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The Worthington advance., 1880-10-14

onds the whole wooden structure was wrapped
in flames. At times the flames shot up to
the sky to an almost increditable distance, H.
Illuminating the city as though hundred elec
tric light machines were in operation With
In, probably, thirty minutes from the discoS:
cry Of the fire the frame Of the building, had
fallen. Mr.. Camp, one Of the proprietors, es.
tlmates the loss at $4,000 with an insurance
Of only $4,000; most Of which was through
the insurance htm Of Gale & Co.. The flremen
did effective work in saving adiolping build,
ings, and large quantity of wood and coal
belonging to the Northwestern fuel company:
The cause OF the fire is assigned to hot box.
A part Of the machinery and boilers wiz prob:
ably be saved. A small amount Of lumber
WAS burned, also some wood. The mill was
in full operation when the IRE caught. They
were running nights, as the season will close
undoubtedly in three weeks, and they had
quite an amount of logs yet to saw. Mr..
Camp says the building will be replaced by
another mill at once. r y -,
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4 Conclusive Answer,

Dr.. Murphy was boasting that tho
climate OF Minnesota beats the climate
f California or any other State, and,
with triumphant air Of exultation, cx-
claimed:
"Look at me behold my beautiful
rounded form. When I came here I
.viiyhed only ninety-seven pounds, and
.4ow I weigh 275 pounds. What do you
thi2k of that ?"
One of the sons of the late Bishop
.yilloughby, standing by, said:
"Why, doctor, that's nothing, look at
me I weigh IT'S pounds, and when I
came to Minnesota I weighed only six
pounds" The doctor left.
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BRINGING UP THE DEAD jl5s

From the Brooklya Tunnel and Paying
the Beseavsd Fsmilies-.Worko Of sWild
Train.-An Almost Uaasoountablo 10 xuicide
I'D Sc: Louis. - :-,.p' -
: LEON BouoH1a's SUICIDE. t%.>
:; 81. Loum. Oct. 11.-At the inquest to-day
on tho body Of Aeon Boucher, who committed
suicide last night, his son, who resides in St.
Louis county, testifed that his. psthe., died
been ues Ssa sn e 5sa :SSto. hss
to this his father believed his blood was turn.
ing to water, and on this subject he had be.
oonea monomaniao. On ali other subjects
however. he Was perfectly RATIONAL. Letters
:fse94 in hi, ethqet9t4telt gisapn tenee for
suicide and refer almost ,wholly>to business
daughters are in q convent ut Sault au Recoi.
led*, Usnads, and eevssli4l. 80 f schl4e4S one
only 2years old, are kete.ss~ '~' = i -
..... avid TRAIN, .sUnk. "a,
COLUMBUS, Ga, Oct. 1l.-An extra on the
Southwestern railroad, following regular
freight train this morning ran into four cars
which had become detached, wreokinR seven
carr. Engineer Sheridan WA moftally injured,
and wood. .passer Tyler slightly.: When neaiing
the city the engine Of the extra train Knocked
I. negro from tho track, breaking his .arm and
s 3rah sk6oktlis' 7Gssth,%iaen7iGGbi! III h,%iaen7iGGbi!!iG
New YoRK, Oct II The body Of Olaf Ander-
son, tho foreman who was taught in tho air
lock at,the time Of the ,bresk at the Hudson.
river tunnst, 2 ~a@ fiss6vefod2ilAis st1ning.
Thsee Other sbuaHs are in sight and will be
taken out Tomorrow. The Tunnel company
will pay each widow ef.the dead $500 as a final
settlement and decentralization for The acoi-
dent. The mothcrs of the unmarried will re.
ceive 1900. The company assumes all funeral
expenses. The bills OF some undertakers are
over Sl0o, which the company regards assn ex.
01O1kA0t CQAEGess i, / ia
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MINNESOTA NEWS.

