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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-06-04
SUMMARY OF NEWS or THE WEEK,



New York, Specialize has not been very long
since George F. Sickles, of the Daniel E. Sickes
family, startled his friends by marrying his
housekeeper. A few months ago one Of his
daughters eloped and married tho son OF the
family laundresA On the27th inst, Miss PerA
Sic&les, another daughter, was married without
her fathers knowledge by priest
At Fordham to William Quinn 81 New
Rochelle Williams brother Edward was
keeping company with Miss Pera last
summer, and the gossips said that they
wero to be married, but in October he paral-
yzed the gossips by marrying Mss Hattie
Connecticut married Miss Roma Sickles, q
younger sister. Miss Pera seemed to be neg
lectcd. but her former suitors brother took
compassion on her loneliness and married her.
by Edward Quinn and VITO After the wedding
they returned to New Rochelle, and hold re-
ceptiop at hotel
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Marshal OF Southern IOWA,

The president has appointed Edward Camp
bell, Jr:, to be United States marshal for the
southern district Of Iowa The appointment
Of Campbell is in place of G. l. Williams, who
was originally selected for the Office, but whose
commission was withheld in order to allow the
president further time to consider fully tho
wishes Of the residents of the district Il
was found that while both gentlemen wore
strongly endorsed for the place, Mr. Camp
bell was evidently the choice Of the larger pro
portion of the democratic party of the state.
Before Campbell was appointed, Williams was
consulted and acknowledged that Campbell
was the better man for the place.
Mr.: Campbell is a native of Pennsylvania,
sixty two years of age. For twenty years he
was clerk Of the court Of common pleas Of AL
legheny county, N. Y. He went to Iowa IN
1858, and in 1879 was elected to the legislature.
This is the only public Office he has hold in
Iowa. For ton years he served as chairman Of
the democratic state committee, and in that
capacity became widely known"
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Secretary Lamar dictated from sick bed 4
list Of twelve territorial appointments, tho TO-
suit Of his days work With the president
Among them Was tho nano Of Morris Taylor,
for surveyor general OF Dakota, which, il is
Understood, was not made rs . recognition of
N. H. Day, the national committeeman, but be.
cause Of hylor's endorsements were 90 strong
that there was no. getting around them. Mr.
Taylor \ is not I practical surveyor, Mark X.
Shafer is appointed registen End b. T. Bran
bio receiver 1t the: Watertown land office, and
E. W: Miller end &. W. Boyington register aud
receiver at Aberdeen. Ex-senator Upton,
who came to Washington. in February
hoping to be called into the cabinet, waited, ex
pect'ng to be made general land commissioner.
and went home thinking he would set nothing
is made receiver Of the Bloomington (No6,
Do governor of New Mexico He is ono who
voted against Andy Johnson's peaphyNent
Senator Vast has At last got the Yellowstone
Park in his grip, His man b. W. Ware wac
appointed Superintendent Mr.. Ware is a St
l'cuts Eroker, described - honest, driving and
capable. He has visited the park several
times. He is q semi misanthrope, hating
great many men and things, and Nj, Vest had
him appointed because Of his general ugliness,
All the above appointments have boon Official.
~ promulgated BY the president
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1t is said that the rural population of
some parts of Illinois is at standstill,
and in some counties has refrigerated
since 1870. Farmers children abandon
their homes for the cities of the far
West. Yet the price of land has risen,
and the big stock raisers continue to
enlarge their already immense estates.
Cattle raising pays where wheat doesn't.
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4 Burned EoHn III Wisconsin.

