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The Worthington advance., 1879-05-22
COUNTY NEWS.
RIGELOK

BIGELOW. . b, |
Our blS9ckssith-is about Is Is removs ,,y /, :.
on his karm 4. There Wall be a rood i
chance for sqspesbblacksm mnith = take bis
r. Jones has commenced breakine
this week.
Crops look we'll on old ground and on
backsrtting. The hoppers are doing
considerable damage on breaking.
Rev. Demorest will preach in school
house next Sunday at 10 O'Clock a. m.
H. g, Merey has moved to his new
home 4 miles southeast Of Bigelow, in
Iowa. t%ses sss 'osa~, sFs $500
The Bigelow boys went fishing last
Saturday: They caught lots of fish.
There was a small Poland China Pic
caught last week on the farm of HUGH
Mitchell. 1t was stray. JONES.
':> ~. HERSET.
We had fine rain this morning. Ev-
erything is looking well in these parts
now. The hoppers are doing slight
damage: Reports stillsay that they are
dying off.
Messrs. Quinn. Brainartl, Lockwood
and Hendrickson, all of St. Paul, are
down visiting their sons.
Our old friend, A. J. Timlin, from
Wis, is in town. We are looking for
A. 0. Conde up from Adrian. We IRE
happy to welcome our old friends back
again.
It is rumored here that the St. Paul
& ESot,v rsks, 60 l..
from Heron Lake west. '''.'''
Minor arrival at the residence of Rev.
A. Dashlin, a girl. 7. F.,
ELK.
Look out for tramps. They are get.
ting quite plenty through the country.
School commenced in Dist. No. 6 last
week, by Mrs. Oyle. George Ogle
teaches in the Baldwin district this
| summer. Dist. No. 20 has no school
this sum mer. AS long as they can
have but o:,e, they believe in Il winter
school. If more Of our schools would
follow their example it would he de.
ciled Improvement.
Worthington is getting things down
to very fine point when man cannot
buy or sell glass of sweet cider in tile
town. No wonder your business houses
stand npty. No wonder ITO rent" or
Ito sell'' is on almost every door. No
wonder your most prominent business
men are willing to take fifty cents on
the dollar for their property there. No
wonder you can't pay your preachers.
No wonder the country people almost
to a man say the connty-seat Shall be
removed to Rushmore.
| A few weeks more and we will have
another railroad and we will gladly 60
ten miles further to tind less fanatic
ism. You are like the man who burned
his own house to kill the mouse in the
wall.
Once more, and for the last time this
season I will give my humble opinion
on the wheat prospect. 1See no reason
| with such facts staring us in the face,
why the truth should he withheld.
The prospect, rs it nov is III THIS town
(aud the towns north and west Of us
are no bttter.) does not show an aver.
age Of over five bushels to the acre on
the number Of acres snvn. Some pieces
may 60 10. II, or ~ bushels per acre.
while hundreds of acres will new, be
! harvested.
''Connty' is getting 50 foolish in lis
communications that he is not worthy
Of notice any longer, when man gets
so low down that the dogs won't bark
at him, it is time to quit him. We
have a little story to tell some time
about his building 4 courthouse and
Jail for us in his more prosperous days
and how he made about eleven thous
and dollars by the job. Dor.
The Worthington advance., 1879-05-22
LITERARY AVALANCHE,

A LITERARY AVALANCHE
An enviable fame among people who love
good books Is being achieved by the American
Book Exchange, No. IS Brckman street, N. "
simultaneously with the completion Of their
wonderfully cheap and successful Acme edition
OF Chambers Cyclop;edia Of English Literature,
they announce the publication OF six other stand
ard and popular books, all choice editions, at
prices heretofore unheard of. They are "Rol-
lins Ancient History" 1872 very large double
column pages, large type, p ice in cloth: - Is
IN sheep, u 75; "Josephus Complete Works, -
l,V42 pages, uniform with kollsn but still larger
type, price, cloth ~ o., sheep, j., s. cents; Ara.
bian Nigh: s." large type, cloth S. cents Bun
yan,s rilgriM's rrogrsss" v"'y large type cloth
55c and Baron Mun'htusen," extra ,;lrge type,
clio H. 5Oc disc cunt OF IL per cent. tr''In these
prices is allowed to all hose orders are received
before June !, an an additional discount Of u
per cei t. when ordered in clubs Of five or more
otrither book, Or to the amount of SO or more
selected from the list, AZ .ne time. Circulars
giving full particulars, specimens of type, etc,
will be sent fl, Oh request. Sold only to buyers
direct, and not through dealers or agents
The Worthington advance., 1879-05-22

IL am prepared to take contracts to
break 500 acres of land. ,r: f..r
i. 3i4w.. E. COOPER, Adrian, MINI.
The Worthington advance., 1879-05-22

Academic and Common School Die
:tlonaries for sale at the ADVANCE Of
tice.s
The Worthington advance., 1879-05-22
RAILROADS.


