The Worthington advance., 1882-03-30
Mis- CELLANEoua

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The Anchor Manufacturing company Of 49,
Paul, 10 much worried over the mysterious 81
lence or 1s N. Blossom, ono OF their travelling
| man who last wrote the firm from Orookston,
March 4, and has not been heard OF sinca Re-
peated kilograms and letters, both to Crookston
and other places on his route, havo failed to
elliott reply or any definite Information. and
| the company greatly fear that Blossom has met
with foul play, AZ he ia a faithful. upright man
| IN Whpnl they lave perfect confidence. II any
one has Information AZ to tlis missing man. let
| it DO snatsto tho Anchor Manufacturing t,onl-
l.nso',TSt Rsnl, forthwith, -,
A n,ays meeting OF the trades assembly at
Chicago adopted resolutions denouncinG tho
governor OF Nebraska for calling Cut the mill
tary against the Oplaha otrikcrs. platform
was adopted declaring that every workman
should join Ii union which should fix wages
denonncing scabs and the Ghneee, and those
who patroni2e them; denonncing interference
by army, police or miitia with their attempts
to reDulato wages; insistin" in lower rents in
Chicago; doploring the demoralized and venal
character ,f the press: ana declaring that tho
poopio should riso and regulate Things
President Angel Of Michigan State Univor-
sty, OK minister to China, says his beliefis that
tho pfoGross OF the Chinese people in tho di-
rcction OF modern enterprise will hf slow
Their rrojadices are almost invinciblc, and tho
real distinct mass OF people, apart from q few
Intelligent widely-road men among tacm,
would close every port, and shut out every
Foreigner from tho empire, If POSSIBLE Mod
crn ideas and metho is will make Aoadway, but
wo must not look for great and speedy changes
among this pooplo.
The largest CT a!! New EnSlsnds financial
corporations is the Connecticut Mutual Life in
suranco company Of Hartford, whose assets
now reach $5o,35S, ,7s5. Tho position Of this
sing lie istitntic'., i'll comparison with Hartford
hanEs and fire Insurance companies, is that it's
asae's now arc moro than Six times the CON-
bined aggregate capital Of tho national ai,ti
state banks and tlnst companies OF that city
and nearly FIVE times ,he combined capital Of
Hartfords fire companies
At tho request Of Con. Andersol, chief cnsi-
| neor CT the Northerd Pacific railroad, Gen
Terry has ordered tie commanding officer at
Fort Meade, ID. IT,, to send c1nlpany Of in .
laEtry to the vicinity OF tho :!nadwaters OF tho
Little M!s:nuti river, near Whero the Folt
working psrtios engaged in procuring ties for
the railroad company from noIestatinn hy
maraudinE rart;es OF Indians.
The Wisconsin senators have Joined in recum-
mending the reapptlntmsnt of p ". Oakley
Uoited States marshal for the western district
OF " isconsin, and as Mr.. Oakley has also the
| strong Endorsement Of tho governor and other
state officers, and OF the judges OF the courts
and many members Of the bar, it is now deemed
certain that ne will be reapponted by the pre*i,
dent
Hon. Charles O'Connr has sottlod down in
permanent retirement at Nantucket, Mass AL
though sevcGty- light years old, lie has regained
his vigor and has built 4 new houso, where,
with his large collection o: books aronnA him,
he passas his time very pleasantly. 1t s be-
lievcd that he is writing his autobiography,
which will no doubt be- all interesting work.
The immigration OF Italians is greater than
ever before known. Since Sunday last | $40
have landed in New York and large numbers are
On their way here. or other nationalites ar
irving, the German takes the lead The grand
total Of immigration thus far this year il 49,
G76, an increase of 13, 79J over the currea-
ponding period OF last year.
Lieut. Theis, third infantry, having moved
tbs menacing Iiegans from the vicinity OF Bon
ton northward toward their agency, has re-
turned TO his post. He reports 10 Gen Ruger
at Heiona that he could find no substantial evi
dence Of ra,ding on their part, but he took the
precaution to move them out OF tha way Of
temptation.
The tots! imports into the United States from
China during the year ending juno 80, 1881,
ammoun!ed to $22,3l7, ,729, being principal.
]y tea and salt. The total exports to China
amounted in value to So, ,447,28l, boiag lees
than one fourth OF the aggregate of imports,
and consisting chiefly Of petroleum. and &C tton
goods.
Lieut. Col q. r. larnetl, deputy paynaster
general, died 1t Eureka Springs, Ark, on the
18th inst. Col. Larned YVES recently on duty at
Governors Island, n T., as chief paymaster
department Of the east. His death creates a
vacancy for a major and paynaster.
Another great strike in Pittsburg will in all
probability be added to the list Of labor troub-
les now existing. Tho Railroad Coal Exchange
has determined to reduce the price paid for
mining l:,c. per bushel, and 4 900 miners will
probably 60 out on strike.
At Rhode Island the republican stale oonven-
ton renon,nated the state officers with the ex-
ception Of Attorney General Sayles, who de-
oined to be candidate, and Assistant Attor-
ney General Colt was nominated in Lis
place.
Small pox has broken out in a vrnlont form
in tho Des bloincs jail, which is located under
the court room. A regular stampede from the
court room followed the development Of the
cases below.
4 bribery sonsation is relieving the monot-
ony Ut Ohio Legislative proceedings.