The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-05-22
CONVENTIONS.

Republican National Convention at
Chicago, Tuesday. June Sd.
Republican Congressional Conven.
ton to nominate il Candidate for Con.
Kress at MankatO, June Goth.
National Greenback Convention at
Indianapolis, May 2Sth.
Democratic National Convention at
Chicago, July Sth.
RAPID INCREASE OF INSAN NIFTY AND
The U. s. Census reports are exceed.
ingly suggestive documents. For ex.
ample, they show that in 1850 the
population Of the United States was
:::S,19l. .876. The number of criminals
and insane persons was
Criminals. G,737; insane, 1850.
IN 1880, the population was 5O,l55,-
583. Criminals and lunatics as follows:
Criminals, Sc, ,255; insane, 81 ,997.
Thus in one generation the popula.
tion increased little more than two
fold, while the criminals increased
nearly tenfold, and the insane increased
over skiold.
In 1850 there was one insane person
to about every l 1,4s6 of the population.
In 1880, there was one insane person to
about every 545 of the population.
Suppose the population to double
every generation and the insane to in
crease in the same ratio. That is, mul.
tiply the population by two every 30
years and the insane by six and see
where the U. S. will be. A few gener-
ations will give the insane majority
and Asylums for the Sane will Le the
order.
AS to criminals, the ratio of increase
is still greater, being nearly tenfold.
At this rate. the population would be
multiplied by two every generation and
the criminals by ten. In four genera
tions the criminals would be in i ma
Jority. And we have secret mis-.
giving (althougll it wouldn't be safe to
Kay so in public) that the criminals are
largely in the majority now, although
they are not all punished.
N'ORTHINGyVN As Il EREI(;LIT POINT:
The Seventh Annual Report Of the
H., T.. II. Il n. railroad is out giving
fall statistics of it's business. The
gross earnings for 1883 were, s., SOS
;fs5.37 against $3.50, ,Gs2. 10 in 1882.
The freight earnings from each station
are of interest. Worthington shows
S2S.GH.1: in 1883 against $4,45 - in
1882. Spirit Lake shows up with only
S,.S3S II in 1888 against $2,457 73 in
1857. Es.heryille returns $3,1ll,3l in
1889 against 81, ,45O.79 in 1882.
W0rthinstOn stands twelfth in the
list "f stations, that is, there are only
eleven stations whicl, report more
freight business than Worthingt"n.
This is out Of II towns or stations re-
p"rte'l, and includes all the lines from
Burlington mr, the Muscatine, What
Cheer, Albert Lea. etc.
1t is reported that the people of WOr-
thingtOn are SOrelv disappointed in
consequence Of the unfavOrable turn
which, the construction Of the extension
vt the Burlington road from Lake
Park has given tn WOrthington's rail-
road prospects. They are convinced
now that the line through, Luverne
will hr the through line to Bismarck
aud they lind themselves left out in the
cold with nothing but Il stub" Of the
Burlington road and poor prospects for
anything hetter.-Luverne Herald.
1t II reported that the people Of I.u-
verne are sorely disappointed in conse-
Hnence IT the unfavorable turn which,
the construction If the extension of
the Burlington road north from Wor-
thington has given to LmverDe's pros
rects. They are convinced now that
the Airline, the great trunk route, of
the Rock Island will be through Wor
thington, ard they find themselves left
est in the cold with nothing but II
"stub'' or branch and poor prospects
Of anything better.
And we'll they may feel so, for the
road north from Worthington fur
nisi.es Il grand trunk outlet for Fargo,
Jamestown and Bismarck and another
line to Minneapolis nearly as short rs
the Omaha.
Tie failure of Geo. I. Seney. presi-
dent of the Metropolitan Bank of New
York will be regretted by many per-
sons in this vicinity. Mr.. Seney was
one of tie heaviest hackers of the Wor.
Ellington & Sioux Falls road and was
also one of the hackers of the village of
Rashm0re in this county, where his
son, A. G. Seney, formerly lived and
where he still has large landed in
terests.
The ADVANCE, as an independent
Republican paper, wishes to commend
our Congressman, Hon. j. B. Wake
field, for his vote in favor Of Tariff
Reduction, and also to commend Sen
ator Sabin for his vote in favor of the
Fitz John Porter bill.
We neglected last week to mention
the fact that the Sioux City Journal is
out in new suit of summer type,
which makes it geographically as clear
and clean as it is editorially, politically
and morally. The Journal now gets to
Worthington regularly on the noon
train ahead of any other city daily and
this should give it quite list here.
Mr.. COUGH ON SILK HATS.
ut would ba no violation of the com.
mandment," said John B. Cough, If a
man were to fall down and worship the
silk hat, for it is not made in the like.
ness of anything, in heaven or on earth,
or in the waters which are under the
EARTH" Besides it heats the head and
causes the hair to fall off. Parker's Hair
Dalsaus will stop that and restore the
original color to gray or faded hair. Not
oily. not a dye, beneficial. deliciously