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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-17
Nuptia1 Faucies.

Marriages take place at all kinds Of
places-from caprice, love of notoriety'
and sometimes from untoward circum-
stances. Recently a couple were united
in railroad car; the stage coach has
furnished the place where the bridal
VOWS have been spoken; people have
been married on horseback, in towers
and balloons. The writer once partici-
pated in wedding on the piazza of
summer cottage Oh one of the Thousand
Islands, the moonlight glinting the ma
jestic river that flowed beneath, and
crcwning the fair bride with such splen-
dor as the Kings daughters we'll might
envy. Niagara has witnessed the mar
riage VOWS, and behind the bridal
veil of Minnehaha Falls many
couple have been made one. A Brook
lvn minister several years ago married
couple from his chamber window, tel
ling them to come round in the morn
ing and SIGN the necessary papers, The
making out of the preliminary papers,
if the clergyman is man of tact, is us.
uallv done after the ceremony, for not.
seldom is there marked hesitancy on
the part CT the contracting parties in
answer to the fatal question of age,
Many times have the eyes of the bride
groom opened wide as the tally of years
counted some half dozen more in the
presence of the clergyman than in the
prenuptial condolences of private con-
versation, and though the records are
attested as true, to the best of the sig
nor's knowledge and belief. yet there
have been occasions in the experience
of every minister when he has
been very certain that by
some strange magic at least half doz-
en- years have dropped out Of the rec
objection of the antique but happy
brine. Strange accidents sometimes;
happen in the preparation of the certi
ficate. The writer once spoiled the bri-
dal tour of a young bride by accidentally
copying the fathers instead of the sons
name from the Health Board return ly-
ing before him. The bride was In great
alarm and at once on her return she
visited the minister in great distress,
saying, "You have married me to the
wrongman;;" it was witllno little difficult
ty that she was persuaded that's newer
titicate would make the old gentleman
her father-inlaw instead Of her hus-
band-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-17
3u9geta Af foft1Gr News,

~ he dnke OF Buccleugh and Queensbury is
dtihS in London He was born in 1906
:. The Paris Monde, clerical newspaper, says
tive French missionaries and thirty catechists
have been mastered at Thanhoa ronquin
Steson 4 Sons, owners of the Theater Royal
Mldd!ehorough, England, have failed. Eabil-
tiles estimated at from ElCO, 900 to 925O. 600
They have large trading stores at various
towns in the North of England
Prime Minister Ferry has written NJ G;ero-
vet, Oft Franco American idemnitv commits
sion expressing regret that the decisions of the
commission were not dictated by more liber-
Al spirit. He was glad, however, that the cause
OF Frenchmen had not been absolutely sacri
feed.
Patrick N. Fitzgerald, who was arrested in
London on Thursday the 10th,
ana ha;po imprisoned imprisoned on charge Of
land murders offered to turn informer He
claims to have been an associate of p. j. Sheri-
dan and to be able to implicate him in the work
OF the Irish invincibles, and claims also to have
belonged to the gang Of invincibles which was
led by the lnformcr James Carey, and to be
possessed of a full history Of the doings of all
the Irish secret societies The government
detectives express belief in the truth Of Fiiz-
9eralds pretentions. and affect to regard his
capture az one Of the most important made
since the Phoenix parh ASA ssinations
+. The English minister has dispatch from
Gen. Gordon bearing date Of March 80. It
s says that on March IS Gen. Gordon dsarmed
:70 6ashi -bazouks who had mutinied. On the
following day he shellcd the rebel camps on
the Blue Nile, killing forty of the enemy. On
March ~ the rebels fired upon khartoum from
village opposite. They were soon forced to
evacuate, losing fifty mine men in the engage
!nent Bashi- bazouks occupied the village. and
held it until March3O, when the rebels returned
IN force and drove them out, but then retired
themselves The White Nile district is quiet
The khartoum market is well supplied. Ell
Mahdl sent the rebels six guns Gen. Gordon
estimates that the rebels about Khartoum num-
Der fully 1900
The Emperor William, it is reported on good
authority, has entered into state of Dr. o.
hounced dotage, He is at present suffering
greatlyfrom the insomnia that set in during the
tcSonSestlve chill which Frustrated him last
Tuesday the Sth, and which kept the attend
lns physicians desperately engaged at his bed
SIDE an that night 1t is on the programme
that the emperor shall go to Darmstadt next
tuesday; that Queen Victoria shall arrive there
the following Thursday, and that state meet
ing between the two shall take place on Monday,
the list: There is great anxiety both in LON
don and in Germany to have this meeting take
place, and there can be little doubt that Will
liam will keep his appointments alive and the
doctors dare not allow him to go, no matter
what may be the consequence to his health.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-17


