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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-30
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"When 1 FIRST KEN 20 Cleveland" re-
marked silver-toneued member of the
Cuyahoga Bar, child of the land OF
Burke and OConnell blowing the froth
from glass of beer and setting it down
on the bar to settle, when first KEN
to Cleveland was fresh from tachin'
school, and by no manner of names
the wide.awake lawyer 1 am at prisint.
IVAN day Jim Corr'gan, sailor,
rushed into me Office and said he had
been sued for 81 so. by Charlie Hutch
inson, keeper Of the St. Charles board
ing house. Il want yez to defind me,
sais he. DO yez owe thu claim sails /.
'Av coorse does be OWN it, sails he.
Thin 90 pay it, sails I, Pay him, 10 it2'
says Corriean, Bad luck to him. I'd
spind twinty dollars before l pay that
BILL" Mr.. Corrigan,' sails I, there's no
use in litigat,n,' yez owe the bill, and
he'll bate you in the suit
$50 he wint over to Bob johnson
and stated the case till him. Do you
owe the money sails Bob. Fax l do.
sails Corrigan, but divil the color of my
money will Hutchinson see. III spind
twinty dollars to bate him. Give me
the money! sails Johnson. Kin you bate
him in the law case?' asked Jim. AS
aisy as breaking sticks returned John
son. Give me thim twinty dollars
vivid that Corrigan counted out the
money and lift, promisin' to be around
the next day at 8 o'clock to attend the
case. As soon AZ ever he was out of
sight johnson went down to Hutchin.
sons and ped the claim; then he whit
up to Kolbe's and ped the costs, which
amounted to So, and put the SIS so in
his pocket. The next day Corrigan KEN
around and togither they wint over to
k1lbe H. v' r In. suspicion OF the the
the case called and dismissed, LAWN Cor
rigan to 60 home pulled up wild pride
over his success.
''Since that time,' continued the en-
insnt tsrrsts a a ter putting 9Th the 1gse
niver advised defendant to sittle the
claim"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-30

The British government has, at last,
fixed upon plan for assisting Irish en-
igrants that is pra ctical and humane.
1t contemplates the removal of 2OO,-
600 poor Irish people to Canada, they
are to be provided there with means
to make their way in life. Some of the
productive land of Canada is to be divi-
ded into sections Of 100 acres each.
Upon each section will be erected the
necessary houses, and it will be pro-.
vided with farming implements. The
Irish immigrant, with his family, will
&c settled upon section, and furnished
with seed and everything necessary to
farming. For the first three years no
rent will be exacted from him; after
that he must pay fifteen dollars annually
until $500 is paid when he will acquire a
title 10 his farm. He will be accorded
the privilege of buying the property at
any time upon payment Of $500. It is
intended to move ten thousand Irish
families, compromising fifty thousand
people. to Canada under this arrange.
ment next spring, and others will follow
az fast as preparations are made.
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THE NEWS IN BRIEF r!
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

9O&6IPFRON WARRINGTON
Washington, spectral: Hon. n. u. Strait
left for Ainnesoks tonight. His mission
,hsrs pertainsd chiefly 10 bu,iness bstors
the interior dspartment. He suooeedsd Ia
occurring the lsinstatasnent Of several land
ntrtes which had besn wrongfully canosled.
He had bosrd Of surgeons, Consisting 81
Dn. r. 8. Patton, w. L. Lincoln and Null
ltgan established in Wabasha county for
examining pension claimants. he also
called upon acting secretary of the interior
yoslyn regarding the dispute % to the Wes-
tern boundary line of the DEVILS Lake In
dian reservation. Il is claimed by the In
dians that this boundary line shcu1d extend
eight miles fnther west. II II did it wonld
take into the reservation about no settlers
and branch Of the Northern Pacific rail-
road which now runs along this boundary.
Mr.. Strait was informed that the Indian
agent had been inst, ucted to take no action
in the premises at present, and that the
matter would be Investigated. ssilt '@
Lucy Horton, who recently sued the son
OF Senator Morgan of Alabamy for seduc.
ton, created q scene in the treasury de.
partment. where she was formerly EN-.
ployed, by denouncing every person in the
department from Folger down. s..t -,
p j. A. Fitzgerald, the pension agent re-
Gently debarred from predicting before the
taterior department, will 10 longer be rec.
ogntzed o. an sttsrney before the treasury
department.
The treasury department iss',ed warrants
for So SOC, QUO on account of pensions, mak-
tng.the total abont $26. 00O, 900 paid on that
account the present month. .,..-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-30

