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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-01-17
The Terms of Secretaries of the
Senate.

Inc Terms OF secretaries O1 Tie
Senate.
The office of Secretary of the Senate
ought not to be political one, though.
1 believe, Gen. McCook considers it
properly political Office. If you will
l,ek into the record you will find that
the Senate-which ia permanent body
not subject to mere terms or expirations
like Coueress-o1,iy had Eve Secretaries
before Mir. Gornam came in in the en-
tir. life of the government. The first
Secretary, Mr.. Samuel A. Otis. was
member OF the last Continental Congress,
and stepped right into the place and held
the office continuously twenty five years.
Then came Charles Cuts, whom I sus-
<pect by his name to have been the an
cestor of Mrs. Stephen A. Douglas. He
served as Secretary eleven years, and
was also United States Senator. He went
off TO Virginia and died there. Both
these S cretaries were from New Eng.
land. The third, Waller Lowrie, served
eleven years, and had also been in the
Senate of the United States. He re.
signed 10 become Secretary of the For.
after the beginning of the rebellion in
New York City. Then came Asbury
Dickens, who came in, l suspect. through
one of his family, who was member OF
Congress-. He vas from North Carolina,
and he lived in offi:'e until little after
the battle of Bull Run, having been al.
most twenty-five years Secretary. John
w. Forney, who had been twice Clerk
of the House of Representatives. served
as Secretary seven years but resigned.
Gorham then came iQ, and held the
place until few years ago.-Gath, in
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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MARKET REPORT.
ST. PAUL.

ST. PAUL.
49,. WHEArIThere was no disposition shown TO,
trading, and the market generally was very dull
The shipments again exceeded the receipts
$500 bushels OF grain leaving the city, where
ever, was not factor in the market, and of nc
value whatever affecting prices No sales were
recorded: Prices BID were: No. hard, cash,
Msy *iS"l H. 90? Soo ' Na x hard A S5
FIoUR-The market continues about steady
light Eastern orders, and the local demand xI Is i.
moderately active. Prices are unchanged: Orange
Blossom $500; straights. Red Cross, S.. IS:
Capitol family, s.. IS; bakers xxx, s.. e25 In
barrels Csc extra. Outside brands are 25m5Ot
f. SCOT per Ibl; in barrels CSC extra Rye flour,
S3o 5o per bs G1saa mi $42595o per Dbl
CoRN-The market is quiet and unchanged
The sale was booked Of 4 cars Of new mixed at
soc; SIC was asked on the board. No. old was
OATs-Prices steady and unchanged for spot;
and Sic asked; February: SIC bid; March Sc
2sc asked and 29c bid. No. white, BIC bid
and 33c asked. No. 3, 29c bid and SOC asked.
CHICAGO MARkEr-Flour dull and unchanged
Wheat strong and higher, with good specula-
tive demand; opened SEQ lec higher, advanced
4c declined again, rallied SIC, and closed about
sales ranged: January, 94l4@947sc, and closed
at 94a@947sc; February, 95lsG957sc, and
closed at 95ac: March quotable 1c over Febru.
ary; May, $1,000 OPS, and closed at
$I.O2ds; No. 2 Chicago spring, 94as@94loc, and
closed at 94lee; No 3 Chicago spring, 753sIc;
No. 2 red winter, 97lec. Corn in fair demand,
unsettled and nervous: ranged higher: January
advanced 1lsc; February advanced $780, and
May advanced l lee above yesterdays closing,
md closed l@1 Ssc above yesterday; cash, 563s
g574c, closed at 57l4c: January, Sc l2957lsc
closed at lac: February, 55le@56osc, closed
Ut 56osc; May, 59@59sc, closed at 595sc Oats
quiet but firm: ranged 4@l2c higher; cash, 80
@33lsc; January, 33933l 4c, closed at SO lee;
FsbrgaIy; ss,s@3s9sc, closed at 3sl2c; May;
o. put a. 1 Gsady r St 5s'sc Barley dull
.MuwAuKEE MARKEr-Flour quiet and un-
changed. Wheat firm; No. hard, 95l &c; No. 2.
94lec; January, 04lac: February 951e March,
96ssc; May. $l.O2A. Corn very quiet, but
stronger; No. 2, wanted, SLIGO Oats scarce and
nominally higher; No. 2, 33c. Rye scarce and
higher; No. !. &c Barley stronger and higher:
No. cash, &c; extra No. 3, Sic bid. Prov1s.
Ions quiet; mess pork, $14.25 cash and Janu.
sryi. $14.45 February. Lard, prime steam,
1915 cash and January; $s:s7is Februay:
Ind unchanged Cheese quiet and inactive. Eggs
e75 bu; barley. 1920 bu- Shipments
lS,S26 bbls; wheat, 1850 bu; barley, Is.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-01-17
NEWS OF TUE STATE.
Gov Hubbard q Appointments.

