The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-10-16
sufficient volume of currency. He paid his r.
spects to Gen. Harrison.

spects TO Gen. Harrison. &
Maj. JAS. Morgan, of Cincinnati, chairman
OF the Republican county executive committee,
has filed suit against the Enquirer of that city
to recover S25, 600 damages for libel The ar
ticle charged Morgan with bringing negroes
there for illegal voting, and drilling them to
answer questions properly. The article stated
that Maj. Morgan dare not deny the statement
The third annual session of the NJ. E. Mis-
sion conference for south Dakota assembled in
Mitchell on the Sth, with an attendance of
nearly 1GO ministers and visiting members
The conference was presided over by Bishop
Andrews, of Washington. A fine pair of buffalo
horns, nicely mounted, was presented to
Bishop Andrews as mcmcnto of his visit to
Dakota.
AT Sioux Falls on the 18th, Ed Tracy, a
guard, Frank Felt mason, and four convicts
while working on scaffolding with a pile of
stone, it broke down from the weight and fell
distance OF twcntyfour feet on to pile of
stone. Tracy was badly bruised and had his
back hurt. Felt Was severely bruised. A con
Wet named Hughes had his thigh bone frac-
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1t is reported on reliable authority that tic
smallpox has broken out in a very violent form
in Eroolings, d. T.. Five cases are reported
SO FAR and one death. Several parties are quite
low. Fifteen eases are reported in the county
ana three at station eleven miles north of
Hrookings named Bruce. The people who can
are moving from Brookngs. The physicians
at first mstook the disease for clickc1l-pox,
Which accounts for the spread
The grand spectacular parade Of the Yelled
Prophets, was presented in St. Louis on the
night Of the 7th, in honor Of fair week. The
spectacle consisted of twenty-five tablcaux,
| representing number Ct the most notable
scenes and Incidents ia Shakespeare The
crowd was the greatest that ever congrcgatc,l
i'll the city, not less than so 900 strangers bcir:
in the city. The ball at the Merchants cx-
change was All exceedingly brilliant affair."
The strike Of the Pittsburg stove moultcrs,
irauguratcd nine months ago. has been de-
clar2d<Htf, and all who can will return to work
at Is per cent. discount The manufacturers
agree to take the strikers back if they will ap-
| ply as individuals and not members Of the
union. The employees of Oliver Bros & Phil
lips owcrmll met and decided not to return to
work for less than 1925 which is 1915 cents
more than they received before the reduction
At Joliet, Ill.,, on the 18th, Blast Furnace No.
l, OF the Joliet Steel company's works, OK
plodcd, setting fire to and dcmo.isLiny the
great store house Of the blasting department.
The explosion was caused by the leaking of
steam into the furnace. The damage will foe:
up about $50 ,OGO, with no Insurance. Work ut
! the mills, where about three hundred men arc
employed, will be delayed several days as the
result OF the fire. Several workncn had mar
row escapes, but no one was injured.
On the 10th terrible discovery was made by
small boy on the farm Of Peter Book, near
Troy, Ind. He playing around the mouth of
newly finished cistcrn and pccping in uiscov-
cred the nude body of a woman viii, her head
severed from her body. he alarmed tue
ncighborhood and after an hours hunt tic
head was found III c!ump Of bushes, 100
yards or more from the cistcrn, and the barn
near by gave evidence OF having been the
scene of terrible struggle. Suspicion fastened
upon the husband and two sons
of Mrs. Ucntcrshot, the murdered
woman, as guilty of the deed
Mrs. Henderson, having refused to sign away
farm to "! lich she had deed in fee simple,
which the father and eldest son wanted to dis
pose Of. At the trial an unsuccessful effort
was made TO lynch the three prisoners. At !
O'Clock i'll tue evening 3 mob took the Oldest
son out of Jail and hung him to a beam in the
barn where the crime was committed. lie
made confession that his father shot his
mother, and that he cut her head off with an
AK. The father and Other son in Jail at Carroll
ton arc also threatened to pull ropes.