The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-03-08

like the storied knights of the Round Table
show what You can do BY way Of Justice t.
these tables and these glasses. AID maj
you, departing to your % eral homes, beal
with you . pleasant and cherished memory
ofst. Paul and her hospitalities.''
When the feast Of viands and flow Of wine
was under full Roadway, and the random
popping of corks signalled the arrival o
those rare moments when after-dinnel
speeches crown the night with honeyed
words. Judge Flandrau rose. and read let.
tiers from senator.elect D. N. Sabin and Gov
Hubbard, expressing regrets that they were
Judge Flandrau then read
the regular toasts, responses following
each, with music interpreted. Among the
speakers we're Postmaster David Day, Rep.
resentative Grimshsw of Minneapolis, sena-
tor Rice of Kandihoi, Attorney General
Hahn. E5-Govesner Ramsey, James J.
Hill, and Representative Hicks of Mihneap
oils, and Others. President Hill made q
capital point by picturing his swee =, of q IA
dius extending from st. Paul to Florida,
which swung 800 miles to the north would
reach far out into the Atlantic ocean, and
swung to the west would reach to
the City of Mexico, but when swung to the
northwest failed to reach within 800 miles
Of the limits OF fertile wheat-produ.
cling land. all of which formed . vast
ec2 pire tributary to the two cities oi
81 Paul and Minneapolis, and also to
the state generally. Mr.. Hill is scarcely
known as public speaker, but this effoTt
before critical assemblage showed that he
has the stuff in him of which orators are
made.
The banquet was greatly enjoyed bv
guests and entertainers. The members
the legislature, after ten hours of telliO
work, found the relaxation very grateful.
Death of Hon. Alex. H. Stephens OF
Georgia.
1t was announced last week that Gov. Steph.
ems was seriously ill. The excitement and
fatigue of his trip to Savannah had prostra.
ted him. The doctors were not at all alarm.
ed until his stomach refused to retain nour.
ishment. owing to an attack of neuralgia oil
the bowels. The pain was very great, and
he took quantities of morphine, bat became
weaker Gay after day. and on Monday be.
came very respondent, expressing the belief
that he was going to die. In spite of every.
thing that the physicians have neen able to
do his condition steadily grew
worse. About 1880 o'clock last
night Mr. Stephens sank rapidly into deep
s''uPoA' Ae AniAA1y, q 10" H!eHuS UHU STATE
house officers grouped around he bed of the
dying governor. Ten minutes passed pain.
fully by, until at last he sank away in q
quiet gasp at IL o'clock. His funeral vii!
take place in Crawsfordvil1e, Ga where he
will be inferred by the side OF his father J.
s. Boynton, president of the senate, has
been telegrapted for to assume the duties
ex-governor
Alexander Hamilton Stephens was born
Of poor parents in Talibafero, county.
Georgia, Feb. IL, 1872, and was named Al.
exander after an ancestor, an English Jaco.
bite, who was first of the name to come
to America. His history is we'll knowa
10 any American reader.
Col. John Stephens, nephew of the COVER
nor said: Il have never known him to
speak so little OF death rs at his present ILL.,
ness, or make 50 few arrangements for the
worst. In all his other attacks he has be en-
especially careful to impose on me the mi
nutest details, wishes and intentions. In
this illness he has not said single word OF
any of his DESIRES"
This confirms the theory that his ill.,
ness was caused by exhaustion rather than
disease, that caused death. It was mind,
not body, which gave way. Mr.. Stephens
made will some time ago. BE leaves $1O,.
600 to the children of bis late brother, Judge
Stephens, the rest of the estate barring q
few minor requests, to his nephew, Col.
John A Stephens. What the estate will
foot up depends largely on the sale of his
new history OF the United States He made
about $4,000 on the War Between the
States. His new book is selling we'll. Above
requests the estate will probably pay $780,
600.