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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-08-08

These are handsome colored maps
and the only large maps of Mobiles
County extant. Parties ordering by
mail must enclose stamp.
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EXCURSION 70 SrOUyEALLS

~
We find the following announcement
in the Sioux City Journal:
There will bea grand excursion to
Sioux Falls, d. T., from this city over
the Sioux City and st. Paul and the
newly completed Worthington and
Sioux Falls branch railroad (making a
distance of 800 miles there and back)
on Thursday, August 18th, leaving
Sioux City at AGO. H., giving about
eight hours at the Falls, as tile train
will he i special one and run on fast
time. This will be the only chance
this season to visit Sioux Fall at the
extremely low price. Of s. for the round
trip. The Great Western band will
accompany the party.
Those from the adjoining villages
who desire to accompany the cXcur
sionists will please write and secure
tickets ut once, as the number Of pas
scngers are limited, and no more tick
cts will be sold than the specified num-
her of cars will accommodate comfort
ably.
For full particulars, and to secure
tickets, address or call on G. NJ. Rob-
inson. Journal office, Sioux City, Iowa.
We are also in receipt of letter from
MI. Robinson asking how much of q
party can lie relied on from Worthing-
ton. The fare from tins point is not
given, but Mr.. Dickinson says it will
be flower than our people will he able
to get again"
The ADVANCE has been "agitating''
an excursion to Sioux Falls for some
time. Here is an opportunity. Fare
will probably be 81 to $3.50 for round
trip from Worthington.
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HORSES WANTED.-Will pay cash for
good pair Of young horses. &*>;
1w. LEWIS FOOTE.
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Adams Fly Brick ut the Drug EN-
porium. 1W
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We had counted a good deal Oh Miller Hall TO
shade our front after four O'Clock +. m. Now we
will have to put up an awning.
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Sportsman's Whistles at the Drug
Emporium. 1w
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ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE Or MAILS
ARRIVES.
Eastern daily II 23p II.
Southern :" 5 ora. III.
Westerm-Im Verne and Sioux Falls, 6p. II.
Spirit Lake Mondays 6p. m.
Seward, Saturdays, ~ Il. III.
DEPARTS.
Eastern (daily) s 20 a. m.
Southern IL 23p. m.
Western-Lu Verne and Sioux Fals Gas
Spin. ..-..e, TueStisy- Il H.
Seward. SATURDAYS, y. Ill.
All mails close ut 8 p. NJ. week days, and p.
NJ. Sundays.
Office hours from \: IN. to I'm; and from !
to 9 y. ~. Sun,,ays-frOm to 8 a. III. and
from II III. to 1890 p. N.
NJ b. SOULE, =. NJ.
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THE CROPS.

Messrs. James Gown, l.. NJ. Porter
and Geo. II. Carr, of Adrian: were in
town on Tuesday and looked in upon
the ADVANCE. They report all crops
good i'll the western part of the
county except wheat, which from
blight, wet weather, crinkling, lodg-
ing, ETC., will not yield above half a
crop. F. J. Porter, of Grand Prairie,
who has out several hundred acres,
finds that the header is Il good machine
to cut lodged wheat, rs it gathers the
wheat into the box, and saves it nearly
all. Mr.. Gown spent a few days in
Bigelow and Ransom and reports the
estimate of wheat yield at from to 10
bushels. Mr.. Jackson, of Graham
Lakes, reports about the same average
for the northern part Of the county,
but thinks there are some fields which
will yield as high as fifteen bushels to
the acre.
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People who think the busy season is over
should 60 around town and look at our hotel reg
listers. The receipts at the McManus House last
week footed up 3,s, more than for any week dur
ing the rush last Spring.
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in Worthington among his friends. lie has been
assigned by the NJ. E. Church to Onawa. Iowa.
Rev. Mr. Leayitt sends us card that he will
preach OIL Sunday next at Miller Hall at 1 p. III.
II Mr.. l.. insists mp it we will help erect plat
form on the ground where the Hall used to be
Rubber Paint is Il beautiful, durable,
glossy, elastic. economical paint, and
will resist water better than any other.
Can be had ut the Drug Emporium.
Mrs. Stockdale wishes us to return her
thanks to those who assisted in pro-
tecting their building on the morning
of the fire. The ADVANCE, which oc-
cupies the lower room, joins in the
$ 'me.
The fire the other morning attacked al Una
bridged Websters Dictionary belonging to the
Journal office, but gave it up before making
much Roadway. Such al array Of hard words,
was too much for IN ordinary fire.
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so MUCH FOR so LITTLE.

