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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-08-14
1t Surprised the Yankee, But
Tickled the Cowboys.
Ratchet

washington daCleL
The stranger from Massachusetts who
entered little cowboy town in Texas
at the close of an intensely warm day
recently wore a high silk hat of the
latest fashion. He strobe down Main
street with sweet smile playing over
his fair countenance and his cane cut.
ting the air like the rapier of French
duelist. He stopped half way down the
street to watch the gambols of a herd
of Texas steers. While thus engaged
gang of cowboys, who were passing on
the opposite side of the street, caught
sight of the high hat.
Hello" said one of the beef-teasers,
"there's dude!"
Eyes, replied companion, "and I'll
bet drinks for the crowd that can put
hole through the dicer at the first
shot,"
The wager was taken, and as cowboy
No. drew his fifteen inch revolver and
aimed it at the hat there was an omin-
Gus silence. and the young man from
Massachusetts still gazed with interest
at the antics of the cattle.
Bang! zip!" The wager was won.
The bullet made huge aperture
through the polished hat, while it's wear
err, who had read much of Texas desper-
alton and murderers, dashed away like
a runaway horse. He thought the Tex
ans were shooting to kill.
Hi, there, stranger! Hold on!
Stop!" yelled the cowboys, and fearing
a volley from behind the Yankee halted
and threw up his hands. As the cow
boys advanced, the one who had made
the successful shot remarked to the
frightened fellow in a matter-of-fact
way:
What'd yer run for? I won the bet,
and as sure as h. partner, you're in
on this round of drinks, becuz you was
party to the transaction" Then they
irrigated, but it took two weeks for the
man of culture to regain his healthy
color.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-08-14

Alabama leads off in the elections of
1884, choosing state officers and legis-
lature. Arkansas will hold a similar
election on Monday, September l, and
Vermont the next day. Maine will elect
a governor, legislature and congress-
men, and vote upon proposed prohib-
tory amendment to its constitution, on
Monday. September s. Georgia will
hold state election on October /, and
Ohio and West Virginia on the 18th of
the same month. Thus preliminary con-
tests will occur in seven states, but pub
lie interest will chiefly be attracted to-
ward those in Maine and Ohio, and in
each case the campaign will be extreme
" vigorous.
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Casualties of tho Week.

O~osAsSA OA0O VI 0AA0 00As
Henry Weibcn, a Milwaukee tinsmith, fell
four stories and was killed.
Fire in John Roach's shipyard, Chester, Pa,
did &6O, OOOworth Of damage.
John Poach's ship yard at Chester, Pa, suf-
fersd a loss Of $50, DOLBY fire
The town Of Laporte, Gala, with the except
OF two buildings, was completely destroyed by
Two Italians in Buffalo while examining q ro-
volver in curiosity shop, George W. Morrison
accidently discharged it, and Morrison was
shot dead.
Burt Holland, president of the Missouri STEM
osraphic association, and an oldSt Louis court
reporter, was killed Wednesday at Milford,
Iowa, by the accidental discharge of a rifle in
the hands OF his son, fourteen years old
The cause of the burning Of the machine
shops Of the Baldwin Locomotive works
Philadelphia, was Lightning stroke. Alarge
amount of unfinished work was destroyed, and
much valuable machinery. The loss is est
mated 1t $5OO, GOO, which is believed to be
covered by insurance.
William Plat, young man employed at the
railraad shops At Hudson, Wis, was instantly
His skull was crushed by the revolving wheel
and the body thrown about twenty feet from
the shafting to the floor. The remains were
taken to Adrian, Mich, where his parents live.
Mr. and Mrs Dixon, their two children, and
man named Cluff, while crossing the Read
ing track at Gamer station, Pa, in a carriage,
were struck by locomotive. Mr. and Mrs.
Dixon, one child. and Cluff were instantly
killed. The horses were cut to pieces. The
vehicle was demolished The driver and in
FAINT escaped. The party was returning from
a funeral
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-08-14

A recently enacted law forbids tho
gratuitous publication of statistics COL
lected by the Government, and the cab
alistic figures of imports, exports and
immigration which until lately flowed
i'll recurring streams from Washington
will be seen no more for a season.-The
great masses of figures gathered and
published by the government, are SIM
ply rubbish to majority of the people,
but to certain specialists they are val
liable for data and comparisons, and
this class will not be debarred from &C.
curing all they want through other
sources.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-08-14

