The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-10-30
The NEWS IN BRIEF,
EAST.

| cause Snc was not allowed 10 enter q convent.
The work of putting telegraph wires under
ground in Philadelphia promises to be speedily
pushed forward.
Cleveland is now discussing the question as
to whether women shall Ec admitted to the new
Adc!bcrt college there
A Boston savings bank cashier say. it is the
poorcst-dresscd people who deposit the most
money, as rule. Naturally
The Dominion government has granted the
sufferers BY the recent fire at Frgatc Point free
passage to Quebec or Montreal.
A l4-months child in Philadelphia sat
down on a loaf OF hot bread, dying in few
days after from the result of its injuries
Little Ellen Maddox, fleeing from her
mother, at New York, fell into The jaws of
fcrocious English bulldog, and was chcwcd
into pulp.
! \ French female tooth-pullcr and miracle
worker coins money in Newark. She wears
embroidered trousers and operates from
glide. clarot
An immense amount Of filth accumulated on
the Tallapoosa during the time she was under
water, and her equipments and outfit are con-
sidcrcd total loss.
y decision has been rendered in favor of
Engineer Melville in the suits to collect debts
made by his wife during his absence with the
Jeanette expedition.
Gy the bursting of an iron Nv wheel in East
Boston a fragment weighing so pounds was
hurled 400 or 500 yards and cut nearly through
Il house before it stopped.
wealthy railroad man of Syracuse found
his daughter exhibiting her shapely form in
tights on thu stage OF Cleveland variety
theatcr. He was not pleased.
Nathaniel Borden, Jersey City youth, took
;srhohc acid in church and disturbed the con-
,regation with his hollow groans, because his
girls parents forbade union.
Five hundred thousand dollars worth of dogs
are now on exhibition at a New York garden
Among them are the Esquimaux dogs brought
by the Greedy relief expedition.
\ scandal is created at Danbury, Conn,
through inhuman treatment of the inmates of
the town poor house, the proprietor having
charge because of the lowest bidder
Victor Hugo has sent letter of congratulate
ton to DR.. Nacltcl of New York, on the sue
cess in Paris Of the lattcr's system Of night
medical service at call from public stations
United States Marshal Deacon, Of New Jer-
-"y, proposes to appoint number of deputy
marshaIs in the large cities Of that state in
order to prevent fraud and bulldozing at the
polls.
By verdict rendered in the New York su-
l'rc'nc court last week, police officer will
have to pay $500 in damages for accidentally
Wound!ng girl when he was shooting at some
ruflians
Some of the teachers in the public schools at
St Johnsbury, VT, have been notified by the
school committee that attendance at the skat-
ing rink will be considered equivalent to res
ignaton.
Samuel Boone, Clevclands assailant, says he
is a member of Catholic family and a pro-
hibiionst. JusticcGullmau Yesterday appointed
Drs. Eandcrycr and O'I.cary to examine Boone
us to his SANITY
The hair has been cut from the heads of
several young girls promcnading on Ridge
avenue, Philadelphia, the work being done so
'lcft!y that the victims did not know their loss
until reaching home.
James Hahn, Brooklyn machinist, had Il
beautiful long blonde beard, and brings suit
for $1,000 because several of his wag friends
caught him booty and cut it off. The court
didn't think it worth that much.
1t is whispered that while the owners of the
Bonnet Mackev cable will nominally hold the
same rates as the other transatlantic cable
companies, they will bid for patronage by offer
ing rebate to large customers.
Mary Munchan, living in Providence with
John Lcncban, was brutally beaten by him.
While the woman was unconscious he poured
kerosene over her and iSnited it. She was bad
ly burned. Leneban was arrested.
Albert G. Pratt, aged As years, a carriage
painter Of Meridcn, Conn. has just recovered
from an attack of hiccough that lasted twelve
days and nine hours without intermsson
during which he hiccoughed at every rcspira-
ton.
Police Commissioner Sidney z. Nichols died
in New York city on the 20th, after an illness
that began in July last. Nichols was chair
man of the Tammany hall general committee,
and one of John Kclly's most trusted licutcn-
ants.
Students Of the Worcester, Mass institute
took horse up two flights of winding stairs
and left him in the chapel The faculty spent
the rest OF the next day getting him out Any
doubts they had about total dcpravty are now
stil!cd.
green Philadelphia girl made the acq,,aint-
;ncc of a New York young man, who, remark
lhs upon the plcasantncss of the perfumes she
cXEa!cd, asked her to try some of his When
she woke up from the effects of the chloroform
her satchcl and s35 were missing.
Paris firm of glass makers have Just
shipped to Boston the rough disc of crown
glass to be used along with the flint disc cast
two years ago for the great thirty-six inch Lick
telescope at Cambridge, Mass, to be the most
powerful! instrument IN the world
Coal mines along the Monongahela river,
pennsylvania, which have been closed down
have resumed operations at the reduced run
ming rate adoptnd by the operators of the coal
exchange. Striking miners, who have been
out all summer, will oppose resumption.
Capt. Andrews, aged ninety-thrcc has been
paying visit to relatives in Massachusetts
and is now walking home to South Carolina
He prefers that method Of travel because he
can see the girls along the road. Fic captain!
a man ought to get too old for that sort of
thing some time.
In the case Of Hubbard, the advertising
agent Of New Haven, Conn.,, against the Rich
mond Medical company of st. Jaseph, Mo-,
the assigne rendered his decision yesterday
liu5bard's claim was $4,000, and he was al
lowed $4,000. The company appealed, claim
inc the entire demand is fraudulent.
Rev. DR.. VIM. Taylor, an eloquent and popu-
Al divine of Troy, n Y, wasstrickcn with
analysis while witnessing a performance of
"liazcl Kirk" at the Griswold opcra-house.
his is the first authenticated case where an
actor has paralyzed spectator, though many
OF them boast of being able to do so.