The Chicago Il Dakota Railroad Com
pany has been formed to build a rail-
road from a point near Tracy station,
Lyon county, Minnesota. and thence in
. westerly direction to the west line of
the State in Lincoln ""l.. !y. The prin-
c,pal place of business will be at Vino
M.
I'VE calculate to reach the Missou,
this fall }" says Mr.. Mitchell. Of the NJ.
b st. p, ''the distance is y long one,
and the success therefore problrlnati-
cal; but firmly believe that the ]7U
miles can be traversed, uu.l,Ss delays
from unexpected sources occur" Thr
iron of this important cxtttsirn vii!
probably go down ut the rate If tN,,
miles per day, after !. start is ONCE
made.-Sioux Falls Independent.
Those who have prophesied that nti
ther the Milwaukee nor the St. iaui
road would leave the Sioux river !:,i.,
year were just half right. The MiISa.;-
kee road is pushing anead, but the ter
minus Of the st. Paul road will lt At
Sioux Falls for 4 long time to come
Sioux Falls Pantagraph.
The Worthington advance., 1879-05-22
STATE NCDNVENJYON or THU NA yIoA

STATE DCONVEN1ION or THU NA TION-
AL 0REENBA OK LABOR PARTY.
4 Convention of the National Green
back Labor Party will be held at st.
Paul, in Armory Hall, on the 10th day
Of June next. at II O'Clock. It is hoped
that all interested in the movement
who can possibly attend will do so.
Those who cannot, are invited to send
letters which will be read to the Con-
venti0n.
While the financial plank is the most
prominent one in the platform of this
party, it is not the most important one.
The whole Labor movement is compre-
hen'led within the purposes of the organ
ization, and at1ird party is needed now
~ much as such party was needed
when the Republican party was organ
ized.
The Worthington advance., 1879-05-22
THURSDAY, MAY %, 1879.


The Flandreau Enterprise estimates
the number of acres sown in Moody
county, D. T., at $4,000, OF which 29'ooo
acres are sown to wheat.
A bill has been introduced in Con-
Rress providing that all the public lands
within railroad limits which have here
tofore been subject to pre-emption en-
try at $3.50 pei. acre are hereby reduced
to $1.25 per acre, and all bona-fde set
tiers under the homestead laws on said
lands shall be allowed to enter l6o acres
thereof.
There was meteoric shower at Wa
seca on Monday, the 18th. The Herald
says:
Immense globes of solid and snbstan-
tial ice. some Of them six inches in cir
conference by actual measurement,
fell so thick as to make the air seem
almost a solid, opaque mass OF glitter
ing ice.
Some of the metcorolites sank into
the houses Il number of feet passing
right through solid panes of glass.
We see good deal in the newspapers
about outrages, but the one committed
ut Flint, Michigan, recently is certain
ly entitled to the 5elt or chrome. A
dispatch says that several Catholic pu-
pills were expelled from the institution
for the deaf, dumb and blind for refus-
ing to join in singing the English trans
lstion OF Mozart's Mass. 10 punish a
deaf, dumb and blind pupil for refusing
to sing is worse than compelling the Is
raelites to make brick without straw.
It is almost as bad as condemning a
DOOR fellow to ''sizzle and sizzle and
never bum up'' forever because lie
can't believe what the priest tells him.
The Minneapolis Tribune, comment.
ing on the failure of Rev. Fentacost TO
arouse the people of that city to a sense
of the dreadful and everlasting lake OF
fire and birthstone into which they are
to be plunged, there ''to sizz!e and s:z.
zle and never burn up" says:
His mistake is as palpable as would
be that Of a teacher of astronomy whu
should come here and thunder in our
ears the conclusions of the old monks
that the earth is fiat.
Well said, and yet the Tribune seems
to be far behind the advanced thought
of the age upon religious and kindred
subjects. 1t ridicules those branches
Of psychology which it has not investi'
gated.
The Worthington advance., 1879-05-22
TIE SOUTHERN MINNESOTA DIREr
7nPQ

TORS
At a meeting Of the stockholders of
the ). NJ. Ry. Go. at their office in
1anes6or0 on Thursday of last week
the following directors Of the company
were elected:
w. G. Van Horne. Chicago.
IL. G. Kingsley, New Haven, Ct.
Col, Geo. 7. Bjssell, Hartford, Ct.
1lermon II. Cannon, N. Y.
Mr.. Rudd, Norwich, Ct.
Cornelius B. Gold, N. Y.
John j. Dumont, N. Y.
J.. C.. Easton. T.,nesboro.
About three-fourths Of the capital
stock was represented at the election.
-I.apeebQro Journal. :H..:
The Worthington advance., 1879-05-22
THE METEOR.


