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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-02-14
A Biz Cl rcus Libel Mutt.

A Cincinnati special of the 9th gives
the following additional particulars of suit
which has been briefly mentioned by telc-
graph: A suit has been on trial here for the
last ten days in the court of common pleas, in
which George W. Dehaycn, Andrew Height
and r. E. J. Miles, partners and proprictors
of n ahippodrome and racing association, which
started out in 1875, and in June of thrt year
went to pieces, sue p. T. Barnum, W. C. Coup
Frank Hurd, Dan CASTILLO and James Burnalf
for libel asking damages in the sum of $780,
900. Service was obtained only on Coup, Cas-
tello, and Burnell, and the court, upon some
technical grounds, dismissed all but Coup.
The testimony was clear against him that he
caused libelous publication to be made
against the plaintiffs show, and used every
possible means to break it up. The fact Of
damages seemed to be we'll established, and
to-day the jury astonished everybody by rem
deriug verdict against Coup for $4,000.
Miles says he is sorry he didn't ask for $780,
600. He feels sure the jury would have given
him $4,000. 1t is thought the Judge will di.
rect reduction Of the amount as IN alterna
tive to second trial.
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American MilliOnaireS In Paris.

An American millionaire, Mr.. Mackey, has
opened the dancing season in one of the most
beautiful mansions in Paris, with a reception
that took the proportions of court ball. The
fact makes the moralists who send letters
across the channel rather uncomfortable. One
of them is surprised to see with what rage
the French now throw themselves into the
vortex of American society. A few years ago
it was necessary for even the richest Ameri-
can to be patronized by i noted person of high
French society, who sent out the invitations,
and who presented host and guests to each
other. Then the guests almost felt they were
honoring the man whose champagne they
drank. Now, however. all is changed, and
King Dollar has asserted his undoubted sway
over Paris. The oldest coat-of-arms and the
fairest Of French lilies bow to him, as soon as
he appears. He has no longer need of q chap
eron to issue invitations; the post brings him
daily perfumed, coroneted billets. asking for
the favor of an invitation to his next recep-
ton. There is consolation, however, for the
British moralist. Americans are declared to
he ''innatelv English" though they will not
confess it, Hence it is that the American
millionaires in Paris adopt the English style
of housekeeping and we have English ser.
wants, English gray livery, English cooking
and EnglisE clothes. If they initiated in every:
thing, as the moralist suggest the Americans
are obviously doing Great Britain good turn
by introducing and sanctionipg English
modcs.-Ne,c Tork Tribune.
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An Affecting Scene.

Miss Emma Davenport. the young lady
mail robber, appeared before Judge Hughes
OF Goochland, Va, the other day in the United
States District court, held in Richmond.
Miss Davenport wasicharged with abstracting
valuable silk dress and two valuable pack
ages of jewellery from the mail while she was
acting as deputy postmaster at Goochland,last
Christmas. She is of good family and very
pretty, and there was naturally much SYM
pathy manifested by the crowd assembled in
the court room. Her lover was in the court
room, and that he was armed with pistol
with which to blow out his brains should the
sentence be Albany. But when the clerk
said: "What say you, guilty or not guilty"
the fair prisoner REPLIED with tremulous
voice. 'Guilty!' then there was a scene.
with the word guilty Miss Davenport shrieked
threw up her hands and fell back into the
arms OF her stalwart bctrothed. The jury
was moved to tears, and the judge hid his
face in his handkerchief. It was half an hour
before the lady revived. The courL imposed a
fine OF 800. then she tainted again and the
court adjourned. Miss Davenport and her
lover returned to Goochland where report has
it they will wed shortly.
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Since then he has boarded on the North
Side, living on his pension most ef. the
time. The winter of 1855 he spent at
the Soldiers Home, milwaukee,, and
there had the misfortune to lose both ears.
and the toes Of his remaining foot by frost.
FOR a year past he escaped injury, posi-
ply because there was so little of him
left. The breaking of his timber mem
bcr was the first reminder he had had.
slnce his return, that he was not for
gotten. ,.,
A Times reporter having heard some
thing Of his cventful history from Senator
Rankin, sought bim.at his boarding place
on yesterday. The ancient wreck was as
cheerful as cricket, as he sat there patch
ing up his broken leg. He shows no signs
OF encouragement, and remarked that,
though bloody and breadthlcss, he was
"still In the ring" A belief that ~hezvas
borne to bc hacked and broken has taken
fixed possession of his mind, and he regards
accidents as part of his personal proper
ty. What remains of him is tifty-eig ght
years old, and looks as if it would stand
some more mapgling before it follows
what has gone before, Chicago Times.
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A Sad Dilemma.

