The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-09-10

No evidence can be obtained at Galena to
convict Banta, who recently confessed that
he murdered NJ. s. Prichard OF Cherry Val
ley, ILL.,, in 1879.
Sheriff Thumnl, who shot and fatally
wounded Deputy United States Marshal
Fred Wiggle, while resisting arrest at Cas-.
troville, Tex, has fled.
Emory Storrs admits that he will act as
counsel Tor the Mormon pOlygamistsi in their
fight against the government. His retaining
fee is said to be enormous.
The United States district court at Prov
idence holds that the mailing of a private
! letter OF obscene character is not an Offense
under the federal statutes.
A few days ago a train on tho Chicago 4
Alton in Missouri was boarded by robbers
who took small sums from the passengers
OF one car and disappeared in alarm.
T. A. Flannelly, editor OF the Evening
News, received Il severe beating from w. T.
Jones ON account of a scandalous article
published about Mr.. Jones' father in the
News. -
Miss Augusta de Verney, young actress
who lost all her diamonds while drunk at
married saying she meant to settle
| down.
A general advertisement will be issued on
the fifteenth by the postmaster general,
calling Tor proposals for rendering steam
boat mail service in all points OF the United
States.
General Freight Agent Hannafortl, of the
Northern Pacific, says that the wheat yield
OF Washington Territory will not only be
larger than ever before hut the quality will
! be better.
| Posts London cable; Mr.. Parncll's
speech at the Mansion house dinner ut
1ny lin
quis OF HartingtOn's words "impossible''
and "never."
Experiments are in progress at the Rid
can range near Ottawa, by tho Canadian
militia, to settle the question as to the
| amount OF execution that can be done with
IL G.tlins gun.
The Northern Pacific's gross earnings for
the month OF August were: Freight earn
inss, 1913, 427; passenger, $3.50, 152 mail,
express, etc, $G6,74O. Total gross earn
ings, $975,319
| Gen. Newton, chief Of engineers, estimates
that an appropriation of SIS, 900, 900 or
$50, OOO 600 will be required to continue
the work OF river and harbor improvements
during the next fiscal year.
! The fifteenth anniversary OF the German
victory over the French at Sedan was cele-
DRAFTED in Berlin by Il military display.
Tho emperor and empress drove ahead OF
the troops in the procession.
At a fire in Albany all the buildings on
the block bounded by South Pearl, Broad
and Alexander streets, and Fourth avenue
were burned except three brick ones on
Pearl street; loss $4,000.
Proposals were recently invited for the
construction OF !. life-saving station at
Sturgeon Bay canal, Wis, and only one bid
was rcceivcd-that OF Angus McGillis OF
| Norway, Mich, at $4,000.
The trial OF Henry Stair and wife, Maret-
ia, for the murder OF old man Sewall and
his young son at Nevada, Mo-, has resulted
in ~ verdict OF guilty. The jury recon-
| mended the woman to mercy.
Darwin G. Pierce, a transfer mail agent in
the te>ot at Rutland, VT, for eighteen
years, WAS arrested. charged with robbing
the mail and put IN ler 81, OO) bonds. Val
liable Letters have been missed.
Fire destroyed the kimball Carriage
company's factory in San Francisco, and
number OF adjoining buildings. The fac
tory was owned by +. Soulc. Total loss,
S70 900; Insurance is unknown.
W. b. Smell, formerly Il business man OF
Clarksyillc, Tenn, was found IN the house
| OF Malvina 11iser, a courtcsan OF Metcalf
county, KY, with his throat cut and hor-
fibly, gashcd about his head and body:
Gen. Logan and wife arrived from tho
Thousand Islands and report that the
highly entertaining story about their mar
row escape from drowning while their pho
tograph was being taken is a pure romance.
In Baltimore, Walter Welch drove fifty
Italians out OF his saloon, where they were
creating disorder. They returned and at.
tackled him with daggers, when he shot the
leader, Frank Antoni, dead, and the rest
fled.
At Brighton Beach thirty-one horses
started in IL race, and jockey Lee had his
neck broken, and two others were badly
hurt. In the next race two more Jockeys
were thrown; and one probably fatally in
jurcd.
Inspector Henderson. Of the postoffice
depart ment, has Just returned from North
Carolina, where he caused the arrest OF two
mail robbers, who, though mere lads, had
ba filed the skill Of the inspectors for Il long
time.
The secretary Of state has received a
telegram from Consul General Woods at
Rome reporting that there have been four
deaths from cholera at Il place nine miles
from Naples and five at Trevis, about fifty
miles north OF Naples.
Mr.. Parncll, in his recent speech, ridi-
culcd the theory set up by Englishmcn that
the Tories and Liberals would drop their
| party differences in order tx, untetily COM
bat the Irish party in parliament in their
struggle for Irish independence.
The corporation OF Dublin has conferred
the freedom Of the city on DR.. Kelvin Izod
O'Dohcrty, who has recently returned to
his native country. He was in exile for
twenty siz years for being an active par.
ticipant in the Irish troubles OF 184S.
Henry NJ. 0ndcrdonk, editor OF the
Hampstead. N. y, Inquirer, died, aged six
w.: He was Il son OF the late Right Rever-
end b. H. Qnderlonk: Protestant EpiscQ,
pal bishop OF New York, and was at one
time member OF the Wisconsin senate.
Rev. Richard D. Harlan, son of Justice
| Harlan Of the United States supreme court,
will succeed DR.. Christie in the pastorage OF
the Louisville church, which the latter re-
signed to accept the passionate OF the House
OF Hope Presbyterian church OF St. Paul.
Among the passengers OF the steamship
Werra, which sailed recently from New
York, were Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Il. Grant,
and Mrs: S:,rtoris, formerly Miss Nellie
Grant. They are going to Southampton,
the former on q visit, tho platter to her home.
The corner stone OF the new Georgia CAPT.
toll was laid at Atlanta with imposing
ceremonies. Gov. Mcdaniel, on behalf OF
the capitol commission, presented the
building to the legislature. Gen. A. r.
Lawton OF Savannah made the grafton of
| Iuc udy.
In response to a telegram from Superin-
tendent Bell, OF the ioreign mail service, the
postmaster general OF Canada has replied
that in his opinion the number OF cases of
smallpox existing in the dominion does not
warrant the fumigation OF mail entering
the United Sta tes from Canada. "
Martin Archibald, IL wealthy farmer OF
Huntingdon broke into the house OF Mrs.
Mary Adams, and attempted to ravish her:
Her son, arriving on tho scene, struck him
with an aA and he released his hold, when
Mrs. Adams seized the nx and attacking
Archibald almost severed his head from
his body.
The Allan line mail steamer Hanoverian
is q total loss, having gone ashore at Por-
tusal Cove, fourteen miles north by west of
Cape Race. She left Baltimore Aug. "a,
under command of Capt. Thompson, for
Liverpool, via Halifax and St. Johns, N. +.
Fhe Vessels lies in 4 bad position: All On
In searching tho property Of FiersQp
Downcy, who dropped dead ut Pittstown,
Pa, some So, 300 in bills were found in an
old stocking leg, hidden in the straw tick OF