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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-10-04
A New Process of Making We
NeerS

Veneers are now by a chemical
process made :as supple as leather and of
less than the usual thickness, while the
s,rength and beauty Of the wood are UNI
affected. 1t is said that these veneers
can be used with tho utmost safety and
euecaVeness on the most elaborate
work. bending around the most acute
angles and intricate curves; a simple lay
ing on with glue and hand pressure be-
Ing al! that is required.
The largest wrought iron columns ever
made, it is claimed, are those for the AL
nany bridge. The length of each Is
some So feet consisting OF .ish, sesments,
the iron of which is 1916 inches thick;
each column requires 794 steel rlvets
and the weight complete ISIS. sH
pounds. The square inches of section
are l04; and the eight columns are estl-
mated to contain l5O,44S posnds Of met
al and 1852 rivets.
Experiments made in France show
that the time required for melting 20l
ponds Of ice was as follows: Natural
ice of Switzerland, 1"7 no IRIS; of Norway,
!lo; of Massachusetts. 1888: artificial ice
by the Care process, 49,; by the Teller
process, IA.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-10-04
1t Reformed Him.

The worst are sometimes startled into
reformation by the sudden disc very of
themselves, and what they are doing.
fla fallen man has not parted with all
his manhood, it must do him good to be
shown how he is enriching his enemies
bv his vices, and making himself and
his family poor. A Georgia paper, the
Hartweil Sun, relates this gratifying in
stance of good out of evil:
\ man in a certain city, who followed
the occupation of a blacksmith, receiving
Ills USUAL wages Saturday night, found
hlmseIf IN possession of five dollars and
twenty-five cents. He started down
town TO buy some food for his family,
on his way drifting into a bar.room
where he was too frequently visitor.
One drink made him generous, and he
was prepare to ''set 'em up" to the
large crowd ofbar-room dead-beats, and
IN hour nassed in the rough h,larity
which disgraces such places OF resort.
At Length, he, late in the evening, be-
thought himself that it was time to 90
ana caiiei for his account. The bar
keeper figured up the amount and it
was just five dollars and twenty. five
EcuIS. Liz pOOI IclIrW uHuuou OUT the
ive-dollar bill saying to the bar. keeper,
You will have to credit me for the
quarter and started for the beef.
market. Entering the butchers stall he
said, wv hat have you got that you can
sell me for twenty five centsi 1t is all
The money l have, and I must have
something for my family"
There's q bunch of sOup.bo mes that
YOU can have tor twenty-five cen o." was
the reply.
He accordingly purchased them, had
them put in a parcel, and WAS about
starting h 'me, not without some re-
prOachful Thoughts, when the iram-sel-
ler with whom he had spent the even.
ing entered the market, ordered GUAM
THY of the best beef steak, pulled out a
tive.dnIlar bill, the identical one which,
he had paid him, and gave it to the
butcher.
Our dram-drinking friend had seen
enough. He started for home, and
probably d:I more good, solid thinking
than he had done for sever Il years be.
fore. En- ering his house, he gave biz
wife those July, almost bare soup bone:
and said, There, wife, this is the last
time You will ever have to live on soup.
bones that may furnish money to q
bar.keeper to buy porter.house steak
with"
After that his wife and children were
treated to steak instead of bare SOUP
bones. He had quit the drinking bus.
mess forever.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-10-04
A Terrible Accident.

