The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-10-16
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
EAST.

ZION Oi pipe Inc IRON inc natural gas nclu at
Tarentuin to Pittsburg.
At South Bethlehem, Pa, the opera house
and a row of brick buildings adjoining was
burned on the It'll. Loss, $4,000.
Owing to the embargo on foreign rags, the
paper manufacturing business is about ruined
Prices have already gone up from 80 to so per
cent.
Eleven graves in a Jamestown, O., cemetery
have been violated, and \ reward Of 81 eco is
offered FOR the apprehension OF the rcsurrcc-
toEsts.
The supreme court Of New York ON the Sth,
declared unconstitutional the bill passed by
the Legislature forbidding tho manufacture of
cigars in tcrcmcnts.
About 10000 persons assembled on the Sth
at the Northampton camp grounds, Massachu-
sets, to celebrate the centennial Of the indie
pcndcncc of American Mcthodists.
A reunion Of the Second cavalry division and
Clusters brigade Of the Thirteenth division OF
tho Army OF thc Potomac, will be held at
Gettysburg, Pa, on the 18th of this month.
Ptcr Wood, a Trenton, n. j., tramp, was
think OF any other use to put it to than tearing
1t into strips to make a rope to hang himself
with
fire, supposed to have been inct ndiarv oc-
cured on Tic night Of the 9th in the basement
OF Senator McCarthy's dry goods establish
ment, in Syracuse, y. Y. The damage is
$4,000.
The bankrupt stock Of clothing which was
wliiskcd out Of Minneapolis and brought to
Chicago by special train yielded S24 600 to
the creditors of S. Friedman. deputy sheriff
conducted the auction sale
In the noted Granger will case at Syracuse,
n. T., the will Of Mrs. Granger has been adj
mttc:' to PROBATE, Under it Gen. +. N.
Lc:;vcnworth gets about 100000 and Mrs.
Changers relatives about $50, 900.
The officers Of the Ilamplcn Mutual Fire In
s'irancc company, of Springfield, Mass, have
Decided to close up business. Policies are
called i'll which number 100 or $780, Policy
holders will receive their return premiums.
Hog cholera las appeared in Warren county,
f;, ana vicinity, and the indications are that
before the time CONES for preparing pork for
winter use TIE disease will have spread over
the greater part of of eastern Pennsylvania
The steamer Neptune, of the Hudson bay
expedition, has arrived at St. Johns, n f., on
her return trip. Seven stations were cstab-
lishea, which will remain open 4 year and re-
port upon the navigability Of the Hudson bay.
Five masked men battered down the door of
til" house of farmer, Joseph Gates, near
JoAns'on Pa, AND compelled him
I" give over 81, 100 which he had sccrctctl
il the house. There is nc clue to the robbers
Mrs. Gcorgiana llcntis was arrested in Bos-
ton on the 1;h on a rtqu;:tion from the gov
crnor OF New York on charge of fraudulcntly
obtaining diamonds of the value Of SIC. OOC
from Theresa Lynch, diamond broker of New
York city.
The chief Of police of Mcridcn, Conn, in
coIsultation with the German consul, claims
that t!,'!c is now residing in HIcridcn the Carl
Stiicrt ara wife whom a recent German paper
says ownc tie tavern in Tursig, Prussia, in
which were found, after they had vacated, the
skeletons of seven persons.
At Waterbury, Conn, os the stn, an en-
t" open til" vcntiIator Of the tigers cage was
seized by the tigers and drawn into the cage.
The animals were finally beaten off after they
hal nutilatcd him horribly.
A carriage containing George and Alice Hall.
of Stamford, w., was struck by an express
train at Cir, yluck crossing Wednesday and botl,
were instantly killed. The body of the young
y,,.lvv
Wonan was thrown 100 feet.
The officials Of tho new Commercial Cable
company are s:raininy every nerve to open
their lines for the transmission Of public bust
ness at the earliest possible moment, in tho
hope OF obtaining the business which has been
diverted hy the breaking Of the Gould lines.
At Seneca Falls, \. Y, on the evening of tho
Stl, Gen. }. 3. Murray, while receiving a ban
ner for the rIumcd knights, was stricken with
apopIcXv He was one of the origirators o!
Decoration Day, and led tho first-proccssion
that met to srcw flowers on soldiers graves.
Bishop Tabcr, OF Montreal, endorses the &C.
ton of Rev. Mr.. Cure, of Bcauharncrs, in &C.
nouncing from the altar the establishment of a
benevolent society entitled the Catholic Minion
OF the Knights of St. John. lie saws it
touches upon secret organization like Free
Masons
Herbert Bcrmeth has a store exactly on the
line between New York and Canada One
night all his goods were removed from the
Canada side of the store to the American, lcay-
ing nothing but empty shelves for his Canadian
Creditors to look to, but the Canadian court
stood up for the Canadian creditors.
In tearing down ar Old house in Hartford
Conn.,, the workmcn found several under
ground passages leading to subterranean pass
age, where several counterfeit pieces and a
broken die were found. The last occupant is
entirely ignorant of the affair. The place had
bad reputation. Murder and various other
crimes had been committed there.
The Mechanics bank 1T Altoona, Pa, closed
It's doors on the It'll. No notice was posted on
the doors. 1t was subsequently learned that
the withdrawal of large sums percipitatcd its
suspension. There is no statement Of the as
sets or liabilities. 1t is Thought, however, the
concern viii De able to pull through. Local
banks expect run of small dcpositors to fol-
low.
On the nth in Quebec, an explosion occurred
at the new Parliament buildings, destroying a
considerable portion Of the masonry and win
dows OF the rev building, which was just being
rooted Ill. The cabinet has decided to issue a
proclamation offering reward of $1,000 for
information regarding the authors of the out
rage Guards have been placed in all the
-,
military stores and cartridge factory.
At Trenton, N. j., the United States grand
jury has made prcscntmcnt against the New
Brunswick National bank 1t is stated the
jury made an investigation, in which they dis
covered that Il loss more than the whole sur
plus OF the bank was caused before last June
by the cashier The statement TO the comp
trolicr OF tile currency in June was false and
intended 10 conceal fraud. The directors