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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-06-09
A TYPICAL NEW MEXICAN.
0he Who Might Have Stepped Out ol
hook 1tY bret Harta.

Che Who Might Have Stepped Out Of =
Book by bret Harte.
Santa Fe Cor: of the Globe Democrat
Western towns are most often deficient
in the striking characteristics one expects,
but in the matter of typical frontieIsman
santa Fe possesses a citizen who might
have Eat {or the pictures Of Bret Harte's
and Joaquin Mi!ler's dashing heroes. He
came strolling into tbs. post Office the
other morning, both hands III his pockets
and his elbows sweeping a clear speee
through the gathered idlers. As town
celebrity everyone knows him and the least
Question will bring out more and more
p1quaht bits Of history. With unusual in
terest looked at the small man and took
in the details of his costume, Top boots,
trousers, blue flannel shirt and loose
coat were ordinary enough, but his head
was surmounted with a gray sombrero that
in width ct brim has never been equaled
save by the pfett5 chorus of "Pinafore" and
the "Pirates." The hat sat back on his head
until the brim covered his shoulders and
the cord and ornaments of the crowr, b.
ing of solid gold wire and spangles, brings
the @=lss gf this extravagant head-gear up
to 1920. Fe'thet Aimee and Georgette,
Virot or the other coneectors of French
UOuAClS cHoA 6ouS OoV . epIAAS5 UtSUHct U7Ahl
equalled this sombre in price. He wore a
careless knotted necktie and row of big
gold nuggets for shirt studs and below
them s*utg watchain composed of gold
coins ranging ftotn the largest slugs and
$40 pieces down to ali insignificant $3.50
coin. The watch at the end Of hie chain
is heavy enough to use for weapon, with
its. massive cases of gold. This walking
gold nln5 carries of all his magni6cence
with the most indifferent and half contem-
tuous air. On occasion he il said to be
capable of even more gorge0usness; ana
when this show figure of Santa Fe is
mounted on q little black horse, rattling
with all the silver and blazing with all the
rought e1tors Of Mexican trappings, it is
enough to dGzzfe otie. With huge silver
spurs, an embroidered buckskin suit, q
belt full of silver-mounted weapons and a
fringed and embroidered blanket strapped
to the saddle, he skaters through these mar
row streets suite as the wild western heroes
do in novels. BY profession he is gen.
tleman and amusss himself, as the les lit
orally "glded youth" of Paris and London
do, by chasing the flying hours aad dull
care over green tables.
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Snort ON WHEAT,
Rather Bearish Estimate OF tho Next Crop.
Chicago Tribune Editorial.

Rather Bearish Est'mate OF tho Next CrOp.
Chicago Tribune Editorial
1t is we'll known to many parties in the trade
that hoavy capitalists have recently investieat
ed the present situation in wheat. and the pros.
poets for tho next crop. The Tribune has taken
some pains to ascertain the cunclusions A
which they have ,afrived and feels IL 10 be 4 df-
II to preseht tl6se concliisi6nB-of coilfse.
without vouching for their ACCURACY. Tkev afe:
briefly, as follows:
l: Tho Water wheat crop Of the whole Unit
ed States will not aggregate moro than two.
thirds the yield Of last year.
2. The acreage now sown to spring wheat IL
20 per cent less than in 1880; the Weld per
acre promising to be no greater this year than
last.
3. Only about seven and half million bush.
OILS of wheat remain In the hands Of millers And
In elevators in the country; aud not more than
ne-third of that quantity will reach our iaIa
ports, unless prices ehould advance 20 fnuoh
as to induce millers to ship their reserves in.
stead Of grinding the grain.
II these estilnsten be ctjrrect. the s;ta.+;aa
resplves itself into this: We have bn0htH GEeaf
on hand t8 supply oar own needs up to fe{t
harvest, and that harvest will supply all the
wheat wanted for bread and seed In the United
states during the next crop year. But nothing
more! Not bushel for export! The 15O. OOO.
OOO bushels Of deficiency from last year'r
yield is barely equal to the quantity exported
in wheat and -four. Anything exported after
this date will be unnecessarily parted WITH
literally sharing Of our own loaf with people
who want it ~ badly as ourselves, or ksrss.
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Secretary Stanton and the War Cor
respondents.

