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The Worthington advance., 1882-10-12
The Touching Letter ola Suicide.

The writer Of the following letter was a
German-poor, sick and unfortuuate-whs
disappeared from St. Paul. Minnesota, the
other day, and is supposed to have cem >
mitted suicide by droSning:
October 6. 1881.
My dearest and my last Josephine! Oh.
dearest wife! Oh, thou angel! You hard
working, good woman! Yon kind, brave,
good mother! On, what shpn l say? Dear
Josephine, in two to four weeks l shall be
laid up to the sick bed. There is ro hell .
I cannot look ut such mischie. Oh, /
might get crazy. Forgive me dear jose
phine. Forgive me dear children. Icannot
help it. But If must leave YOU
entirely penniless, do not fear. God, the
good people of St. Paul and Q ,me OF nv
old friends will help you. l hope. These
were hard; seven to five years OF nothing
but misfortune and encouragement. May
God help you that you live with our dear
little ones happier without me than with
me. wish you many good years; whilst
hardly q sunshine showed itself in the
many years past. hope God will make
good for you, dear Josephine, and the dear
children. Don't break down on 1t. Bear
it with courage aud forgive me. Dear one,
do also not make yourself any trouble about
the future Of my soul. I am prepared. I
never done any crime or that had to fear
death, as hope shall die quietly. Inform
s. j. Radon SO Bruhl, Lipsig, and Gustav
Kauffmann At Halle, 16 Henrietter street.
Germany, Of my sudden death, and ask
them for help for the children. Educate
tho boys for tho professional trade. This
leaning mercantile commerce 10 always
The Worthington advance., 1882-10-12
Minnesota News Notes.
DEVILS LAKE.
The Fort Totem Reservation Not to bo
Extended Nor the Settlers at DEVILS

-
The Fort Tottcn Reservation Not to bo
Extended Nor tho Settlers at Devils
Lake Molcsted. ,..
Washington Special.
The action of the war department which
wastaken at the request of the secretary of the
interior suspending the order extending the
limits Of Fort Totten military reservation
practically puts an end to all further trouble
with the settlers on the lands north of Dew.
ills lake contained III the proposed extension.
Your correspondent learned at the war de-
partment that the order of suspension which
was promulgated to-day will have the same
effect as if the order OF extension had been
rescinded. The supension leaves the matter
precisely as if the order extending the
reservation had never been issued. and
it will never be revived excert at
the instance OF the secretary of the in
terror. As lie is about to render a ieci.
sion throwing open to settlement the Turtl g
mountain country, which contains the pro-
posed extension, there is no likelihood that
the re recommendation for the extension will
ever again be made. The settlers on the
borders at DEVILS lake can therefore possess
their souls in patience for all prospect of be.
ing disturbed i'll the possessions. Secretary
Teller is still holding his decision regarding
the Turtle mountain country. The matter
has been referred to the commissioner of
the general land office for the preparation OF
certain details. The commissioner said that
he was not yet ready to make his reports
but would be able to do SO in q very short
time.
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more that DR.. VIM. Egry, formerly we'll
known physician of that city, but now liv-