Medfctd, on the line OF the Wisconsin Cen
tral railroad between Ashland and Stevens
Point, was almost totally DESTROYED BIZ fire re-
Gently: Thirty-ons buildings were consumed,
among which ~efe the Exchange bank, Elk.
chsn4e hotel, Keeler's largo brick block,
Music hall and Wisconsin Central depot
An engine was sent from Stevens
Point, 100 miles away, but reached
there too late to be 81 much forvioe.
The entire business portion OF tho village
has been wiped out. The fire broke out in the
rear Of the Exchange hctol. Tho cause is un-
seriously injured by falling He was severely
cut about the head and also had his hip dislo
Gated. It is learned that the loss by the fro is
fully $500 600. with very light insurance
Many OF the sufferers are not insured 1T all
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS OF NEWS.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS OF NEWS.
Adam Pierce of Dayton, Ohio, has aseiened.
His assets are $140, 600 and liabilities s50, 900,
A woman in the poorhouse Of Warren
,ounty, N. Y, has subsisted on water for tbir-
ty days.
In the assignment Of John J. Anderson. the
New York Anancier, shows liabilities ,23. 1918:
nominal assets, 12,S75; and actual assets,
$3l, 2yO
Tho troops at Fort Assinaboine will shortly
take up their limo Of march to the coal banks.
and about June will embark on tho steamer
Rosebud and Helena for Bismarck and Fort
Leavenworth
Twelve elders and 400 Mormon converts ar.
rived in New York on tho steamship Wisccn.
Gin, and were soon after sent on their way to
Utah. They were from Switzerland, Germany.
Ireland, Scotland and England
Tho Theodore Thomas concert troupe, which
arrived ct San Francisco, reports that thei,
special train Wa boarded ct Coolidge, n n,
tys horde Of Cowboys, Who, With drawn 70:
yelvegs, nade the musicians piay aud Madams
9ateSuS sing,
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slugaer Sullivan. pi~exe: Cas-.

The suit against Sohn l. Sullivan brought
by his wife fof divorce commenced in Boston
The testimony given by Mrs. Sullivan and other
witnesses for the plaintiff went to show that
Sullivan was abusive and addicted TO the excess
sive uso of liquor, and that he has beaten his wife
HE had never boon drunk, though Ditch sfull.
He swcre Ne had never struck his wife, and that
the latter was in the habit of drinking when
ever he did. She left him on Dec. E, 1884, and
he had pcve. seen her since till he met her in
court" When asked if he had any trouble
ply which made q general laugh, and even
caused the Judge to smile: II had no objec-
ton to supporting two or three Of her relatives,
bnt didn't care about supporting the whele Of
Rhode Island"
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Platinum and Its IIseS::

.: There is only one establishment id
the city where pla tinum articles are
manufactured. The place is on Bond
street, the industry being; conducted
on the third floor 0fa building: Al
though it's surroundings are unpre-
tentious. college professors and scien-
tific men from all parts of the United
States are familiar with it and a vefy
large business is quietly carried on:
Its proprietor; who is an old resident
by reporter for THO Mai! and En-
press for some particulars regarding
the trade in platinum:
There isn't much to tell you," he
said. Eyes, this is the only place of
this kind in the city: and l have been
established here a good many years.
Platinum, generally speaking, IS one.
third the value of pure gold: It is
worth; in round figures. So Troy
ounce: Most of it comes from the
Ural districts of Russia: We get IT
from Russia in what is known as FIAT
stock or sheets; and in thick wire
rods"
''Isn't it found in Americaa'' ask ed
the reporter.
':Not to any extent. We do get
some from Oregon and South America,
but not much, and the trouble now is
that the price is going up while there
are no supplies forthcoming. 1t ia
manufactured chiefly for laboratory
use in colleges and elsewhere. The
sheets and wires are made into small
vessels and fine wires for experiment.
al tho vo1ppn If hn natal
consisting in its resistance to heat. 1t
takes double the heat to melt it that is
required to cast iron. The articles
made from it include boilers, alem-
brics, crucibles, siphons, tubes, wire
game. blowripe, spoons, spatulas,
refining siphons, and jewelers. coloring
baskets: l supply colleges with these
articles in all parts of the country.
The speaker here showed the report
er piece of tho sheet platinum. 1t
measured twelve inches long by six
inches wide, and was about halt an
inch thick. It had the appearance of
dull silver, and was very heavy. ''You
might not think it," he added, ''but
would not take $1,000 for that piece
of metal. Its great weight is some
thing remarkable, as you see: 1t is the
heaviest of the commercial metals
"What is increasing the demand for
platinum" was asked.
1.-The electric lights. In those of
the incandescent description the plati-
mum is used in the globe of the burner,
being the two fine wires that are fused
in the globe to connect with the leading
copper wires. No other metal could be-
come fused into the metal that would
not become oxidized. OF course, the
increased demand for the electric light
increases the demand for platinum.
Why, to show you how much of it is
used, when one of the electric light
companies was started, and we're both
using and spelling a great many of
their lights, they were paying me
more than $1,000 per week for plati-
mum wire!'- York Mail and En-
71r4SS.
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George Rex Graham, the founder of
Graham,s Magazine. whose name was
household word in every cultivated
home forty years ago, is now blind,
helpless, worn out, and subsisting on the
charity of more successful friends in
New York. The burden of caring for
Mr.. Graham was taken up three years
ago by Newark journalist. Through
the liberality of old Philadelphia &C.
quaintances of Mr.. Graham, particu-
larry Mr.. G.. w. Childs and Mr.. C. J.
Peterson, the simple wants of the dear
old man have been provided for. His
wife died many years ago, and, so far as
near relatives are concerned, he appears
to be absolutely alone in the world, all
Of them being dead.
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pens pens that the price Of diamonds hi;
steadily and greatly fallen. The all:
round price per carat has fallen from
Is to Is shillings pc. CARAT. At this
one cannot be Surprised Of old the
world was content to receive each year
an accession of new-dug diamonds 81
about ESQ, 900 in value sd the average:
But suddenly from South Africa comes
new supply, exceeding $4,000, 900
worth each year for ten years:-C6r:
London Times.
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Judge Flsndrau of st. Paul made q
trip round the world, and found. as
Gen. Grant did, that Japan was one of
the most interesting countries on the
Globe, and never tires of telling his
friends Of curious sights and experiences
there His lecture on Japan made a
greet hit in st Paul.
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When the Footsteps Came.
Ifo~>N ckn~>f cko,>4

