The Worthington advance., 1881-02-24
RUNNING DOWN Il HORSE THIEF.
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On Sunday morning last as we pass
ed up street to breakfast: we noticed
Attorney Clark coming down the mid
die of the street looking intently at the
snow and failing to notice us as we
passed. Soon after we met him up
street and lie Informed us that u horse
and sleigh belonging to G. P. Hewitt
had been stolen during the night and
lie had tracked the horse and sleigh to
the foot of Tenth street. Deputy Sher-
if Plotts was notified and chase was
given. The thief had four or five hours
the start at least, but all hands were
sure nobody could get away fast over
such roads. Tie track was followed a
mile or so northwest of town and it led
directly up to the stable of !. well known
citizen. There, sure enough, in the
stable stood the horse and the sleigh
was near by. 1t was one of the boldest
thefts OIL record. The stable was that
of Justice Durfee and the question was
who stole the horse? Mr.: Durfee and
Frank confessed judgment" ut once
and ''wai we'd examination Frank
clerks in 11ewitt's store and early Sat-
urtaay evening they wanted to get out
home and took the horse and sleigh as
usual.
The liquor prosecutions, we suppose,
have closed for the present. Messrs.
Law and Smith, we understand, paid
fines to avoid fuss and expense and the
final case against Chas. Chase came up
last week before Justice Durfee and af-
ter long hearing Mr.. Chase was dis
charged on the ground that the action
was brought under the State law when
it should have been under: the village
charter.
Thus the tempest in 4 tea pot" ends
for the present. Three-fourtLs of the
excitement, bitterness, and bull-dozing
was created by the fanatics for the very
purpose of splurging and getting the
credit of doing something ''earnest"
for the churches. Last Summer when
Chase was prosecuted. he was convicted
and paid his fine and there was 10 ex-
element. This might have been done
again and again, if necessary. But tie
fanatics wanted Il fuss and tile cheap
glory which comes from such Il fuss.
and the result is, the best temperance
men in town are denounced us ''whis-
key men, neighbors and friends are
quarreling, ladies are snubbing better
people than themselves on the street.
and sensible people generally are DISCUS
ted.
D. Conley writes from MiIwaukce:
Non havea nice state Of affairs in
WOrthinyton. Transfer ADVANCE antl
county seat to Adrian and the battle is
won.
Well, that proposition has more in it
than shows on the surface. Worth
ington is so thoroughly detested on ac-
count of its hypocricy and fa,aticism,
that three-fourtl1s of the people prefer
to trade somewhere else. And if they
get Il chance to vote OH the county-seat
question they may show their love for
Wortlington by voting it away from
us.
Then Wort!lington will be the very
Paradise OF bigotry and fanaticism.
Every enterprising man will leave the
place and the old fogy, one-i,lead, intol-
Grant Pllarisees will fall to and eat each
other up.
Some Of our subscribers arc DOS
sessed with the notion that it is ncces-
sary to wait until they come to town
to pay for the ADVANCE. This is
delusion, sad, sad dclusion, frauglt
with immortal consequences to us, rs
the parson would say when lie wsihes
to be solemn and impressive. They
can enclose money order or a green
back and get their receipt by return
mail. Don't, don't, don't wait to
come to town to pay the printer, if you
wish to be safe when the big pcrihe-
lion comes along switching its tail
over this part of the State
The Journal Of last week dcvotcs
whole column to telling about
comic valentino received by I . n. Safer.
Next week they will devote two COL
ums to telling about some circulars re-
ccivcd by II. J. Ludlow from promi-
ncnt liquor dealers and the following
week three columns to telling about
sl1ndry bills for beer and ale which
have been presented to El,hu Smith
and other members Of the committees
Please tell lis about that big liquor
bill which a member Of the temper
ancc committee owes ut Sioux City.
Give us four columns on this.
The Wortllington ADVANCE gives a
long article. quoted considerably from
Spi:itnalistic sources to show that the
present year of 1851 is to he the closing
OF the earth's existence. No one, Of
course, can deny that this may he SO, in
fact most men believe that this earth
will cease to exist in its present form.
and OF course each year numbers one
less to the time Of the consummatiOn of
these things. Ii is needless that such
sprculatons he engaged in. however,
save if it could be sufficiently proven
that we are to experience such vital
change that men would universally give
heed and strive to be prepared f,r it.
In view ofpast experience it is not prob
able that such be the case. 1t is GER
tain that those who endeavor to be cir
cumSpect in there walk before God will
he prepared for the event come when it
may, and therefore have little need for
anxiety respecting the matter.-M Made
la Times.