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The Worthington advance., 1882-10-05
A Successful American Vocalist.

"A SstCC0DSSU1A Au1cr1CSU VOClS1SGs
Among other returned tourists is the
name of Miss Emily Thursby, who has
been absent two years. When she had
left this country she had won distinction
~ its finest female vocalist, but during
this interval she has sung in all the Eu-
ropen capitals with great eclat, and
hence she returns with increased faye.
She is now the Jenny Lind of America,
sing in a Brooklyn choir for SO per week.
Her reputation, however, continued to
increase until she had an engagement At
the Broadway Tabernacle at 5000 .
year, this being the largest salary ever
paid church singer in America. How
strange it seems that she could afford to
80 rich an engagement; but
such is the case. and having won fame,
she has at the same time mastered the
road to wealth.
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Miscellaneous NesUs Notes.

New York special: The numerous failures
growing out of the failure Of the down
town note broker, Alonzo Follett, are Great
ing CONSERVATION among down town mer-
chants, vino are apprehensive that the worst
has not been made known yet. So great is
the fear that this is the case that general
examination ismade by each firm, in order
to discover If any of their creditors have suf.
fered by Follett's failure, so that embarrass-
their creditors being involved in the failure
may be, ifpossible, avoided. Scarcely has .
failure for many years created such Q wax
ing up and feeling of distTust % that of Fol-
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Political Notes and News.

In the republican convention of the
seventh::district, after a5bitter struggle which
has lasted one week, E. w. Mackey was
nominated for congress on the 25Oth ballot
A stormy scene followed. Mackey's colored
competitors, Lee and Smalls, charged him
with having received the nomination by
bribery. Lee displayed as evidence q pro-
missory note for $3.50 given by Mackey to a
delegate for his vote. 1t is understood there
will be no democratic candidate in the dis
trict, and Lee and Smalls are expected to
run against Mackey, making triangular
republican fight. Mackcy demanded an in
vestigation of the note proceedings. The
convention decided, @ to Is, that the note
was not made by Mackey.
The democrats of the thirty-ninth MINI.
district in convention at Little Falls nomin-
ated the following ticket: Senator, Nicholas
Meyers of Morrison county; representatives,
A. ]. Demeles ofBenton county, L. p. White
of Crow Wing, and John Watt Of Todd
county.
TheiTexas greenbackers have wisely decided
not to nominate state ticket, and the re-
publicans will follow suit, both recommend
ing support of the democratic candidates.
in sympathy with the independent move
ment headed by Hon. G. Wash Jones.
Fillmore county, Minnesota republicans
have nominated J. NJ. Wheat for state SEN
ator and A. Plumnner, b. Thayer, C. T. Bar-
naas, X. Greer and r. E. Thompson for rep
sentatives and endorsed Window for Sen
at0r.
The republican convention for the Sixth
legislative district of Dakota consisting of
Brookings, Moody and Lake counties, nom-
mated J. o. Is. Sealey of Brookings council
man, X. G. Mckallister of Lake and George
Rice of Moody representatives,.
The committee of five appointed by the
republican state central committee at its re-
cent meetingfo adjust the Keyes-H -Hazelton
trouble in the third district in Wisconsin
will meet atMadison within few days.
FL. Johnson of Leon has been nominal
ed sor senator and Hans Hoteback of Ken
yon and J. A. Thatcher of ZumbrOta for the
house in the Twenty first district, Goodhue
county, Minn. They arc all Window men,,
Col. w. r. Steele of Deadwood was nom
mated for congress by the Dakota democra-
cy in convention at Mitchell on the 9th.
The anti-monOpolists of Nebraska have
nominated E. r. lngersoll for governor and
endorsed Senator VanWyck's course.
The Worthington advance., 1882-10-05

The British government has telegraphed
Cairo ordering an investigation Of the ex-
Plosion and q prompt report of the result.
The transport Carthage has arrived at Ports
mouth with eleven officers and 100 men
wounded at Tel el Kebir Five wounded
died ON the voyage. The Times says it has
men in Egypt to carry on and consolidate
the work for WHICH the suppression of Ara
bi- Pagha does little more than clear the
way. Alexandra dispatch The chanuel
squadron has sailed fofMalta.
The Worthington advance., 1882-10-05
A Little Southern Episode.

