The Worthington advance., 1878-12-19

| promises that II this sum is appropriated now
! an equal sum can be deducted for the maiuten
| ance Of the army for the coming fiscal year.
FROM CoNsrANTlNOPLE.
A telegram from Constantlnople says
the Russian authorities at Adrianople have
sold immense quantities Of grain and large
number Of horses. It is said they intend to
evacuate the city in January. The Turks
have expelled some insur9cnt bands from the
Novi Bazaar district Austria has asked per.
mission to appoint residents in Novi Bazaar to
| observe the movements Of the insurgents.
l)ervish Pasha, formerly commandant OF Ba.
toum, awaits trial for malversation.
| LyNcuED.
At Mt. Carrie, Florida, short time
I ago four negroes tried to burn mill, and
later beat the superintendcnts wife. and CON-
PEELED her to give I'D 300. The negroes were
arrested, but the jail ut Lake City, where they
were confined, burned down, and they were
logded in the court house. Aband VI masked
men on the 14th inst, ovcrpowercd the
guard and took the prisoners in front Of the
Baptist church and shot two dead and NOR.
| tally wounded the third. The fourth escaped,
! but surrendered 10 the authorities '+'l;
GREAT STORM.
| On the 18th inst, great storm of rain
| aud wind prevailed in the eastern states,
ceping through New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,, aud very wide
| sweep OF country, causing inundations on
| rivers, the sweeping away OF railroad and
other bridges, interrupting railroad trains and
destro, ing immense amount of property. In
| some places on banks cf rivers people had to
abandon their homes, and in some places
dwelling houses were swept away. A great
loss OF life is not reported.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
A horrible accident occurred at the
American iron works, Pittsburgh, Pa, on the
18th inst, by which Patrick Shannon, assist
ant millwright, was instantly killed and his
body torn to shreds. Shannon had gone upon
| the p]utform to examine a line of shafting.
when his clothing was caught by a pulley and
his badly was drawn onto the shaft which was
making 340 revolutions minute. Before the
machinery could be stopped his body was
torn to pieces and scattered over the mill,
portions Of the remains being thrown 800
feet.
GREAT SNOW STORM.
Dispatches of the 18th inst, from CEN
trail and western Missouri, Iowa and Kansas,
say the heaviest snow storm known for years
prevailed there the day previous, snow fall
ing to depth Of from ten to thirty inches
and in some localities is very badly drifted.
Railroads were generally obst.ucted and
some of them have been obliged to suspend
rnnning trains altogether. At Lexington,
Mo-, and other places schools closed and bus
iness stopped. At Fulton and Rock Island,
the Mississippi river was closed and people
walked across on the ice.
DUTY ON SUGAR.
The sugar traders at a meeting in New
York city, pronounced emphatically against
Secretary She:man's proposed change in the
mode Of collecting duties on the articles as in
the highest degree unjust and impracticable.
Instead of decreasing the temptation to de-
fraud, they believe it will have justa contrary
effect, and if any changes at all are to be made
in the tariff they think it should be so framed
Us to avoid discrimination against any qua
grade, and that will conform as near US rrac-
ticab!e to ad valorem duty.
APPROPRIATIONS
The Congressional House committee
on appropriations have agreed to RECON-
meni ian appropriation of sA5',o0O for ex-
penses Of the fast mail service. The commit
tees also completed the Indian appropriation
~ +.I
the existing law. Judge Durham was author.
izei to report an amendment to the Senate
bill providing for the purchase by govern.
mcnt of the Frcedman's bank and appropri
ating for the purpose S275.O0O, The commit
tee decided to Recommend non concurrence
| in Senate amendments TO the military acadc-
my bill.
UNION PAssENG EE DEPOT AT ST. PAUL.
A meeting Of railroad officials was held
! in St. Paul on the l4th inst. Some half dozen
| roads we represented. The object OF the
| meeting was to consider the question Of a
Union passenger depot in St. Paul. An
| agreement was entered into to build such a
| depot. and articles Of agreement were pre-
| sented to be submitted to the respective roads.
| The building Is to be at the foot OF Sibley
street, and is to be 800 feet long, and l6U feet
| wide, with 40 foot space for carriages and
omnibuscs. The structure will cost some half
| million of dollars.
IMPORTANT DECISION.
! In Boston, Mass, Judge Lowell has
decided that some 100000 in notes OF the
Union Mills, of Fall River, signed only by the
treasurer, when the bylaws of the corporation
required that they be countersigned by the
president, are solid claims against the concern
on the ground that the rule had not been OBJ.
served for a number Of years before the COM
pany became bankrupt. The Judge also held
that the notes had be:n bought by innocent
holders before maturity. and those parties
could not lie held responsible for the applica
tion Of the corporations money, or be affect
cd by any fraudulent use OF the proceeds oi
! the notes.
LYNCuED.
The jury at Nebraska City, Neb, found
Henry Jackson, Henry Martin and VIM. s
Givens guilty Of murder IN the second degree
for killing Charles S!ocum and outraging his
wife. The eyidcnc: seemed to warrant g
verdict of murder in the first degree, and
Judge Gaslin so stated in his sentence of the
penitentiary for life, which he passed on the
murderers ON the 10th inst. A crowd Assem-
hled at the Jail, broke in the door, over
powered the jailor, seized Martin and Jackson
and taking them half a mile south Of tht
court house, hung them to tree. where tht
bodies were found next morning. Givers hat
been taken to the penitentiary.
ENGLISH GRAIN MARKET.
The Mark Lane Ezpress says: "Winte,
wheat sowing is comparatively slow.
seems likely that smaller acreage will b
devoted to wheat in consequence Of the fre
quency of bad harvests aud unremunerativ'
prices. Increased supplies ut provincial mar
kcts indie ate anxiety on the part Of The farmer
to market their wheat. In consequence o
ihe serious agricultural depression thls is re
gretablc, although doubtless unavoidable, a