRETZ, -
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S 100000.

Money to loan upon improved farm property
3. n. CAkRIEk
Worthington, Minn-6S-tf
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-01-03

A horse was hitched in town the 9th.
day, which had his side nearly worn
through with the harness. The man
who owned that horse is subject for
reform. =. s,.".' 49,: ~: =.ys.s
We understand that Hon. /. p. Dur
fee, Of this place, is a candidate for
Sereeant-at-Arms Of the coming State
Legislat ure, which conveness Jan. sth.
Mr.. Durfee's experience in legislative
work abundantly qualities him for that
position. lie would make good Off
Ger.
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For downright ''leap-year" gal,
give us one that can pop the question:
to a fellow in a crowded hall, engage
a minister to tie the knot, and all with.
out bluslling. "Woulu we were a brv
again''-yes, tec0 of them.
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G EO. 0. MOOR

GEO. 0. MOORE.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Graduate of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Residence
on 10th street below the public hall. Office at
the Colony Drug Store, opposite the Worthing-
ton HOTEL WOrthingtOn, Mimi.
Wiu attend promptly to I'LL Cutks, 'l0y o.
night. [27ly.
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B. N. CARRIER.
PHYSICIANS.

T CRAFT, M, d.,
PHYSICIAN IL SURGEON.
Special attention given to Surgery and the
treatment OF Female Diseases; having had ten
years experience.
Also Surgeon Of the Sioux City s. st. Paul and
WOrthinytOn & 81 lux Falls Railroads.
Supplied with ftIll cases nf Slrgicaland Obstet.
ricAl Instruments, and fracture appliances.
OFFICIAL residence, corner OF Fourth Ave-
nue. and Eleventh Street,
WORIIIINGTON, lHINN.
[3 ALLY.
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Picture * tn: (! Gallery,
Photograph & .Ferrotype
: vi '.'"' Pictures. q: 49,.

ota'l sizes Up tQsxlo Will be made very cheap
from now until CHRISTMAS. -. 49,.
All pic ,ures finished in good style. !: =.
carefully finished. g. ~ y =.
Al!megatives retouchedand preserved.
Being Il resident of Mobiles county, ] intend to
maKeWor' hington my Headquarters and have
0idaphotograph Rooms.
Near NfadIsoll's Meat Store Tor present use
Peoptei tleStrinKipicturcs will meet 4 pleasant
reception and linda warm room. An invitation
to all.
;: s*:'' ":k:;!cHIDLEY, =.
.6Htf ,y,.,i III i, Photographer:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-01-03

1t was big turkey before New Year
came. 1t is smaller now.
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The mud has concluded to ''dry up. >
n large flock Of ducks was seen OF
Okabena Lake Oh Tuesday.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-01-03

Mr.. Ole q. Hanson, of Luverne,
sends us $500 for the ADVANCE.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-01-03
II. G.. ToRRENCE.

Brackets, Wall Pockets, &C., just re-
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4Vorthiugtun $drantt.
ADVERTISING TES.
GRANGE REGISTER.

REGULAR MEETINGS..
Worthington Grange Second and Fourth Sat-
urdays IN each month, at II o'clock.
Hersey-First and Third SATURDAYS
Graham Iakes-SecOnd and 4th Wednesdays.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-01-03

The report of the Auditing Board
will appear in next weeks ADVANCE.
not having been completed in time
for this issue.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-01-03

The public schools re-opened on
Tuesday. Both pupils and teachers
have had week Of holiday feasting
and jolity. and are prepared to renew
their labors with renewed energy.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-01-03

The new Board of County Commits
sioners met on Tuesday and organized,
with "A. 0. Condo us Chairman. The
new county officers have nearly all pro-
duced their bonds and been sworn in.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-01-03

The Newspaper Uuion send their
New Year compliments in the form of
neatly-bound volume of Dickens
''YOung Folks" Thanks.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-03-14
FASHIONS.


The new shade hat is called the
''Haryest.
The "Lenwocd' is one OF the new
chip bonnets.
Button roses will be the favorite
roses this spring.
Gar green is new shade of
this fashionable color.
Spanish colors--old gold, yellow
and black are in fashion.
Chenille embroidery is much used at
present, and is very pretty.
Rose color is worn by the first
bridemaid when several attend.
New fans have sticks of Russia
leather, edged with gold or silver.
Satin may be truly called the favor
ite trimming for hats and bonnets.
A new ribbon is called metal rib.
bon, and is something woven of met
al.
A new material for polonaises i.
called "Modjeska suiting."
Indian silks have honey-comb sur
face, overshot with bright, rich col.
ors.
With the spring hats are shown tn
ever pretty Derby, and the Englisl
walking hat.
! Young ladies wear crimson sill
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-03-14
4 BLOODLESS DTET..