- Wv. 1AUUUoXU 0SAYpUbuG1ACu&Os
The governor made the following appoint.
ments ON the It'll Inst: The public exam.
liner, Henry NJ. Knox; adjutant general,
G. NJ. MacOartby; military storekeeper,
Joseph Burger; regents of the university,
John Piilsb Try, Minneapolis; Kuute Mel
con, Alexandria; ~ embers fthe State board
Of correction and charities, N. Meg. Dana.
st. Paul; y. H. Berry, WinoDa; member Of
the board OF directors OF the institute for
deaf dumb and blind, 81. A. Wilson, Fafi-
bsult; mtmber Of the board of managers Of
the State reform school, O. II. Petit, MN.
neap0lis; members of the GARD of trustees
Of the hospital for the inasne, H. B. Strait.
shakopee: Burr Deue:, Quincy; A. Barto,
F: Norrisb, Ha1tines; members Of ths state
board of health, d. W. Hand, St. Paul; G.
n. Hewitt, Red Wing: v. Smith, Duluth;
Q. Creavold, Vssa; e. I. Davis. Msnkato.
Members of state board of equalization
First district, F. s. Christensen, Rush City;
Third. James G.. Lawrence, Waba,hs; Fifth,
N. B. Page. Mantorville; Seventh, James
Compton, Fergus Falls; Ninth. William
Rich, Marshal; Eleventh, Hugh Thompson,
Fisher. Fish commiss!oners-R. O. Sweepy,
Ct. Paul; D: Cameron, L. Crescent; NJ: w.
Sweeney, Red Wing; Inspectors OF boilers
Y ager. st. Paul; David Swain, saltwater.
Board of auditors of the State Agricultural
socie,y-N. r. Clarke St. Cloud; John
Byers, Hastings. l.. cowding, Rochester
Those designated vita an sserisk are new
officers; all others are resppointed.
Capt. G. NJ. MacCarthy was born of Ir' sh
parents in Out rio in 1876. He came to
the United States and St. Paul ia 1870, after
having been admitted to the prsc,ice OF law
ct Osgood Hall, Toronto. In St. Paul
Capt. MCCARTHY, after being admitted to
practice, first engaged il the publication OF
the Western Times. Alter five years a. an
remained ever since. Cspt. MacCarthy
says he is independent in polite having
cast his first vote or Horace Greeley, and
has voted q mixed i;cke5 ever 81 .ce. He
supported Gov. Hubbard in last falls cleo
ton.
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A StalWart senator.
Washington Correspondence ofthe Phila-
delDhia Record