The gold of the United States treas
ury is at present quite low. The
amount not covered by outstanding Ger.
titcates is now but little over $119,-
900 900, while it has been decreasing
steadily since July l, and is now be-
tween $14, 100000 to $15,OOO,OOO less
than at the beginning of the month.
The decrease is due to heavy payments
made for the redemption of bonds.
The fact also that the New York sub
treasury can only by agreement pay in
gold or gold certificates to the clearing
house tends to constant drain upon
the treasury for gold.
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General News Items,

Cincimatis tax levy for 1885 is 1864 mills,
to raise tax of 81, 8OO, 990
W. T. Baker, Chicago, has bought the yacht
Rival, Of New York, for $4,000.
A sixteen year-old girl hanged herself at Du-
buque. She had been seduced
The depression in the iron business in Pitts
burg is said to be greater now than for num-
Der OF years.
cold Kickapoo," an historical cannon from
has been purchased by the Kansas Historical
society for $112
Lieut. James O. Mackey, Third cavalry, has
been sentenced to confinement to the limits of
Fort Leavenworth for visiting the officers mess
room and whipping Lieut. Fuller's servant
The National Dental association, which has
been in session at Saratoga, elected as presi-
dent George II. Cashington of Chicago. and
chose Minneapolis for the next place Of meet
ing.
Holmes, Lafferty 4 Co., the oldest and ono
Of the largest firms dealing in 1--we stock in
Pittsburg made an individual and firm assign
ment Liabilities about 900, 600 with assets
equal.
Sarah B. Harrison Of New York, has sued
Mrs. Frederick W. Warning, the widow Of Viii
liam E. Waring, an architect, laying damages
at $5O, 600 for alternating the affections of her
husband.
Chicago. Special: -senator sabin reports
the progress of his business affairs in the re-
Gently embarrassed enterprise at Saltwater to
be Of a favorable character. The manufac-
tory continues producing for . ready market,
and the prospect of fall collections from the
grangers is good The creditors of the
concern will be satisfied dollar for dollar,
with interest
The quiet village of Huntington, on the
north shore of Long Island, is very much OK
cited over fight in its principal street between
millionaire resident of neighborinR town
and the editor Of weekly newspaper pub
lished IN Huntington. The combatants we're
" Oliver H. Jones of Cold Springs, and . MI.
shepard DR.. Jones had the best of the fight.
though both men ct the close were very much
the worse for it The dispute arose from an
article in Editor Shepard's paper, severely crit
iciaing Jones in regard to : law suit about
some gravel lands in which the doctor is inter
ested
Brigham Young, Jr, says in recent inter-
view on last Mondays election in Utah:
Though am disfranohised, yet have sons
and daughters who many times over viii make
good my vote. Although 12,0oo are disfran-
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wEALW UHcL4uun

1illieas Of Dollars in tie 9xsa6ury
Awaiting uakaovn 1o1dholdszs.
A curious fact shown by the United
States Treasury's balance-sheet 1T Tho
close of the year, business is that there
is hearty so, 900, 900 of outstanding
government securities on which the
money is due and uncalled for, writes
the Washington correspondent of the
Louisville Commercial. On all of these
interest has been closed, and there can
be no possible reasons for the holders
to delay presenting them for redemp-
ton. Some of them have been due for
many years. On some of them there is
due large sums of interest, which have
not been called for, so that the interest
on these alone amount to $347 900.
What has become of these documents
and why they are not presented is some
thing that no one can find out. Some of
them have matured q half q century ago
and are still unheard from and unpre-
!sented. OF the old debt, which matured
prior to January 1, 1887, there is still
outstanding $57 ,665 of pripcipal!and g.
174 of interest. OF the Texan indemni-
ty stock, which matured so years ago;
there is $40, 900 yet outstanding not
presented. Of the 5-2Os of go, which
matured more than ten years ago and
on which interest ceased at that time
there is still outstanding 1855 $50. OF
the 1O-4Os of "a, which matured five
years ago, there is yet unrepresented
$l78, $50, with interest OF SIS, 400 also
due and unpaid. OF the 6 per cent con-
soils, which matured two years earlier
there was $276,6OO yet unrepresented,
and of the 6 per cent consols matured
in 1879 there is over half million dol
lars yet uncalled for, with interest ma
tured, $50, $3.50. OF the 5 per cents,
which matured in 1882, there is still
nearly $500, 900 unrepresented, though
the interest ceased at maturity. OF the
compound interest notes of 1864, which
matured in 1867 and '68, over 5000 900
are still out and uncalled for,
while of the 3O's of the same
year, which matured more than Is
years ago $133, 800 has never yet been
called for, nor has some 500, 1000 of in
terest on them been demanded. What
has become of these bonds which repre-
sent so much money is hard to under
stand.
Some of them have probably been
destroyed, perhaps the majority of
them, though it is proper to add that
the bulk of the $19, 900 900 due and I'M
presented is of that which has fallen due
within the past year, and which will
doubtless be presented when the we'll
fed and leisurely coupon clippers realize
that there are no more coupons to be
clipped upon them, or that, if so clipped,
they will not be honored because of the
fact that the bonds have been called.
There are, however, millions which
have been due many years, and have
not been paid simply because they have
not been presented. Some of these
have doubtless been lost by fire and
food, others laid away as permanent in
vestments of some fund, or perhaps for
gotten in some dusty safe or mouldy
pigeon-hole. Why or how it is that
such large sums are still outstanding
and liable to continue SO, is not even
within the comprehension of the most
experienced treasury official to an
SWer.
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A Little Circus 1T Home,