Many Minnesota farmers are now engaged in
huskin2 corn.
The new Lutheran school house at Hender-
SOD, Sibley county. is nearly completed.
An eight year old daughter of Matthias
Jacobs, OF Carver. had leg broken the other
day.
The long continued dry weather is making
fall plowing difficult in some parts of the
State.
Walter O. Brown has sold the Long Prairie,
Todd county, Argus, and retires from its man.
sRement.
The bank Of St. Charles, Winona coanly, re-
celved last week by mail over 5000 in fraction-
al currency.
One of the cadets at the Shattuck school, at
Fsribault, had an arm broken in the gymnasium
the other day.
From every nook and corner of the State
come the most aattering compliments to ''the
fine wcatherv'
Ira Carpenter is the new postmaster at Little
6auk, Todd county, and has entered upon the
discharge of his duties.
The Hastings Union industrial fair last
week il pronounced to have been, in all re-
spects, grand success.
The spire of the Catholic church in Blue
Earth City. Fairbault county, will, when COM
pleted, be 1876 feet high.
The Lutherans in Beaver Falls occupy the
school house in that place every alternate Sab
bath for religious worship.
The members of the }: =. church, in Morris,
Stevens county, are tax. the initiative steps
for building new church edificc.
Aboat fifty Yankton Indians are at Pipcstone
City, being engaged in digging pipestone,
from which they manufacture pipes.
The number of enrolled school children in
Renville county is 1884. This years appor-
tfonment Of the State school fund is
42,633.4O.
The other night, John Torsen, policeman
of Owatonna, shot at a burglar who was trying
to force an entrance into saloon. The rascal
Aed ana alluded arrest.
When team can draw eighty five bushels of
wheat to market, and return with l,2O0 feet Of
lumber, the Tyler Tribune thinks it safe to say
the roads are in good condition.
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BITS OF INFORMATION.

Tolls were first paid by vessels pass
ing the slade on the river Elbe. 1lO9.
In England, toll-bars originated in 1867,
q penny being asked for every wagon
that passed through certain manor.
and the first regular toll was collected a
lew years later for mending the road in
London, between st. Giles and Temple
Bar.
The invention of music is uncertain.
Lucretius ascribes it to the whistling of
the winds In hollow reeds. Franckinus
to the various sounds produced by the
hammers Of Tubal Cain Camelon Pom
tlque, and others to the singing of
birds. And Zarlino to the sound of wa
ter. It is, howeVr, agreed that music
was first reduced 70 rules by Jubal, 1900
B. G.
The average duration of vitality in
seeds Of some of our cultivated plants is
as follows: Artichoke, five years; broad
been, six beet root, five; cabbage, FIVE;
carrot, four; cucumber, five; lettuce,
tive /; maize, two; melon, five; onion,
two; paranip, two; peas, four or five;
radlsh, five j.; spinach, five; tomato, five;
turnip, five: egg plant, seven endive.
nlne parsley, three; strawberry, three.
The mark which persons who are un-
able to write are compelled to make in
stead OF their signatures is constantly
referred to as an instance of the igno-
rance of ancient times. It is not, how
ever, invariably. proof of such igno-
rance. Anciently the mark was not con-
fined to illiterate persons. Among the
Saxons the mark of the cross was re-
quired to be attached to the signatures
of those who could write, and to stand
in the place of the signatures of those
who could not write, as an attestation of
the good faith of the person signing. In
those days if man could write, or even
read, it was proof that he was in holy
orders. The ancient use of the cross was
therefore universal, and was the symbol
of an oath, from its sacred associations,
as we'll as the mark generally adopted.
NEGRO slavery was introduced into the
present territory of the United States
during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, by
merchants of Liverpool, England. On
Jan. 81, 1865, the final vote was taken in
Congress submitting to the States for
their approval and ratification the fol-
lowing amendment to the constitution
"Article XIII. Neither slavery nor in
voluntary servitude, except as punish
ment for crime, whereof the party shall
have been duly convicted, shall exist
within the United States, or any
place subject to their jurisdiction" On
Dec. 18, 1865, the Secretary of State
issued his proclamation declaring that
this amendment had been approved by
the Legislatures of Illinois, Rhode ISL
and, Michigan, New York, West Vir-
ginia, Maine, Kansas, Massachusetts,,
Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Missouri,
Nevada, Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Vermont, Tennessee, Arkan-
sas, Connecticut, New Hampshire, South
Carolina, Alabama, North Carolina, and
Georgian in all, q out of 36 States, and
was consequently adopted.
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Bonding Towns in Aid of Railroads.

