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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-11-22
Cities Warmer Than the Country.


Those who happen to live at little
distance from the heart of the city must
frequently have noticed lack of accord
between readings of their own standard
thermometers and the published obser-
vations of this Signal Service obse rvers
of their locality. The reason of the dis
cord is plain, viz, the perturbine action
of the heat which the city emits; and,
however gratifying it may be to the out
slider to find himself superior to the gov
ernment observers, it is very little cred.
it to the Weather Bureau that this par.
ticular source of error was not long since
recognized and avoided. The remarks
of Prof. Whitney on this subject, as ap-
piled to observations made at London,
are pertinent and convincing. He says:
cit is we'll known fact that cities are
considerably warmer than the more
thinly inhabited country otherwise, un-
der similar climatic conditions. Statis-
tics prove that this is true; and there
would be no doubt that such would be
the effect of an immediate aggregation
of population within a limited space.
even if there were no statistics bearing
on this question. Many millions of tons
of coal are burned in and about big cit
les during every year, and the whole
mass of brick Of which the city is built is
heated during the entire winter, and
more or less in the summer, MANY de-
grees above the natural Temperature.
There can be no question that cOndi.
tons such as here indicated yitiate all
observations made in or near large cities
with q view to the determination of any
possible secular variation Of the temper.
ature." =
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A correspondent Of an eastern paper
who has spent twenty years west Of the
Mississippi, principally on the Pacific
coast, says that after q calm and DELHI
crate survey of the subject he is of the
opinion that the star of empire will ney.
er move west of the Missouri river, that
the people Of the east will ever hold
the balance Of power in these United
States. Thousands of miles of territory
in the Rocky mountain regions and in
the Sierra Nevada range arc doomed to
perpetual barrenness by reason of the
peculiar conformation of the country,
and especially for the lack of necessary
supplies of water. Moreover, when the
mining resources of this region are ex.
hausted its principal source Of wealth is
gone, and with it goes one of the great
est elements Of power. But in the face
Of these few disadvantages, he is per-
suaded that the Pacific coast will always
present grand field for thought and
enterprise.
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There is complaint throughout the
country that it is difficult to find carpen-
ters enough. It comes from Boston,
Springfield, New xork, Philadelphia
and many other cities. At Washington
there was never known so much build
Ing at once and the official reports show
that 2,2l5 new buildings have been
projected the past year. In many of
the country towns east and west, build
ing has been proportionately as lively
~ in the cities, and the almost universal
report in the larger towns and villages
lsthat there is a great demand for more.
There are many workmen. who are
dubbed "wood-butchers" on account
ofincompetency, but good carpenters
are the men that are always in demand.
Carpentry is one of the most honorable
and dignified of trades and boys who
are willing to work with their hands
and are ambitious .enough to learn the
trade thoroughly have a pretty certain
promise Of success before them in that
trade.
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CONDENSED NEWS.
washington News Notes.

SvCOoSSoe0&~ss ASNSSt&SDo
Mn. Margaret E. ssxton has died chasxes
involving tho moral character Of ]. g.
Dyrenforth. assistant commissioner of pat.
enta. With the secretary Of the interior. The
charges Ailegs spsnihc acts, give time and
dates and localities, and are Of the most
damaging nature. Secretary Teller refuses
to make the charges public.s believing that
to do % before invt1tigating them would
be IN act Of injustice to Dyrenforth.
Col. Casey states that the Washington
monument had reached Z height Of 400 feee,
and that when ten feet more IL added the
ter. but that the dressers will continue oil
livery Of material.
The piesident has mitigated the sentence
Of dismissal In the case Of Lieut.. Col. Nor
row to suspension from rank and command
with loss Of one halt pay for ono year and
reduction Of lineal rank to the foot of the
list Of Nsutsnant colonies.
The president recently directed that Capt.
John p. Walker, of the third cavalry, be
placed upon the retired list. He will pro-
coed At once to his home in Georgetown,
Chic.
The controller Of the currency has autho-
rized the establtshment of the Gallatin Valley
National bank Of Bozsman, Mont. Capital
$lO0. 600.
Commissioner Price thinks that SIS 900 ID
ample compensation for tho Leech Lake
Indians.
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LATE MARKET REPORT.
ST. PAUL.