At Charleston, Miss, A. NJ. Leigh,
prominent merchant, was assassinated near
the door of his house. His wife heard the re-
port of gun and the cry of her husband,
who called to her to bring him his pistol.
Securing the weapon in an instant, the brave
wife dashed away to her husbands rescue,
and wnen the murderer saw her coming he
deliberately drew a pistol, stepped close to
the PROSTATE man, snapped the weapon in
his face three or four times without effect,
then turned and walked away. The next
moment Mrs. Leigh put = pistol in her hus-
bands hand, and he, turning over upon his
side fired after the ASSASSIN retreating form.
Mr.. Leigh died soon after The murdere:
has been captured, and proves to be Vernon
White, son of prominent Presbyteri n
minister, who was aided to escape by his
fathef. : s. - -------- - -
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Report Of the Tariff Commission.

Report Of the Tariff Commission.
The National Tribune Of Washington has
secured an unofficial report of the tariff
commission. The information was probably
furnished by Postgate, who has been acting
as private secretary to Robert p. Porter, one
Of the members of the commission. Mr..
Postgatc takes the liberty to speak for the
commission, and says:
We have heard, probably ESQ or 300 per-
sons and should say that majority of
them are in favor of fcving things as they
are. As result of the report of the COM
mission there will be clearing away of
the cobwebs that effect the working of the
tariff and interfered with its smooth work
ing. Its tendency will be in the direction of
a wholesome reduction in the protection
given to the industries that have grown no
and arc able to stand on their feet without
assistance. The commission will not hes
itate to increase the duty where they can see
an opportunity to build up profitable in
dustry. The commission will embOdy in its
report a draft of a law which, in its opinion.
will remove all defects in the existing tariff
and remove all reasonable complaint against
it. The report will be ready for congress by
the second week iE December. The form it
will take will he revision of the present
customs law and slight reduction Ofduties.
The report will be prepared in New York,
because there the custom house officials and
experts will be more accessible.
The Worthington advance., 1882-10-05
Crimes and C,.i,,ainnla.

Denver Special A man just arrived from
Trinidad, confirms the story of the terrible
duel fought between two COW boys ofGeorge
Howard's and John Kelly's outfits, the
chiefs OF the two parties, who were driving
up together about 1900 head of cattle which
were mixed with the wrong herds. In order
to avert general fight they selected six men,
each their best shots, and placing them fifty
yards apart gave the word and let them de-
first fire three Of the Howards men were
killed, and one man belonging to Kelly's
crowd met the same fate. kellys men pur.
sued the survivors to their camp and re-
turned With the cattle. No arrests have vet
been made although Kelly is in Denver.
Twelve thousand dollars worth of dia-
m0nds and valuable jewelry were stolen at
the Cincinnati exposition building shortly
after the doors opened Friday morning, from
the exhibit Of G. oskamp. The diamonds
with two small padlocks and the owners had
no one in charge to guard the property A
visitor to the exposition saw two men 70 to
the case and open it with such apparent ease
as to give the Impression they were the own.
ers. After selecting all they wanted they
quietly walked away, and ten minutes after
ward the theft was discovered.
| AT Mather, Wis, during spree in which
three white men and three Indians were in
dulging, Charles Carter, one of the whites.
struck an Indian named Little George over
the head with club. intlicting injuries from
which he died. Carter was taken to Jail and
about twenty Indians followed with the in
tention of lynching him. but were prevented.
John Crawford, colored, private in Co. C.
OF the Twcnty-fifth United States infantry,
was received at the State penitentiary Wednes.
day from Fort Hale, OAK, where he had been
convicted of an assault with intent to commit
murder, and was sentenced to three years
imprisonment.
In New Orleans, Melissa Power and Ad-
die Johnson fought with butcher knives
about young man. Both women were
frightfully cut. Melissa received stab in
the breast, from which she died almost in
stantly. Addie is in critical condition.
Bonanza (Colo) Special: A. G. Adams,
cashier of the Bonanza Exchange bank,
which suspended few days ago, has been
arrested. An attempt was made to lynch
him, which was prevented by some law
abiding citizens.
Jonathan Wolgamott, respectable far
mer near Classified, ILL.,, was cruely mur-
deared by Enoch and Ed. Noble.
At New York, Edward Hovey has been
convicted of the murder of his sister-in-law,
Mrs. Vernlilve.
The Worthington advance., 1882-10-05
Bayarll TaylOr's Home.

