davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-31
Personalities,

John Derringer, of Philadelphia, was
thrifty German, about 80 years of age.
Two years ago he married bright,
handsome girl, and set up housekeeping
in good style. Derringer's highest ana
bition was to have cherub boy to call
his own, but the fates were against him.
The first child born to them was girl,
aud the father, evidently disappointed,
hoped she should have brother, but it
happened she was . sister. This was
more than he could bear, and he went
crazy. Last Thursday he was sent to
an insane asylum.
Rev. John Farweu Moors, D. D..
pastor Of the Third Congregational
Church, Greenfield, Mass, who re-
ceived the honorary degree of D. D.
from Harvard University, was gradu-
ated there in 1912, was ordained to the
ministry in 1916, and has been in his
present passionate since 1860. In the
Unitarian denomination he is frequently
alluded to as "the Bishop of the Con-
necticut Valley" He was Chaplain of
the Fifty Massachusetts Regi-
ment during the war, was q member of
the house of Representatives in 1874 and
was in the state senate in 1877.
DR.. A. G. Taft. leading physician in
Connecticut, who died at Hartford last
week, was several years ago believed to
be in the last stages of consumption,
and the best medical authorities in Bos-
ton and New York gave the opinion that
one lung was entirely gone, and that he
could not possibly live more than six
months. He began a course of gener-
Gus living and used brandy freely, ef-
fecting q cure and gaming sixty pounds
in flesh, so that he was said to have q
fine physique. An autopsy at death
showed both lungs to be perfect, and
that death had been caused by stomach
troubles.
The Brockville (Canada) correspon-
dent of the Toronto Globe writes of
Benedict Arnold's descendants His
sons, Richard, Henry and John, came
to Canada about 1898 to look after the
land granted their father, consisting of
II, 400 acres in the counties of Leeds
and Grenville. The sons engaged in
business and married and were leading
citizens and left large families, who
are now some of our most valued aud
honored friends and countrymen, and,
like their grandfather, are generous
and sympathetic. I have in my posses
sion General Arnold's military coat.
owned by his grandson, which I con-
slider of interest to the curious and an
tiquarian Of your York pioneers"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-31
Record Of Casualties.


Tacoma, WASH, lost block of frame build.
ings worth 10000 by fire.
A. B. Zigler Of Philadelphia, ate . whole
watermelon, and started = cholera scare, DYING
of cholera morbus
John Dodd's hay rake works and several
dwellings at Dayton, Ohio, were burned.
Loss, 49, oO; insurance, $4,000
During thunder storm at Brattleboro, vt
lightning passed into the houses Of l. Childa
and Il. +. Barber, whose wives were pros
trated by the shocks.
During heavy wind storm recently barn
on the farm Of A J. Surrey, three miles from
lola, Kans., was blown down, and two sons OF
Capt Surrey, aged Is and 10 killed, and anoth
or aged II was MORALLY wounded.
Specials from East Tawas, Farwell and other
points through Michigan where forest fires
have been raging state that the fires have beer
almost all extinguished by heavy rains which
have fallen the past twenty-four hourA
During terrific thunder storm at Cortland
N. Y, Wednesday afternoon, the tents Of Bar
NUNS circus were torn from their fasteninge
and blown upon the heads of the 1900 or S,OO(
spectators For few minutes it seemed a. il
hundreds would be crushed to death; but the
panic came speedily to an end
Fergus Falls, special:-The damages done
by the recent storm are perhaps about as in
Dictated so far as the amount of injury is con-
cerned The damage is At least Us, 900, and
principally confined to the towns of Buse,
West Buse, Western, Aaastad Corliss and
Dane Prairie There are about 1000 acres
totally destroyed, 1000 half destroyed and 5,
IVY t9 or 6,oO more or less injured. It is great
general excehency OF the crops uninjured will
more than make up the usual average.
A steam thrasher on the farm of Joseph
Hall, six miles south Of Nashville, Ind, ex-
ploded. The engineer, Eugene Swain, living
at Milroy, was instantly killed, also David
Henderson. Ney Innis was struck by = flying
missile and died in two hours. Hayden Cray.
b.y s.sSed h'' H. %
expected to die William Stevenson had . leg
broken. Thomas lnnis and Butch Innis were
terribly scalded. Robert Tompkine and Kiss
King were also seriously hurt
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-31
Personal Points.