From the New York Hour.
1t Is interesting to recollect that during
our civil war, In order to fi1 responsibility,
Secretary Stanton required that every let
ter from the front should be signed with
the writer's name. The effect Of this Or
der was to develop a number Of very clever
writer's, who achieved a distinction of their
own, quite apart from the journals they
served. Among these were Whitelaw Reid.
OF the Cincinnati Gazette, Thomas w.
Knox of the Herald, George Alfred Town
send, Jerome B. Stillson and Richard Cole
man OF the World, E. G. Stedman, :Junius
Henri Browne. Of the Tribune. and others
equally notable. These gentlemen would,
probably, never have been heard Of, had it
not been for the order of the war depart
ment requiring signatures to letters from
the seat Of war. Undoubtedly the anon:
ymous system is advantageous to the own
ers Of newspapers, but the history Of the
French, English and American press dur
ing war times, shows that when the cGFres-
pondeut writes over his own name, he doeg
better and more reliable work, '~'' "''
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Treasury OlDclals Bounced.

Upon ths invitation ef Secretary Window
McGrew. Exth atditor 6f ths treasury and his
ssePosry GoaSseS wno fi'b tafeo
is eaid, at the request Of the postmaster gener-
81 and attorney general, both of whom repre-
eented the removals to he necessary to the full
and complete investigation of tho star routes.
!, Tie sixth auditor hae more exclusive powers
than tue other auditors He is virtually a,ldi-
tor and comptroller both, Of all the postoffice
department accounts and matters, and his &C.
ton is final unless an appeal is taken to the
first comptroller then the latter only has appel
ls:e lurlsdlctlo9. The allegation which led
:nd tho terro*e9 Of lilly, IS thet nnos and for,'
tetures made against star route Contractors
have been RENTED when they ought to have been
enfo' col. McGrew and Lilly deny any wrong
DONG on their part OF any kiud. Tie star route
Is given out that another stroke of lightning
will soon follow.
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EAD StjfCJUR.
4 Dhatdrtened Inebrtate Blows Hi Head In

ADlsAetrtened Inebrtate Blows Hi Head In.
".:.: =: to FrigmGqh:
Christian Kirmse; popular and ysifY com.
.petem machinist Of Minneapolis; iately die.
charged from railroad shop for intemperauce,
s9s,,!a committed q suicide tow days ago He vas
emialle AID cheerful, favorite among Ills
a:soclste9 al Of whom regarded the deiiber-
atesu1cile in his case beyond the range Of rea-
son. de has worked In Hudson, Brainerd and
sae MAnitoba shops in st. Paul, and commenced
hte duties at the Minneapolis & st. Louis
POUND house about four months ago
Ahoata Fesk ago the deceased began drinking
heavily aid was discharged; since thsn he has
fregufndy told friends that bis case was h3tje-
leee stid lie would end it all by killing himself.
but The threat was t1most iuYsriabiy maaS Fl /
laughing manner eRd Consequently considered
Idle. vapsring. But he borrowed gun: walked
oat into large open field, and after sitt{nk
down ard writing several touching MESSAGES Ia
& hie ~ aud children, and the following 70 the
Parties; may think am going to kill
myself on account Of not having work 1t pres
ent, hut friends don't fret;1 can get it, but l
cant hold It. What is the cause you probably
will know better that can explain. He placed
the muzzle Of the gun against his chin, fired,
and fell back CORPSE with the blood squirting
in je:s from the mlnSled neck The entire
head had been literally torn into fragments by
the discharge, the nose aud . portion Of the
upper lip being found near 4 little lake At tho
foot Of the hillside which the suicide had che
sen % tho scene OF his sickening deed
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FIRES AND OTHER CASUALTIES.

