The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-09-11

in tho United States Jail At Fort Smith for safe
keeping. Mob violence was feared by both
Malone and the Scott county authorities.
States Jail, including nina for murder. All are
from the Indian country. The United States
court 10 in session 1t Fort Smith, but because
OF the extreme hot weather and unanimous sp-
plication OF tho bar. tho criminal business was
continued till the November term.
ARRESTED FOR MURDER.
HARRISBURG, Sept. 8.-Philip aud Nathaniel
shoop, of jackson township. were arrested on
tho charge of numbering and burning IN old
peddier named Michael Began tho night Of
Oct Is, 1873. About year ago rumors of the
deed began to be circulated where tho Shoopa
live and they brought suits for slander against
four neighbors. These then openly charged
the Shops with murder and they were ar1ested.
Tho accused maintain that Began il alive and
residing in Philadelphia. They were released
on bail.
SUICIDE OF AN ARTIST.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Sept. 8.-W. N. Hunt, =
we'll known artist. Of Boston, drowned himself
to-day Ut tho Isle of Shoals.
ADsooNDER AR11sTED.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla, Sept. CIV. X. Bell, in
the employ of the Adams Express company at
Kansas City, aud who abscondod August 20,
with e7 $40 of tho oompany's money, was ar
rested on st. Johns river to-day. and 25O0
recovered. Bell had started for Kansas City
BURGLARS ARRESTED.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 8.-Detestives here have Just
succeeded in breaking upA gang of burglars
and house thieves who havo been working the
city for some time past. by arresting Dan
Flsnegsn. Mate Mullvaney aud Nick Moran,
Who make their headquarters in Cincinnati.
Jim Mullvaney, brother of Mate, skipped the
town. A considerable amount Of stolen prop
erty was recovered aud it 10 believed that Jim
took another large lot to Cincinnati with him.
KILLED HIS fATHIR-1NLAW.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 8.-Ths Gdzette's special
from Zsleski, Ohio says David BENJAMIN, 4
minister of tho Christian Union church, vas
beaten to death by his son-in-law, Jno. T.
Sharp, this morning. Sharp Was beating hia
wife and child with stick of stove wood when
Benjamin interfered. whereupon Sharp turned
on the latter and strack him on tho head, knock.
ing him down and then kicking him in the
stomach. .Beniamin lived but two hours after
wards. Sharp escaped. His wife and daueh-
ter were both severely injured, tho 1stter's
skull being fractured.
HALIFAX, Sept. 8.-A rumor being indus
triously circulated At St. Johns, New Found
land. u few days ago, that = disturbance oc-
Cured. at Trinity Bay. between tho inhabi.
tanta and American fisherman. her majesty 3
ship Zephyr waa dispatched from St. johns 8
with magistrate on board, to ASCERTAIN the
facts, when it was discovered the reports of the
tronble wero altogether unfounded. No OBJ
structions have been offered to Americans and
friendly relations exist. The schooner Niue
Brothers, of St. johns. New Foundland, at
Little Harbor, Labrador, reports that when ahe
finished loading, the master, Samuel Holfa, son
and two shoreman, were drowned by the cap
sizing Of boat.
BURNED TO DEATH.
CHICAGO, Sept. S-The T,i6une's Fond du
Lac, Wis.,, special says: At 0 o'clock tonight
fire br Ike out in Gibson's grocery store
which destroyed . number Of wooden build
ings, causing loss of e2O,0O0. Mr. Gibson q
oldest daughter was burned to death.
COLORADO FIRE.
CHEYENNE, Sept. ga fire at Lingmont, Col
orado, last night destroyed tho st. Vrain hotel
and all the buildings on tho east side of Main
street, south of the st. Vrain hotel. Loss esti-
mated at $4,000,