The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-10-23
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
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EAST.
At Fall River, 100000 spindles will sto,
durin: the week, throwing 10000 persons ou
OF employment.
New York merchants employ private detec
tivcs to watch their employees and report on tn,
lives they follow.
William B. Lewis, the secretary Of the Brook
Ign City Railroad company, fell dead Will.
walking in Fulton street, caused by heart dis
case.
The Scott temperance act was carried, Fri
day, in the counties of Dundes, Storm, Ontario
and Gicngarry, Ont, by about two thousand
majority.
The scenery belonging to the Kiralf,
Brothers ''Arourd the World" burned on tho
18th, in New York, where it was stored in an
alley. Loss, $4,000.
John King has been elected president of the
New York, Lake Erie and Western road, tc
supcrcede Hugh J. Jcwctt, whose resignation
occurs the first proxmo.
The packing box factory of D. j. Carroll, in
Walker street, New York, took fire Saturday
night and caused damage to that and an adj
Joining building to the extent of over $50, Ooo
The head of the patent medicine firm OF
Smith Bros. Il Co., of Montreal, has suddenly
gone on tour of the states, forgetting that
$4,000 is due to business friends
All coal companies in New York agreed yes
terday to suspend production on Oct. 80 and
81, and LIST to 5th inclusive of November, and
lie first and last weeks in December.
\ child actress in New York, Margaret Fer
rier, has been taken from the stage by the a,l-
thortics and sent to the Dominican convent.
She has been On the stage since she was three
years old.
John McVcan, a lie Roy, n. y, card colcc-
tor, had over 1900 iu his albums but reading
In the papers that another fellow had 5000, he
wrote: 'Iifc's greatest pleasure is gone, )" and
hung himself.
On the 10th, in New York city, officers of the
Baltimore and Ohio and West Shore received
orders to sell to Chicago at $14 for second and
SIG for first-class fares to St. Louis at $40 and
$3.50; Detroit Sl3 and Sl2
The Boston police who went to rescue Dacy,
the contractor, from Italians, found him in a
barn, arrested scvcnty-:ivc italians and rclcas-
ell Dacy. All but nineteen were afterwards
let 80. The others tried. They say Dacy has
not paid them for forty days.
Miss Lizzie Wallace while getting of a train
at Harrisburg, Pa, On the 10th, slipped in
front of a moving train on another track
Harvey Foster, 4 chcckman, at once sprang to
her assistance and both were run over. Miss
Wallace was cut to pieces and both of Fosters
legs almost cut off.
In the United States circuit court at Clevc
land on the 18th, Judge Baxter sustained the
demurrer OF defendants in the suit Of James
Mcllcnry Us. the New York, Lake Erie and
Western, and the New York, PENNSYLVANIA and
Ohio railway companies to annul lease OF the
latter to the former company.
The centenary Of the ven. rablc Sir Moses
Montciiorc was celebrated in New York City on
the 18th in the Five Points House of Industry
by the Young Mems Hebrew association. The
hall was crowded. Many of those attending
had been enabled to come to America through
the philanthropy of Sir Moses.
The directors Of the Metropolitan National
bank have Issued circulur to the banks
stockholders asking for permission to put the
institution Into liquidation. The bank is los
ing money according to common report, and
while perfectly sound, could not recover from
the bad effects OF the Scucy failure.
The big electric light at He'll Gate is the
most powerful in the world, and makes the
passage OF the strait quite safe at all hours.
1t is said Could Vanderbilt and others are
forming syndicate to establish line of steam.
ships between New York and Queenstown via
He'll Gate, thus saving several hours on the
present route.
At Pittsburg, on Friday, in the Penn bank
investigation, colorcd "np!oyc of the Du-
qucsc club said that on the day the bank closed
the second time President Riddle gave him two
packages to burn. One was too large to put in
the stove, and when lie opened 1t he noticed "A
book marked Penn bank. Riddle gave him IS
for destroying the PACKAGES.
Near Tilbury, Ont. on the 10th, an express
train on the Canada Southern ran into & gravel
train. The smokng-car on the express was
d:tchcd and the engineer instantly killed.
ous!y cut. John Galaghan's child was thrown
out On to the stove and his hands burned The
baggagcman was burned about the legs and
body. surgeon and a wrccking train have
been sent to the scene.
On the afternoon OF the 10th, at Manhattan
Beach, l.. l., an attempt was made to land the
Bennctt-Mackcy cable. 1t failed, and was
finally given up until Friday, it being said that
the ENHANCEMENT Of a hawser with the cable on
the propeller made the delay necessary. Fully
$500 people were present. There was.a cola
ton, and afterwards addresses by D. B. David
son, treasurer of the cable company, George
Ward, general manager, and John Murhcad,
inventor OF tho duplex system. Among those
present were G. 8. Cole and Proctor Dccastro,
representing Mr.. Mackey.
Mr.. Blaine arrived at Toledo, o., on the 3Oth,
and was met by delegation of business men,
leading merchants and members of the Bust
ness Mems club of Toledo. He received them
Informally in the parlor of the Body house.
The chairman of the delegation assured him
the earnest support Of northwestern Ohio. Mr.
Blaine remarked that the Republican ticket
was entitled to the support Of business men
because the contest was primarily and cmphati-
cally contest for the preservation and pro-
motion OF the business interests of the country.
There was a fine demonstration at Urbana
Blaine was escorted in a carriage BY a large
body OF Flumed Knights, some on foot and
some on horseback. A novel feature of this
was troop Of mounted ladies wearing white
pumes.
WEST AND SOUTH.
Mrs. Bclva Lockwood, the Presidential can
didatc, visited the Louisville exposition and
left for New York.
The bank, Opera hall and a number of bust
ness houses at Monticello, Wis, burned yester-
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