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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-02-12
AS TO THE BALLOTS.


In Dewald township, all examination
of the ballots showed one vote tom in
two. This vote Was counted and
strung with the other ballots and was
a vote for Miller and Mills. In case
this vote is thrown out, Miller and
Mills of course will lose ono vote in De-
valid.
In Indian Lake, an examination Of
the ballots revealed the famous 'jaton"
or ''gaton" ballot which the board coun-
ted for J. A. Town. This vote, tie
Judge threw out in open court, as it
was so palpably not for any of the canu-
idates. Town lost one vote here.
In Little Rock the testimony show
ell that one vote for Miller and Mills
was drawn out and suppressed to make
the number Of ballots tally with the
poll list. Giles Farmin testified that
he voted for Miller and Mills and that
lie was the voter whose name was not
down OH the list. Mr.. Peterson, one of
the judges of the election, had preserv-
ed the ballot and produced it in court.
The probability is that the court will
allow this vote for Miller and Mills.
In Grand Prairie, it WAS established
that Payne Stillwell, and Patrick Doyle,
both of whom voted for Town and Walk
er, we're not legal electors of the town
ship, as Mr.. Stillwell had not liye,! in
tho a flNn
WAS a resident Of Winona county ard
was only temporarily in the township
living III Il wagon.
In WortbiDgton township it was es-
tablished that II. II. Anderson had vot-
ed at the township pclls while resi-
dent of the village, and two witnesses
testified that Mr.. Anderson Informed
them that he had voted for Town, 10
this, there was no rebutting testimony.
SUMMING UP.
AS to the throwing out ofprccincts on
account Of informally or illega}ity, tie
probabilities are that if any are thrown
ont, Indian Lake, IIerscy,. Westside
and Worthington township will have
to 60. while, on the other hand, Worth
lngton village and Summit Lake may
be thrown out also. This would leave
Miller and Mills quite majority.
Town would lose Al and Miller only 10.
Then as to the ballots:
Town has already lost one in Indian
Lake, and Miller has doubtless gained
one in Little Rock. The probabilities
are also strong that Stillwell's and
Doyle's votes will be thrown out, by
which Town and Walker will lose two
votes each. This would give Miller
our majority. If Anderson's vote 5
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-02-12
OFFICERS.
JOSEPH CHADWICK.
Register of Deeds,
OFFICERS.

1Vorthingto,., Mobiles County, Minr.
:. Has the only complete set Ut Abstract Books
In the county - ~
Will furnish abstracts Of title, pay taxes for
nOn-re>identS procure land plten:s. etc.
peci. attenti IN to executing and acknowledge
ny Deeds, Mortgages, etc. Correspondence So
ic:'ed. (G-l4ly
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-02-12
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Eaa:x27r and EEo~:e G1ce,
! sAOMFt attention given at all tim"s To :rcat.
4 nrnt OF Horses and to uorse s;i1oe ;.e Also
general Understandings" 7 1''o
Horses c's'r,rA. 'r"rn,s-s2 o g 1T owners
risk; 81" on every hundred t. insure: v;;.t. ,f
horse TO he"ppr .isctt. Have had ~ yoals OK.
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Also LICENSED AUCTIONEER.
Shop be: weri the Wnr,iia.lpn and Tho Far
Eaer's Hotels, WOrI!''n,tn.i. MiAn. (ii;Lsr
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thrown out Miller will lave Eve major
ity. But should Miller lose the torn
ballot in Dewald, he would have a ma
jority of but four.
AS for Captain Mills, lie started>out
with four majority. He probably gains
one i'll Little Rock and two in Grand
Prairie, making Il majority of seven.
Should the Dewald vote be thrown out
he will have still majority Of six.
Thus the matter stands. In our
opinion there is not shadow of doubt,
nor any possibility Of being mistaken,
as to the fact that Miller is elected by a
fair, square, regular majority of four or
live legal votes. He needs no throwing
out of precincts nor any casting of lots
to make him sheriff.
The contest brought by his opponents
has silenced them. They have spiked
their own guns.
or course, we have not the decision
OF the Court, but we have the testimo-.
ny and on that we rest as establishing
the triumph Of the Independent
Peoples ticket beyond all cavil.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-02-12

