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

The Nevada Terrific rial Enterprise
admits the virtual collapse of that state.
The population is conceded to be scarce
~ 1000, and is daily decreasing. That
journal suggests a. means of arrestine
the depopulation "f the country that
the general government shalt give the
public domain in its borders to the
state, 80 each man may have, without
cost, . ranch. and ahen an extensive
system of irrigation ;oe adopted to make
some Of the land arabic at the national
expense. As Nevada hos come to stav t"
these means are urged to prevent the
state from falling under the control of
the Digger Indians. White folks must
10 bribed to remain in lone of the m 3st
desolste and barren regions on Gods
earth. " To this complexion have things
come in Nevada. A state represented
in Washington by two Senators. that
has only 40, 900 people and only 12. 600
voters j. Z disagreeable anomaly.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-01-22

Governor Hill. of New York, who
has succeeded President elect Cleve-
land in that State, has made sugges-
tion to the Legislature in his message
that deserves attention. THE present
mode of executing criminals by hang
ing, " he says, "has come down to us from
the dark ages, and it may we'll he ques>
toned whether the science of the pres.
ent day can not provide q means for
taking the life of such as are condemned
to die in less barbarous manner" This
suggestion has brought forth flood of
methods for the execution of Grimm ais,
ot herwise than by hanging. most of
which favor electricity in various forms,
while q few favor prison.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-01-22

A correspondent of tho Providence
Journal takes a very serious view of
church fair lotteries, and in discussing
them remarks: II suppose there is no
vice more destructive of the moral sense
than is that of the indulgence of desire
to obtain property by chance rather than
by honest labor, or by returning for it
IN equivalent in money, In the annals
of crime there is abundant evidence
that such indulgence becomes an appetite
which in time, leaves its victim wholly
without the power of self-control, and
like drunkenness, sinks him into the
wickedness and the misery OF wretched
and ruined life.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-01-22

An important decision has just been
handed down regarding the legality of
pooling. The decision was given in
the dissolution of an injunction which
sought to prohibit the Quincy Copper
Mining Company from delivering cop
per in Europe under contract made
outside and Independently of "pool"
entered into by the Lake Superior COM
panies, of which the Quincy was one,
to market the entire product of the
region and divide the proceeds proper
tionately. Judge Lawrence of New
York held that such pools are in con.
hict with the public policy, q restraint
on commerce and adverse to the inter-
ests of trade.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-01-22

The center of our population has for
= century moved Westward with re-
markable regularity beginning at point
on the east shore of Maryland and reach
ingone 10 miles west of Cincinnati. tits
calculated, however, that progress in
that direction is stepped, III consequence
at the rapid grooth of many Atlantic
coast cities and the advancement OF
some of the Southern States.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-01-22

When Spring comes laughing
By vale and hill,
By wind-hower walking
And da6odill-
Sing stars of morning,
Sing morning skies;
Sing blue Of speedwell,
And my Loves eyes.
When comes tho Simmer.
Full leaved and strong.
And gay birds gossip
The orchard long
Sing hid, sweet honey,
That no bee sips;
Sing red, red roses,
And my Loves ipa
When Autumn scatters
The leaves again,
And piled sheaves bury,
The broad-wheeled vain
Sing flutes Of harvest,
Where men rejoice;
Sing rounds of reaperA,
And my Loves voioa.
But when comes winter
With hail and storm
nd red fire roaring,
And ingle warm
ing first sad going
OF friends that part;
Then sing glad meeting
And my Loves heart
Austin Dobson.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-01-22

A Washington dispatch says that af-
tor Mr.. Blalnes Twenty years in. Con-
gress" shall have been completed. he will
write history of American politices
from 1883 to 1915, the materials for
which he has been gathering for some
years. While this includes the war of
1872 Mr.. Blaine does not intend to treat
OF other than the political aspects of that
time.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-01-22
From the Hartford TimeA