DR.. Bland retorts that Agent McGillicuddy is
another
John B. Cough is seriously i'll At his home in
Boylston, Mass.
A sister Of Gov Cleveland has been mis-
sionary in Ceylon for thirty years.
John. s. Kountz of Ohio is the new COM
mander-i in chief of the Grand Army.
August Becker of Elizabeth, M, who has no
heirs, has bequeathed his property to 10 Daviess
Pierre Lorillard has furnished free library
Of 500 volumes for tho use Of his employees in
Jersey City.
James Sloan, one Of 1owa's oldest pioneers
died Friday morning At his home in Du-
buque county. He was born in Lincoln county.
Ky, and was in his seventy fourth year. He
leaves wife and family. The latter su grown
to manhood
At Coneville, Fla, . colored man named
Romeo il welded to fair maid Of his tribe
whom they have named Romulus and Remus
The family is conveyed to church on Sundays by
horse named Pontius Plate.
Ensign Reynolds, of the Greedy relief party,
y recalled u mind - the hero Of the rescue of
the men of the Austrian bark Olivo in mid
ocean in November, 1873, when he stood in the
Me6oat Ill day in binding storm, rescued
twelve men, and swan from his boat to the
Olivo after dark and set her ON fire. His bravery
was acknowledged in gold medal voted him BY
the Austrian government
Rear Admiral George +. Emmons, retired.
died At Baltimore, aged seventy-fve The
admiral served in the South sea exploring e.
petition from 1888 till 1912, and ON the west
coast Of Mexico during the war with that
country. In the early part of the civil war he
WAS in command Of various vessels Of Gulf
blockading squadron and Admiral DahlRren's
feet and was captain for some months in 1858
during the operations against Fort Sumter.
From 1854 till the close Of the war he com
the Gulf of Mexico.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-31
Personal GOSSIP.

The Rev. VIM. Rutherford, of Daniel
vile, wanted to pasture his COW in
George GriAin's field, but George re-
fused. The next Sunday his son asked
the preachers daughter if he might call
on her. She said as his father would
not pasture their COW, she didn't think
it becoming in her to associate with
him. The COW now roams the pasture
free.
A Washington letter says: "A lady
was much surprised recently upon re-
ceiving notice from her dusky cook that
she was about to leave her service in or
der to enter the holy state of matrimony.
Why said she, Il did not even know
you had an admirer.' oh, yes'm, fur
some time who is it, Mary?' Don't
you member, Miss Lizzie, that I tended
funel bout two weeks ago? It's the
corpse's husband"
The first death to occur in the Cornell
class of IA was of most tragic charac-
ter. The graduate was a Russian named
Dobroluboff, who, having been seized at
the order of the Gar in company with
number Of other young men accused
of Nihilistic connections, was con-
demned and shot with his comrades.
His death was heroic. He refused to
be blindfolded, and even as the fatal
bullets were discharged at his breast,
he clasped the hands and cheered the
courage of his trembling fellows in mis-
fortune.
Col. Tom Chester, of Louisville, is
one of the most successful colored men,
in business way, in this country.
Something over 20 years ago he made
his escape from slavery and drifted
around to Harrisburg, where Simon
Cameron got hold of him. Having q
taste for learning he was literally edu-
Gated. From there he went to Liberia,
where he rose among the highest in Of
fetal station, being finally sent as the
Governments representative to Russia.
From there he went to London and
practiced law in the Queens Court in
that city. A short time after he came
to America and is now president of
large railroad, with headquarters at
Louisville.
Mr.. Charles Russell, who, since the
retirement of Benjamin, has made per-
haps the largest income at the English
bar, received last year $75, 600; Sir W.
Gull, who tops the physicians, made
t5O, 600; Mr.. Millais stained canvass to
like figure; Archer, the jockey, made
$43 600; Tennyson receives $25 line;
Ouida, 5000 novel; but IN the race
for wealth, Simms, the dramatist of
I'm the Ranks" rank piece of
stuff, can look with contempt on his baf-
ded pursuers, having made last year
t160, 900.
The Emperor William, of Germany,
while promenading at Ems, was OBJ
served to stop and converse with stran-
ger, who joined him in his walk, the
two chatting Familiarity. The curiosity
of the bystanders became greatly ex-
cited, and their surprise became still
greater when it transpired that the
stranger was Belgian gentleman named
Peerblock, who, in 1854, at Ostend,
saved the life Of the Emperor when he
was bathing and had ventured too far
from shore. Up to this time the EN-
peror had been unaware of his presery-
er's name, but their casual meeting re-
suited in mutual recognition, and NJ.
Peerblock was overwhelmed with the
Emperors thanks,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-31
1ue4eto OF 1oreaen 1ay1s.