so MUCH FOR so LITTLE.
We will send the
st. Paul Weekly Pioneer. Press worth ~ 90
The WorthingtOn ADVANCE worth 200
The New Map OF the Northwest worth 90
And the Advance Cook. Book worth rs
Total, 50 IS
.All for g 20, invariably III advance.
Parties who prefer 1t can have the ADVANCE
a3,d the st. Paul Weekly Globe for 50 G5, or the
ADVANCE and the Prairie Farmer for 50 90, with
tie Cook Book.
| TRY I'm rov;Op, Soda. 7xyr
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nth THE GLOBE,

CLUBBING WITH THE GLOBE,
We will send the ADVANCE one year and the
St. Paul Weekly Globe one year to any address
for u 6, invariably In advance.
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Miller & Smith have on hand a supe.
rior Lubricating Castor Oil, an extra
". 5. Lard Oil, and an extra Sperm
Machinery Oil, ut bottom figures. 1w
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LOCAL..

wonrH1NGToN. MIMI ii j. AUG Usr 3, 1875
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AN EXPLOSION.

Soon after all hope of saving the Hall
had been abandoned, and before any of
the walls or floors had fallen, an cxplo-
sion occurred inside the building and
near the rear wall. The report was
something like that Of Il cannon and the
concussion burst the windows out and
the siding Off. jcrkcd the tops from one
or two of the clsimneys and sent the
hatch which opened to the fiat roof a.
bout &C. or 40 feet into the air. Various
theories have hecLadvanccd toaccount
for the explosion, but nothing Of an ex-
plosive nature beyond'a gallon or two
Of kerosene is known to have been in
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Rev. Chas. Chase has been spending 4 few days
in Worthington among his friends. lie has been
assigned by the NJ. E. Church to Onawa. Iowa.
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Mrs. I. n. Wallen, Of EigcloW, sends us dish
OF kittattiny Blackberrcs grown in her garden.
They are beautiful specimens, in shape and size
resembling u minnie ball, but considerably larg-
er. Mr. Walden has been quite successful in
growing i'll this county berries of different kinds
such as straw berries raspbcrrics, blackbcrries.
Ais, cherries, c,lrrants, and grapes.
TuRESHING MACHINE FOR SALE
All complete and in good running Or
der. Short time. Apply Immediately
to I. J. COONS,
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Try Emporium Soda.
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DR.. Bedford will be in Worthington,
at the Worthington Hotel, August 10,
20, p and %, prepared to do all kinds
Of Dental work. 2w.
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The Hall cost originally in the neigh!
borhood Of $1,000. There was; :a,in:: insu-
rance on the building Of $1,000, in tile
Home, Of New Y ork, in favor Of B., NJ.
Goldschmidt. i h +e Journal proprietors
valued their Office between $3,O00 and
$1,000; insured for. $780,. MI. Qgle's
loss by the burning of his library: is ,es-
timattd at from $500 to $1,000, .:Y
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low. The heat was so intense that it
was feared both these buildings would
take fire, and then, nearly the whole
business portion of the town. would
probably have been swept away. 1t
was exceedingly fortunate that there
was scarcely any wind stirring. Had
there been anything like stiff prairie
breeze, no human effort could have pre-
vented Worthington from being laid in
ashes.
Banker Smith was put to the trouble
of removing all Ills furniture into the
street, and breakfasting, with his neigh
boris. The last wall to fall was the rear
one, and this, as it stood swaying, was
watched with intense interest, for the
general opinion was that if it fell out
ward, the Crever house would burn, as
the wall would have reached nearly to
the foundation of the house. The
beams under the second floor of the hall
stood out and chung to the wall, as
though determined to draw it inwardly
and, sure enough, when the wall went,
it fell in instead Of out and came down
with aheavy thud. The crowd, at this
sent up cheer, for the last wall was
down and every one'knew.the town was
safe. In about three-fourths of an hour
from the time the alarm was given, the
Hall was a heap Of blazing and smok-
ing ruins.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1878-11-28