The country will soon be deluged with
congressional speeches. This occurs
every presidential year, and as usually
the case, the more new men there are
IN the house the more speeches will be
printed. Not one in ten are ever de-
hvered, but the orators get leave to
print and then put their speeches in the
record, commencing "Mr, Dusenberry
than addressed the house as follows"
with Applause, " continued applause"
Cheers" and similar parenthetical
words run in through the text. The
practice has been severity ridiculed but
without apparent effect, for this year
the nuisance is more aggressive than
ever before,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-17
Favofably Reported.

The house committee on commerce directed
that favorable report be made on the bill au
thorizing the Chippewa Falls 4 Western Rail-
way company to construct bridge over the St.
Croix river. A similar report was directed on
the bill authorizing the Winona Alma & North
ern Railway company to construct bridges
across the Wisconsin, Chippewa and st. Croix
rivers in Wisconsin, and also on the bills au
thorizing the Chicago, St Paul & st, Louis
railroad company to construct bridges across
the Mississippi river in Wisconsin,, and between
Minnesota and Wisconsin,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-17
Failures of Last Week.

There were 1o5 failures reported to Brad
streets during the past week, against 143 in the
preceding week, and 153, III and % in the cor
responding weeks Of 1892 and 1881 respectively
About ~ per cent were those of small traders.
whose capital was less than $1,000 Among the
suspensions reported were-Hagen T. Billing,
bankers and special brokers', New York CITY:
the First National Bank of St Adams, vt. the
Exchange Bank of Versailles Ohio; the First
National Bank of Monmouth, Ill: Farmers
Bank OF Covlnston, Ind: ;RobertJenkins & Sons,
wholesale provisions, Baltimore; Lee l. Potts
pork packers, Richmond, Va. Henry S. Rosen-
thai, cattle, Albany, N. Y; Davis l. Taylor,
wholesale grain and flour, Pettingill & Everett,
merchants, Boston.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-17

DR. II. II Field in the Evangelist
Everything is colossal. The area is
larger than that of the temple at Jerusa-
lem. We may begin with the walls!
which are half mile around, and OF
such height and depth as are rarely
attained in the most tremendous Fortress
When from within I climbed to the top,
it made me giddy to look over the
perilous edge to the depth below; and
when from without the walls, looked
up ct them, they rose high in air. Some
of the stones scent as if they must have
been reared IN place, not by Titans,
but by the gods. There are 9stones 30
feet long and 10 feet thick, which is
larger than the foundation-stones Of the
temple at Jerusalem, dating from the
time of Solomon, or any blocks in the
great pyramid, But even these are
pigmies compared with thethEee giants
of the western wall-62, 63l and e.
feet long.
F.: These are said to be the largest stones
ever used in any construction. They
weigh hundreds of tons, and instead Of
being merely hewn out of quarry,
which might have been on the site, and
left to lie where they were before, they
have been lifted 10 feet from the
ground, and there Undecided in thewall!
Meier was there such Cyclopean archi
lecture. How such enormous masses
could be moved is problem with mod
ern engineers Sir Charles Wilson,
whom I met in Jerusalem. is at this
moment in Baalbec. Standing in the
grounds of the temple, he tells me that
in the British, museum there Is an an
cient tablet which reveals the way in
which such stones We're moved. The
mechanics were very simple. Rollers
were put under them, and they were
drawn up inclined planes by sheer hui
man muscle-the united strength of
great numbers of men In the rude de-
sign on the tablet the whole scene is
pictured to the eye. There are battal-
ions of men, hundreds to a single roller,
with the taskmasters standing over
chem, lash in hand, which was freely
applied to make them pull together.
and the King sitting on high to give the
signal for this putting forth of human
strength en- nasse, as If all army were
moving to battle. 4 battle it was I'D
the waste Of human life which it caused
These temples Of Baalbec must have
been whole generation in building,
and have consumed tie population of
province and the wealth q an empire
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-17
The Wisconsin Central.

