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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-31

As = rule, censusess under the direc-
ton Of the various state governments
will not be taken until next year. In
Michigan, however, the authorities are
now receiving returns from tile cities
and towns, and the results of the de.
cennial census for 1884, 80 far as known,
SHOVE a noteworthy tendency Of the
population towards the cities and larger
towns. In the period of 187O-SO, while
tho population of the whole state in
creased 80 per cent, the ten principal
cities made q gain Of nearly GO per cent.
In the years since 1880, this movement
cityward has also been marked. De-
troit and all the chief places have grown
steadily. Detroit reports 1884 in
habttants, . gain Of 16 per cent in four
years. Michigan is farming state, yet
tho centres Of business, and not the ru.
ri districts, show the larger increase.
II il probable that the censusses of
many states to be taken in 1885 will
show the same tendency, and also the
national census Of 1890. unless there
should be period Of business staena-
ton, which Is apt TO send great many
people TO tho country to earn living
whore living i cheaper than in the
siiiss,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-31

Bradstreets-the able and conserva-
tive business paper is not entirely salts
fed with the situation, and does not
pretend that everything is all right, or
anything like it. 1t says the country
merchant who is about to seek the CEN
tiers of production and distribution for
his autumn purchases is wisely hesitat-
ing before giving heavy orders, lest the
farmers needs be smaller than custom
airy. twill be time enough for ventur-
ing predictions as to the return of in
dustrial and trade activity in the United
States when the failure score is at the
minimum rather than at the full. And
it might have added when the prices of
produce come so very near the cost Of
production.
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Col Thorton, assistant postmaster ct Brook
fauiter to the amount Of d, 900
Helen Owens, . handsome and educated
young lady Of Ammo Arundel county, Mary
land has eloped to Washington with : mulst-
to goodman.
ed divorce from Johnathan Goodwin ON the
ground Of drunkenness and cruelty, with $780,
600 alimony.
At meeting Of creditors Of the Suspended
banking firm Of Clinton r. Weeden l. Co, Of
Providence, r. L, statement was made show.
ing liabilities, @654, 900, and assets 0507. OO
both nominal; unsecured liabilities, 927O, 600;
estimated available assets. 4128, $685.
The soldiers monument at Dayton, O., il
completed, and derrick and debris removed
Its Of granite, eighty five feet high; the column
get on PEDESTAL forty feet from tho ground It
il twenty-eight feet high and weighs twenty
three t0ns
Louis Cohn & Son, manufacturers Of cigars,
Chicago, have gone to tho wall Two confess
sions Of Judgment aggregating @195oo wore
filed, and tho sherin took possession Of the
premises. The firm have been doing largo
trade In the northwest The liabilities are
said to exceed $4,000, About $50 men win be
thrown out Of employment
Man.ste. MINI, Special w: B. Straight l.
house in this city, have assigned to A. Kohler
OF Akron, Ohio. Tho liabilities are about
twenty five thousand dollars, and assets said to
besuficiently ample to cover al claima ex-
cept operations in cheese In Ohio, and the
general financial depression in business
throughout the country are the causes Of the
failure The firm has on hand about eleven
thousand dollars worth Of cheese, which finds
z slow market even ut present low prices.
Their Minnesota business is not &C.
countable fer the failure in any way, - it is in
. prosperous condition and has ample funds
to meet all liabilities without touching their
real estate
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A brave attempt is made to show that
something valuable has been accom-
plished by the Greedy expedition; but
it all comes down to the fact that two of
itsmembers reached point four or five
miles farther north than any previous
explorer ever set foot. that few new
theories as to the conformation of the
land and water Whereabouts are broached,
and that a few old ones are discredited.
This does not pay for the loss of nine
teen lives and the frightful suffering ex-
perienced by the h alf-dozen survivors
who would have been past relief if the
rescuers had been forty eight hours
later.
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Waltham, Mass, noted for its great
watch factory emp Toying $500 skilled
laborers, has become a city. 1t re-
manned under simple and inexpensive
township government until it had pop
ulation of over IA 900, when it became
the twenty-third city in the common
wealth. It will have seven wards,
each electing three aldermen, and will
get along without any common council
in which it is lucky. This method OF
conducting municipal affairs by one
branch in connection with the mayor
will be found more effective and less
expensive than the system which in
cludes second organization.
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The Detroit Free Press must have
stretched the long-bow" when it as
sert that in Michigan alone there are
$50 "Maidens Rocks" places where
beautiful Indian maidens, with their
sylph-like legs and graceful shoulders
and beautiful faces, preferred to leap
from the rocks to be welded to horse
thief whom they could not love, and
that the total of this rock in the United
States is IL, 862, with several territories
to be heard from. Wisconsin has 800
Maiden Rocks, Iowa $50, Illinois 1877,
Indiana $50, Vermont 567, Minnesota,
which claims to have the only original
and genuine Maiden Rock, is strangely
omitted,
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Devastating Storms In

