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The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08


The rag factory of Davis T. Co., at Louisville,
was burned with a loss of $4,000.
man named J. F. Howard was drowned in
the Mississippi at St. Paul. Supposed to be
suicide.
Henry Berkaw, T. NJ. Terrell, E. Lospie, ana
James Radisel, were drowned near Lockport,
Indiana.
J. G. McElwee 4 Co.. packing factory mill,
at Big Rapids, Michigan, burned. Loss, $25,-
900; insurance, $4,000. Forty men are
thrown out of employment.
AT Newport, R. |, on Monday last, Lieut B.
Long E1es OF Washington, aad Lieut. Lyman
ing minesin tho harbor defenses in connection
with the annual experiments which take place
before the examining board. These are what are
known as circuit closers, and when the buoys
Of these are struck an explosion of torpedoss
takes place. The buoys were accidentally
struck and Edes and Spaulding wore blown in
to atoms. Their remains were sent at least
thirty feet into the air.
Fifty buildings were destroyed by cyclone
near Augusta, Ga, the loss of life among the
colored people occupying little huts on the rice
plantations and along the river was very great
Ten negro hands of the Cooeaw' Mining COM
pany returning home Saturday night got in the
ferry house at Fort Royal ferry, ton miles from
town, for protection. The house washed away
and the men drowned. Several pilot boats and
United States tug were washed ashore.
At Mason City, Iowa, man by tho name of
William Brainard Of Portage City, Wis, tried
to board freight train after it was in motion
He caught hold Of the end ladder of one of the
box cars, missed his foothold and fell between
two cars across the rails, ard the wheels passed
over his legs, near his body and also crushed
one hip. Both legs were completely severed
from his body His clothes were caught in
one Of the brakes and he was dragged about
ten rods. He lived about an hour in great
agOny,
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08
Gen. Robert E. Lees Death.

The Philadelphia Press publishes an in
teresting private letter from the late Mary
Gusts Lee, containing an account of her
husbands death as follows:
That Wednesday night, at 7: 80 o clock,
after day every moment of which had been
filled with care for others and the closing
hours to the vestry meeting of the church,
my husband came in. We had been waiting
for him, end remarked: "You have kept
us waiting long time. Where have YOU
been?" He did not repy, and stood up
as IT to say grace, but no sound proceeded
from his lips and he sat down in his chair
perfectly upright and with a sublime look
OF resignation on his countenance, but did
not attempt to reply to our inquiries. That
look was never to be forgotten, and have no
doubt that he felt then his hour had come,
although he submitted to the doctors, who
were Immediately summoned and had not
even reached their homes from the same
vestry meeting. His whole demeanor
duridg his illness showed one who had taken
leave Of earth.
He rarely attempted to speak cxcept in
MS dreams, and then he wandered to those
dreadful battle fields. Once, wben-uroed
him to take some medicine, which he always
took with reluctance, he looked at her and
said: "Tis no use," but afterwards took
it. When he became so much better the
doctor said: ''You must soon get out and
ride your favorite gray" He shook his head
emphatically and looked upward.
He slepta great deal, but knew US all and
greeted us with kindly pressure Of the
hand, loving to have US around him. For
the last forty.eight hours he seemed quite
insensible OF our presence, breathed heavily
aud at last quietly sunk to rest with one
deep drawn sigh. -
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Sunday Eu lIelins.

S:s1O A. A-OFF1C1AIA
Executive Mansion, $50 \ m:-The presi-
dent vomited once late last evening and once
about an hour after midnight Notwi:hstand-
ing this and disturbances he slept we'll most of
the night. and this morning has taken food by
mouth without nausea, and has retained it
other respects his condition is about the same
as yesterday; Pulse los, temperature 9S.4,
respiration 1S.
6:3OP. M-oFF1c1AL
Executive Mansion, $50 p. m.-Ihe presi-
dent has passed a comfortable day. He has
return of the irritability of stomach reported
in the morning bulletin The parotid swelling
continues to improve, and is now so far reduced
that the contour of his face is restored. The
wound shows no material change. The rise
of temperature this afternoon has been very
slight. but his pulse was more frequent
throughout the day than yesterday or the day
before, and he showed more fatigue after the
dressing. Pulse 10, temperature 90. respi-
ration Is.
Executive Mansion, Midnight-The presi-
dent has rested comfortably since 10 last
evening". sleeping most of the time.
No noticeable change to this hour:
3 A. M.-MONDAY.
Executive Mansion-3 a. m.-The attendants
at the White House report at this hour that tho
president is sleeping thus far, but indifferenty,
and while not suffering any marked incOnveL-
ience, il resting only tolerably we'll
BLA1NE's BULLETIN.
Executive Mansion-Secretary Blaine cent
the following message tonight:
Lowell, Minister. London: Last night the presi-
dent did not rest we'll, and twice during the night
his stomach was SO disturbed that he vomited
During to-day he has been better. and he
has swallowed the usual quantity of food,
and retained it, His pulse, however, has been
higher than fo7 the two preceding days His
geons do not think he has lost ground. but he
tainly has not gained since last nights dispatch at
this hour. 1890. He is quietly seeping.
[Signed] BLAINE, Secretary
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Pleasant Picture ofJtAlian Women.