In Tia" south western j Jn,iicial Dis
ilict Of Wisconsin, live! gentleman
1amed Mills, who was for many wears
iElgr OF The circuit court. At one
ttne lac gave judgment against a GER
tain bully named X, who swore that
/ ihe decision was unjust, nothing less
than swindle, and that the Judge
had been bribed. la order to get
satisfaction he sent The Judge a chai-
trng" Ia tioht 4 duel. The Judge ac-
t,tIBcl ihe Challenge. Io.------------~.r
tme Fne wishes of his friends, who told
him that X. was u dead shot. In his
letter of acceptance, he announced
that according tl the rules of ducling
he had the choice Of weapons, and
would make the selection at the place
Of combat He begged the challeng-
or tn lie on hand a. sunrise at a GER
tain place, about mile from town
and informed X. thai it would be use
less in him to bring weapons, rs he
Che Judge )would attend to that duty.
At the appointed tirle and place
which WAS beside an Ole lead mine,
X. and his second appeared; but tie
judge and bis second were there be
fore them. The following dialogue
took place:
Judge. Good morning, Mr.. K"
k-"Good morning, Judge"
J.--"On hand, L see"
k.--"Ofconrsc. You didn't think
I'd back ont, did you?'
J.--"Oh, no; you challenged me
and you concede that L have the
choice of place and weapons?''
K.-Certainly. Fight with what
you please and where you please, but
be quick, for I am in o, hurry to fin
ish you and 90 back 20 breakfast. "
J.--'Ail right; we viii fight with |
rocks"
K.-''IIow? ?''
J.-"Throw rocks 1T one another
at a distance Of sixty feet. You see
those piles or stones there" (point-
ing to a couple of piles of rocks near
by, which he had gathered. There
was about half bush,.i in each pile,
aud each stone was flint rock about
the size of a mans fist). Take
your choice" said the Judge
k.,-af1er brief inspection of the
rock piles, selected oae.
Now" said the jidge, lyon take
your pile and go down into that hole.
Ii is inst sixty feet deep and you
throw up at me, and / will take my
pile and throw down at you
"iou must think / am darned
fool, " exclaimed X. angryly, and
forthwith vamoosed.
Ever since all yon have TO do TO
have row with X is to ask him if
he ever fololit n duel
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-03-14
A GROCER'S GIFT.

A CovinCton, Ky, correspondent
tells this: "a country merchant
visited the city few days ago, and,
going to Cincinnati, purchased from a
dollar store tablecaster, which he
took home with him, and, after put
ting tag on it marked "S14," made
a present of it to Methodist preach
er, whose church Iii, family attended.
The reverend gentleman took the
package home, opened it, and exam
ined contents. The next day he
brought caster (wita the tag attach
cd) back to the groeeryman and said
to him: 81 am too poor in this
worlds goods TO affprd to display SO
valuable a caster OF my table, and
| if you have no objection / should
/ like to return It snd take Sl4 worth
of groceries for my family in its
stead The merchant could do moth
ing bat acquiesce, but fancy his feel
ings."
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-03-14
vests and bows, withblatsk cashmeres,
or the house.

vests and bows, vith1lask eaahmeres,
| or the house.
The oldtine fashion of slashins
dresses and inserting material of an
other color is revived.
Much to the surprise of fashionable
people, some of the latest imported
street garments are short.
The new fabric, known as drap
d'Orient, is queer jumble Of colors,
resembling Limoges ware {not wear).
New silks are IN stripes and checks,
and all the beautiful combination of
colors 50 much in vogue this ccason.
The s4Rarer the neck, the higher
the shoalder-strap. and the shorter
the sleeves, the more fashionable is
the ball dress.
White hats are worn to the theatre,
to the opera, to the church, every-
Wherein fact, fos evening, and also
in the. day time for iuE dress calls.
Exquisite sets Of Duchess lace,
consisting of a vest, cuffs, broad col
lar, and sash, to be worn over the
richest silk dresses, are novelties
shown in New York.
The English cutaway coat with
vest promises to be the fayorite style
for the street costume this spring.
Combiaed with the short skirt it is
very beautiful.
| Fashionable ladies are reviving the
old cnstom ofpiecing quilts. But in
STEAD Of calico and delane, which
their srandmothers used, they employ
sill, and velvet.
incredible as it may seem, Worth,
of Paris, has manufactured recently.
bali dresses with short skirts. AS
yet none have been worn here, but
ii is hoped that they may be
A knot Of ribbon, double faced, is
fashionably worn at the throat. For
this, from yard and half TO three
yards of narrow snlin ribbon is used,
arranged in Ioaps, with long ends fall
ing ~ and below the elbow.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-03-14