more that DR.. VIM. Egry, formerly we'll
known physician of that city, but now liv-
ing at Oberkenshen, Germany, has been ar
rested and sentenced to four years in prison
in that country for alleged reasonable ut
terances against the policy Of Emperor
William on various occasions. d.. Egry
went to Germany about year ago at the re.
quest of his wife, who desired to live with
her family until her death. DR.. Egry con-
sented but has claimed while there TO be an
American, because he expected to return to
law and the settlement of his estate. The
news caused good deal of excitement in
Baltimore.
In the divorce case of Axtell vs.. Axtell, in
Chicago, one witness who had lived with the
Axtell family in Montana testified that while
there Mr.. Axtell was always under the in
fluence Of liquor. The judge said that
wouldn't do. The question was whether he
was drunk, for nearly everybody in Montana
was always under the influence of liquor. It
was decided that he was drunk.
Two fine observations were obtained at
Harvard observatory of the comet, which
almost establish it as one Of a brief period.
According to the present data it must have
made q semi-circle Of the sun in two or three
AAosAS, VI aC ttAC IdtC "a 1UV uHICS u SCCOtlO.
The fact that the suns atmosphere offers no
check to its progress proves it incombustible
and unlike n,eteorites.
York died in May, 1881, leaving will where
by he made bequests to relatives and friends
and also to religious and educational societies
bequests amounting to nearly 81, ,OOO OOO
The executors ask a judicial Interpretation of
the will, claiming that the estate will not
realize more than 100000.
George Scoville filled petition in the
county court in Chicago, Thursday, asking
that Mrs. ScovilIe be adjudged insane and
confined in the insane asylum. On making
oath that he was without money, Scoville
WIS allowed to file his petition without pay
mcnt Of tho usual court fees.
The city council Of Wiliamsport, Pa,
were recently ordered under arrest for crimi-
nal neglect in falling to keep tho streets
cleaned up, thereby exposing tho people to
the perils of disease.
The rate of taxation for the city of st.
Paul proper is fixed at 124 mills and 10
mills for West St. Paul This valuation is
made upon $40, ,0O0, 900 of real and personal
property.
At 4 recent meeting of the Chicago Asso-
citation Of Congregational churches the Rev.
Jacob r. Shipperds name was DROP cd from
the list Of ministerial membership
The coinage Of various United States mints
during September amounted 10 SS,OO9 252,
of which $3, 300 100 was in standard silver
dollars
\ national convention of the Woman's
Christian Temperance union will be held in
Louisville on the 18th inst.
There were I'D, ,OOO, 900 feet Of lumber il,
the Minneapolis yards on the first Of the
month
The Worthington advance., 1882-10-12

The twenty fourth annual conference of
the NJ. E. church, opened at Owatona on the
4th, Bishop Merrill presiding.
Articles Of incorporation of the Northern
Pine Land company, with headquarters at
Minneapolis, have been filed with the
secretary OF state. The company is COM
posed Of Joseph Viles, Chippewa Falls, +.
W. Pitcher, Boston, W. W. Huntington, S.
G. Cook and c. H. Maxey, Minneapolis, and
the capital stock is S5O0,O0O They will
buy and sell pine lands and do general
numbering business.
Cooks hotel az Rochester was damaged to
the amount of $500 by fire Oh Sunday.
Charles G. Wood of Sauk Rapids has
made arrangements with the creditors of j.
H. Wood, who failed week ago. to con-
Time the business. Hcsettles with creditors
for about so per cent. cash.
Mr.. Baker, OF Brownson, Mcleod county,
the other day was shot. in the foot by the
accidental discharge OF revolver in the
hands of his little son.
The Willmar Republican-G Gazette, large
nine column folio, has been increased to six
pages, a.d furnishes an immense ammount
of reading matter. 1t is one ofthe thorough
ly enterprising journals OF the day.
John Stewart of Granite Falls was arrest.
ed and held to the grand Jury on charge of
stealing horse from Solomon Anderson.
The Worthington advance., 1882-10-12
DEAD MANS HEART BEATS.
Interesting Experiments With Elec-
tricity on the Body Ofa Murderer.