Bonding Towns in Aid of Railroads.
The State Supreme Court through
chief justice Gilfillan, rendered an impor-
tant decision the eth inst, affecting the
validity of ce4tain class of bonds voted
by towns in aid OF railroads. The til
tie Of the case was "George N. Harrlng-
ton, vs.. The town of Plainview ct al,
ana tho Pla,nvicw Railroad Company.
and it was brought to set aside bonded
obligations incurred under the law OF
the Legislature of 1877, by which city
land town officers were permitted to 1s-
sue bonds in aid Of railroads upon Pc
tition signed by IA majority Of tax payers
resident therein, without submitting
tho proposition TO popular vote.
In is syllabus declaring this act uncon-
stitu'ional, the court says:
When statute provides two modes,
one valid and The other invalid, for auth.
oriz,ng the officers of municipal cor
poration to issue bonds Of the corporation,
lnasmuch as the bonds when issued need
reclte only that they were issued under
the statute, without specifying in which
OF the two modes the officers were author
lied to issue them, and as there might
be bona fidc holders of bonds so issued,
an action for Injunction at the instance
OF a proper party will lie to restrain the
issuance of the bonds by the municipal
officers under the Invalid mode progid-
cd 10y the statute.
Under the constitution it is not COM
petent for the legislature to authorize any
person or class ofpersons other than the
electors or the officers chosen by the elec-
tors OF town to determine what action
requiring local taxation the town will
take IN any particular case.
Wheletore, sec. z, of ch. 10G, genera!
laws of 1877, which assumed to empow-
er majority of the resident tax. ayers,
(withoue regard whether they were elec.
tors or no), to bind town to issue Its
bonds to aid in the construction of any
railroad, was unconstitutional and void.
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Killed by the Cars

At Red Wing, Goodhuc county, Minn.,
OH the evening Of Oct. 8, young man by
the name OF Hatch was killed while attempt
ing to jump on freight train bound east
Very near the entire train passed over his
body, severing one leg above the knee, break.
ing an arm and badly crushing one foot. he
lived fo- half an hour after, but before med,.
cal assistance could be had he died. All ef.
forts to obtain the address Of his parents we,e
without avail-he giving for his reason that
he did not want them to know OF his death.
All he would say was that they were some.
where in Wisconsin. Seven dollars in money
was found on his person, but nothing else
that would lead to his Identification. His
remains were taken in charge and buried by
the authorities OF Red Wing, on Sunday
Oct. 10.
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Artistic in Hair.

A Frenchman, desperately in love. OBJ.
tanned tress of his beloved's hair. and
carried it to famous artistic, in order to
have it made into q ring.
When he called for the ring the lady
at the counter hesitatingly informed him
that the precious tress had been lost.
Stupor of the monsieur.
But the lady returned, smilingly:
But I have not forgotten the shade
it Is one very easy to match" -
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Nine Fire at Leadville.

The Denver Republiean's Leadville
special OF Oct. s, has the following: A fire
started at s O'Clock yesterday morning in the
shaft house Of the old Vulcan shaft at Chryso-
lite mine, caused by sick miners dropping
candles. The building was consumed, and
burning debris fell into the shaft, setting 1t on
fire. The Vulcan connects with the Chryso-
Nte, Little Chief, Annie, Climax and Little
fttsburg mines by levels At a depth OF 120
feet, all Of which filled with carbonic acid and
smoke, driving men from the work ofmaking
bulkhead 60O feet away. Twelve men were
overcome by the smoke. and barely saved
their lives after great trouble. The bulkhead
was built to prevent the fire from spreading,
and the flames were now confined to radius
Of thirty feet from the Vulcan shaft and are
completely under control. All the shafts are
hermetically closed to exclude draughts, and
will remain SO for four days. Work will be
suspended from the mines for a week, and
perhaps longer. Nobody 10 seriously hurt.
The damage is about Gao 600 caused By delay
ofwork. All the levels and drifts are full of eas,
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Gonzales Declared President.

Advices from the City of Mexico to
october l, states the 27th OF September the
house of representatives, by large majority
vote, passed a resolution declaring Gen. Con-
zales president Of the republic. His term is
to begin the first OF December next. The
electoral vote stood as follows: Gonzales,
1858; Benetez, 1868; Mejia, 1893; Cadena,
1,02b; Vallarte l65; Zamacona, 70, scattering,
285. Gen. Gonzales, being in the interior, Is
not expected at the capitol until the evening
OF his inauguration. Already speculation Is
rife as to the formation of the cabinet The
following are mentioned as probable ministers
Gomez Palaccio, foreign affairs. Carlos Pach-
leo, war; Manuel Toro, finance. Senor Reul-
al. minister of foreign affairs; died the 2sd u!t
His successor Is not yet named. Ramerez
the leading revolutionist, in Sonora. was kill.
ed in act the 14th ult.
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There Was No Fire.

Gilhooly lives on Galveston avenue,
not far from milkman. Yesterday he
met the milkman, and, taking him off to
one side, asked him, seriously:
"Wasn't there a fire in your barn
early yesterday? I had great notion
to rush over to your assistance"
"Why, there was no fire in the barn, -
said the mi]kman F.; "what made you
think oo?''
Nothing, except I saw you pump
two buckets of water right quick, and
rush into the stable with them where
you milk the cows,"-GaNeston News.
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4 Wasp in an Old Mans Slipper.


