davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1884-03-01

Feby. CRAFTSMANSHIP.
En-
% Dan schr VigiIant, 40, Thompson, st
Thomas, merceandlZe
!" Dan brig Hansine, 175, Jacobsen, New
castle, Goals
25 Eng boat Tidal Wave, 3, Stevens, Tor
tOla, posts
F" Dan schr Vigilant, 45, Thompson, st
Thomas, merchandise
26 Eng boat Harbinger, 4, Smith, Tortola,
swine
27 Dan schr yigilant, 45, Thompson, st
Thomas, merchandise
A D.
% Dan schr Vigilat, 45, Thompson, st
Thomas, sundries
" Morn bark Sichem, 519, Berntzen, Pen
sacOla, ballast
25 Eng boat Tidal Wave, 3, Stevens, Guile
ira, ballast
Dan schr Vigilant, 40, Thompson, st
Thomas, sundries
20 EngbOat HaIbinger, 4, Smith, TortOla,
ballast
% Dan schr Vigilant, As, Thompson, st
Thomas, sundrieS
FREDERIKSTED.
R
Is Dan Schr Petrol, 81, Rogers, Chris
tianSted, merchandise
+" Dan schr Atlantic. 81, Hughes st
Thomas, merchandise
10 Eng sloop Telegram, 3, Waters, Torto-
la, hardwood
20 Danschr Petrol, 81, Rogers, StThomas,
merchandise
" Dan schr Atlantic, 52, hughes, 0C
Thomas, merchandise.
Dan schr Atlautic, 81, Hughes, st
Thomas merchandise
Dan sChrPetrel, 81, Rogers, StThamaS,
merchandise
26 Dan sloop Sea Prince, 4, Meyer, StJan,
coal
q Eng sloop Telegram, 3, Waters, Tor
tola, hardwood
/" Dan schr Atlantic, 81, Hughes, st
Thomas, merchandise
&" Il schr Pc trel, II, Rogers st THOMAS,
me rChannize
Il Dan Schr Atlantic, 81, Hughes, ST.
Thomas ballast
Il Eng sloop Tidal Wave, 3, Stephens,
Tortola, ballast
IS Dan schr Atlantic, SO, Hughes, st
Thomas, ballast
Dan schr Petrol, 81, Rogers, StThomas.
ballast
Is Eng sloop Telegram, 8, Waters, Torto-
la, ballast
% Dan schr Atlantic, 50, Hughes, ST.
Thomas, sugar
" Dan sch Petrol, 81, Rogers, St Thomas,
sugar
as Dan schr Pc trel, 81, Rogers, StThomas,
sugar
" Dan schr Atlantic, 50, Hughes, st
Thomas. sugar
81 Dan Sloop Sea Prince, 4, Meyer, st
Jan ballast
, 1884-03-01

AS telegraphic communication is now
fairly established between the two towns
and connects us with the outer world the
undersigned Committee hereby beg to
present the following statement, viz:
amounts receired from the foLL0acing
, 1884-03-01
acknowledgements

GMET bekjendtgj0res herved, at
~ Gouvernementet har tilstillet
undertegnede Foged Fortegnelse
over resterende Skater for Aaret
1882 med Ordre til at rea;iSere de
skattepligtige Eiendomme, Sa0fremt
>katterne og ExecutionsomkosInin-
gerne like ele betaIte linden den Isle
April d. A.
Christiansted's Fogedcontoir, st. Croix
den 28de Februar 1884.
J. DCUS.
est
, 1884-03-01

Altogether, 3 $1,000
Paid to the Government on
the 2sth Of Jamuary............. $4,000
St, Croix 18th February 1884.
j. A. KIRTON, A. r. RAVEN,
d. DESSAU, f. MASTERSON,
j. w. WILLARD, f. RAPHAEL.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-02-21
The Reecbar; Tainilx:

The question was raised recently
whether Henry Ward Beecher was
younger or older than his sister, Mrs.
Stowe. It was found that Mrs. Stowe
was born in 1912 and Mr.. Beechcr in
1918; he is little more than one year
the younger. Catherine Beecher was
born nearly twelve years before her
better known sister. While Catherine
lost her lover, Prof. Fisher of Yale COL
lege, by shipwreck, when she was still
very young, Mrs. Stowe married, it ap-
pears, widower, if we are to trust E.
D. Mansfeld's Memories" which say
that "Prof. Stowe had for first wife q
handsome New England lady," Mr.:
Stowe was ten years older than his
wife, who wrote her great work at the
age of forty; and her second important
novel, ..'Dred," at the age of forty -four:
The Beecher family seem to owe their
literary vitality to their transplantation
to the West, where th4 father, Lyman
Beecher, went about 1882, and he re-
NAMED there many years. Mrs. Stowe
lived in Cincinnati about seventeen
years, or till the time that she planned
"Uncle Tom," which novel was not
drawn from Eastern or Virginia slave
sources, but from Kentucky, and the
escaping slaves who came up through
Ohio and Indiana. Among these was
Eliza Harris, whose feat Of crossing the
river with her child, on floating cakes
of ice; is fully testified to in the recently
published "reminiscences of Levi Coffin,
the President of the Western Under
ground Railroad, who sheltered her at
his louse.-"Gath" in New York Trib-
una.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-02-21
Friday, IebrWarN IL.

SENATE.-At l o'clock message was received
from Ito house announcing that that body had
passed joint resolution main. further ap-
preparation of 100000 for tho relief Of dcsti-
tntlon by the. overflow of the Ohio river and
tributaries. 1t was referred to the committee
on appropriations, and AT | 40 Mr. Allison from
mat committee, reported favorsHly the Joint
resolution, and it was immc diately read three
tunes and passed Shortly afterward mes
sage was received from the house announcing
the affixing of t,1e speakers signature to the
measure. whercupon the president of the sen
ate INSTANTLY affixed his own.
"A petition WIS presented from LOO settlers
OF Washington Territory asking protection in
titles to the lands in controversy between them
and the Northern Pacific. The bill regarding
circulating notes of national banks was again
debated. Adjourned till Monday
HoUsE.-A joint resolution appropriating
Sex, $50 more for tho flood sufferers was intro
duccd and adopted The house adopted the
majority report in the Manning Chalmers con-
tested election case, which declares the seat
vacant until the case is settled upon its merits
Before the vote was taken Mn Curtin created
laugh by conducting Mr.. Manning to the
speakers desk and demanding that the oath of
office be administered to him, which the speak
er OF course declined to do. Adjourned till
Monday
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-02-21
Ifcs<gnV, Eebv,,nyy II.

SENATE. bills to suspend the coinage of sill
Yer dollars till JAN. |, 1856, and prohibiting 20
llt'cas assessments, were introduced. The bib
for tho construction of a building for the con-
6rcssonal library passed.
1Ao senate passed L bill directing the sccrc-
fary OF the treasury to pay Mrs. Louisa Boldly
of Oregon s:,,'!l in full settlement of her claim
against tho United States for relations COM
United and property taken and destroyed by the
Modo; Indian. III November, 1919.
A bill was introduced by Mr.. Mcpherson to
suspend the coinage Of standard silver dollars
1t provides that the coinage be suspended until
Jan. l, 1856. and that trade dollars lc received
III sums of - or less for postage aid revenue
stamps. and converted into bullion
Mr.. Voorhees, introluccla bill to prohibit
assessments fer political purposes, Of govern
inent officials and employees. He said he was
prepared to show that assessments were ROW
being made on employees of the government
tor political purposes. The bill Furnishes tho
Elver rs well as the m2n who makes the de-
uand. Nj. Voorhees, asked that the bill be re-
lerled TO the Judiciary committee.
The President sent the Senate the following
NOM nations:
WILDER +. Gool'pocl, Ohio United States
MARSHAL northern district Of Ohio Charles T.
trict of Indiana.
Contirmations-John W. Lanes.on minister
resident and consul ncne.vi to Havt. also
charge d'atfaires vt Sis":o Dominso Henry F.
Wild, consul, Conception Dclora, Eek : John
Z. Melee, Ill., register Of the land Office, Las
Aracos, n Mex. ostmaater-Edwarl S.
Iowa
HoUsE.-Mr. Potter introduced hill to ex-
tend the bonded debt Of the United States at ,
- per cent. The bills to retire trade dollars
and provide for the construction OF the Hennc-
pin canal were reported The naval appropri-
alton bill debated, and Mr. Calkills rid-
culed our so-callcl navy UnsparNSly
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-02-21
IN 4 4HoT BOX"
The BRAKEMAN Tells HIS story.


