The Worthington advance., 1883-01-04

Loss 500, 900; insured for III, 500. Cause un-
known. =ss
James Warner Of Helena, Mont, W.
killed last week by being crushed under an
verturned wagon. ,..
GENERAL NEWN NOTE& y
Mn. Richard Groas, whose blaokmailine
operations have been detailed in many Of
the papers throughout the country, has
sued the Erie, (Pa., Dispatch for criminal
libel. She gave the proprietor an opportu-
nifty to amicably arrange the matter, bnt he
peremptorily declined. It was alleged In
the report that Mrs. Cross mother was
keeper of notorious house In Titusvil;a,
Pa. At he hearing yesterday the plaintiff
submitted evidence to show that her mother
had been dead for three years, and the do
lendant Was held over to the grand Jury.
Mrs. Gross threatens to sue the police Co.
setts and other papers.
/ Last night far exceeded any previous ef:
fort in giving an easy welcome to New Year
iammed with people, ri6h and poor. strang.
ers and residents. Many came provided
with fish horns drums and every other artt-
Gle from which noise could be PRODUCED,
and the consequence was those who came to
hear the chimes of Trinity had to 60 away
without hearing them. Horne, drums,
steamboats, made racket through which
no chime could be heard.
In HeKean, Warren, Venango, Butler
and Clarion counties, Pa, over 1880 oil
wells are shut down for wact Of water. The
mills operated by water power stand idle
Live stock In many places has to be driven
FOR several miles for water. The small
streams are nearly dry and FROZEN solid, and
the large ones are lower than for years with
heavy ice. People in many instances are
compelled to carry water for domestic pur-
poses long distances and It II then impure
aad hardly tit to use.
There Is great excitement in Connecticut
growing out of the decision Of the State su.
prene court, which declared that the black
ballots polled by the democrats in New Ha-
ven i'll the November election are illegal.
The chairman for the Republican State Cen.
tral Committee Gays the matter will be 9th.
cially brought to the attention of the legis-
lature, and if they throw out these ballots
it will reverse the verdict Of the last election
and scat the republican candidate for gov-
ernor. The legislature has . precedent for
the ection demanded.
Indian Agent Porter, at Fort Peck, Mont,
telesraphs the Indian bureau that the Milk
river country is overrun with white hunters
slaughterins buffalo by thousands. The H.
dians gre becoming restless and the agent
fears trouble. The presence Of military Is
requested. Price informed the agent that
white hunters have no business on the res
ervution, and that the secretary of War shall
be asked to have them removed.
The attorney of e. P. AIlis s. co. Of Mil
waukee has recently instituted forty.seven
new suits against lumbermen Of Chicago,
Musksgoh and other places in the Northwest
fot the use ofal!eged infringing patents on
sswmill dogs. The patents are not the same
used by the Oshkosh parties, which have al.
ready become subject to an adverse de.
cislon, but involve some new point not yet
settled.
Naval officials are highly pleased wi
the performance of the new monitor Mian-
tonomah, which has reached the Washington
navy yard from Philadelphia. While in the
Chesapeake she made ten aud half knobs
per hour, which IL equal to the highest
speed ever reached by the Dast ironclad of
her clas1.
During the Knights Templar oonclavs In
San Francisco next August, tAe frst-class
hotels will be able to accommodate about
5000. With all the private accommodation
and capacity Of lodging houses and minor
hotels several thousand will still be oblieea
to use tents.
The National Republican, assumed to be
the organ of the administration, calls for the
removal of District Attorney Woodford, Of
New York, saying: "Isn't it about time that
this reform midget should be made to get
out of the pantry whers.the sweetmeats are?"
The Fourth Diocesan Catholic synod of
OF New York has prohibited Catholic Clergy
men from attending races or theatrical per-
formances or from wagering money, and
commands them to discourage the decora-
ton Of funeral biars with flowers.
st. Albans, VI, town and village, ask for
mandamus commanding the
National Gar company to pay tax upon
$ee7. 800 worth of stock held by non.reai-
dents. Aggregate tax Il about $lS, coo.
Ex- Gov. Sprsgne of Rhode Island has
reformed and will be the leader of an In:
dependent republican Temperance party. the
purpose OF which will be to break up the
rings which govern the little state. &@y
The democratic committee of the Ninth
Indiana congressional district met In Indi.
annapolis and nominated Judge Ward, con-
gresham elect, to fill the vacancy oooasioned
by the death of Hon. g. s. Orth. ~.
Cincinnati has q delicious dramatic treat
in prospect, being the appearance Of James
E. MurdOck as Hamlet. supported by. Law.
renee Barrett, John Mccullough and J. H.
AcVicker. -
From the best data obtainable, the cereal
yield of Minnesota IS now estimated At:
Wheat, 35,975, 750 bushels; oats, IS, ,oo7. 600:
barley, 1000, 600: rye. 400, 600. ~@s.5I
The Republicans OF the Seventeenth Ohio
Congressional district nomin .ted Col. ]. D.
Laylor for the vacancy caused by the death
Of Hon. J. T. Updegraff. -.
. By the fall ofa towering chimney In q
at Bradford, Eng. yesterday,
twenty.four. people were killed and forty
more wounded. '-< r..
There is more snow in the Canadian lum.
Der woods now than at the same time last
year, and the prospects Of large log supply
are good. -. 49,
81. Bernard dogs are the latest rage Ia New
York, as high as 5000 having been paid
for young canine of hat breed.
The damage suit Of Mrs. Slayback against
Col. Cockerell, Of the g.. Louis Dispatch, was
by plaintiff.
The failures are growing more numerous
every day, but nobody is scared.
BRIEF FOREIGN NEWS.
Dewitt, in his speech last Thursday night,
eaid Dublin castle WAS fortress To xhinh