V00tDe20B Wt03008 IN Iowa.
Des Aoines, special:-Reports received from
the track of last Wednesday nights storm show
it to have been one Of the severest ever known
IN Central Iowa In the matter Of electric dis
play, it has never been surpassed. In this Vi
c1nlty no one was killed by lighting, but there
were several narrow escapes. Al Knoxville
the wind rose to . hurricane Barnes. out
houses and trees were prostrated, residences
we're unroofed, and farm house two miles
from town WA blown to pieces. The occupants
had taken refuge in cave and escaped un-
hurt The damage to property and crops will
be very great Corn and small grain are lev
eled to the ground At Pleasanfville hail fell
IN large quantities.. Houses were blown down.
store fronts broken in, trees swept away and
fences strewn in al directions, and numerous
farm houses in the adjacent country are re-
ported % gone The crops are also leveled
nat and tue damage ie estimated ct half the
crop At Dexter W. x. Lee, farmer was
killed BY lightning. The Normal school build
ing was Also struck and damaged At Perry
Chicago milwaukee, 4 St Paul
failwsy was struck BY lightning and burned
The Patterson Touring milk, located on the
Middle river, near Clarkson, were also ignited
~ lightning and burned down Loss, $1,000:
insured for $1,000 Tho barn Of Thomas Low.
four miles from Dee MONIES, vas struck By
lightning and burned With six horses. Durinx
the height OF the storm the iron arches on tie
bridges acrose tho Dee 1ofnss river resemblod
semi-o circles OF hra The storm covered vsst
ara reaching from Atlantic to apotnt east of
Brooklyn u Width u not kaoxn
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The Criminal CALENDAR.

460 Cx11010A calendar.
Mrs. John Quinn Of West Rutland, vt, has
been arrested upon suspicion Of poisoning her
husband
Thomas Nixon, deputy marshal of Dodge
City, Kan, was murdered by Deputy Sheriff
Dave Mathers, we'll known as Mysterious Dave,
Tuesday night
In Pittsburg, last evening, William Donald
son shot and fatally injured his sweetheart,
Anne Stiney. Donaldson claims it was acct
dental, and the girl refuses to talk.
Gilbert W. Hazeltine, who shot and killed
Mamie Thorpe and wounded Mamie White,
both prostitutes, in Baltimore, has been held
for murder. Hazeltine is the son Of promi-
nent physician in jamestown, n. Y.
Burglars broke into Olmstad l. Peterson's
store at Menomonee, Wis. The amount Of the
theft is not yet known. They took the money
drawer It so happened that there was but 4
very small amount in it
Miss Mary s. Aulters, of Lynchburg, Pa, be-
trothed Of DR.. Ossian Terburgh, who COM
mitted suicide at Pittsburg few week ago by
taking prussic acid, shot herself through the
breast last night She is still living but will
die
William Donaldson Of Pittsburg, called on his
sweetheart, Annie stiney, and the two started
out for walk A few minutes later the dis
adjoining the Stiffey residence. The girl was
found fatally injured, while Donaldson was
found standing over her with . revolver in his
hands. The man says the shooting was ac4i-
dental, and the girl is unable to talk. Donald
sons story Is not believed
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MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.

