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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-05-20
Death Of Sanford +. Church,

dence and aligh1iEg from the carr iage, went
to his room without assistance. physician
was at once summoned, who found him in
terrible pain, and before medicine could be
administered the judge struggled some what,
turned slightly purple, fell over on his side
and died. His last words were about his pain.
Never has the community experienced such
a shock AS Judge Church was beloved by all.
English kgr;rulture.
A London telegram ot MAY IA, has the
following: Jas. Card, agricultural authority,
In letter Oh British agricultural p'o:pccts
and American competition, says: "Nuting
like the present depression in agricultural in-
terests has been sinc., TIL: repeal Of the corn
laws. In nine wears th''c have been seven
defective harvests. Iu Enyland, where the
bulk of the wheat crop is grown, there has
been lost in three years a fourth more than a
whole years wheat crop, a loss to growers Of
more than e3O OO00iO with no compensation
in higher prices. The Introduction OF foreign
meat and cereals is Of immense benefit to the
consuming class in Europe. 1t must BE- met
by the production Of articles which will not
bear long storage or carriage, such as milk,
fresh butter, early meat, vegetables, hay, straw,
potatoes and sugar beet, grass farm dairying
and market gardening. All interest in land,
whether owner, occup;er or iaborer. must be
discnthralled. Control Of dead land must be
removed, sale and TRANSFER Of Ian, must be
simplited and cheapencd. E'cumb>rcd and
unwieldy estates be broken and subiivided to
the form OF numerous small properties, thus
stopping the draw OF agricultural labor and
capital to The United States aud Canada. Our
agriculture must al 'ps itself to the
change freely, accepting the good it brings
and skillful'y using the advantages which great
er proximity to the best market must always
cOmmandn
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-05-20

CLEVELAND, May 17.-To'day as about
twenty men stood under the oupola in Tay-
lor & Bogee's foundry, the bottom fell out
and ten tons of melted metal was poured
out, scattering upon and more or less severe
ly scalding ten men, one Of whom lies in q
critical condition.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-18

The statement credited to the Commission CT of Pensions that of the $50, GOO, ,oo0 paid out by his department last year, $4,0o0, 900 was paid out fraudulently, since under the present system .'anybody can get a pension who is willing to take false oath, is rath- CT startling one, though it has long been known that there was good deal of fraud about the pension business.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-18

Allen A. Lane, of South Norwalk, was kill ed Tuesday evening while unloading logs, at Buttery's saw mill, by the falling of a der rick.
 Alvah Haskins, carpenter on the Housa- tonic road, while running out ear at Falls Village, Wednesday, was caught between an engine and the car and crushed to death.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-18
Killed by a Deer.

The wisdom of ancients has been painful ly illustrated by the death of Thomas Flood, keeper in the Dublin geological gardens. Flood was not killed by a tiger or rhinoceros, or any other animal usually reputed ferocious, but by a red deer. Everybody knows, or ought to know, that at certain times in the year, in the rutting season and when the lawns are young, even fallow deer are not to be trified with, while the wilder and more formidably armed deer are extremely danger ous. Their savageness, as in the case of many other beasts, is rather increased than decreased by confinement. Flood, who was a veteran keeper, must have known this perfect ly well, but familiarity appears to have bred contempt Instead of shutting a door, which would have kept the stag on the other side of a partition, he left it open, and the animal charged him with such ferocity that it's horns were afterward found covered with blood Scarcely sufficient details are given of the actual injuries inflicted, but their fatal result justifes, as we began by remarking, the wis dom of the ancients as couched in we'll known rhyme. ''If thou be hurt with horn of hart, it brings thee to thy bier, has proved to be true in Thomas Floods case. It is probable that according to the original idea there was some specially noxious quality in the horn of the deer applied to the blood, just there was a specially healing virtue in it's burnt shavings applied internally. more ration alistic interpretation might be found in the height and strength of the animal, the sharp ness and length of it's horns, and the leverage it can exert with them. The stag can easily strike at vital point, and, indeed, is most likely to do so.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-18

An old statute of the State of New York, passed in 1902, makes lawyer responsible in heavy damages for giving clients bad advice, by which they suffer loss or damage. Cases under this statute are very rare. One was decided the other day in Brooklyn. A New York lawyer advised his clients to bring g friendly partition suit for the division of cer- tain real property. They did so, at a cost of $1, 300. Subsequently learning that no legal proceedings were necessary, and that simple deeds would have answered. they sued the lawyer and recovered about $4 ,OOo. The General term has affirmed the judgment The lawyers of New York would do well to get this law repealed if they can.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-18
POmerOy's Persistency.