The Wisconsin Central will contine itself
to building its St. Paul extension from Chip
pewa Falls, distance of nearly one hundred
miles. The line will cross the St. Croix about
three miles north Of Saltwater, and the Omaha a
tracks at New Richmond. It will cross the
Duluth road four miles this side of Saltwater.
and again at Lake Phalen, from which point It
may use the track of that road to reach St
Paul If such an arrangement is not made the
Wisconsin Central will build its own line to the
northeastern section Of the CITY, where a iumc-
ton will be made with the proposed line of the
st Paul 4 Northern Pacific, and the two roads
enter st. Paul over the same track.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-17
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.
ias,siisiilg village Property.

Assessing village Property.
In response to questioh Of State Auditor
Brsden, as to who is to assess the property in
. village organized under the general village
act of 1888, AttolEey General Hahn Saturday
rendered the following opin,ch. upon what he
styles . very serious question, and by nc
ttesrs easy Of solution: 'This act of 1888 II
entirely silent en- the sdbject Of assessment fol-
general purposes, and nc where speaks of O.,
authorizes the election or appointment Of A.
assessor or any other officer answering thereto
That the legislature designed that the property
in the various villages in this state should en-
tirely escape al taxation, can ns, Of course, bt
entertained. But If taxes are to &c lsyied and
tenn is the assessment of the property to be
taxed. This is the foundation Of all which fol
low it; without it they have no support. and are
utilities. The assessment can only be m1de by
some officer or body duly authorized to make
the same by the legislature. There being nc
warrant III this law for the election or appoint
ffcnt Of any such officer, or for the pcrfor
iaanfe Of the duties imposed upon the asses
sor by an! other person, it seems to me that il
must be concluded thst the Legislature intended
that for this purpose, It least, such villages
were to continue to be part II Che town OF
towns out of which they we're carved IN other
words, that the town assessor is to make the as
sessment in the village That the Legislature
did not mean &c make. these villages separate
and distinct municipal bodies; for all purposes
is evident from section 80 of the ais. If de-
tached entirely from the town by the act ofin-
corporation as village, there was no necessity
to provide that none Of the streets or highway,
of the village should be in any town road dis
trict, or be under the control Of town officers:
nor that the town should not be liable for dam
ages occasioned by want of repair of such road
This conclusion is strengthened by section 81.
lation between the town and the village other
than exists between separate municipalities.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-17

In the commons on the 4th Justice Mccarthy
moved that s'the condition of the Irish magis-
tracy, constituted as it is almost entirely of one
sive and injurious to the. majority of the peo-
pie and calculated to destroy confidence in the
administration Of justice" In supporting the
motion several speakers urged that magistrates
be elected by popular suffrage. Lord John
Hamilton, Conservative, said the experience Of
America, and especially the recent riots in
Cincinnati, were sufficient warning against the
system of popular election. Trevelyan, chief
secretary for ireland, declared the system of
popular election could never be adopted The
Irish chancellor, he said, would impartially ex-
ercise his powers in regard to the appointment
OF magistrates: McCarthy's motion was re-
jectel-1O6 to So.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-17
John N. Pattison, who on the night

John N. Pattison, who on the night
OF March 8 was announced on a concert
programme at Chickering Hall, New
York, as ''the milkman pianist" instead
OF "the eminent pianist. probably
through a typographical error, is still
suffering from the effects of the shock
his nervous system received when be
read the announcement, and immedi-
ately therefor left the hall. He said
it was deliberate and preconceived in
suit, and has' brought suits against
Chickering & Sons, claiming $4,000
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-17

Iowa has adopted scheme for tho
seai-annual payment of taxcs-half at
one time and half at ancther-similar to
that of Ohio and other states, and very
popular with forming communities. It
makes little more trouble for county
treasurers and clerks, but generally
works we'll. OF course, those whose
taxes aro small, and those who do not
want to be bothered with two payments,
can pay the whole at ono time, if they
choose to do 80.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-17

