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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-09-11
Queer Jots From Dixia.
From the Piedmont, Ga, Press.

FROM the PIEDMONT, Ga, Press
Following are some of the strange things seen
or heard of by the editor during a recent visit
into tho mountains: A man who has twelve
living children, the Oldest under sixteen years.
A man let horse bite an apple form his mouth
and had his lips bitten off-A natural spring
OF water that carried the thermometer almost
to freezing point-A man in Gaddistown
stuck small briar in his wrist and died in
three days from it's effects.-Two children so
exactly alike that even their parents had to
mark them to tell them apart.-A young lady
IN Gadd'stown with hair nearly six feet in
length.-A Dahlonega young man who has
increased over one hundred pounds in weight
in two years.
J. N Gaddis told us of dog that barked
himself to death.-Am man who has often walked
from Atlanta to Gaddistown, distance of
eighty five miles, from sun-up to sun-down.-
coechwhip snake that measured nine feet
four inches In length.-Justice is administered
IN Davis district under the shade of q gigantic
oak.-The mountaineers are very clever. Int
will neither feed or shelter revenue officers or
their stock--An old man who thought that
Grant was still president of the United States
and had never heard Of the assassination of
Garfield The houses in Union county are gen
orally built of poplar lumber.-A mai, who has
been welded to three sisters
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The Recent Assignments in Minnesota.

The Recent Assignments in Minnesota.
Red Wing Special: The Mazeppa Mill COM
pany has had an assignee appointed for it,
W. H. Putnam of Pierce, Simmons l. Co., Red
Wing, bankers, being the man. Mr. Putnam
has gone to Mazeppa-a small town on the
Zunibro river, west of Wabasha-to assume
charge Of the property and set on foot the TAX
ing of an inventory. It is currently re-
ported that the assets are $175, 600 and the
liabilities $40 600. but this is acknowledged to
be only an approximate estimate, and care
full inventory and schedule will be necessary
ere the exact truth can be reached. There is
no doubt that the Minnesota Elevator company
Is the heaviest creditor, and to an amount
variously stated at from $53, coo, to $57, OOO It
is now generally known that the failure of the
mill company to meet this obligation precipi-
tated the assignment of the elevator company.
1t was for the Mazeppa company that
Gov. Hubbard was SO heavy an en-
dorser, and few assume to predict
that tho mill company's assets will
pan out as we'll as those of the elevator
company. However, as stated all is chaos as
yet and VIII be for some time, especially as tho
AFFAIRS OF the mill company are so interviewer
with those of the Minnesota Elevator company.
The Mazeppa stockholders are as follows: W.
Hufd, J. G. Lawrence, W. J. Watts, N c. New
ell, s. B. Brown, E. Noonan, C. B. Hotchkiss
Hurd, Watts and Hotchkiss are eastern men
The Indebtedness to the bank of Minnesota
$3o,OOc-is largely secured bv collaterals
The mill company paper to the amount of SIS.
OOO, held by the Wabasha bank, is also well Sc
cured w.
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Market Reports,

ST. PAuL-Wheat. old, No. hard, 96c0Hc.
Corn. No. 2. 49@53c; No. y, 46t049c
Oats. No mixed. :23(025c; No. 2 white
:oc; No white 2ic; rejected, 2Oc
Barley. No. 2. SIC. No. extra, 45c NO
Rye. No. 2, 4Sc.
Eggs, 13@l4c
MHwAUKEE.-Wheat,N No. 2, 77%c
Corn. No. .. rejected, sic.
Oats. No. 2. 29@92919c; No. 9 white, $40
Rye, No. l. 53c; No. Sc.
Barley. No. 2. old, &C.
Mess Pork. $17.25
Lard. $3.50
Butter, choice creamery, 9o(0ac: fair to
good, 17G@l9c; best DAIRY, 14@15c
Eggs, 13@l31Sc.
CH1cAao.--Wheat, No. Chicago spr;nc
Hn@77Xc;N No. 8 Chicago spring 69@66c; Ne'
, red, Sl@slAc; No. red, 1l@1Xe ~
Corn. 52(952115c.
: Oats. 24Ac.
Rye. Sc
Barley. 62Ic.
Flax seed, 81. o.
Pork, sl8 5o@@19O0
Lard. $735@S7. 55Lc.
Butter But. ;s sEs,.anesy.a7@ls1 dairy. l4al4<o
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General News Ite,na.