Here isapathetic story which appears to
De told IN good faith, concerning famous
English novelist. While staying at Obau.
last summer, he felt inclined for a swim one
morning, and selecting the quietest nook
he could find along the beach, he laid his
clothes carefully under rcck, and pro-
ceeded to eEjoy his sea bath. Presently
young lady, with one of his own novels
IN hand, came walking along the beach.
and, absorbed and unconscious, sat herself
down close by the unseen garments. The
poor man did not know what to do. He
made coise with the water, bobbed up
and down, and tried by every modes
means in his, power to indicate that he
was in the vicinity, and not in full dress.
He was ashamed to stand up and shout,
and hardly ventured, indeed, to show
more than the top of his head. So ab-
sorbing, however, was his own story that
he could not attract attention. He had
never before wished that his literary DOW
er was less, but at that moment his fond
est hope was that he had written at least
one dull chapter in his volume. That
wish became an inspiration, an ambition,
a desire begot in agony, when presently
there came along that way short-sight-
ed sportsman carrying gun, who, seeing
something strangely acting in the water
uear at hand, thought it must be game of
some kind or other, and presented his
gun to shoot The novelist could not
stand this. Forgetting the lady with one
Of his own novels in hand he startled both
her and the sportsman, as, flinging him
self bolt upright. he lifted his arms above
his head, and cried, with pathetic rapidity,
pray don't shoot; please don't shoot!
I'm man. I'm man! I'm manr'
The lady by the seashore took the hint
and disappeared.
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Charity ASindles IN Bro : Ikly N.

A lady teacher in an East Brooklyn
public school recently visited house where
beggar woman said she had dead husband
whom she could not bury, as she had no
money. On bed, covered with a sheet, laya
man apparently dead. The eyes were closed
and covered with old.fashioncd pennies, a
handkerchief was tied over the head and chin
FROM her small earning the teacher gave one
dollar and promised further aid from her
friends. Returning hastily for mutf she had
forgotten, she was amazed to see the suppose
corpse sitting up in bed counting the money
that had been received from the over credu
lous teacher. The dead man and his wife re-
moved from the nelgborhood, sut have been
heard of recently as attempting the same trick
in a distant part Of the city. There arc sever
al women in Brooklyn who periodically visit
families on the hill soliciting money to assist
in burying husbands or children. A lady on
'koscisuko street, having been twice swindled
by one of these impositors who tells q pitiful
story with great pathos, sought for police
man the few days ago to make an arrest.
The chronic beggar ran off, and will probably
not visit him again.
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A PerilOus Position.

