The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1882-06-15

Kitty Smith for keeping house of ill fame
in St. Paul, was affirmed by decision of
the supreme court, and kitty's reward of
merit was that she shall be sent into retire
ment at saltwater for six months But Kit
ty was too slick for the sheriff. After re-
ceiving her sentence the sheriff accOmlall-
led her to the house, and while she was
changing her wardrobe and packing her linen
under the eagle eye Of the officer and a dep
uty she suddenly and 'mysteriously vanish
ed into thin air, and the officers return, will
probably mot be found in my baliwick.
George S. Stickles of Madison, Wis, who
has for the past two years been using the
mails to defraud the public by advertising
and selling cheap teas and numerous house
hold glmCracks under promise Of IS day
and expenses, pleaded guilty in the United
States court and was fined SIS. Since he
was arrested last winter and went out on
bail nc has received over 1000 letters with
money and money orlers-all Of which he
turned over to the authorities as received to
be returned to the writer's. This was the
cause of his light sentence.
An adventurer seems to bc sailing about in
the northwest under the names of C. A.
Dodge, and A. i. Potter, borrowing small
sums OF money and referring TO G. w.
Dodge e. Son. Two loans made to him in
Minnesota were reported Monday. He is
described rs about thirty years Of age, thin
set, black-eyed, well-dressed, and Of fine,
easy appearance. So far as known he has
no money or friends
In Chicago, about daylight OH Sunday,
three men entered the boarding house of Mr..
avenues. They chloroformed three occ,,-
pants of the house, and while five dollars or
SO was being picked up one of the robbers
fired a pistol so close to NJ Hahns face that
the powder burned him This aroused the
wife and daughter, who shrieked for help.
and the burglars fed, missing large sum in
currency under the pillow.
A duel was fought Thursday morning at
the slaughter-house in New Orleans between
Major F. A. Burke Of the Times Democrat
and c. H. Parker, editor of the Picayune
Pistols were used and five shots exchanged
At the fifth shot Burke was shot through the
thigh. The wound is not considered danger
Gus. Burke wanted the distance fixed at
two PAGES but it was finally fixed at twenty.
S. \. West, Cincinnati board of trade
man, who has been operating in Chicago
several weeks, committed suicide by means
OF chlOrOtOrm i'll room at the Commercial
hotel Thursday He left telegraph blank
containing merely his wifc's address, and
half dollar to pay for a message laying on
the table. It is understood that he was out
of money and short 80 900 bushels on corn.
In Billings towns: ip, Gladwin county,
Mich, an isolated locality, Anna Stevenson
shot and instantly killed her husband, Will
liam Stephenson, over fifty years old. He
had been away from home and she refused
him admission. He was in the act of ell
tering when she fired the fatal shot. The
parties had quarreled before.
In an attempt by the deputy sheriff at
Southwest City, Mo-, to arrest circus pro-
prietor for exhibiting without license. a
performer named Mcbride was shot three
times and killed. The deputy was shot bad
ly in the breast. David Robinson assistant
deputy, was shot in the skull and all the
circus were arrested.
Jim Burnes, hand on the railroad in the
Jim River (Dak.) Valley was killed in
drunken row.