The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-11-01
Popular Personals.

Popular Personals.
Wilson Mcmillan died at Charlotte.
). c., while age, and two lawyers are
endeavoring to distribute the ii 800 that
he left among 100 heirs who are scattered
all over the country.
Rev. DR.. George C. Lorimer of Chi
cago Is still in Europe, but is expected
to return home in about three weeks,
During his absence he has written
weekly letters to his church, which
have been read at the Friday evening
prayer meetings.
Hon. Richard K. Fox of the New
York Police Gazette has an income of
$2OO, 600 year. It would be hard to
convince Mr.. Fox that crime is wholly
bad.
Prof. Won Hoist in a lecture in Balti-
more made the suggestion that the best
way of studying America was to make
comparisons, not with Europe, but with
America Lerseif at different stages of
accord with the interest in American
history, which is wonderfully increas-
ing in this country.
Along the line of the Northern Pacific
"Villard" is a magic word. A Young
fellow went around Portland. Ore. re-
Gently, claiming relationship with the
great spike'driVer, and was only discoy-
cred after he had boarded at the leading
hotel free for two weeks.
The r'ches';youngster of bis age inIGeor-
ga, says the Atlanta Constitution, per-
haps,:is::MasterlAl!red Austell, who is six
years old. He has Sl5D, OO3 in his own
right, which is in the hands of excellent
guardianship. When no attains his ma
jority he will find himself half miIliun-
aire.
Mayor Low, of Brooklyn, was nomi-
mated for reelection recently by the
city republican convention A fearless,
honest man, lie has presided over the
city's affairs most acceptably during the
year, and enjoys the warm respect of
the community.
News has been received at Hartford
from Paris that the wife of United States
Minister John Russell Young, now in
China, is rapidly failing, and can live
but few days. She was a Miss Cole
man, a niece of the late Governor Mar
shall Jewell, OF Connecticut.
Rev. DR.. James Begg, of Edenburgh,
whose death is announced in the 18th
year of his life and fifty-fourth of his
ministry, was, and long has been, the
leader of the conservative party in the
Free church of Scotland, opposed to in
strumental music and other innovations
in public worship. He was notably
powerful and impressive preacher, and
his last sermon, delivered a few days
before his death, was ON the text:
ut is appointed unto man once to
die"
A Texas youth married girl in North
Carolina and then proposed to leave
her while he worked his way back to
his Texas home and earned money
enough to send for her. She said, how
ever, that she preferred to accompany
him ON foot, and they therefore made
their journev of one thousand miles as
tra'npa. They got considerable help
along the way, aid for the last fifty
miles rode triumphantly in q carriage
provided by an enthusiastic admirer for
their pluck.
Two ladies of Newburyport, Mass,
were unable on Tuesday of last week to
remember anything which occurred on
the previous day, although they had
teen able to perform their household
duties, and had given no indications of
an extraordinary mental condition. \
physician investigated The case and con-
cluded that the failure Of memory was
connected with the peculiar electrical
conditi on of the atmosphere on Sunday
night, > which single sudden and tre-
mendous peal OF thunder bore witness.
Comptroller Knox of the Treasury
Department is thus described: ellis
personal appearance is quite striking,
his tall, well-nonr.sEed figure, dignified
carriage, topped by a head as massive
as a maui, gray moustache and hair,
bright eyes twinkling behind golden
trimmed glasses, heavy jaws, expressive
of resolution, and under lip slightly
pursed, apparently by habits of calcula-
ton, constitute an ensemble calculated
to attract second look at the man,
aside from the knowledge.