"Cedarcroft," Bayard Taylor's late
home in Chester county, Penn, was
offered for sale ut auction in PhiIadcl-
phia Tuesday, the auctioncer saying
there was little over 195 acres of land,
and that the residence alone cost $50, 600.
But the property went begging. the first
bid for the whole being only $l5,OOO and
!: the utmost offered 1000. This being
unsatisfactory, the property was divided,
and the country seat; lis acres, includ-
no bid for this, and the remaining so
at y, 900, and was finally disposed of to
Mr., F. E. SickleS of Kennel square for
$500. The country seat was reserved
for private sale.
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Perso,saz a,,tl I,,,n,e,aonnl.

Urbano, O., Special to Cincinnati Gazatte
John Eicholtz, whose death was mentioned
in the Gazette day or two since, was IN un.
usually eccentric man. He came to Ohio
about the year 1880, from Pennsylvania and
his early Inheritance consisted Of two silver
half dollars, which Wa Ill his father be-
The Worthington advance., 1882-10-05
Record Of Fires and Casualties.

ASIOOsW " IGSC0 UsSW ONO1UEEteOs
AT South Lebanon, Ohio, five persons en-.
tered an old boat to cross the Miami river,
and during playful struggle for possession
of the oars, the boat capsized and four of
the party were drowned Names: Newton
and Ella Wallace and Abraham and Belle
Lucas.
The fire at Paronburg, Mo-, was more dis
astrous that first stated. Eighteen stores
were burned, besides number ofdwellings.
The total loss reached $4,000. The origin
Of the fire is unknown.
The Worthington advance., 1882-10-05
More Elevator Charges

The following circular will be Of great in
terest to the grain shippers.
ST. PAUL. Sept. 27.-Special Notice to
Grain Dealers and Shippers: On and after
Oct. l. 1852, there will be IN elevator charge
Of l cent per bushel ON wheat and other
The Worthington advance., 1882-10-05
ConRressra,en Nominated.

congressman NOm1note0.
w. r. Steele, dem., Dakota. ~fgs.
J. s. ROwell, rep, Second Wisconsin dis.
trict.
G. s. Lilley, dem.. Eighth Massachusetts.
E. W. Mackey, rep, Seventh South Caro-.
William W. Phelps, rep, Fifth New
Jersey.
Hiram c. Hodges, dem., and gbk., Third
Michigan.
James l.. Laird, rep, Second Nebraska.
w. H. Munger, dem, Third Nebraska.
W: L. Utley, gbk., First Wisconsin.
Albert Z. Janin, rep, First New York.
Henry Manistree, rep, Tenth Missouri.
Thomas W. Hynes, pro-. Eighteenth Illinois.
Perfshed in = Dakota Priarie Fire.
Redfeld, Dak., Special: A disastrous fire
swept over this portion of Dakota last
Tuesday. There was high wind blowing
from the south. Considerable damage has
been done to settlers in loss of hay, grain
and claim shanties. Citizens turned out en-
masse and the aid of the railroad track
saved the town. DR.. H. NJ. Towne, former
" of Chicago, and young man named
Zacharia Jahn of Rock Island county, ILL.,,
were building house on the farm of the
former. They saw the fire comiug and un-
dertOok to escape by team, but the horses
turned around. throwing them to the ground
and breaking the doctors leg. jain ran in
to town. He was terribly burned about the
neck, face and hands, but it is thought he
will recover. The remains of DR.. T0wne,
were subsequently found. Every particle
of clothing was off and his body burned to a
crisp: The remains have been properly
cared for
The Worthington advance., 1882-10-05
A Shocking Scene at Castle william
Nou, VorIx sro1or,-nrn> -...''.= ..++