FIRES AND OTHER CASUALTIES.
Forty people were badly burned at Spring
held, Mass, by the explosion OF gasoline bar
relS
The Washington foundry Of Adams l. Asher
wood, on Eagle street, st. Paul, was burned
last week.
At North grookheld, Mass, Mrs. Nellie Muir
ply had her head cut OF in an elevator At Batch
ellor's boot shop.
The badly decomposed bodies of Opsahl and
Jacobin, the victims of tho st. Croix disaster.
have been found in Pages slough, near Arcola
A dwelling house belonging to August Shihm,
about two miles from Hudson was struck by
lightning and burned, together with the heusc-
Claude Chapman, lately of st. Paul. who
Joined The Rocky Mountain expedition at Bis
mark, was drowned at Fort Benton, Mont Ho
wss native Of Halifax, N. 8.
"A fire At Vicksburg destroyed spengler's
large steam Touring mill, with valuable ma
shinery, lumber and ornamental woodwork
$40. 600.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-06-09
Political Notes and News.

=. The Iowa greenbaok convention, held at
Marshalltown nal on the I'd, nominated D. NJ Clark
OF Wayne county, for governor, by
a large majority. J: NJ Holland Of Hem
ry county. was nominated for lieutenant gov
ernor, and A. D: Dobney Of Madisun COUNTY,
for supreme judge. Mre. Mary y: Nash, If
Des Moines. was nominated for SUPERINTENDENT
OF public instruction, which created great tu=
mhlt and objection by many delegates:
A New Orleans dispatch, sayb: Gen. Giant
is greatly irritased ofor the Conkling affair,
and eagerly reads the dispatches. He says
Ccnkling has been shamefully treated, and
should be reelected. He thinks the newspaper
abuse Of Conklins is instigated by White House
Influence but not by Garfield. He reafirms
bis letter to Senator Jones, but will take no
hand in the fight.
The Virginia readjustcr (Mahone) convention
nominated Col: ": E. Cameron for governor,
ex-senator John T. Lewis for lieutenant gov
ernor; Capt. Blair of Wright county for attor-
ney general The platform favored FREQ
schools; the Riddleberger bill to settle stats
debt; uniform, taxation and tpholds 4 free
ballot, and dencunces tbs tabitatina ta$.
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BLOODSHED,IN IRELAND.
Things Rapidly Approaching Focue--Detai,,
IT the Clonmcl Riot-S, ,ldicrs, Policemen
and Rioters Killed.

Things Rapidly Approaching Focu<--Detai,s
Gf the Clonmcl Riots ,ldicrs, Policemen
and Rioters Killed.
A London cablegram thus tells the story of
the origin and progress Of the agrarian not Al
Clonmel, county Trperaly, Ireland At a meet
ing the cry went up that Father Maker had
been arrested The crowd became fearfuIlv
excited and the authorities at once concentrat.
cd full force Of military and constabulary BE-
fore the court house. Bottles, stones, and
brlckbats poured in on the police and soldiers.
The police charged on the people with fixed
bayonets, aud at the same time tho cavalry
dashed In among the crowd. A scene Of fright
fhl confusion followed The charge Of the
that severk1 horses sid tldets dashed through
shop windows ut the end Of tho street The
air was filled with stones and bricks. and
frightened shop keepers who Mere endeavor-
ing to put up their shutters were hurled to the
ground and ridden over Several hus,ars
wore mhorsed by the crowd and trampled on
by the horses Of their comrades coming behind
them The charges through the streets lasted
fully half an hour. A portion of the crowd flcd
while others faced the charging horsemen.
battling their hemlets with stones.
AT Donegal assistant of her maiesty's aun
boat Boshawk was taken. The Inhabitants IT.
tackled and destroyed the Boshawh:s email
boats, when the gunboat opencl fire with what
result is not known.
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Ola Settlers of 1i,nt,esotA,

