The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-11-04
Hlouring MiN Burned.


Matteson's Touring mill at Faribault,
Ninn., together with some five or six thous-
and bushels Of wheat, was destroyed by fire
on the evening Of Oct. 70, supposed to have
caught from some Of the machinery Loss
estimated at over $4,000.
AAurderer Arrested.
Thomas johnson, charged with having
murdered Patrick DAILY last week, and who
was supposed to have fed, was arrested on
the morning Of Oct 30, in Middleton, Ohio,
and Immediately taken to Hamilton, Ohio.
de had concealed himself in sewer, but was
compelled by rising water from heavy rains
to come out.
The EX-Empress Of France.
1t is reported that the Empress Eu.
genie has decided to leave her beautiful resi-. |
dcnce at Chiselhurst and take the remains OF
her husband and son with her. She has Sc |
lected seat known ss Marlborough Hill in
Hamptonshire, near Windsor, the residence
OF Queen Victoria, as her new home, and will |
spend the rest 0f her lonely days there.
Illicit DistiIleries.
Collector Clark, under date of Atlact ia, |
Ga., OF. aOth, telearaphs: Have seised with. !
In thirty days thirty illicit distilleries, two |
teams and about one thousand gallons ofillicit |
spirits. Nine OF the distilleries were In the |
notorious Red Oak neighborhood. As soon
rs stills were tora out In that section, Others |
were at once set up and the illicit work was
resumed.
Fearful Accident.
A frightful accident occurred on the
forenoon Of Oct 28, at the Public Library
building at Cincinnati, Ohio. Two painters,
Charles Throop and Hy Mum, were on q |
scaf1old at the cornice eighty feet above the |
sidewalk. when hook broke and the two men |
were thrown to the ground. Both we're in. |
stsntly killed. Throop leaves family. Mum |
was unmarried.
About the Irish Land League.
A Dublin dispatch to the London Time. |
Of Oct. 90. says the Land League has received |
check In Its agitation, the magistrate OF Ul- |
ster having forbidden meeting OF the League |
at DunBgavoon, Monday next because the an |
nivers aries of William the Third and the pun |
Der, and the celebration of these events on one ]
hand and the meeting of the League on the |
other would be certain to inflame party spirit |!
A Family Of Murders.
About month ago, DR.. P. H. Talbot,
a prominent citizen of Maryville, Missouri,
and editor OF the Greenback paper published |
at that place, was shot through the window |
OF his residence and killed while he was re: |
firing for the night. October 26 his son AL. |
bert Talbot was arrested on the charge of |
committing the murder, and Mrs. Talbot, i
wife OF DR.. Ed, Talbot, another son aud hired |
man named Myetb, were arrested as accom-. |
plices.
Sitting Bull
4 special dispatch to the Bismarck, D. |
7. Tribune OF Oct 20, states that Sitting Bull |
and all the hostiles have been persuaded by |
Gen. Miles through his emissary, Everett, or,
"a he is better known "Wahtogla," to come |
over to Fort Keogh, and surrender. This will |
end the anticipated winter campaign, for |
which full preparations had been made. The |
hostiles who are at present with the Yankton-
las will also be compelled to surrender at |
once.
Back Broken.
On the night of Oct. 80, On the Ohio
Central, near Pembervllle, Ohio, w. T. Bis
sell and O. 3. Hendershot tipped coppers to
decide who should run a construction train
from Pemberville to Fostoria. rhe lot fell to
Hendershot. Bissell Immediately started for
the caboose and was not missed until the
train was within a few miles of Fostoria,
when his body was found near Pembrrville in
the middle Of the track, his back broken by
falling between the cars.
Destructive Fire.
On the morning Of Oct. 20, fire broke
out in the lumber mill of J. N. Buffum, at
Lynn, Mass, and before the flames were got
ton under control, the mill and large amount
OF lumber. Allen d Boardman's paper box ,,
factory, Timothy Newhall's railroad house,
Chapmrn Bros.s dye shop and J. Otis Mar
shall's woodwork buildings were consumed.
The total loss is placed at over million dol
lars, only partially insured. A large number
Of workmen are thrown out OF employment.
Fire In Duluth.
On the afternoon Of Oct. 20, q large
boarding house at Duluth, Minn., belonging
to Mat Carroll, situated on Minnesota Point,
valued at about 81 500 and was only covered
with small insurance II any. Mr.. Carroll at
the time was sick In bed with the typhoid
fever. He had some twenty. five boarders,
most Of whom were at work. Only few
things were saved. One man, a carpenter,
Lost everything he had. Another man claims
to have lost go. There was no insurance on
the furniture making total loss Of over
$780,
About Homestead Entries.
A Washington telegram Of Oct. 28th,
says that the acting commissioner decided
that when person has commenced proceed
ings for cancellation of . Homestead entry in
order to avail himself Of the privileges Of the
act OF May 18th, 1880, he has acquired such an
adverse interest as will prevent . contestee
from making payments under the act Of June
18th, 1880, is confined to cases where the Uni-
ted States and the applicant to purchase are
the only persons interested.
Destructive Storm.
London advices bring q report of ter
rib.e southwestern gale at Plymouth, England,
on the night Of Oct q. Daybreak, Oct 26th.
showed five vessels stranded, but the crews
were all saved. The steamer Guilert, from
New York for Hamburg, was detained in Ply
mouth Sound BY the weather. The gale II
subsiding A schooner entering the harbor Of
South Shields foundered, and all hands except
the mate were lost The steamer Trowlers
capsized while entering the harbor and IL
persons we,e drowned.
Man Shot
F. W. Schultz, clerk in the German
American bank Of st. Paul. Mimi, was shot
in the cellar of the bank on the morning Of
Nov. l, but whether by accident or design 10