tricfty on the Body ofa Murderer.
Chicago Dispatch to New York Sun.
On Friday afternoon within one minute
after the body of James Tracy, the mur-
derer of Policeman Huebner, had been
taken from the :allows, Drs. Mann and
Bluthardt, in the presence ofother ply
eicians, began the interesting experiment
of applying electricity with view of re-
suscitation. The features were not dis
torted and the dead man looked as
though he had passed away in sleep. Dr.
Bluthardt said;
:, He died pain1cssly. He lost conscious
ness within moment after the drop fell.
tie was sS dead before he knew what hurt
,.im. The neck was disloc;,ted ut the
make post-mortem," he added, turn
to James McCann to whom Tracy had
willed his body.
mo" said the old Jrishman. looking
mournfully at the corpse. "IIe will be
buried in Calvary just rs he is.''
Then the doctors applied the electrici-
ty, and it was intensely interesting to
see the muscles of the cold face twitch,
the mouth pont, the eyes open and shut
and the breast heave. The countenance
of Dr.. Daniorth lit up suddenly as he
bent over the corpse. "Hnshw he said
can hear the heart beat" The others
llent down in turn, and they. too. heard
the rythmic throbbing OF the heart.
This is the statement that they wrote at
the request of the representative of the
Sun.
: "The experiment was begun by apply-
ingone pole over the spinal cord and the
other over the heart-the latter bv
means of two needles, one over the apex
; and two over the base Of the heart,
The needles were inserted beneath tho
skin, 80 as to bring the electric current
N direct communication with the heart.
On turning on the current the effect was
very marked. Muscular contortions
began wherever the electric cur
the face and neck. The heat BEGAN to m
contract feebly, not regularly. With
the ear over the heart We could dis. ill.,
'tmctly hear, or rather feel, the hearts
contnactions. BY removing the elec-
trode We could produce variety of
facial expressions. The arms would
contract, the legs move with considerable
force and the. muscles of the abdomen
contract strongly. The most 81 .nificant
fact, however, was the rythmic action
of the heart, notwithstanding that the
neck was broken. It is probable that a
considerable proportion of criminals
who are hanged in this country are
either mechanically strangled- is
;choked to death or killed by shock-that
il, death is the result of the terrible i'm
preston made upon the nervous system.
In cases where the neck is not broker
and the spinal cord is not lacerated, we
are OF opinion that recuscitation would
not be impossible: 1t might he accom-
plished by electricity, friction, arttic al
respiration, the hot bath and other well
known means of restoration. In this
present case resuscitation was impossible, j,
10 the neck was broken"
The Worthington advance., 1882-10-12
Two st. Louis Deaf MuteS Mar.
riel by the Sign Manual.

From the 81. lA0nls POst-Dsp0tch.
A very singular marriage ceremony
took place in this city recently.
both the contracting parties. Mr..
William F. Guss and Miss Della
Cannon, being deaf mutes. Miss Cannon
being Catholic it was the desire of her
family that she should be married BY q
priest, and, in accordance with their will,
Father McCaifery was called upon to
pronounce the banns. An interpreter,
with command of the sound language
was called into service to repeat the
sacred words of the priest. The mar.
riage was LIBERATED at the residence Of
the bride, No. 1881 North Ninth street,
and Immediately afterward the guesti
sat down to supper, which they hurried
through. Supper over, the couple sprane
into q carriage, accompanied by single
friend, and drove hurriedly to the res.
idence of Rev. J. w. Lewis, of the NJ. f.
church, Washington avenue, who
was asked to repeat the cer.'
emony. Here was found Lewis Kav.
anaugh, nephew of the clergyman, who
understood the language of signs even
better than the minister. :
Mr.. kayanaugh explained to the
couple that they would be ex-.
pected to read from the book
of service exactly what the minister pro-
nounced aloud, and that when the groom
was asked whether he would take this:
wc.,.,.n to be his lawfully welded wife,
etc, he should, after reading the same
from the book, lift up his hand and make
the sign which meant, eyes, will.".
Similar instructions were given to tho
lady. who was also provided with book.
The contract was sealed with a ring, and
when it became necessary for the groom
to follow the words o: tie minister, say
ing: "With this ring thee endow with
all my earthly goods" etc, the eyes Of
the groom were intently fixed upon tho
printed words of the book, 20 there,
could possibly be no mistake as to his.
power Of comprehending what was
meant.
The bride is graduate of the Fultsn
asylum and the groom was educated in
Philadelphia. He is a good mechanic,
and is now employed in Brownell L
Wright's car factory in this city. At
O'Clock the couple took train East,
where: their silent honeymoon will b.
nasSaI
The Worthington advance., 1882-10-12
NEWS OF THE DAY.