A fright I'll steam thresning machine &C.
'ident occurred on the 2G.h inst, eight
mills south of Osakis, MINI. 1t appears
that the pump was not working satis,, clio.
r'iy snd the engine wss stopped for a fe y
minutes. The men were gathered a,ound
~ ne engine wien the exp osion occurred.
The Killed art: Albert Garlock, Faux Cen.
,+r; r ter Billie Ieaux, Leslie; Mathew
joyce. OraEge. The darg rously wounded
"rs III f:llo"s: Frank I've, &C.. In wound.
side scaldtd, wound in loot; .npu;ation
pertornnd. Charles Ives, fractured skull.
car I'd face ana br. asst, left am disl ca,ed:
OF e3Pec'ed to live. The slightly wour ded
are: Nike Riley Sam Porter, Chester Gilbert.
Al are scalded and bruised. Gilbert ,as
blown Thirty feet from the engine. ALBEIT
Gsr'ock was thrown nearly SO feet and
l'iedeaux arly $50 'eet from the engine.
both bodies when picked up. were Literally
tipped OF clothing, and the f. sh and siin
,ca'oed Of. Thy were puI ched full of
holes from the i, lug pieces OF iron. Math
tw ~ &C and Frank a1d Charles Ives
were thrown down few feet ia front of The
ng'ne. The engine was blown l50 feet
Directly over the top OF the separator ana
wheat stacks. .''>'
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-10-04
PITH OF THE NEWS,