There are hundreds of women clerks
and accountants in this country, some
holding positions of great trust, aud it
IS said that no one has yet heard of one
of them being guilty Of embezzlement
or defalcataon. There are several
thousand woman employed by tho
government but not one has ever proved
unfaithful to her trust. Many have
been discharged for incapacity and
for other reasons, but never one for
dishonesty,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-17

Reports show that the present condi.
hon of winter wheat is excellent, and
with but a single exception CHAT Of
Georgia. the promise is for a copious
yield in all parts of the winter wheat
section. Spring wheat also looks we'll.
The figuring fellows will soon be at
work on the average and total yields
which will be far outside Of truth as
usual.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-17
A Temporary Injunction Obtained.

Elias F. Drake and Amherst H. Wilder, as
trustees Of the Sioux City & St. Paul land grant,
IN the district court at Sioux City obtained
Temporary injunction against Bnren r. Sher-
man, governor of Iowa, restraining him from
conveying the uncertified land of the company
to the general government in accordance with
the act Of the Legislature at its recent session,
It IS understood the case will be transferred
from the district to the federal court
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-17

There are now before the house, bills for
the erection of public buildings in different
parts of the country calling for appropriations
Stockslager, of the committee on public build
ings and grounds, will ask the
house that three days be set apart for the con-
sideration of these bills. The buildings called
for IN Western cities are at Council Bluffs,
Iowa, 100000; Keokuk, Iowa, $4,000; La
Crosse, Wis, 100000; q public building at
Duluth and Winona, Mimi, 500, 600 each; at
Oshkosh, Wis, $10O,
The cabinet, after thorough discussion
has decided against formally establishing a,
protectorate over Egypt. The Pail Mall Ga
zette says Egyptian affairs are fast drifting in
to anarchy, and urges the government to as
sist Gen. Gordon to establish at Khartoum an
independent state under his sovereignty.
''Toll HIM. it says, ''that England no longer
considers the sendan > part, the Ottoman ll
empire" y. s. s
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-17
Record OF Cas9ualtdea.

At Northampton, mass, the Elisha Graves
house, over 200 years old, was burned recently
A blast in the Calumet and Hecla mine in the
Lake Superior copper district, killed Thomas
Tremberth and blinded Nicholas Johns.
Tremberth leaves family and eight children.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-17

1t was the remark of Roman Con-
SUI, more than two thousand years ago
that there is remarkable discrepancv
between the professions of men when
seeking Offices and their practices after
obtaining them"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-17

The secretary of the interior has ruled that
land officers may charge fee for taking testi-
mony in proving presumption and homestead
entries, where the testimony has been reduced
to writing BY IN attorney, tho same as if it had
been reduced 70 writing BY the officers them.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-17
lGasoellaneou. 1ev. wo>..-

Bradstreet's reports trade livelier in North
western cities than elsewhere.
Fifty poor New York gamins were given
homes around Vandalia, III this week.
The Monmouth, NJ, bank failure is worse
than supposed: Rsgositors, mostly poor peo-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-17