There are times in the life of the small
boy when he feels very sad from the use
OF a slipper or switch upon him. If any
thing happens to the person who has
thus afflicted him, his joy is great, as
will be seen from the following incident:
A gentleman returned home from his
daily toll and had pulled off his boots
and was going to put on his slippers,
when howl of intense agony resounded
through the hall. The afrighted family
rushed to the door, and beheld their
papa heaving the shadows with Wild ges-
lures and frantic gyrations. "Take it
off" he shouted, and made grab at his
foot, but, missing it, went on with the
war dance. "Walter!" he shrieked.
and started up stairs, three at step,
and, turning, came back in a single
stride. "Oh, I'm stabbed!" he cried,
and sank to the floor and held his right
leg high above his head then he rose
to his feet with bound, screaming
for the bootjack, and held his foot out
toward his terrified family. "Oh, bring
the arnica," he yelled, and with one des-
pairing effort he reached his slipper and
got it off, and, with a groan as deep as q
we'll and as hollow as drum, sank into
chair and clasped his foot in both
hands. "Look out for the scorpion, I"
he whispered hoarsely, "I'm dead
man."
The small boy was by this time out in
the wood-shed, rolling in the kindling Ill
ON ecstasy of glee, and pausing occasion
ally to explain to the son of neighbor.
who had dropped in to see If there was
any innocent sport going on in which
he could share, "Oh, Bill Bill" he
said, "you wouldn't believe; sometime
to-day, somehow or other, a big blue
wasp got into the old mans slipper, and
when he came home and put them on
oh Bill, you don't know what fun I've
had. ."-Daitas (1eras) Herald.
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"A Somnambullat,a L.eaD .

MoN7aoxz1x,; MIMI. OCT. l1.-A very sad
and severe accident happened ito night to on:
ftissd nd'nstshbor, Mr. e. ". Cody Being
of = somnambulic nature he arose from bis
bed while asleep about IL o'clock this evening,
raised tho window and leaped out to tho
ground. distance of eighteen feet, disloeating
his shouIder and wrist, aud breaking his arm,
and otherwise bruisipg his pespon. Dr. Woods,
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aOHES IN THE WEST.

Persons looking westward for home,
IAN procure full information concernilt
he GARDEN sroT of Iowa and Mime
sofa, by subscribing for the Worthiug-
ton ADVANCE, published At worthington
Minnesota. Send 81 for one year; s,
for six months, and 80 cents for thre,
months, to ADVANCE, Worthingtor
Mobiles county, Minaesota.'
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Ae7sO00rire /, lrinne.poli,.

About 8 o'clock on the evening of Oct.
6, At Minneapolis, Minn., fire was discovered
in the boiler room by one Of the employees o
Camp & Walkers steam saw mill, just above
the suspension bridge. The fire alarm was
quickly turned on box Al, and the fire depart
ment was prompt to answer. The flames
spread so rapidly that the workmen es.
capped only with their lives. In few Sec
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Murder Revealed dy q Child.

VIM. H. Fairchild, WHO has as occasion
served, borne tue alias Of Burton, Clark, Pow.
ell or Shoemaker, and who has served terms
lor various crimes in the Michigan and Ohio
penitentiaries, was arrested in Chicago Octo.
ber for the murder OF an old man named Rich.
ard French, whom Fairchill ann wife enticed
to Kansas under promise Of taking Care of him
and had then murdered him In cold blood.
The crime first became known to the chief oi
the police of Toledo, Ohio, to whom the pratt
Ting of Fairchild,s little girl revealed 1t. The
body Of French was exhumed and Fairchild
has been followed for some months, which
has resulted in his arrest. The murder was
committed In 1873.
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q. At tIHilledgeville,'1 Ind. Saturday night; Vim.
Torey, aged 90 years, heard dogs baxfing and
went to his door. when he Wa shot dead by
Charle. Anen husbapa ,qf thi.i afeona vites
confessed. =
Postmaster Joseph F. Fisher, treasurer Of
the Union Loan association, of New Bruus-
wick. N. J., has embezsled e2S, 600 of the stock
holders funds, He claims to be able to pay
back tho amount.
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Fatal Accident.