Having noticed in the Times an &C.
count of cat having liking for musk
melon, and of another that admired it..
self in mirror do not doubt the truth
of both narratives, for once owned q
Tom-cat that I taught, and that had the
most peculiar habit of any cat ever
heard of. His mother also was very
highly spoken of for her popularity. In
the season of the year when cherrie.
were ripe, every evening our Tom
would be missing, and it seemed rather
strange that he should stray away so
regularly from home nights, for he was
never known to go away at night be-
fore. So, just before dark one evening,
I watched Toms motions to see where
he was going, and to my surprise, I saw
him making for our neighbours cherry
tree. In order to satisfy myself went
over and bought q quart of ox-heart
cherries, and put them in . plate and
set them on the floor and left Tom to
enjoy himself. About twenty minutes
later I returned and found the cherries
all gone and Tom cracking the pits to
get the kernel out of tho shell. This
the own can vouch for,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-01-22

gENATE-Di1ls were introduced making til
legal rate Of interest per cent: fixing the r6te
OF passenger fare at three cents per mile: amend
Ing the laws relating to incorporation of towns
and villages, 80 % to give the powers of tho
die riot Court to county commissioners: provid-
Ing for challenges in jury trials: enlarRtng tho
powers Of cemetery associations: repeating the
permanent appropriations for the states prison
made in 1883, and fixing the salary Of county
attorney At s. 600 instead of 81 500 - provided
In title 3 chap 2, General Statutes Of 1873:
Senator Fietchars resolution. calling for 4 re-
poft from the state auditor as to the status Of
swamp lands granted state institutions In 1865,
was adopted. Adjourned until 10 q. m. to-day.
MILEAGE REPORT
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-01-22

Many journals think there Is ground
for encouragement in the bus iness stu
alton but the signs are not obvious to
the public One thing seems tolerably
certain, that We are now down to bed
rock, and all will be glad when they
can be assured that we are on the up
grade again.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-01-22
Ght &dua,nee.
A. p. MILLER, Publi>her.
NORTHAMPTON, MINNESOTA

Gov. Cleveland's letter resigning the
governorship of New Y ork, reads; ~
hereby resign the office Of governor Of
the State of New York" This was
thought model of brevity until crit
10 discovered that thereby" in that
connection was a superfluous word.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-01-22
THS MINNESOTA lEGISLATURE.

Both houses Of tho Legislature met Monday
evoning-having adjourned from Thursday pre-
eeding-but there was no quorum in either
house, and consequently no business was
transacted
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-01-22

In New York there is not much in
fuence attached to the stage. A play
is looked on as advertisement. There
is no doubt that good plays create q
good tone of thought, but they are not
calculated in this self-willed age to ef-
feet q reformation in modes or man
ners.. People in these parts go to the
theater to be amused and interested,
not to have their propensities intlu-
enced. The Orientals, however, are
more impressed by the drama: Among
the Hindoo castles there has been Of
late considerable agitation with re-
spect to infant marriages aud inforced
widowhood. A desire for reform in
these respects is evinced. The Hindoos
are progressing in European civiliza-
ton. They consider the influence of
the stage to be great, and to further
reform in the directions referred to, a
play on the subject, from the reform
er's point of view, has been written by
q Mahratta dramatist. The play has
been produced at Bombay, and has
created great excitement among the
natives: who throng nightly to witness
the performance,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-01-22

Mr.. Wilson, the great grape grower
OF the northwest, planted, year ago
asst spring, 4OO, 600 cuttings and grew
50 per cent. He was to graft this wear
from 10000 to 25, 600. The cuttings. he
:says, should be one half inch from the
bud. ~.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-01-22

The floor of large skating rink in
INDIANAPOLIS is composed of paper. It
is made by FASTING and pressing straw
boards together under powerful by
draulic press, in the same way as the
discs of the paper car wheels are made.
When these blocks are properly sea-
soned and dried they are sawed up into
flooring boards and laid with the edge
OF the paper forming the surface of the
floor. The floor is without joints, per-
fectly smooth.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-01-22

