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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08
THE MARKETS.

- ST. PAUL.
Der, &c. bid; November, sc bid; No. 2
Flour-Patent, e525@5.5o; straights
st75 g . 60 asked; bakers, s4.s5@l5o asked
Corn No. >, 4sc bid, nc asked. ...
white &c. asked.
Barley No. 9, &c. bid.
Rye No. 2, 47c bid. ,-
Flax Seed $1.lO.
Baled hay, g. 90; asked timothy e.
Dressed beef, choice steers SIC. @ az;
Butter, extra &c. bid, % c. asked.
Cheese, 20 10c,
Eggs, extra 18c asked.
Potatoes, new, 35c per bushel asked.
Live Stock-Sales of stears ranged $225
1925 per 100. Hogs 1910 asked.
MINNEAPOLIS.
Wheaton the call No. hard, cash, was
9Oc bid, soc asked; December 92c bid; Nav,
81 asked; No. Northern, October, SIC
bid. Wv
FLoUR--Patents in sacks held at "a. $50
5:15: In barrels, S5.15(05 40 for large lots.
s5.45@56o New England points, S5.$Os5.60
New York and Pennsylvania, bakers $3.50
CHICAGO.
Wheat, Oct: s576; Nov. s61.
Oats, cash 80; Nov. 25x.
Flax seed No. i, Sl.2O.
Pork, cash, 49, 80 % S35: Oct. 1885.
Live Stock, Cattle $a5O@5.90; Hogs
$3.90@4.2O; Sheep, $2.O0(036O.
MILWAUKEE,.
Wheat-Cash, s511c; Nov. e6X.
DULUTH.
WHEAr-No. l hard, cash 901c;
Dec. 921s; No. l Northern 86L; No. 2,
SIX.
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In some of the Canadian seminaries
for young ladies walking is considered
an accomplishment to be acquired
along with French, music. etc. A
teacher, knownas professor of walk
ing has charge of this branch. He
takes the young ladies out on long
tramps. trains them to acquire free
swinging gait, carry their shoulders
properly, and in short to learn the art
OF walking enduringly and well.
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this ct night after . spell Of silence and
darkness to lure them from their holes.
Repeated applications Of boiling
water TO closets and shelves that ants
infest e simple remedy, but e6ectual;
the objection Is the time and labor Il
requires. There are two periods OF
the year that ants swarm, spring and
fall. Insect pests can be eradicated by
constant disturbance, giving them no
chance to breed. Powdered alum filed
in holes and crevices and then strong
solution Of boiling alum water applied
is also an insect remedy
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08
Fire at LIE Sueur.

Fire at LIE Sueur, MIMI, the LIST, destroyed
three frame buildings, occupied by Uphiber
q Dressed as harness shop, J. A. Wise as a
livery stable, the residence of Denny Lang
and barber shop of Sam White. Loss
$4,000.
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"Adam the goodliest man of men
since born, " still could not be called
exactly enviable, for when he titled the
ground in the dewy twilight and
caught a sharp touch of rheumatism.
he had no Salvation Oil for his cure.
and no twenty-five cents to try it.
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The property possessed by VIM. H.
Seward at the time of death was of the
value of $500,OOO, and was equally
divided between five sons and two
daughters, one of the latter being an
adopted daughter, who was Mr..
Stewards attendant and nurse during
the last years of his life.
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A NEW counterfeit 90. Treasury
note Of the series of 1880. has appeared.
The words Register of the Treasury,
under the signature Of b. X. Bruce,
and Treasurer Of the United States,'
under the signature of James Gillian,
are omitted. The paper on which the
note is printed is poor, and good Judges
Of money are not likely to be deceived
by the counterfeit. - 'sk
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08

TIE statistics show that in 16 years
Kansas has raised 81, GAG, 262, 1864 worth
of products, and stands fifth in the
great wheat growing states of the
Union. and this in spite of grasshop-
pers, droughts and cyclones. Kansas
is garden.
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The peasants of Switzerland while
owning the houses and lands they occu-
py. rent all their stock and farming
tools. A good COW rents for go,
Quarter-three months.
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Suicide,

August Wagner, farmer in the northern
part Of Nicollet county, suicided the LIST.
He was in the field blowing, when he took
one Of the driving plows and hanged him
self to tree. He also shot himself through
the head with a revolver.
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DAKOTA.
Dakota Statehood.