SOUTH FOR
Cincinnati, Louisville, st. Louis.
Nashville, New Orleans, Jacksonville
Columbus and al points South.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-02-12

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TIES and MORE ADVANTAGES tam any
road in the West
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-31
COMMUNICATIONS.
Rev. NIT. Spauldfng's Lecturcs. o the Editor Of the JOURNAL AND CouRrER.

Rev. NIT. Spaulding,s LecturcS.
 To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 Allow me through your columns to congrat- ulate the good people of New Haven on hay ing such course of lectures as Rev. MT. Spaulding has co mmenced among us. The descriptions Wednesday evening, so far as they related to what may be seen now at least, are truthful to the last degree, and his theories are certainly reasonable.
 I was in Naples in 1872, just forty days after the great eruption so graphically de- scribed last evening. The ashes were piled up in the streets of Naples, just as we see the dirt in our streets waiting for the carts. The vine dressers were pick ing the scorched dead leaves that had been killed by the hot ashes from the vines. The little village of San Sebastian was buried under the lava which was yet incandescent, and only cooled about eighteen inches deep. I walked out on the hot crust until the smell of burned leather warned me things were too hot for comfort. The poor burned out peo- pie were crying all around, and some houses were yet burning. It was an awful sight, while above it sat Vesuvius, calmly smoking away as though nothing had happened. As I sat last evening hearing Mir. Syaulding, I said, "Here am looking at the very thing itself, without spending hundreds of dollars on the sight, or living dreadfully seasick, tormented by Italian Eeggars, half sutfocated with the smell of birthstone, in no danger of sinking through the treacherous lava crust, being lost in the ashes or the era ter, and am sure it is by far the most com fortable way of seeing it. In my opinion it will richly pay our citizens to hear this course of lectures, for it is not often in my life have listened to such perfect accuracy of statement or seen such careful illustrations as were presented to us Wednesday evening. BENJAMIN M. ADAMS, Pastor of the First M. E. Church.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-31
Peril. of a south American Alliance.

PerilS of a South American A1h16nces
 Paris Correspondence of the London Tslegram]
 A matrimonial suit, the progress of which will be watched with close interest in Parisian circles on account of the position and con nections of the parties chiefly concerned, has been commenced in the civil court. Mme. Blanco Encalada, the plaintiff, is member of an influential Russian family, her brother being Prince Troubetskoi, and she sues for judicial separation from her husband, M. Blaneo Encalada, son of the Chilian Admiral of that name, ex-President of the Republic. Mime. Encalada was previously married to M. Oustinof, First Secretary of the Russian En- bassy at Rome, and after his death settled in Paris, where she became acquainted with M. Encal- ada, to whom she has been married 15 years. She possessed revenue of 60, 900 francs, but M. Encalada's fortune existed in expectations.
 This, however, was not drawback, for the lady declared that she only wanted Hove" and was quite satisfied with M. Encalada's promise that after the wedding he should seek employment in Chili. It was agreed that they should both leave Paris for that country, but, in support of the plaintiffs case, it was contended that almost immediately after the nuptials M. Encalada packed up the bulk of his wifeis movable property without consult ing her, and proceeded to Chii alone taking the valuables with him. After having sold 8 portion of them he returned, and from that perlOO lS OHteu u So14es LII SEIeVauceS OIOuRuG forward in support of Mime. Encalada's case. It is said that he encouraged her servants to insult her, wasted her fortune in various ways, and, on one occasion, it is stated that he burned a note for l, 1000 francs. to show that his wife's money was his own. Then came 8 painful scene in public. They were driving together when 8 dispute arose, and Mime. Encalada endeavored to leave the carriage, but was forcibly restrained by her husband until some bystanders interfered. when she was enabled to go home in another convey ance. Finally Mme Encalade sought refuge in a convent of the Danes Augustines about a year since. For the defense it was urged that this suit was nothing but the result of lady's caprice, and that in taking the action Mme Encalada was coerced by the children by her first husband.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-31