Pingree's majority in Vermont Is 81. 30A with
three small towns to hear from.
Tho semi annual dividends PAYABLE in Ros.
ton this month aggregate $5031 437
At jamestown, Oak, Attorney Nancy was
exonerated from the charge of having used
cancelled stamps.
In Conway county, Ark, Mrs. Richard Free
man recently gave birth to two boys and two
girls all hale and perfect
Four thousand head Of cattle have boon mr.
chased from Montana growers by Englishmen.
and are being driven to ranges in the North
west Territory.
Mrs. Frank Leslie has purchased Toureee's
Continent, that gentleman remaining as editor.
About $aCO,OO has been sunk in irving to es-
tablish the magazine
The vigo Bay Treasure company has been
in Philadelphia with the purpose of recover
ing twenty to forty millions of treasure sunk
1t vigo bay, ON the northwestern coast of
Spain.
The apparent absurcity of repeating the
same little announcement in twenty-four COL
umns of advertising caused his minister to re-
monstrate with Robert Bonner on his extraya-
methodist" he was asked "solely to make
you and others notice them, " was his saga,ious
reply. 0''''
Mrs. Carrie Uhlmann and husband, Simon.
1t New York, are each seeking legal separa-
lions. Tho husband charges abandonment
and cruel treatment; the wife charges cruel
treatment Uhlmann is a we'll known hon
dealer said to be worth $5OO,OCO. Mrs. INF
mann is daughter of Ferdinand Mayer, who
lately made an assignment
The brokers on Wall street and the ladies at
Newport are gossiping about tho affairs of VIII
liam Il. Vanderbilt and his sons. This time il
is Cornelius who is the subject of gossip He
was heavily loaded with stocks, 1t is said. at the
time he went to Europe last May, and he was
not here to take care Of his holdings at the
panic and the great depression in prices. He
epecuiated through large number Of
houses and the sum lost is said to be nearly
81, 100000
Four of Pinkerton,e detectives are on the
track of eighteen aldermen Of New York who
are said to have been bribed into giving away
the Broadway surface railroad franchise. over
the mayors Veto The size Of the ssboodle" is
said to have been $45O, OOO-)N, 600 in cash and
3l5, 600 in stock of the road for each member.
The holders Of the money are already known.
and O. soon % the legal evidence is put into
shspe i VII 30 presented TO the grand jury
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Crimes and Crinaiuala.

VE10e8 ana Ce20108l9,
At Columbia, Ohio, James dfeiner killed
Gretchen secling, HE sweetheart, of whom no
was jealous.
John Lewis, dairyman Of Columbus, Ohio,
WIS fatally shot recently BY an unknown per
was arrested on suspicitieA
Chief of Police ReAde d Portage La Prairie,
N. W. T., ARRESTED two men from Brandon
named Joseph Burke and Myers Bison, and
seized eleven ponies which. they were bringing
down, on the charge of having stolen them
Henry W. Bennett was arrested ID Chicago
on charge of robbins the mails at the Lake
View postofaiee. where he was employed as a
clerk; Bennett is the young man who was ar
rested about two years ago for robbing post
ofhce boxes in the Minneapolis Office. and OAR
doncd last year.
The screams of a girl issuing from the woods
near the Catholic cemetery, Hyde Park, Pa, at
tro:ted the attention of the sexton, Thomas
heea: he ran to the spot and found q man as
eaultlns q woman: The man attempted to
draw pistol and was shot fatally BY Reel,
bespatterinS the girl with blood. Thcn,as
ManSln is the name Of the man shot Reel
surrendered.
0AA0, Aas Has second Edmond Dantes
III Charles Stafford, the last ten years of whose
life has been passed in the Allegheny nepitah-
Msry: 1t has been established beyond qucs-
ton that he did not coe,Mit the crime for
which he was incsr,'efated, and that he pro-
poses to devote his life to the punishment of
these through whose false testimony he
was convicted He went into prison an uncut
uyated woodchopper and comes eut Vel.
Intense Excitement. exists among the
colored population of Lynchburs, Va, over
the arrest Of Rev. Phillip Cobb on u charge OF
criminal intimacy with one of his congfcga-
1 inomas Neal suspected his wife and
Coo1 OF illicit association, and kept a secret
watch. He made a discovery that caused him
to attempt Cobb'e life With an az, but Cobb
escaped his venganta Neal searched for him
Tor hours with shotgun, until persuaded by
Irlends TO apply to the law. Cobb is pastor OF
. large Methodist church (colored), and stood
nigh IN the opinion of his congregations
Jacob B. Henry, Of st. rsni, was arrested bv
Detective Ahetu, On warrant charging him
with the seduction of Mary Burth. under pro-
mise OF marriage, on the LIST of February, 1854
AT the time mentioned Henry was in tie en-
Ploy of the street railway company at their
barn on St Peter street He has been IA rnaina
TOT some months past at place about hin;s
miles below Prescott, at which place he vas
arrested by the detective. Henry saws he vii
marry the girl and wanted to all the time. bu,
she got scared at his absence and made com
plant " ~''A-
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Ned Buutltno's DAUGHTER -.

