The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-09-25
TIE WORLDS DOINGS,
KILLED BY THE CARS,

At Dodge City, Kansas, Sept. 18, H.
c. Page, representing Longworthy & Co., Kan
sas City, while attempting to board train in
motion, fell uuder the sleeper, and wns killed
SUICIDE.
A. d. Meredith, young lawyer, and
son of Judge Meredith, Richmond, Va. sui
cidcd at Kansas City Sept. FL by shooting
himself. Depression, growing out of financial
troubles, and sickness resulting. said to be the
cause.
MISSOURI RIVER STEAMER SUNK.
The steamer Peninoh, one day out from
Yankton, struck q snag at Bonhomme on tho
ed inst, and sunk within few yards OF shore
She belonged to the Northwest Transportation
company, and was loaded mostly with mining
machinery for the Black Hills
SHOT BY INDIANS
From Boise City comes the report,
that Indians have murdered q young man
named Ballenhine, herding stock on Upper
SQuaw creek, fifty miles northwest of Boise
City. He gave the alarm and the citizens
| started for the scene, but finding the Indians
to be strong, returned. Col. Bernard, with tif-
| ty cayalrymcn have gone in search OF the hos
| tiles.
THE ROYAL CAPTIVE.
Cape Town, South African advices to
Sept, lS, state that when Cctcwayo was cap
turcd. He was utterly prostratcd The
king was taken to Ulundi. During
the march eleven Of his followers tried to cs
cape and six were successful. The other five
ch1$ Clo1 IL, Eo o1-
| burg and from there to Greytown.
SENATE SUB COMMITTEE.
September 10th, Senators Vance and
| Salisbury, of the subcommittee of the Senate
committee Of privileges and elections, left
Washington for Topeka, to investigate the
charges made against Senator Ingalls,, in con-
nection with his reelection to the Senate. The
! other member OF tf.e subcommittee Gen Lo.
gam will join the party en- route.
OFFICIAL DELINQUENCY.
Advices from Washington state that
the vouchers of Fitzsimmons, marshal of
| Georgia, are under close scrutiny at the hands
Of the treasury department. it having been
charged that there has been misconduct in his
| administration of the Office. 1t is understood
Secretary Sherman has concluded that the
charges preferred by John Ray of Louisiana
! against Collector Badger are unsupported by
| the facts.
MOTLEY SET OF PRISONERS.
Deputy United States Marshal Mershon
| and six guards arrived at Fort Smith Sept 20,
from the remote regions OF the Choctaw and
| Chickasaw nations with fifteen prisoners. The
captivcs consist Of whites, negroes and Indians
One is charged with murder, the others with
| assaults to kill larceny, and violations of the
internal revenue law. They attracted much
attention by repeated whoops and yclls before
reaching the United States Jail, where they
were confined.
ASSASsINATED.
On Saturday night, Sept. 13, DR.. Stur-
man, an old citizen Of Charlton county, Mis-.
souri,, was assassinatcd while travelling along
the road In buggy, about fifteen miles from
Glasgow, Mo, Some twenty 'uclsshot and two
| pistol balls entered his body, killing him i'll
stantly. No clue. DR.. Sturman was very
| desperate and quarrclsomc man, and was uni
| vcrsally feared by his ncighbors, and it is
thought no particular pains will be taken to
ferret ont the perpetrators OF tho crime
CONSOLIDATING A BISHOP.
On the morning of Sept. 18th at de-
troit, Mich, Rev. Samuel S. Harris was consc
Grated Episcopal bishop Of Michigan, at St.
Paui's church, in the presence of notable
company Of clergy, laymcn and prominent
citizens. Bishop Clarkson, of Nebraska
preached an eloquent sermon, after which the
conservation services Of the Episcopal church
were conducted by Bishop Wilmock, of Ala.
bama. The ceremonies occupied nearly three
hours. The church was properly decorated
POISONING.
AT Carlisle, Pa, Sept. IS, w. II. Wyn-
koop and Mrs. Catherine Zel were arrested
charged with administering poison to Mrs
Mary kheil, ar aged lady Of that place, who
died suddenly last May. The body was cx.
humed, and abundant evidence Of arsenic
found On application of Mrs. Zcll.
counsel hearing in her case was had and
she was remandcd to jail. A writ OF habeas
corpus, has been issued out in both cases, and
the matter will he heard by the court
GRAIN FAILURES AT ST. LOUIS.
X. Fl. Golsen s. Co. and Dcboudio &
Co., grain dealers at St. Louis, were caught
short on wheat and corn during the present
advance, and failed. Golscn &; Co settled al
a. cents on the dollar, which is understood te
cntai; loss Of $4,000. Dcboudio & Co. is {
branch Of a New Orleans house and their loss
is said to be total and will cause the s,lspen
sion of the parent firm Mt New Orleans. They
owe Europe over half million bushels of
wheat and their loss is probably between $40,
600 and $4,000.
FATAL TUG BOILER EXPLOSION.
The tug c. W. Porter, while towing
the schooner l. A. Wood to Evanston, on thu
22d inst, burst her boiler off Lincoln port. Tht
following were killed: Robert Lealcy. cap
tain; John Callahan, engineer; Peter Dodgers
fireman, and VIM. Burton, cook The onl,
man on the tug who survived was William
Mcclure, deck hand. and he was badly in-
jured. The value Of the tug was about 81 500
1t is believed the engineer allowed the waite
to get out Of the boiler The tug went to th'
bottom OF the lake.
THE UNITED STATES CROP REpOTs.
The following Is the monthly report
from Washington of the department of agri
culture showing the condition Of the cotton
corn and tobacco crops: Cotton; Returns t.
the department., September 1st, show heavy
decline during August. The general average
is So against 81 for the month previous. Corn
The average condition for the whole country
September lst, was % against SO in August
Tobacco: The average condition of the crol
for the whole country, September 1st, was s.
an advance of 10 per cent, from the conditio,
August lst, and an advance of per cent, owe
the condition for the same time last year.
SUSPENSIONS.
Advlccs from Chicago, of Sept. 10, an
nounce that the rapid advance in provision
which has been going on the past few days
has caused the suspension Of Joseph Jones 1
Sons one of the Oldest firms on change: an,
Of Cambell & johnson. They were chief