Oil City Blizzard.-The following
true story is going the rounds: "There
is child in the oil region two and one
half years old that is rather queer.
Every effort to have it use it's legs was
made by his parents but it had no in
clination that way. It will raise itself
on its hands and move rapidly across
the floor, aud when it has picked up the
object it seeks places it between its feet
and again moves away on its hands.
The chlld's mother says she attended a
circus about three years ago, at which
the atrobatic feats made strong impress
sion on her mind. She remembered
continually dreaming about the men
walking on their hands,"
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Market Reports.

81. PAu1.-Wheat. No. hard, 93<@8c
No. 1, &c; No. 2 hard. SIC: No. 2, &c:
Corn, No 2, Sic: No. 5. 46@48c
Oats, No. 2 mixed, 2Sc: No. mixed. &c!
No. 2 white, 29c. No. 3 white, 28c.
Barley, No Sc. No. 8 extra 48c. No 3
4Oc "
Rye, No. 2, Sc
Bsied a.y, via, saoo; timothy, ,12n
Eggs, 16@1618c
MMwAuKEE-Wheat, No q SIC
Corn, No. 2, Sc
Oats. No. 2, white, SIC
Rye No. l, 631<c.
Barley, No. 1850
Mess Pork, $1,000
Lard, $3.50. ...
Butter, choice creamery, 17@lsc; fair to
good, l691:c; best dairy, 14015o
Eggs, l5@1511c
Ca1cAoo-wheat No Chicago spring
84@85ssc. .e'
r Corn, 55(056c
Oats, 30@3O1c. -sa-E
Rye, 6211c
Barley, t4{@66c.
Flax Seed, 71.320$1.3S
Pork, 316.OO0u311O0.
Lard, @715@47.M
Eggs, 15@151<c:
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Warrington News.

The president is expected to return to Wash
ington in week or ten days It is understood
that he will at an early day bring his mind to
bear upon the subject Of appointing head for
the newly created labor bureau.
The acting secretary of the navy has cabled
Rear Admiral Davis, in command of the Asiatic
squadron, to be guided by the same instruc-
tons for the protection Of American citizens
in China Is were given at the outbreak Of the
Franco Chinese hostilities.
In order to avert as much as possible the con-
tinued decrease in gold reserve, which now
amounts to little over OIL, O0O, 00O, as CON-
pared with 4l42, 00O, coo May /, it has been de-
cided to restrict the further payment of gold
certificates from the treasury, and where pos
gold or its immediate paper representative.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-08-14

During the month of July the nation
81 debt was reduced nearly $4,000, 600,
which decrease, in view of the heavy
disbursements made for pensions and
interest. is quite as large as was expect
ed generally. A few persons expected
the extinguishment would reach S.
100000, the sum fixed upon in the esti-
mates, but the warrants for pensions
aggregated $40, 600, 900 and 80 absorbed
some of the surplus intended for debt
reduction.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-08-14

John Bright, in recent speech at
Birmingham, said the peers of the realm
were the spawn of the blunders, wars,
and corruption of the dark ages Of Brit
ish history, and that the present tory
lords "are no better than their ances-
tors-some of them are worse for their
privileges had produced ignorance and
arrogance" This is strong language,
applied to the hereditary aristocracy Of
old England, but it has an element OF
truth.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-08-14