fond mother in Leadville speaks of her late son as having been born in Michigan but raised in Colorado. The Vigilance Committee raised him.-Kansas City Times.
 The principal beauty of the Mormon reli- zion is that the same woman doesn't have to get up first the entire winter to build the kitchen fire.-New York Evening Post.
 The Bloomington Pantagraph reports the gooseberry bushes in that city putting ont leaves And the Peoria Transcript says that they surely must be goose berries to do it.
 Ouida is writing a new book. The last one, it will be remembered, was about a woman with shining golden hair, who wandered among the lilies. It is therefore this her oine's turn to be red-headed and walk in the snow.-Puck.
 A proud man who failed in business, and found his assets would pay only fifteen cents on the dollar insisted for the looks of the thing, on paying twenty-five. even if he had to make up the difference out of his own pocket.-New Orleans Picayune.
 French wit-Terrible vengeance of hus- band whose wife has gone of with hand hand the enclosed set of false teeth to my late wife, and ask her to be so good as to return my fathers, which in the, hurry of the mo- ment she took by mistake"
 The great city clocks approached the hour of midnight as Sixth avenue car jingled up to the tunnel which leads to Vesey street. C Tomorrow" said the solemn looking driver to the venerable person engaged in watering his horses s'to-morrow will be the last day of the first part of the week" and the vener- able person mused.-New York Commercial Advertiser.
 The conductor of certain train on the Union Pacific railroad charges that fly hay ing alghted on one of the glasses of the en- gineer's spectacles, the engineer thought it was buffalo on the track ahead, and turned on the air brakes to avert disaster. The engineer retorts that one night the conductor saw what he thought was the headlight of an approaching locomotive. He kept his own train waiting for awhile. and then, somewhat confusedly, started her. ssHe is the safest man ever ran with," says the engineer. ssVenus is millions of miles away, and he waited twelve minutes on 8 side track to allow her to pass.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-31
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The New Jersey Germans are strong for Washburne.
 Oberlin, Ohio, will be translated yet. At present there is much excitement there over the opening of cigar store within the limits of the town. Public meetings are being held to denounce it and anti-tobacco pledges are circulated.
 The discussion of the biennial sessions question is growing animated in Massachu- setts, and the Boston Journal says: sThere are many excellent men who are not in favor of biennial sessions, but it is worthy of note that the element that is strongest in it's oppo- sition is not the one that ought to take the lead in politics." Massachusetts is evidently not Connecticut.
 The tendency to treat criminals leniently has taken novel form in Wisconsin, where the prison directors think that life imprison- ment is too cruel punishment for murder, and recommend the substitution of long but definite terms for life sentences. AS 34 of the 97 life term convicts committed to their pri- son have been psrdoned or otherwise released and others are likely to be, it does not seem that the directors can accomplish much of 8 practical reform.
 The London correspondent of the Germa mia Gan ultramontane German organ) in an- nouncing that the Countess of Tankerville and her son. Lord Bennett, had returned to the bosom of the Catholic Church, says: ''There is hardly day in which the newspapers do not announce some conversions, and yet we must contest the view commonly held in Germany that England will soon be Catholic. Unfortunately this view cannot be justified. Unquestionably the Catholic Church in Eng land has made enormous strides in the last fifty years, but still the ground has only been broken. The best ally of Rome is the Englishman's love of splitting up into ever new and strange religious bodies on &C., count of the most trivial differences.
 The story told concerning an alleged occur renee at a recent prayer meeting at Augusta, Me-, is good enough to be true, which it is for aught we know. It is related that the Rev. Charles F. Penney visited the Fusionist Leg islature last Friday afternoon, and in the course of his remarks at prayer meeting in the evening drew comparison between the certainties experienced by the Christian and the uncertainty of feeling he had witnessed during the afternoon. Now Mir. Penney hap pens to be chaplain at the insane asylum, and brother, supposing he had been referring to visit to the asylum. commenced to pray for
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-31