Elsewhere we give a number OF clip
pings from our exchanges, which, TAX
en- together, give pretty full informa-
tion concerning the meteor which pass.
ed over on the 10th.
The meteor was seen as far north as
Mankato and as far south rs Sioux City.
The noise was heard as far west as o.
Brien county, Iowa, and as far east as
Fairmont, Minn.
AS stated in our last issue, we ex-
pressed the opinion soon after the me-
tcor had passed, that its path was as
far south as Sheldon and possibly as
Lemars; that the explosion occurred
from 40 to 70 miles east of Worthing-
ton, and mile or two above the earth.
1t will be seen by the reports published
elsewhere that its path was directly
over Sanborn and Sheldon, and that the
aerolite struck the earth about 40 miles
southeast Of Worthington. AS to the
explosion, we are inclined to change
our first expressed view somewhat.
The fact that the noise Of the explosion
lif there was an explosion) Was heard
with about equal distinctness as far
west as Sanborn ard as far east as
Fairmont, suggests the view that what
ever explosion there was, if any, must
have been number of miles above the
earth. The fact that two large
mete0rolites have been found several
miles apart, one weighing between 400
and 5OOpounds and the othe $50 pounds,
rather confirm the view that there was
on explosion several miles above the
earth.
But we must wait until the scien-
lists adjust their spectaclcs and tell us
al about the stranger.
The Worthington advance., 1879-05-22

The Flandreau Enterprise estimates
the number of acres sown in Moody
county, D. r., at $4,000, Of which $4,000
acroQ ara aOyyn to wheat.
The Worthington advance., 1879-05-22

OFFICER,S.
JOSEPH CHADWICK,
:Reqister of Deeds,

=Worthingto,,, Mobiles County, MINI: /
! Ha. tho only complete set Of Abstract Books
viii furnish abstracts OF tit1e;S pay taxes for
suon-residen:s, procure land patents. etc.
nccinI ate nti,in to executing and acknowIedg-
ng Deeds, Mortgages etc. Correspondence So
i..i:+I. lc'tAy
The Worthington advance., 1879-05-22
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Lungs, Pimples, Pustules,
Boils, Blotches, Tumors,
letter, Salt Rheum, Scald
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-02
ACuriOuS Race.

Botel Tobaso is an island in the south
seas which has lately been visited by a
party of United States naval officers.
They were surveying a rock east of the
suoth cape Of Formosa, and called at
this island. They found curious race
of Malay stock. These aboriglnes did
not know what money was good for
Nor had they ever used tobacco or rum.
They gave the officers goats and pigs
for tin pots and brass buttons, and
hung around the vessel all day In their
canoes waiting for chance to dive for
something which might be thrown over
board. They wore clouts only, ate
taro and yams, and had axes, spears and
knives made OF common iron. Their
canoes were made without nails, and
were ornamented with geometrical
lines. They wore the boards of goats
and small shells as ornaments. Such is
the account Of these strange people
given by DIR. Siegfried, in letter read
at the last meeting of the Philadelphia
Academy of Natural Sciences.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-02
4 Proposed Asiatic Railroad.
London World.

The Grand Duke Nicholas pamphlet
on behalf Of the speedy construction of
an Orenburg-Tashkend railway is chiefly
founded on the argument of which M.
Ferdinand de Lesseps and M. Cotard
have been the foremost opponents. The
pith of it may be summed up as fol-
lows: IF a grand circle be drawn on the
globe between London and Calcutta,
the segment Of it intersected between
the two cities goes through Amster-
dam. then little south of Berlin, then
through Varsow, through southern Rus
STA to the Caspian Sea, when it cuts
somewhat above A degrees of latitude;
then through the Sea of Aral, proceeds
to the east of Samarkand. cuts the In
dus about hundred miles south of its
great angle and goes down the Valley
of the Ganges to Calcutta. Russia is in
possession of the Asiatic part Of that
shortest route to India. She ought con-
sequently to construct at once the line
of railway which most closely follows
ito Wit, from Orenburg to fash
kend.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-02
Giving Them Bluff.
Detroit Free Press.