The New York Nation, careful au-
thority says that, Notwithstanding "the
general distrust that pervades the bus
mess atmosphere" "there is every red
son to believe that the banks of the
country at large are in an usually strong
condition" The same paper, referring
to the general business situation, re-
marks" ''There has been and is yet in
progress great liquidation of indebted
ness, which thus far has not run into
anything like panic in any of the great
lines of business. The nearest approach
to any such condition has been in the
stock market in the last week." The
stock market having measu,ably recov-
cred from its panicky condition, danger
even in that quarter would not seem to
be over,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-30

The northwest is receiving large &C.
cessioEs of bold Britons, many of them
bringing considerable money, Their
favorate occupations in this country are
stock raising and general farming. 1t
appears from late issue of MacMil-
liant magazine that some of their prede-
cessors at the west did net meet with
immediate success and became discour-
aged, and that publication assures the
hopeful young Englishmen who are
dreaming of wealth and the west az syn.
onymous that a good many hardships
have to be :endured and cured before
the prairie lands turn into corn or
western sleeps wool into clean money.
On the whole, it is good advice; looking
to work rather than speculation as the
true secret power which is to develop
western life and western lands in the
future.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-30

The Standard Oil Company has swal.
lowed its last competitor, the Tide water
Pipe Line, and now virtually controls
the petroleum business of the country
with it's capital stock of ST. ,0OO,0W and
reserve fund of SIG, 00O,0 As mon.
opoly it is the greatest in the country
The time is no. far distant when the
people will sternly interrogate their
servants in halls Of legislation, why such
monopolies are allowed to exist and
gather such immense power. But re-
strictive legislation seems to he impos'
sible in face Of such vast capital. Pub
lie policy and public men bend and
crouch before the plutonic king.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-30

The new civil-service act makes value
less the applications, often strongly en-
dorsed, for place on the files of the ap-
pointment clerks of the various depart
ments. The interior department is
sending back their papers to applicants
accompanied by the following circular;
1.-THE accompanying papers filed in this
department in behalf of an appointment
for:-not having been favorably con-
sldered, and being of no further service
under the operations of the civil.service
law are herewith respectfully returned,
as you may desire to repossess them.
Please sign the annexed receipt and re-
torn same to this Office" People will
find it utterly impossible to bore their
congressman with applications for place
in Washington. He ID as powerlese az
private in the rear rank, and it is we'll
that he ia
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-30

The death Of Gambetta was serious
loss TO- France, but does not appear to have
caused serious confusion in the affairs
ofthe government. Mr.. Ferry took his
ministry from the followers of the great
statesmen, and by the courageous though
conservative policy he has restored
public Conscience in the stability of the
Republic and demonstrated to the
French people thatno one man-even
the powerful leader Of the Union Re-
publicaine-should be regarded as indis-
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writing that gsctleman's itipesssions az IL
county. .Thess VIM s. pubiishld a g
return to England, and aIe expected 70 odd
mot little to the abundant stoto Of .".4Atnefe
oan not1f' alreedy il he ma1hek
Nis Sarah Brewster Of Jacksonville. Tla.l
was married on her deathbad to Df. q.
Willard Of JonssbcIo, III. in Brooklyn, Il.
=. Nm Willard died the day a1tef hss
marriage a. ttsi{gK. GOT .ssste@
Jim Chong, . Chinaman, and COMEDY
Georgia girl, Mary E. jones, were married
ct Augusta recently. Among the presents
10 the bride Was go I'm. s-s-@z
DR.. Swift OF Rochester has discovered
smother comet near the constellation Of
iAndRomeda, sza tzr 5g s5EF
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MINNESOTA NEWS,
Minnesota RairsL