The committee appointed by the state
constitutional convention of Dakota, to
prepare an address to the people review
ing the work of the convention, performed
that duty on the 2sth. After re-
viewing at some length some
of the most important sections.
Of the constitution recommended for adop-
ton, the committee summarizes its provis-
ions and the advantages that will accrue to
thepeople by its adoption and forming a
state government: ~ Low taxation: CO
economy in appropriations and expendi-
lures by the legislatures; (s) checks
on county and municipal indebted
ness; a. lower salaries for your state
officers than you are paying the CORE
spending territorial officers; (5) the pro-
lection Of your school land and funds;
(6) the receipt of revenue from the
school lands and the diminishing of your
school taxes; ~ checks on the power Of
corporations to influence legislation and to
discriminate unjustly against individuals
or places; (S) the opening of the Indian res
ervations and the settlement Of those large
tracts Of country, which now separate Eas-
ternfrom Western Dakota; (9) the advance
Of railroads across these reservations and
the increase COMMUNICATION; (V the bring
ing of your state government closer to the
people and making it more responsible to
them; (1D advance in all values ofproperty
and an increase and stability of state, mu-
nicipal and individual credit; u2) indie
pendent and complete self government; Q3)
escape from the enormous taxation that
will be necessary to complete the territorial
capitol at Bismarck.
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EVENTS OF THE DAY.
Imported Iaaa Dse,aion.

49,
Assistant sscrs11f:y Jsnke1R lint 14or
department; - sOth ul1b d aded| lat Ina
Rose Ward, Ne little. I'd ghts( kof red
WadA kllsdby SeobSt DSfnsI ~
April q, 1883, 10 entitled to tho quarter sec-
ton Of land for which her father lost his
life. Tho decision establishes the principle
that an alien who has not declared
his intention Of becoming Z cdfisen
acquires no right by settling on public
lands. Following h the principal point
Of thS decision: "While Bell was stll5 an
alien, Ward placed his house on tho land.
His action was not forcible intrusion
upon, the~land. Bsl~ae that time wa,
disquaA0sd from acqsiring land. sd
intastedAs valid Spt&aanSAt The rembval
Of the house could not destroy his CHIN.
The land was unssryeyeds ard unencl6sed.
The Law was ample TO motedt Bells rights,
and thers ssssnss - sbesnes excuses for
the-violence which caused the death
of the Ward brothers. A care
full examination Of the testimony faila to
show that Ward did not make his settlement
ngood faith, and the pscu1Af dreamy tan
CO extending the removs y ofh6 drsk shipty,
taken in connection with the facts surrohnd-
ing his death, would seem to furnish sum-
eient e1cuss fprhts alsenpe tom tho lapd
In the interim" The land is now of o1sid-
rpble value, and will prove . nrtunq for
The little child whose rights have now teea
established beyond appeal. Z,
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Killed by q Runaway.

On the 3d. the team of Frank Tappley, of
Erintown, ran away in the streets of Mont
gomery, LIE Sueur county, throwing Mrs.
Tappley from the wagon and injured her
SO seriously as to cause death in two hours.
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, Disastrous Expl>aaori.;

The morning Of the Cd, 4 battery Of
boilers in the iron works of Clark Il Co.,
Pittsburg, Pa, exploded, and seventeen
persons were scalded by the escaping steam,
five fatally and the Others more or less
severely. Those fatally injured arc:
Charles HARDWOOD, Joseph Getze, Patrick
Henderson, Thomas Stein and William
Daniels.
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Duluth POStmaster.

News was received at Duluth, on the. 18th
that John Flynn Of the dry goods firm of
Flynn Bros had bee0ppointed postmaster
vice J. E. Knowlton, suspended. Mr.. Flynn
has been resident of Duluth about years,
coming from Venango, Pa.
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A Small Blaze.