A soggy big fellow, with voice as big
as a mothers love, attended by a pop
gun sort of a young man, appeared in
a Michigan avenue saloon yesterday
and soon started small riot. The big
one refused to pay for what he drank,
and there was talk of bouncing him,
when the little fellow took the bar-keep-
er aside and explained:
"You see, my big friend here is only
giving you bluff. He is got two or
three of the worst teeth IN his head you
ever saw, and they've ached night and
day for six weeks. The dentist won't
pull them short of 50, and that's too
much. Ny friend is therefore going
around III hopes to get up a fight and
have somebody hit him on the jaw and
knock these teeth out and save him
the s..
The bartender saw the point and was
satisfied, and allowed the big man to 60
out without settling. The same game
was worked in another place, and then
the pair entered cigar store. Here
the big fellow wanted to chew every
thing up, and he couldn't hardly keep
still while the little one explained the
toothache business to the cigar man.
eff | hit him in the jaw he makes So
by the operation, does he?" asked the
dealer.
eyes, and then he'll demand damages
of you besides. That's his game, you
see."
eyes, I see," slowly replied the dealer,
''but there's nothing stingy about me.
I'd as soon save him s. as not, and if |
damage his jaw Pm willing to pay what
he asks. Look out, now-I'm going for
himW
The big fellow was knocked down in
no time, and the little one didn't stay
to see any more. When the slate de-
ceased" came to his senses he was lying
on his back in the slush of the gutter,
and three or four bootblacks were ask
ing him if his toothache was "all
gone"
81 am the tarantula of the westl' be-
gan the big man, as he got up, but after
feeling his jaw he started OFT mutterlng
-"but I'll save my breath till l get hold
of the infant who put me up to this and
then skipped.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-02
Published March 20, 1879.
CHAPTER 1879.

AN ACT to secure the proper completion Of the
Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan ship canal.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented
IN senate and assembly, do enact as follows
Section l. That upon the acceptance by the gov
ernor, as completed of the third quarter of The
Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan ship canal. the
commissioners of public lands are hereby author
lied and directed to convey to the Sture con Bay
and Lake Michigan Ship Canal and Harbor COM
pany from the grant OF land conferred upon said
company by chapter one hundred and five, general
laws Of 1885, such quantity of lands which, together
with all lands heretofore received by the said
pany from the said grant, shall amount TO three
fonrths in value of The whole grant of lands afore
SAID The value of the whole grant TO be aScer-
tanned by the governor and commissioners of
public lands according to the best information
concerning the same attainable by them, without a
reappraisement of such lands And only so much
of the lands yet received by the company shall
be conveyed to said company as shall, added TO
what has already been received by it, amount to
three fourthS of the whole grant in value. leaving
in the hands aN under the control Of the state one
full fourth in value of the lands included in said
grant according to the best judgment and forma-
ton of the governor and said comm SSlonerS
Section 2 All acts and resolutions conflicting
with this act are hereby repealed.
Section g. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and publication.
Approved March 1879
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-02
Published March 20, 1873. ]

