The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-06-12
Miscellaneous News Items.

Mr.. W. Irving Bishop the American thought
teaderi gave remarkable exhibition IN Lon
don, Tuesday of his peculiar power. canon
of Westminster cathedral consented to act as
subject, and after Mr. Bishop had been secure
| ~ bllndfOlded, wrote the name of an object
within q radius of one mile upon strip of
paper, which he continued to hold in his hand.
Mr.. Bishop then put wire around the canon's
wrist, and dragged him out of the hall and
| through the streets in the presence of ieer-
| ing and yelling crowd, until he arrived in front
of the designated object There he stopped,
and the canon proved by exhibiting the paper
that he fully accomplished his task.
Mr., Labouchere reiterates in Truth his former
prediction Of the early resignation Of Mr.. James
Russell Lowell as United States minister to
| England. In connection with this statement he
alludes to the pleasant relations that have been
| maintained throughout Mr.. Iowells RESIDENCE
not withstanding certain irritating incidents
Which might have imperiled the Anglo Amer
lean entente, and expresses the belief that his
retirement will be sincerity regretted by the
English people.
Vanderbilt's footman MAXWELL is sued for
5000 damages by Kate Madden the chamber
maid, for saying her virtue was not in existence.
Manchester l. Co. g planning mill at Cleve-
land was damaged $50, 0OOby fire of unknown
origin.
AtColumbus, Ohio, John T. Emery, men,
Der of the firm of Ward Bros & Co., ticket
brokers, suicidcd, being slightly deranged from
ill-health
| The trial of Attendant Brown, of the Utica,
N. Y, Insane asylum, who was indicted for
man slaughter at the last session of the county
| court for killing Evan D. Hughes, of Nelson
Madison county, an inmate of the asylum, has
begun
In the suit for limited divorce brought by
Edith Allen against Vanderbilt Allen, grand
| son of Commodor Vanderbilt, Judge Lawrence
has left it to Thomas P. Wickcs, referee, to
ascereain how much alimony the plaintiff should
have, pending trial
Manasseh Miner is candidate for tar and
his wife out doors, and threw her furniture
is yellow with wilted eggs.
Two weeks ago Robert Allison and wife, of
Tracy Station, Ind,, quarreled and separated,
he driving her from his house. The indignant
neighbors warned him to leave tho place. and
he attempted to commit suicide by taking NOR
phine, but was pumped out and saved He
finally coaxed his wife to live with him again,
until Wednesday, when she again left after be-
ing knocked down and choked by him. Al
| llSOu tuTcdtcu0u 10 XIII her snOulu she leave,
but neighbor assisted her whereupon Allison
blew his own brains out with gun.
Col Thomas Buford, who killed Judge FL
liot, was brought over to Louisville from In
DIANA poverty stricken and dying, and returned
to the Central lunatic asylum, from which he
escaped overa year ago.
The Hon. William McDougall, formerly men,
Der of Sir John Macdonalds cabinet, has been
interviewed in regard to Canadian indcpend-
ence. He says that the imperial parliament
has already made it Independent, and that the
tie which binds Canada to Great Britain is a
silken thread. Although not yet nation the
government is of the best possible kind Ali
cries for independence SIMPLY mean annexa-
| ton.
A tremendous sensation has been caused at
Berlin by public insult which was given Prince
Bismarck, at Friedricksruhc. The prince, with
his family and suite, had started from his sum-
mer residence to take train for Berlin to at
tend the dinner in honor of the empress of Rus,
sia, and had stopped at a hotel on the way. It
came about that the chancellor was in the hotel,
and crowd composed almost entirely of work.
ingmen assembled in front of the building.
Some one started the cry "Down with Bis
marck!" and the crowd responded with jeers
and insulting yells, which were continued for
some time.
London Cable:-There has been = marked
increase in the number of agearian crimes and
outrages in Ireland within the last few days,
and the people are beginning to tracea connec-
ton between this fact and the dynamite ex-
plosions in London last Friday. The conserva-
tive press and public men say that this revival
of the policy Of murder is an act of intimida-
ton, designed to coerce the house of lords in
to passing tho franchise bill The Liberals,
on tho other hand, refuse to admit the connec-
/ ton between thu a1rarian crimes in Ireland
I'd the London s5plosiops.