L.
WHARF.-The week opens with the market steady
It about Saturdays quotations, TIE growing
strength of the outside market still encouraging
holders to maintain their extreme position not
withstanding the freer movement of wheat in the
country. For spot No. hard, buying offer Of
va; Nam made Dc for PRe a January,
CORN-There continues to be fair demaud and
the market is about steady: No. spot, November
and Decsmbor is held at 4sc: for No. 3 47c is
one ditto at 46 lec were recorded
OATs-Ihe stock OF oats is still very limited, and
the market continues strong: Quotations: No. 2
81 A4c bid. No. 2 white, CSC bid and SOC asked
U m car Of No. mixed WAS sold at 2s'sc: cal
MINNEAPOLIS.
CoRN-Dul! and nominal No. was bid for al
4G15c, and 471sc asked; October and November
47c: year, 46c: conderaned. 42@46c.
OATs-Quiet and steady; holders asked 29c for
No 2, white: No. mixed. 2sc bid: rejected &c
-, BAR1EY-Unchanesd at $50 for No; 2: extra
FLOUR-The market Is steady and active: quota.
tons: Patents, $6@6.25: straights. So Esq 5. 80:
first bakers. "a. 50@5: second bakers. SO. 900
@2.2O. Boston quotations are as follows: Miuue-
sofa patents, IS 0UY7 20; strairbts, Sc 35@ g. 70;
first bakers, So. 6O@5.e5: red dog, $2.6O92.75.
in bags. ~, -
~, MILWAUKEE MAEKET-Flour. dull ard dropping
Wheat. strong: 94c for November: 96lec for
December: 81 1sc for January: Corn, flrmer; No.
2. 5Olec; rejected. 5OAc. Oats, higher; No. 2,
3O@ 3Ol2: No. white, Sic. Rye. higher; No. l,
57c: No. ?. SIC. Barley. stronger: No. 2, Coz
6O!ac Provisions steady; mess pork. $1O.55 for
November: ST. 50 for January. Prime steam lard,
$3.50 for November; So 40 for January Butter
nrm; 27@29c for creamery: 2O@22 for dairy.
firm at 23@24c. Receipts-Flour, $4,000 bbs:
wheat. 47.OOO bu: barley, Al 900 bu. Shipments
~ lour, 10000 bbIs: wheat. 1000 bu: barley.
$4,000 bu.
CHICAGO MARKET-Flour, quiet aud steady.
Wheat opened dull. but closed active, strong an
higher: November, 96c: December, 96A@96 &c;
1:O47s: No. spring, 94Mc: No. 8 spring, s2le9
s3c: NO red winter. 81. 90 1ec.D1 OH Corn,
nominai, active. and stronger. at 48N@49c cash:
47asc January; 4919@495sc May.
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wound Was in the thigh, md viii not prove

wound was in the thigh, and will not prove
seFious.
Two men, while walking on the railroad
track near the roundhouse in Fargo, were
run over By . passing train and killed.
The names Of the dead men were James
Sadler and Gus Alden. The latter left 4
vita aud child in Minneapolis.
Henry Chaplin, member Of parliameA
for Lincolnshire, proposes to continue his
efforts to induce the government to restrict
the importation of cattle from the United
States, which IL steadily increasing.
The store Of Williams 4 williams, Black,
Tsdd 4 Co. at Bolton. Miss, were burned.
Loss, a., 900; insurance, $50, 900, mostly in
home companies. The cause Of the fire is
unknown.
John Warns house.. furniture, barn ana
grain at Cedslia. west. of Bismarck, were
destroyed by fire on the 10th.
The old Warrington house and two id
joining buildings ct Nashua, N. H., were
burned. Loss, $4,000.
Ole Nelson Of Oshkosh, while hunting
land the other day, was frozen to insanity.
Buttons cotton mill near Bolton, Ian
cashire, was burned. Loss s25, 900.
The business portion of Bemone, Ohio,
burned. Loss, $4,000.
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Extensive Fire at Oshkosh.

What threatened to be repetition OF the
disastrous fire of 1873, broke out in the lum-
Der district in Oshkosh, Wis, onthe 18th inst.
The fire started in S:anhilber, Amos & Co. Is
lumber yard, and soon spread from that to
Pratt's extensive yards. All the lumber in
both OF these was destroyed, and a number
OF sheds and small residences Of yard watch.
% p,., vent With the rest. Adjoining Mayor
traits yards was his large sawmi]l, which
was saved as if by q miracle. Mayor Pratt,
o: D: Peck & Son, and Stan
hilber, Amos & Co. are the principal losers
BY hire. The total loss is estimated by
Morgan Bros, lumber dealers, at 500, 600;
but there are others who say it will not ex.
coed $4,000. The total insurance is about
$4,000. TIE territory burned over is COM
paratively small, and lies along Marion
street, on both sides, between Pine and Joy
streets. Within short distance are located
Fraker's large shingle mill, Williamson,
Libby & Co snew sash, door and blind fac.
tory, just being rebuilt, it having been de.
stroyed by fire month or two since.
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Personal Gossip.