The atndal meeting Of the old settlers asso-
citation, constituted OF those who were here
previous to the organization OF the Territory in
1849. was held in st. Paul on the lst inst
About ifty were present, among whom were
Gson Gsn T. aoG4S r. sS0S{ hRp A,dS3 ESa3n'ey ~ Judge
Nelson; NQrman ". kittsqn; George t. Becker,
Edmond Rice, Hon. 3: A. Randall, eto. Gen.
stated that since the last meeting, Ferdinand
4onti and J: c. Ramsey, St Paul, William
Burkloo, Saltwater, and Franklin Steele,
Minneapolis, and departed this life and after.
wards the roll Of all old settlers who had died
since 1858, was read.
The following officers to servo for the year
ending June 1st, 1882, were elected.
President T. Folsom, st. Paul.
First Vice Presiden-R Chute. Minpeapolia
Second Vice President-J. Sheeter, st. Paul.
Secretary Aaron Goodrich, St Paul.
Corresponding secretary-J. F. Williams, St
A pleasant interchange of reminiscences fol-
flowed and this over the society adjourned to
meet at the banquet, at the Merchasts in tho
evening where many story Of the olden times
Wa tGld-
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t}tttnssties AZ 4 Cure OF Disease.

DR.. Felix l. O,xS's IN Popular Science Monthly:
Physical vigor is the bss*c Of all moral
and bodily welfare, and a chief Condition
of permanent health. Like manly strength
and female purity, gymnastics and temper
ance Sfon1d 20 hand in hand. An effeni-
nate man is sickj without the stimulis of
physical exercise, the eohplef organism of
the human body is liable to disorders which
abstinence and chastity can only partly
counteract. By increasing the action Of
the circulatory system. atheletic sports pro-
mote the elimination of effete matter and
quisker all the vital processes till languor
and dyspspsle disappear like rust from q
busy ploughshare. HWhen I reflect on the
immunity of hard working people from the
effects of wrong and over-feedlng," Gays
DR.. Boerhaave, II can not help thinking
that mos. of our fashionable diseases might
be cured mechanically instead of chemical
ly by climbing bittetwood tree or cutting
it down if you like rather thai swallowing
decoction of it's digesting leaves.
The medical philosopher, Asclepiades,
Pliny tells us, had found that health
could be preserved, and, If lost, restored
by physical exercise alone, and not only
discarded the use of internal remedies, but
made public declaration that he would for.
telt all claim 10 inc title OF pnyS1clan III
he should ever fail sick or die but by vio-
lence er extreme old age. Asclepiades
kept his word, for he lived upward Of a
century, and died from the effects of an
accident. He used to prescribe a course
of gymnastics for every form of bodily all
ment, and the same physic might be sue
cessfully applied to certain moral disorders,
incontinence, for instance and the incipi-
ent stages of the alchohol habit. It would
be remedy ad principiam, curing the
symptoms by removing the cause, for some
Of the besetting vices of youth can with
certainty be ascribed to an excess Of that
potential energy which finds no outlet in
the functions Of our sedentary mode of life.
In large cities parents owe their children a
provision for frequent opportunity of act
i've exercise, as they owe them antiseptic
diet in malarious climate,
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MINNESOTA NEWS
Itens By Nail a>A Telaen,h