''Was I ever in on accident?" echoed
the brakeman, as he took off his gloves,
readjusted his necktie, and brushed off
imaginary dust after putting some coal
in the heater: t'Neyerr had an accident
in my life, sir, but came mighty close
to it several times: Closest call I ever
had was down near Laporte: We stop:
ped to fix up a hot box, and
as knew the limited was close
behind us I skipped back
with my lantern in Q hurry: Hadn't
gone more'n ten or. twelve rods when I
heard her a-conlin' about mile off,
perhaps more. There was curve
right there, and couldn't see her.
Hearin' of her made me bit anxious,
and I started to run faster-it was q
snowy, blowy night--when I slipped
down, broke my lantern, and the wind
blew it out: Here: was 4 fix-me q
hundred feet from the rear Of MY train,
expected to stop No. 20, and her a-com-
in down the grade and round the curve
and my lantern out! Now tell you did
some pretty quick thinking then. hadn't
time to get back to the train, get an
other lantern, and get far enough to
stop her. Couldn't strike match in
that wind, certain, and for second or
two I didn't know what to do. Then it
came to me like flash, and didn't I
hustle! Run back to my tram, pullal
the rope for our engineer to go ahead,
yelled with all my. might to the con-
ductor, who was ahead where the hot
box was, and grabbed the red bulls
eye from the rear platform, climbed UP
on the brake and then on to the coach,
and when / got there held my bulls:eye
up high and waved her across the
track. It was as I thought.
could see twenty's headlight from
up there-there would she see me!
Apparently not, for she came along
like mad as I felt myself going crazy.
But as soon as she struck the tangent
of the curve the engineer looked my
way, saw the red light, and put her
down hard. You see if I had stayed on
the track he couldn't have seen tho
light at all but even as it was, nothing
saved us but the fact that our train
started up in time to get fairly going
before twenty saw my bulls-eye. Not
o passenger knew what close call we'd
had. Neither did the superintendent,
you bet. Elkhart! Elkhart! Twenty
minutes for dinner!'-Train Talk,
Chicago Herald.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-02-21
4 1Iinnesotian Robhea

New York Special: NJ T. Grafton, Of Mn
neapolis; came down to New York to do the
National Trotting association for the Chicago
Tribune. He registered ut the Coleman house
and then walked over to the Fifth Avenue hotel
to write some dispatches He wrote few let
ters and took some postage stamps ont of his
dor Of Fifth avenue and Twenty third street to
take . car down town. A spruce looking man
was standing at the curb, and Mr.. Grafton
asked him if he would direct him to the Aston
a9us eon dn said 1. the 5Gung
on the rear platform. The young man showed
Mr.. Grafton all the points Of interest along the
route. Whom down town Mr. Grafton missed
his pocketbook, containing s17Q and private
collection of car passes Mr.. Grafton will re-
turn to Minnesota
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-02-21