Charles Cook died in London, England,
Oct. 20. Mr.. Cook went to Alexandria,
MIMI, in 1858. and kept hotel and tie
postofice, remaining until the Indian out.
break, Whsn he removed with his family to
White Bear near St. Paul. In 1866 he sold
his homestead on the west banks of lakes
Agnes and Winona to w. f. Hicks, and re-
turned to England, whe"e he has resided
ever since.
Admiral Frencbard of the Navy died on
he 18th. He was bern in 1914. He en-
cred the naval academy and became mid.
shipman Oct. %. 1884. He was made
passed midshipman. July IL. 1910; lieut..
enant, Feb q, 1S47; commander, july is.
1862; captain, July 25, 1865; commodore.
1870. he was placed en- the retired list July
10. 1880.
On Wednesday evening, Nov. 7, Miss
Maggie Evans, daughter of George G. Evan
Of Newark, n. J. was married to John s. NJ,
Nell OF Helena, Mont, former resident
Of st: Paul. The ceremony took place at
the Presbyterian church, Newark, in the
presence of large number offriends. Rev.
=: D..Neiu of St. Paul, father OF the groom
officiating, assisted by Rev. Mr.. Malone
Mrs. Philsnder Smith Of Little Rock. Ark.
has given $4,000 to the Methodist Mission
airy society for the establishment eff q nedi.
cal college at Nankin, China, under the of.
Ulcers OF the Methodist Episcopal church.
James Mcintyre. the noted turfman, who
died at Paris, KY, eft $40, 900 to colored
mistress and her children.
Among the class day speakers at Dart
mouth are the Introductory address, George
A. Nettleton. St. Paul.
William NJ. Evarts' profess. nal il come
is 500 GOO year. His weight is now
down to 100 pounds.
Judah P. Benjamin says he is coming
home to America.
Joe Keppler takes $4,000 a year easily
ont of Puck.
sojourner Truths seriously ill at Battle
Creek, Mich.
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Big Fire ut Duluth.

: AT Duluth on the 18th inst, a fire broke
out on Lake Avenue Minnesota Peint, and
spread until number of buildings were de.
stroyed. The losses are as follows:
Pratt & Troyer, building and cortents.
5000; insurance, I, 100; building in North
British q Mercantile; $3.50 on contents in
Shoe u Leather OF Boston and $3.50 in the
Connecticut of Hartford.
Smith e. Co., barn and furniture. $500: no
insurance.
Joseph Lloyd, fine building and contents
$40 600; insurance $1,000 in the North
America of Philapelphis, $500 in the Ger.
man American, $500 on contents and dwell
ing in Milwaukee Mechanics
BENJAMIN G. Marchedeau, saloon bulldog
and fixtures, $4,000 loss; insurance. $1,000
IN the Hon of 4SeW York.
A. B. Mclean & Co.. loss on building
and stock, $25, 1000; insurance, $500 in the
Home of New York $4,000 Und.rvriters'
agency. New York, $500 in the German of
Pittsburg and $500 in the Mechanics of New
York. - A''"
Other losses, $1,000. Total loss, about
81, 500: insuronc, $11,6OO.
In Pratt q Troyer's boarding house eight
men were sleeping. Robert Kennedy, q
carpenter who came from Port Arthur two
years ago, persisted in the flames.
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General News items.

