The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-12-02
H.avy railars At Oshkosh.

and door hrm Of Carlton Foster d Co., one
% the largest concerns in the Northwest.
The. firm has been carried on largely by the
National Bank OF Oshkosh for tho past
a draft Of 81. 600: the bank advised the
firm to make an assignment, which was
announced, when the workmen arrived at
ta,e large factory to begin the days opera.
tions. The firm has here one OF tho larg'
est factories in the orthwest, and ID
also interested at st. Louis. The heaviest
creditors are Oshkosh parties, and the fol
lowing are the principal claims: Morgan
Bros 4 Co.. So, 900; Orville Beach, 500, ):
G @oo; Hecsy ..s shs.y 49, 6on
accounts. So, 900. The total liabilities are
over 5000. 900 and the assets are es timated
at $4,000. About two hundred hands
are thrown out of employment:
:, The, New York court OF Appeals has God:
iirmed the Judgment 81 the court below Id
the case 81 Buddenseik, the New York
builder, convicted Of manslauekter, having
been declared responsible. for tho death 81
q workman employed on q row Of buildingl
which fell while in course OF erection under
his supervision.
Mrs. Mildred Adams OF London has in.
stituted an action for SANDER against her
father, Lord Chief Justice Coleridge, be.
cause Of his hints in justiiying his condu Ct
toward her husband, Charles w. Adams,
that the latter had managed to induce her
to assume improper relations with him
before marriage, in order to secure her
hand and fortune.
At Cleveland, Judge Hutchins bound
over for trial. without bail, WHEELER, the
old man charged with numbering his wife.
WHEELER was eighty-one and his wife eighty.
seven years OF age.
Application for q supersedeas in the case
OF Spies. Parsons and their convicted fellow
anarchists OF Chicago, was made to Jus.
tice Scott, OF the Illinois supreme court,
by Leonard Sweet and Capt. Black: Theii
briefs OF $50 pages and their bulky record
of the trial, consisting OF 5000 type-writ
ten rages, without oral argument:
At Varness ST alton, Winchester county;
n. Y, four unknown outlaws broke into
the depot building, beat William Robinson,
the station agent, into insensibility, bound
him and rifled the office. Robinson's inju.
ries arc probably fatal.
Gen. Ricketts,, who has been an invalid
for years, but recently recovered enough
to 60 up to New Hampshire and visit hia
married daughter, is now seriously india.
posed, and it is thought will not recover.
.Postoffices Observation-Disclosures: Mont
Clair, Griggs county; Nova, Walsh county:
lows: Riley, Ringgold county: Minnesota:
Sibley, sibley county. Postmasters com:
observation-disclosures: Payne, T. e. Wood.
kota: Twin Brook, A. A. Story: Minneso.
ia: Moscow, E. E: Case.
Ole Anderson, arrested near Bassett,
Nebraska, for numbering his wife and
throwing the remains in a well, confessed
the crime. He says that he quarreled with
her because she would not consent to the
sale of stotx to pay debts. The prisoner
came near being lynched by neighbours. and
only escaped with the help oi the sheriff,
who landed Anderson in Jail at Ainsw orth.
There is q good deal OF talk in New York
about the story that in the house OF Mr..
Arthur Mr.. Blaine refused to take the or.
tended hand of Mr.. Edmunds, or to speak
to him.
Princess Beatrice, wife oil Prince Henry
OF Battenburg, and youngest daughter Of
Queen Victoria, has given birth TO son.
A fire in Portage La Prairie recently de.
stroyed the fire hall and ell the appara.
tus. The damage will exceed $12, 900.
DR.. Parker, OF the City Temple. London,
writes that it would be suicidal for the
English Liberals to incorp crate discs.
tabIishmcnt plank in their platform.
While T. NJ. Stevens and son, 20 year.
OF age, were filling drill hole in tho Fluti.
mine near Idaho springs, COL, with giant
powder. the charge exploded, killing the
son Instantly. The father WAS so badly
injured that he died soon after.
Ike Arnold, notorious desperado,
quarreled with and attacked Tom Dugan, Q
es- >,.s< l. I.
S ty: Sy'' and Dos"n shot him dead with q
There are three persons from Pennsyl.
vania who are counted as candidates 10,
the Austrian mission. They are Gov. Cur.
tin, Lieut.. Gov. Black and ex- Congressman
Hopkins of the Pittshurg district.
The engagement of Miss Florence Whit
ing, youngest daughter OF Commander w.
w. Whiting to Ems Ugh J. H. Bernardon, ia
announced in Washington.
Mrs. Kate Chase is in Washington, with
q view to selling her corner place near that
city.
Charles O'Conor's amanuensis, Miss
Emma Folger, to whom he beouoathed
$15 5000, is teaching school in Nantucket.
The jury in the case OF ex.Ald. McQuade
OF New York, came into court and reported
to tho recorder that it had been impossible
to agree upon q verdict, and expressed the
belief that further trial to do so was use.
less.
The president makes public some cor
respondencc in the case of District Attor'
ney WilliamA. Stone Of Pennsylvania, who
was suspended for making political speech
es. In a letter to Attorney General Gar
land. Mr.. Stone states that he made only
two speeches, and did not for moment
neglect his duties on account OF politics.
In letter to the attorney general, dated
the 23d inst, the president. after acknowl-
edging the receipt from the attor ney gener-
al OF Mr.. Stones letter says that Stone
cannot lie renstated.
William Haden OF Chicago, furniture and
desk manufacturer, made an assignment,
the amount of the liabilities and asset q
unknown. Hayden has done an extensive
business.
It is stated that expert examinations
OF the accounts of Reed, the defaulting
manager OF the South Boston Horse Rail-
way company, have brought to light proof
OF more extensive crookedness than was at
first believed.
Gov. Currier OF New Hampshire, has ap.
pointed ex-Gov. Cheney OF Manchester
United States senator to fiji the vacancy
occasioncd by the death OF Austin F. Pike.
Mr.. Cheney is sixty years Of age, a wealthy,
cultured gentleman. He has spent q mum.
Der OF winters in Washington. although he
wac never in congress. He has been long
identified with the leading industries OF his
state and has been more or less prominent
in politics. His appointment has sub.
served two motives. 1t repays debt oil
gratitude some two years old. incurred by
Gov. Currier in the senatorial fight when
Chandler opposed Currier and favored Hale.
Cheney then stood by Currier. 1t further
retires Cheney from all aspirations to an
election to the office when the legislature
meets in June next.
Col. George L. Febiger, assistant pay
master general. u. s. army, has been re-
lieved from duty in the division OF the
Missouri, and will shortly 60 upon the re-
tired list.
Francis Palms, one Of the wealthiest
citizens OF Detroit. died. He leaves an
estate OF from Sis, 100000 to SIS, OOO,.
600. He was born at Antwerp, Belgium,
in 1910. his family being high in family
circles but losing all in the fall OF the en-
pire. He emisr.ted to America, settling in
Detroit.
Dana Conway, q son OF the Rev. Mon.
cure D. Conway, the we'll known au thor,
and lecturer, died at the home OF his father
in Brooklyn, aged twentyon years.
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