was known Of him until the 18th. The neigh.
bors and others inquired Of the boy and oldes
girl about their fathers Whereabouts, ana
had given them the farm and all the stock
a party Of citizens searched the premises.
Ihey found bloody straw in the stable. This
led to the search Of straw pile near by, anc
resulted in the discovery Of the body buried
head downward in the tor OF
the stack. The body was naked, except . COT.
zee sack, which was drawn down over the head
anu shoulders, and saturated with blood and
frozen This will not be removed until the
coroner arrives A gun was found in the house
with one barrel discharged, and an axe was
,. on the premises covered with blood
There can be little doubt that the boy murdered
ms father, and that his sister, if not an accom-
Phce, knew of it and helped to conceal the
Gody: About the time of the disappearance of
me father the son spent considerable money al
the stores, and has been trying to hire hand
to help run the farm. The girls were taken in
charge and turned over to the sheriff.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-02-21
Eacetiors Things.

evil you marry two burned fools 2"
said IN old man Of eighty, as he led a
blushing widow of twenty-eigh before
h Trenton, n. j., justice Of the peace,
recently. "Trot out your fools,' was
the reply, and the marriage proceeded.
Coming out even: I heard young
couple who made each other Christmas
presents. The wife gave her husband
q IS bill, and the husband gave his wife
another SIS bill.-New Bedford Mercu-
ry.
True generosity: NO." said gener-
GUS man, "I haven't got that horse now:
I found it cost more to keep him than
he was worth, so gave him to my broth
or as Christmas present. Lowell Cit-
iZen.
Some 60 North and some 60 South :
eyes," said Fogg, Give met with many
successes in my life. That's the trouble
you know. The things fellow moets
are always going the other way."-Bos-
ton Transcript:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-02-21
Wednesday, FEBRUARY ~.

SENATI.-A resolution is directed to the score
tary of the interior to withhold for the present
his approval for the patents or certificates for
lands .eolected by the Northern Pacific Rail-
road company i'll lien Of others said to have
been lost to the company undo: the act Of 1861
The Mcpherson bill for the issue of circula-
ting notes to national banking associations was
considered Messrs Hayard and Mcpherson
spoke in favor of the bill, aus! Mr.. Sherman
made o speech on the silver question
1t IS probable the discussion will continue for
several days, but the opinion of those best in
formed is thai the Mcpherson bill will be fin
ally adopted with ~ few verbal amendments ex-
tending in terms its provisions to banks already
in operation.
HousE-Tho Chalmers claiming contested
case (MississippD was debated without result.
Nothing praise worthy was done.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-02-21
Peaceful Lord Lardsdowuo.

AT the annual meeting of the Dominion Ar
tillery association Lord LandsIowne in speech
said:
You arc not and hope never will be mill
tary nation in the sense in which some Euro
pean powers arc Your people have their
peaceful pursuits and are engaged in the devel-
opmcnt OF tbs resources of the country Your
only cotcInlinous neighbor is a great nation
with which You are upon the most friendly
terms, whose relations with you are absolutely
unclonded They are united to You by ties OF
descent, language and common love Of free in
s'Itu;lons. Again, you form part of an empire
which you may depend upon will never quar-
re! with you gratuitously or for any purpose
For all these reasons the people Of Canada are
content to entrust what might be called nation
al insurance to all army of very moderate size
supported at very cost and sacrifice of the time
and attention to those who are members of diff
fcrent forces
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-02-21
Sad Incident of thu Tlood

At Cincinnati on Friday, tho 18th, two build
lngs fell, on account Of being undermined BY
the floods. They were occupied as boarding
houses, by Robert Kyle and George Oyesier.
There were about thirty-fve people in the
buildings at the time The following are
known to have been killed either by falling
timber, or drowning: John W. Kyle. son. OF
the proprietor, Mary E. Golfer, Maud Ellis.
James Ogden, Barney winkler, Mrs. Winkler,'
Thomas Burke, Mrs. Lena Burk and two chill.
,dren, William and Louis Burke Making ten
lives SO far known to have been lost
Tho accident has spread terror among occu-
pants OF similar old buildings in the flooded
district, and many who can do SO are getting
out to safer quarters. The body of Maud Ell.
lls has been recovered. The body Of anothe,
woman was found fast under petition wall,
but owing to the danger of other walls falling.
further search was abandoned till the water
falls
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-02-21
The Markets,