A Shocking Scene at Castle william.
New York Telegram sGg -
The thunder of the guns at Castle William
or Garrison Island returning the salute OF
Admiral Grevy on the French man. Of war
Minerve had no tragical significance Mon.
day morning for the ears it reached; but be-
fore the detonations had died away, four
men horribly matilated and number OF
others more or less hurt lsy around the can.
non in the mouldering easements and the
martial structure heard in the decay what it
had not listened to in its prime, the groans
ofwounded and dying men. Two guns oi
the saluting battery had prematurely been
discharged, and by the unexpected explosion
the men serving them had suffered severely.
Private John Hill Of Battery H. is dead: Pri-
vate Kinnis Of Battery A lies in . critical
condition with leg shattered and arm am
putated; Privates Whelan and Sydney OF
Batteries II. and A. are all powder
burnt and with mutilated limbs are gradual
ly sinking. Two glnners are badly wounded
and none Ofthe complement of men serving
the discharged cannon have escaped UNI
scathed. The vulnerable fortress shook
with the discharge. AS the first guns went
OH Chcy were IOIleN D8Ck Ou the C08SSeS
about thirty inches from the embrasures.
The cannoneers Of Nos. to 3 fell to
work at once sponging their pieces In
went the cartridges. The gunners
stood with thumbs crossed above the vents.
The cannoneers had the stats III the muzzles
and began to ram. Suddenly and simultan-
eo,1sly with the discharge of another cannon
down the line the air was filled with the
thunder of gun No. 3, a sheet of flame
belchetl through the embrasure and gunner,
cannoneers and all were dashed upon the
ground. An instant after and before the
cry of agony could fairly break from the
mouths OF the stunned and wounded men
another deafening explosion shook the
place and both inferior and frontage
of the fortress were lit by the flash
of gun No. l. The ram staffs in
the hands of the cannoniers had been shot
away, ard in most cases the hands had been
been blown with them. In the smoke which
filled the two casemates the hapless servers
of The guns rolled upon the floor in agony,
with the blood streaming from their shat
tered limbs, and the powder blackening
their faces like mask. Their dreadful cry
of pain rang through the tier in the intervals
between the discharges. Strict military dis
cipline prevailed, and every ten seconds gun
doomed from Castle William till the twenti.
eth had fired its salute to the French admiral.
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Old Actors Lingering on the Stage.
New York Letter.