8sun1oa Of The First lG1nneoote 1A9aaanA
Tho veterans Of the First Regiment Minnesota
Volunteers held their annual reunion ct Mn
neapolis on tho 22d There wero over three
hundred in line when the march WAS made to
the train that conveyed the jubilant throng to
the Lyndale, which WAS the scene Of the festiv-
tiles The following Of the field and star were
present Col William Colville Of Red Wing,
Nj W; b; Dyke Of Faribau!t
ndjutant ". B. Leach of Iowa, quartermsster,
francis Bacon, Of New Ulm; chaplain, Rev. =
Paul; surgeon, D! ": Hand, St Paul While
waiting for the cars that were to take them to
Lake Calhoun, the veterans got together and
reviewed old times amid great hilarity. Over
three hundred men were counted in the line,
and pleasing s. sSh s, ~ss %
hours intervened before the banquet, and the
time was devoted to an informal reunion and
discussion of matters Of common interest E.
pecially interesting was the group that gathered
around the old aag-i e.. what is left Of it It
SoSlS! n? The part dinner 'n =, TOR tie
Lyndale hotel was grand affair: Tho walls
were appropriately decorated with martial en-
b!ems Large banners, each bearing the name
OF one of the battles in which the First regiment
figured, were arranged around the walls IT in
tervals. H. L Gordon, who provided intro
duced Mayor Pillsbury, who gave the vets.
warm welcome Rev. E. D. Neill offered prayer
In response to loasts and calls speeches were
made by OK Senator Window, Gen. j. H, Baker,
Hon J: B. Gilfllan, Gen. Logan ex-Gov: Pills
bury, Capt 0 G. Merriman, ". D. Washburn,
Col W. l. King, Gen. Kegley, Gen.
Rosser, ex-confederate, etc After dinner
came business meeting. A number Of old
soldiers were made honorary members, among
whom were Maj. Haskell, of the Nineteenth
Maine subscription was started for Mr..
johnson, of Company A, Of the First Ninneso-
ia battalion, who lost his leg ON Monday AFTER
noon, in this city by being run over by street
car. A few minutes elapsed, and the collec-
tor reported 4T, and Mr.: William Lochren was
delegated to convey to Mr.. johnson the money
and the deep sympathy of his comrades. The
election Of officers resulted as follows:
President-Capt, Baasen, New Ulm.
Vice President-F Casey, New Ulm.
Treasurer-James Cannon, Mankato
Secretary-Col. s. F. Hansdorf, St Paul
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The National Prohibition Party.

The National Prohibition Party.
Tho National Prohibition Convention ct
Pittsburg, on Thursday, proceeded to the call
Of the states for nominations for President
Mr.. Baboock Of California presented H. Nc
Donald; George G. Christian of Illinois named
ex-Gov. John p. st. John of Kansas in . glow
ing speech; Mr.. Eustis of Maine put in nomina-
ton Gideon T. Stewart Of Ohio. and Mr..
Pierce of Pennsylvania nominated James
Black Of that state. Several delegates, among
them W. W. Satterlee of Minnesota, made
speeches seconding St. Johns nomination, and
eventually al the candidates but st. John were
Withdrawn. A motion 70 suspend the rules
and nominate the Kansas man by reclamation
was made but Withdrawn. Adjourned till 3 D.
m: On reassemhling the roll of states was
called for ballot on candidate for president:
and ct the conclusion it was annouced that St
John received al the votes cast That GENTLE
mars nomination was on motion made unani-
nous, with much enthusiasm.
Several candidates were named and speeches
made presenting their qualifications Tor the
nomination, when Z motion that the rules be
suspended and that William Daniel, Of Mary
land be nominated by : rising vote was agreed
to amid great enthusiasm, and Daniel was de-
clared the candidate. M. Daniel briefly re-
turned thanks, and after some further unim-
portant business the committee ct midnight
adjourned sine die The platform denounces
the other political parties % enemies Of tenn
per.nce and pledges support to the prohibition
candidate
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Instant Death In the Capitol.

At the Minnesota State House in st. Paul on
Friday last, there was terrible and fatal &C.
cident A lad named Hrry White fell through
the skylght in the main tower and dashed ont
his brains on the tile floor some fifty feet be-
low. The door to the tower had been left open
all day to accommodate the numerous visitors,
and this lad had gone up to take birds-eye
view Of the city; He was alone at the time Of
rooted over with . skylight Of stained glass;
From this to the marble floor below in
the corridor leading to the SEN
ate and assembly chambers il
fifty feet. There is railing around the sky
light, with passageway about six feet wide,
and about hall way up the tower. The glass
in the skyight is an eighth of an inch thick,
and Va: covered with dust In this dust many
people had written their names and addresses.
The boy thought he would go out on the glass
and place his name there In doing this his
foot slipped and he crashed through the glass;
The noise OF striking the floor and tho break
ing Of the glass soon attracted every one in the
building The blood and brains had oozed
from his head and covered the floor for sever
al feet around. TWAS ghastly sight to be-
hold. The indemnity of the boy was discovered
to be Harry White, son of Louis White, book
keeper Of the G.. N. Nelson Lumber company.
who lives 1t 514 Wabasha street, opposite tie
capitol
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One Of the Gettysburg Stories.

