The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-07-17
lc night in company with Chaplain Hannah

| sion. he arose about 43O and made his toilet
IN careful manner, after which he had break.
last and passed the remaining time in quiet
conversation with visitors. At few minntes
before IL O'Clock, Buzzells arms were min.
loned and he was led to the scaffold. He
walked with perfect composure, face blanched
and staring eyes. His lips moved constantly
as he stood upon the drop, and these phrases
were heard: "The Lord be with me. This is
hard-hard"
FATAL EXPLOSION.
At Baltimore, Md, July II. an cx-
plosion OF boiler in the box factory of
Adams 4 Setter, Low street, demolished the
Carter house, three story building adjoining,
and the rear wall Of the factory, wrccking the
contents. A portion of the boiler fell two
squares away Aug. Setter, one of the pro-
prictors, and Henry Ulrich, engineer, were
killed. The dry goods house which adjoincd the
boiler room fell burying in the ruins num-
bcr of the workmen. Four men, James Mi
chael, John Hcncklc John Carla and Frcder.
lex Monday have been taken out badly hurt
Others are missing, and men are working hard
10 remove the debris The excitement is in
tense, and the scene at the locality bc@gars de-
scription. tits believed several men arc killed.
The damage is now estimated at $4,000.
LETTER CARR1ERs-FREE DELIVERY.
All the free delivery cities have been
! divided into two classes, with q view to cass
tying letter carriers. First class is ALBANY.
baltimore, Boston, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Chicago,
Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis
Jersey City, Louisville, Milwaukee, Newark
| New York, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Pitts.
burgh, Providence, Rochester, St. Louis. San
Francisco and Washington. All the other
cities where the free delivery system is in opcr
atloh' slxty-f've i'll number, are second class.
Inc salaries Of carriers Of the second class
cities have been fixed at $3.50 per ann,,m, cx-
Guiding auxiliary and subordinate carriers, and
thclr back pay is left for the adjustment The
postmastcrs i'll the first class cities will soon
designate carriers ior first and second grades
VIRGINIA WILL CASE
William 0. George, !. wealthy citizen,
dlcd Ill 1861 intcsfatc. Soon after, Lee George
mulatto, living in Pike, came to Richmond
va, and put in claim for the property in be-
hal1 OF his mother, sister and himself, former
slaves of deceased, who were sent north before
the war. The claim to the property was based
upon an allegation that w. O. George had
been married to the mother in Philadelphia a
short time before his death. The Richmond
Georges, brother, sister, ncphcws and neccs of
deceased, claiming to be heirs at law, ignored
the Philadelphia claimants and at once began .
to contest the matter, the first trial resulted
in their favor, the second and third jury failed
to agree. A fourth trial was set down for
october but the case has been called Judge
fltzhugh OF the chancery court in setting aside
the issue dccrecd there has never been any
marriage solcmnizcd between deceased and
his former slave and further dccrced by con-
sent Of the heirs that the former slave claim
ants receive one fourth the proceeds of the
estate.
DEATH OF EN-GOV. ALLEN OF OHIO.
Hon. William Allen so we'll known in
the political circles Of the country, died sud-
denly on the morning Of July II, at his home
near Chillicothe. He was in Chillicothc on
Wcnsday, July9. His first mention of illness
was on Thursday morning, but he did not re-
gard Ills condition Of sufficient consequence
to receive attention until hcaftcrnoon at 80.
He had symptoms Of chill, and DR.. Scott his
son-in-law and physician, induced him to take
some medicine and 60 to bed. Dr. and Mrs !
Scott remained III attendance upon him, al
though Gov. Allen considered it useless and
urged them to retire. He was up several
times during the night. About 80 this morr-
ing he arose suddenly, left his he'd, staggered
to chair, fell into it and died without word
Dr.. Scott had seated himself in an adjoining
room, and responded hastily to Mrs. SCOTS
call, but before he reached the Governors side
llc was dead. He was about 78 years old. \
Columbus Ohio, dispatch of July II, says Gov.
Bishop has issued proclamation culoSistic Of
the late ex-Gov. Allen, rccting his public SER
vices, and directing that the flags Of the capi-
tol be displayed at half mast, and closing the
State offices on the day Of the funeral.
ENGLISH GRAIN MARKET.
The Mark Lane Eupress in it's review
Of the British grain trade for the past week
says: The agricultural prospects cause very
grave apprchensions. Should rain continue
the hay crop will be useless except as manure,
The condition of wheat is unmproycd. Barley
on heavy land is nearly ruined Nothing but
the speedy advent of sunshine can prevent al
most general failure Of the principal crops.
In consequence Of the weather and light sup
plies i'll England wheat has improved shll-
ing per quarter in majority Of the country
markets. but despite the tirmncss of the hold
| ers it has been difficult to establish any adj
vance for home grown in London in face of
liberal arrivals and low prices Of foreign varic-
| tics. Previous rates, however, have been well
supported, especially for choice parcels, and
the tendency is rather toward an advance than
| decline. Large foreign arrivals have not
caused scarcity of grainary room, as a large
proportion has gone direct to milerS who
bought freely to arrive, transactions OH spot
having lately been confined to the retail wants
of small millcrs. Maize has varied little, but
is rather against sellers. Arrivals at ports of
! call have been very small. Of coast wheat
was firm and slightly improving prices, par
| ticularly towards the close. Maize was steady
| and unchanged \ good business was done
| IN forwarding wheat, particularly for red win
! Ter, July, August and September shipments,
| and prices improved six pcnsc per quarter
Maize was not freely offered though late
cheap purchases could not be repeated De-
| mand still slack. Last weeks sales of English
wheat amounted to 34904 quarters at 42s al
per quarter, against 1920 quarters at 46s per
quarter for the same period last year. In
ports into the uuited kingdom for the week
ending June 2S, amounted to 1,4l5942 hun
drcd weight Of wheat and 2l4,288 cundrcd
| weight Of flour. At Mark Lane to-day Mon.
day., tho supply Of English wheat was again
small and prices advancing from one to two
shill!ngs per quarter. The supply Of foreign
wheat was fair, and it advanced a shilling
Flour advanced Cd per barrel, and oats Sd to
dper quarter. Maize and barley were steady
WILD TEXAN STEERS.
AT Harlem, N. Y. July 18th. herd of
| wild Texan steers broke loose in Harlem, and
were virtually monarchs Of all they surveyed.
In the upper part of the city for three honrs
! twelve animals, wild with fear and maddcncd
| by attacks Of the police, charged through the
streets in every direction, driving every thing
| before them. The reserve force of policemen
was called out, and they had a hot time of it
! before nine of the enemy woro finally can