The cholera in South Of France is not 90
fatal - it has been in former outbreaks
A London Dispatch says that Marie Roze is
travelling for her health, and will not reappesr
upon the stage this season.
A very perceptible shock of earthquake was
felt recently ON the Island Of Ischis. in the
Mediterranean, and the inhabitants are greatly
agitated
Lord Rossmore has written letter to Or
angemen Of County Monahan, in which he en-
joins them to remain indoors upon the occasion
leaving to the government the responsibility
OF dealing with the bltterest enemies of the en-
pire, with whom it has entered into infamous
compact
It is facially announced that tho cars
vesit to the palace at Moscow has not been re-
nounced Extraordinary precautions will be
taken during his visit to prevent any acts of
violence. No Russian will be allowed to enter
the city without Z permit The railroad will
be lined with soldiers while the train is on the
way. Arrests Of persons suspected Of CON-
Plicity in the plot to blow up tho palace con-
hnua
Two American workmen were arrested at
the city of Mexico Saturday charged with de-
flaming the character Of the president, and not
permitted to communicate with their friends
until Tuesday. They were sentenced without
trial by the government Of the district to ono
months imprisonment The same official now
agrees to release the men if requested to do 80
by the American minister. tits claimed that
the charge was without foundation and inst.
gated by malicious persons.
The Paris correspondent Of tho Standard
says: A large number of those who recover
from the cholera show that the disease ia not
OF the same deadly character which some pre-
vious outbreaks displayed There IL . con-
siderable exodus Of people from Paris who are
apprehensive that the epidemic will reach the
capital, butnothing of the nature of panic has
yet appeared The correspondent says that he
has never seen the city OF Paris so deserted as
at present English and American tourists
give it, vide berth Such scare, he contends,
Is altogether unjusti6ed, "a the capital IL bet-
ter cleaned, more abundantly watered, and
heather than any other city in Europe
Public opinion in Ireland is offended by the
action Of the house Of lords, rejecting the bill
reforming the system of electing poor law
guardians in Ireland This bill passed the
commons without an opposing vote. Apropos
~ aeis%n-y and a. sta tsa Nor the
cote, had long conference at Carlton club
The same matter was made subject Of inquiry
in the commons by Parnel Gladstone said
he would be unable to introduce the measure
in the commons again this season in order to
force it through the house Of lords. Parneu
stone to reconsider this decision, in view of the
difficulty constantly experienced in obtaining
from the house Of lords legislation beneficial
to Ireland
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-31
lGasesllaasous 1evs 1oaaa

The Mound Hill Cemetery company has BEEN
organized in Chicago with 45o0, 0do capital
Bookwalter, who wanted to be governor Of
Ohio, 10 about to takeanother tour ground the
world
There were 226 failures in tho United States
during tho week, 75per cant being for less than
5000
manufacturers Of Mount Joy, Pa. have failod
Liabilities $4,000.
Milo White WAS nominated for Congress Of
Austin, Steele county MINI. only dissenting, and
made very neat little speech.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-31
ooHcRRHua THE k1Ar11A11.