Newcastle,N Y, Special Miss E. J, Judson,
the eishteen-yeer-cld daughter Of Ned Blunt.
line, the we'll known a,,thor, sued John Mac:
Co:i,ack for breach Of promise The girl is the
!'elle Of this section, and the story which she
told before the grand jury astonishea he1
hearers: The case has been sent to the grand
jury at W bite Plains. MacCormack promised
her soon to marry her. The girl became tired
OF his representation, and recently asked hin,
If he intended to marry ner. To her amaze
Mcnt and terrorh he refused She begged him
again and again to have mercy on her good
name, but Mccormack deserted her. Acting
upon the advice of her mother she told her
tale of sorrow in the court room in a straight.
forward way that won her the sympathy and
respect Of all Who heard
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-09-11
Iowa, Minnesota and Dakota Rates

The general freight agents Of Iowa, Minn6--
sofa and Dakota reads al their meeting in
Milwaukee 4hsrsday came to an agreement,
J" tsso effect Sept. s, that the coarse grain
rates shall apply on potatoes in car load lots
in the joint Western classification, and when
from II ,1 points n,i in Iowa Minneseta and Dakota
It was also agreed that hay in CATS, twenty.
eight feet or less inside MEASUREMENT, be tax.
en- at minimum, Weight Of $4,000 pounds: all
4 other cars, minimum weight, 10000 pounds
The protest of the Des Moines jobbers against
the action of the roads abolishing special rates
to Jobbers was also considered, and 1t was
agreed to stand by the action previously taken.
and give them no, ners: special rates. They
thought the Pes Moines jobbers had no gooS
ca'.sS fer complaint
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-09-11
Wrinkles for UousoWives,

So much information about everything is now
80 easily obtainable that there il little excuse
for enduring many of small domestic worries
to which housekeepers and others are often
subjected Why, for instance, need any one be
inconvenienced by damp cupboards, when We
read that bowl or quicklime placed therein
will speedily absorb the moisture?
Flies are = familiar nuisance; but We are
told of foreign remedy in laurel oil, which,
better than glass dy-catchers and others. will
not only rid us Of these pests, but preserves
looking glasses and picture-frames when coat
ed with it.
1t is not frequenters Of restaurants only who
wonder Why the simple precaution Of throwing
red pepper pod. or . few pieces Of charcoal
into the pan.-said to prevent odors from boil
ing ham, cabbage, snot oftener observed
Cooks arc further reminded that in roasting
meat, salt should not be put upon the joint be.
fore 1t u put IN Tho oven, g salt extracts the
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stass 1ausaaaea Wese.s..

OvOVO oO0e0SAGS1a11
{ State Superintendent ,hls Has issued oir-
culars addressed to the county superintendent
Of schools, in,whioh he says that the questions
issued BY this department for the e1auAination
Of teachers during this fail 40 discretionary.
Oral examinations ars eepecialE reco, ON
e the following points can be determined 81
that method. n. ~. 20. =, ,=,-'.i -
Nrst-can this teacher +, read fiueptly and Il.
telnglDly!-N - Z, ~.
| second-Has ha 81 understanding Of the
principles Of infection? Can he dis:ineuisb
e cy ear the Inherent infections, cadenocs, stress,
Third-Can he give the sounds indicated b,
Fourth-Can the teacher write good black
board copy for primary pupils to copy o. slate
Fifth--1n geography, can the teacher make 4
rapid blackboard sketch, AZ river, system Of
rivers e? = Ike. sou eotlnts. stAte, ETC., +. .
biennial, report with annual statistical statet
ment.': As these reports ::will be published
by' counties, they should be Is brief 10 posi-
FURTHER REQUEsTs
superintendent are also requested to for.
ward to the department complete lists Of the
names of clerks of school districts, placing in
column at the right the year in which the
term of each expires. Unless tho conveniences
Of the superintendent requires, it should be
transmitted with the written report, and IS 4
part of it Beside other things it is specially
requested that the following important ques-
tions be noticed in the reports:
Fir. = Prggr9es n iptrodaciiig Systematic
are observing this plany Report III: full: - .
.Second7Progress in establishing libraries re-
ference and circulating Report any favorite
ThirdTProgress ii bringing all teachers
under the influence of the professional in
struction in normal schools, Institutes, local
associations, teachers professional libraries,
and educational papers
Fourth-What evils do your schools suffer
BY reaso'i Ct the present districtins plan?
supplied with dictionaries? -.
sixthEDo You see any serious objection to
making the school year end with tie tisca.
year, July 81? Do you advise it? IT,, -.
Seventh-What is the general condition OF
the state text book repositories? Are the
quarterly reports Of clerks made with prompt
ness?
Eight-What interests deserve the attention
oft he legislature?
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!. P. MIl.LER, Publisher.