The rules recently formulated by Price,
the commissioners of Indian affairs, for the
government OF Indians, has given rise to
some adverse criticism. o .e rule prohibits
any plural marriage hereafter contracted,
and does not propose to abolish such re.
cations already existing. It is believed
that the dances demoralizs the young OF
the tribes and incte them to war, and. in
to good or+er. There rules have been In
operation since March, and it is stated at
she In ian bureau that not a nele com.
plant has been received from the I dams
IN regard to the enforcement Of the
rules.
The resignation Of Judge Ray, chic Of
the division OF postal laws aud regulations
ct the postotice department., has been ten
ably be accep ed. Ju'''e Ray occupied \
somew hat peculiar esitj N in the depart.
IN III, being head OF . division which had
not been created by c..uxress, but which had
Become established by the usnge of the Of.
nee. In this position he was called on to
give opinions on legal questions, at tie
same time that there existed a regular law
01ncer OF me department, in the person *
the ass'.sant attorney general of the post
Oo~ Wv POI eAACA', JuOec CEeSIdAUs
The following are recent posteffice changes:
Po-tmas'ers con n,i.sloned-Iowa, John
Moore: Eve)and; Josephus II. Lester. Bel
kHap: Wisconsin, Christian Lar>on. Curren;
Winfield 8 H,le, Crivi,z; Frank H. Guersev,
CIin orville; John Startny, Francis Crt ek;
John A Wayp, Pound, Dakota, DAME,
Williams. W,lliamsoort. Star Service
es-Dakot.-CarringtSn to Bremen,
from October Is; extended service from
Bremen by Jerusalem tc Bartlett, twenty.
four miles.
The postmaster general decides that the
reduced rae Of postage, to 90 into effect on
the LIST of October, apples to domestic mails
only, and not to foreign countries, but be-
comes the rat Of letters to Canada IN con-
sequence oft'e tact that under the existing
postal arrangement between the United
States and that country the domestic rate of
the country of origin applies to the interna-
Uonal letters exchanged between the two
countries.
Secretary Folser will in his annual re-
port, recon mend legislation that will en-
able them to consolidate number of cus-
IONS districts. and do away with those that
are useless Expense to the government
he says that there IS even more need of
consolidation in the customs service than
there Was in the internal revenue.
D. W. Classic of Washington, has been
dlsbarred as patent attorney Tor the interior
department, ON account Of irregular prsc-
President Tyler's widow will srerd the
winter in Washington.
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last year FOR the drst nine months Of 1883
the number IS 8 ~. and Sis ono 600 against
897 and {B9. UOD. O0o Tor the satt1e period of
1882.
The Huntingdon, Pa, CIR Wbesl works
have failed with Judgment enter d by the
Union bsnk for $5O, Ot)O. Other claims will
increase the liab, titles to. $20O. 600. The as.
salts are esti". ated at $lO0.ON. There are
400 employees who have not been paid for
two months. Efforts will be made tn tide
over the embarrassn, ent 50 hat work can
be re umed. A l+rge number of orders are
held by the merchants who. in common
with the ertire com -nunity, feel the effects
OF the failure.
The 'nesters" had a meeting in Clay
county, Tex, the other day, and resolved
to give notice to etockmen that the wire
fences must come down if they would cave
anarchy and bloodshed. and that II this be
done their grass will be saved. The result
OF the Confederate convention at Henrietta
is awaited with much interest and some 80
iicitude
The Rev. Father Seguin, ofSt Cuneeonde
Canada, who from his pulpit few days
ago told Irish members to be gone, has
been called upon nv the bishop for no ex-
plara'iou. The difficulty arose on: OF q
question of nationality between the French
an Irish Practitioners.
John GilIs, counsel In petition the New
York supreme court in regard to his ia her a
estate, told the court bis little dog bad
eaten mp Que OF the papers in the case, and
an adjournment was therefore necessary.
The trustees Of the Garfield (Cleveland)
monument fund have $4,000 now OH
hand. They expect So, ono more ir a few
days. Work on tie foundations for the
monument has already oeen begun.
The steamer Rock Islsnd is running from
New YORK to Albany and return on Decent
fare basis. The first trip mad about fifty
passengers, whose SIS would not pay for the
coal bursed. 1t is believed other lines will
b. torce1 to reduc. fares.
The first Car load of dressed beef from
the Northern Pacific Refrigerator Car com.
bany's abattoir at Little Missouri, was
shipped from that point to St. Paul ON the
28th inst.
l Mayor Jennings of Salt Lake City, says
he has but one wife, his second having died
hut he il declared from voting. He will sue
the courts for $4,000 dam. ges.
The exports of breadstuffs for the eight
months ended Aug ri aggregate STA 237
f45 a gain # nearly 81 100000 over the
same pei.d of last year.
Fred G. bhardts bay colt Eole has been
scratche rthe race for the Cesarewich
snkes, to be run Al Newmarket on Oct. 8
Mrs. Phillips OF Rochester. Mass fought
five minutes with hen hawk, and kille
it on'y after receiving severe injuries.
Since 1859 New York City has accumula
ed $3.50 600 O. bad deb,s for water and
market rents, etc.
The Georgia legislature adjourned ON its
seventy-third day. The cost was $3.50, 600
A violin bought in Cincinnati the Other
day or $40 was 50 d in Louisville for 81, 800
John A. Roebling's wire mill at Trenton
n. j., has closed.
New York county doctors are in the midst
of q code war.
Lincoln park, Chicago, is to be lit b.,
electricity.
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Rochester is replacing tho bridge over
the cascade near Lelands, which was
crushed by the cyclone. Ti~abers for the
at the foot of Broadway. The iron from
the Broadway bridge il berg rerolled at
Milwaukee, aud Will soon BIZ replaced.
Two Brainerd men fought q pitched bat.
tie for $50. At the end of the first round
the sheriff broke up the fight.
The tug Nellie Cotton was so badly
wrecked in the recent blow at Duluth she
will have to be rebuilt.
The Mankato cement company have or.
ders for 10000 barrels of cement awaiting
the opening of the works.
The Waseca annual fair will be held ut
Wasecs Oct. IL and IL. A race course is
bring fitted up, and the grounds are other
wise being improved. This will, without
doubt, be by far the most important fair
ever held III the county.
No littis excitement wa. caused at Red
wood Falls, recently by the announcement
tina, M. Isaac Van Setback. over eighty
five years. had disa Ppeared from the res
ide"ce OF 8 son, County Auditor Van
Setback. Quite number of citizens turned
out with lanterns to sra ch for him, and a.
ter several hours found him some distance
frem Ramsey Falls Tue old man was too
much exhausted to give any account OF
himself.
The attorneys of the Eighth judicial
distrsct met in Shakopee recently, to discuss
their preference tor judge. A large number
OF voters have signed letter urgi, Judge
Mcdonald to be Candida Q for reelection,
and he has accepted the invitation in an
open letter. The correspondence relating
to the matter will e collected into circu-
Ter pamphlet for distribution throughout
the district.
A rumor is atioat in Duluth to the effect
that Gen. ". P. Marshall has resigned his
Office as United Sta es law agent for this dis
trictsand ill be succeeded by q man named
Eaton; but that he will stay in the p ST.
ton until after the co ing term OF the Uoi.
tel States court, he des res to see the emf
of the cases be has be- gun for conspiracy
against the government. How true the ru.
NOR is cannot be said.
The new hotel In St. Paul will be built
with Manka,o Cement, and the city will
use it in constructing stree: sewers.
Real estate valuation OF the city OF Austin
1865, persona property, $233, 500.
At either ii recently Andrew Nicholson
~ mistake took strychnin,, surprising it to
be epson salts, ana died soon after. he
leaves wife and three chi dren.
A saloon was recently burglar,zed in Min
neapol's to the amount III }13.
Amended articles of Incorporation OF the
st. Charles Opera House company have
been filed with the secretary ot state. Tn.
capital stock is fixed at $4,000. per
ce''t. of which must be pad within five
Gays of the date of subscription, the balance
subject to CALL
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-10-04
Warning to Anony NOUS Writers