Publications Of the Premium List, which
Shows Liberal Offers for Horses, Cattle,
Hogs, Sheep and Farm Products.
The premium list of the twenty annual
fair of the Minnesota State Agricultural
society, to be held at Owatonna Sept 8 to Is,
inclusive, has just been issued, and makes
favorable promise for q successful exhibition
As usual competition is open to the world, and
the arrangement for the transportation of
exhibits and their reception and display are
admirably complete Except in the speed ring
there are no entrance fees. New buildings on
large scale have been erected for the con-
venience and use of exhibitors. It is promised
that hotel rates and transportations to and
from the fair grounds will be on the most
Re- scale; The Chicago, Milwaukee Il
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis &rOmaha, tho
St Paul, Minneapolis h Manitoba, the Northern
Pacific, and the St. Paul L. Duluth railroads
make the following rates:
Passengers fare and one-fifth the round
trip. Freight will be charg ed full rate to
Owatonna, and must be prepaid, when it will
be returned free to points on the limo whence
shipped
The Minneapolis 4 St Louis road gives free
freight one way.
DIRECTIONS TO EXHIBITORS.
~ 10 oot 1OI tA tuat the Ialr WILL De on 80 oX-
tenslye scale that it will be of the greatest
Importance to exhibitors that they give early
notice to the secretary by correspondence, Of
intention to exhibit, stating amount Of space,
pens or stalls required, that provision may be
made for their Accommodation Tho entry
book will close Monday night, September Sth
In the class of thoroughbred horses tho pre-
miums aggregate $40; Norman, Clydes and
other heavy horses, $l15; Clydesdale draft
slallions, >l10; sweepstakes for draft stations,
80; for trotting strains, including sweepstakes
OF so for trotttng stations, s4OO; short horned
cattle, $lG5; Dcvons, do; Halsteins and Jer-
90 for each class and for best herd of any
breed or age, SIS; premiums for dairy pro-
ducts, $40 For sheep, hogs, poultry, flowers,
fruits and vegetables, domestic manufactures,
gram, etc, the premiums, while not large, are
list or any information may be had by address,
ing the secretary, r. c. Judson, at Pennington.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-31

In the decree tho present Mrs. Gale was al
lowed the custody Of the child as long as she
BrowD reformed, and is now the county attor-
ney Of Marshall county and publisher of the
Argyle Banner, and is said to be prosperous
About six months ago he took unto himself
another wife, who is now with him on a visit
to Judge Brown. The child has been staying
day night it was taken away, and it transpired
that MI. Burdick, who is Mrs. Gales father,
had taken it home to its mother. Burdick al
leges that he and Mr.. Gale were out riding
Sunday night; the girl came out on the side
walk and greeted them, they stopped and in
which she assented This, they claim, is all
the kidnapping there is to it A writ of habeas
corpus has been issued for the child.
Andrew Ludwein of st. Cloud has been held
to the grand jury for shooting at his wife.
Tramps broke into L W. Boucks store at
Royalton, and appropriated seven boxes Of CT
gars, about twenty pounds of tobacco, some
purses, . satchel, etc. but, strange to say, did
not disturb the cash drawer.
A new military company has been organized
in Winons composed entirely of Germans
Fifty names are already enrolled, and the sue
cess of the company is fixed fact Gov. Hub
bard has been duly notified and arequest made
for guns. The officers are as follows: Cap
tain, Otto Won RautenkranZ; first lieutenant,
Ausust Peterson; second lieutenant, William
Werner; orderly sergeant, R. Muswick.
The safe in Coleman's lumber Office at Albert
Lea was broken into Thursday night for the
third or fourth time. The safe in s. 8 Cargille
elevator was also opened, but nothing very val
liable was secured from either of them Burg
laries and safe robberies are becoming pain.
fully frequent there.
The sheriff of this county, acting under au-
thority Of the governor, arrested William J.
Rev, IN old, respected citizen of Wilton town.
ship, for completely in the murder of one o.
born in Nebraska, some ten years ago. Osborn
is said to have had large amount Of money at
the time of his disappearance.
The St Paul Jobbers' association has been
formally invited to attend tho state fair to be
held ct Owatonna in September.
The reconstruction Of tho union depot in St
Paul goes steadily On.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-02-20
REFORM BEGUN.


For the first time in many months,
the county has beheldl q, meeting of
the Board of County Commissioners
whereat business received prompt
attention and wheri the interests of
the county were regarded as of the
frst importance. 1t is unnecessary to
state that Messrs. Doren and McNett
are not responsible for the careless and
sometimes, possibly, criminal manner
in which county affairs have been
administered, but they should receive
full credit for their promptness in
looking at facts as they are and taking
needed measures for reform without
allowing PERSONAL feelings to influence
them. Hereafter taxpayers may expect
that the business of the county will be
conducted, with as close attention to
economy as is. that Of a well,managed
business house.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-02-20
MENTAL DECAY.