Thomas Dickson, the Delaware & Hudson
canal president, left $1,000 600.
John Kellys residence is one of the finest in
New York, and is valued at 100000
Vanderbilt admits that he is worth 81 81, OOO.-
OO0, and has an income of 81, OOO, 600 year
Ex-Gov Cornell ofNew York is worth &c.
10000, mostly made out of Western Union.
Mrs. Eldridge of Pittstown, N. Y, has lived
five weeks on lemons and milk, to rid herself
of bad blood.
Justice Miller sat on the Bench at Victoria
c., the other day by courtesy of the English
Judge Justice Miller and his party are now in
Alaska
Gov: Albeit Of New Jersey, while bathing at
Long Branch, rescued young lady from
drowning, when she had gone down for the
second time.
John W. Mackay, in San Francisco, denies the
truth of the statement from Naples of the en-
gagement of his daughter Eva to q member of
the Collona family.
Next Wednesday William Henry Hubert,
will be married to Miss Kittie Tracy, daughter
of the late Mr.. William Tracy of New York
The wedding will occur in Yorkshire, Eng, at
the residence of Mrs. Beckett Dennison, a re-
= lative Of the bride. After honeymoon at
Rome Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert will make their
permanent home in England.
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chlsed, yet the aggregate voting lls. mas not
been depleted. We can never give up polig-
Of our faith. Woe unto him that denies the
gospel"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-08-14

Cashier Winter, Of the J. L Case Threshine
Machine company, skipped from Racine.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-08-14

OILY gull ClaC covers ana CfemDleS.
But though tears drenched her
cheeks, II cannot tell you what you ask,
was all the answer Violet gave to her
husbands moving appeal.
More words passed, angry and bitter
upon one side, passively heard upon the
other; and then the husband and wife
parted, and Violet was left alone in her
girlhood's home, child in years, with
more than a woman's heritage of suffer-
ing.
The next morning, without waiting
to bid farewell to the hostess whose
happiness her secret spite had
blasted, Maria Danton left the Hall.
Six years have now run their course
since the above. 1t is morning, and
upon the sands of a quiet watering
place two gentlemen are strolling to-
gether-one handsome, with frank,
good humored face, the other tall, dark
and very grave.
"I'm SO glad fell in with you, old
fellow" the younger one is saying.
''where have you kept yourself since
we met IN Paris?"
"Abroad," is the answer. II only
returned last week, impelled by long
ing to set foot once more upon my ma
tive soil but find now that am here
that I have no desire to remain. The
associations revive the old pain too
keenly. I shall take the next steamer
out again if nothing happens to change
my determination"
Mark Blair looked up into the dark
face beside him curiously; but ne had
not known his companion long enough
to possess the clew to it's gloom.
With ready tact he turned the con-
versation.
"Well, while you are here you might
as we'll have little social enjoyment.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-08-14

Joseph Poncin died at the Northwestern no
tel, st Peter, from lockjaw, the result Of step.
ping on nail
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-09-10

The sea seldom enters in that way, or
at least one man who claimed that he
was making his ffty-third voyage
said that he had never seen such a
thing before. Why, we had so much
water on the main deck all the time
that it was with great difficulty, and
only by the use of life lines, that the
sailors could 90 about their work"
Sand all this in a dense fogf"
"Not all of the time in a fog, but
all the time going at least twenty
miles an hour. / heard the captain
sing out to the lesser officers: Don't
hurry the men; be careful of EN-,
cause We can't stop the ship now for
life.'"
"Were the officers courteous {"
"They didn't mingle with the pas
sengers at all. They were at theil
posts constantly-didn't have time
and we were perfectly willing they
should stick to their posts"
"Were the passengers badly fright
ened ?"
II rather think some of them were
but there was no general, outward
show of fear. never saw anything
like it. Everybody from the cabin
boy to the captain seemed filled will
the spirit of the race"
Passengers, toor'
eyes, the passengers were as highl!
excited as anybody"
"And didn't show fear ?"
Not bit. There was fear, proba
bly,; but it wasn't shown. Now, my
self for instance, l don't think l an
at all cowardly. In fact, / rathe
plume myself on my steady nerve
but there were times when, with tn
twenty miles an hour, the Kissing o
the always escaping steam, the trem
bling of the ship, the fog and the in
cessant blowing of the whistles-well
felt that I would like to trade tn
universe for one good, solid acre o
Michigan SOIL"
"But you don't want to take par
in another race across the ocean,"
"No, sir. 1t was simply luck
providential good fortune-that w
were not shipwrecked. 1t is prac
tice not necessary and should be stop
ped by law if no other means will ac
complish the end. Detroit Free
Press.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-09-10
A Yankee Evangelist Who was Ig'
norant of the Value of Poker Chips,