OAu ActOrS lnn8eflnS on the stage.
New York Letter.
judge we have begun boom in theatri
cal matters. The only lizzles thus far were
summer snaps. Maggie Mitchell slipped up
badly in the Park Theatre, and as she is ricl,
and well-fixed generally I an rAther glad of
1t. She is too old an actress to be pardoned
for the gaucheries she INDUCED in and the
al'surdities she permitted in her new play
Her Jane Eyre is nothing but cross Fan.
chon, and that won't do. Miss Mitchell
may a we'll settle down to her one part and
stick to it. She can do nothing else, and the
public are Content with that. ! don't quite
understand the facination of the footlig ghts
Here, woman long past middle age; rich,
With clever fellow for a husband, q delight.
1ul home and every reason for desiring q
future of case and comfort! What does She
do? Work! Where? On the cralnped stage OF
the interior, breathing dust, stared out OF
icountenance by cleaning lights; succeeding
here, failing therefor what? More money?
think not. She may want more money,
but the inside reason il liking for thu fuss
and feathers, the glare and glitter. It's the
way with all OF 'em. Journalists cf all
grades hang about their diagy offices long
only know the fact. Actors go to theatres
every night when not playing What for?
- Certainly not to learn anything, AMI don't
2'noaice that they improve by the seeing.
. They 10. They are unhappy i; they can't
! s9Qs There's something about that back
door which shuts the world out that is mys.
terious in its facination. Once there the dis
TGipls never can be torn away. "Once a
Mason always = Mason" Once an actor
always m actor. In other times they were
distinctly class by themselves. Nowadays
there is little better state of things, but Of
necessity they are still separate class. l
don't know why. | see the fact. Publicity
has something to do with it, dare say
They arc allowed very little privacy. Very
few care tor 1t, but the few can't get it. That
necessarily has its effect. And Miss Mitchell
Who has played since we were children has
the feeling as strong as any. There she is,
-nalling away in her harness just as she did
thirty years and more ago. when she really
had to work for her bread and butter.
The Worthington advance., 1882-10-05
Ncas,s Of the Ratkr0g<ls.

United States Railroad Commissioner
Armstrong, who has just arrived in St. Paul
from an inspection Of the western end of the
Northern Pacific, adds his testimony to that
OF Special Commissioner Scott and Others
that 1t is magnificent and substantial piece
of work. He regards the track as first class
in every particular, the country rich in re-
sources and in progressive state of deyel-
opment.
A circular, dated Milwaukee, and signed
by General Manager Merrill, states that in
addition to his duties as secretary of the
Milwaukee road, p. NJ. Myers will until fur
ther notice discharge the duties of assistant
to the general manager Of that road
The engineers Of the Manitoba railway
company are surveying short line between
Minneapolis and Wayzata-the object of the
cut Oft being to relieve the pressure upon the
main lire between the points named
The Railroad Gazette reports a total Of
224 miles of new railroad for the week end
ed Sept. % making 7,1G4 miles thus far this
year, against 4, 44 miles reported at the cor
spending time in 1881.
The supreme court of Illinois has lust de-
cided that it has jurisdiction over charges on
freight shipped from Illinois to points out OF
the state.
The Worthington advance., 1882-10-05

l. North Oarolina;s rice crop 10 good, and
; 'thi. year .ill rssch 5000 bushels Of tide
The Worthington advance., 1882-10-05
DR.: Hollands Dauehter Married.

Dr: H0lland's Daughter Married.
New York Special to Chicago News: Miss
Kate Holland, daughter of the late Dr. !. G.
Holland, was married recently to Beecher
Van Wagner, . we'll known publisher The
wedding which was quiet but elegant af-
fair occurred at the residence of the .bffde's
mother, on Park avenue: The presents of
which large proportion were solid silver
ware, were numerous, beautiful and very
costly. The wedding was private, and only
few of the relatives and intimate friends Of
the contracting parties were present. After
the ceremony the bridal couple left ON their
wedding tour.
The Worthington advance., 1882-10-05
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Nes,s from 1Huslbi,sQto,s.