ann not mistaken, the first offence was
his addressing Mr.. Davis as "Jeff,"
or some such rude familiarity. But
this you can verify. i tried just af-
terward to reconcile Mr. Davis tc the
situation.
On the route to Macon, three days
afterward, Mrs. DAVIS complained to
me, with hgreat bitterness, that her
trunks had been ransacked, the con-
tents taken out and tumbled back
with the leaves sticking to them.
hsver heard Of Mr.. Da-
Wis alleged disguise until I saw it in
a New York Herald, the day I got to
Fort Delaware. I was astonishsd,
and denounced il as a falsehood
The next day / was placed in solitary
confinement, and remained there. L
do not believe it possible that these
ten days could have been passed with
our captors without an allusion to it if
it had not been an sfterthought, or
something to be kept from Us.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-03-14
Very sincerely yours,
WILLIAM PRESTON JOHNSTON.
DON'T CALL a MAN A LIAR.

Never tell man tnaL ne IL uaF
unless you are certain that you cam
lick him; for, as q general rule, when
you say that, it means fight.
have arrived at this conclusion
through sad experience. l know
that it is not safe to give the lie to a
muscular Christian.
/ did once. am sorry for it now:
as never grieved for anything else
in the whole course Of life.
We we're standing on the sidewalk
in isont Of the club, when made the
statement. We had been talking
politics and men who talk politics,
snd get over it, are--to put 1t mildly
-lunatics or else want an office.
This man made an assertion, toach-
ing the fair fame of my ia orite cam
didate which belisvsd to be untrue.
1t is probable that if it had been as
| true it was false, should have
taken the same course, because yea
understand man has no sense who
talks politics anyhow. | think l
said that before, but itls all the same.
want to make it strong, and get you
to understand bow got my ornamen-
tai eve.
mildly suggested that a man who
! VSsaglsl WAY sl,Ip Ipsks such statement as that,
would be guilty of any base crime.
I He disagreed with ne on that
peint.
ka for himself he never made
statement except ul on the most ample
proof. Ny candidate was the mean
est man unhung.
told him he lied.
have been kicked by mule1 have
fallen out of second story window
on hard pavement eaten greenper-
simmons; heard Miss Blow read
poetry for two hours and half;
sksted; hunted rode sharp-back-
ed horse of mustang parentage,. an
adept in the ar OF 'bucking;' suffer-
ed grief of various kinds, and siiil
clung to life-but all these are feath-
ers in the balance, as compared with
that little word liar.
Immediately aftei saying il | sat
down-not in the way people usually
sis down.
L sat on tue rim OF my right ear,
about ten feet from the spot where
I had been standing when / made
use of the expression quoted above. 1
am not used to sitting in that posi-
ton and do not ek it agrees with
me.
have heard of people who ''got up
on their ear'' and walked off. wish
I knew how 10 do it, and would have
propelled myself away from that spot
Immediately if | had possessed this
happy faculty. proceeded TO bring
myself to perpendicular fully in-
tending to use the means of locomo-
tom which nature had given ME; but
when came right side mp. something
heavy ran up aginst my nose, and as
I felt rather tired, sat down on my
other car. like a change it is too
monotonous doing the came thing
over and over again.
Somebody took my large friend
away, and was quite pleased when
he was gone. l have concluded to
look twice ut man before give tie
lie again. Ny eye 10 in mourning,
my nose swellef to the size OF d cit
ron with the color Of biush rose, ard
NV store clothes look as ii they'd been
run through q patent sausage machine.
1 would not have the mans temper
for anything in the world.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-03-14

ssAh Old Maids Show is talked Of
at Utica That's right. Give the
old maids show. To be sure, many
of them had a good show when they
were younger, and refused TO embrace
the opportunity, and--now they are
old maids; and have no lazy hus-
bands to keep.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-03-14

represents the following old and reliable
Companies-FIREA AND LIFE:
Liverpool, London & Globe, Eng.
Ttna, of Hartford, Conn.
Hartford, of Hartford, Conn.
PhGnix, of Hartford, Conn.
Fraaklin, of Philadelphia, Pa.
Underwriters, of New York.
German-American, of New York.
PhGnix, of New York.
Niagara, of New York.
American Central, of st. Louis.
Life Association of America, ST.
Louis.
Mutual Life Insurance Company,
of New York.
The above line OF Companies ia the most
reliable known.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-03-14
JEFF. DAVIS CAPTURE.