Washington Correspondence ofthe Phila-
delphia Record
Senator Logan knocked his boxing
teacher down the other day. He has
been taking boxing lessons for some
time, AID has grown more and more
proficient. He is very strong man,
and as soon as he master rs the ''science"
will be dangerous. Logan is an expert
athlete-at least he was, and he would
be if it were not for an occasion2 twinge
OF rheumatism. As it is, he delights in
outdoor sports of all sorts. lie is an adj
mirable horseman and swordsnlan; he
knows how to handle a shotgun, rite,
and cannon, and he is one Of the best
pistol shots in the country; Tie has tue
Landsomest dueling pistols III Washing
ton. But he is the last man to bras
of his strength or skill. When he was
down at the Hot Springs Of Ark.
kansas last year trying to
throw off peculiarly severe attack of
rheumatism, he astonished the pistol ex-
perts of that plsto!ing country. A dozen
Young men were practiclny from the
piazza of the senator's hotel one after
noon, at a bottle laid on the broad
crotch OF distant tree. The bottle was
round. Unless 1t was hit plnmpiy IN the
middle. it spun round and round like
top. The young men were good shots,
but every now and then they would miss
The somewhat difficult mark. Then the
invalid senator would chaff them. Pres
emily this irritated them TO a challenge
to Logan. Logan didn't seem anxious;
but after some good natured chatting on
the part of the young men, he finally
said: well, I'll tell you fellows what
I'll do. There are twelve ofyou, and only
one of me; but IN promise each of you
a box of cigars every time you hit that
bottle, if you'll promise me box every
chuckling over what they termed "a soft
snap.' 'l'll shoot FIRST" said Logan,
land if hit. Pm to shoot again and
again, until I miss" Tlay bad no OBJ
lection. SO the senator fired twelve con-
secutive shots, each time breaking the
eyese d ''sS x and ' wdeS
any more?' asked Logan, after the
twelfth shot. "No," said one of the
young men, hesitatingly; ~ guess not"
"You can send those twelve boxes of
cigars to MY room whenever you're
ready, gentlemen" remarked the SEN
ator, limping into the hotel "There's
a knack about these things" said Lo-
gan to a friend, as he went in, lend
I've shot at round glass bottles IT,
fore"
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D0ings OF CRIMINALS.

E. L. Getchell, proprietor Of sporting
b. use at Jacksonville, Fla, was MORALLY
shot by D. n. Chandler, young desperate
of South Carolina, with no apparent cause
Getchell was colonel of q Maine regiment
during the war.
Donald Mitchell is held at Livingston,
Mont, in the sum of 81, 600 bail TO await
the action of the grand jury upon the charge
of rape committed upon the person of Maud
Snider on the night of Jan. or morning of
Jan. 2.
Frank James condition is growing worse
very last. HIS friends have about given up
hope of bis recovery. His malady is g
bronchial affection aggravated by anxiety
and over exertion.
A crowd of rustlers at Seven Rivers. N.
NJ, fred into nine Mexican laborers, killing
TOUR. The murders were unprovoked. The
rustlers escaped.
William F. Goggin has been held to the
grand jury, charged with the murder of
Kenny Eagle, near Miles City.
Perry Morris of Anderson. Ind, confesses
the murder of Susan Wilson.
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AGOOd-Natured Giant.