Jesse Pomeroy's cell is on the ground floor of the Concord State prison, and is twice the size of those for prisoners of the ordinary character, measuring 10 feet by on the floor lines, and being 8 feet in height, and iS lined with boiler iron five-eighths of an inch in thickness, except at the window and door space The boiler iron is fastened in the rear to brick wall IS inches in thickness in which are imbedded stout steel rods that form a cage whose bars are less than six inches apart by bolts an inch in diameter, their heads being an inch and a half across These bolts are near the floor and the ceiling, and upon the upper row Pomeroy operated successfully in his recent attempt to escape. By some means, at present unknown, but scarcely uncertain, he obtained several saws not more than three inches in length. With these he cut of the heads of eighteen bolts and sawed from the plate a piece measuring about IS by 12 inches, which he could remove at any time with the shears he uses for brush making. His operations were dis covered long before he completed them. The night watchman heard him saving weeks before he was warned to desist, but he was allowed to proceed in order that he might see of how little use it is for him to try to effect his own release. When at length he was told that he had gone far enough. he said to the warden that he would escape sometime. To this Gen. Chamberlain replied: ''The minute you put your head into the yard there will be bullet through it,'' remark that seemed to discourage Pomeroy more than the discovery of his work had done. As soon as he had removed a bolt head he fash toned substitute for it in soap which he placed upon the wall The cut in the plate was filled with the same material. Warden Chamberlain says Pomeroy is not insane, but has got the most level head of any convict in the prison.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-18
LIGHT WEIGHTS.

B-IRoNIcAL BARcA-RoLL; ON A SKATING RINK. Roll on, thou swiftly rolling roller-rolll
 Ten thousand feet have strapped thee on in vain; One thinks he just do it-his control
 Stops with the rail-upon the slippery plain TRe wrecks are all thy deed. nor doth remain
 shadow of mans boasting, when he's thrown When for moment, like railroad train,
 He puts on all his brakes-and breaks bone AS down tumbles; helpless, laughed at and quite
 -LolceU Citizen.
 To realize how it feels to be better off sit down on hot -PhiladeErlj0 Hera1d.
 The sign of s'Bearup & Carraher' in Grand street is full of encouragement Fork Tribune.
 Why cannot a dwarf ever become intoxica- ted Because he never can become a tall drunk.-I0ro1at0 Grip.
 The skaters of this country will be pleased to learn that during the present winter there will be no charge for admission to the air holes in the PhitadelphtG Chronicle.
 An absent minded editor was at a marriage in church At the end of the ceremony he turned to his wife and said: ''I wonder if they expect us to go to the cemetery ?"- CzeoeIGnd VoSce.
 A telephone manager says that instrument ssis still in it's infancy" We should judge from its ordinary sick condition that it is in a state of chronic hollerer infantum. dekphiG Bulletin.
 A deacon who started in to ask 8 blessing before feed at a railway station lunch coun- ter was interrupted by man who was just completing the agony of feast there, and was notified that he would not be permitted to insult the Lord by such proceeding.
 A witness under cross examination, who had been tortured by lawyer for several hours, at last asked for a glass of water. 'sThere,' said the judge, you'd better let witness go now, as you have pumped him ry"-IrOy Times.
 An over nice exchange complains of the term skipped out'' as slang. The Detroit Free Press thereupon asserts that 'there is no slang about it. Take your Bible, if it has the, e,Apocrypha in it, and turn to Ecclesiasti- GUS, chapter xxxvI., verse 26 It reads: Who will trust thief, well appointed, that skippeth from city to city ? ,"
 A Galveston gentleman was pricing an old sofa at an auction room. 'This sofa once belonged to Lafitte; it is full of historical "reminiscences '"There is one now, pa, crawling right up the back" observed the gentleman's little boy. ''That's a fact it's alive with historical "reminiscences" said the gentleman, punching in the corner with his cane No sale.-G GGIoestora Neaos
 There is man in Galveston named Joseph w. Mcclellan, who is everlastingly talking without saying anything The other day Gilhooly met him: T say, Mac, do you know why you remind me of river ?" Mac thought there was compliment in store for him, and guessed that it was because some- thing sparkling came out of his mouth all the time. 'tNot quite, 1" responded GIhooly; styou remind me of a river because your month is biUrer than your head.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-18
seIn Salt RiYar.v