NHE VERSION AUTHORIZED BY THE EN-
CONFEDERATE PRESIDENT DENIAL
OF THE FEMALE DISGUISE STORY
COLONEL WILLIAM PRESTON JOHN
SON S ACCOUNT OF THE AFFAIR.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-03-14

You win have the fact of our re-
treat and capture from many sources.
MY best plan is TO tell you only what
I know and saw myself. The testi-
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-03-14

NJ. WHITE. EDITOR.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-03-14

:.,prIoS PRIcE So PER ANNUM
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-03-14

|',1sHED EVERY THURSDAY.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-03-14

North side of Public Square,
Mexico, Missouri.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-18
The Chinese uueStinn.

- Congressman Horace Davis has pre-
pared and will introduce into the House
of REPRESENTATIVES the following very
interesting and important bill:
\ bill to restrict Chinese immigra-
tion. Be it enacted etc. that from and
after the first day OF January 1879, it
shallnot be lawful for the master of
any ship or vessel, foreign or domestic,
to take on board such ship or vessel Mt
any foreign port or place whatever,
any number OF subjects of the Empire
of China, exceeding one person. male
or female, to each hundred tons meas
urement of such ship or vessel. with
intent to transport such person or per-
sons to the United States, or to trans
FPort,or to land such person or persons
at any port or place within the juris-
diction OF the United States, provided,
that the provisions of this act shall not
apply to any ambassador or duly az
credited agent of China, his family or
servants, who shall come to the United
States in an official capacity, or 10 the
crew of any ship or vessel.
SEC. 2. That if the master of any
ship or vessel shall on mt voyage trans
port to or land at any port OF place in
the United States any subject or sub
jects of the Emperor of China in excess
of the proportion mentioned in the
foregoing section, the owners, charter
ers, .consignees or master of such ship
or vessel, before entering such ship or
vessel at the customs, shall pay to the
collector of customs for the use of the
United States and under such rules
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-18
The New Method OF Plasterins.

Mr.. Hitchings, of Stoke Newington,
England, has introduced a new method
Of forming ceilings and other plaster
work which, for durability, saving to
time, and cleanliness, is u%nrivaled. By
means of this system the plaster is pre-
pared beforehand in slabs, which are
fixed expeditiously to the %joists, form
ing the ceiling Mt once as il would be
when lathed and plastered with the
tive coats of lime and hair, in the old
process. When the plaster is set the
slabs are nailed to the %joists, as before
mentioned, and joists are made good
with plaster of; paris. The third or
Ninish layer of lime and plaster is then
applied to the ceiling in the ordinary
way. Besides the advantages derived
from fixing with the minimum of dirt
and Inconvenience, the new ceiling is
practically iafammable, and very eco
nomical to put up. Moreover, unlike
the old plaster ceilings, it can never
become detached from the ~joists; in
fact, besides being selfssupporting, it
braces and strengthened all partitions and
slight timbers.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-18

They have strange ideas of political
morals in Kentucky. The Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of the State is a
candidate for United States Senator,
and seems to think he was doing II fair
thing by going to the capital, keeping
open house Mt one of the hotels and
personally lobbying between drinks for
support, while another judge leaves his
place on the bench of the Court of APP
peals and makes himself the leading
supporter and vote-beggar OF another
candidate. There is nothing like Il
man with a Senatorship hu2zing about
his head.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-01-18

No Advertisement inserted for less than my
cents.
ments 10 cents per line, Nonpariel, each IN
sertion 0 Insertions eight cents per line; 20
Insertions, 5 cents per line.
Local Notices, per line, bourgeois, .eacn IN
per line. -
WrFKL LEADER, all transient advertise.
ments . cents per line, first insertion one
month 20 cents per line; six months, 10 cents
per line; one year 5 cents per line.
Cheyenne. Oct. list, 1877.
THE LEADER PRINTING COMPANY.