Sir Devil Granville. of Cornwell, who
nearly ruined his estate and sacrificed
his life for Charles l., had for serving
man giant. His name was Anthony
Payne, and he measured, when shoeless,
seven feet and four inches. Though
gifted with giants strength, he did not
use it like giant, but like good-na-
tured fellow, for nature had put great
heart into his large body. The follow
ing anecdotes illustrate the mans kind
ly nature:
One Christmas eve, the fire languished
in the hall at Stowe. A boy with an ass
had been sent to the woods for logs but
had loitered on his way.
Lady Grace Granville, the mistress,
had lost her patience, and the gigantic
Anthony went in quest of the lazy lad.
Shortly after he re-entered the hall,
bearing on his back the ass loaded with
wood. Throwing down his burden at
the hearth-side, he shouted
Ass and fardel! ass and fardel for my
lady's yulev'
AS Sir Bevil rode into Stratton one day,
he heard an uproar in the inn yard, and
told his giant to end out its cause. In a
few minutes Anthony came, up to his
master, with man under each arm,
whom he had caught iii the act of fight
ing:
Here are the kittens!" said the giant
as he htld them for his master to chas-
tise with his riding-whip.
After the battle Of Stamford Hill. the
giant was tusy during the night, with
9th soldiers, in burving the dead.
Trenches had been dug to hold the bod
les side by side.
The soldiers had laid nine corpses in
one trench, and Anthony was bringing
another, tucked under his arm. All ut
once the SUI posed dead man began t.
plead for his life.
surely you won't bury me, Mr.. Payne,
before am dead?"
II tell thee. man." was the grim re.
ply, ''our trench was dug for ten, and
there's nine in it already; thou must
take thy place."
"But bean't dead, i say" exclaimed
the man. kicking, to prove his assertion.
haven't done living vet; be marsyful,
Mr.. Payne; don't We hurry poor fellow
into the earth before his time"
IL wont hurry thee; thou canst die at
thy leisure"
But the giants purpose was kinde1
than his speech. He carried the sup
plant to his own cottage, where the
nursing of his wife brought him into
health. The mans descendants are
among the principal inhabitants of STRAIT
ton at this tlav.
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From tho Old World

Toronto Special, Jan. e.-The Canadian
Pacific has swallowed in . single breat h
five important roads in Ontario. which
will make valuable addition to ita Ontario
system between the west and Montreal,
taking in the Ontario district. THIS was
done by leasing what is known q the On.
tario and Quebec system.
The Espirantu Santo mine in the Darien,
which gave millions 10 the Spaniards. and
which was lost tor many years, has been
rediscovered by prospecting party sent
out by company. The news owners Of
the property expect to reap millions from
1t.
1t is slated that tho French cabinet Is d.
vided on the Egyptian question Ferry
thinks the present a good time for France
to regain her position in Egypt, while SOME
of bis colleagues depreoate any action in the
matter.
William Black, the novelist, Is danger.
-ous!y i'll in London from nervous de-
bility, which tho doctors say has been
caused by overwork. Arthur Sullivan, tho
musical composer. is also seriously ill in that
city
A sensation has been caused in Montreal
by the marriage of d wealthy English gen.
tloman, with IN income of $25. 600 a year,
who kept notorious resort for both sexes.
The Duke of Colvino, captured by bri-
gands near Trapani, Italy, was released on
payment of ransom Of 150. 900 francs.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-01-17
Minnesota State Prison Fire.
The Sash, Door and Blind Shop of
the Northwestern Car Company,
Rnrnoi AZ Stillwaror

The Sash, Door and Blind Shop of
the Northwestern Car Company,
Burned at saltwater.
At about 10 O'Clock Thureday night the
7th fire VS. discovered inside the prison
wall in the sash door aud blind shop. and
almost instantly swept through the whole
building, embracing pattern. hard wood aud
wsgon shops and boiler room. The flames
then swept ovsr the engine, blacksmith and
cooper shops and ell were consumed
and total loss. BY strenuous efforts of the
fire department the building containing q
large amount of valuable mouldirgs and
manufactured lumber was saved; also the
ironclad building containing patterns of all
castings. The cellrooms were not injured,
and the prisoners ali rem aiued in their cells.
The other buildings within were saved
the machine, paint and boiler shops and
foundry. The fire was under control At
1890. The cause of the fire is Unknown.
The state loss ON buildings and Northwest
ern Manufacturing t. Car company on
stock are all covered by insurance. The
building burned was owned by the state.
The fire caught in the wood working shops
Of the penisentiary lying west Of the engine
and boiler room cooeer shop, black
smith shop and bot room, and
c't>Aeou AZ SAo SIuA III IUUu
The portions des troyed are the new shops
erected in 1852. The inspectors for the
State have insurance on the shops amd all
buildings to the amount of $4,000. When
the fire burst out and showed its magnitude
the warden and his assistants chained the
conyicts together in gangs and called out
the State militia, who responded under
Capt. Merry, Fl ty strong. The convicts
were very docile and no stampede occurred.
Tsere was no occasion Tor removing the
convicts from the building, and nothing
Vas done save to take the men out of the
cells ard chain them. Warden
Red and Deputy Warden Hall were
cool and m .nayed the men excellently. .
The Northwestern Manufacturing e. Car
company owned some O, the machinery
and the stock on hand. Their loss will foot
up between $125.OO and $4,000, shout
half covered by insurance. The total lose
by the fire on everything is estimated at
shout SIS, 900; insurance, $4,000 to $780,
600.
The contract for the office work OF the
First National bank of st. Paul was in the
hands of the North western company and
the loss Oh this alone will be 81, O5O.
The surance Of the state on the portion
burned Is about $12, 900. The loss by the
state On the portion OF the penite ntiary
burned will foot up about $75tO).
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General News Items.