Itens BY Nail anA TELEGRAPH.
Msverk.
With oss machine, Seymour, ssbtn L Co.
o. Ply nsanwatef, 40 making brick at tho rate of
was drowned at Reads Landing, o. body e.
ing discovered soon After.
During the month Of April 4,452 bsnea> os
beer were manufactured In st. Paul. and IT.
l73 In tho antiro second district.
. 1r E9tison's barn and ooateots northeast Of
nantorvillo, were destroyed by nre, probably
inoeodiary: Los about $12, 900 partially n.
Rev. Charles u. Armstrong, olass Of 80.
sssbuy Hall, Fazibeult has aoospted eau 10
Lake City, Utah.
Dr.; Mayo Of Rochester, On his dxty-ssoood
birthday, was presented BY his neigh6ors snd
friends with complete aet Of Wilson's oeni-
tholoey, oostiug $l1O.
~ }; E; Doughty, Of Lake City, Who stin
resnatos IN tie vicinity Of Cincinnati, IL rvDert-
Cd to be alowly improving, in health, and ~
1r,e0os are beginning to hope for his recovery.
Valley, We the marriage Of Geo. r. Farmer,
sno q Judge Farmer, 70 Minn3e ", dsughtsf
Of n. 3: Smith, Of ~ Commercial ksuse, 6ev.
T. F.~Allen officiating:
Appleton Press:-The fish at Artchoke hke
have al died from tho effects of tho past wfn-
ter. Immense quantities Of dead nah have
washed ashore which wore OBLIGED 70 be hauled
away to prevent sickness in tho nei6hborhood.
Architect Burlington Eas ARRANGED tho plan
OF the new capitol At St Paul 10 a. 70 bring il
In tho e1act center Of the square. Thh vim
put the Wabasha street front about twonty -fvo
feet back of tho line Of that wing OF the Old
building.
The LeSueur Sentinel learns that wolves
have recently been very destructive to sheep IN
the upper part Of Kasota township, - won ~
In the lower part of tho county. II il bokeved,
however, that within tho past few years 1eep
have killed more sheep than wolves
At st. Peter, tho largo stono brewery owned
hy Mr.. Enges1er fell With crash that awakened
the sleepers in that vicinity in short order
During the flood the water washed tho ssnd
rock on which it stood from under II, and tho
lower floor gave way and lot largo quantity Of
barley into the water. 4r. EngesseT partly 70
paired tho damage; but the building had been
more undermined than was supposed, and last
night walls and all tumbled.
William Tucker Of New Auburn, Sibley coun-
ty, son Of Mrs. E. c. Tucker, shot himself with
. revolver, inhicting Z not very dangerous
wound Tho cause Of the affair 10 said to 10 .
love affair, he having formed IN attachment
for the daughter of Mr.. Henry Bailey, and his
attentions to her meeting With oppoedtion from
her father, he tried to kill himseH - above
stated. He will recover from his wound, and
the girl ought to recover from her halluctna-
tion ~ well
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Why He Went Out Of JOURNALISM,

