The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-03-22
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
EYEN1S IN WASHTNGTx)N

sl0ns, ana various forms OF tunketing in
which the administration has been won't to
indulge and it is to be rigidIy enforced.
OF temporary clerks in the pension Office
whose appointments expire this month,
$50 will he reappointed and thirty will be
disst-..ked. There will be no further reap
pointn'rnts until April l. THREE hundred
clerks have been dismissed from the census
office. Further discharges will be made
by the beginning III the next 6sc i year, in
order to keep expens> within the appropr.
alton.
The treasurydepartment has prepared reg
ulations in regard to the m por tation of
adnIter tied tea which was prohibited BY IN
act passed last session. This law goes into
effect ut once, and the regulations based
upon it i've been sent to the custom house
at New York, for perfection there before
they are formally promulgated.
Secretary Folgar is reported better. His
improvement is slight, however, and it il
feared perfect recovery will be slow. He
took cold Monday, and is now suffering
from liberated sore throat.
J. X. Dodge, statistician of the agricultu-
raj department, says that no report of dam
age to growing wheat have been received.
The work on re Potomac fats will have
to be stopped the 1st of September for the
lack OF on appropriation to carry it on.
The president has not yet decided when he
can leave Washington.
RAILROAD RUMBLLNGS,
E. J. FslIon, Edesr Smith, A. C. Wall
Jesse Larrabee A. &. Tully, Me-. TaylorS.
g. Primrose, George H. Cook and A. B.
Paine, all of New Yark City, are incorpo-
rators Of the Northwestern, Minnesota &
Red River Valley Railroad company. and
articles OF incorporation were filed with the
Minnesota secretary of state Tuesday. The
line is to run from Brainerd and the cross.
ing of the CreW Wing river, hy the North.
ern Pacific Railway company, to a point on
the northern boundary Of the state. The
principal offices of the company are to be
IN st. Paul and the organization is TO re-
main in force for period of 100 years from
March 81, 1893. The capital stock of the
company is IS. 900 600, which is also the
in $4,000 shares OF 500 each.
Freight on emigrants' outfits hence to
Devils Lake and vicinity, by way of the
Manitoba line, will be $50 per load. Here
tofore the "a e has been $S8 for each car
employ ed. but the logic of events has
prompted reduction IN the tariff, which
patronage of those for whose particular
benefit the move has been made.
1t is sal | that the test of the Allen paper
car wheels by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul railway has proved Highly satisfactory
ard it is possible that they will be adont1d
Tor general use on their passenger and par
lOr cars.
The Bozenan board of trade has ar
ranged for grand celebration upon the ar
rival Of the first passenger tram of the North
Pacific road which is positively promised to
lake place within the next ten DAYS.
The report that the general Officers of the
Omaha road would be removed from St.
Tau! to Chicago is asaia denied by author
ity.
Gen. Anderson predicts in glowing colors
at the future oftrAn'- Pacific commerce bv
way OF the Northern Pacific.
RECORD OF CASUALTIES.
Capt Burton's store in East Grand Forks
was burned Frida morning. The building
was OF brick and cost about Sc, OOO Insur
ance, $1,000 The goods were all carried
out and saved.
Col. John s. Gambler OF the governors
stan Georgia, in attempting to jump from
!a' ROAD train in Atlanta, Thursday night,
was run over, had both legs cut of, aud
will probably die
Dora Co"er of Evansville, Ind, caught
air. in her upper works and burned Thurs
day: Dora Was a steamboat, and she had
coil'ded with the Enquirer.
At Allentown, Pa, Tuesday night Miss
Mary S'"ith was chlcroformei By burglars.
VINO cut : II her rich black hair, over a ward
long, close to her mead.
The Piper opera house and several ad;oin.
buildings at Virginia City, New, were total
~ destroyed by fire. Loss $4,000,
Pa rick Early, a brakeman. was killed on
the Duluth railroad at st. Paul.
~ ~ NJEIL RECORD.
IN the trial of Enos G Crowther, in the Gel
ebra'ed bond robbery case at St. Jssenh
NO., the defense consumed the dsy in prov.
ing the previous good character of the &C.
cused and aiibi. Crowther was placed IN
ms stand. He denied every allegation made
by the prosecution. His wife testified that
on the night of March 18th. the alleged date
OF the robbery. their child was sick and
Crowtfer was at home all night.
Joe Jones of Oslethorpe county Co., shot
and killed his wife on Friday. Thew were
married when she was eleven wears old
tour wears ago. After marriage Jones At.
tempted to outrage his mo,her-in- law. He
nsd Dee" gone three years. recently returned
refused and he killed her. He was arrested
and attempted sui ;ide in ia:l.
Aprize fight occurred in the parlor IF .
wealthy resident of Altoona, Pa, Thursday,
the ring being marked out on the Garnet.
me contestants we're John O'Neal OF Pitts
burg and James Krbne Of Philadelnhia AMI
the purse 81 900. The men had been rivals in
!ove' Inc tight lasted nearly two hours,
th'rty-six rounds being fought, and O'Neii
won. ~~'A
Daniel Fox and the commissioner of
R'chland county. ILL.,, offer 81 600 each for
the ar est and conviction of the assassin of
John Fox, the brother of the former.
John Fox was shot and instantly killed m
the public highway two miles from Belle
vile, Ill.
Ed. Smith Of Omro, who arrived at Aber-
deen on Wednesday last, attempted suicide
oy shooting himself in the head with n re-
volver, and will probably die. He DESTROY.
ed all clues TO his identity, and Smith il
believed to be an assumed name.
AT Granhury, Tex II. +. Croker, a pro-
1esslonal Horse thief, took change of ven.
ne from the county Jail to the hereafter
leaving a note sayin he was well.born in
Georgia and he had killed three men and
woman in his time.
Thos. Drewes, who murdered Pat Malonv
with an AK at Rat Portage, Man., two
months ago. was found guilty of man.
slaughter: When the verdict was an.
hounced the prisoner tainted in the dock.
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Army officers are very much chaerined
at the provision in the appropriation bill
hro" ing open the quarternasters and
ccommissary bureaus to civilians. It seems
that they knew nothing about it until thev
saw comments upon it in the press. Quar-.
.ermas!er General Ingalls, was commenting
upon It recently, with supreme disgust.
Speaking to a gentlemen in civil liie he
sa'a: You might be appointed now Is nav
successor s | don't see how such thing
ever crept through congress-" .
Seven Or eight months since two china.
men were RIM ont ~ w.vn..l>-> ~