SENATE-A long discussion as to the hiring
of additional help resulted in . decision not
toemploy ne Y men. Bi lis were introduced
ing of juries; concerning the transportation,
loading. and shipping Of gram; forbldding
removal of suits to federal courts BY
foreign insurance companies; authoriz-
ing Rock county to issue $4,000 bonds
for = court house; to establish the Thirteenth
judicial district; to prevent conspiracy for A.
fectug the price of grain. House bills passed
Allowing Wilkin county to issue $36, OUO in
bonds; allowing Fillmore county to issue $780,
OOO in bonds for improvement Of court house.
Senate bills passed-Joint resolution relative
t. %or appropriations for the Red River of the
The title Of senator Greenleafs bill is COM
prehensive one and reads: IAN act regulating
and receiving, transportation and delivery Of
grain by railroad corporations, and defining
the duties Of such corporations in relation
thereto" The bill, abstracted is Is follows:
Section l. A railroad company, when de-
sired by any person wishing to ship any grain
over its road, shall receive and transport such
grain in bulk within = reasonable time and
load the same either on it's track at it's depot or
at any warehouse adjoining it's track or side
track, without distinction, determination or
favor between one shipper and another, and
without distinction or discrimination as to the
manner in which such grain is offered for its
transportation or ~ to person, warehouse,
elevator or place to where or to which it may
be consigned Every railroad company shall
permit connection to be made and maintained
in reasonable manner with its track to and
from any warehouse or elevator, without ref
erence to it's size or capacity, where grain Is or
may be ssored
Sec. 2 Neglect or refusal to comply with the
requirements of this act shall be reported to
the railroad commissioner, who shall investi-
gate; If the commissioner is unable to adjust
the matter, he shall report the facts of the case
to the legislature
parties injured for all damages which may &C:
crue under neglect or refusal to comply with
the provisions of the act, whether such dam
ages result in the depreciation of the value of
property or in loss to the proprietor of any ele-
vatOr or warehouse to which such grain ia or
dered to be delivered For q second offense the
railroad company is made liable to pay fine
OF $5,COH, to go to common schools ofthe state.
The usual provisions are made for the recov-
cry IN civil courts, payment of costs and attor-
ney's fees
GRAIN cONspIRACIEs
Senator Doran's bill to prevent combina-
tons and conspiracies, entered INTO with
view to controlling or diminishing the mar
ket price Of grain, 10 short and reads a. fol-
lows:
Section l. That every person who shall con
trive, confederate or conspire with any other
person or persons with view, in whole or in part
Oy any arrangement, agreement, plan, device
or continuance to control, limit or diminish the
market price Of wheat, corn or other grain.
shall b deemed guilty Of misdemeanor, aud
upoa eouYacRep 4oSe@ pe(Qre AN court q
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-01-22

Nearly all the States and Territories
are making preparations to he Adequate
ly represented at the great New Orlean.
exposition which opens i'll December,
and very large number of Northeners
will avail themselves of the occasion to
spend a few weeks below the frost line
during the coming winter. 1t is expect
ed that transportation will he very low,
probably not more than hal! the usual
rates. Ample provision has been made
to accommodate vast crowd by hotels
and boarding houses. New Orleans is
delightfully."- Partisan during the winter
months, and the exposition, with an I'M
usual number of pleasure seekers, will
make the city more charming than ever.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-01-22

competent jurisdiction, shaii be iinec not less
than 81, OOO. nor more than $4,000 .
Sec. :: That the provisions Of this act shall
extend and apply TO every person and corpor-
alton, Is well as to every officer, agent and
servant thereof
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-01
Arernoon noarI nuntatInn,
GOVERNMENTS

stock: AL Ooa1s eiossI a. sas tollowin.
nricnk Did:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-01
BANk STATEMENT.
The weekly bank statement shows the follow