The Cincinnati Commercial gives the fol- lowing information to a correspondent who asks FFWhat is the meaning of the term Salt River ?" 'sThe answer to your question opens up very interesting bit of Ohio river pioneer history. Professor Schele De We're gives the origin of the phrase in his book called sAmericanisms The English of the Old World Before the day of steam all navigation of the Ohio river was carried on by fatboats and keelboats. The labor was painful and exhausting There were slaves. all along the Connecticut side of the river ln those days When a negro had been refrac- tory or sassy it was the custom to punish him by hiring him out to row keelboats up the river This punishment was called row ing up In time it became the popular slave term for a scolding or punishment of any sort, all over the country, much as the term to blow up is applied nowadays. Prof. De We're quotes this sentence from the New York HerdJd of May 7th, 1856: We hope the President gave his secretary good rowing up for his imbecility.' Salt River was, and is a little tributary of the Ohio, in Kentucky. It was so crooked and dangerous that rowing keelboat up it's waters was about the hard est labor man could undertake. Hence to row man up Salt river was as severe a punishment as could be imposed on him. The expression became proverbial. One day, on the floor of Congress, 8 member from Ken lucky made use of the phrase in happy allu- sion The expression was thence crysta1liz ed in the popular speech of the country. From that day to this, the person or party that has been badly defeated in an election IS
 sent up Salt river
Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-18
This Horse Has Got Through Biting.
 rI7ro,,, +I,a Datroit Frae Praaa

One of the commission houses on Wood bridge street has @ horse that was the terror of every pedestrian who got within three feet of his head. The animal has teeth like a shark, and up to 8 few days ago he'd bite ev- erything within reach except pile of grind stones. Whipping had no effect, and he would get rid of muzzles as fast as they were put on. The firm had put out considerable money to pay for his bites, and was wonder ing what they could sell him for, when along came man who guaranteed cure for $5. He was told to go to work, and his first move was to get an old suit of clothes and stuff it with straw. The horse was driven down the street, and the suit was tied to the hitching- post, back to the street. full pound of Cayenne pepper was then rubbed into and sprinkled over the garments and straw stuff fng, and the joke was ready.
 The horse came jogging back, and the driver left him standing within six feet of the man of straw The old biter's eyes had @ twinkle as he saw fine chance to use his teeth, and as soon as left alone he began edging toward the post. When ready for business, he made a sudden lunge and caught the man by the shoulder. That old horse meant wickedness, but he had surprise in store for him. As he lifted the figure of it's feet and gave it 8 shake it fell apart, and his mouth, nose and eyes were filled with the smarting powder. Great tears rolled down his long nose he sneezed and snorted and coughed, and was just as chagrined at the general laugh on him as 8 man would have been. He backed away from the remnants, opened his mouth to cool it, and hung his head in shame. He did not cease weeping for day. but when he got so that he could look the public square in the face he was changed horse. Any body can pull his ears or rub his nose with impunity. In fact he courts caresses where he defied them, and on the approach of stranger will shut his eyes and mouth, as if fearful of another dose.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-18
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Illinois seems to occupy a ''proud posi- tion'' in educational matters. There areonly 4,045 illiterates in the State, and during the last year the expenditures for public schools were $7, 531 ,941.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-18
VIM. H. BRADLEY & co.
EVERYBODY