1t was his footsteps-her lovers.
The echo might have been lost to you
or I in the rumble of traffic. but to her
never. To you or me all footsteps
might have sounded alike. To her
there was as much difference as in the
sound of human voices. And she
waited and listened, and the footsteps
came and went, and the months pass
ed by.
Step! step! step!
1t was his footsteps-her husbands.
The echo became a part of her daily
existence. To listen for it became one
of the objects of her life. When that
echo caught her ear Il smile fitted
across her face. her eyes grew bright
er, and wifely kiss was on her lips.
And she waited and listened, and the
footsteps came and went, and the
years passed away.
Step! St!
But the footsteps had ceased, and
the echos had died away forever.
They bore him away to sleep with the
numberless dead, and she was a widow
from whom the sunshine had gone
forever. She wept aud and grleved
and-llstened.
Step! step! step!
How her heart throbbed for an in.
slant! So much like his, and yet she
knew that he slept beneath the willow.
Not onc', but = dozen times day she
felt her heart stop its beating as the
echo of footstep caught her ear.
And she waited and listened, and the
echoes came and went. and she whis-
pered to herself:
"Some day l shall again near his
footballs and know that he has comc.'
The years went by, and a gray-hair-
ed woman looked out upon the setting
sun and knew that it was her last
night on earth. Friends wept at her
bedside-she had no tears. They
| spoke to her in fearful tones she
made no answer. She seemed waiting
and listening, and all of sudden, as
the first shadows of twilight began
stealing into the room, she wispered:
clark! hear it!''
| Step! step! step!
at is his footstep-I feel the echo in
my husband!''
All listened as they kept their eyes
fixed upon the dying woman's face.
Step! Step! The echo brought the old
wifely smile to her face. Step! step!
Her face grew radiant at thought of
the meeting. Step! step! step! The
echo gave her strength to rise up and
| stretch forth her arms as if to clasp
some one, and as she sank slowly back
they heard her whisper:
II knew his footsteps-he has come
at last!'
But it was that he might guide her
safely through the valley of the shad-
| ow.-DetroM Free Press
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-06-04

Vermont has always done nobly in
the matter of supplying "sweetening"
to the outside world its average crop Of
maple sugar being $4,000, 900 pounds,
which is about one-third of tho total
product Of the country. This year the
yield has been larger than ever before,
thus giving less excuse for the vile COM
pound of nine parts of brown sugar to
one of mapel, which is commonly sold
rs the pure Green Mountain article.
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Xwsnty.Ywo Lives Lost

The steamer City Of Rome, of tho Anchor
line, reached New York, having on board be-
side her ,s2l regular passengers two French
fishermen, tho only survivors of the crew Of
the French fishing bark George Jeannet, which
the banks Of Newfoundland May Is. The
names of the rescued men are Hubert Albert
and Frank Aphonz Mario. The bark, after
she WAS struck, sank in less than . minute.
carrying down with her twenty -four men, only
two OF Thom wore saved. Tho people on the
ashermen's blouses run frantically forward on
the bark. Tho murky air was filed With their
anrighted cries: tho shrill e1clamations Of
horror from the deck Of Tho steamer and TIE
Ssa e. sounding Of the the and
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A Relic Of the 16auistee.