about as tight place as ever got into, said
Comstock miner, was some years ago al the
ola Empire shaft, Gold Hill. Myself and An.
other man were down in the shaft for the pur
pose of trimming it up, as the swelling ground
was squeezing in the sides and it was u good
deal ont of shape.
We were not on Il cage, but simply plat
form made of planks with ropes going up
from the corners to the main cable, which was
OF hemp: When We reached tight place in
the shaft VIC stopped and trimmed out the
guides, and then went ON till another such
place was reached. At one point, having civ.
en- the signal to lower, We went down some
distance, when We finally stuck. We reached
ior the bell-rope in order to give the signal to
stop, but We found that it wound round a
nail some distance above and that We could
not use it. The engineer knew nothing of our
trouble and continued to lower away. There
was no station near, and on all sides rose the
smooth walls Of the shaft, leaving us suspend
ed over the horrible chasm.
Down upon lis came the heavy cable. We
feared every moment that the platform would
turn over or would be pressed through the
tight place and drop from under U.S. All we
could DO was to get hold of the cable. and kcep
the cols OF 1t under our feet as it came down.
should the platform turn over or drop from
under US we might be able to save our lives
ny hanging on to the cable. We shouted up
the shaft till We we're hoarse, but no one b hcard
our cries, and steadily down came the cable.
causing US great trouble to keep on top of its
coils. We felt that the great weight must
soon start the platform, when both would most
| likely be hurled to the bottom of the shaft.
Finally, to our great relief, the cable ceased
to descend: For a long time we waited in sus
pense, not knowing what would be the next
move of those aboYe. At last, however, we
heard the voice OF man shouting down to us
from the nearest station above. We explained
our perllous position in a few words, and at
length the great cable began to crawl slowly
up the shaft again. Still 'eing afraid the plat.
form would give way, we were obliged to keen
hold of the rope and dance about on the coils
as they unwound.
1t was tedious business, and was all the
time matter of the toss of penny whether
we got out alive or went to the bottom, but at
last the platform frightened up under us and
we began to ascend. Our work was over then
and We felt SAFE
On arriving at the surface we found that the
engineer had concluded that VIC were going
to far, and, without halting or stopping his
engine, had sent a man down to the station to
find out if anything had gone wrong.
may have been i'll more dangerous pl aces
in the mines, but was never i'll a place where
the danger lasted so long and all the time M
to lever heat. 1t was too long time for any
mans hair to stand on end.-Virqinia City
(Ner. Enterprise:
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A shrewd, keen-cyed Scotchman is en-
ployed to do nothing else than board, out
side the New York Central Depot, in New
York, all incoming passenger trains, and
90 through the passenger cars, Immediate
" after the passengers have left them,
looking after lost articles. No trainmen
or other employees are allowed to rrccede
him. and if one may judge from his find
ings bis search must he very thorough.
Scarcely train comes in from which he
does not gather up something. Over
ceats, shawls, rubber shoes, sache1s, um
brellas, canes, packages, silk hats, pocket
books and jewe]ry are turned in by him
in steady stream, that has, notwithstand-
ing the outgo to claimants, made up an
accumulation that fills huge closet
and the greater part Of store-room be-
side. Some things have been on hand
for five years.
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MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS.
WABASHAW.

Leopold Schulz last week ran away
with the team of his employers, Anthony
Kruger Of Zumbro. The house of Otto Reed,
near the Dow school house, Bear Valley, was
burned with part of the contents, Jan. 28th.
Insured for 5000. >. E. J. Dugan, Wabashaw,
a creditor OF the Midland and its contractors
to the amount Of from $1,000 to $4,000, has
been forced to the wall by his creditors, and
on Monday, his brother William, assignee,
took possession of his stock of genral mcrchan-
Disc. The ice on Lake Pepin is still unsafe
for teams. The contract for boarding the
poor OF the county has been given to F. j.
Collier, at $2.75 per head per week The
house Of JACOB KapRns at Reeds Landing
5000. Red Wing Republican: Last Friday
the wheat receipts in Red Wing were 24,2200
bushels. The daily average for the past week
has been 10000 bushels. In Minneapolis the
daily receipts by wagon sale have been about
1000 bushels less.
One of the finest business blocks in
Northfeld including the Mail printing Office
fire last week. All we'll covered by insurance.
John II. Whipple, of Florida, is in Fari
bault to visit his parents (the Bishop and wife)
but who were themselves enroute to Florida,
he passing them on the way..... About fifty
men participated in the last wolf hunt in WAL
cOt. One WOu was WOunOeQ DuI gOt away.
... j. H. Wideman, of Faribault tried Friday
last to run four sticks Of wood at once through
his ood-sawing machine, but is minus only
one finger. The three others on the same
hand are likely to be useful but not ornament
III. Sheriff Barton has been absent the past
week attending the reunion of the G. A. R, and
visiting old friends at Saltwater. .Mr.W. 8.
Fertic has been holding forth on temperance
securing one hundred and fifty singers to the
blue ribbon pledge al Prairievillc. The singers
included some of the most inveterate Of those
who have 6ccn addicted to the nse Of liquor.
wINONA.
Prof. Swing lectured at Winona last
week on "The march Of Society from the
Beautiful to the True;;' his lecture abo,lnding
in profound historical research, and yet re.
lieved with beauty Of diction and felicity
of humor at once unique and original. The
dwelling Of Conard B1ettner, in the lower part
of the city, was destroyed by fire about ten
o'clock on Tuesday evening. A kerosene
lamp on the table suddenly began to puff and
then exploded, setting the house on fire. Mrs
Blettner had her dress some what burned, but
was not injured herself to any extent. Moth
ing Of moment was saved. Loss about S50(
or 5000 insured for $500. The examination
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-02-14
Milwaukee Produce Market.