A correspondent of the New York Conn.,
neerciat draws not altogether unlovely
picture of Italian ladies in the following:
Italian ladies do not and cannot
pretend to be as fashionable as Partisan or
American ladies'; they cannot afford it. At
the utmost they can afford one new dress
for summer and another for winter: and
the less they nave to pay for these the bet
ter. 1t is only foreigners who dress ex-
travagantly in Italy, andthey are not envied:
they are rather condemned than otherwise.
1t is true that Italian ladies go out but
very little, and one dress season is quite
sufficient for their needs. To have more is
scarcely concidered TO be respectable in
good society. l am not sure If they are
not be envied more in this simplicity than
their more extravagant sisters across the
Alps or ocean! You would scarcely credit
the simplicity Of Italian nhouses-furniture,
dress and living-of tho middle classs in
Italy! You must live in the midst of Ital-
iaus, as If of themselves, to see this.
Young girls of comparatively we'll do
parents make every article of their wedding
outfit themselves, and the linen itself is
homemade, spun from fax that had grown
on the family's microscopic fields. From
childhood girls are taught to sew and en-
broider on linen or cotton intended for
their own marriage. I have seen hand
kerchiefs which took year to thus en-
broider. To,be sure, after this practice
the girl was an accomplished emhroideress.
A young girl of my acquaintance en-
broidered her entire wardrobe during her
school years, after which she marked every
chair, stool and sofa for her future draw
ingroom, not forgetting the curtains and
occasional tables of her own work. She ia
now % wears of age, and has been married
two years. She had but three new dresses
in her wedding outfit--a black silk, a visit
ing dress anda travelling dress, in which
she was married. Her solitary gala even
ing dress was, according to custom, given
by her husband. Nor is the family poor or
of inferior social position, the father being
one ofthe highest government officials in
Italy. But simplicity is inherent to re-
spectibility here, where the majority Of
the people still live in the most primitive
style. Italy, therefore, can we'll afford to
tax French luxuries, since no one REQUIRES
them excepting the foreigners, and they
can afford to pay for thom and their taxes,
too. This may astonish some pervons'
perhaps, but It ia fact.
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Damage by Recent Storms.

On Thursday night there was a severe light
ming, rain and hail storm, that did considerable
damage il some localities. In Nichoet county
the storm extended over territory four miles
in length by two miles wide, and has complete
ly destroyed the corn crop in that section. Hail
stones, fifteen inches in circumference, wero
picked up after the storm had spent it's fury.
At st. Charles, Winona county lightning
struck Calvin Carter's barn setting it on fire.
Loss on grain in barn and stacked in yard.
81, 500; insured for So 600 John Persons lost
a stack of wheat by being struck by lightning.
Some damage was done at Waseca, Eagle
Lake, GAINESVILLE and other sections of Waseca
county. Several buildings are reported un-
rooted, trees torn up by their roots, glass bro
ken III windows and cattle killed.
At Owatonna the Congregational church had
thirty lights broken, and many other similar
cases were reported. Lightning struck in sev-
cral places, but the damage from that source
was not severe. Frank Holmes of Meriden.
owner Of the best farm house in Steele county.
reports damages not lees than $4,000. The
windows in the north and west parts of the
house were completely destroyed. He has
taken barrel of hail out OF the rooms. Everv-
thing is cut to the ground Eugene Soper, on
the way home to Lemond: had his wagon with
hay-rack overturned on him, the wind carry
ing his boy ten or twelve rods. Meriden sta
ton reports equal damage, one house being
blown down. No lives are reported lost
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08