MILWAUKEE Wheat, &c @s1.O0
Corn-No. 3, Soc.
Oats-No. 2, 33::;;o,
Hyc-No. I, 59c.
Barlcy-No. 2, 6oc; No. 5, 5+114.
CHICAGO. Wheat, 951@c(@961}sc.
Corn-54c0l-Ahc
Oats-3,::11sscM35'Sc.
Ryc-5Sc.
Barley-5Sc.
Flax Seed-$l.5G
Pork-slS. 25ol!S.21
Lard-sa S1l5G1l TO-
Hogs-sG.Gu01.2
Cattle-s5. CCU15.75.
ST. PAu1-Wheat, No. / hard, 81. 90; No
hard, 99@25c, No. regular, 90@95c; No.
Con-No. 2, 5lc@5sc; new mixed, 45c@4ss
0ats-No ): mixed, s1hc@3shc.
Barley-No. 2, G0c; No. 3 cxAa, 4Sc; No.
Rye-No. 2, 53c.
Ground Feed-sS. 0O@90O
Corn Mcal-$2OOO
Bran-si2 5UJ0l3O0
Baled Hay-wila, sa75@e25; timothy
Live 1iogs-s550
Dressed HoSs-s7.OO.
Timothy Seed-s1.150
Glover Sced-$5. 5O0I6. So
POtatoes-42c,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-02-21


Punch denies that there have been
any strange sunsets, asserting that in the
British empire the sun never sets.
John W. Garrett, of Baltimore, has
sent his check for s., LOCO as Christmas
gift to the "Poor Association" of that
city.
Adjutant. General Elliot of Illinois is
collecting the pattle flags of that state
and will put them in a glass case which
will cost $1,000
When pneumonia gets hold of the
hard drinker it never lets 60 until it has
him dead sure.
The recently elected mayor of Boston
was . teamster less than thirty wears
ago, it is stated.
The United States is land that flows
with milk and honey. 1t has 15.OOO.C Coo
COWS and swarms with bees.
The Boston Herald says that while
money is circulating necessity" it is
a greater necessity when it doesn't cir.
culate.
No man who was not a lawyer or q
soldier ever became President of thu
United States.
Statistics show that there are at pres.
ent almost a million people in Great
Britain who receive charitable relief.
The Paul Mall Gazette says, Gamer
lean girls have deserved reputation for
general courage above all their sisters
elsewhere"
Russia, with the calmness of an old
angler. says sne caught 1000 tons of
fab last year. 3'--
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-02-21
Prince versus IIumbuo.

An American spiritualist named Bastian gave
seance in the imperial palace Vienna, Aus
tria, on the 18th, at the invitation of the Crown
Prince Rudolph and Archduke John. Bastian
summoned spirits from a room adjoining the
exhibition hall, whereupon tall figure in
mourning appeared before the spectators
Suddenly the crown prince pulled string clos
ing the secret door, when the spirit, who was
Bastian himself, made frantic but vain efforts
to escape amid the laughter of the asscmblage.
A Chicago Special says: Bastian, the Amer
lean spiritualist, who was unmasked as fraud
by the crown prince Of Austria, is well known
here. A few years ago, connected with man
named Taylor, he had rooms in the building of
tho Philosophical Journal, a spfriualis-
tic paper, and gave regular seances at which
many startling spirit manifestations were
made. Their career was brought to a close by
b. e. heelcr, reporter for the Times, who ex-
posed the fraudulent practices as thoroughly as
done by the crown prince. The identity of the
mediums and spirits, which they pretended to
materialize was thoroughly established
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-02-21

The Central Pacific railroad people
have refused to pay taxes for several
years in California. They have fought
assessments to the better end, which at
last has been reached by decision of
the Supreme Court. The contested
taxes all for the years of 1880, 1881,
and 1882, in full. The amount is near
ly two millions of dollars. One million
has already been paid, and the State
treasury will now receive between
eight and nine hundred thousand dol
lars additional. This victory of the
people of organized monopoly which had
detied the laws, is source of great
satisfaction in California.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-02-21
Bismarck On His Ear.