GRA1N-Wheat opened firm and closed quiet: No.
! hard @ $1;lo; No. $lo9h; No. 2 31.oe; January
$1;oeA: February $l:o5h March $1.O55s; No. 5
23Ac. Rye neglected and nominal; No. i. 5OXc.
Barley easier; No. 2 Ssa5shc; February o7& a57X
rSovisioNspS1 c; H1 Ia and easier mess pork $lo65.
Chicago Produce Market.
GRA1N-wheat, unsettled but generally higher,
active and firm; No. Chicago gilt edge Sl,05X :
regular $1.o4A cash and January; $1.o4X February
$1.o5h March; No. Chicago s9c; rejected ssX Ca
SC. Corn, easier but steady and in fair demand :
39Ac cash; 39ha395Sc February; $3.50 March: Al
a42c May: rejected 3oc. Oats, in alght demand but
holders hrm; 23K cash; February 24a241ac; reject
ed 2oc. Rye, steady and hrm. at Sc. Barley, mar
ket easier 1T 49c.
PROVISIONs-Pork, active and lower; S1O.62H
cash; $1062Hd10.65 February $1O.6Oa1O.82X
March; $1o97h011.00 April. Lard, In fair demand
$7.s5a7 .s7A March; $7.45a7.l7X April Bulk meats
market easier, ut 34c, SIC, SIC.
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DPut10h G. QA0ef,

Most terrible are the stories told by
survivors Of the Metropolis Of tn. treatment
of the dead and the living at the hands of
white and black people on the North Carolina
coast. Men struggled bravcly 10 the shore, to
be met by bands of thieves who took from
them watches, money, and trinkets. Corpses
were seized as soon as they were thrown up
on the sands, and stripped of clothing. Sur
geon Greene says he saw pockets cut out by
these men; saw them making way with bag
gage and everything that washed ashore. The
same complaints were made after the Huron
was lost. It is somebody's duty to look after
these offenders.
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important Invention,
From the Pennington tMinn. Press

DR.. BERLIN, of this place, has obtained
cavent from the U. S. Patent Office, Sc
curing him in the property of new ap-
plication and method in the treatment of
certain diseases or weakness peculiar to
females. The article is compound Of the
Dr.'s invention, and its application and
working differing from any other. It is
said to be quite easy to the patient and
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A Five Hundred MILE wa,k

Henry schmehl, pedestrian, completed
Feb. 9th, at st. Patrick's hall in New Orleans,
La, his walk of 500 miles finishing in 141
hours II minutes and IS seconds, having ~
minutes to spare. The first 100 miles was
made in q hours II minutes and 5 seconds !;
the second in 20 hours 80 minutes Is seconds !:
third in q hours 40 minutes and 40 seconds !;
fourth in 20 hours minutes and 20 seconds
and the fifth in 80 hours 81 minutes and 25 Sec
onds. Time of last mile II minutes and Is
seconds. There was large attendance includ-
ing many ladies'. Schcmehl received several
floral offerings at the finish. He says the eli
mate here is all that can be desired for walking
The physicians pronounce his condition good.
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Sitting Bull.