LoNis'N MONEY! AND SrOcNS
Amount Of bul ion Withdrawn from the Bank
Of England on balance TO-DAY ia. mn
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-01

10c per Id; trout steaks, 12hc per ID; salmon
b; pike l0c; black bass 12tSc; lake herring 10c:
dressed pickerel l0c per Id. Pickerel, croppies
and rock bass, Sc per Id. Smells, l21Sc per ID;
cells, Ice per ID. Kilt mackerel 10 ID pals
81 .00@1 rs; ground shore" herring, per pail,
S5c.
FEUITs-Apples, s5c per peck, $500 per
barrel; oranges, 25G50c per dozen; lemons, a
soc per dozen; cranberries, 15c per quart.
HoYEY-In comb 20c@25c.
MEATs-Beef roasts 1919 @15c; round steak
1880; sirloin steak 15c; porterhouse steak loo;
coined beef 6c010c; mutton roasts 12 1ac@15c;
chops 12h@15c; stewing pieces 5c@sc; veal
roasts 12H@15c; outlets 15c; stewing pieces
S0l2Hc; pork roasts 8010c; chops 10c; infe
rior pieces 66ISc; sausage in bulk or in cases Sc;
lard 10@l2lac.
OYsTERs-In cans, standards 5030c; selects
35@40c; n. Y. counts soc; in bulk, standards
Csc: selects 45c; n. Y. counts 55c per quart.
POULTRY AND GAME-Chickens 10Ql2Hc;
ducks and geese 12Hc; turkeys 12X @15c; par
tridges Csc pair; quail soc pair.
SUGARs-Granulated &c per h.; coffee A 62lc
per H.; extra exc per ID. yellow &c
per ID.
TEAs-Gunpowdcr 5Oc@s1 90; oolong 5Oc@
$500; Young Hyson 60c@S1 90; Japan 80
@75c.
VEGETABLEs-Beans (dried) $500 per bushel;
cabbage 6@l10c per head; carrots 40c per bushel;
horseradish 10c ID onions Coo bushel; potatoes
300I45c bushel; parsnips Coo bushel; RI tahagas
t5c bushel; squash l0c each; sw eet potatoes
5clb.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-01
The Bi1ins Family AnaiUxed.
Washington Letter

Blaine is older to-day in the, bitterness Of
life than any Of his rivals. His hair is almost
white, he is suspicious and exacting. Hale
Is obliged TO practically cut aloof from Arthur
whom nine months ago he was supporting for
President. Hawley is given the cold shout
der for the reason that he Endorsed Arthur 5
allegiance during he campaign. Edmunds
is reviled as q traitor. Unquestioning obedi-
ence is the price Of the Blaine favor. His
wife is TO be pitied, for nearly all the wome o
bate her, and in spite Of a vigorous jetermi-
nation TO do so, she cannot ride over them
rougb-shod. She has an endless fight on
hand, aud comes out always second-best. AS
for Walker, he is an insipid young man who
will soon cease TO draw his 50, 500 stipend
from the government, aud be obliged to get
bis pin-mOuey from his father 70 paw for
theatre boxes aud choice suppers al Cham
berlain's. The youngest sou, J. G., jr., has
been sent away for long visit in Newton,
Mass, his experiences having rendered It adj
visabe that be should seek less exhilaratiug
atmosphere than this. Emmons is the son
Of whom Mr.. Blaine is really proud. BE
makes very little noise. But for Blaine him
self ouly two things remain-to become a
useful and respected man, by writing books
and embarkng in other like chan nels where
be may be useful, or continuing to be the
marplO; Of the Republican party, with q bag
ful Of grievances. am sorry TO ssy that bis
conduct since Nov. leaves very little hope
that be will select the former alternative.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-01