EVERYBODY Knows that Books make the best presents, and most everyone knows that there is always an ele- gnnt variety at Coan's Bookstore. There may be some, however,vhO do not know that COan has moved, and this ssad.'' is written to notify all that c. R. c. is now located at 257ChapeI st. ,on the north side, half way bet. State and Orange streets. All i'm want of pretty and appro- priate articles for HoIf- day Presents are invited to take a look at the inl- mense stock of Books of all kinds, fine Stationery, Fancy Articles, Desks, AL burns, Fo1iOs, P o c K 6 l. books, Diaries, Juvenile Books, Blocks, Games, Toys, Notions, Christmas and New Year Cards now on exhibition at this pop ular store. As there are but eleven more business days before Christmas it is fair to presume that Coan will be busy, and he therefore suggests, ssCome EarIy.e
Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-18

number of trades and professions is proposed by Alfred B. Mason in the Chicago Tunes as 8 substitute for the taxation of personal property. Mir Mason proposes long list of licenses, sufficient to return to the city $940,- 600 revenue. He taxes dry goods merchants, wholesale, from $500 to s, 900, retail $5O grain elevator $1 ,oO0, bakers $50 for whole sale, $1250 for retail, ice-dealers $75, retail jewellers $12.5o, wholesale newsdealers $50, painters $12.5o printers $12.5o, plumbers $25, teamsters $1OO, sailors SIP. 50, horse car companies g., 900, and so on to the num- Der of 19, ,060 persons and offices.
 A neat little story comes from Yokohama by way of San Francisco relating the adven-
Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-18

The attempt to introduce Chinamen as workmen on Louisiana plantations is said to be failure, owing to the inability of the Chinese to endure the intense heat Recent 1y good many sturdy laborers from Spain and Portugal have been induced to cultivate and gather cotton and sugar, and so far they have given satisfaction. The agency which originally introduced these has an order for ten thousand more, and it is said that one hundred thousand can be readily obtained if employment can be found for them.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-18
YOU CAN BE RELIEVED AND CURED

Easily Applied and RADICALLY EFFECTUAL Remedy. Sold by Druggists, or sent by mail on -ceipt of Price, $2. .O0, by
 The ss OnIys Lung Pad Co.,, Williams Block, Detroit Mich. Send for Testimonials and cur book, Three Millions Year" Sent free
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-06-26

ITCHING PILES is one Of the most an
noying diseases in the world, and yet
all can find sure relief by the use Of DR..
Swayne's Ointment. 1t has been tested
in thousands of instances and invsria-
bly, makes sure cure. The symptoms
are moisture, like perspira,iOn, intense
itching, increased by scratching, very
distressing, particularly at night, as if
pin-worms were crawling IN and about
the rectum; the private parts are some
time affected. Procure this ointment.
Reader, if you are suffering from this
distressing complaint, letter, itch, scald
head, ringworm, BARRIERS itch. any
crusty, scaly skin erupIons, use Dr..
Swayne's Ointment and be cured. Sod
by all prominent druggists. a.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-06-26

| the spring where there used 10 be but one,
float in the air and hover above it. They
are oftenest seen about dusk in the rainy
reason. have never seen them myself"
81 wonder if they do show that way"
said Rosa with puzzled face.
"Quien sabe," said Oreto mystcriously,
at the same time handing her the kernel
of pinon nut which he cracked in his
| white front teeth.
And here let me record that the words
"Quien sabe," "who knows are the end
of controversy, the finish of debate, the
limit OF humah understanding having a
very different meaning according TO the
persons speaking. With Oreto it was as
much as to say, there is room for argument
on both sides.
All this time our stew had been simmer
ing, Gypsy fashion, over the fire keeping a
friendly and impatient knocking at the pot
lid, and was now pronounced done. The
stout lady reused up from her nap, set her
bonnet bias across he eyebrows, said she
was glad the young Comanche came to his
senses at last, and then addressed herself
to the making Of coffee.
| met Oreto frequently, and never
saw him unbend from the Hamlet air
MAN delights not ne, no, nor woman
either, except on one holiday. So to
speak, he favored the whole picnic He
gaYly insisted on seasoning every dish. Il
will not ruin the ola for Americans with
too much red pepper" he said; the merest
solpcon, as the French put it," Then ne
contrived nice, cool looking salad from
some crisp leaves, to me unknown, and
served it with deftness and tact that
would have graced courtier. To tell the
whole truth, the elegant Castilian had so
much manner it was rather tahguing to
keep up with him.
Dinner over he took large silk hand
kerchief and showed how two prisoners OF
the Inquistion were once knotted together
with ropes, and allowed their freedom if
they could unite them, trying the puzzle on
the lovers who, of course, struggled NO
lently to be free-I need hardly add with
out success. Had he experimental on
some of the married couples possibly the
result might have been different. Follow
ing this was gay barcarole about strolling
on the Prado, glancing eyes, winged feet
and envious wells. 1T should have castan-
cts in the chorous; if Senior Brown will lend
ME his hat it vii answer
lCnnfinped -nrn,rov
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-06-26
ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
The following is the platform adopted