1t is now eighteen months since the steamer
Manistee went down in terrible gale on Lake
Superior, and on all board persisted Nothing
has been seen or heard from the Manistee since
but an occasional bucket or piece of timber
washed ashore in the vicinity of Fish creek,
Wis. until recently when party of trout fish
ers while angling up Fish creek some dis
lance from it's mouth, found a sealed bottle
ten: .'On board Manistee Terrible storm
tonight May not live to see morning Yours
t" the world: John Mckay" Mckay was cap
tain of the Manistce at the time of the disaster.
The people Of Ashland, with whom Mckay
was in the habit of doing business, carefully
compared the handwriting on the slip OF paper
found in the bottle with receipts and other
documents of the late captain, and pronounce
the handwriting on tho slip to be his, without
question, The slip OF paper has been sent
to the widow Of the late captain Mckay for
further Identification
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The report of cholera cases at Quebec,
caused the Dominion government to IS
sue an order to enforce the strictest
quarantine regulations, SO as to prevent
its spreading.
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Frank Bobbert, aged sixteen, shot and killed.
Lizzie Ippech, four years old, then commit
ted suicide, at Pittsburg, Pa
The Grant mansion, No. 1000 Chestnut
street, Philadelphia, was sold at auction re-
Gently Frank K Hess bought the property
for 1880. This house was presented to
Gen. Grant by committee of Philadelphia
citizens at the close of the war.
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THE CASUALTY RECORD.

Emperor, large and noted elephant, valued
at $lO, 600 fell from car at Liberty, No.. and
was so severely injured that he had to DO killed.
Louis Laubshire, an architect employed on
the government building in Fort Wayne, Ind,
choked himself to death while eating piece Of
sausage.
Rev. O. F. Brown, rector of the Reformed
Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in New
York city, has been missing since Thursday
the 2lst He is supposed to BE- insane.
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Virtual 1ndine az tie 6tsl 1dSinsss:

In tho Dominion ho;se Of COMMONS iRsi
Wednesday afternoon, tho 9th inst; .Clron;
minister Of the nilitid, said; Il have just re-
ceiVed to-day from Gen. Middleton 4 telegram
from Battleford which, I think. will be inter
eeting to the house. > It is as,follows: -. =.
Battlefort, May 26-A p Caron, Minister Of
Militia: lhave made prisoners Of Poundmaker
and Lean Man, Yellow Mud and Blanket Break
ing Through the Ice, being the most influentiA
and dangerous men about HIM I have alss
White Boar. who killed Indian Instructor
Payne, and Wahwainita, who killed Fremont, the
ranger. My next task may be Big Bear: Pound-
maker brought in the teams taken and gave up
2l0 stands Of arms and five rovolvers., i have
horses and cattle, and am sending part Of
the police to see that it. IL ill given up
The Ninetieth has Just arrived by steamer and
70 IN camp. The rest are coming by land. II
obliged to move on the Indians, propose to
organize force Of mounted infantry made up
artillerymen, n all about three hundred men,
and with light carts and little baggage and sup
plies 30 possible, SO Is to Iscour the whole
country and strike rapidly; expect Big Bear
win soon .gite AP. r. ne does, fhs1 trest
hin hin aA have done PolindlmakeI: II he does
0'' f fsienedi i~'> I'LL" ' FRED %np1sron
Gen: Middleton also telegraphed to Lieut.
Gov Atkins:
Poundmaker and his whole band surrendered
to me to-day, giving up 30 arms, Offers
teams and the stolen horses and cattle. He
and his principal chiefs, together With the
murderers Of Payne and Fremont, are, prison.
PTS 81 my camp. I have summoned Big Bear
to eufrender, and informed him that if he does
pot shall attack him., think the, affair about
over over and the y uprising virtually ended: The
and trying half breeds. Settlers say they will
not venture back to their farms until tho In
aians are put whore they can do no harm.
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One by one the roller skatipg-rinks are clos
ing for the season, and people are beginning
to look around for some other cssse.-GAiasop
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Shooting Affair In Dodge County, MINI:

