The Worthington advance., 1879-01-02
fairs, in which he says that for los. churches,
asylums lin which are over four hundred Or
phans). for the seminary and its support. and


asylums lin which are over four hundred Or
phans), for the seminary and its support. and
various necessities, he has had to beg or Dor.
row considerable sums, and now is pretty
heavily in debt. He cannot accuse himself Of
having spent anything in waste or extrava-
gancc. ani If the Pope will not relieve him
from the duties OF his office as requested, he
trusts in the goodness and charity of the
clergy and laity topay all. Thisstatemcnt is
made at the request Of number of promiD.
nent Catholic clergy. who assure him OF their
united support In the effort to pay all claims.
a RELIGIOUS CHURCH FIGHT, =
Passengers by the steamer Greuada,
Just arrived ut San Francisco from Panama
and way ports, report that as the Grenada
was leaving Mazotlan, bound NORTH, news was
received OF severe battle between The fore, s
Of the clerical chief, Lerma, and national
troops under Gen. Escudero. The military
commander at Guaralnjara, Lerma, with his
indians, had captured the town of Tepec in
the name Of the clerical party, and there held
high carnival for few days. He also held
the road leading from Tepec TO the seaport Of
San Bias. Upon the advance OF kscudero,
Lerma marched out to him, but was totally
defeated and most of his adhcrents capturcc,
OF whom eighty were Immediately hanged
The balance of those captured, claiming to
have been forced iuto the rebel service, were
allowed to 60 to their homes.
MURDERER OF NINE PERSONS.
Stephen D. Richards, who has been
conveyed to Kearney, Nebraska, to ans wer the
charge OF the murder Of the Harelson family,
has made full confession acknowledging
having committed nine murders within the
three last years. One man with whom he bad
E n alteration at Sand Hill, Ncb, name un-
known to him, he shoe through the head.
Next that OF Mrs. Harelson and three children,
at Kcarney. Neb. This murder was commit
ted for the purpose of obtaining possession of
her fatm, but neighbors discredited his story
that Mrs. Har:lson had gone to Texas, and
searched and Iound her body under straw
stack. Richards, however, had escaped to
Ohio. lie also murdered Swede named An
derson, whom he was assisting to put up q
ho.se ut kearney. The shcriffS of: kearney
aud Buffalo counties, state their belief Of
Richards belonging to gang Of outlaws and
cut-throats that infcst that region.
ENGLISH GRAIN.
Mark Lane Express says: The cold
weather has proved salutary to winter wheat
i: this country and France. Farmers continue
TO market their wheat with some freedom, hut
notwithstanding the improved condition offer
iugs ftradc are very Hat in the majority Of
provincial markets, US millers are disncline d
to add to their stock at the close OF the year.
An equal dnllness has marked the London
trade. Foreign wheat, OF which imports are
now much smaller, has been dealt in sparingly
but despite the limited nature OF demand
business has not lacked some features OF
steadincss, except oats, continued heavy ar
rivals Of which cause prices TO drop. All va
rieties of feeding corn sold slowly at last
weeks currencies, and the steadincss shown
has been more apparent in the general tone
of trade than in the actual amount of business
tran :acted.
ROMANCE IN TIE ONO PENITESTIARY.
John Smith has heen pardoned from
the penitentia:y by Gov. Bishop. OF Ohio.
Smith came from Wood county three years
ago with sentence Of fifteen years han yng
0 his neck, and the future dark with the
gloom OF despair aud death staring at him
from the portals OF the prison. During the
past year lie had suffered much from con-
sumption, and it was for the reason that he
had not long to live that the Governor par.
doncd him. When Warden McWhorter
handed the poor fellow his pardon, he read it,
kissed it, and then died, with smile on his
and tho 1op,. loot fo no r5o,
q his hand. His body Was pat into rough
pine box, and buried in the 0. P. graveyard
Soon after lady, richly dressed and heavily
vcilcd, called at the prison, and, exercising
her right as the wife Of the diseased convict,
had the body disinterrcd. and departed with
it.