A Pennsylvania woodcock is before the full bench of the Supreme Court of Massachu- setts. It is needless to say that it is not be- fore the wiseand righteous judges that they may eat it, for no feeder of judges would in suit their capacity for woodcock by placing but one of those birds before the full bench. It has come there in due course of law. The proprietors of Young's Hotel, Boston, were fined for having in their possession dead woodcock in ''the closed season." and the case was carried up for determination of the law. The defendants counsel is evidently do- ing his best for his clients. The statute pro vides that whoever shall 'stake or kill, be- tween certain dates named, any woodcock, ruffed grouse, quails, etc., shall be liable to specified penalty, and the phrase immediately following is ssor who shall have in his pos session any of said birds" Counsel claimed that by literal construction the phrase ''said birds'' must mean live birds, because it was
 live birds whose taking or killing was by this- former clause forbidden. His clients had in their possession dead bird and therefore could not be held liable. If, however, the court should be of opinion that the language was capable of another meaning, he claimed that the established rule of construction should apply that where language is thus susceptible of two meanings, the intention, or probable intention, of the framers of the statute should be the guide. The intention of the Lsgisla- ture was to prevent the killing of the birds in Massachusetts, but the bird found in his clients possession was killed in Pennsylvania, and not in violation of any law there enacted, for the closed time of that State ends some weeks earlier. This construction would also exculpate his clients. Then counsel grew funny, and held the action taken against his clients as a contravention of the Bill of Rights, inasmuch as possession was consistent with entire innocence. The president of the Game Protective Association himself thus be came liable in holding and convey ing about the bird to be used as evil dence, and it was but a short time previous to the offence alleged that. at public dinner, attended by judges of the Su
 preme Court among others, woodcock was among the dishes served up, and in the process of carving, eating and swallowing was held in possession by those partaking of the dinner. This presentation of the case moved the full bench of the Supreme Court of Mas sachusetts to laughter. The counsel further argued that making it penal offence to have in possession in Massachusetts a commodity brought from another State, and lawful there, is in contravention of that article of the Con stitution of the United States covering the matter of the commercial relations of the several States. Business will be dull in Mas sachusetts until the decision of the Court as to whether dead Pennsylvania woodcock can come to Massachusetts in ''theclosed season" in the latter State is announced.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-31
SEAWORTHY.

Put his sleigh down in the cellar, He will never use it more Don't you hear the darling boiler As he lies upon the floor? While endeavoring to beat Little boy upon his sled, Aman sat down on little Peter, And we fear that he will dead.
 Nau, vorly nfaroaf f
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the poor people whose ssaberration of mind' had caused the uncertainty of which Mir. Pen ney had spoken. The solemnity proper for a prayer meeting was speedily and entirely re- moved.
 Piazzi Smyth, the Scotch astronomer, pre- diets that the coming summer will be hot one. He fixes the centre of the heat wave at nearly the middle of October, and as these waves of temperature are something like 8 year in length we may expect the beginning of the warm period in April. Prof. Smyth, however, calls attention to the fact that such predictions are made liable to error by the lack of accurate data concerning the maxima and minima of sun spots, or the periods of greatest and least apparent disturbance in the solar globe, upon which the predictions are based. According to his observations, the heat waves follow the periods of fewest, or no spots. The last spot minimum occurred in 1878. A cold wave accompanied it. culmi- hating in the winter of 1879. Prof. Smyth says these cold waves are less regular, and less directly of solar origin than the heat waves. The latter manifest themselves when the forces of new spot-oycle begin their &C.,
 