Minnesota FAirA
The following gives time aad place Of holding the
sarious State and county fairs ias. Minnesota the
present fall: Il ~ T.
State fair, q owatonna. bspt 8. . S. 8. q md 3.
yellow 4ed!ane comfy. 9 Granite Falls. espt.
3 Pr: Earth county. at Garden Oily. Sept II, IS
Datots county. Hastings Industrial. At Hastinss.
Ghippex. county, Sept. ~, 10 and H.
nso Is G9H .ns society," At Nov um
Meeker comfy. At Litchneld, Sept. 10, 10 and 90.
., Mobiles county, at Warrington. Sept. ls, 9,and
Ntcollet comfy. At st. Peter. Sept 70 aud 2l.
Le snenr connty. At Le 6aeur, Sept. 20, 81 and
Wright county, At Howard Lake, Sept. Is, 20
and o.
Fillmore county. at Preston. Sept. Is. 20 aud 81.
Mcleod county. at Hutchinson. Sept rs, 20 and
"a. H. 8 5 : =
stearns county. At St. Cloud. Sept. 20 and ~.
Renyille comfy. q Bird Island. Sept. % and 2 8
The house Of Charles Bachran, in Perham
was burned on the 10th. Loss, $500; insur-
ance $500.
Hon. Milo White Of hatfield fell twelve
feet from scafJold ct bis new house, badly
spraining his ankle. bnt escaping serious in
jury. f
An elevator il soon to be erected at Glen
wood BY A. J. Sawyer. of Saltwater.
The claims of the creditors of the Month
cello bank has been satisfactorily adjusted.
Movements are being made In Anoka for
the establtt hment of new oemetzy.
The Grant County Bank, in Helmsn, is
now ready for business. II P. Wells is
president and r. W. Soyder cashier.
The Knights Tsmplar excursion to Du.
luth on the steamer Barker has returned to
Ashland, aud the Sir knights returned to
their homes. They had splendid weather
and an enjoyable time.
A stranger who arrived in Fergus Falls,
Mimi, on the 23d inst, wa stopped on the
Whitford street bridge about $40 by four OF
five men and held mp for $45 and . railroad
ticket. oil he had Of value npon his person
His assatIants are described as appearing
to be young men or 0vergrown boys, who
threw him down and told him If he made
any cutlery they would kill him.
A reporter of the Plainview News, who
drove over the track of the cyclone from
Plafnview 10 Rochester through the White.
water valley, gives the following additional
details of the damage done by the storm in
that section: The following we're lossrs in
that vicinity on buildings and crops, the
amounts named: e. F. Wells, 81, 900; Mar.
tin Sawyer, $1,000; n. 81, Vine, ST, 0OO
Waiter Smith, $3.50; John Buckley, 81 900;
A. Whitney; 1000; John Adler, 81. 500
August Miller; $500; J. Neville, $1,000; P,
Lawler. $500; Alex Alien, $500; J. d.
Sullivan, $500; II. K. Belden, 50 900; A.
G. Kicker, $1,000; l.. l.. Allen, $1,000; E. A.
Martin, $1,000; A. K. Wil]isms, $1,000
John CAVITY, (injured and since died). s., 500
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-30

Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, of the Indian
commission, in late interview concern
ing Indian education says it is the be-
lief of experienced officials that all
schools for the Indians should be placed
close to, if not in. the reservation. Be-
ing so placed, they are standing object
lesson to the Indians, old and young,
showing them the advantages of educa-
ton. 1t is a painful fact that many
young Indians who have been educated
in schools at a distance, have returned
to the reservations of the tribes to which
they belong, and instead of raising the
status of their brothers, they resume
their previous condition of willness and
ferOcltv.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-30

In the tate Of New York there are
593. 900 depositors who own deposits in
savings banks to the value of nearly
$232. OOO, 600. an average of 1857 to each
depodtor. The increase in the number
OF depositors in the past six months is
1887, while the increase in the
amount of their deposits in the same
brief interval is over 100000. These
statements show that good times have
prevailed in the empire State, as else
where, and that there is some thrift as
well as extravaganza.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-30
Adhesive Powers OF Nails and
Screws.