The NEWSPAPERS BUSINESS. Here
is how brother journalists puts i:
We suppose that many people think
that newspaper men are persistent
duns; let q farmer place himself in
SIMILAR business position and see if
he would not do the same. Suppose
he raised one thousand bushels of
wheat, and his neighbor should come
and bny a bushel, and the price was
a small matter OF only two dollars or
less, and the neighbor says, II will
hand you the amount in q few days.
As the farmer did not want to be
small about the matter, be says all
right, and the man leaves with the
wheat. Another comes in the same
way until the whole Of the thousand
bushels of wheat are trusted out to
one thousand differ ent persons, and
not one of the purchasers concerDs
himself about it, for it is small
amount that be owes the farmer, and
Of course that would not help him
any. He does not realize that the
farmer has frittered away all his
large crop Of wheat, and that it's value
is due him in thousand little drib-
lets, and that he is seriously embar-
rassed in has business because his
debtors treat it as a little matter
But if all would pay him promptly,
which they could do as well as not,
it would be a very large amount to
the farmer, and enable him to carry
on his busincss without difficulty.
The above comparison is too true of
the difficulties that the newspaper
man bas 10 contend with.
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South Caroline Railroad.


CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
CHARLESTON. S. c., Nv. 10. 1878
On and after this date, Passenger Trains
on this road will run as follows:
FOR AUGUSTA.
(Sunday morfins excepted.)
Leave Charleston 915 m s. 7 80 m
Arrive at Augusta 90 pm & 55 a m
FOR COLUMBIA.
Sunday morning exccpted.)
leave Charleston 80 q m & 8 80 D m
Arrive ut Columbia 35 N s. I rs n m
FOR CHARLESTON.
(Sunday morning eXceptcd)
Leave Augusta 8 so 4 M g. Z 80 p m
Arrive at Charleston 20 pm s. I Is n m
Leave Columbia : 21 D m & g 90 % NJ
Arrive at Charleston 45 p IN Il ID Il nj
SUMMERVILLE TRAIN.
(Sunday morning cxccpted.)
Leave Snmmervillc at so n m
Arrive at Charleston s 40 n n.
Leave Charleston 20 p m
Arrive Mt SGmmrrvllo 30 p IN
ACCOMMODATlON PASSENGER AND
FREIGHT TRAIN.
(paily, except sundays)
i.c'NT No'uhpi" y ~ n m
-t1r'lve at HrNnclVille Il AZ p m
Leave Branchvilc O5 y IN
Arrive &t Columbia & 45 y IN
Breakfast, dinner and supper at Branchvillc
Close connection made ut Columbia with
the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Rail-
road 10 points North.
Passengers for points on the Grcenyillo and
Columbia Railroad, will hereafter leave on
30 p IL train.
S. S. SOLoMoNs, Superintendent.
S. Is. PlcKENs, General Ticket Agent.
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Change in Southern Farming.

The farmers of the South Atlantic
and Gulf States must follow the ex-
ample of Kentucky, and pay mo'e
attention to raising fine stock, COWS,
horses, mules, sheep and hogs, and
they must make their home supplies
of meat and bread. The longer they
stave off this policy the poorer thoy
will become. But toscarry out this
system of farming successfully ne
need more mechanical talent among
the farmers. Sheds, pens, barns,
granaries, chicken houses, gates,
pasture fences, smoke houses, dairies,
cellars, good wells, cisterns, and nu-
merous conveniences of the kind are
needed, that the stock, and crops, and
products of the farmers toll may be
properly cared for. How few of the
farmers of these States have such
cOnveniences. 1t is useless to have
fine stock, VI abundant mixed crops,
Unless they are protected as they
should be. A good winters supply
of food should be provided for every
animal and every living thing which
the farmers consider OF any value.
Every farmer should be pretty good
mechanic. When these States are
filled up with such farmers, farming
will be profitable, the country pros
porous, towns and villages will be-
come thrifty, and manufacturing will
become one Of the great industries OF
the South. We have the lands and
the climate, and the raw materials
for such prosperity, but our people
are not yet ready for the change -
They want to wait and see how the
next election goes, and what the next
Legislature will do. And thus they
have been waiting for fourteen long
years since the surrender.
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PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 19.--At a
meeting of the Board Of Trade last
night the following resolution was
offered and laid over until the next
meeting:
Resolved, That our currency shall
be constituted as follows: An unIim.
ited coinage of gold of standard
weights and fineness to be legal ten
der for all debts, public and private.
Second. A subsidiary coinage of
silver token money to be an uHlim~
tied legal tender for other debts only
to the amount of five dollars in any
one payment. Third. Paper or pro
missory money issued only by corr
porations acting under general law,
this money TO be of denominations
not less than ten doRas, and re-
deemable by parties issning it in
legal tender money on demand.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1878-11-28