Fire in West st. Paul, the 4th, in what is
known as the 'Langevin'' corner, des-
troyed and injured five buildings, with
portions of their contents. Loss $500.
The heaviest losers were E. Langevin,
$4,000, and Ginon Bros, grocers, $500.
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Heavy Failures.

Financial circles in New York were con-
siderable shaken the End, by the assign
ment Of the heavy financial firm Heath 4
Co, and tho aseignmentof Henry;M Smith,
{ heavy stock operator. The fixture q
Heath & Co., appears to have resulted from
the operations Of Smith. The extent of the
liabilities is thought to be very large. /
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08

A SIGN board in Paris bears the fol-
lowing legend: Ladies and gentle
mems outfits on hire for balls and
marriages. Black dress coats and
pumps. Bridemaid's let out by the
day."
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l have had no remedy for rheuma-
!lsm which has given such general sat-
istaction in eighteen years experiences
IN the drug business as your medicine
Tor rheumatism and misunderstanding
Phoros. X. S. Armstrong, NJ. D..
druggist, Chelsea, Mich.
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Granting tho Right Of Entry.

d. c. Gaslin, Of the logging firm Of Gas
lin & Hanson of Saltwater, reports the
30th, that DR.. David 8. Hall of that CITY
was lost in the pineries near Cable, Wis,
Thursday the ed, ult., and had not been
found up to the following Monday, at which
time searching parties were still out.
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Killed i'm a Runaway.

While driving home the list, the team of
John Larson, an old resident of Owatonna,
took fright and ran away, throwing Larson
to the ground and killing him instantly.
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Dsspiss Not tho Day ofs..,I r.,....

Little things may help man to rise
"A bent pin in An easy chair for in
stance. DIR. Pierce's pleasant Pur1.-
tive Pellets" are small things, pleasant
to take, and they cure sick-headachea.
relieve torpid livers and do wonders.
Being purely vegetable they cannot
harm any one. All druggists.
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Fighting In Progress.

A Constantinopie dispatch of the 3oth,
says that heavy artillery firing has been
heard for two days in the direction Of
Diftina and Djakovo, and it is believed a
desperate aght has been raging between
the Turks and Arnouts. 1t is also reported
that Baska baxouks have sacked and burned
several villages in Roumelia. A skirmish
also took place between the Turkish and
Roumelian outposts. The Servian revolu-
tionary chiefs have been arrested and i'm
prisoned.
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MINNESOTA.
Notifications of Transit Rates.

notifications of Transit Rates.
The Minnesota Board of Railroad War
house commissioners, the End made public
their report in the matter what is known as
transit rates. While the board does not de-
clare for the abolition of transit rates in
toto, it orders that shippers must be given
the opinion OF having his grain carried to
Minneapolis at reasonable freight charge,
or availing himself of the privilege of tho,
the transit rate through to Chicago
and the East. The order of the.
board now. stands ,-. as follows: 1t
1T is the Judgment Of the board of rail-
road and warehouse commissioners that it
Is reasonable and expedient, in order to
promote the convenience and accOmmoda-
ton OF the public, and also to discontinue
practice whjeh the board regards as an ex-
tOrtion. and an unjust discrimination, that
the Chicago,< Milwaukee & St. Paul rail-
way do make a tariff of local rates for the
shipment of all kinds Of grain land espe-
cially of-wheAt) to and from all stations,
on all of its lines within the State of Min
nesota, and to publish said tariff at all of
It's stations within this state, and that said
rates be Feasonable; that all grain shipped
shall be billed subject to such local rates,
unless TIE shipper shall request his ship
ment be made subject to transit rates: that
such tariff o. local rates be made and put
into e1ieet asssoon as practicable, and not
later than October 18th, inst. The board
do SO 1acommend. " The order. also applies
to the, Minneapolis & St: Louis, Omaha and
Duluth roads; - ~
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The society dance for the present
season is called the Highland Schot-
tische," a combination of the ancient
Highland fling and the gallop.
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Ssss lI.~SZ-1-. ~
The following Postmastera were appoint
Cd Oh th> 10Th: Wisconsin Prairie du Sac,
William I. Kelsey; Lloyd, Samuel H. Doc
little; West Lima.,i Darius Morrison; Vista,
Jonathan TWiret; South Germantown,
John. F. sehwalbsch; ;Bloolnsr, John
Il. Weider; =Jyneau. Louis Houghton;
Veasie, John 9'Brisn. Minnesota
0raesv1lls, Rjehards II. Grove; Redwood
FALL, I'll Thampsep. t...u
} ThepreeiddAt has appointed Edward A..
Stevenson ofBoals City, Idaho, to be gov
OVERWHELMINGLY Of Idaho, and William
B. Webb OF Billings, Montana, to be score
tary5o the territory Of Montana. ~-
Prot. Agazzis declines the appointment
Of superintendent Of the coast survey. I'D.
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Drowned.

