The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-07-14
Things In aeneral.

. feeling OF great relief. = Front R0v0
Correspondent philadelphia Press. &.
j ..,3,, Things In 6eneral. ~ ]!
An eastern exchange says! Twenty year,
ago girl baby; elegantly dressed. WAS do.
serted by it's mother, who left it in : Con.
neiout depot. Several young men clubbef
together to support 1t; but they tired of tn
sensation, and tho child WAS sent to an In.
dustrial school,: She Il! this week . swee
girl graduate at 4 vol Known seminary
where she has won high honors.''
Beer seems To be far on tho way TOWARD
becoming . popular, beverage in Paris
Last year the Consumption amounted Il
3v0. 900 hectalitres (about. half barrels)
which: WAS an increase Of $50. 600 hoctalitrei
in sixteen years and 293. 900 in twenty sew.
IN years, the consumption in 1858 havinl
been only 1000 In the whole Of France
about 8, 400. 600 hectslitres are now pro
duced. One chief cause Of the increased
consumption isibelleved to be the badness
OF the wine and the growing tendency Of tn,
use Of adulteating substances in it.
A Federal ONCE holder, Nhe. arrived q
Washington on Friday from North Carolina
says that the contingent fund irregularitie
Of the treasury have extended to TINT state
as the United States marshal was recent,
asked to approve . bill Of 81, 900 for SOM
shelving and pigeon hole cases ~hich
local mechanic offered to enter into bond
to construct for $500. Attic same place
person, armed with q contract from tn
government issued at the treasury, arrivet
to tresco the ceiling Of the court hous
for SIS. 600. :, 4..,.
The house Of lords, in England. is Civ
ing attention to the exits from theateIs j,
London which va might initiate with ad
vantage. Theirs ale thirty-six tondoi
theateIs, including Henglers Grand Cirqu,
Theater, in Argyll street. The Hoya
Italian opera, Covent Garden, seems th,
best provided, aid registers twenty stair:
cases and SIXTY doors. Drury Lane ono
several other theaters have freproof cor:
ridors and stone staircases: The Gaiety
in the strand, has sixteen exits. The hay.
market has fifteen doors. Hengler's hui
ten exits with doors opening outward, and
the Lyceum has exits on all four sises Of
the block on which it stands.
A New York letter says Ct people sailing
for Europe: among those going next
week are Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Nordhoh,
and in connection with their trip may be
mentioned = little incident showing that
Sir James Gordon Bennett, ~ the Paris
ians persist In calling him, has an appreci-
alton of honest labor. Mr.. Nordh0{f has
for some years been connected with the
Herald. Of late as Its valued Washington
correspondent, and his clever aud faithful
work (broken by the briefest vacations),
has ever been an enviable position in journ
alism. A few days ago he was astonished
at receiving from Mr.. Bennett very com.
plimentsry letter, thanking him for hin a.
deity and assiduous work; and closing with
the request that he would take six-month's
vacation, during which time his salary
would continue 30 usual" ,
The contributions BY the Jews Of Lon
don for the relief Of the sufferers BY the
Russian riots footed up two weeks ago
over 49 900 ($45,O0O, The Rothschilds
gave 81, 900 and the Seligmans G5OO. Large
sums have been collected at Vienna and
Paris. In the Austrian capital in addition
~ the grant Of 5000 forms ga, OOW made
By the lsraelitish A lliance, tho Rothschill'a
have contributed $4,000 forms, and three
other prominent Jewish citizens 5000 for
ms each. In Paris the Newspaper lie Gas.
tots has opened subscription. which
amounted two weeks agot to 90, 600 francs
I'D, OOO). Germany has not contributed &C
freely, but Baron Bleichreder, Bismarck
financial guide, sent IS, 900 marks, { g..
200 to st. Petersburg soon sfter the firs'
outbreak.
The new law for the protection Of chill.
dren in New York city went into operatior
last week. It makes it misdemeano1 fol
tho proprietor OF any theatrical exhibition
to admit to m evening Performance AM
child under ten years Of age, unless accom-.
panied by q reputable adult person. Per:
sons selling liquor to minors and person.
who shall suffer or permit them to en@g'
in any game Of chance In places where 1iq
aor is sold. ate also to be hold guilty O
the same offense, and will be punished &C
oordingly.
Rev. H. w. Beecher says: recollec
that when during the war the internal rev
enue taxed incomes, and had written
little book called Norwood" which
through the generosity Of the publisher o.
the New York Ledger, had brought me i,
q larger sum than ever expected to make
my income ina certain yeai, was very con
siderable one. There were several men i,
my neighborhood who could have bough
mo out ten times over; ana I took notis
that not one Of them paid as much H.
as did. / think I paid'a larger tax thu
year than did any Of eight or ten million
aires. What had become OF their property
I verinquired; but think there viii be
IN inquiry about It in the judgment day.
Some years ago an estate In Bedfordshir,
England, reverted to the Grown. It hat
been previously held by Lord Dynevor
and then by the trustees Of hi, estate. and
in both cases the tenants made no complaint
The Grown agent, however, is ave1red Il
to have "put on the screw, and the tenantl
far from finding the increased indulgenc,
they expected, have been 20 oppressed
that one Of them, IN elderly man, latel,
killed himself. A razor was found neal
him, and on the table 4 paper in his hand.
writing bearing the words, "Old Mr.. Chiltor
1.-THE agent Is my murderer" Tho roys
family personally have nothing whstever t.
do With tie Crown estates which are man.
aged in the interest Of tho, public BY Ii,
Commissioners Of Woods and Forests, VII,
pay over tho proceeds to tho treasury.
The gentleman who il taking tho schoo
census called at house on Austin avenue