o1ootan8 Aaa1r IN Dodge County, MINI:
John Leahmann, living near Claremont;
thirteen miles east of Owatanna, Steele
Co., went 10 the residence of William Van
Rrden, quiet; respectable farmer, and at
tempted to quarrel will, him, accusing hin,
OF many offenses of which he claimed to be
innocent Finally Leahmann loaded his gun
and said he had come to shoot Van Ruben.
teahmann advanced with the intention Of
shooting and would not stop at the warning Of
Van Ruben, who fired and killed him instantly.
Another account says: They had trouble for
several years and Leahmann was in the habit OF
going over to Van Ruden's and shooting at h:a
Chickens sometimes threatening to shoot him.
Recently Leahmann went 70 v al Ruden'a
with loaded gun Old Mrs Van Rudci
went out and requested him not to shoot
IN tho yard as he might shoot some of the
children. Leahmann said he would shoot all
he wanted to and could shoot her If he desir-
ed, whereupon he discharged his gun of in
the pasture. Van Ruden appeared, and, after
some words with Leahtaann went into the
house, brought out his gun and shot Leahmann
Van Ruben went to kasson, Dodge county, at
once and gave himself up. Leahnann was q
bachelor about forty years Of age, and had one
brother living. Van Ruden has . wife and one
child. Both parties were well-to- do farmers:
Leahmann had 5000 on his person.
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tits reported that the Gar of Russia
is about to assume the title, emperor
of Central Asia," to offset Victoria's
title, 'Eglpress of India"
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There is report that the Mormons
of Utah are trying to sell all their prop
erty in that Territory with the inten-
ton of emigrating to Mexico.
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The Romance Of victor Hugo's Daughter:

The 2omance Of Victor Hugo's Daughter:
Details Of the romantic career Of Adele, tho
daughter of Victor Hugo, are published At
Halifax, N. j., the facts being furnished BY
Robert Nation, Q. c., we'll known criminal
lawyer, who acted for her professionally on
several occasions Adele's story, as told by
herself, is as follows:
When a mere girl, living with her par
bnts in Brussels, she became acquaint-
ed with young man, one Pinsen,
belonging to wealthy family, then
staying in Brussels. They became en-
gagged and secretly married, she believed ow-
ing to the opposition of Pinsen's family The
affair was kept private, and he promised
to make her his wife publicly in due time.
Meanwhile, he was gazetted lieutenant in the
British army and ordered to Halifax. Just
previous to this he wrote her to meet him in
London where they would be formally mar
RED, but before she reached there Pinseri
had started with his regiment for Hall
fax. She returned to Brussels and shortly
afterward clandestinely left her home re-
solved to follow Pinsen. Arriving in New
York, she made her way to Halifax and lived
there nearly three years. Pinsen proved re-
ecreant, repudiating all knowledge Of her, and
becoming engaged to the daughter Of J. W.
Johnston, then premier of Nova Scotia, which
engagement was broken of. Pinsen went with
his regiment to Barbados, and mas not since
been heard from. Adele, while in Halifax,
followed him day and night, at times in male
attire. The girl was placed in New York or
Boston insane asylum.
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Gladstone Catching It 8vsrywhsr1:

~4ON0tOoO ONt0Q10B NJ 9Vo3yw0oSo:
London Cable: The political situation iii
England is notonly regarded BY Enelishmen as
Anomalous, but 1t now forms the chief subject
Of comment in al the continental papers.
The leading organs Of European public opinion
outside of England severely criticise the pres
ent British ministry: Mr.. Gladstone gets the
lions share of all this continental denunciation.
The Vienna Mondays Review says it is posi-
bic that the English parliament may absove
Mr. Gladstone and his cabinet for their
laundering management of British for
eign affairs, but it thinks that soone,
or later the British people will denounce
the ministry that has "sacrificed the
honor and vital interests Of tho British
empire" The Algemane Zietang Of Vienna,
says that Mr.: Gladstone has impaired an ''aim-
less nervousness" into European politics
which the paper declares is alternating great
continental powers from England ''Who
(what nation) would be rash enough to be
Gladstone's friends?" asks tho Zietung. The
Rassesna Of Rome advises Italy to closely OBJ
serve the negotiations in progress between
England and the porte for Turkish occupa-
ton of Suakim. Such an occupation would
seriously modify Italy's position at Massowal
The Rassegua says, and Italy is, intensely in
terested in England'e intentions concerning it