The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-05-24
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Rather a disgracef d fair. il renorted
at Elk Point, D. Z. a special "a The
Sioux City journal says: a somewhat
sensational affair occurred at Elk Point
this morning. Father BroRan. the
priest at Verlnillion, paid Father o.
Reilly Of Elk Point a visit on Monday.
The clergynen slept together, ana when
the girl called them to breakfast she
heard loud talk. At the breakfast table
the clergymen became involved in an
alteration, begun by Father Brogan
hitting Father O'Rielly under the ear
and knocking him down. Then ensred
a general fight, with chairs and dishes
O'Rlelly finally driving his guest out Of
the house. Both men were consider
ably cut up. The affair created a great
sensation in Elk Point"
The Wortllington Advance arpnes
that the utmost license should be al.
lowed INSCRIPTIONS publishers to print
whatever their filthy minds suggest.
without any effort being made to GEORGE
them into decency or silence. Liberty
OF opinion and expression is all right 50
long rs the semblance of decency is OBJ
served, but when newspapers like the
Chicago times used to be, and the Po-
lice Gazette is to-day, attempt to poison
the public mind they should be brought
under legal restraint the same as a man
who attempts to poison community
by throwing arsenic in the water they
drink.-Sibley Tribune.
The Worthington ADVANCE meyer
came within a thousand miles of argu.
ing that. What we did argue was that
weekly paper, like the Police Gazette,
had as good right to publish accounts
of crime as the daily papers. That was
all we argued in our reply to tile Tri-
bune. If newspapers are really obscene
or libellous, they are amenable to the
law and should be dealt with accord.
ingly. But we oppose, tooth and mai, >,
the Infamous attempts of the Internal
Comstocks to call Free Thought and
Liberal opinions obscene and to punish
editors for publishing liberal views.
The Worthington Advance speaks as
follows concerning the st. Paul & Sioux
City Railroad lands in Mobiles county,
It's remarks apply with equal force to
Martin county:
Numbers of men are waiting to buy
these railroad lands but they are held
back to the great injury Of the county
and all of cur business interests. For
years the one OvershadoWing incubus
and curse OF our county bias been these
idle, untaxed, unpurchaseable railroad
lands. Had it not been for these alter
nate sections held for speculation,
Mobiles county to-day would have a
population of 10000 to $4,000. and
Worthington would be town of q
500 population.'
The Advance says there is a rumor
that these lands are soon to be put up
on the market and 8 bcomed.'' We
trust this is so. At present they are
practically out of market, as the own
ers set such eXhorbitant figures upon
them and exact such rigid terms of
| purchase, that no one will buy an
acre. -Fairmont Sentinel.
Our readers will notice in the Finan-
cial report published elsewhere that the
item of county printing for that year
1882 reaches the modest total Of $34l Is.
We call tia attention Of printers es-
pecially to this item. The county print
ing is generally thought to be on item
worth fighting for, and it is in some
counties especially in Iowa, where it
runs up in some Of the new counties to
between $4,000 and $4,000 IF N:hles
county could be rs economical IN other
matters as it is in printing. the tax
payers would have no reason to com
| plain W"rthington Advance.
Tie SeHtinel'S bill for county print
ing fer the year 1882 was $3G2.O4, but
in this sum was included between SIS
and $500 for job printing and material
furnished. About Sl00 of the total
amount of our receipts is paid back in
to the TREASURY by delinquent tax-pay.
ers for advert sing lands, so that tie
amount which Martin county really
expended for running one of the most
! important and intricate departments of
it's government will not vary far from
S200.-Fairmont Sentinel.
The same is true of the county print
ing here. Our statement included job
printing and all. The county adver-
Using is not more than One-half to
two-thirds Of the whole bill.
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