THE changes which have taken place in
our prolific wheat states are beginning to
be revealed in California, as we'll as in some
portions of the northwest east of the noun
ta'ns. The San Francisco Bulleti,, saws
that wheat farms, which have been produc-
ing successive crops for quarter of GEN.
tury Or more, show neatly as low average as
those Of Illinois, where, indeed, tho soil
was much richer. The owner Of sm,ll
farm in California which has been success
siveiy cropped for wheat many years does
not expect now tomako more than Il nominal
profit from wheat growing. In England
such soils are renewed, or, rather, they are
Kept up to the highest condition of produc
ton by the liberI use of fertilizers. In
the United States only very small area of
wheat growing land is ever renewed, and in
the western and Pacific rcoast states hardly
none at ALL Land is so cheap and there is
such an immense area not yet brought un-
der cultivation that, when wheat grower
has exhausted his land for wheat ne either
plants other crops or moves on, seeking
new land for his favorite cereal.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08
RAILROADS..

The members of the party who accompanied
Vice President Oakes of the Northern Pacific
road to St Paul, are enthusiastic in their de-
scriptions of the country traversed by it.
Chicago Tribune: The railroads running to
Chicago from the west are getting greatly
alarmed over tho business prospects for this
fall and winter. The great decrease in the crops
all over the west is alone sufficient to diminish
shipments greatly.
An extra fast train going west on the Chica-
go Grand Trunk was thrown from the track
A brakeman was thrown into the air and in
stantly killed. The body was found in the
wreck terribly msngled.
The roundhouse of the Manitoba road at
Fergus Falls is to have seven additional stalls
making fifteen in all. Werk has been COM
menced in Fargo on the new passenger depot
The building 10 to be 24x1O8 feet. The freight
house of the road in Fargo is to be extended
100 feet. There is to be also a new stock
yard.
Chief Eagireer Rosser has received informa-
ton from ". D. Barclay, caief engineer, who
is in charge Of the location of the main line of
the Canadian Pacific railroad, from Moose Jaw
creek to the south Saskatchewan, that he has
completed the location from the crossing of
the Moose Jaw to the head Of Old Wives lake.
obtaining good line with easy curves and
mile.
The people of st. Paul banquetted Mr.. r. F.
oatss. vice president of the Northern Pacific,
and were pleased to hear him say: ''Gentle-
men, You have no idea of what is 10 store for
Ho9-you can have none. tell you you are
living IN what - bound to be one Of the great
eet cities in the country. Chicago has not
soon ssrrttory tributary 70 It a. has a. Paul
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08
POrterAOuse Steak.

At the restaurant: This is the porter
house, is it," asked the sad passenger, sit
ting at the corner table in the restaurant.
Yes sir" said the waiter, with the weary
air of one who was tired of of having to tell
the same lie thousand times day, "por-
terhouse stake, sir, same as you ordered,
sir" DO you cut porterhouse steak from
between the horns this year?'' asked the
sad passenger, with the intonation of man
who wants to know. "Sir?" said the wait
er. "It seemed to be trifle tenderer la:t
year" the sad passenger went on, with the
air of tired man indulging in pleasant
"reminiscences of the past, but remem-
her, now; it vas cut trifle lower down
house steaks from the curl in the forehead,
and the sirloins from the shin. But think
this comes from between the horns. used
to live in boarding house where they cut
the porterhouse between the horns, and
this one reminds me of them. Animal dead
this steak came from?" Dead" echoed
the astonished waiter; ''of course. sir. He
was butcher ed, sir. ''Butchered to make
a Roman holiday" sighed the sad passen-
GER He would be more likely to make q .
Roman swear. Well, it was time he was
killed. He hadn't many more years to live
on this earth. All, here is the brass tip
from one of his horns. Dropped into the
steak, no doubt, while you were slicing it
off. What do you do with these steaks when
the guests are through with them?" The
waiter looked puzzled. why; sir" he
said, they amt nothing left of 'em when
customers gets through with 'em, si1?'
Possible, said the sad passenger. what
becomes of them?' The waiter looked
nervous. "What?" he said; "the custom
ers eat them up." The sad passenger look
ed up with an air Of interest. Incredible, "
he exclaimed; cannot accept your state
ment without proof. They may hide the u
under their chairs, or secrete them in their
napkins. OF they may carry them away in
their pockets to throw at burglars, but
cannot believe they eat them: Here. let me
see one of them eat this, and will believe
you. Trust me, good waiter, -
But the waiter pointed to placard in
scr;' ed POSITIVELY no Trust, and went to
thu cashiers desk to tell the boss to look
ont for that man at the corner table, as he
DIDN'T seem to be satisfied with his steak
and had asked for trust.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08
CURRENT EVENTS.