>~~>->0s
Frank B. Smith of Detroit, Michigan, has
begun q $4,000 suit in the United States
district court against Dr.. John 81. Ranch,
secretary of the Illinois board of health,
whose name he alleges was signed to q cir
cular revoklng his (Dr. 6mith's) license for
unpr0fessional and dishonorable conduct
This conduct, the plaintiff adds, consisted
In his advertising his presence when he
was . delegate to health convention at
Peoria.
A.Montreal dispatch says 500 of the 1000
men hired by the Canadian Pacific railroad
company at 81 day to work on the road
north OF Lake Superior have arrived in that
city absolutely destitute, and have entered
500 actions against the company for wages
and damages The men are all French Can
adams. aud great Indignation exists among
their compatriots.
The Railway Conductor Benevolent a.
ISOLATION elected the following officers at
its meeting in Chicago, the 18th: President,
Robert g. Latin; vice presidents, John NJ.
Mall0y and W. J. Regain; secretary and
treasurer, Charles Huntington.
Developments regarding the failure Of
Tillinghast & Co., Chicago leather dealers,
indicate that the assets only reach about
$780, 900, instead of $4oo, 600, - at first re-
ported. The liabilities are $3.50, 900, instead
Of $500, 600.
Col. Butler, Of the Missouri militia, is
being court-maftialed for disobeyine Gen.
Lawrence, poor soldier who was promo.
ted over Butler.
The Novelty Rubber company at New
Brunswick, N. J., has failed, with liabilities
of e30. 900. Four hundred hands are out of
employment.
In Aroostook, Me-, fare twenty-six starch
factories. The Swedes there raise potatoes
only onltheir farms and sell 70 the fac
tories.
John Manville, postmaster at Rantoul,
Ill.,, is missing at Oavour, OAK, where he
was last seen looking after a claim.
Mrs. Agnes Make, fourteen-year.old
wife of Tolono, ILL.,, has disappeared.
Eleven hundred Chiuase sailed home last
week frem San Francisco.
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The business prospects of the country
form the staple OF good deal of edito-
RAJ writing, about this time, when the
1et OF failures are unusually large. While
tnere are some grounds for apprehen-
sion and disbursement there
are certain hopeful signs upon
which cheerful view of the future NAV
be predicted. In the matters of iron
1or instance, prices have declined to a
low figure, AMI many furnaces have gone
out OF blast. But stocks are consumed
and point must soon be reached when
solvent iron establishments will meet
with better remuneration on an increase
ing demand for their products. There
Is good encouragement in the agricultur.
al outlook and it's bearing upon the for.
eiRn trade of the country. The CROPS.
with the exception of wheat, are ali
that can be desired. While the wheat
crop falls short of the extraordinary
yield of last year it must not be- foroot.
ten that the surplus carried over from
1852 was large enough to make the 40.
gregate at the disposal of the farmers this
year almost equal to that of one wear
ago. The cotton crop, while smaller
than that Of one year ago, is still large
and will bring Southern planters quite
as much money as if it had been rreater.
In fact crop equal to that of 1882 might
have forced prices down and proved
less remunerative than it will under
present circumstances. while wheat is
not going out as freely as might be
wished yet the demand will Increase AZ
European stocks diminish. Europe ia
quite likely to consume whatever We
can conveniently spare, and will take
our surplus al some price or other. Our
exports for the present calendar wear.
with the exception of June and Julv'
have exceeded the imports. Deducine
tho adverse balance of the two months
named, the balance to our credit on tho
LIST OF October aggregated nearly fortv-
eight millions of dollars. Gold has com.
menced coming this way and the STRONG
probabilities are that increasing exports
Will keep the tide moving in our favor.
There are absolutely no grounds for an.
pretending general revulsion or wide.
spread stagnation, and there is nothing
to prevent . revival of activity in bus.
mess in the spring. =
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A Black Skinned Butcher.

Jacksonville, Fla, Special: The trial of
Harrison for the murder of Charles Bedford
furnishes one of the most astounding chap
tiers in criminal history. Both men were
colored and bad married sisters. Thomas
thought that if he killed his brother-in. law
both women would live with him, 80 he
dealt him blow with an ak. Thomas con-
fessed that when he vas twelve years old,
vexed by the crying of a younger brother,
he beat out his brains and cremated the
body in an open fire place, giving as an ex-
cuse to his mother that "the child bothered
me-" In 1871 Thomas outraged girl of
fourteen and tAen cut her throat. In 1877
he literally cut a colored man in bits with q
knife. In 1878 he chopped of man arm
For the murder of Bedford the criminal es-
capes with q life sentence tc the chain gang
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News of the Railroad.

T. II. Lewis, the ardna ologist, returned
on the 18th inst, from . seven weeks sur
veying tour along the line of the Northern
Pacific railroad, during which time he
made critical examination ofthe principal
abandoned village sites and forts OF the
once formidable nation of the Mandams, on
the upper Missouri. He brought back With
him many iuteresting relics OF this enie.
maticai Indian tribe. In the way Of pottery,
bone ana flint implements, ''totfms," etc.
Mr.. Lewis will, it IL understood, give the
public, or those persons scientifically in:
cllned. the benefit Of his observations and
conclusions regarding this special subject.
The resignation of F. L. Chapman, son
in-iaw of Gen. Haupt, and Austin Heater
general agent of the Northern Pacific Coal
company, are announced. Lewis L. Haupt
travelling passenger agent of the Northern
Pacific, and brother to the late general man
ager, has. It II said, also announced his in
tention Of Withdrawing from the railroad
company.
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Witty Waits.

