The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-12-27
News Of the Railroads.
General News Items.

H'"'0i1ASS y
copy of tue new order Of the department in
regard 10 exchanging stamps. Stamps and
stamped envelopes Of the and G-ccnt demon.
inat!on will be received, aud in exchange
stamps, envelopes and petal cards will be
given. Stamps will be received at tl.eir face
value. and stamped envelopes, whether hear
ing printed card or not. at full current rates
NO limitation as 10 numbers is prescribed, but
stamps viii not be exchanged that are mutt
lated, Cancelled. defaced, or from which the
gum has been removed. Stamped cnve!opes
must also be in perfect condition Po5mas
ters will continue to redeem stamped enya,,,nes
spoiled in directing, at face or Hostage yaiuo
Cniy. Iostmasters are instructed to exercise
special care not to redeem postage stamps Is
sued prior to 1851, as such stamps ner1 long
since clar"d obsolete and yalucless for post
agrs: No H-cent stamps were issued prior +,
1861. The 3 cent stamp issued before tina,
time Tears the head of Washington, and Is
printed i'll red. In straight line at the ton are
tho wortz, ". $. Postage" and at the bottom,
the woldS, 9Th, &c Cents Stamps Of ;l:@ DC
scription will rot be exchanged.
BISMARCK, Special Telegram, Dec. 2U.-Tle
following circular has been issued by the terri
oilal auditor, addressed to insurance compa-
lies contemplating business in the Territory Of
Dakota:
approved March y, 1893, governing fora,pn insur
1ute companies doing business in this Territory.
ma VITA recoslition Of the apparent difference
tie requirements of Secs o3 aud ll of the said
aGf regarding II deposit, and also in accorLancs
WI a circular Of my predecessor dated March u,;.
1885. X has been decided By this office 70 allow the
'tpoilt q s2':ooo required from foreign insur-
lice c"nipaa!es to be made in accordance with the
oc"f'sonS ct the said sec 4G Of tho act referred 10:
he s:.itl deposit to bo in addition to the ,Ieposts
eq'1red BY the laws Of other States ana Territories
Monday morning H enry and Jacob Sat-
tier, who do general retail clothing bus.
mess under the firm name of SattIer Bro.
theirs ST. Paul, closed the doors of their two
lhlrd street stores-one between Minnesota
aud Robert, the other between Robert aud
Jackson-and announced that they had
made an assignment to Solomon Bergman.
Liabilities are about $4,000.
The manufacturing interests report an in
creased dullness in several sections of Con-
necticut. The Pratt & Whitney company.
machinery manufacturers. at Hartford, have
reduced their force from 100 to 500. A re-
duclion in time will probably be necessary.
The time reduction is already made at the
large factories.
The Enterprise Machine company OF Cen.
eva, Ohio, has assigned to P. ". futile,
Liabilities about $4,000; assets uustated,
Seventy.five men are out Of work. It is
thought all liabilities may be met i! time is
given.
Frank HELM. VINO figured in the double
lover sensation at Baltimore, marrying
Fanny Zimmerman away from young Ham
lnond, was consin of Dukes, who killed
Capt. Mutt, q, Uniontown, Pa.
a sc
doned George H. Richardson, sentenced in
1882 for the murder of his father. The kill.
ing was found to have been accidental.
The W. 3. Ogden estate gave $4,000 to
st. Luke's hospital, Chicago, and DR.. Toll
man Wheel gave like amount. Other
gifts make the total OF slOS,9OO.
Seidenbacb, Schwab {; Co., clothing mer.
chants. New York, state their liabilities a.
SSl2, l93: actual assets, 1888, 1855; contingent
liabilities, 1866 377:
The rolling mills Of McLanahan, Smith
Il Co., and the Holidaysburg Iron and Nail
company have shut down on account of
lack of orders.
Whitelaw Ried says the Tribune, will
make 1925, 600 this year. and would have
made $4,000 but for thu reduction in
price.
Lockport l. Streight, dry goods, New Al
bany, 1nd., have failed. Liabilities, &c..
600 to So, 900, assets, 1890.
The New Englanders of St. Paul and
Minneapolis celebrated Forefather's Dsv.
Dec. 2lst in the usual way.
The valuation of the real and personal
property IN Massachusetts, is 81, 73i .297,O5l
Rock Island Cable picked up 81, coo, 600
i'll Wall street on tripartite business.
Connecticut savings banks have total
OF sos, 900 unclaimed in their vaults.
P. r: Jones'lprivatebank at Depere, Wis
/ as failed for $4,000.
Marks Smith, c'othier of Erie, Pa, has
failed for 5000. ''