The Berlin correspondent of the London
Times says that Prince Bismarck has returned
to Herr Won Elsendscher, German minister at
Washington, the resolution of coincidence on
Herr Lasker's death, passed by congress, with
q counter request to return the resolution to
the house Of representatives, as the position ci
Lasker in Germany was not such &c to Justify
the resolution. The Times adds:
Although the above appears incredible, the
fact is the relations CT Washington and Berlin
are in 4 great state Of tension, chiefly owing to
the pig flesh question. One thing is certain-we
have not heard the last of the Lasker incident
The Americans are much too proud, too sensi-
tive and too independent for that
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-02-21
Swindling the Government.

Washington, Special. The committee of con-
sre;s investigating the expenditures of the de-
partmcnt of justice has summoned a large
number Of prominent Dakotans and ex-of-
ticials from other territories before them, II
is alleged by some of the parties summoned
that United States attorneys have made out and
received pay upon vouchers for much lar
ger sums than those assistants re-
celved 1t is also asserted that enormous
sums have been expended by these attorneys
in commencing frivolous suits for the purpose
Of rolling up unwarrantcl fees in cases where
Il conviction was ont OF the question. Chair
man Springer evidently intends to overhaul
he federal officers receiving fees in the ter
ritOries
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-02-21
Northwestern Postal News.

Postoffices established:
Dakota-Crary, Ramsey county; Uxbridge,
Barnes county. Observation-Disclosures, Marinettd
county.
Postoffices names changed: Dakota-Bruce,
Pcmbina county, 10 Mcconnell.
Spesas! service discontinued: Dakota-Flor-
ence from Feb. IL.
Postmasters commissioned: Samuel H. FL
rod, Clark, Oak; John +. Himmelreicll, Dun
can, Dak:; Thomas Maher, Emmett, Oak
Thomas Clelland, Pleasant Valley, Oak ~ B.
Gardner, Aspilwall, Iowa. Charles Hayes,
Clyde. Iowa; Emmett X. Maine, Elliot, Iowa
John W. Anderson Grccncastle, Iowa; William
=. Berry, kasson, Iowa: Jacob Book, Western
College, Iowa: Corne! Is A. o Brien, Valcria,
Iowa; Charles W. Kendell, Madelia, Mimi ; Ju-
lius d. Spikcrman, Johnstown, Wis
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-02-21
The tOnchinr nnrsistence with uh;n

The touching persistence with which
the late J, r. Green, the historian, Ia
bored in his last days upon his book,
'The conquest of England" is chroni-
cled by his widow. "The pages" she
writes, (which now close it were the
last words ever written by his hand. 4
have work to do that I know is good,
he said, when he heard that he had on
" few days to live; L will try to win
but one week more to write some part
of it down. As death drew near he
said, for the first time, New I am weary;
] can work no more
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-02-21

Gen. w. S. Hancock has returned to
his headquarters at Governors Island,
New York, from two months trip to
tho Pacific coast. He was quite i'll
before he started but returned home
entirely restored in health. He re-
fused to talk politics with an interview
er and said he had not talked politics
since he was candidate for the presiden-
cy-then it was excusable-and that all
reports OF expressions of political opin-
ions on his part were bogus.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-02-21

Henry Irving hes not amassed any
great fortune, though he has earned and
still earns large salaries: According to
Mr.. Joseph Hatton: lie is tco devoted
promoter Of art, too generous man to
ever be very rich. He is simple in his
tastes and habits, but enjoys terrapin,
canvas back duck, and good cigar, and
when hotel proprietor recently tried
to palm off on him an ordinary duck for
his favorite dish it made him furious; 81