One Oh the 3ectySburg Stories.
While in Gettysburg last week I had
an interview with Mrs. Peter Thorn,
who was in Gettysburg at the time of the
battle there, and was told by her the
following, which 1 think has never vet
been printed. The story has been cor
roborated by number of people of that
place, and I have every reason to be-
ieve it to be true. Mrs. thorn lived
in the house at the entrance of the
Borough cemetery. The house was used
as headquarters by Gen. o. O. Howard.
Mrs Thorn's husband was q way from
home at that time, Serving in the One
Hundred and Forty eighth regiment of
Pennsylvania volunteers, and stationed
in Virginia, leaving her with two quite
young children. During the first day of
the fight Gen. Howard wanted some
one to show him and tell him
about the different roads leading
from Gettysburg. and asked num-
Der of men and boys who were in the
cellar of the house to go with him and
point them out. But these persons
were all fearful and refused to 20.
Then Mr.. Thorn showed her courage
and patriotism by voluntarily Offering
to show the roads, This offer was at
first refused by Gen. Howard, who said
he did not wish woman to do what
men had not the courage to do. Mrs.,
Thorn persisted in her offer saying:
Somebody must show you, and I can
do 1t; was born and brought up
around here, and know the roads as we'll
as anybody" Her offer was accepted,
and, with the general and his horse be-
tween her and the fire of the enemy,
Mrs. Thorn went from one spot to an
other pointing out the different roads.
When passing along the line of troops
the general was greeted with: 'tWhy
do you take o woman for guide? This
is no place for her." II know it, said
the officer, but 1 could not get man
to come; they were all afraid" This
answer to them started cheers for Mrs.
Thorn, which lasted several minutes,
and showed that our soldiers admired
the courage shown at such a time
Waterbury American.
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Suicide and Slesplsssnsss.

The circumstances attending tho
death of the Dean of Bangor-albeit
they are infinitely Acknowledgements
no novel features. The reverend gen.
tleman was man of considerable intel
lectual "power," which is the same thing
as saying that he was constitutionally
liable to intervals of mental depression.
All highly intellectual men are exposed
to this evil. A pendulum will always
swing just as far in one direction as it
does in the other. Great power of
mind implies also great weakness under
certain conditions. The marvel is not
that great minds occasionally become
deranged, but that they so often escape
arrangement. Sleeplessness means not
merely unrest, but starvation of the
cerebrum. The brain cannot recuper-
ate, or, in other words, it cannot rest.
Physiologically, recuperation and rests
are the same thing. Sleep is SIM
ply Psychological rest. The only
cause for regret in these cases is
that the blunder should ever be
committed of supposing that a stupefy-
ing drug WHICH tlIlvws the brafu into u
condition that mimics and burlesques
sleep can do good. It is deceptive to
give narcotics in q case of this type.
The stupor simply masks the danger.
Better far let the insomnious patient
exhaust himself than stupefy him.
Chloral, bromide, and the rest of the
poisons that produce a semblance of
sleep are so many snares in such cases.
Sleeplessness is malady of the most
formidable character, but it is not to be
treated by Intoxicating the organ upon
which the stress of the trouble falls.
Suicide, which occurs at the very out
set of arrangement, and is apt to ap-
pear a sane act, is the logical issue Of
failure of nutrition that results from
want of sleep. It is curious to note
how sleepless patient will set to work
with all the calmness and forethought
of intelligent sanity to compass his
death. He is not insane in any techni-
cal sense. He has no delusion. He
does not act, or suppose himself to act,
under an influence" He simply wants
TO die, and, perhaps, not until after he
has made an attempt to kill himself will
he exhibit any of the formulated symp.
toms Of mental disease.-Lancet.
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Crime Imposed.

