The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-10-25
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George Philip Stanhope. eighth earl of
Chesterfield, is dead, aged sixty-two wears
1t is rumored tn t Mr.. Edmunds will re.
sign the presidency OF the senate a soon as
co.. gress meets. IN order to give way for the
election Of Mr.. Anthony.
On the 2 LIST at St Pau, the car eiage, wagon
and agricultural warehouse of c. B Thurs
ton runn'nel through from Third to
Fourth. and with &c principa, front be, veeu
st. Peter and Webasaa was Quilted bv +; ~
and the building worth about 81 600 and
the stock, valued At s25. 900, were destroyed.
Identical as to time the livery stable at
5 ven Corners bel longing to P.ter Berkey
and occupied by james Heating, vas
burned, the loss ON buil,ing and STOCK
reacbl 500 with an insura 'ce of 81,
'HN. The fires were undoubtedly ;ncen
diary in origin. J. RothAchild's New
YORK clothing and d.y good house a,joln.
ing VS. emP1ed OF the best goods by the
crowd who dumped them in a huge heap
IN the street opposite. The cornics AMI
ROOF OF the building caught repeatedly, bu,
was extinguished each time. The building
vas damaged slightly with water. Mr..
k'thschil'i says he { .rried So, 900 worth OF
stock and was iDsur ed for between $12,UO0 o,
$4,000 in various companies His loss he
cannot give, but 81 600 would fully cover it.
A fire at 121 Franklin street, New York,
caused $50. GOO damage. Sfrasburger & Co.,
closks and suits. 1925. 900; The mas BIZ &
Co., l'nen. $40 900; Edward Griboen & So 3,
importers OF lace. So. 600; building damaged
s. 100.
Mrs. Alison Allen, q rich and insane
oil
18th Inst.
William Coons, of Westckester, N. Y,
has been sent to tho penitentiary four
months tor taking Thomas Malopey's do.
into the woods and hanging it by the
neck.
In letter to q departmental clerk, Chair.
man Cooper, of the republican state com.
mittee OF Pennsylvania, says they have r..
ceivec less than $3.50 volunta ~ contribu.
ton from Washin ston, against q, O,O this
tine las, wear, Mr.. Cooper eloes not lik+
the direction civil seevice re form is taking
in this respect.
The cremat,onists have won decided vic.
tory in Portugal. After long and bitter
fight between the advocates. of the plan led
by physicians and scient ats generally. and
the opponents, who are chiefly priests. the
government has decided % make cremation
optional With the people generally. anil
compulsory in oil CAGES of death Occurring
IN the districts inf cted with the plague.
The total shipments of fl ,u-, grain and
provisions from Chicago the E. ,st bv the
eight lines leading to New York for the wees
ending the Goth amour ed to 46 1928 tom.
compared with 49O52 tons, during the IRE
csdinR week. a decreaee of 2,724 tons. TIE
shipments Of Il 'ur increased 1856 tons, those
of grain decreased -4.476 tons, and those oI
PROVISIONS increased !, 567 tons.
Secretary Lincoln appoints q new CLERK
under tie civil service rules, and finds tn 4
he is n negro.
A man by the name of Thomas Dunn.
aged twenty-five years, from WiIlogh Oh.
Canada, got killed while attempting to e.,
on a If. isht train on the Northern Pacific.
half mile west of Northern Pacific juno
ton.
Attention is drawn to the fact that unless
more stringent measures are adopted to pre.
vent the anuggIing of Chinese across the
British Columbia border into Washington
T+rritory, thousands Of Cinnamon now
employed on the Canadian Pacific railroad
will, ~ soon a. the contracts are ou, pleted.
which will be very sooD, fi"d their vav
without difficulty into tic United States.
/ Is . tact we'll known 10 resideuts OF
British Columbia that A. the PRESENT time
Cinnamon are coming over twenty or thirty
at . time. II has been su9. ested that til
revenue cutters no lying idle as sao Fran
cisco, aliga. be employed up there to some
purpose.
In the; case Of the State of Wisconsin vs..
Fred w lliarls, for the murder of Thomas
ekerbin, near Medtord, Taylor county, the