Archbishop Gibbons, OF Baltim ore in
letter dated Dec. 81, says the national coun
Gil of Catholic prelates will be opened in
the cathedral ct Baltimore, Nov. 8, 1884.
He will preside as apostolic prelate. The
purpose was first entertained of appointing
Archbishop Sepiecci, the pope having yield.
ed TO the strong representations of the Amer
lean pre;ates in favor of one of their own
body being d. signated. The archbishop re.
iterates that no action will be taken by the
ho)y see in regard to the Irish question in
the United States, and no remonstrance will
oe sent to this country on that subject.
Che American prelates had an hour and q
halts conference with the pope the day be.
tore the archbishOp's letter was " ritten.
The Price Current publishes its January
preliminary report of the pork packing in
the west. 1t shows for all points to date
from Nov. Is total of 3s45,oO0 bogs.
agains, 4. OH, OOO year ago, being q def
cheney of 1S0. 600 hogs to date. Estimates
for the entire season foot up {, OS5, 100 hogs,
against 6132,0OO last year. The editor,
however, expresses beliefthat there is more
likely to ce n increase in number for the
en,ire season than a decrease. It is belle ed
the average weight will be below last years.
The eighteenth annual convention of the
Northwestern Dairymen's association will
be held in Mankato beginning February ~,
continu ng on the 18Th, 14th 15.h. Elabo.
rate preparations are being made tor the
entertainment OF delegates and no PAL s
will be spared to make the meeting sue
cess.
White & Meyers dealers in notions and
gents furnishing goods. Cincinnati, have as.
signed. Assets about SIS, coo and liabilities
$25, eco to $4,000.
The Red Wing mills suit against the Ma
rine Mutual Insurance company is decided
for defendant.
York, have failed. Liabilities $4,000.
Bcston's rainfall last year was 21.76
iuches-two thirds of average.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-01-17
The Belleville, Ill. Calamity,

