The Worthington advance., 1882-09-28
NEWS OF THE DAY,
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The census bureau las issued bulletin
classifying the population of tho United
States in 1880 by nativity. The native
T born We're: Whites, 3G,sl3, 29l; colored.
6 6,G32, ,549 foreign born. 6,G79,oas. Total
population. so, l55. 1888. OF the foreign born
2,T2, l69 were natives of the United King.
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, l, ,966, 74S
| OF the German empire, 7l7,O84 of British
America, 194.337 Of Norway, lSl,729 of
Sweden, 06,97l Of France, lO4, ,54l Of China,
| and the remainder represent all the cOun.
| tries Of the earth.
The secretary of the interior has COM
! muncation from the general counsel for the
Northern Pacific Railway company, inform
| ing him that the company on the 18th inst.
paid the treasurer Of the United States s2G,-
| l32, the cost Of surveying, selecting and con-
yeying 743, 9G acres Of land in Minnesota,
| for which patents were issued to the COM
ance with the decision Of the interior depart
ment June S. 1882, but male under protest
| and without waiviDg any Of the campany's
rights.
Nellie Burrcll, the mistress of Capt How
gate, has suddenly disappeared from Wash
inston, despite the efforts Of the detectives
| to keep track of her movements
1t can be stated that secretary Freling-
huysen will not, under any circumstances;
accept the British ministry if rendered him.
A prominent banker says there will be a
surplus Of $4,000 in the treasury by the
| beginn ny of winter.
The president held cabinet meeting on
Wednesday and Immediately returned to
New York.
The president has returned to Washing
ton, refreshed and rosy from his vacation
trip.
Nc.cs Of tie Railroads.
1t is now officially announced that the
| officers of the Pennsylvania railroad under
| the reorganization will be as follows: George
| Il. Roberts, president; Edmund Smith, first
vice president; Frank Thompson, second
vice president; J. n. Dubarry, third vice
president; John z. Green, fourth vice pres
ident; Charles +. Pugh, general manager.
Mr Smith will be the compAnys executive
officer, and will have the management OF the
| passenger and freight department, etc.
The track Of the Little Falls & Dakota
! railroad is laid to Glenwood Pope Co.,
Some of the track layers got into drunken
brawl. Marshal TAFT tried to arrest the.n
One Of them struck him, when he was
! Knocked down by the marshal. Help not
being at hand, the marshal's pistol brought
| them to terms. Five were arrested and fined
IS each, which they paid.
The Fergus Falls branch Of the Northern
Pacific will be completed, and in running
nr,ln m alyiI ~
tickets and tariffs are being arranged by
General Passenger Agent Barnes.
BY a railroad accident on the southwest
ern branch of the Northern Pacific seven
| teen miles from Fargo, OAK, VIM. Delano
! engineer, was ,scalded to death, and VIM
Fansband, fireman, had a leg broken.
Record Of Fires and CusM0Itics.
The Welsh Fire Bricks works at Phillips
burg, the largest manufacturing establish
nlent in Western Pennsylvania, was destroy.
cd by fire. Loss 1000 Several freight
cars OF the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie railroad
were also burned.
Several cases of s,lnstroke occurred in New
York last Wednesday.
Crimes e.,.el Criminals.
There is excitement at Athens, Ga, on ac-
! count of the mortal stabbing Of Randall
Brown by Matt Davis, postmaster of Athens
and stro'': supporter ofCongressn,an Speer
Both are colorcd. Brown is an advocate of
the election of 4. d. Chandler, the De,nocra-
| tic nominee. Both the nergrOes take live
" hand in political contests.
man who registered at the Huff house.
Winona, as James w. Waters, Milwaukee,
| was arrested by Marshal Miller for entering
| the room of J.. D. Kilbourn who travels for
Forcpaush and Tacbox, Of st. Paul, and
| taking 800 in currency, draft for $50, and
Il valuable gold watch and chain.
At Providence-John c. Mathews, assis-
tant yardmaster of the Providence e. Worces-
ter railway, and Henry NJ. Stone, switch
man. were arrested fc r robbing freight cars.
MiscellnncoMs Nescs Notes.
Duluth Tribune: The home company.
Williams & Upt,un,, have secured the con.
tract for the government dredging to be
| done in this harbor this fall, in which $685..
! GOO OF the O,000 appropriated, will be ex-
| weeks work with one dredge, will be done
off the southeast corner Of the Northern Pa
cific coal dock, so that boats can run in
direct course from the canal to either side
Of the new coal do:k of the Ohio Central
Coal and Barge. company. Drcdge No. l
began work there yesterday. The channel
from the Northern Pacific coal dock to the
blast furnace and the saw mills on Connor's
point will be widened from fifty to seventy
in the harhor will be deepened, all dredging
to give depth Of sixteen feet.
Two companies Of the Ninth infantry--D,
from Fort Omaha and F., from Fort Sydney
have been suddenly ordered to Fort
Douglas, near Salt Lake City. It is
| estimated that the reason of the strength
enin6 at Fort Douglas, is anticipated trouble
from MormOns during the approaching
election, which is to be under the supervi-
| sion ofthe Utah commissioners. There are at
! present only two companies of the Sixth in
iantry at Fort Douglas and even with the
above reinforcements, the garrison will be
small.
The Mississippi river commission made
thorough inspection of the government
works at Delta as far up as the mouth of
the old river. They will consent to allow
100000 for dredging the basin and canal in
the lake as much as nine and half and ten
feet were found III the shallowest places.
| Col. Emil Frei, the new Swiss minister to
this country, was a captain in the Eighty
second Illinois regiment during the late
war, and was captured at Gettysburg As a
prisoner i'll Libby he was picked out and
held under sentence of death as q hostage
for the Halifax pirates.
The average farm products of Kansas for
SS2 will aggregate SIG, ,0oO,0 ,0o0 or an aver
age Of $3.50 for each of the 100000 families
in the state: The number Of farms in Kan
sas is 100, 900, which gives 81: 100 as the aver
age yield per farm.
Mr.. Bgelow, as counsel for Sergt. John A.
Mason, now confined in Albany penitentiary
for shooting at Guiteau, has prepared peti-
ton OF habeas corpus addressed to Judge C.
Cox district Of New York.
On'crdank 4 Co., of San Francisco, take
ninety men from Ottawa to British Colum.
bia, axclnen and carpenters; $3.50 will be
Paid to the former and So. so to the latter per
day.
Value of domestic breadstuffs, exported