The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-01-22
The Failures OF q Week.

little apparent basis therefor beside the ad-
vanced price Of wheat. which, in turn, is, Of
course, tho approximate cause OF the gain in
Indian corn, oats, flour. and particularly so for
the movement in hog product
There were AS failures in tho Unite cd States
reported to Bradstreets during the week end
ing 18th against Az III the preceding week, and
81 BIZ, and 21O in the corresponding weeks
OF 1854, 1SS', and 1882, respectively. About 81
per cent were those of small traders, whose
capital was less than $1,000 Among those
embarrassed were: John J. Cisco l. Son,
bankers, and Joseph r. Wallach, wholesale
ribbons, New York city; Oliver Bros l. Phil
lips and the Oliver 4 Roberts Wire company,
Binghamton, N. y. James B. Hall, dry goods,
Troy, N. Y; Farmers Bank, Ehzabethtown,
Pa: =: Moog, wholesale grocer, Mobile; The
John W. Lowell company, agricultural imple-
me ITS, Salt Lake City.
James G. Blaine Jr will enter the Yale class
oflSS9
The Hudson river is free from ice to within
twenty miles of Albany:
Miss Mackey's dowry as Princess Colonna, it
is said, is to be l SEC, OUO francs.
John Russell Young, backed by John Mackay,
il said to banker for the New York Times
Fire in No. 50 West Fifty-third street, owned
bye. Van Vechten, caused loss of $4,000
A Verdict Of $500 was obtained in New
York against the Central Railroad of Minueso-
The agricultural appropriation bill will rec
ommend the expenditure of 100000 less than
last year.
The Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific are
fighting Tor the control of the south shore of
the st. Lawrence.
AT Koukouna, the Twin City hall and two
buildings adjoining were burned Loss, S.
wv; insurance, $4,000
The body of Jerome, we'll known merchant
of Lincoln, Neb, has just been found on dis
sectng table in that city.
The will Of Clarissa Rindge of Cambridge,
Mass, disposes of property worth s3,OOO,OOO,
most Of it going to her son.
Sanford S. Voorhees,, convicted of wrecking
atrain near Hubbell, Neb, has been sentenced
to fifty years in the penitcntiary.
Mrs. Mary Hewitt, the famous wife Of a man
also famous in literature, still lives at the age
OF eighty five years, in her Tyrolese home.
T. D. Welldone and wife, young couple
from South Carolina, were drowned while
fishing Lake Mineola near Altoona Ala
A. d. Campbell, claiming to be nephew of
Sir Alex. Campbell of Canada is under arrest
at Chicago, charged with thieving from domin-
ion mails.
Ben amin F. TAFT, clerk of the Cincinnati
police department., was arrested on a warrant
charging him with embezzling $4,000 of the
city's funds.
Miss Emma Bond, OF Milwaukee, who never
fully recovered from the horrible outrage of
two years ago, IS now in a dying condition from
the OBJECTS of q fall
Fire broke out in the store of F. W. Thorn
ton, Fayetteville N. C. Loss, $115, 600; insur-
ance, 81, Geo Warren Priors jewelry store
was also burned.
The total amount Of the Harvard college
fund is So, SC}, G}S; income for the year, $780,
$50; against expenditures, $751;, 1914; receipts
for the year $225S, 4i33.
Samuel l. Williams. farmer, near Red Key,
Ind. has been murdered The presumption
Is that he vas killed for large sum of money
he was bringing from Buffalo.
Sarah Bernhardt will petition for a divorce.
having had an offer of marriage from an Eng
ishman under circumstances so strange and
romantic as to be almost incredible.
Damasi Desarmicos, the Catholic priest from
Canada who two weeks ago attempted to out
rage three young girls in Milwaukee, had his
trial, and was found guilty by tho jury.
Frank Van Amburs, deaf and dumb man,
by throwing himself before Chicago T. North
western freight engine, while switching.
charivari party was fired into by some one
in the house of Joseph A. Dibble, farmer and
fruit tree agent Of 0sceola, Mich. Ed Mann
was killed and three others were wounded
Rev. Kennedy Kreighton, pastor Of q Toron-
to church, was preaching on Paul's conversion
and had just finished reading the words ssand
he fell to the earth" when he fell, stricken
with paralysis.
Of Rockford, Ill, died recently: A year ago he
arranged the details of his funeral selecting
his pail bearers but three Of them, old settlers
died before him.
Prot. Benjamin Siiliman, Of Yale college,
died at New Haven. He retained consciousness
almost to the last. His death was caused bv
heart disease, which induced dropsy and
uraemic poisoning
At Durand, ILL.,, half dozen young men on
gagged in a drunken row in billiard hall.
Cues, balls, pistols and knives were freely
used. John Van Valkenburg and Matthew
Doyle cannot recover.
Frank Hawk, who skipped from Letcher,
Oak, last fall, with $500 belonging to Basset,
Hunting L Co., was lodged III Jail at Mitchell
He was arrested in Minneapolis recently, by
q. C. Weed of Sioux Falls
Aman named Henry Wurst, the agency bar
Der at Standing Rock, Oak, was found recent
~ by some Indians, with his hands, face and
feet frozen. He was UNCONSCIOUS all day. and
10 considered to be past recovery.
The strike of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne. l.
Chicago brakemen, which was inaugurated re-
Gently still continues, the strikers being rein
brakemen who were OH the road when the
strike began.
Allen Brewer, a farmer residing abouttwo and
ahalf miles south of Richland Center, Wis, not
having been seen since he left his home on the
tuted, which finally led to the finding of his
body in slough near Muscoda.
The Oldest and most extensive stock bell fac-
tory in the United States, at Collinsville, Ill.
was burned Fifteen thousand dozen bella
were destroyed The loss is $6O, Goo. with no
insurance. The factory was known as the
c! Moore factory, but owned by o. B. Wilson.
Lieut. John 8. Pa1ke, Of the Twenty-first
United States infantry, stationed at Sydney
Barracks, Neb., was married Thursday to Miss
Henrietta Is: Brooks. The bride is the only
daughter of Hon. Lloyd Brooks, . very promi.
nent pioneer of Portland, Oregon.
The Democratic caucus in Connecticut leeis-
tature nominated William H. Barnum for
United States senator. The Republican caucus
dominated oryllls r Plat The Republican