The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-09-27
Miscellaneous Matters.

Minneapolis Northwestern Miller: The
mills of the city are this week greatly ham,
;ered by low water. Twenty mills we're in
OF Grafton Wednesday, and they would all
produce fair amounts Of hour had they the
power to do so with. But as it il they do
not run to over hall capacity. Though the
production ia made hard to estimate, We
believe, notwithstanding only three out of
the twenty-three mills have remained idle,
that it will average over 10, 500 barrels per
day, against IL, 600 barrels last week. Our
millers report a duller +! sur market, ana
some make lower quotations. The wheat
stored in Minneapolis elevators. including
the Transfer elevator, on Sept. IL, was $685.
OcO bushels. There were about 400, OOO
bushels in the mills, making the total
amount Of wheat in store in the city e25 COO
bushels, against 780,0O last week The
wheat stored in St. Paul is about g., 600
bushels. The wheat in store in Duluth
elevators on Monday was 3s2,277 bushels
against 118, 528 week ago.
E. Jacobs. reporter for the Galveston Daily
Print, an evening publication. has been ar.
rested for criminal libel, the complaint be-
ing that he published statement convey
ing the idea that Mrs. Ada Spencer had in.
ter.married with Mitchell Bradford, a ne
gro, and had continued to live with Brad.
ford as his wife. an ofIense against the Tex.
as statute. Mrs. Spencer who was once an
exceedingly handsome womaa, is party to
u divorce suit still pending, which couple
Of years ago was rendered memorable by the
revolving testimony introduced. Mr.. Spen-
cer had long been prominent in mercantile
circles OF Galveston, and IS at present man.
ager OF the two leading theaters. Jacobs
gave bond in $500 for his appearance on
Thursday.
Papers in the case OF Michael Scully vs..
the Northern Pacific Railroad company
have been placed in The sheriff's hands, &C.
companied by an order of the cou:t, return.
able Sept. %, to show cause why temper
ary injunction should not be issned.. rhe
complaint sets forth that he is the owner OF
farm IN Anoka county, and that Sept.
the road entered his premises, cut down
trees and excavated earth, which damares
him 81 o. 0, and he there fore asks for that
amount and an Injunction against further
trespass.
The board OF aid for the colleges and
academies of the Presbyterian general as
sembly of the United States held its biennial
meeting in Chicago Ola the Goth inst The
board In secret session consid red app!i-
| cations for aid from the colleges in the
West. After long discussion a resolution
/ was passed piedginG Whatever aid the board
might be able to give to the colleges at
Pierre, OAK, and Waltsburg. Wyo., and
the academy at Fergus Falls, MINI.
Several prominent wholesale houses in
New York, Boston and Chicago have been
detected in the act OF furnishing their
! Canadian customers with blank invoices for
| the purpose of assisting them to defraud the
Dominion of revenue by filling up invoices
! al nominal values on which customs en-
tries are passed and duty paid. A black
list containing the names of such firms has
been placed on file in each custom house
and it is understood that it will be given to
the public soon.
Emigration Agent Powells annual ex-
hibition Car, laden with the agricultural
| arboricultural and mineral products of Da-
kote. arrived at the union depot, Milwaukee,
| on the 18th inst. Like its predecessors in
previous years, it will journey eastward,
and will be exhibited at various state fairs.
lmpresslng p.ssible immi grants with the
fertility OF the rich section whence il
came.
The tenth annual convention OF the broth.
erhood of locomotive fre;nen of the United
States and Canada have been in session st
Denver, President Arnold of Columbus,
ONO, p'esldln3. There were abo It $50 del
egatcs present, representing the same num-
Der of lodges and membe ship of 5000.
The Odd Fellows, in session at Provi.
dince, r. l., on the 10th inst, refused to
strike out the word white" from the con.
stituti0n. Minneapolis, MIMI, was chosen
TO: the next annual meeting in 1854.
At the Californ state fair at Sacramer to
J. B. Haggin exhibits fifty Australian sheep
with the best California strains, the result
being harder breed with fleece freer
from grease and dirt.
Anthony & Kuhn, prominent brewers
of St. Louis, have suspended. The
liabilities are between $3.50 900 and $4OO, 600.
The principal creditors are two local banks
and large saloon proprietor.
The Pioneer association of Oregon will
leave Portland, Ore, for trip through the
Eastern States by the Northern Pacific, Oct.
9.