Alexander Mosely, for many years editor of
the Richmond Wing, is dead
COL James g. Benton, ordinance department
United States ermy, died recently at Spring
field, Mass, Of heart disease.
James F. D. Lanier, the founder Of the
banking firm Of Winslow & Co., died in New
York recently at the age Of eighty one years.
ceeded, by over $l2, ,OOO, 600, the largest ever
before recorded-they we're $50, 500, 600 and
May I'd we're ST.. 600, 600.
Chicago operators were in great furry on
Monday over Z report that the elevators were
full of hot wheat An examination was had
and it vas found that some 8, 600 bushels were
out Of condition.
Six companies Of soldiers, with rations for =
forty days campaign, have left Fort Assiniboine
for tho Milk river country. They 60 70 drive
back the Cannadian 1ndisna, now crossing the
tine IN Large numbers.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08

WHEN the senate meets whether it be
IN extra session are not until next Decem-
ber-therc is likely to be another deadlock,
unless both parties exhibit Il spirit of COM
promise that is not often witnessed in leg
1slativc bodies where parties are so evenly
divided. If President Garfield lhould die
Vice President Arthur will be president.
Ihe senate is now left without secretary
by the death of Col. Burch, and also with
out president pro tenn from the failure to
elect at the last session.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08

SHoULD the president recover, it is the
unanimous opinion Of his physicians, that
his recovery will DO very slow, even under
the most favorable circumstances. He has
now been lowering between life and death
for over two months, and it is almost too
much to expect that he will be able to write,
or even dictate, message to the new con-
gress which commences the first of
December,
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Bob Ingersoil ''Iakes Flyers.

New York Letter IN Atlanta COnstltutlOn.
hear that Bob Ingersoll is taking ely
ers" in stock now and again. He has built
him small cottage at Long Beach, and oh.
SO awfully swell, down on the seaside
shore of Long Island. He comes up to the
city almost daily, and smiles so much that
he makes people laugh without knowing
Why. Last year he made more than $780,
600 by lecturing, and his law practice is
said to have brought him even larger re-
turn What fine looking nan he is! He
always seems so merry aud bright. His
voice has such CHEEKY ring. am told
that the stock operations in which he in
dulges have been far from renumerative.
n fact they have brought him sad losses.
Some day when all his money is gone he
will be heard to say: This is hell; I
have been wrong all along"
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08

1T is pretty we'll settled doctrine that O
person who is surrendered under m cx..
tradition treaty can only be tried for the
oftense for which he is extradited; and the
same rule governs, to great extent. if not
absolutely, in the cases of criminals given
up by one state of the Union to another.
under acquisitions from executive au-
tbOrifv
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08

THE fall of Lieut.. Flipper, the only COL
ored officer of the army, is regarded as most
unfortunate, but his friends are inclined to
make belief that his otfense is technical
rather than criminal, and that investigation
will exonerate him from any intention or
purpose to defraud the government. He is
under arrest in Texas for embezzlemert of
commissary funds.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08

INFORMATION from every county in
Minnesota leads the Pioneer Press to fix
the total wheat yield of the state at 49,
"l,511 bushels, OF about $4,000 Jess
than last year. The estimated weld per
acre IS IL 40 bushels, or l 80 less than last
year. This is de fciency of about Is per
cent. AS threshing is very far from being
completed, and i'll some cases not begun.
there is ample ground for changing these
figures. Many of the best judges believe
the yield will not exceed 50, 200. 600 busbels
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with its great Northwest. repeat, you can
form no idea Of what the future will bring
1t will exceed your most sanguine imaginings."
RECORD OF CRIME.