A gentleman who arrived at Bismarck
from Fort Buford, Feb. 1st says it is we'll.
known fact that Sitting Bull with his entire
band has crossed the line and is now moving
South. An Indian scout direct from Gen.
Miles also arrived the same day with dispatches
for headquarters. Reports from reliable
parties say General Miles is preparidg to take
the field at once with several companies of
cavalry and infantry and Il large number of
Grow Indians.
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Negro Isavisher Lynched.

A special from Boonesville KY, reports
the lynching of an unknown negro near
Franklin, Howard county. An educated COL
ored woman who taught school was on her
way home and encountered two negroes in the
woods. They ovcrpowered her and outraged
her. Upon her arrival at the nearest house
she reported the facts and party was orga-
nized to pursue. They traced the ravishers
to vacant house. One saw them coming
and fled. The other crept under the floor.
He was taken out and hung to the nearest
tree
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The recent heavy rains have raised the
water in the Sacramento river about twenty
five feet above low water mark. The levee
broke about mile and half below Sacramen.
to city, and the water at once began spreading
over the low country extending to the case OF
r street levce, which protects the city on the
south. A large force of men were at once cnl.
ployed to fill the openings in street levee,
where the streets pass through, and the city
is considered now secure. The only danger is
from back water.
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"Mamma," asked New jersey four
year-older, with a tall father and a d.
minutive maternal relative-amamma.
how big will be in-in-eight years?':.
"Oh," said mamma thinking moment,
"let me see: Well, you'll be as big as
me, l guess, by that time" "Will II" re-
piled the youngster, looking disanpoint-
ed. "Then that isn't worth GROWTH for.
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An Italian Prisoner.
Florence Correspondence Philadelphia Tel

Florence Correspondence Philadelphia Tele
graph.
1t is not generally known that the great
Turin Prison called "La Generala,' is turned
to a strange use. There are some 800 prison.
ers in this gloomy abode guilty of the worst
crimes, many under 20 years of age, and the
building is SO unsuited to the character of
its occupants that they live indiscriminately,
and riots are but too frequent. Government
so far has turned deaf ear to the prayers
of the prison managers and directors that
some change may be made. Meanwhile an
extraordinary abuse has crept in. Sons of
noble Italian families are sent here when
they have given cause of complaint to their
parents, treating the prison as a reforma-
tory. Thus you see among the worst
criminals, amidst the corrupt conversation
of the most abandoned and
vicious of that class of men who are
styled the scum and refuse of
society, you will find young noblemen, some
too crushed and spiritless to complain, few
maddened by the horror of the position,
ready to do or say anything that will make
them forget for time the truth. These
yum e fello ws are kept for an indetinitetim .
in the prison by the inexorable cruelty of a
parent who thinks that he will thus break
the spirit of an undisciplined, wayward child
The result is not satisfactory. Health, and
spirits, and every noble feeling are left in
the 'Generala'' never to he regained, and it
is not wonderful that the director of the
prison should try every means to obtain the
release of those unfortunate prisoners whose
sense of injustice is perfectly right one
and has powerful influence over the othe1
prisoners, and makes prison-riots and rebel
the military are called in, and the offender
shot down at once. In no instance is the re
quest for liberation addressed to the father
of the unjustly detained prisoners of an,
avail. ''You see that handsome young man.
said one of the guardians to friend, O
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mine who visited this wen-known prison,
splendid form and such sad face; he is
Count F., who has been sent here because
he disobeyed his father. The directors en-
treats his father to take him out of this pit
of vice, this foetid air which is slowly killing
him. But he will not do SO, and there are
many others in the poor young Counts
case''
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very successful in its operations, and the
discovery promises to be bonanza in the
DIS exchequcr. For the sake of the suf-
fcring sex, we hope the; new remedy,
Whatever 1t Is, may prove~a restorer to
thonnsands now in misery. Certificates
OF its healing and strengthening effects
arc easily accessible from many formerly
sufferers in this ncighborhood, and al.
ready DR.. Berlin has received numerous
orders from distant States and Teraitorics,
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"stop sending me the jernel, emmy more
ass you dident notis the bigg hogg my
husband butchered sunday and it don't fit
my pantry shelves ennyhow." The hush
no, the "hoeg" weighed 3s7.--Post
Chester Journal.