0CE0"0s
The extensive use to which nails and
screws are put in construction lends
considerable interest to any records Of
experience tending to discover their
holding power. Haupt, in his military
Bridges" gives a table of the holding
power of wrought iron 10 d. nails, n to
the pound, and about three inches long.
The nails were driven through q pine
board into q block, and the board was
then dragged in a direction perpendicu-
lar to the length of the nails. Taking a
pine plank nailed to pine block with
eight nails to the square foot, the aver
age breaking weight per nail was found
to be $50 pounds. Similar experiments
with oak showed the breaking weight
to be AS pounds. With twelve nails to
the foot square the holding power was
542 l-2 pounds, and with six nails in
pine 463 IL pounds. The highest result
obtained VAS for IL nails to the square
foot in pine, the breaking weight being
in this case 6l2 pounds per nail. The
average strength decreases with
the increase of surface. Tredgold gives
the force in pounds, required to ex~
tract Sd brads from dry Christiana deal
NJ [ignt angles 10 tne gram o! the WOOd
~ So pounds. The force required to draw
a wrought iron Cd nail was 1877 pounds
the length forced into the wood being
one inch. The relative adhesion when
driven transversely and longitudinally
is in deal about two to one. TO extract
a common Cd nail from depth Of one
l67 pounds; in dry CHRISTIANS deal,
across grain, 1877 pounds. aid with grain
81 pounds. In elm the force required
was 327 pounds across grain, and PSI
with grain. In oak the figures given was
597 pounds across grain. From further
experiments it would appear that the
holding power of spike nails in fir il
from 400 to 100 pounds per inch in length
while the adhesive power of screws 2
inches long, % inch in diameter at the
exterior of the threads, IL to the inch,
driven in one half inch board, was 790
pounds in hard wood and about one.
half that amount in soft wood.
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40sbo0d U0100t 000 D0j05o0.
NeeEasks City, Heb. SPECIAL: soas tine
ago. Ezra Douglass, . prinesf smployed in
the Morning Press o6Bes. NAMED .
woman named Andsrson, since which
time he has had more or Leo trouble
with her, she having twice attsnpted
suicide, once BY shooting aud again By hang
ing, and Monday night De anal chaPtsr vas
brought TO close Al about $50 O'Clock,
Douglass started to 60 up town from the family
residence, when his vito objected sud FOL-
lowed few steps. He turned 70 70 hack, but
before he oould prevent it, abe drew rsvol-
Yer. and shot him through the mech, killing him
instantly. She then walked about ten fest
toward the door, and deliberately blew her
own brains out. Tho two bodies lay about
twenty feet apart on tho sidewalk in front Of
their former residence. with throng Of sev-
eral hundred people around them, when the
coroner arrived
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-30
Seeking q Place to Fight.

Washington Special: The commissioner of
Indisn affairs was shown to-day newspaper
paragraph stating that Mitchell and Slade had
arranged to have their prize fight at Vintta,
Ind. Tor. The reasons assigned for this
choice were that the Indians could not, and
that the United States would not, interfere
with the fight, and that there was 1t Vinita q
natural smphiiheater which would afford spec
tators : good view. Commissioners Price, q
devout church member. waved indignant over
the paragraph. Ho said tho assumption that
the United States could not and would not in-
terfere was somewhat hasty. He 1T once
wrote Agent Tufts Of Vinita that he mnat pre-
vent the execution Of such plan Mitchell
ana Slade will have to try again. .i--... -"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-30
A Curious Suit I'm GERMANY

A criminal prosecution, that for year
past has largely occupied public attention
IN Germany, has just come to conclu-
SION. The question involved was whether
peasant girl had any rights which a
spect. Freiherr Won Rothenhan HAVING
suspected 16-year-old girl, living in q
S'!esian village in which be possesses an
estate. Of having stolen trifline sum
from his house, had her laid over bench.
and IN his own person administered to
her what he considered proper punish
ment with horsewhip. A criminal
prosecution was finally instituted. and
now, after litigation lasting more than :
year. Freiherr Won Rothenhan has been
.eound guilty and sentenced TO pay Z fine.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-30
THE F1auRRa
A Frignttu, Balloon Ascension.

Paris Cable: At Ryan, Friday, NJ. Gratien was
about to make a ballonn ascension, accompa-
MED by Mile Albertine. The bal
loon Unexpectedly broke loose aud
the cord caught N. Gratien by the
fingers Of one hand He WAS immediately
whi.ked into the air 600 meters high. After
frantic efforts, he became exhausted and hung
ut the end of the cord suspended solely By
two fingers and suffering excruciating agony
In that situation he WAS carried
nearly four miles. Mile. Albertine, overcome
with tue horror Of the situation, tainted
away and sank helpless to the bot
tom of the car Grattiep was not
only stripped of his clothes. but bic
skin was literally iorn in strips from his body
as he vas dragged for nearly halls Z mile
through the thorry brsmbles. Finally he
was rescued by some pessants, although
his condition 10 critical, he will probably re-
cover. When the rope was cut the balloon
arose, but soon landed, and Mile Albeftine
was rescued badly scared, but Otherwise safe
and sound -.
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The Mtnnesota state Fair.

