The Worthington advance., 1879-01-02
uIGlIWAYMEN.

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A. Cheyenne, Wyoming territory, dis
patch says A party Of h;ghwaymenl named
Harrington Manus, Ruby Howard Oleson, and
The Kid, nth eomestelen11 horses, and some
goods taken nfrom. .Tfabfhgssstore,1 near Fort
Mckinney, have been captured near Rock
Creek. They hat, 40 I'M nPoS session the sad
dies on which Deputy Sheriff Widdowtield
rode when killed last summer which, in a
measure, Identifies the gang as that which
operated in Albany: andI Carbon: counties dur
ing last summer.
'''. rOUNDERED Ar SEA.
A London cable says the steamship
Emily B. souder, which left New York on the
S:h Of December, ,:for: Turks island and San
Dom lingo, foundered al, sea two days out from
New York. This news reached London from
jamaica, telegraphed by The Lloyds' agent.
who states that t:ye'of the crew had just land
ed at Kingston. What became Of the passen-
gers, officers and the rema aindcr Of the crew s
not known, but the seamen picked up believe
OH OtAC4S OA DO0Iu u nave DCeu 0EOWQeO.
BURNED BIT POWDER.
At village called Cardsville, in Mere
| er county, Ky, Ms. Dickcrsop, in attempting
to aid fire which she had kindlcd, seized a
keg Of blasting powder, and threw a hand
| fui on the hre. The fash reached the: keg,
| and Tremendous explosion followed, envel.
| oping her in sheet Of fame She was so
badly burned that she died in few hours
! Three OF her children, who were In the room
At the time Of the explosion, were also badly
| burned. Two Of them: arc not expected 10
| live.
LIBERAL OFFER.
A Cincinnati telegram says: Some
time ago Mr.. Reuben r. Springer offered $780,
600 as his subscription. to aid in the
erection Of the necessary buildings
| adjoining Music hall for exposition pur-
poses, on condit on that the citizens would
add thereto s100, 600 by the 1st of January 1879
ltIis announced that the citizens subscription
already amounts to 5i05 ,OOO TEis insures an
exposition during 1870, and ground will be
broken for the erection OF the new buildings
as soon as weather permits.
BLOODY KENTUCKY ROW.
A disgraceful row occurred at Crab
Orchard, Ky, Dec. eth, In which Stewart
Myers and the Carson brothers were the chief
actors, an old gruge bringing them together
After the firing commenced both sides were
reinforced and some forty shots were ex-
changed. ,Shotguns aud pistols were used.
| Myers shoulder was literally shot TO pieces,
| and Dave Carson was seriously wounded.
Half a dozen other, were more or less hurt
| 1t is feared the trouble is not over.
A TERRIBLE OUTRAGE.
| A Peoria, Ill.,, telegram of Dc. 90.
says. Ell almost Incredible story is told here
by young girl named Maggie Lahre, to the
! effect that last Thursday. the 26th inst, she
was kidnapped by two unknown masked men,
taken iu sleigh into the country, tied to
| tree and her clothes set on fire, having first
chloroformcd her. The flames burned the
strings with which she was bound aid re-
stored consciousness. She was found by a
farmer aud brought to her home in this city,
| where she now lies unconscious;
FRElGHTs NOT INCREASED.
| It having been charged by newspapers
that under the operations OF the East-bound
pool that freish:s~were to be increased in WIS.
cons:H by the Chicago, milwaukee, s. st. Paul
and Chicago Il Northwestern railways. Hon
| Jack Turner, railroad commissioner, u!tsessed
letter to the authoyitirs OF Il csc roads re
Questlng information in relation to it. He has
| received reply from, both roads stating en-
phatlcaliy that neither road is IN any wa,
| connected with the East bound pool, and tha.
! freight will not be increa ased in this State,
SHOOTING Ev \ CRAZY MAN.
William L Palmer, Of stonington, C,,nu.
guest at the Metropolitan hotel. 1hrea tened to
| shoot with a revolver he tlourshed, the pri-
/ vate detective Of ,ho house. The detective
secured the aid OF Officer Fuyness and other
POLICEMEN, who attempted TO disarm the
man, bu. he maintained possession and shot
down Furness, severely il not fatally wound.
| ing him. Farmer then rushed to the station
| Louse, and saying be had shot two men who
! had attcn1p pied to arrest him, surrendered the
pistol and was locked up. Paine. is insane
- B0EDs STOLEN.
Field s James; brokers in New York
+ city, offer reward OF 5000 for the arrest
| thu curb. stone broker named Hull, who, they
charge, robbed them .fs3o,N0o worth of41s
per.c cent. United States coupon bonds. 1t
seems that Hull arranged for the purchase OF
the bonds, and called fort them. Being known,
! hey were delivered to him BY the cashier.
Hecounted them, paced them in his pocket
aud left, remarking that he would step to the
corner and get Il certified cheek for the
IS :;s;:: III G1orbsilaq3 btalf33 |uGrranis. {
A terrible murder was, committed on
ROTOR hill, near the town Of Norwalk, Conn,
Dec. S7th. The victim was Mr. Schultz,
wealthy gentleman, residing ON the HILL It
is believed the murder was commilteh by
traml's, who were informed that Schultz car
ried large sum on his person and had con-
cealed in his house nearly $4,000, and was in
the habit Of having large sums SO concealed
10, preference to trusting bank vaults. The
murder was committed near his residence,
and his servant, William Buckholz, was at.
tackled at the time The murdered mans head
was cut open with hatchat and small
wound, apparently made with knife, was
found under his left arm. Great excitement
prevails.
OF INTEREST TO LAWYERS.
At Montgomery, Ala, in the United
States Court On the 2s inst, several parties
arrested under Indictments of the late United
St tie egrandjury were on trial. The first case
was E. L. Moor, Of Dallas county. His counsel
presented plea that the Indictment was void
because some of the jury finding indictments
had been In the confederate army, and under
section SO Of tSe revised statutes, were not
competent iu=ors. They cited the decision of
Judge Woods OF this Circuit, in Louisiana and
| recently in Florida. Judge Bruce, of the dis
trict court, decided that the plea was not good,
that the section, although in the statutes, had
been repealed. The law did not revise the re-
,pealed section. The cases were all postponed
-" CRIMINAL TRIAL:
=; The trial Of Mrs. Melinda Mack at