The Worthington advance., 1879-05-15
VOLUMEVIl.
SECRETARY SHERMAN IN ONO.

SECRETARY SHERMAN IN OHIO.
Secretary Sherman arrived ut Colum
bus, Ohio, on the afternoon OF May Z, and was
met at the depot by members Of the Republi
can State central committee, and local delega
tiOns of Republicans The afternoon was spen
IN receiving friends at the Neil House. In the
evening reception was giving in his honor b,
ex-l'ov. William Dennison, which was largel.
attended by members of the legislature, Stat.
officers and citizens, regardless Of political an
tcccdcnts. The secretary was scrcnatlcd ut Il
O'Clock and, being introduced by Gov. Dcnni
son, made brief response, principally devoted
to financial matters, Of the same general teno
as that delivered at Mansfield a few day.
since.
KILLED BY A HOTEL ELEVATOR.
About half past eleven O'Clock, on thu
night Of May Z, as the elevator of the fremont
House at Chicago, Ill.,, was leaving the secont
floor and descending, Mrs. Henry Lightncr, o
Peoria, who had left it, by some unacc countablt
means slipped and fell. and her head, coming
between the floor and the descending arch o
the elevator, was crushed 80 badly that tn.
! lady died in few minutes. May =, The corn
er's jury rendered verdict in accordance
with the facts before given, and stated that
while the cause OF the descent Of the elevator
could not bc determined, they believe it the
conductor had not left his post the accidem,
would not have occurred. They deprccate the
system OF requiring conductors to leave thci,
stations while passengers are in the elevator
MISSION MEETING.
New York telegram, May 11:-The
Anniversary Of the American board Of commits
sioncrs for foreign missions was held tonight
in The Broadway tabernacle. The church was
crowded. Addresses were made by Rev Gee
W. lIerrick, Rev. II. Mark Hoskins and Rev
G. P. Bush. All the speakers referred to the
recent hcqucst to the society Of Sl,OO,OUO
They argued it was call to higher efforts in
the future. The anniversary Of the Presbyterian
foreign society was .cclebrated tonight in
Memorial church, Rev. G. s. Robinson prcsid.
ing. The financial report showed receipts the
pnst year 100000; expenditures $l43,OUU; in.
debtedncss OF the board $4,000. The sermon
was preached by Rev. DIR. l.. T. Nichols, st.
Louis.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
On the morning Of April 10 an excur-
sion party Of the directors and friends who had
been inspecting new work on the Credit
Valley railway, while switching Il car on a
siding at Carleton Junction, waiting an engine
to take them to Toronto, were, owing to mis-
placed switch, run into by Grand Trunk
engine. Both engines and the car were
wrecked. Among the seriously injured are
Jos. Gooderbam, merchant and miller of this
city, one leg cut off the other badly bruised,
recovery doubtful; express messenger Morri-
son, spine badly injured; F. D. Congcr, coal
merchant ribs smashed; Jno McNabb, retired
hardware merchant, spine hurt; Sami. Beatty,
rrilway agent, leg brokcd Others in the car
were more or less injured. Several escaped
by jumping through the windows.
ENaLANDs POLICY.
The London Times Of May 10, says the
Government has no intention of dissolyiny par
Lament this year. When the present ministry
ask judgement Of their constituents and their
conduct, they will bc able to present IL COM
plcte account Of their policy and results At
present it is in progress Of execution alike in
Europe and Asia, and its hearings cannot hc
fully estimated A few months more will show
what las been the real value Of the Berlin
treaty and the measures taken in Afyhunistan.
Russia moreover, will now know that the En-
slish government will remain unaltered long
enough to insure the execution Of the treaty
and she will not be tempted to evade by hope
Of our policy being altered by change OF
ministry or by appeal to constituents. The
ministers will he enabled to complete the
work they have begun, and We shall bc able in
a few months to see with some clearness what
it is WORTH
A BIG STRIKE.
Advices from Winnipeg of May 6, con-
vey information of a big strike on section rs,
Canadian Pacific railroad, over 1900 men be-
ing engaged in it. Cause, Il reduction Of
wages from e per day to 3, rs and ST. The
strike commenced Thursday lnst The men
demanded to bc paid at the old wages White
head, the contractor, refused, hut offered tn
pay old and experienced hands - per day for
short time longer. The men refused this
and the strike extended along the whole line
of contract Is. The men say they are deter
mined to hold out, and were stopping the
steam drills, after which they intend to come
Wcst stop the cars and steam shovels, and
seize the whole line, which they intend hold
ing till their demands are accccded to- The
contractors have represented the situation to
the acting lieutenant governor, who has tele
graphed to the minister of justice. The dis
turbance is outside of Manitoba The author.
tiles are embarrassed. 1t ia suggested
f1,nt to1 ~,
ficient force of Manitoba volunteers to the
scene to break up the strike. No answer is
yet received from the minister of justice.
ENGLISH WHEAT.
The Mark Lane E1p,sss of May 6, says
the wheat plant has improved, the prevailing
depression caused farmers to draw largely on
their reserves Of wheat, and supplies at pro-
vincial markets were much more liberal than
they would have been had the necessity to re-
alizc been less pressing The avarage price o
wheat declined pence per quarter. In tho
country trade is still dull Last weeks arrivals
of foreign into Lodon up to Friday, 32,OOl
quarters; and as the visible supply in Ameri
ca has decreased IL million bushels trade ha.
been firm, but mainly confined to supplying
the wants of the country millers Maize has
been offered in vain ut 20 shilings and pence
cost Of freight and insurance, for new mixci
American, but there has not been any quota
bic change in the value of corn in corn il
store, which sold at retail 2ls. Demand, how
ever, very small, as dealers were all well sup
piled. Sales of English wheat lust week wcrl
58,937 quarters at 4Os Cd, against 42,4O2 quar-
ters at 52s and penny for the corresponding
period the previous year. Imports into tin
United Kingdom for the week ending April
81 were ,27:o,, ,546 cwt. wheat and 2S737S cwt
-four
THE CASE OF REV. DIR. TALMAGE,