AN ACT requiring town, village city and county
clerks to keep cancellation books.
Inc people of the State OF Wisconsin, represented
III senate and assembly do enact as follows:
section l. The clerk of every town. village city
ana county In this state shall obtain and Keep for
be denomnated a cancellation book. ~ in which
ne shall enter the number ana date of each der
ca,y or county, page of journal authorizing the
persGn 'he amount v thereof the name OF the
OF the person to whom it was paid, the purpose for
M wnch 1t was allowed and when cancelled by the
oG Section 2. There shall also be filed with the
aaJournment of any term of court held in such
county ny the clerk of such court a list of the
county specifying the number, date amount, name
o., person and character of service performed.
paranent which shall be set apart for that pur
showing when such certificate was Cancelled.
Section ,. Whenever the treasurer of any town,
ment of tax, or for any other purpose (Which re-
ceipt snail be equivalent to the payment thereof)
treasurer shall return such OF der certificate bond
or coupon TO the proper authorities at their first
coupons, shall be Cancelled by destroying them and
the date of their cancellation shall be immediately
entered by the clerk in the cancellation book.
section 4. There shall also be kept in such cam
that o9ek IN tn to be for
SUED by the authorities of such town. village City
which Shall specify the e. number Der thereof, The
amount, the note of interest, when issued for what
changed cancelled.
wS SectG 4ns 8 Any tGwn Village city county
records covering intended to cover the object
designed by the cancellation book, shall not be
CURED to supply itself with new cancellation
book under the provisions of this act.
excepted by section five of this act, shall immedi
ately upon the passage of this act. ascertain the
number of books that will be necessary to supply
MS county, and the towns, cities and villages there
IN, under the provisions Of this act and shall pre-
scribe the forms and size thereof and shall pro-
cure the same at the expense of the county; and
upon the receipt of such books to the said county
clerk snail transmit the same to the town, city and
village clerks entitled thereto. The cost of said
DOCKS shall be charged to the towns, cities and viii
lageS respectfully for which the same were order
ed.
section Z. When such cancellation book shall
nave been received by any town, village, city or
county clerk, such clerk shall enter in such can
collation. book list of all ORDERS court certificates
ana bonds which remain outstanding and unpaid.
ana thereafter he shall Immediately enter in such
DOCKS a record of every order, court certificate,
thereof.
Section g. This act shall take effect and be in
1orce from and after its passage and publication.
Approved March l. 1879
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-02
LAWS OF WISCONSIN.
published March 81. 1879. ]
CHAPTER 2lS
AN ACT to prevent adulteration and fraud in food
liquors.

CHAPTER 2ls
AN ACT to prevent adulteration and fraud in food
and drugs and liquors.
The people of the State of wisconsin. represented
i'll senate and assembly, do enact as follows
Section dr , i No person shall mix color staip'
color stain or powder, any article of food with
any ingredient or material SO as to render the artl-
may be sold in that condition And any person
thar shall sell any such article mixed, coored.
In eacn case not exceeding fine of fifty dollars for
the hrst 1Gens9 and for second oense shall f 6e
period not exceeding one year with hard labor
pose of compromising as hereinafter described,
mix, clor. stain or powder, or permit any other
with any ingredient or material so as to affect in
lnrioHisy NE faity or potency Of such drn1.
diIion. And any person WHO. shall sell any such
drug, so mixed, colored. stained or powdered,
shah be liable TO the same penalty or punishment
In each case respectively as in the preceding Sec
that no person sa be liable to be con Sicted under
the foregoing sections of this ac5, in respect to the
shows to the satisfaction of the justice or court
before whom he is charged that he did not know OF
co,orcd, stained or powdered, as in that section
mentioned, and that he could not with reasonable
suci miXin1, coloring, staining or row6erng was
required for the production, extraction prepara-
as an article of commerce in state fit for carriage,
or where the drug or food is supplied in the state
or nat The food II drug was unavodably mixed
WITH some eNtrdne0uS ttter process LOlleC-
ton or preparation
stcuon B. Livery person who shall compound or
put up tor sale amy food, drug liquor, III casks,
boxes bnlt les or packages, with any label mark or
dew whatever, so as and with intent 10 iSiead
OF deceive as to the true name, II ture, kind and
quar- y thereof, shall be liable to penalty of not
to exceed five hnared dollars for the first otfense,
and Tor every OtfenSe after the first offenSe snail
be punished by imprisonment i'll the state prison
Tor not less than one year more than ten ears
section 4. The term food" as herein used shall
include every article used / food or drink by man
o.her Than ulugs. The tenn drug SHAH include
medicine for internal or external
section 3. This act shall take effect and he in
force from and after the first day Of July after its
passage and publicatiOn
ApproN ed March s. 1879
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-02
Published March 20, lsN.1
PIER 242

AN ACT amending section one thousand Tour
hundred and SiXty-hve of chapter sixty of the
revised statutes relating to agricultural soce-
ties.
The people of the State OF Wisconsin represented
III senate ana assembly, do enact as follows:
Section l. Section one thousand four hundred
and siXty-fve of chapter sixty of the revised stat
utes is hereby amended by annexing thereto the
following: All societies that have complied with
the previous requirements of this section for three
years shall hereafter be entitled to aid in
cordance with section one thousand four hundred
and sixty three of this chapter.
Section 2 This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and publication
Approved March 3 1873.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-02

PLATED silver is obtained by rolling
together a plate of copper Of the first
Quality and one of silver; these are
either welded or simply united by plac-
ing their hot and clean surfaces to-
gether, wetted with concentrated So
luton of nitrate of silver. The two
metals are reduced and drawn out
about equally by the pressure of rolls,
and long sheets or bands of silvered
metal are thus obtained.