A pretty young woman in Topeka got
an anonymous note, the other day,
signed "Admirer.' The writer pro.
tested his ardent affection and request
ed the young lady to meet him at GER
tain corner that night. She handed the
note to her mother, who Was reused 20 u
high pitch of Indignation by the fellows
presumption and who proposed to 20 to
the appointed TRUSTING place herself.
She was on time, clothed in her duugh-
ter's dress and vail. A fashionably
dressed young man was there before
her. He was leaning against the fence
and occasionally looking down the street.
as 1t expecting some 'ody. Without
wasting any time on preliminaries the
mother seized the Young man in
an unrelenting clutch, and lasl,ed him
mercllessly with ''hlack-snake" whip
which she drew from the folds of her
dress. What might have happened had
a policeman not arrived cannot be
guessed. Explanations followed, and it
was soon made PLAN that the mother
had terrible whipped an innocent young
man who had merely paused for u
moment to wait Tor friend to Join him
from a nciphboring drug store. The
real letter writer arrived on the scene
before the whipping was over, tut wisely
disappeared before the situation was
cleared uD.
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Personal Mention.

The most brilliant Wedding that has M.
CURED j, Virginia for manv years was con-
summated en- the Goth ult, at b. llevue, the
contracting parties being Mis-, Thomson
the relgning belle of the county and M
Alnsworth, full blooded Indian of The
Choctaw tribe, graduate Of Roanoke c.L.
iese The bridal party left for the Indian
territory.
MI. Hutchlns, editor Of the WASHINGTON
Post now lives IN big house next to the
British ambassadors residence at the M.
tional capital. Six years ago Mr.. Hutchins
was a member of the Missouri legislature
and boarded in q st. Louis hotel.
Isaac 81. Maynard has been nominated
tor secretary OF state by the democracy of
New York. The balance of the Slate ,icket
is: for controller, Albert c. C,apiu. state
treasurer, Robert A. Max we'll; attorney GER
eral, Dennis O'5rien.
W. W. Astor. American Minister to Italy,
is very reserved and conservative. an1 ia
accused on public occ ons OF exhibiting an
excess OF diplomatic gnity. ~
1t is understood at Montreal that G,orpe
Stephen, president Of he Canadian Pacific
railway comp ny, will shortly be knightyd.
Victor Arguste 1sidore Dpchamps. car
dinal ofthe r. man church, archbishop IF
Mecheln and pr'mate of Be GUM, is de ID.
Uncle Remus Uoel G. Harris) is re.d;no
proof in Boston On his southern dialect
stories. ~'
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-10-04

Judge Samuel Hand, referee in the tax
suit brought by the state OF New Yorx
againet the Western Uuion Telegraph oem-
pany, has rendered decision in favor of
the state tor $178.397. This sum 10 Tor
taxes for only one year. but determines the
remsining taxes /. favor of the state. max.
decision from the company shout $626,000
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-10-04
Miscellaneous Matters.