The surprise in treasury circles that secre.
taiy F0lger went to the relief of Wall street
was intensified by the further announce
lnent that upon his return he, if the law al
lowed, would loan money to the banks
whenever deemed expedient, taking govern.
ment bonds as security. The secretary of
the treasury will not need to return here to
discover that the law Of the United States
positively forbids and the. policy of the gov
eminent under all administrations disc0ur-
ages such financial policy. The fact that
80 few of the called bonds have been pre-
eenteti for redemption is sufficient guaran-
tee that the financial stringency does not ex-
!end =. 6eyoud the Wall street gamblers, and
it Is there only manipulated by one set of
operators against another. .sy:o
. The following orders affecting the postal
service have been issued: Special service
observation-disclosures, Aspinwall to Astor,
Astor to Defiance. Dedham to Coon Rap
Ids, Persia to Council Bluffs, oil from Sept,
%, 1882: Changes in star schedules-Wis-
,G0nsin, Donovan to Merrill; leave Donovan
Tuesdays and Saturdays ut IL D. M. arrive
at Merrill by p. m.; leave Merrill Tuesdays
and Saturdays at p: M, arrive at Donovan
by p: M, from Oct. 9, 1892. Postmasters
c0mMissioned-John NJ. Tracey. TAYLOR.
OAK, Frederick F. Little, Carlton, MINI.
The secretary Of the interior has com.
munication 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 $685.
l32, the cost Of surveying, selecting and con-
veying H3, ,9O6 acres Of land in Minnesota,
for which patents were issued to the com.
pany in 1873. This payment is in accord
ance with the decision of the interior depert.
ment June S, 1882, but made under protest
and without waving any Of the campany's
rights.
Engineer Melville had long interview
with Secretary Chandler and gave q detailed
account of finding bodies of belong and
party. The private papers and Journal of
Del4ong will be turned over to his wife.
Harry Douglas says the Yellowstone Ma
tional Park Hotel syndicate have monopoly
oftheir privilege for ten years, and will spend
81 ,OOO,O 600 on their project.
The resignation of the United States min
lister at Copenhagen, Denmark, NV. H. Wick
ersham, has been received at the state de-
partment.
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let. Mr.. Follett's elegantly appointed farm
in Massachusetts, few miles from Boston.
upon which he is reported to have expended
from 500, 900 to $l25, 900, stands in his wife's
name and cannot be reached by his credit
Ors.
1t is UNDERWOOD that number of leading
nee trade writer's will appear before the tar
III commission when that body goes to New
York. These gentlemen declined to 70
to Long Branch when the commission VA
there, but stated that If the commission
would come 10 New York they would give
their views in regard to. the necessity of :
revision ofthe tariff laws. Among the gen.
tlemen referred to are David A. Wells and
Us. Moore, The Parsee Merchant" who
prepared the Fernando Wood tariff bill
Acting on the request of the city council
ofNew Orleans, Gov. McEnry of Louisiana
has approved IN additional allotment OF
80, 900 for closing the Bonnet Care crevasse
which will have the effect of restoring clear
salt water to Lake Pontchartrain instead OF
muddy Mississippi river water which has
filled the basin several years past. Watering
places all along the Mississippi sound will
also be benefited by the absence Of muddy
water. ~ + -. -
Alphonse Folette Of New York has failed
or $500 Frey 4 May Of Indianapolis
for $50, 900; Lesser q c., Montreal $1,000.
Among other failures are Richard Powell
Samuel Minner, Charles A. Childs, AspDin:
wall Fuller, George A. Francis, Albert L.
Chamberlain and William Fuller, compos-
ing the American Union Express company
in New York; r. T. H. Adams, Patterson
N. T.; Smith 4 Shelly. Detroit.
The number of acres in rice in the United
States in 1880 was ia, 17SS;; number of pounds
produced, ITO, 13l 1873. clean rice-an aver
age product of 632 pounds per acre. Num-
ber of acres under cultivation in 1881 nearly
% 600 less than in 1890 and the product Of
1881 is II .O00, 900 pounds greater than that of
the previous years.
Milton Young, the turfman, got $25, 600
from Mr.. Pate, of St. Louis, for a string of
yearling thoroughbreds. .
:. The ocean hotels have closed for the sea-
son and they appear like banquet halls de-
serted -. ..4.
Some of the shoe manufacturers in Maine
have closed their shops on account ofstrikes
The fund for the family of Gen. Warren
has reached $4,000.