Ohio's wheat crop Of this year wfll
yield 1882, 1853 bushels, Of excellent
quality. This is the largest crop Of
the state. except that Of 1880, when
the yield was 4S, $40, 900 bushels. The
cat crop will produce 2as93, 663 bush
els, or about 31.2. bushels to the acre.
Inc barley crop will yield about 1000,
poO bushels. Corn has suffered from
arouth' and is about 70 per cent. of an
aversr<e crop.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Washinatou News

Acting Commissioner Of Agriculture Car
man recommends thaA cars bringing cattle
from Ne south be disinfected.
Tho contract for raising the raaapoos. was
awarded to the Merritt Wrecking company, to
be delivered At Brooklyn for $1S5, 0Ou
Prof Hobson of Texas is hanging around the
patent Office at Washington with scheme to
discover whether the moon is inhabited. which
no says will cost 43,OOO,COO
Postoaaces established: Iowa. Climax, Mont
gomery county. Minneso*a-Dawscn, Lac 4ai
Parle county. Postmasters commissiohed=
Nov Oaico-Peter Ertcksoa, ErAclson, Pope
county, MINI
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iuice: and fhak lime v.sse vin fmrroyo -
eonditi0n of oId notatpes RI ho;lin 80
- =
Hcon6mytn housekeeping would be fsNnfas.
ed ~ tlis b6ttef dbsertancd .df Whist M
own N eommqn Iatasnce =. Msa at,.ss S,;ss
their nn.iityy can IA fested 81 pricfilsg them
M = n;nS II fhat ~, MOOD The Al .wiH.;n-
Sts,,4,v ee,-a.J ..osni. leoI n,;n14nrn III =
Eofth raceilecfink fi,at b.;r ssap sfcHa hesc.it
ihtty snnsre i,;acea And mt in DIV tiSca as il
kkeePs better after shlnking w'f r. 20 e
only to nisca them Il !. lar Of w.ter and o6aaee
It everY morning In seiecting -four we are
advised to look to the color. Tit is white, with
: vellovish strav-coIor tint We shnnld 5uy e:
Int II Il ia white With blnish cast or xith
black specks. We should refuse Il
A deal OF breskage among glass and crock
CRY can be prevented by the simple precaution-
y. p.cs .a e eGys' 1~st 1 :" rhici,
Gouia oo11ln1on fabie-sslt has been added. Boil
ma vsfer we'll snd chen allGW IL 70 cdcl sloTylv
When sthA srt;cias are t.Icn. n,,t and Washed.
They viii resist any sudden ch,nges Of temper
A better plan for removing grease spots than
bv APPLYING 4 hot iron ia to rub in some spirit
OF vine with the hand until the grease ia brought
to powder, and there viii be no trace of it
Eve scnool93y u ao1 awaae teas M ~ sp ss
ing . solution of oxalic acid in water: nor does
every housemaid know that spots are easily
cleaned from yarnished FURNITURE by rubbingi il
with spirit OF camphor.
MATHS ON tables, caused by leaving hos jugs
Or plates there. will disappear under the sooth-
ing influence Of lan1p-oii well rubbed in with
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A correspondent of an English paper gives
the following sensible advice to purchasers of
brood mares; They should commence their in
specnon at the ground and work upward This
is good plan, as sometimes buyer is attract
ed by showy-topped animal with fine sym-
metrical outline, and is so facinated that he neg.
!ects the more important points-the feet and
legs. A brood mare should be young and vie-
orous; her constitution not impaired by con-
ing tits next to impossible to find . horse
possessing ~ many good qualities and a. few
bad ones as one would wish, but it il well to
remember that mare should be free from ali
hereditary diseases to be suitable for breeding
purposes
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SoOU0A64 0O VI 60O :" w.
At Beulah, Man, Thomas +. 0arrits, young
Englishman from liverpool Lost his life in !
runaway accident
Pleuro-pneumonia has broken out among
the cattle Of William T. Dutton of West Town
township, Chester county, Pa. The cows have
been quarantined.
Dr. Parren, Illinois stase Veterinarian, an
nounces that erlte number of horses in
Peoria, ILL.,, are affected with CHAMBERS, and
will eF<1rr them shot
terrible accident occurred recently 1T 4
soldiers reunion At Fremont, Neb. Just before
sham battle was to begin, An immense throng
of spectators took seats on frame structure,
and there was struggle by others to get on.
All at once swaying motion was fclt, and sud-
denly the whole structure collapsed, sliding
sideways and coming down in confused and
broken mass of timber and bnrying In its wreck
and ruin men women and children. The crash
was like cannon shot 0rcans and cries We're
heard on al sides, and little children wailing
among the rest AS fast as the sufferers were
rescued, they were conveyed to camp and at
tended to BY physicians. No one, however,
was killed instantly, although several were
fatally injured. About fifty were injured some
slightly and others very badly.
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Characteristic Mississippi Traesd,.