Ihe mercantile business OF the country
seems to have been very lively so far t1,is
year-at least in the wav of failures. In fact
1888 has already left 1882 way in the lurch.
The reports of r q Dan & Co.. show that
the num Der Of failures during toe posi- quar-
ter has hen l,8OS, with liani,,ties agsregs-
c eng - $92z'vOVUO a. against 300 with S1S..
"V'oVV liabilities during the same period
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A correspondent, VINO recently en-.
joyed a chat with Henry Irving. reports
that the distinguished actor recently &C.
CURED the habit of snuff taking. It is
said to add immensely to his di entity,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-10-04

Frank James begins to feel once more
~ If life were indeed worth 1ivine
There are now only two indictments
tor murder pending against him. This
much better record than q great
many Mlssourlans can show,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-10-04
MINNESOTA NEWS.
The Postomces.

WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, Sept 90
The allowance Of postmssters' salaries has
been pr pared at the p 'stoftioe department, to
so into effec, Oct l. This sll0wance il based
upon the new two cent stamp rate provided for
IN the act Of March 3. 1853. The new sala-
the old The following are the new allowances
Tor the new Offices:
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From Over the Ocean

The Compile de Lagrange Of Paris, who
has been in Omaha, Neb., to- abou> month,
agent for the French government, lett re
Gently for France, with TWENTY-FIVE Omaba
lndians-ten lhen, five womea and s.ven
chlldreD-Which he has secured TOR the
worlds ex 'ositiOn at Paris They are fine
looking Indians. and will take part in the
exhibition OF unciviliz d races of the world.
which will b. one Of the principal features
OF the exposition julius Meyer o, 0 uaha
accompanies the parry as Gu tod an OF u he
Indians, he being an interpreter and having
msde arrangements by wh;cs, they were
Obtained. They will be absent about three
months.
The negotiation on T,nquin has been
concluded by Tricon, the French minister
to China a. Pekin. Tue French legation at
Hue is guarded by marines from the fleet.
Inc Annsm'te government his sen; orders
to the military n4andarins dsbandin all
the A .namite troops w1O have not given
th*lr adhesion 10 tn. French authorities.
The recent earthquake at Java caused the
sudden subsidencs Of the sea at Colombo
Ceylon, on the Is n. On the 25th of August
he water rose aud fel violently Tor nall an
hour, when it resumed its n0rmul condi-
ton. No serious damage is rep orted.
The British Association for the Advance
ment Of Science has daCiAed to invite the
American Society tor the Advancement Of
Sc'en :e to b come honorary snembeys of the
association during its visit to Montreal in
1884
William Horace Linyard and Luscom
Searelle, the actors, had igh. in the
American Exchange, London. N.ither is
much more tran five fret in b. isht. aud
the encounter was cumical in its Jury.
Tidewaiter Logan. charged with having
originated the recent riots at Can on. has
been found guilty o. M ,ns1aughter aud SEN
fenced to seven years penal seryi uie.
Fire destroyed $40 houses in the Kadi
keni quarter Of Constantinople. T,e loss
IS a6oU, 81 100000 Nearly one.third O.:
the buildings in the district are ruins
Robert Hayden, an alleged American
journalist who is given to sedi,iuus spa. cb.
lying in Ireland, has been presented with
an address OF thanks at Galway.
The trouble with the Navaioes is that an
effort is being made to abolish slavery
among them. They hold the MoQuis or
Quaker Indian as chat1le.
The royal baby OF Spain has cradle,in
the form of a shell, lined with pink satin
and having q canopy of the rarest aud
most costly lace.
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The Criminal Record.

