The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-07-12
NEWS or THE RAILROADS

General Traffic Manager Muir of the
Northern Pacific explains to Chicago ii.
terviewer the policy to he pcfaued by that
corporation in the MATER Of transportation.
between st. Pail aud the Pacific coast. He
promises fair treatment to all points and no
favor to any. The rates to intermediate
points will be less than the through rates,
wherein the programme differs materially
from that adopted by the Union and Ceoti al
Pacific roads, when make thefr charges to
all intermediate points the same as their
terminus at !Ran francisco. What The
Notthern Pacific will do as to the contract
system has not yet been determined. TRAIT
fic will oe divided midway between Boxe-
man and Missoula, rates between this CEN
tral point and the coast on the west and st.
Raul on the east to be the same In this
manner st. Paul and Pacific coast merchants
Will be placed upon equal footing.
The general freight agent Of t.oe Northern
Pacific road has mas1e IN estimate of the
cattle shipments to the western ranges over
that IRE, and finds that about Is 900 head
have been sent out since the first of Nav
last. Most of the cattle have been taken
into Montana. The result of the estimate
Is regarded as proof that the stock RAISING
interest ls increasing immensely and il verV
much ahead of the natural production The
cattle shipped were from Minnesota, Wis.
cOnsln and Iowa,
The engineers and conductors of the dit
fefent railroads centering in St. Paul ard
Minneapolis will unite in an excursion 10
Lake MinnetoAka on the Nth inst. and thu
special train provided for them will leave
NJ in
Manitoba company has rendered free trans
portation to ana from the lake and Gen.
Washburn will give them free ride on thu
City OF st. Louis. The party will numter
between 800 and 600.
Omaha earnings gained 4,ooo the fourth
week in June; Manitoba decreased $50. OOO
CASUALTIES or THE WEEK.
A mass of rockets exploded at Crestop
Iowa, on the 9TH. A number went crash.
ing through large French plate glass win
dow IN the store of Mackimer t. Co. A
little son o. Russell Ma kmer was strucl
IN the head and died in shortItime. Mrs
Will Palmer was badly burned in the facl
and eyes. Kitty Stiles was badly cut II
the arms and face by pieces OF glass, and
Mr.. George Devoe was cut in the shout
der. A'
The record of the dead and wounded con
seQuent upon the celebration of the Fourth
IN Chicago is 80 casualties all told. inclu
ding three deaths, five fat. lily wounded. 2;
more or less MANNED for life and s slightly
injured. The chief instrument Of destruc
ton was the toy pistol In the hands O
children. >' VI
At Madison Mat Tiffany, aged 2l, wa.
shot and instantly killed while cleaning .
loaded revolver. The charge went through
MS head: He was bright boy of excel
with good prospects.
Henry Gester's machine factory at Elgin
ILL.,. was burned. Loss on BUILDING And
machinery, $4,000; Insurance, xl00o
Other tenants in the building lose As. 600:
insurance $4,000. '~'~'
Drs. Aaron G. Detewiller and WASHINGTON
G. Detewiller, brothers, aged thirty-one and
thirty-eight respectively, were drowned in
bathing. ~
The Fourth left Chicago with three dead
five fatally wounded, twenty. ibree more =,
less manned for life, and five slightly in.
jured.
There are 100 cases of small pox at the St.
Louis quarantine. Five new ones were
found in the city recently.
The Bridgewater, Mass, almshouse was
burned recently with loss of $3.50, 900.
Garden, Ala, is out 100000 through,
the fire fend.
The June fire loss OF Minneapolis agere-
gated $3.50.