A dispatch from Belleville, of Monday
says: The following extract from de.
scription of the search the 9Th, will convey
an idea OF the scene and the horrible ns-
ture Of the work: The bodies were ell un.
der each other, and the mother superior's
body seemed to be the center for the ghast.
ly circle Of black remains. A bone was
picked up here, and, upon being drawn,
csme loose from seine particle of roasted
flesh. Here burned skull was found, and
there an arm, while trunks burned into
solid crisp were dug. up Immediately under
them. 1t was an awful exhumation
and more than once the work taltered be.
cause OF the sickening sensations which
Overcame the wOrkmen. It seemed that
the horrid heap would never he exhausted,
and that every few minutes there was re-
port that new body had been taken out.
Sbreds of burnt clothing chung to the sick
ening mass. It was almost impoes BILE to
identify the bodies, the tiery fingers of
death having effaced every line and every
shape circumference and form. The bod
les in instances chung together, and the
heap as it was uncovered to the eye, was
Father Cough, OF st. Peters church,
Belleview, who witnessed the dreadfSl holo.
| caust Saturday the 5th says: The one bright
feature Of the dark and dreadful doom with
which the cow Mt was visited, is the hero
ism and mar yrdom of the sister superior.
As soon as the fire vas discovered she
rushed through thick suffocatiug smoke
to the dormitorles occupied by the young
ladies on the third floor and awakened
| thena. All were ordered to congreeate in ,
room over the main entrance to the con.
! vent Al 4 she Informed the friphtaned o;rl.
that ladders would be elevated
and they weuld be saved. Through the
binding smoke the sister went down on the
| SECOND floor in search of more pupils. and
while there she bad an excellent op1ortun-
ity to escape, but reject all requests and
again picked her way amid the flames and
smoke, back to the room on the third floor,
w1ere the pupils and sisters were conere-
gated: No ladder could be found chat
would reach the third sto y. BY this time
the ire and smoke bad cut off all retreat,
and as there was nobody around with pres
enca OF mind, the lou cries fer salvation
and the young women for an instant
black .ufiocatins cloud Of
smoke swept int, the apartment and enyel.
oped in Its deadly coil al that was good
and beautiful in the convent Ten minutes
later pillows of fire were darting out of the
window where the pupils and their teachers
had stood. l am satisfied that if We bad
had ladders tong enough, every one in the
tiremen to get their streams into the centre
ofthe building and fight the fre there but
they wouldn't DO it. They turned their
streams so as to drive the flames into that
portion of the building where the sister and
her flock stool.
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Barbed Wire Manufacturer.

The manufactures of harbed fence wire.
embracing some twenty. five of the leading
factories in the Uaited Slater, have organ
ized Themselves into an association to be
called the National Barb Fence company.
The factories represented in the new asso.
citation last year manufactured over &C, 600
tons OF barbed wire, worth over s., 000, 900.
The Frentess Wire works Of East Dubuque
is included In the new association. The
prices OF wire. and in fact the enti5e man.
sgsment of all the works. vim
b regulated by the board Of
directors. At . meeting of the manufactur-
ers held IN Chicago the following pessons
ware put in nomination for directors, to
servo until March 4. 1884: A. B. slone,
Chicago; James b. Oliver, Pittsburg; +. n.
ca ldsll, Chicago; William Dillon, steg.
linq, IL; n. Converse, Clevel and: @. g.
Burt. Dubuque, Iowa; Thomas NcCoeh,
Buri1 gton, Iowa.
The following omoers wsrs elected: 6. 8.
Burt, president; r. n. Crandall, vioo psusi.
dent; Lyman J. Gage, treasurer; e. J.
4azsh. secretary.
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During the last year 3Se,54, immi.

During the last year e,54l immi.
grants have passed through Castle Gar
den New York. This. as compared with
JSS2. shows falling offin the immigration
at this point of g, 1854. OF the immigrants
who arrived during 1883, about 10000
were Germans, little more than 80, 900
came from the British isles, and of
those over one:half were Irish. About
1000 came from Italy; Sweden followed
with about 10000, and Norway and
Hungary each contributed over II, 900.
During the last year 25,496 cabin pas.
sengers from Europe landed at this port
This shows an increase over the figures
Of 1890
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-01-17
Visiting a Sad Scene.

On one evening Of every week q neat
" dressed woman visits the stage en-.
rance of Haverly's Theatre, in Brook
yn, n. Y. The main entrance of the
brooklyn Theatre, destroyed by fire on
three Hundred lives, C occupied thi .1 nary
ticular site. The woman looks about Der
for a few minutes and then runs down
Myrtle avenue to her home. One of the
policemen attached to the station next
door says that in the early evening of
that terrible night seven years and more
ago the husband of this woman asked
her to accompany him to the play. She
bad been bard at work during the day