al Nuy III vi W Wednesday session,
Mr. Raymond presented to the house April
10th the petition of many citizens of Dakota
urging the passage of his bill in relation to the
homestead law.
petition signed by about 1900 members
of the Andersonville Survivors, association
asking that the soldiers confined in rebel pris.
ons during the late war be pensioned, was re-
relvcd III the house recently. The autographs
were neatly bound in book form, and attracted
good deal of attention.
Representative Warner has reported from
the committee on pension, bounty and back pay,
the bill providing:
Every person specified in the pens ion laws
who served fora period of six months or
more, who has an honorable discharge and is
not receiving pension, or greater pension
than that provided by the bill, and who is now
disabled by reason or wound injury or disease,
which there is reason to believe originated in
the service, shall be entitled to receive a pen
sion during the continuance of the disability al
q rate proportionate to the degree thereof.
Dependent parties shall only be required to
show by competent evidence that they are with
out other present means of support than their
own manual labor or contributions of others
not legally bound for their support
The speaker of the house laid before the
house message from the president submitting
a special estimate from the chief of ordnance
for permanent annual appropriation of s1O,-
10000 to provide necessary armament for sea-
coast Notifications. The president says: sin
presenting this estimate do not think it nee
essary to enumerate considerations which make
it of the highest importance that there shall be
no unnecessary delay in entering. upon work
which must be commensurate with the public
interest to be effective, and which will take
much time" The message was referred.
In the House, Mr.. Ellis from the committee
on appropriations, report ted back the senate
bill authorizing the secretary of the navy to Of
tanning the fate Of the Greedy expedition After
brief debate the bill passed
In the house, Mr.. Hopkins, as privileged
matter, called up the resolution declaring that
the charges against Gen. H. " Boynton are
not sustained by the evidence, aud that there
is no ground for any action by the house. He
stated that the committee reporting the resolu-
author Of the charges, was present, but did not
sec tit to make a spesch, aud the resolution
Was adopted without opposition.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-09-11
THE MAINE ELECTION.

A Few Figures Regarding Previous Eelco
tlonH In tho Pine Tree stuto-Th Ro-
turns,
PORTLAND, Me-, Sept a-The citizens
OF Maine will to-day elect q Governor
four members OF Congress, thlrty'one State
Senator'S, l5l Representatives and full
boards Of county officers, Tho gubernato.
rial vote OF 1880 stood; Plalstod (Fusion),
1918; Davis (Rop), 1854; scattering,
5i5. Total, liIsOa. Tho Presidential
vote stood; Garfield, 7i,O52; Hancock,
66,all; Weaver, 400; Noal Dow 02;
scattering, 1880; total, li3, ,008-showlDg q
Republican plurality OF s,Sll against u
mln0rlly OF 100 In the gubonalorlOl oloc-
tlon Of September Although tho interest Is
IN the Presidential contest and outside
comparisons will bO made with 1880, tho
figures Of the most recent vote, that OF
1889, VIII DO used for press comparisons In
conformity with the usual custom In order
10 give to closest possible estimate OF what
the present years vote VIII be-
PORTLAND, Me-, Sept S-Noon, Wards
One Two, Three, Five and Seven In this
city, show 2a8 Republican majority Wards
-Four and Six will balance Zach other This
indicates q Republican majority OF ib0 In
tho city In 1889 the Republican majority
for Governor was 2i3,
BATH, Me-, Sept s,--The vote for Gov
ornor seems running about tho samO ~ In
1884, AZ noon II was over two to ono In
favor Of tho Republicans Tho presence
OF womGn at tho ward rooms, working for
tho constitutional amendment lsa novelty
before unknown The amendment will
probably bo carried here.
AUGUSTA, Me-, Sept Sat ton o'clock
tho Republicans had $50 majority In tho
city ROblo had q plurality OF 9i9 horo
two years ago.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-09-11
WILL IN eg MR. MoRroN2

Rumor 10 tho Eject that President
Arthur Contemplatea rendering tho
Treasury Portfolio To Our Minister TO
France.
F WASHINGTON, Sept o. - Considerable
currency was given 10 the rumor yesterday
that Levi p. Morton, United States Minister
TO France, would succeed to the Treasury
Portfolio made vacant by the death Ct Sec
retary Folger The relation between Nor.
ton and the President arc Of tho most lntl-
mate personal and political nature. II Will
be remembered that Morton was an
asplrant for this position after tho election
Of Garfield, and the claim has always been
made In the stalwart wing Of tho party that
early In the canvass II was promised TO tho
wealthy banker IN return for his liberal
contributions TO the campaign funds. How
ever II was not given TO him, and com.
promise was finally made by sending him rs
Minister TO France, IL Is said that Morton
has always cherished the Idea that he would
yet succeed In the one ambition of his
life, and Immediately upon the announce.
ment Of Judge Folger's death no cabled
tho President asking that justice be done
TO him even ut this late day II can not be
said positively that Mr.. Morton will be APP
pointed, but II Is known that member OF
tho Cabinet received letter from the PresI-
dent yesterday which indicated that tho
matter was under consideration, and that a
successor would probably be announced this
week