We'll, Col. Ochiltree," said John Russell
Young, gazingat the blue ring of smoke
just expelled from his lips, between which
a :Heiha, tict6tia Was bslaneed. "ao you
mind telling aS h8W }oa cattte to dssett
from, the iaiiks OF jonrhalisM?" T6th
Ochiltree, carefully settihg down bis glass
of Perrier Jouet, said: "What! boys, did I
never toll you that story-~wly, it's one of
the most remarkable events of my life!
When Young first knew me, can cay, WITH
out coneit that was star of the first
a proprietary interest in a real live paper
down in Texas. The Houston Telegraph
was morning and evening paper, had
weekly edition, and was the leader of pub
lie opinion all over the south. tell you
that when man quoted the Houston Tele-
graph he Vas listened to-. and tbs paper
was celebfated fot tts truthfolness and
terse English ,whereSef the 1dilguage was
spoken-and don't you forget 1t! It vas
big paper, and we were doing so we'll, sub
scriptions and advertisements coming in 80
fast, and I thought it would be the fair
thing to have little relaxation in the way
of spending a few of the summer months
in Europe. 1t isn't bad thing on the 9TH
or side to be known as the editor of prom
inent newspaper in America: and / soon
found myself sought after and perhaps
rather too conspicuous, which is not at all
In my line.
well, + and Jim Bennett were strolline
down the boulevard one evening, smoking
our cigars. eftef good dinner at the Cafe
Anglais. We had three OF fotlr dukes and
couple Of earls with us, and think bar
onet or SO (Jim is partial to English noble
| men), when Bennett suddenly halted tho
whole party at the telegraph Office under
the Grand Hotel, saying: Hold on dukes,
I have got big dispatch to send to the
New York Herald, Just handed to me by
my French correspondent
I've all fled in and crowded the Office,
while the dukes and earls wondered at the
prodigal expenditure Of the young Ameri-
! can editor:
| II wasn't going to be behind hand as an
American editor, so says T.: How much will
the telegram COST?
SIXTY thousand Ave hundred francs,
says the Operator, 'and dirt cheap; TOO
| Says Duplicate the dispatch TO the
Houston Telegraph. With your pettnis-
sion, Jitn;' says I.
"By Cord! gentlemen, tho whole thing
was telegraphed to Texas-four collins,
solid-and the Houston Telegraph went to
protest the next day. I haven't been taking
| much interest in newspapers since. Ipre-
fer politics, and that's the exact truth about
the matter. just wake up John Russell
| Young. will you, and we'll take drink. ~
IN. Y. Hour.
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TN success Of tho government in ne.
0tiating three and half per cent. bonds,
has inspired over burdsned Municipalities
TO pay or refund their debts, which bear a
much larger rate Of interest. It has been
lately proved again and sgain that cities and
counties having good credit can ret all
necessary amounts money at four and
I've per cent. interest. The main requisite
demanded by capitalists. is not high rate
of interest. buta rigid adherence to obl-
cations, which constitutes good credit every
whore. Now IL tho time to make the best
sarsnias for money, whore it is absolutely
reqsirea, as we'll to pay personal debts.
No one will venture to predict, with any de-
gree OF certainty, that money will continue
Tor any specified period as cheap as now,
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The chair announced that the house having
failed to give majority for either candidate.
that fact will be entered on the journal of the
house, and the legislative business before it
proceeded with
IN THE SENATE.
When the hour Of noon arrived the senate
proceeded to vote for United States senator in
stood:
Thos. 6: Plat .e|s N. Depew. ..1|F. Herman. ~
": Miller .....2lC. 8. Rogers. i Lapham. -
q g. i Sharpe SHARPE: Judge Dwight s'~' A. whsslsrl
The senate then voted for successor to fill
the short term in the place Of Roscoe Conkling.
The vote stood as follows:
GGon5llng Gsaaa Kernan. ......5
ccS1s Wheeisr 1SsSS ::: fG'fef Fomeioys
journed
On Wedn esday both houses met in Joint con.
vention. The first vote for the short term
Conkling's) stood: IS for Conk]ing to SO for
Jacobs (dem. and 63 scattering republican, Of
which Wheeler had IL and Cornell IL. To fill
Platts vacancy, tho vote stood for Plat 20;
Keenan, dem So; Cornell (rep.) had IL and
Depew 70: Tho chair announced that no
and the joint convention adjourned
On Thursday two more ballots were taken to
Gil the Conklipg vacancy, the first giving him
81 votes and the last 33. The Other republi-
can votes were given ~ follows: Rogers Is:
Wheeler II; Cornell %; others ecatterinp'
There was two ballots to fiji the Platt yacancy:
Kermsn (dem> 50: Plat %; Depew 80; Cor.
On Friday there was one ballot taken for
each vacancy, in which Conklipg gained ono
and Plat two votes. The vote for Cornell felI
e1 1er the short term, and Depew remained
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THn question Of remedying tho decay of
American shipping interests is live topic,
but doctors disagree, and 80 the patient con-
anues to languish. Hon. Hugh McCulloch,
fee nofly secretary Of tho treasury, advises
steamship subsidies in his article in tho
North American Reriew on "Our Future
Fiscal Policy" To do nothing" he saws.
is to yield t. Europeans the glory and the
gain which have always been the conoomit-
ants OF maritime enterprise. Prof. Sumner
q Yale in an article in the same review on
American ship building says that 1T is ev
ident that county which needs protec-
two tarid on iron and steel must give up all
hopes Of building ships for ocean traffic. t"
md densunces subsidies, but argues for free
ships,