Only . few months ego tho pspeel
gave IN instance Of tho acuteness Of Z
French detective. A man had muir
dered his female companion and buried
her body in . CELLAR. The corpse was
discovered and the man then said that
the woman had killed herself BY falling
downstairs, and that he had buried her
secretly, fearing to be accused Of her
death. He asserted that this "aocident"
took place in autumn, in October. Tho
detective observed the traces of smoke
on the ceiling. "You had . candle when
you buried the body" he remarked, and
was answered in the Affirmative. aAnd
you say You only entered the cellar on
that one day in October ?" The suspected
man again averred it. "You are speak
ing falsely, retorted the detective, and
showed the murderer, between the crew
ices of the ceiling, the half consumed
Larvae of certain insects which only Law
in the spring, and which had been burnt
by his candle at the time he had actually
buried his victim. How. often has q clever
forgery been detected by some keen
observer who noted some very trihing
oversight in the skillful fraud. FORCED
Wills have been found out from the wa.
ter-mark of the paper not tallying with
their date. There is . story of false
will being once propounded in French
court, and the forgery was 80 skillful
that It appeared impossible to deny the
documents authenticity, though certain
circumstances caused its genuineness to
be suspected. It was drawn, not on
ordinary paper, but on the back of q
map of France professedly over century
old. The name Of the publisher of the
map was in the corner, together with
the date, and tho words, Photographer
to the King" Though the relatives
who were injured by the will felt con-
WINGED that fraud was being practiced
upon them, redress seemed hopeless.
But clever lawyer discovered that, at
the time of the supposed publication of
the map, the dignity of Photographer to
the King" had not been conferred upon
the map-maker. The name was correct,
that Of a well-known publisher of charts
in his day, and he had been permitted
to assume the title the forger had added,
but not till some years after the date
of the forged map. Investigations clear
ly proved that the geographer never as
sumed the title till it was legally con-
ferred upon him, and never afterward
published map without adding it; the
map, as we'll as the will written upon it's
back, was forgery, detected by an OBJ
server of unusual Observation-Disclosures
Standard.
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England Seen BY . Chinaman.

Colonel Tseng, the Chinese attache to
Paris, has been over to England, study
ing the manners and customs of the
people. He condemns the English Gus
tom of long matrimonial engagements
and the free opportunities for acquaint-
ance before marriage. Such affairs
should be settled by the heads of the
families concerned. Two young people
are not qualified to decide upon their
future destinies in the immaturity of
their years. In China, where the
parents choose tho bride, every one
marries; celibacy is regarded As an
anti-social vice, and old bachelors and
old maids are rare phenomena. The
unpopularity of marriage in France
springs, he thinks in great measure
from the decay of ceremonial at we'd
dings. Every one is in such . hurry to
catch the train or the steamer. Every
thing is rushed through, and the happy
pair vanish by express the moment they
are married. THAT is why marriage
has lost it, charm"
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TB Prrl or TaB NEWS
wasainseoa 1sws.

.
Eugene D. Case OF Minneapolis has been ap-
pointed to clerkship in the treasurer depart
ment
Postal receipts for the quarter ended July l,
were only $4,000, 600 less than for the same
period Of last year, in spite of the decreased
rate.
PostohRces established; Dakota-Braston,
Tully county. Postofices discontinued-Ain-
nesota, Okabena, Jackson county, mail to
LitchAeld New of1ices-Benj. F. Sickney,
Heagher county, Montana
The health officer, Townshend, received q
letter from John H. Ranch, secretary of the
Illinois state board Of health, suggesting that
in view Of the temperance of cholera in
ference would be timely and profitable. It pro-
poses that session Of the conference be held
in Washington about Aug 5, and that IN invi-
tation be extended to the health officers of all
large cities. Health Officer Townsllend con-
ours.
"The return Of the officers Of the Greedy
relief expedition to Washington will be
the occasion Of = most demonstrative well
come, remarked naval officer Tho officers
are, every one Of them, well known and popu-
lar here, and the naval officers here in WASH
ington can appreciate ~ highly ~ any people
in the world the importance and difficulty Of
the service which they have rendered We
know that they are gallant experienced fear
less, resolute men, who have done credit to
themselves and to the entire navy by perform
ing most dangerous and trying duty with
great skill, courage and success. This expe-
dition is one of the greatest achievements Of
the navy, and proves that We can plan, fit out
and conduct the most difficult kind Of an expe-
dition in the most creditable manner. thought
least, as the officers are concerned. We will
testify our appreciation Of the efforts of Capt
Schley and his associates in substantial man
uer.