General George B. Loring United Statu
commissioner Of sgric llture has been en-
gagged to deliver the annual address at the
Minnesota State Fair at Owatonna Sept 9Th.
The 25th Annual Fair of the Minnesota
State Agricultural Society will be held 1t
the City of OWstonna, commencing Sept.
Sd and holding the entire veek. The new
buildings on the grounds are nearly COM
Pleted and are second to none in the state.
All will be in readiness when the fair opens
The 400 stalls for horses and cattle and
the pens for sheep have already been taken
and the society are going to put mp 100
mere to accommodate the display which
promises to be the largest and finest ever
brought together. The exhibitors come
sofa and ale among the most pr minent
importers and breeders in the United
States. All the different breeds of horses
cattle and swine will be upon exhibition.
lawrence, Straight & Co., the famous cream
cry men Of our state will put mp and operate
, first class creamery on the grounds
during the Fair, making from $50 to 900
pounds of butter daily, thus giving the farm
ers Of This state an Opportunity to see how
creamery butter is made.
The machinery and other exhibits will be
upon a scale commensurate with our great
STATE. In fact the coming State Fair prom
ises to be the largest and best ever held b.
the Society, and places it in the front nnk
OF the great fairs of our country.
Reduced rates can be from al points to
the Fair, and extra and excursion trains
will be run on the different railroad to the
Fair. and all stock and articles for exhibition
carried free. OwAtOnna il making prep
arAti1ns To take care Of al VI -1me.
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The B,tters Case Decided.

Au0 0StS0FS C9S0 O0Ca0e0.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22-1n compliance With
request made by the proprietors Of the patent
medicines which arc widely sold through The
country under the general name Of bitters,
the commissioner OF internal revenue to-dav
rendered decision in regard to the
liability of such quasi-medicinal prep
erations to special tax ~ beveraGe
He holds that where bitters are sold in good
faith as medicine, no special tax sincs July l
will be required. An analysis Of the rarticu-
lar spec linens Of bitters on which THE decision
was rendered, showed the following result:
Absolute alcohol. 32 per cent; water, 81 per
cent; essential oils and navoring extracts, 4
Per cent Upon this analysis it was estimated
that the sample contained 81 per cent Of or
binary whisky.
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A Boston school boy was asked: 'Why
are animals larger in a tropical than in
= frigid zone?" The quick reply :. as:
Because heat expands and cold con-
tracts" f,a9 scst afe,s1s aer7 see,a r
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THE CASUALTY RECORD.

The Singer block, corner Wells and West
Water street, Milwaukee, owned by ex-Gov.
Ludington. was damaged by fire to the extent
of $4,000. White Hill. Sewing Machine
companysnffered by water, but have $4,000
suspended manufacturers, had stock al
$50, GOO, insured for go. OOO but lose little or
nothing. The Metropolitan Corset factory
had stock Of Sc, 900, badly damaged. The
Singer Sewing machine company was bad
" flooded, but lose little. The Are started
in the stock room of the corset company,
from an unknown cause. The building it.
self was darnsged to the extent Of $4,000.
1t was bnilt two years ago, at q cost of
$4,000.
Dispatches from the northern and central
part OF Wisconsin report great damage from
the wind storm of the 2lst inst. At Stevens
point. and 10 Wood county, crops, fences,
buildings and mill dams were all torn to
pieces. An old man in Wood county was
seriously but not fatally injured by flying
debris. The towns OF Stockton aud
New Hope were visited by . terrible
hail storm, and crops are badly damaged.
Live stock was killed at several points by
ha did similar damage, but no loss of life
is reported.
A very costly wreck occurred on the
night of the 2lst at Turner, station on the
Atchison, Topeka 4 sante Fe railroad. The
two trains came together with terrific
crash, totally demolishing b.th and wreck.
iue = large number of cars and killing
many cattle. The engineers and firemen
jumped ard saved themselves, but brake
man was c.ught and severely hurt The
loss to the SaDte Fe company will ancrnt
to $4,000. .@-
In December 1872, the brig New Domin-
ion sailed, from Cow Bay, Cape Breton. for
Yarmouth. With cargo of coal, and moth
ing was ever heard of her afterward. A
diver 1t work on the wreck OF the Cedar
Grove, ne r Torhav, has discovered her hull
on the bottom, making her name out plain
ly OF, her stern. Sic is supposed to have
run on tie same r-e. as did the Cedar Grove,
and 70 have bid Of end snnk with oil
hands.
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