The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-03-17
ADRIAN RECIPROCAL TEX.

,tonians made visit to Adrian to at
tend the trial of the notorious Orson
CriSsey, who was brought before Jus.
slice Carr on 4 charge of perjury. :, This
kindness, on the part of Werthington,
was appreciated by Adrian, and that
thriving village reciprocated last week.
Sheriff Miller was called to Adrian on
Wednesday night, and Thursday after
noon he returned, accompanied by the
following persons as we find them reg
istered at the Worthington Hotel:
Levi Rue, E. Coleman, J. G. Ludlow,
F. W. Thorn, A. NJ. Crosby, T. H.
Childs, L. $. Nelson. Robt. Brown,
Geo. Gown, J. V. Barlow, Geo. Slade,
J. M. Grace, G. Love]and, F. H. Fay,
J. G. Murphy, Jno. Fay, J. NJ. McGrath,
J. .. Flanagan, Thos. Geelan.
Eight of the gentlemen were arraign-
ed on Friday, in the midst Of the terri
>fic snow storm, charged with disorder
ly conduct on the night of the election,
and the breaking of a window in the
Coleman House. The parties so charg-
ed were Slade, Grace, the two Fays,
Murphy, McGrati'. Flanagan and Geel-
an. The trial extended into Saturday
and all were convicted except McGrath,
and fined SIS each. Geelan paid his fine
but the others took all appeal.
We understand that the complaining
parties were E. Coleman, J. G. Ludlow
and II. NJ. Crosby. It seems that the
boys got jolly Oh the night Of the cleo
ton and went about snow b::lling and
'amusing'' themselves. In the ''hilar-
ity' Of the evening they broke Mr..
Coleman s window.
OF course we do not know enough of
the motives Of the boys to say muc!, a.
bout it. We learn, however, that one
or two of them had some feeling against
Mr.. Coleman, and took advantage of
the affair 10 insult and annoy him. IF
this is so, they ought to be severely
dealt with. On the other hand, we are
Informed that in the prosecution by
Crosby and others, there was Il gOo,!
deal Of political feeling behind it. AS
to the majority Of the boys, their friends
claim that they had no malice and were
only out for little fun.
The ADVANCE has always made a
point of condemning rowdyism and
will continue to do SO. Yet we endur:
ed for two or three years such rowdy-
ism as Mr.. Coleman and others were
subjected to, without having any of the
parties arrested. However, We can not
but think that the best way of prevent
ing rowdyism and Of protecting proper
ty and person, is the prompt arrest of
the parties. OF course there can be
malice i'll AL arrest us we'll rs in rowdy-
ism, and we can not, us an outsider,
pass judgment upon the Adrian cases.
The English papers announce the
result ofan experiment in using liquid
fuel for generating steam in land and
marine boilers, by which thirty gallons
ofcrude petroleum was made to do the
work Of ton Of coal. The petroleum
cost ninety cents: while ton OF Goa!
costs four dollars. In the case Of q
large ocean steamer one man i'll the
fire-room would take the place Of the
forty now employed, and uniform
pressure of steam could be kept up ut
all times, and without labor, dust OF
smoke. The experiment has produc-
ed great commotion among English
manufacturers, and liquid fuel is now
destined to wipe out coal as barbar-
ism, while another class Of enthusiasts
hold the opinion that petroleum is only
the intervening steps between coal and
electricity (which latter will in due sea-
son furnish motion for the world. The
tiremen Of the world, we are assured.
will no more sweat and pant for breath
deep in the vessels hold, but will wear
broad-cloth and white lincn-and the
coal-'ieaver, with hlaci1cned face ard
soiled clothing, will become memories
of the past-Pionecr-Prcss.
This is nothing new. Prof. Humis-
ton has a patent on a process for u.s.
ing crude petroleum for heating and
Illuminating. 1t has been claimed
that locomotives can be run at half
the present cost by using the crude
oil instead Of coal.
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