Ey-The following prices are for round lots
oulv'
BACON AND HAMs-Long closrs bacon. 50
g'ic: dry salt = GSnc; long roll isc. short
roll, IL; breakfast lsc; shoulders
SC; hams l2Gls@sc
FLoUR-Pateuts. $. OOG5. IS: best winter whea.
patents. S5.75; straight. 81 IS winter wheat
straight, S4.50R4.55; Bakers xxx and clears
s3.5u6r4.25; low grades, $500; rye fOur. 93OG
SEQ per barrel; graham. spring wheat s3.25
winter wheat 81. %; buckwhest hour. s. 90.
BEASs-Common. 56BI5c; mediums, 75cD
81 90; hand pic ked medium. Sl.OOGI.a5; had
picked navy. 81 eOGl.3O.
DREssED MEArs-Beef. city dressed. 60
7Hc ;extraprime beef. C; mutton. city dressed
&C; veal, llGi2c; heavy, SG9c. Country
dressed beef. foreg1arte7s SG4e; sides SC mind
quarters 5G1c; country dressed mutton $40
CSC. Choice single hogs S5.15GS.35.
FURs-Bear SSGl5. cubs S3l1G, badger co 70
sc. wild cat $4,000, fisher Sg.O9G6O0 90, red fox
81 4O1Gi so, cross fox ssSgray sc, kit fox 40c;
silver grey S25G6O, lynx s3Ge5, marten 81 900
200, mink so26Oc. otter sSas, raccoou 5O1s5c,
skunk 401e15 wolverine S2ft5, timber wolf Il -5O
GSS.O0, prairie wolf soc 3sI .s5, musk rat fall,
5G6c. winter, 5GSc kit &C, beaver. northern.
S3.5Ols4 per pound western Si.50Gs.55 per
pound
HIDEs--Green. sailed. 727Ac; green. e36He;
dry flint i2'ic; calf. dry, - &c; green iie deer,
dry. laG2Oc; antelope. l51s2e; elk. 15GlSc;
81 ANN- GAUlAfeQ 0Us Eltrp lt4A-s
wool estimated, sc per =, .smb 50. I6Oc-
Mr. imonds-Tarsxouas soc lvIca i9c. Cal
Filberts, Sicily, isc. Pesnut 6G9c Pccars,
Texas 9Glss Indian nation SC. Walnuts-
California - Napes new i5c. Grenoble-
i5c. French loo, hickory. large. Sl.5o. barS-
shells -. s56gs 50. chesinuts s. 90. cocoa nuts
s .OoCs..O0 per 100.
HoNET-Dark Isc; white clover, lSGI4c; Cal
ifotna white clover i5c.
HoFs-W assinEtou Territory, SOC; choice New
York. &c.
LrSsErD oy1-RAw. Sc; boiled Sc Lsnseed
meal SsoCssl
MALr--scESOc per busheL
Mass PoRK-sIs. so 2siS.00; mess beef. $3.50
Gif.OO.
orsrERs-StAndards, soc; selects SOe; New
York counts ssc per can
TALIov-No. /. SsSe; No. ., SC.
woot-Unwsshed. i4GiSe; washed S01S2.
VEsErAzlEs-CsSbSee. 6Oe per coz- o. carrots,
S0GtSS per Dusas potatoes. = lSSoc O. Z. per
hashel: oaioas gSS5e per oasaeL o. 3; sweet
potatoes Jerseys. S4.00 per barrel,
usseAtfues. SSGs.So per barrel.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-01
sALA's MEN OF STONE.
The Cardiff Giant Fraud Of Fifteen Years
A0O Initiated i'm CaIiToruig