"Know anything about life in the
west! said MIR. Stone. II should say
DO! was tarred and feathered twice in
Missouri, anl rode on rail in Kansas"
Lafayette, Ind, lady-a model wife
and mother-broxe her husband of the
saloon habit by walking up to the bar
beside him and calling for the beer. She
broke the awful silence. rs they walked
home, with the remark: 81 love you,
my husband, and if you are going to hell
I'm going right along with YOU"
eyes," said fashionable lady, 81
think Mary has. made very good
match. heard her husband is one of
the shrewdest and most unprincipled
lawyers in the profession, and, of course,
he can afford to crafty her every WISH"
II write this" said man, addressing
a gentleman who owed him money, ito
inform you that you are liar. "Your
postage stamp was wasted" came the re-
ply, "as l knew that was liar before
l ever had any business relations with
YOU"
A Texas debating society debated the
question, "When a watermelon vine
runs onto another mans land, who owns
the me lons?" The referee decided that
the colored man who lives about mile
and half from the two farms owned
the melons. (Peck's Sun.
Gaining friend-"Why, old boy
what's the matter with you? You look
as though you had lost your best friend"
do II" was the reply. "Well haven't.
On the contrary l have just gained a
friend" "You don't look it." II know.
don't. You see, last night asked it,
tie Miss B. to marry me, and she said
she never could be more to me than a
very dear friend. "-Philadelphia Call.
II was to be married, you know"
said Blooms to his friend Clark, "but I
g-guess it's off, you know, for g-goo,i."
''How' is that?" asked Clark. '"This
way" replied Blooms. t'She s-said she'd
marry me, you know, when all i'm
pediments were removed. eyes"
well. asked her last night if thew
were not all -aw-r-removed. Won
know, and she said mo- S still s-stut-
ter!"-New York Commercial Advertise
Gr.
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THE SLEEPING ENGINEER.

An Old Brakeman Talks Railroad
Smashups. and Explains How Many
of Them Occur.
II have been in the business a long
time" said an old brakeman yesterday
as he seated himself beside a reporter,
land [ have seen more accidents caused
by fault of the engineer than any other
way. know they are generally thought
to be prudent men, but in many cases
they are not. have noticed that great
many engineers have habit of going to
sleep in their cab while running at full
speed, and remaining that way for some
time. Those on the regular runs get so
used to the roar and rattle of the ma
chine that they can lay.their head against
the window and go to sleep with the
greatest possible ease, seeming to awake
from natural instinct when they near a
regular stopping place. Accident after
accident has been caused by this, as the
fireman on a heavy night run is asleep
half the time. l remember one little
incident which occurred last winter that
serves to illustrate this. l was brt aking
on a freight train on the Ghort-line at
that time, and also did the Tagging.
One very cold night, when we had q
large number of cars IN, the train broke
into at Do1sey's grade some little dis
lance from the city. We stopped at the
loot of the grade, and was sent back to
flag the night express, which was nearly
due. I went some distance until l
reached a leval stretch of track so the
engineer could see my lantren nearly a
half mile. Soon the train came into sight,
coming at an awful rate of speed. gave
the signal at once, but the engineer
seemed to pay no attention to me, and
never whistled down brakes. l repeated
it again, but with the same result. The
situation was all alarming one. Just be-
low me was the heavy freight, and COM
ing down upon it was the speeding
train loaded with passengers. There
was little time to make up my mind. but
! acted quickly. Leaning off the track,
! waited with my lantern raised until
the engine got nearly over me,
when l threw it with all my force.
Luckily it went crashing through the
cab window breaking glass all over the
sleeping engineer and waking him. He
saw the lantern and understood the
meaning. TO reverse his engine was
the work of a moment, and the train
was brought to standstill with but
twenty feet between it and destruction.
When I reached the engine the en-.
glneer. who had been SO unfaithfi,l to
his trust, was nearly pa-alyzed with fear.
so narrow had been the escape. have
known several instances of this kind.
and it illustrates the way in which an
accident may occur"