AtGibson, ILL.,, Oct. s, a terrible scci-
dent occurred while workmen were removing
the props from the arch Of lime-kiln at
Spaulding and Egglestcn's tile factory. The
arch gave way and the immense weight Of
brick and mortar fell upon and buried the six
men at work inside, When help came and
they were taken out, they were all badly used
up It is thought Thos. Nelson will not live.
Fred Hammell died half an hour after being
taken out Four others were seriously but
not fatally Injured.
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In the District Court, at Pine City,
Oct Z, tho grand Jury found true bill
against Herbert Hutchinson, tho half.breed
Indian, for the murder of his father, 8. o.
Hutchinson. in August last The Indictment
was for murder in the first degree. The jury
contrary to all expectation, did not indict the
murderer Hutchison's squaw wife, Sadie
Hutchinson, and she was thereupon released.
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At Massllon, O., on the night OF Octo.
ber 4, John B. Meier, keeper Of a saloon. was
killed In fight with Canoller named Alex
ander MoKusick, known a. "Bony" The lat
ter was engaged in drunken brawl with q
furnace man about prostitute, and was eject
ed from the saloon, whcrcupon "Bony" dared
Meier out on the sidewalk, knocked him down
and afterward, in the seufile, drew sharp in
strument and inflicted cut in the neck, from
which Meier died In Il few minutes. The mnr-
dcrer was arrested
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OF Montgomery. was called, and soon reduced
the fracture and dislocation, and Mr. Cody ia
now feeling q comfortable ~ could be expect
ed. Mr. Cody is we'll and favorably known in
busin ese circles here and in st. Paul, being .
nrother:ln'law to Mr., Patterson, of St. Paul,
health inspector.
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CARDS are said to have been invented
in France in 1891, to amuse Charles ~.
during the intervals of melancholy dis
order. Piquet and all the early games
are French,
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Systematic Robbery.

An Oct. 9th telegram from Denver
says systematic robbery Of the Kansas Pa.
ci6c road which has been going on for sever
al months has been unearthed by detectives,
and the principal conspira:ors, three conduct
ors and a baggage master, have been arrest
ed. Their scheme was to cell bogus tickets
over the Kansas Pacific road, cautioning pur-
chasers to leave Denver on certain trains,
thereby taking them through to Kansas
City, under supervision of the conductors en-
gage3 in the conspiracy. The amount stolen
Emmett the Commcdian Dangerously Ill.
1t is reported that J. K. Emmett was
lying dangerously i'll at the house Of his sis
ter, in st. Louis, Mo-. Oct. Z, and that his
physician considers his case quite critical.
His wife has been notified to come at once, il
she cares to see him alive again. Emmett
returned last Saturday night from the second
week of his engagement, owing to the bad
condition of his health. It seems that since
that he has been very i'll; that he is now in a
really dangerous condition. All his engage
mcnts 10 November 1st have been cancelled.
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Fatal Railroad Accident.

The through western train for Boston,
the tunnel express on the Fitchburg 1oad,
met with an accident on the night Of the 7th,
at Liitleton, by which two persons were
killed and several injured. The train was
twenty minutes late and was rounding 4
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A Boy shoots his Father.

At st. Paul, on Sunday morning, Oct.
10, Adolpa Mueller, q German saloon keeper,
II st. Paul, Mimi, was shot by his son,
Adolph Jr. lad Of soma sixteen years Of
age. The boy had been absent two nights,
and on his return was sharply reproved BY
his father. He procured pistol, and shot
Ills father in the back, the bal! lodging in the
spine. The boy went Immediately to the
City Hall, told what he had done and gave
himself up There is tile hope OF the fathers
recovery
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DR.. ANDERSON, of New York, who is
himself over 80 years old, is Thurlow
Weeds physician. MIR. Weed is 50.
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MAr0l Ern9.

The fantastic part Of the St Louis.
~. fair week took place on the night of Oct.
8, In the shape OF the third annual parade Of
the yelled prophets The pageant consisted
of twenty two tableaux, representing ideal
genes drawn from pre- historic and an.
cient sources, aud familiar scenes from mod.
ern times, and brilliantly illuminated, as it
was, by colored light, presented most gor.
eous appearance. The crowd that witnesse ed
lie procession was simply immense, more
than fifty blocks Of streets embraced in the
line OF March being densely packed with pes.
pie, and all cross streets and open spaces
were crowded. Nearly all buildings in the
business part Of the city and many private
residences were handsomely decorated for
the occasion, and the whole affair went of
finely. The spectacle attracted more strang.
ers to the city than were ever in it before.
the festival terminated with grand full dress
ball at the Merchants Exchange, which was
most brilliant event, and participated in BY
the very first people of the city.