Ago Initiated ia California.
In November last Giuseppe s. Fabricio Sala
sculptor and mineralogst, who arrived
in San Francisco in April last from New
York and who opened q marble yard at 10
Golden Gate avenue, went prospecting for
marble. In pursuit of his search for the
stone, which on account of the difficulty
and price OF transportation from the Italian
quarries is almost a precious stone, Sala
vent to Santa Barbara county, having heard
that there was marble quarry on the estate
OF c. H. Clark. He found the quarry at
Point Sal, but did not find any marble. In
its place, however, he discovered stratum
of gypsum, or alabaster, of fine quality. A
big block, six feet long by five feet thick, was
taken out and while looking at the huge
mass of stone and wondering what it would
be best suited suited for, Sala conceived the
idea of carving from it two human figures
male and female thin king that such forms
would attract universal attention and prove
a unique advertisement for California stone.
workshop was put up and, having his
tools with him. Sala set to work at his cary
ing.
AS the labor'progressed Sala, led by his odd
NSNiuCN W iAdhC tuS liz ulCS Va q PCSu-
liar build, SO to speak, thinking that by this
means even more attention and curiosity
would be attracted to them. While
the figures were growing under
Sala's chisel and mallet they were
seen by c. H. Clark, George Garner,
young man in Clark's employ, and CATO and
Edouard Sala, the two sons of the sculptor.
The bodies were finished on the 21st of De-
cember and then, in furtherance Of a still
deeper scheme, they were taken out on
wagon at midnight and buried in canyon
about mile from the quarry. Edouard Sala
carried the lantern for the burial party, Car
ner and CATO dug the graves and the others
buried the bodies.
The next day, December %. CATO Sala,
under the assumed name of George Hall,
and Garner, presented themselves at
Clark's and announced that while they were
prospecting for minerals in the canyon they
had discovered what looked considerably like
human remains. Everybody rushed down
to the canyon and there, sure enough, were
two feet sticking out of the ground. Dig
ging was at once commenced and in about
couple of hours the ''petrifed remains
were resurrected. They were carefully lifted
into box, packed with sand and carried to
Santa Maria. There, as well as ut San Luis,
Obispo and other towns, the objects were
exhibited at twenty-five cents admission.
The 'petrifcations'' reached this city on
the 2Sth of September and they have been
visited by hundreds of persons who firmly
believed them to be human bodies petriied.
A few days ago Sala and his partners quar-
relied over the distribution of the spells and
their secret leaked out. Each now accuses
other of having originated the fraud.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-01

Oats were "a sc lower; receipts, 1000 bush
els; exports, 10000 bushels; mixed western,
35H03Sc; white western, 3S@40c- Coffee,
spot, fair; Rio, quiet; options, opened shade
higher, closed barely steady, with the advance
lost; sales were reported of 10 500 bags;
February, S7.s597 80; March, Ss.O5@s.l0
April, So. 1898. go; May, Ss.25; June. $500
S.35; July,SS.45; December, $S.75. Sugar was
quiet; molasses and Muscovado, 4H@4Ac;
mould A 6Hc; confectioners' A &c; granulated.
&c; extra A, 54@5Sc; white extra A, SO
G5mc' OF 5s6c; standard A, 5ac; cut loaf
and crushed, 6Ac; powdered, Ghc cubes.
$50; yellow, Al Q5. Molasses, quiet and I'M
changed. Rice, was active, but weak and lower;
domestic, 4&@6hc Petroleum was firm
and unchanged; united, 696c Tallow was
firm. Rosn was dull at S1.25@1.27h Tur-
pentine was steady at BIC. Eggs, western,
dull and lower at 26027c. Pork was dull and
nominal; new mess was quoted at $13.25.
Beef was quiet and steady Cat meats were
quiet; long clear middles, S6.S5. Lard was quiet;
western steam spot quoted at S7.121a@7.15;
February, S712; March, 81. lS@7.20; April,
S7.2S97.2s; May. S7.3207 "a; June, S7.42.
Butter the demand was fair and market firm
at lOQ35c. Cheese was quiet and IN
changed, western fiat, s011hc. Other articles
are unchanged