A HARD TEsr.-Ten or dozen
men were enjoying the hot weather
which baked the shingles on the ferry
dock saloon yesterday, when a straug
or stalked in and inquired of the
bartender:
'Have you any mintT
'Yes sir was the reply.
'And you have sugar, lemons, gin,
brandy so folthg
q have
The stranger turned around to the
crowd, noticed the sudden increase
Of interest in each face, and kindly
said:
Gentlemen, In, gving to treat
every liar in this room. Let the
liars-the monstrouS liars-come for
ward
Not a foot moved. n
'Gentlemen,' continued the strang~
or, in a plaintive tone, don't be
backward. Juleps wait for ALL
Every one of you who is known as a
liar will please stand up
The strangers face betrayed keen
disappointment, as he ordered a
rorsing big mint for himself, and
not word was spoken in the while
he slowly slipped the cooling fluid
through a straw. When he had
finished he wiped his mouth and
said:
swell, every truth teller in the
crowd will now stand
Each man rose up with the prompt
ness of a soldier.
'And sit down again. softly said
the man rs lie made for the door.
They would have sat down OH
him, bnt great truth tellers are poor
runners.-Detroit Free Press.
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Con 8 Y l.ll 20 ion e
POSITIVELY CURED.

A LII sufferers from this disease that are
"a anxious to be cured should try DR.. KISS
NER's Celebrated Consumption Powders.-
These Powders are the only preparation
known that will cure Consumption and all
diseases of the Throat and Lungs-indced, so
strong is our faith in them, and also to con-
vince you that they are no humbug, we will
forward to every sufferer, by mail, post paid,
Il free Trial Box
We don't want your money until you are
perfectly satisfied OF their curative powers.
If your life is worth saving, don't delay in
giving these Powders n trial, as they will
surely cure you.
Price, for large box, $500, sent to any
part of the United States or Canada, by mail,
OH receipt Of price. Address,
ASH s. ROBBINS,
$50 Fulton>street. Brooklyn, N. Y.
Jan 10, 1878 18 "
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M. r. BEECO,
GreemvilHe. 8. G.,

NFFceAAVARHGs So u.
SUPPLIES his customers with any SEW
~ INC MACHINE they desiYe. Also needles
and attachments for any. Call next door to
T. w. Davis and see his last lot of new Sing
er, Hows, Weed, Wheeler & Wilson and other
Machines lie sells all cheaper than the
cheapest.
lie also cuts suits out of less cloth than
anybody. See list as follows
Goods for Coat-3 to 81 yards.
Goods for Pants-24 to q yards.
Goods for Vests yards.
TRIM MINGS:
COAT-Body lining, y yards; canvass, 2
yard Wndding. l sheet; Slate Drill
yards; Silk, 2 spools; Cotton,
spool; Buttons, ETC.
PANTS--Slatc Drill, yard; Canvass, J yard;
Silk, spool, Cotton, l spool; But.
tons und Buckle
VETT-Glatc Drill, 2 yards; Wadding, :
yard; silk, l spool; cotton; | spool;
wadding and Buttons.
juno 20, 1873 ii al 8m
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9jCEENS COUNTY DIRECTORY.