Wears from IvNSHtNOtOS1.
Associate Justice Field of the supreme
court, was shown an associated press dis.
patch respecting the internal machine sent
him. Judge Field said the machine was
received by him Jan. IS, 1866. All account of
| which was published the next day in the
Washington papers. 1t also appears in
Judge Fields book, "reminiscences Of Early
Days in California. The machine was re-
| Gently taken to gunsmith in Washington
| under the judges orders to have the fulmi-
mating powder removed, to avoid accident.
The Judge farther said that the man whom
| he always suspected Of sending the machine
died several years ago, and strange part of
his action was that Judge Field'sdecision re-
specting the title to the ground on which
San Francisco stands was really beneficial to
the man, although he believed himself
ruined thereby, and hence sought to kill
Judge Field.
The following patents have been issued:
Nichols Barry, Jr., trap for waste pipes;
Seth Bottonly, Nashville Center, Nlinn.,
automatic straw stacker; James Clement,
Grand Forks. OAK, carrier belt for ditch
ing machines; Amos X. Ersland, Sheldah',
Iowa, platform wagon drmp; Eugene L.
Fitch, Des Mones, thread case; William II
and G. A. Holcombe Beloit, Wis, machine
for transmitting roatary motion; Frederick
Jonas, assigncr Of one-half to J. Stubbs,
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, excavating machine;
William Lehman, milwaukee,, besom staff
B. Pennington. Minneapolis, ovcrcoat;
James Reesman, Agency Iowa, churn.
The forthcoming annual report o: the post
master general will show that the net in
come OF the department for the fiscal year
ending June SC, 1882, was about 81 500, 600
over and above all expenditures. One pc
cular and gratifying feature Of last years
financial showing is that there remains 81,
OOO, 600 OF the appropriation tor star service
uncxpendcd. When Gen. Erady submitted
the estimates for the year lie wanted So 2GO, =
CO., but congress only allowed $1,000, ,OO0
cd, it is apparent that under the new manage
ment the star service cost 81 800, 600 less
than Brady's estimate.
Secretary. Teller has rendered an import
ant decision respecting the rights ofowners
OF mining claims in regard to the timber
growing upon the surface of their claims
He holds that compliance with the laws
governing mining claims gives the miner
exclusive and absolute possession; bat that
this possession carries with it the obligation
to defend the claims against trespass. That
is, miners must themselves prosecute tres
passers, and can not ask the government to
do it.
Maj. Charles A. Suter, United States ell
ginecr, has made an elaborate report of river
improvement in the Missouri. showing what
progress has been made and making
recommendations for the future The
whole length of the Big Muddy is traversetl
in the report.
W. G. Gurlev. the chief Of the free deliv-
cry service postotfice department, has COM
pleted his annual report which shows that
there was during th1.past year an increase
Ofthree offices and an increase of 127, ,321, =
325 in the number of pieces handled.
The Worthington advance., 1882-10-12
Internal surgery.