William Maghan, of Aitkin, Mimi, night
Waterman on the steamer Fawn, was
drowned in the Mississippi river, ninety
miles above that place, the night of the Sd,
by falling between the steamer and the
barge. Maghan was 62 years old, and leaves
wife and seven grown sons.
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Tho llinneapoll. Poet Ofaoe =,

Secretary Manning and supervising ar
chttect Bell, the I'd, awarded tho contracts
for the Minneapolis post Office @ follows:
stone work to the Minnesota Stone COM
pany ct e21, 400, and the brick work to N.
9. Gowan, Warrington, d. G., ct $1,000.
The stone to be used Il Sank Rapids gran
ite, pronounced BY the treasury omcials
most beautiful and durable stone.
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Hotel harmed.

The well known Sherman House at Fargo,
Oak, J. g. Kissner, proprietor, took fire at
an early hour on the morning of the I'd, and
was entirely consumed with most Of the
furniture. The loss 10 estimated at from
$4,000 to eSO, 1000, with $4,000 insurance on
the building and a 600 on furniture.
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Gets in,

The Minnesota & Northwestern railroad
has finally been permitted to enter the st.
Paul Union depot on the payment of q
monthly rental of $S3S, until the price for
permanent entrance can be agreed upon or
fixed by the court. Both the Union depot
company and the Milwaukee & st. Paul
company now deny having attempted to
obstruct such entrance.
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Insane Asylum Fire.

The 10th ult, one wing Of tho Montana
insane asylum, at Warm Springs, was
burned, three inmates perishing in the
flames, viz: B. Maze, Hiram Bslcher and
Hector Mclean. The origin Of the fire is
mystery, there having been no fire in the
building since June.
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st. Cloud Dam Bond. Sold.

SSs O1OVU O0@ DO0Oo S0l0s
The $5o, 100 bonds voted by st. Cloud to aid
the building Of . dam across the Mississippi
river 1t that place, for water power pur-
poses, have been sold at q premium Of @Sl6.
The bonds are to run for twenty years and
draw per cent. interest. 8. A. Keen Il
Co., Of Chicago, were the successful bidders.
Work on the dam will now be prosecuted
vigorously.
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Killed BY the Cars.

A brakeman on the Northern Pacific
railroad, named Robert Lynch, falls be-
tween two moving cars at Brainerd, the Sd,
and is killed.
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FiehtinR, I'm tho Balkans.

Dispatches Of the Sd, reported fighting on
the western frontier Of Bulgaria between
Servian and Bulgarian troops. The gen.
eral situation remains unchanged and the
question Of war still hangs in the balance.
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Unsettled ana warlike.

Foreign advices Of the I'd, report continued
warlike preparations by;Turkey, Roumelia,
Greece and Servia.s In Servia tho populace
are clanoring Tor the annexation of Mace
donna, while tho legislative branch of the
government hasamad6f formal demand for
an extension Of territory 4, force of 5000
Ru ssians 10 reported to have crossed the
Danube into Bulgaria, and reached Rouma
lia by special trains in the night.
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Dakota Poatmaatar,.

The following Dakota postmasters were
announced the 2Sth. At Neehart, Joseph
c. Hussey; Bijou Hills, J. E. Wilson; Green
wood, Mrs. Emma N. Wood Hawley, Mrs
G. Hawley.
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Gives It Up.