MARK Twain contributes a presum.
ably funny article to the San Francis.
cgn. Presumably funny, because it is
presumed that everything he writes
passes as funny without questioning.
The more Mark Twain writes, the
more apparent. his mental decay be.
comes. When.a professional hnmorist
gets so pushedhto the wall for material
from which to weave his humor that
lie is compelled to tell deliberate false
hoods, he has outlived his usefulness.
For 1.-The, sake of getting anopportunity
10 make very silly pun, Mr.. Glenn
mems says "there isn't cave in IL
fNeyada h from one end of it to the
ether" There are two at lake Tahoe
and one ON Table Mountain, near
Silver City. Either one of them is
large enough to accommodate a bear,
and very nearly large enough to take
in Mark Twain's egotism.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-02-20
New Standard Of Salary.

One of the stockholders of a new
Western railroad was farmer who
had accumulated his money by hard
toll, and when he had put in an appear
ance ut the meeting TO elect Board of
Directors he felt il his duty 10 remark.
Gentlemen, as l. understand this
thing, we elect Board and the Board
elects the officers"
Some one said that he was right, and
he continued:
" don't go cent on high salaries,
and T. want that understood. | am in
favor of paying our President good
living salary, and no more"
allow much do you call good liv-
ing salary?" asked one of the crowd.
"Well, ga day is the going wages,
but
Here the meeting began to oar, and
It. was Two or three minutes before the
orator had "A chance 20 conclude:
But, Of course, we want IA man who
can handle freight, keep books and
lick anybody who won't pay fare, and
so l. shall not object to 81 5Q.a day u
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-02-20
Sleeping Together.

Somebody has said that more. guar.
rels occur between brothers, between
sisters, between hired girls, between
clerks in stores, between apprentices
in mechanics shops, between hired
men, between husbands and wives,
owing to the electrical changes which
their nervous systems undergo by
lodging together night after night
under the same beGclothes, than by
any other disturbing cause. There is
nothing that will so derange the ner.
vous system of person who is elimi.
native in nervous force than to lie all
mig hf in bed with another person who
is absorbent in nervous force. The
absorber will 90 to sleep and rest all
night; while the eliminator will be
tumbling and tossing, restless and ner-
yous, and wake up. in the morning
fre,ful, peevish, tault-tinding and dis
couraged. No two persons, no matter
who they are, should habitnally sleep
together. One vii thrive and the
other Will lose.---ScieRtifc american.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-02-20
Great Poker Players.

Something about poker playing is
thus disclosed by The Philadelphia
ReNFs Washington correspondents
s" Yes snid the Colorado statesman,
looking down on the Senate, =" there is
Tom Bowen, the hest poker player ia
Colorado-on OF the best in the world.
You see his cold, changeless face; he's
got a poker face. He always has a
good poker hand, too. At least you
think he Das. Lots Of nerve. They
say Of him out in Denver that when
he wanted four jacks once at poker
and had but three, he quietly dropped
his fourth card and substituted his
photograph. He played it for jack,
too. guess that was well on toward
morning. Bowen has quite IA poker
income. He's like Pinchbaek of
Louisiana. l.asked a man about him
the other day. Doing well, the man
said. What's his income?' | asked.
About S20,000.' be replied. But he
only gets 50, 600 as Collector of the Port.
Yes he said, but his poker income is
fifteen or twenty thousand II year.
Ills official income gives him stakes p"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-02-20
---------
A STITCH IN TIME.

Mcssrs. McNett and Doren, who
were the only members of the Board
OF County Commissioners present at
the last meeting, have taken prompt
measures in response to the suggestion
Of the Grand Jury relative to prevent.
ing further settling of the Courthouse
Notwithstanding the assertions of those
who, were Interested in the misman-
agemenl Of the Court. house contracts,
that everything was all right and that
the work was we'll done, the house BIAS
already settled same and the immedi.
ate expenditure of little money will
save the county considerable expense
in future. 1t is a pity that a building
for which so large price has been
paid should need repairs so soon, but
it is much better to begin ut once than
to delay until il is too, late to do much
rood.