luC iOlloWluS 40 the I'm oNoP'SN'
Patriotic duty and interest demand peace
and reconciliation through all the land
We pledge ourselves to the following prin
riples:
First No tariff for protection.
Second-No third term.
Third-A substantial reform OF the c7il
service SO that federal officers shall be he
servants Of the people and not Of part,
Fourth--Equal rights to all the stscs,
and no federal interference with the on
stitutional functions of states.
Fifth--A constitutional currency of Old
aud silver, and Of paper convertible ito
coin.
Sixth--No more land grants to mDpo'
lies.
Seventh--The will Of the people rus be
supreme and majorities must rule uhe' the
constitutional methods. No MOI such
frauds as that Of lS7G--no more s H.
Eighth-That laws shall be ercted to
protect laborers in the more prdpt and
certain collection Of their wages.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-06-26
Confined tomorrow

FEVER AND AGuE may be thoroughly
cured by the use of "Cincho-Quinine," a
new preparation from Peruvian Bark The
dose is the same as Sulphate Quinine, and
its febrifuge, tonic, and anti-periodic effect
is more pronounced. Withal it is cheaper,
being sold by druggists al $3.50 per ounce,
or sent, postage paid, for same price, by
Billings, Clapp & Co., Manufacturing
Chemists, Boston, Mass.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-06-26
AN IDYL OF NEW MEACO.
Good Company.

He sighed and turned his es toward
the mountain top shining like liver IN the
keen, clear light, and the ast tell TO
skctching Oreto's profile.
thine is the great consoL" SAID the
Isnguid Illinoisan, trying tadapt her
harsh English to the spoken ssic OF the
stranger. A Southern sky mes o gentle
voice, and the Spanish tgue has a
matci,!ess trick Of melting 1t touches
into melody.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-06-26

Persons under the operation of Fellows
Hypophosphites should examine their
blood under the microscope from time To
time. and marx the increase of red and &C
tive particles, and diminution Of the white
or dead ones: these observations are inter
esting and instructive.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-06-26

SuREsT AND BEsT.-The Journal Battle
Creek, Mich, thus puts it: "The surest,
safest, best blood purifying medicine known
is Warmers Safe Bitters in connection with
Warmers Safe Pills. Regular practitioners
prescribe them as remedy for impure,
poisoned blood"
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-06-26

The VoLTAlc BELT Co, MARSHALL,
MIcH.-WiI send their celebrated Electro
Voltaic Belts to the afflicted upon 80 days
trial. Speedy cures guaranteed They
mean what they say, Write to them with
out delay.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-06-26

PHYSICIANS freely prescribe the new food
medicine, Malt Bitters,' because more
nourshing, strengthening, and purifying
than all other forms of malt or medicine.
while free from the objections urged
against malt liquors.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-06-26

BY the late report Of the Insurance Commissioner for the
states Of Massachusetts and New York the Eoutabe life
Assurance Society shows the following strong points
flkSl"lhe Equitable has larger ratio of assets to liza
bltles than any of the leading companies
SEC0NDhe Equitable saved more of its income last wear
than any other company.
lHlRD'lhe Equabe death rate was less last year than
any other of the leading companies
FOURTHThe Equitable realizes higher rate of rent or
interest, on real estate than any other company