U. 8. Minister Foster presented his letters
OF recall to tho Spanish government the LIST
and left on tour Of Italy and Greece and
others before returning to This country. It
- said be entirely failed IN his efforts to ne
gotiate . new commercial treaty with
Spain. aS@$tsa>s * f-sss. 80
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SPoN9ING with commercial chloro-
form will restore the brightness Of fad
ed plush and all articles dyed with
analine cOlors, =
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Eyes, remarked landlady, cit
costs money to get knives sharpened
every week. but It's cheaper than buy
ing tender meat
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Dekota $1,000 Breed.re.

During the Dakota Territorial fair at
Huron, the stock breeders Of the territory
organised under the name OF the Dakota
Breeders' association. Thomas David, Of
Mitchell. is president, A. o. johnson, Of
Montrose, secretary, and B. F. Wagner, Of
Bon Homme, treasurer.
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ever, 10 had 70 s. removed for oondne-
ment TO Crookston.

Dakota Rspublcan Convention.
The Dakota Republican committees issued
call the LIST, for . territorial convention
to be. held ct Huron, Oct. 21st, at 2 p. M !, to
nominate candidates for state officers, con-
gress and three candidates for supreme
court judges, to be voted for Nov. 8. The
convention ID to consist Of ISL delegates.
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Peaceful.

Foreign advices of the 2sth, indicate an
early settlement of tho Roumelian
difficulty. Tho powers seem to be in
accord, and disposed TO grant the union of
Roumelia and Bulgaria, but will discoun-
tenance the claims Of Servia aud Greece.
The authorities Of Servia have taken pos
session Of tho railways. and ordinary travel
has been stopped, and in addition to the
reserve 10000, Of the landwehr have been
called out for active service.
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Boycotting.

The boycotting Of landlords who refuse
to reduce rents in ireland, has been inaug-
urated anew under the direction of the
national league. -t
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Married.

Mile Nevada, the California opera singer,
was married Ut Paris, the nrst, to Or. Ray
mond cPalmer of Birminl han, ing. The
ceremony was Witnessed BY neatly ali the
prominent Americans now in Paris. The
welded couple return to America at once.
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CURRENT COMMENT.
IT will take two months TO mount
Jumbo's skeleton. r4s..yy
CHAIR TEA" is advertised. What
won't they make tea Of nextl =.

TIE population Of Des Moipcs, Iowa,
now S2,469, has increased l0,V6l, since
1880. .z. so:
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Foreign Flashes.

Fire at 1quiqe, small sea port town of
South Peru, destroyed the business section
Of the town causing loss Of g., 100000.
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CHINESE and English capitalists are
in the scheme to open the iron mines
Of Vancouver island, and export steel
to China. 7s@'
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Miscellaneous.

: : ; q
The coinage Of the mints during Septem-
ber aupeanted To- ~. s64 Of which s., $780,
600 was in standard silver dollars.
The public debt statement for October
shows . reduction for the month preceding
Of 81, Isl, $685.. r.. = ..s#
{, The completed esnsus Of Iowa gives the
state population Of LIST, $50, a gain of
129sso since 1ksQs ~.
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Iowo Greenhaclrora. =,

The Iowa Greenbackers, the and, nomin-
ated tho following ticket: Governor, Elias
Doty, Cedar Rapids; lieutenant governor,
y. e. Clark, Mount Pleasant; supreme
judge, y. 2. Farnsworth, Cresco; state SUI
perintendent, J. d. Guthrie, Oskslooea,
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Fire at Eau C,aire. w,...

/ Fire ut EAu Claire, Wis aH>S
An incsndiary hrem at Eau Claire, Wis,
the morning Of tho I'd, destroyed ten small
tenement houses and three barns, involI-
ing loss Of $1,000.
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son and Mrs. Hswage, 1850, insurance.
s1,1oo; r Eichelser, s1,9oo; insurance
$1,000. Mn. F. Carson, $500; no insur-
ance. Total losses. ese 400: insurance, Sse,-
.l00aks