Dr. Otto, who, during last fall, cody and with.
out provocation shot and killed his brother-ih-
law, near Jasper, Ind, was taken to the Jeffer-
sonville prison for ninety nine years.
Theodore D. Everstine, a young and unmar-
fied man, aged about twenty three years, who
was making his home with his cousins, Charley
and Cal. Bell Of Western, committed suicide by
hanging himself on Saturday morning last In a
stable.
C. H. Keeler, treasurer Of the st. Louis
Carbon works, was arrested in east st. Loui,
and taken to Belleville. the county seat Of St
Clair county, charged with fraudulent)y draw
ing drafts and issuing notes to the amount of
about 81 8 1000.
Alfred Horgett. train dispatcher on the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton Il Dayton railway, was found
dead in his room with . revolver ball in his
to whom he had written letter, feared such
an act and had the shock of finding the dead
body
At Milwaukee, on the Goth, 4 young man
named Herman Hildon,a German, shot and kill
cd his STEP father, Paul Kremmer and mortally
wounded his mother, Mrs. Kremmer, at the
residence of the Kremmers, No. 500 Clinton
trouble is the cause assigned.
Among the articles captured from the White
Bear monte men were q couple Of decoy rolls
Of money. On the outside Of one counterfeit
Yl COO bill was neatly folded and on the other
q $500 bill. Inside the roll was composed of
brown paper. the edges of which look at first
sight marvel1eusly like good collateral
Near 1thica, Michigan, on Sunday last,
man named Martin X. Walker went into field,
stripped himself of his clothes, set fire to u
brush heap, placed gun to mis- head and was
found with the top Of his head completely
blown oil and his naked body partly burned, on
= blazing heap of brush, which he kindled. He
left = letter expressing confirmed hope
lessness as to himself and warning his
children to avoid whisky.
During recent political debate, rough lan-
guage passed between Mr.. Robert s. Campbell,
readjuster, and Mr.. James Scott, founder,
both young lawyers of Warrenton, Va, and q
hostile meeting resulted on Monday evening"
Alexander Hunter of Alexandra, Va, cores
pondent of the Capital, of Washington, was
Campbell's second, and Mr.. Richard Scott of
Petersburg sec ,nded Scott. The weapons
were revolvcrs, Scott using central fire
Smith & Wesson and Campbell Colts. The
distance was twenty PAGES. In the first shot
Campbell shot Scott through the hand. Scott
asked for a second fire, to which Campbell
aceeeded, but Hunter interferred, taking the
pistols from the combatants and firing them
in the air. Campbell is the son-in-la law of
Col. John .: Mosby, and is the readjuster
candidate for tho legislature. Scott is the
son of Col. Scott, the commonwe alth attorney
of Fauquier County.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08
6ARFIELD'S CRITICAL CONDITION.

On Monday the favorable symptoms coutin-
ued without interruption, and some OF the ply
sicians think the crisis is passed.
On Tuesday there was no change for better
or worse Dr.. Bliss made slight incision in
the gland and let out more pus. The president
continues to take his usual nourishment during
the day in addition to koLmiss, milk posridge
and beef tea, which he took freely, and ate .
piece Of milk toast with relish.
On Wednesday the President's upward ten
dency was decidedly stronger, and tits believed
he began decidedly to recover. His pulse was
lower, he ate heartily, and everything was fav-
o. Thursday Secretary Blaine sent the fol-
towing dispatch to Mr.. Lowell, minister to Lon-
don: The president continues to do well in his
eating and digesting, and the swollen gland
steadily improves, but in the past twenty-four
hours he has made no substantial progress. In
his general condition, in the judgment Of his
however, he still holds the ground
gained Sunday and MONDAY last" The aues-
ton of President Garfeld's removal to health
ier locality 10 still discussed Thursday night
he rested and elept vel
On Friday, and up to Saturday, the president
perceptibly gained. Gen. Swain said thai in
his judgment the president il certainly improv-
ed. He has swallowed food with more relish
than ut any time before in several weeks The
deter m;nation 10 take him to his home at
Mentor, Ohio, next week, via Long Branch, re-
YiXed his seirlta.
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SEPTEMBER 1851

vampires (who now disgmce the once
proud title of editor) had found something
upon which to glut their morbid appetites;
for weeks and months they printed any
aud everything, false and true, that was
calculated to keep up and increase the nat
ural excitement against me. Nothing was
too false to. publish, nothing too sacred to
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08
SNOW DROPS.

A small bird twitters on = leafless spray
~, Across the SNOW waste breaks gleam Of gold; F.;
What token can give my friend to-
But February blossoms, pure and colds
Frail gifts from Natures half reluctant hand
What il he deems them meaningless and pale?
l see the signs Of spring about the land,
I. hear 10 dreams the cuckoO's simmer tale:
And these chillt snowdrops, fresh from wintery
bowers,
Arc the forerunners Of world Of flowers.
Sarah Drudney
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08

In the early settlement of Iowa Is or 80
bushels Of spring wheat per acre were con-
sidered a fair yield. The average crop, Of
Late years, has 70 far decreased that here.
after very little wheat will be sewn IN CEN
tfal Iowa.