The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-01-20

O'CLOCK. OOuuaru was unmarried.
The large building occupied by E
7. Smith & Co., wholesale grocers; Smith &
Green, retail groccrs; the Worcester & Nashu:
railroad; Whitcomb Bros. ,boat atmanufacturcrs
and E. Dean, hoe manufacturers, Worcester
Mass, was badly damaged by fire aud wate
on the night of Jan. Is. Loss $4,000 In
sured
J. B. Vance, Jr., son of Judge
Vance, q prominent attorney of Evansville
Ind, and formerly of Henderson, Ky., suicidet
| at Mt. Vernon, Ind, Jan. IA, by taking lauda
| mum. Young Vance was under the influence
Of liquor at the time of taking his life. HI
left sealed letter to his father, two letters ad
dressed to two young ladies of Henderson
Ind, and Il note to the proprietor of the hotc
telling what to do with his remains.
FOREIGN.
Drift ice has stopped the navigation
CT the Rhine.
McVean's hub and spoke factory, at
Dresden, Ont, burned Jan. Is. Loss, $25, 600
A dispatch from Dublin says that in
the state trials the case for the crown is cx.
pcctcd to close Tuesday.
Maynartl's cotton mill at Preston,
England, burned Jan. Is. Loss, e24,0Oo
The mill contained Is 900 spindles.
A railway collision occurred near
Chateau Thierry, in France, in which two per.
sons were killed and thirteen injured.
From Limerick, Jan. II: The Tralee
and Listomel mail car was attacked last night
and the car smashed aud mail destroyed
Mitchell Henry, al Irish homerule
member Of parliament, has been driven from
his fine estates by threats from the land league.
In the French election, the Republi.
one hundred aud eight communes in Corsica.
The London STANDARD says: In
consequence of the demand from the Irish gov
ernnens, more gunboats will be sent to Ire
land.
Dublin dispatch, Jan. II: Land
lcagucrs in Kerry have held no meetings since
proceedings began against the officers of the
Tralec branch.
a railway accident occurred at
Wakefield, Yorkshire, Jan. II. Seven per-
sons were reported killed and from thirty to
forty wounded.
Manchester dispatch, Jan, II: The
police have found 4 clue which may lead TO
the discovery Of the perpetrators of the cx-
p1osion at the barracks.
Il dispatch from st. Petersburg re.
ports that the second parallel was laid on the
7th instant, 400 paccs from Gcoktepc. The
bombardment continues.
Calcutta dispatch, Jan. II: \ plot
to massacre tho English residents of Kalaporc
was wild and certain Of failure, but was really
seriously contemplated.
II dispatch from London, dated jar.
II, says it is rumorcd that the British troops
made two attacks from Petoir and were both
times rspulsed by the Beers.
Paris dispatch, Jan, II: Supple
mentary municipal elections were held ycster
day, and, as far as known, generally resulted
in the success Of the moderate Republicans
Dispatch from Tralee, Ireland, Jan
IL: The examination Of land leagucrs is still
proceeding, the police fearing to remove tho
prisoners to the court owing to the excite
| mcnt.
Owing to the scarcity Of coal, l,caused
by tho strike of the miners, several English
mills and foundrics have been stopped aud dis
tress among the working classes is arpre
hendcd.'
st. Petersburg dispatch, Jan. IL: II
| is officially denied that General Skobeloff wa.
| compelled to fall back after his engagement
with the Tckkc Turcomans near Gcoktcpc OF
the 24th Of December.
The London Times in leading
article says the scheme for paralizing the par
| liamentarv government by obstruction mus
be most seriously considered and mos
| promptly encountered.
Berlin dispatch, Jan. II: Fifty
thousand marks have. .bccM subscribed towards
founding an anti.Jcwish newspaper, a majori
! ty uf the Berlin journals being decided,
/ against anti-Semitc government.
II London dispatch of Jan. ID says
A riot occurred yesterday near Wigan, grow
| ing out Of the strike Of coal miners. Th'
police charged the crowd but were rcpulscd
Several persons were severely injured.
The Lcndon Times says the agrari
an outragcs committed in Ireland during Dec.
1880, numbered 86G, which was more than dur
ing the whole of 1879 and little less than al
aggregate of the three preceding years.
Paris dispatch, Jan. II: Trenquist
returned communist, and three other Roche
fort candidates, were dcfeatad on the secont
ballot in the supplementary municipal cleo
tions. The rcactionaries carried only one scat
a Paris dispatch Of Jan. II, reports
on the Greek question:: Official assurance ii
said to I've received that Russia unrcscrvedl,
approves of arbitration of the Greek question
This makes European concert once more com
plctc.
| 1t seems to be generally felt that til,
beginning of the year 1881 finds Russia will
brighter prospects than the past year. !,
spite Of nihilism, a certain measure of pro
made.
Sir George Colley telegraphs from
Fort Anrichter that he reached New Castle
Jan. II. The report of the withdrawal of tn
Beers beyond Buffalo is confirmed. A detachc,
squadron is ordered from Falkalond to Can
Colony.
st. Petersburg dispatch, Jan. II
Gen. Skobclotf estimates the Tekkc Turcoman
4O,0OO strong. They have excellent rifles, bu
only few old cannons. The Russian artillcr,
men captured with their guns by Turcoman
were all massacrcd.
! Thomas Horner has been arrested
at Maidstone, England, on the charge Of muir
der committed at Chillicothe, Ohio. Th
American authorities directed that inquiric
be made in regard to the mans character, an,
witness stated that Horner was quiet an,
peaccablc man.
a scheme for the construction of :
grand eastern railway from Pesth through
Belgrade to Constantinople, under information
al auspices, has been submitted to the Austri
an and scrvian governments and to grca
London financial firm.
The emperor of Austria has accept
cd the resignation OF Earon Won Street as min
lister of justice, and Krcmcr Won Auenrode a
minister to commerce. DePrazatt will sue
coed to the ministry of justice, and Barol
l Pine to tho minisfrv nf cnmmcrcc