 tivity.
 The refusal of the grand jury at Norwich to indict William B. Riddle, who was charged with poisoning his wife, has caused not lit tie astonishment, as it was supposed there was abundant evidence on which to base ''a true bilI." The Norwich Bulletin, which is we'll acquainted with the case, says:
 Far be it from us to impugn the intelli gence and virtue of the grand jury who have been inquiring into this case. We make no doubt that they acted upon their best judgment. They may have been actu- ated, too, by peculiar and honorable mo- tives, of which the public have no knowl- edge. The enormous expense incurred in the Stannard case. possibly, has provoked reaction, and the economical thirteen them have felt that he might be guilty, but that his conviction was impossible, and the outlay of several thousand dollars on fore gone failure was inexpedient. If so, it must be remarked that it was not for these men to say that conviction was impossible if they saw even probability of his guilt. It may be laid down as an axiom that it is better to indict and try twenty innocent men than let one guilty one go without trial. There is need of more active and anxious popular sentiment on this subject than prevails in New London county at present, despite our lamentable experience. And unless the peo- pie become further aroused to their danger, we may expect to see such crimes as that of Der in our midst. The escape of one whom the people even half believe to be guilty al ways encourages crime.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-31

the poor people whose Liberation of mind'' had caused the uncertainty of which Mir. Pen ney had spoken. The solemnity proper for a prayer meeting was speedily and entirely re- moved
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-31
The TaImud on Supremacy of Reason.
 From the Pal Mall Gazette.l

The supremacy of reason even in matters of faith is well set forth in one of the most re- markable legends contained in the Talmud, to be found in Baba Metziah (59): ''An impor- tant question of doctrine as to pure and i'm pure things was being discussed in the pres encs of Rabbi Eliezer the Great. All his arguments urged in favor of the views he en- tertained had been answered he could find no reply. He was silenced but not convinced. Suddenly his eye caught plant that was growing in 8 corner. That am in the right he indignantly exclaimed, 'and that my views are in accordance with our law, let yonder plant be witness Scarce had he spoken the words when the plant, tearing it's roots from the earth, moved across to the opposite side.
 What means this marvel? ? cried the Rabbins together. What has this prodigy to do with the question we are now debating r Well, then, resumed Eliezer, let the brook which is now running, downward demonstrate the truth of my decision.' Immediately the stream of water turned and commenced to flow up wards towards it's source What, cried the Rabbins, does this brook running upwards or flowing downwards prove as to the purity or otherwise of what we are now discusslngr
 Then exclaimed Rabbi Eiiezer, let the walls of this chamber be my witness to testify for me- Straightway the walls bent them and threatened to overwhelm the whole of the assembled doctors. Up rose Joshua, the son of Chananvah; o ye walls,' he cried, what have ye to do with the lnterpretatlon or the holy law p Awed by the voice of the great Rabbin, the walls recovered their former po- sition. If all this be unavailing,' said Rabbi Eliezer, let the voice of God decide. Imme- diately a bath kol-a heavenly voice-was heard saying, Cease your contradictions Eliezer the son of Hyrcanus is right Up rose again the blacksmith Joshua, President of the Beth Din, protesting against this mys- terious voice. Reason, he angrily exclaimed, is not concealed in the skies. It has been sent down on earth-there conferred upon man. To mans intellect pertains the inter pretation and knowledge of the law. To the majority of the sages alone belongs hence forth the authority to decide all questions of doctrine'.' The lesson conveyed in this re- markable legend is that which underlies the entire Talmud.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-31

The Bell telephone system has been intro duced in Litchfeld.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-31
TO RENT.

For Sale at a Bargains &knk First-Clasg House, with modern Improvements, good lot with barn, situst- IA cd on fine avenue, fronting on two streets, can be seen at any time. For rarticnlars call 9t Room No. 3, HO2dley Bu1ld1nR, 49 Church Street.
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