Scnator-R E Bowen.
RepresentatiUeS--D Bradley and y II Bates
Clerk Of Court-John Lewis.
Judge of u o6ate--W G Field.
Sherif-Joab Mauldin.
Coroner-Berry B Earle
School Comnaiss,oner-0 W Singleton.
TreaSurer--W r Berry.
Auditor-John D Davis.
County Commissioners-BJ johnson Chat.
rman-John 7 Lewis, Thos Looper. Clerk
County Commissioners, G L Hollingsworth.
Trial Justices-Eas1ey, r Gossett-Sa.
Iu6rity, Marcus A Boggs-C Central, James A
C H., @ w Taylor-Dacus.
vile, B Sutherland--MHe Creek, TW Tollia
son--EdStatoe, NJ Stewart. .'
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Senator Voorhees,, in an inter view,
states that one of his first acts upon
the rc"ssembling Of Congress will be
a movement to make the trade dollar
legal tender.
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The Vote in the State

The majorities for the Democratic
and Radical candidates for Congress
men in the different counties and dis
tricts in South Carolina are as fol-
lows:
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When mon, women and Opportuni>
ty meet, the devil sits down, knowing
that the fire will burn without help
from him. a.,
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The man who has persisteutly
closed the door all Summer now
leaycs it wido open.
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AS tar as "a man wants to get a
sling for less than he thinks it is
worth, 90 far does be fall short of an
honest man.
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Laurens Branch Trains leave Laurens G.
II. at 80 a N and leave Newberry at 2 80
p nj on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Abbeville Branch Train connects at Hodg-
e's with down and up train daily, Sundays
excepted.
THOMAS DODAMEAD,
General Superintendent.
JABEz NORTON, Jr., General Ticket Agent
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The perfectly contented man is per-
fectly useless. >sE
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Before YOu Start,

DT A NOG and ORGANS at Fac
L lAINOO tory Prices Great Re-
duction to close out present stock of 200
New and Second hand Instruments of first
class makers, fully warranted, and at prices
that DEFY COMPETITION. for e 5h or in
stallments. AGENTS WANTED or WAT
ERS' SUPERIOR BELL ORGANS and PI-
AMOS. Illustrated Catalogues Mailed
HORACE WATERS & SONS, Manufacturers
and Dealers, 40 East 14th street, New York.
Also General Agents for shoningers' Cele-
brate Organs.
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Greenville & Columbia r r
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.

Passenger trains run daily. Sundays except
ed, connecting with night trains on South
Carolina Railroad up and down, aud with the
charlotte, columbia and Augusta and Viii
mington, columbia and Augusta Railroads.
On and after Monday. November IL, 1873,
the Passenger Trains on this Road will be
run rs follows:
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= Try to SEQ yourself through the
eyes of those around you.
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Atlanta & Chatlotte Air Line Railway
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT..
ATLANTA Ga, October 81, 1878.
Change of Schedule.

On and after Sunday November 10th Double
Daily Trains will run on this Road as fol~
lows;
GOING EAST.
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This is the true Democratic ma jori-
ty in the State on the basis of tho
vote for Congressman, there being no
opposition TO the election of the Dem
ocratic candidates for State offices.
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Pay your subscription.
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anderson Branch and Rlue Ridge g. R.
DAILY, except Sundays, between Bolton
and Anderson. Tri weekly between Ander-
son and Walhalla, viz: Leave Walhalla for
Anderson Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays;
leave Anderson for Walhalla Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-05-22
Young Man, Take Warning.

Ellen Bishop, plaintiff in breach Of
promise case just tried in Tolland Conn.,,
is described rs "a brunette with pleas
ant. regular features and large lustrous
eyes, but evidently passing beyond the
first bloom of young womanhood."
She is school teacher. George B.Wil-
liams is "a good-looking, stalwart farm
er, with curly hair, sunburnt face and
long, tawny beard, and is approaching
middle age" As long ago as 1870 these
two began TO keep company after the
Down East fashion, "sitting up" toReth-
er until or 2 o'clock at night about
once q week. In 1875 the courtship
had progressed 90 far that marriage was
talked about, and in the next year, Miss
Bishop says, William popped the ques-
ton formally. She remembers the oc-
casion well, because she then for the
first time sat in his lap and he for the
first time kissed her. She made pre-
parations for a wedding, but the lover
who had already occupied six years
with courtship, was in no greater hurry
then. He postponed the wedding day
twice, and finally refused to marry her
at all. The jury gave her verdict for
81 900.