An evangelist from the far east made
a tour of Texas recently for the pur'
pose of saving some of the desperate
denizens of the Lone Star State, says
the Washington Hatchet. He open
eel his first meeting in what is known
in the State as tough town." About
thirty hard-looking male citizens COM
prised the audience. After the good
man had discoursed little and sung
several revival hymns, he requested
that n collection be taken up to carry
him farther into the State. A tall
and ferce-looking Texan, armed to
the nape of his neck, passed his som.
brero around, with the significant re.
mark:
"Guv literally, boys; you've seen
the show, and we amt the men to beat
any Snowman"
The result was that every man con-
tributed something, and when the hat
was passed to the evangelist he exam
ined the contents and then remarked !:
81 find in this hat s4, 10 cents, and
two overcOat buttons"
THAT amt squar' DEAL" yelled
the fierce man who had taken up the
collection, rs he mounted the chair.
"The man who put them buttons in
the hat will redeem them at so cents
apiece, or there'll be hi here in the
toss Of a cent"
"Make no disturbance, my friend" !"
pleaded the evangelist, holding the
supposed buttons in full view. IL
will"
A shout and considerable laughter
cut off the evangelist's remark, and
the tall man, without dismounting
from his chair, said:
"Mister preacher man, you're clean
of OH overcoat buttons. Them amt
no buttons them arc chips, good for
so cents worth of Ticker in any GIN
mill this side of the Rio Grande.
They'll also git you cooked grub,
stranger, ef yer appetite needs it."
The explanation was satisfactory
and the meeting closed.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-09-10

A fashionable exchange says !;
"Silvcr collars for pet dogs are in
scribed; "Pm Miss Daisy Jones dog
whose dog are you?' Must be rather
embarrassing when a dude catches the
dog and reads the inscription.-Bur-
lington Free Press.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-09-10

Mr.. Evarts, upon being remonstrat-
ed with on account of his long SEN
tences, replied, "Say what you will,
there is only one class Of people real
ly opposed to long sentences, and that
is the criminal class. ."-Ex.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-09-10

A Louisville man has turned out
some sort of an electrical invention
by which a man can lie in bed and
fish. There is no demand for such a
contraption, for anybody knows that
a man who will fish can lie anywhere.
Traveller.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-09-10

The wife Of a Methodist preacher
in Georgia takes turns with him at
preaching. When his parishioners
sec the old man digging worms in the
back yard, they know that it is his
day off.-Burlington Free Press.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-09-10

At Toulon brass band has been
engaged to play in the public squares,
so that the people may not be low
spirited. Some, who have heard the
band, prefer to have the cholera
New Orleans Picayune.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-09-10

Adolf Lalloz, carriage manufactur-
er, Buffalo, says; Il was troubled
with nausea, sick headache and gener-
al debility. Burdock Blood Bitters
cured me.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-09-10

$50 you think John is becoming IA
great man in the city," said farmer
speaking of his absent son to II com
panion of the youth. "Great man
| should say SO. Why, there amt a
bar.keepcr in the city hardly that he
don't call by his first name. Som
erville journal.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-09-10

"Gentlemen," said the professor tc
his medical students assembled in
clinic, II have often pointed out tc
you the remarkable tendency to CON
sumption Of those who play upon wind
instruments. In this case now before
us we have well.marked develop
ment of lung disease and | was not
surprised to find, on questioning the
patient, that lie is member of brass
band. Now, sir" continued the pro.
fessor, addressing the consumptive,
"will you please tell the gentlemen
what instrument you play on" 81
blays der drum" said the sick man.
-Ex.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-09-10

Ever had n cyclone here ?" asked
a Kansas man who was visiting O
country aunt in the east. "a cyclone
oh yes" said his aunt. deacon
Browns son brought one from Boston
spell ago, but law! he couldn't ride
it. Tumbled off every time he tried.
st. Paul Herald.