A lecture delivered at the University OF
Marylan'', on the 23d Of September, by the
euinent surgeon, j. Marion Sims, and re-
ported in the Maryland Medical Journal, is
of interest to non professionals from the
importance of the advances in modern
surgery therein indicated. Taking for bis
subject peritoneal surgery, or, to express it
less technically. internal surgery, the dis
tinguished lecturer proceeded to show that
the operator of the near future will under
take to treat wounds of the internal organs
with almost as much familiarity and free
dom as those of the exterior Of the body.
The danger Of laying open the body is not
nearly 40 great as is generally supposed,
and with their numerous successes in
ovariotomy, in extirpating the spleen, the
kidney, the uterus, in opening the bladder,
the gall.bladder, and making Cnsarian
and other incisions, surgeons have gained
q daring which must insnre great benefits
to suffering humanity. Referring to the
case of President Garfield. he said that
when the case was first reported to him he
had said that il the bullet bad entered the
internal cavity OF the body he would not
hesitate to ''cut into the abdomen, suture
the intestines, il needed, tie the bleeding
vessels. cleanse thoroughly the peritoneal
O~'Asy eeAA~ 1A0VAV o U1010Ak0 SOUVs xu0
recent records Of abdominal surgery show
with what impunity We can and do pene-
trate the abdomen, and not only Justify but
render impentave such interference. Dr..
Sinss insists upon the great importance of
draining the internal cavity OF the body
when any organ it contains has been in
jured by a gunshot wound. ani thinks,
after observing many cases, that death from
internal wounds is commonly due, not to
peritonitis, but to septicaemia, brought on
by the presence Of blood and serum which
have not been removed. 'There is no
more DANGER" says the doctor, 'of a per-
son dying from eunshot or other wound
OF the peritoneal cavity than from
ovariotomy." Whatever internal organ has
been injured the dppinsge is absolutely re-
quired. and TO secure this drainage it is
necessary to open the abdominal cavity
without delay."
The Worthington advance., 1882-10-12
NcaVs Of the Railroads.

Iron express cars have been put on the
Southern Pacific railroad. The car is de.
scribed as being very strong, and is bullet
proof, very important item in the Arizona
country. 1t is made in two compartments
one Tor the treasure, aud the other for five
or six expressuen and guards There arc
doors only on the sides, and loophooles in
the side Of the car give the expressmen, who
are full armed, a fine opportunity to pick of
train robbers. In addition to this force OF
men, arms and ammunition. there We're four
Siberian bloodhOunds in the car. The
hounds cost $3.50 each. The same style of car
will so with each train.
Three magnificent new Pullman slecpcrs
were in the Union Depot yards, the Dcken-
son, Pyramid Park and Miles City, the las
named just from the shops. They belong
to the Northern Pacific service, and viii be
followed during the coming week by the
Fort keogh, Glendive and Billings They
are improvements, if that be possible, upon
any of their predecessors President Willard
has said that within years time the road
will be finished, and that all preparations
must be made to furnish in anticipation the
best car service that money and skill can Sc
cure for the great route.
All the roads leading from the Northwest
are suffering from scarcity Of freight cars,
The Northwestern has freight equipment
Of 5, 600 cars, yet is short Of the number it
could we'll use. The Milwaukee S st. Paul
aas about 4, 500 cars of freight use and is 50
driven with business that much Of it is
transferred to other roads. The milwaukee,
& st. Paul expect to p"t dining cars on their
main lines soon.
At Dubuque articles OF incorporation were
filed for the Northwestern Construction COM
pany, the principal office to be at Dubuque.
The company will construct and equip the
railroad lines of the Chicago, Freeport &
St. Paul Railroad company: The capital
stock of the construction company is fixed
at 81 100000.
The earnings Of the Manitoba railroad
company in Minnesota for the last six
months amount to over 81, ,OOO, 600, on which
they pay tax of 81 ,OO0 0OO The earnings
have more than doubled in all the items,
since the first of the year.
The earnings of the St. Paul T. Omaha for
the month of September were $4s3, ,4G2, an
increase of $11O,O92; Northern Pacific for the
month of September, $3.50, 7Oo an increase
OF $255, 337.
The Worthington advance., 1882-10-12

and that which receives it. This tube
carries suction and force pump, which
gives impulsion to the venous blood, and
measuring that quantity and velocity of
the same. Two bifurcations, one at tho
Eeglnning and the other at the end ct
the tuPe, allow of the entrance and OK
It OF current OF warm water. % ~ to
arlve out the internal air and heat. the
instrument without the water itself be-
Ing forced into the patients circulation.
The Worthington advance., 1882-10-12
Crimes and Criminals.

