The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-01-08

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At She'll Lake, Wis, Smiths confectoner
and root beer mandatory was burned
Asociety for the eradication of profanity i
the latest moral reform movement in Ney
Gen. Grant has aged very fast the past feS
months, and his hair and beard are nearl,
white
Col Jchh N. Frye, father Of United state
Senator Frye, died at Lewiston, Me-, Sest
eighty two
At Cory, Pa, = fro destroyed l. Hammond
+ Co g Rlenlng mill and large lot Of lumber
AT Sparta, Wis, the large grain elevator 4,
}. l. Way 4 Co., at the Chieaet6 Northwest
ern depot, was burned.
Harrison, the boy preacher, has in ten day.
N Toronto converted thousand people, and
tho collections aggregated 81 600!
Gen. and Mrs. Logan New Years. day, held ,
reception in Washington at which 1,4OO mem.
Ders OF the q. A. R attended in . body.
E. R. Hearn, deputy superintendent in l,ori1l.
ards tobacco establishment, is said t. have /
hoboy for dogs, which has cost him 500, OOO
Fire At Eau Claire destroyed the barn and .
portion of the contents belonging to Dr. Char
500,
The wife Of Fred Seethner, = well-known
photographer OF Milwaukee, left her husband
and skipped with travelling man from ghica-
60.
The Glen wooden mill 1t North Adams, Maa
was burned. The engine and boiler rooms and
picker house ware saved. Loss, $l0O, 600; in
sured
1t is said that one of the signs Of the hard
times in Boston is the unusually large mum.
Der OF young girls seeking employment q
models.
Rev. Mr.: Wilder, aged eighty-three has re:
turned to the University OF Vermont to com;
Rlote his stadies He was once / member 81
the class of "a
The pope has consulted American bishops Ii
to the advisability of appointing An American
rector instead Of Ar Italian for the North Amer
can college asRome
!, 1t is stated that the managing committee OF
ne ne New Orleans commission need at least
Il v1tst4s b tsa; own" ""t'' * "|n""|"1
Near B]akesbury. Iowa, Pleasant Anderson
wao lynched for the murder of Chris McAllister
more than two years ago, and for which no VA
tined and acquitted year ago.
The New Orleans Picayune has suspended
publication Of its evening paper, which it has
Nvvp hD1H
and City Item will occupy the field.
Mrs. Mary E. Cody, step-daughter of Sol
White a prominent Canadian politician and
member OF parliament, was arrested at Detroit
1or forging her mothers name to . note for
Lieut. P. Ray Of the signal service, who COM
handed the Point Barrow expedition OF 1881.
VIII ask that he be released from signal duty III
Washington before spring in order to join his
regiment
Uncle Peter Burritt Of Elgin, NJ, worth
$50, and seventy years Of age. was married
few days ago to Miss Rebecca Mcbride. . ladv
OF twenty three. The marriage created quite Z
sensation.
John II. Miller, an Englishman forty-tvo
years Of age, was arrested in Milwaukee for
the theft Of team Of horses and = hack from
= Chicago livery stable on Dec 13 Miller 40
knowledges the theft
Jacob Greener of Elmira claims that hs hold.
= patent for the mechanism known as the
soft pedal" in piano fortes, and has notified
al piano manufactures thathe will hold them
responsible for infringement
The police authorities believe that the re-
cent robbery Of go, 600 from Lefever's Jewelry
store on Notre Dame street Montreal was
planned and carried out by Jones, . noted
CHIEF among American burglars.
Fire broke out recently in tho female d.
partment Of the insane hospital 1T lndianapo-
hs, Ind, which contains over 800 patients. A
panic ensued, but the flames we're soon e.
tnguished, and no one was hurt
Tho coinage at the Philadelphia mint during
.ast year aggregated 5,227,OOO pieces. repre-
sentlng valuation of ZIG, $4,000. OF this
amount 81, 74o, 600 were gold pieces, @14.412,-
OoOO silver, and $796, 600 in base coins
Elder William H. Kelly of Ramoni, Iowa.
ono Of the twelve apostles and of the high
council of the Josephite Reorganized Church
OF Latter Day saints, arrived in Boston recent
" on business connected with the church
Hattie Drummer, aged forty five, hailing from
Milwaukee. and known by the name of Guerin.
Is IN Jai! at Topeka on the charge Of inducing
some girls Of about thirteen years of AGE to de-
vert their homes and adopt = life of shame.
The following report of the Illinois DEPART
ment of agriculture shows the area of growing
crop OF winter wheat in Illinois is $317. on
acres, decrease of IL, 500 acres from The ira.
vious seeding. The condition Of the growing
crop is fair.
The American art students at Munich unite
~ . statement correcting . correspondent from
that city who asserted that one could live there
comfortably on $3.50 year They saw 3345 ia
the very least, and $500 10 cosidered = m oder
ate allowance.
The entire Northwestern country was visited
by blizzard The wind attained 4 great
velocity, and az consequence much drifting
occurred, causing great interruption to travel
OF all kinds. The blizzard originated in the
ID. W. Oliver, one Of the heavy iron manu-
facturers Of P,ttsburg, believes the industrial
depression has reached the lowest point He
nays: "Within . short time all our works
manufacturing establishments here.
The corpse Of Capt Greene, Of tho tue
Admiral, blown to pieces on the Chicago river
was found in lumber yard near the scene of
tho explosion. The body was thrown 400 feat
divested Of clothing, the left leg broken md
tho head nearly served from the body.
The Pittsburg Bessemer Steel works, At
Homestead, Pa, have posted notice that thew
will soon reduce the wages Of the employees Il,
their rail mill 50 per cent, those in the convert
ing mill ~ per cent and 1aborers 10 per cont
The works employ about one thousand men.
Col Boudinot. Of the Cherokee nation, says
hat $500, 600 acres Of tho lands Of that nation
are now held under leases for grazing purpo-
sea- Outside OF that nation about A. Zoo. 90
acres belonging to the Cheyennes, Arspa6oes
and other tribes are leased to owners ofcattle.
The Western reports ct Rrainerd are that
blockade is still on. The whole complement
Of the Northern Pacific snow force has gone to
oregon to help TIE Oregon Railway md Navi-