The Worthington advance., 1880-09-30
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

! -Four inches Of snow fell at Lookout
Station, on the Union Pacific railroad, Wyom'
ing territory, Sept. Is.
The Lake City, Wabashaw county,
Minn., Union Fair closed a successful three
| days exhibition September 23
The mining troubles at Corning, Ohio,
continue. The indications are that the miners
are contemplating . further attack on the
troops.
BY the failure of the Cantwel publish
ing company at Cincinnati, Ohio, The Star OF
the West. the organ ofthe Universalist church
suspends publication. 1t was established In
| 1877, and in its columns appeared some Of the
first poems Of Phoebe and Alice Cary.
A Havana telegram Of September 25,
says the insurgent chief Corillo, with his re-
naming followers has surrendered at Renald-
ious. He will be sent to Spain.
The national conference of the Unita-
rian and other christian churches. began its
biennial session in Saratoga, N. Y, on the
evening of Sept. 81 with large attendance.
On the morning of Sept. 81, immense
swarms Of grasshoppers appeared at Jackson,
| Texas, coming from the north, at times OBJ
! scuring the sun. Farms were completely
stripped, even the cotton stalks were de-
voured.
Capt. Howgate received at Washing.
ton the following telegram from Lieut.. Doane
who went out in command of tho exploring
party in the Gulnare: st. johns, N. F., Sep.
tember 26.-To Capt. II. w. Howgate: The
Gulnare returned last evening. We lost one
h0o o,1o oil no. lool 11oA ;no a
of August.
G. s. Bartlett, of New Bedford, Mass,
San Francisco, Sept 25, has advices to the
effect that the summer in the Arctic region
has been foggy and mild, and that the re-
ports early in season Of great amount of ice
in the Shails, is now accounted for, the mild
weather having sent ice southwark. Its also
learned that the cutter Corwin had made dill.
gent search off the eastern coast and Herald
| Island, and later would visit Wrangle land.
A September, %, San Francisco tele-
gram, gives Victoria dispatch as follows: A
genuine sea serpent, six feet in length, with
the orthodox name, head shaped like pan
! ther and tail wittled down to sharp point,
was brought in by Indians Yesterday, who
caught it in the Straits Of Deparo Its ap,
! ance creates intense interest amongst the
savants, and old fishermen cannot place the
monster. The serpent has been photographed
and the body will be preserved in spirits and
sent to Ottawa for classification.
Memphis, Tenr., was gayly decorated
with flags Sept 70, and crowded with visit.
ors who had come at invitation of the mer-
chants to joih the celebration for the contin-
ued good health OF Memphis. The scenes re.
called Mardi Gras occasions. The process.
sion, which moved at l o'clock, was over
three miles long, and composed of represent
atives of every branch of business and trade.
Two large arches had been built and transpar-
encies greeted the strangers at almost every
crossing, the most conspicuous of which was
at the Avalanche office, which read, "a solid
South-solid for corn, trade and manufac-
tures." Among the notable personages pres
ent, were Gov. L. P. Blackburn, Kentucky;
Gov. A. 8. Marks, and Governor elect T. j.
Churchill Of Arkansas. The distinguished
visitors held reception In the court house
square in the afternoon, and made brief ad.
dresses at night. Fully 10000 persons we,e
present. The display Of fireworks on the
bluffs was grand. A mask ball was given at
the exposition building.
Delegates to the Pan PRESBYTERIAN al
lance meeting, at Philadelphia, Pa, had
brilliant serial reception on the evening o
September %, at the Pennsylvania academy
Of fine arts. In one of the most commodious
galleries space was reserved for the delegates
and their ladies, and here, upon q rsised plat
form, were assembled Gov. Hoyt Mayer
Stokely, Gov. G. B. Mcclellan, ex.Gov. Hart
| ranft and members of the committee OF ar
! rangements. The delegates having marched
into the apartment by private staircase,
Gov. Hoyt formally welcomed them in
speech in which he said: "The city of Phila.
delphia, as indeed does the commonwealth OF
Pennsylvania, desires to acknowledge the
significance of such IN assembly as this with
| in it's borders, and to receive them with cor
dial welcome. The organization they repre-
sent has had large share of the intellectual
awakening of the last 500 years; a large share
in moulding modern thought in church and
State, and in laying the superstrutcure Of
religious freedom and civil liberty" Mayor
Stokely exteaded the hospitalities Of the city
to the delegates.