AT Pittsbnrg, David Barber, for years past
general manager and financial superintend-
ent of the Touring mills of fMarshall, Kenne.
dy Co., has been arrested OH charge OF
larceny, preferred by the senior member Of
the firm. 1t isalleged that he has been car
rying on system Of robbery for the past
twenty years. In that time he has taken
$4,000.
John +. Burrell, who was recently
brought to Springfield, ILL.,, on charge OF
eembezzlelnent, was brought before Judge
Zane on a writ of habeas corpus. The judge
refused to release him, but reduced his bali
to So, 900, which was given, with his brother.
Eugene Burrell, and James w. Carter as
bondsmcn. ~
Col. Houghton, late collector of Perth
Amboy, N. J., has been indicted for trans.
mitting to the treasury department forged
vouchers. He has before this been indicted
tor forging pay rolls of alleged employees. J
At New York Bartholomew O'Neil, a Ii.
quor dealer in Water street, fatally assaulted
William Larkin, variety actor. -
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risky. BE quiet, dear Josephine. All will
arrange itself BY and by. Forgive me.
Forgive me, dear children. God help you
al. and help you to get over this mischief,
God bless the dear children. Good bye.
good bye. Live happy. Your despsired
husband, -... g. H KAuFFuANN.
Ny only pain is that must leave You %
entirely penniless. and hope some good
people hasten at once to your instant help.
The Worthington advance., 1882-10-12
From EO1'eiO1I Lands.

A farmer naEcd Hunt was murdered last
Monday night near Boyle, county Roscom-
mon, Ireland. The crime was undoubtedly
agrarian. Several arrests have been made.
Thomas Brown, il farmer living in Castle
Island, county Kerry, was shot dead near
his own housc-an agrarian crime.
There is CONSERVATION among the Parncll-
ties, owing to the report that on therccom-
mendation of Archbishop NlcCabe the Irish
Catholic hierarchy, now in session, has re-
fused to allow priests to attend the forth
coming conference.
Elaborate arrangements are being made
for Arabi's tri al at Cairo.
The Worthington advance., 1882-10-12
Record Of Fires and Casualties

On Friday there was a $15o,O00 fire on
Broadway, New York. The building was
occupied by a number of firms as follows:
First floor and basement Stern & Co.,
shirts; second, Jacob Adler & Co., gloves;
thild, NJ. Fisher, cloaks and dress trim
lnings; fourth and fifth, Kidney & Hanley,
trimmings and gloves, and y. f. Sicher,
ladies' underwear. All those firms carry
large and valuable stocks.
DR.. A. Balantye, agent of the J. II. Wood.
line commission merchants, Chicago, missed
his footing as he was getting OH an east
bound pas senger train, near Omaha, and
falling upon the track he was run over and
fatally injured.
The Worthington advance., 1882-10-12
HOMES IN THE WEST.

Persons looking westward for homes
can procure full informstion concern.
ing tho GARDEN SPor Of Iowa 4
Minnesota BY subscribing loe ~
Worthington ADVANCE, pablished at
Worthtngt0n, Iinneso:a. Send q for
one year: d for six months. and so
cents for three months, to ADVANCE,
Worthington. Mobiles Co, Ninnesota.
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Adjutant General Hawley reports an en-
thnsiastic meeting held At Morris for the or
ganization of . company of national guards.
At the conclusion Of explanatory remarks
twenty-five names were enrolled.
The Worthington advance., 1882-10-12

King Oscar, Of Sweden, recentl,
started on tour of inspection through
Norway. He took the precaution to in
sure his life for SOO.OOO crowns.
The Worthington advance., 1882-10-12

Miscellaneous Nesus Notes,
Intelligence has been received in Balti.