The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-10-16
WEST AND SOUTH.

A heavy frost visited Yankton, D. r., on the
night of the eth. Ice formed in pools. No in
jury to crops.
A tornado in Van Buren, township, near
Cleveland, Ohio, destroyed much property but
no lives were lost.
The reduction of 12I2 per cont. in the wages
of employees Of Oliver Bros and Phillips in
Pitsburg, has been Withdrawn, and work re-
suincd at the old wages.
At Tuesdays session of the brotherhood OF
Locomotive Engineers f. s. Ingraham was re-
elected first grand engineer anu J. r. Spraggs,
| OF Toronto, second grand.
At Eau Claire Wis, st. Patrick's Catholic
church was totally burned on the afternoon OF
the Sth. Loss, $4,000; insurance, $1,000 A
defective luc was the cause
Adviccs from northern Illinois, northern IN
diana and eastern Michigan report heavy frosts
on the night of the Sth There was no damage
to crops so far as heard from.
Fred W. Cohen, drummer for icwcIry
house, insultcd Fort Worth, Tex, Girl, when
fifteen young men of the place cnticed him
into room and gave him forty-iivc lashes
with buggy whip.
The supreme court of Indiana has refused to
respite Charles W. Butler, condemned to lang
for wife murder, on the ground that it has not
the power to interfere in such cases, the GOV
crnor having declined to interfere.
A Union Pacific freight train colli,lcd with a
light engine twenty miles west of omaha on
the Sth. Engineer Chamberlain and Fireman
Sheldon were killed, and Fireman Norris had
both legs cut of. The engine and four cars
were wrecked
The October Michigan crop report gives the
total acres Of wheat thrashed at 3l7,Gtl, with
yield Of !, 73S. SOB bushels, and an aggregate
product Of 25 eco 0IO: oats, POS COO; corn, S.
Fer cent of 4 full crol and ?3 per cent of all
average crop.
The effect of the railroad war in the west
has brought about corrcsVondingly low rates
in the east. New York ticket scalpcrs selling
tickets to Chicago via Erie, Lachawuna and
West Shore or Baltimore and Ohio at SIS:
sccond-class Sli.
Rev J. NJ. Robinson, of indianapolis, was
found dead in Il sleeping car berth on the Wa
bash railroad at Peoria, ILL.,, on the 11th. lie
got on the train at Shenandoah, Iowa, and was
last seen alive at l!umcston. The cause of his
death is unknown
Reuben Springer and David Sinsn have
each offered s2,5, GOO to The Cincinnati Mus, UNI
association to pay for the removal and erection
OF the present rostoilicc building to tlc grounds
of t:c association in Eden park as Il sample of
pure Grccian architecture
The Illinois state convention of the Wo1ran's
Christian Temperance union met in Peoria on
the 7th, over 300 delegates being present. The
opening address was by Miss Francis f. VIII
lard, president Of the National Woman's
Christian Temperance union.
At Valentine, Ncb., on the 9th, the wife ef
Burdy {. Hills, OF the Valentine Reporter, and
postmaster, who has been married Just five
months, gave birth on Saturday to full grown
child and murdered it. y corners jury brought
in the verdict died by Stranguiaton at the
hands of its mother.
At Columbia City, Ind, on the 10th, Chas.
". Butler, son of DR.. Geo. Butler, a wealthy
physician Of Columbus, was executed for the
murder Of his young wife at Pcrcctown, Ind,
in 1888. All efforts to save him from the gal
lows were of no avail. The supreme court
and governor refused to interfere.
Eighty-thrcc counties were represented at
the state convention of the Woman's Christian
Temperance union, which met in Peoria, ILL.,.
on the Sth. The address of President Mary
Allen West, of Galc:burg, showed 125 new
unions organized during the past year. The
total III the state is 437, with a membership of
5000.
large number of Chinese passengers by
the steamer City of Pckin, lately arrived at
the port OF San Francisco, are taking advantage
of Justice Fields ruling that Chinese born in
the United States are citizens ard entitled to
land. Thirty writs have been taken out in the
last few days by Chinese who claim to be of
| American birth.
Commencing Monday the Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy and Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fc roads will inauguratc Il new line, to
be known rs the Pacific coast fast freight line,
from Chicago to all points in California, New
Mexico and Arizona. The schedule time from
Chicago to San Francisco is nine days.
! The steam Touring mill of L. Bardcn & Co.,
Fort Dodge, To-, burned on the 9th inst. The
cngine-room of the mill was saved Two
thousand sacks Of flour and 10000 bushels of
wheat were consumed. The flour had been sold
and waiting shipment. Total loss on building
and machinery, stock. etc, So, 600; insurance,
$4,000.
A disastrous fire occurred in Cniontown
Ky. OH the 18th. The bonded warehouse of j.
g. Roach & Co. took fire aboNt noon and was
totally destroyed, together with about two
!
valued at s150O00 The total loss will proba-
bly, reach $4,000. The insurance is not
known.
Adviccs from Miles City, Montana, of the
l1th, report that about forty miles south of the
| Northern Pacific q party OF Chcycnncs led by
Two Moons, Brave Wolf and Little Wolf, had
fight with band OF Picgans on Wednesday
last, Killing one Picgan and woundiEg several
| Others The Chcycnnrs were still on the war
path, and said they discovered the Picgans
| stealth: their horses
James and August Forncy and William
Mounds were arrested in Kansas City on the
9TH, suspected of wrcckng the Santa Fe train
near Emporia early Sunday morning The
men had been idiing about town some time,
left Saturday and returned, their horses bear
ing marks of hard service. The prisoners were
held in $4,000 bail each
Iowa Grecnbackcrs have issued call for a
meeting at Cedar Rapids, TO-, October 18th,
1884, of all the Greenbackers who are opposed
to the traitorous betrayal aud attempted sale
Of the cause to the people at the recent So
called Greenback state convention. The call
is signed by A. B. Dennis, A. NJ. Farnsworth,
I. J. Palmer, Charles Vrootman, Henry C.
Ethel, Robert Mccall, and others.
In Terre Haute, Ind, on the LIST Gen. Butler
spoke. He arrived ut late hour and WIS ca
cortcd to the Terre Haute house, where he took
dinner: He spoke in the Republican wigwam
to an immense audience, and said the prcscn'
troubles in the country were due to the in