A difficulty occurred At Vichhrirg between
Capt James 4. Metz.er, we'll known river
man and Capt J. W. Bourne, deputy internal
revenue collector. Fourteen shots were fred.
Bourne died at o'clock. 1t is believed Metz
Ter will not live through the night. The
trouble grew out Of MetSiel's intimacy WITH
Bournes wife. Bourne fred the irst shot
making an attack on Mctzler who Was con-
vcrsng with others. Being shot down Bourne
sent for his wife and children. Two chil1reI,
went to see their father, but the wife went to
the bedside of Metzler, The sympathy Of tia
community is with Bourne and his unfortunate
children. A suit for diecrts between Bourne
and wife wes ptnding
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Pasture and MEADOW orasses.

Colonel F. D. Curtis, in American Agricultural
For pasture, variety of grasses should be
selected adapted to the land and the purpose
of the pasture Timothy (Phleum pratense),
is the poorest of the cultivated varities of pas
ture grasses, as it makes very little leaf her
bage, and after the steams have matured the
after growth or aftermath is small It is the
best grass for meadows of any single variety,
both for yield and market, being better suited
to horses than cattle. 1t is among the poor-
est for sheep. The best single grass for
pasture ls orchard grass Dactyles glom-
erataC This is also the earliest, except
the email blue grass (Poa pratensis), so COM
highways. Orchard grass is valuable for it's
prompt renewal after either cutting or grazing,
and for its permanency, being superior to Tim
othy in this respect, and not cxcelled by any
unless it is Red-Top (Agrostis vulgaris), on
da1s NJ otSar 1resh 6ts IN three
spect 1t should always be allowed to produce
an aftermath before cold weather sets in, or
the crowns will freeze and die. The after
math acts as protection and is necessary in =
cold climate 1t will not, however, cut 80
the form and tenacity of the roots, which are
long and fbrous, and grow in punches. The
sod makes moro enriching material than
any other grass; An orchard grass sod al
ways makes mellow land, IS the roots pen
citrate to = great depth and loosen up the
subsoil. The roots Of timothy are small
and Of shallow growth, hence are easily
thrown out by frost and make = weak sod
Orchard grass is not 80 we'll adapted for mead
ows as other varieties. It ripens At an in
convenient time, before tho Spring work is fin
ished, and does not produce SO large crop or
as good q quality. Unless cut when in Bios
som it is hard and woody. Timothy is much
better if cut when the seed is beginning to
form Timothy will flourish either On dry up
land, or low land if it does not heave with the
frost, 80 as to throw out the bulbs Orchard
grass is also adapted to any variety Of soils
except very wet land Red-top grows we'll on
moist land, even if it overhows, and it viii also
do we'll on dry land 1t makes hay of excel
lent quality, good for any kind Of stock, being
softer in its texture than either Timothy or
orchard grass, and lighter in proportion to the
bulk. 1t is next, if not equal, to orchard grass
in value for pasture, with the exception OF OK
treme earliness and quick renewal after crop
ping.
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1he Weeks Commercial Disasters.

New York Special Telegram, Sept 5.-There
were IT'S failures in the United States reported
to Bradstreets dnri ing the week, ending the
6th, against lG? in the preceding week, and
1888, 1882 and 1881 respectively. About 81 per
cent. were those of small trades, whose capital
was less than 5000. Among those reported
embarrassed were:
Dessau, Wise & Co., wholesale clothing, Ma
son Manufacturing company, iron pipes, and
Brooks, Miller 4 Co., commission dry goods;
philadelphia; Columbus (Ohio) Boot and Shoe
Manufacturing company; Deposit bank, Zanes-
vile, Ohio, Barrett, Waters & Lewis, wholesale
woodenware, Cincinnati; Dixon l. Young, Clay
Manufacturing company, St Louis, and the
Minnesota Elevator company, Red Wing, MINI.