~ P0o'A AA"@'o1 ~ AsaCiAe, WIZ, VINO was
arrested last April, after having made way
with IS, 100 of the government funds and
who is out on bail, has been trying to make
Q settlement with Ex-Post.nas er Henry
Wright under whose administration the
stealing was done. His trial will come of,
III October, and unless he makes good the
amount OF his embr zz'emcnt. he will get
undoubtedly, pretty heavy sentance.
A young fellow, eighteen years of age
named Redsdsle, apprentice to 81. NJ.
Aonghead, jeweler OF Mar:ette, Mich,
arose early one morning recently. at the
mousse OF his employer, took the KEYS from
mr.. Longhead's pockets, opened the store
then the safe, took therefro,n 800 in cur.
1tncy ard $500 worth of jewelry and skipped
out on foot toward Peshtigo. He was can.
tured with his plumber about four miles ont
OF town. O"'
q. II. Highly, claiming to live at Wild
Rose. Washa1a county, Wis, was arrested
at Caupaca recently while attempting tn
pass counterfeit silver dollars. He had suc.
Ceeoed IN dispDsing several around the citv
ihey bad the genuine rin z. but close ex.
animation revealed their spur,ousnsss.
John Wane seduced Hattie Wagner of
New York. He had . mock marriage cere.
mony performed, lived with her fonr
months and deserted her. BE recentlv de-
tended suit for the child's support. and
his mock father-in-]aw threatened to xiii
MIN II the verdict was unfavorabla.
Frank Plankey. thirtv.five years of ape
bss been married at East Tawes Mich. to
girl twelve years of aye, and in appearance
but child. Plankey has wife and four
children in Canada. The justice of the peace
say, the girl came with her mother. and
said her age vas fifteen,
Col. Frank Davidson, late of the firm Of
Marmaduke, Brown & Co., St. Louis, and
wei known in the west and south, recsntlv
sn'c1ded at Van Barren, Ark, where be
nad oeen lately editing newspaper. FL
nanciai EN- 5arrassment is said to have heen
the cause ~ "'o "e0o
Harry Edwards, Charles NcKiuny and
George Fitzgerald, professional thug, we'll
known in all the large cities of the country
were crested in St. Louis recently ior =
murderous assault upvn and an attemnt r.
ROB an old colored man, q few miles from
the city. ~ ''o-'
Capt. David Payne, A. B. Calvert J. B.
Cooper and A. ". Hooper, computing the
Queer, ofthe Oklahoma colony, were r..
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Must tho Timber Culture Ac: Go ?


WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, Sept &C.
During the at summer the commissioner o.,
the general laud Office has had in the State.
and Territories where there are large ana,ti-
ties Of "n~old lands large force Of spccial
agents. engaged in the detection and iuves.,ra-
tio' Of fraudulent en- ries under tho pre-emn.
'ion' homestead and timber culture acts. The
reports OF these agents reveal sucl, q condition
OF affairs that in all probability the secretary of
5he interior in his annua! report will recon-
mend tho repeal not only of the pre-en,ption
laws, but OF the timber culture act ALSO Among
he cons 'derati,ns whic:, it is believed will be
urged IN favor OF repal are:
tl1st--T at practically the actual settler can get
,'e 70 Ills farm as soon under tne homestead
aci rs under the pre-eI pton law, and there is no
neeo OF two methods to attain the same object.
Second-That while the three laws remain. n
seIter may take advantage of each aud acquire title
Iso acres of the pubic land by paying ca sh for
!, low m acres. and taking the remainder under the
homestead and timber culture, ETC., a quantity
%h'cn II Is suggested, is greater than the sc: tier
stiou'o be permitted to obtain on such easy terms
/" rhe present condition of affairs
Anlru--I at both the pre-emption and the tim.
ner OFFER premium to dishonesty, as is clearly
have been detected "oA