The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-12-09


died instantly, but Gust fingered few
hours. Blackwood was d member of Hen
nepin commandry, Minneapolis:
A new dam which had just been finished
ut Langley cotton mills. on the Chariot tie,
Columbia Il Augusta railroad, S. c., gave
way, and is almost q complete wreck. The
water rushed through in food from the
pond, swept away half mile OF the track
OF the Columbia & Augusta railway and
badly damaged the tracks OF the South
Carolina railway. All the new and expen.
sive work recently completed by the form.
er rond is totally ruined. The accident il
Inscribed to q violent shock of earthquake.
The waters flooded all tho adjacent coun-
try and did much damage.
President Fitzgerald, of the Irish Nation.
al League OF America, makes an appeal for
funds to aid in the fight against coercion.
George Parr, lumber manufacturer and
merchant of Barron. Wis.,, makes an as
signment.
Gen. Roger A. Pryor has just realized
500, 900 by an advance in some railroad
securities.
According to the Railroad Gazette there
was total OF 118 train accidents during
October, in which Is persons were killed
and JOG hurt. As compared with October
1885, there was q decrease OF 5 accidents,
an increase of II killed and decrease OF
28 injured. The ten months of the cur
rent year to the end OF Oct ober show Il to-
tai OF 966 accidents, 334 killed and I, 1873
hurt; a monthly average OF 81 accidents,
33 killed and 1870 injured.
The president has made the following
appointments: Edward Gushing. to be
collector OF customs for the district OF Bel
fast, Me-; Joseph f. Moore, to be collector
OF customs for the district OF Waldbor-
oush, Me-: Philip w. Downes, to be gener-
al appraiser Of merchandise for the port OF
lin. Md, to be agent for the Indians OF the
Lemhi agency i'll Idaho
The London Standard says it is serious
~ proposed at Sofia to nominate an Amer.
lean as a candidate for the Bulgarian
throne.
The Berlin police have prescribed the
first number of the anarchist periodical
Autonomie.
The total vote for congressman, in Col
orado, as given by the STATE canvassing
board is: Symes. Republican, 27,732;
Reed, Democrat, 26, 929; Murray, Prohibit.
Zionist. 3,597. Symes' plurality 800. as
against 6,726 two years ago. The vote Of
the state was 8, 1893 less than in '84
The secretary Of the interior has decided
that Frank A. Bidwell, OF Mitchell, OAK,
and George w. Vennum, OF Jamestown,
Dak., will be no longer recognized az at.
torneys or agents before the interior de-
partment or at any bureau or Office con-
nected Herewith.
A bill filed in tho probate court in Chica-
go asks for a conservator for the estate OF
Miss Petrinella johnson in order to pre-
vent her from giving her property to the
Salvation army and leaving herself penni-
less.
Stephen w. Rawson, a Chicago banker.
is suing his vile for divorce on the ground
OF adultry.
At Providence, r. l., "Doc" Wilson de-
clares that he is the son OF Millionaire
Moen.
The following Dakota postmasters were
recently appointed: John Boom, Mercer
county; James G. Webb. Pembina, Penn
bina county, vice Edmund K. Caviler, re-
moved; Charles H. Morse, Winfield, Lake
county, vice Charles A. Dewell, removed.
The friends of Senator Jones OF Nevada
are the most jubilant men in Washing ton
"He hasgot all his old fortune back, said
Congressman Page ri California. He tel
egraphed that he had made a clean 81, OOO,-
900, and has made most Of it in ono day.
They have found immense new deposits of
ore in the Virginia consolidated, and the
stock went kiting from Is to 80. Jones
has got all bis old pile back again.
Commissioner Sparks asked for the dis
barment OF james Vtnnum OF jamestown,
Oak, and Frank Bidwell of Mitchell, Oak.
Both parties were given sixty days to de.
fend themselves against the charges brought
against them.
Chief Justice Wait was seventy years old
on the 29th' having been on the supreme
court bench continuously since 1874. He
becomes eligible now for retirement upon
Il pension OF $4,000 year. The chief
justice has no thought as yet OF throwing
off his silkcn gown and retiring to q life OF
ease and comfort. Three other justices OF
the supreme court-Miller. Field and Brad
lev-are now eligible for retirement with
full pay, rs they are past seventy years OF
age and had seats upon the supreme bench
enjoys excellent healt. though Justice Brad.
ley looks rather delicate, and is often
mentioned as the first justice likely to
resign.
The president appointed Rudolph Guy.
ehardt of Washington Territory to be re-
ceiver OF public moneys at Walla Walla,
Wash.
The president issued a proclamatio
FORMULATING the extradition treaty with
Japan, which was ratified after being
amended by the senate last June.
In the circuit court in Milwaukee the
jury in the case of s. J. Woodward
against the West Side Roilroad company
returned q verdict for the defendant. The
suit was brought to recover $40, 900 dam.
ages for injuries received while attempting
to board street car on Grand avenue.
The wife OF Lieut.. Frank B. Andrews and
daughter OF Maj. William H. Powell, U. s.
A., died at Boise City, Idaho.
tho Tirat ol,,,~oh
Kansas City, there was married to Charles
E. Nixon, OF the Chicago Inter Ocean, and
Miss Edna Mann, daughter of James A.
Mann, business manager OF the Kansas
City Journal.
Curtis Cotton, an extensive business man
OF Colorado locked creditors up in his office
and departed, owing over $500, 900.
Fx-Gov. Perry of South Carolina died at
Greenville. that state, recently. He was a
leader Ut the Unionists in South Carolina.
The following patents have been granted:
c. &. Schellenberger, St. Paul, watch; w.
V. Horn and j. DAM, St. Paul, ash pit
frame and door.
The superior of the Obiate Fathers Of
Montreal has announced that no Knights
OF Labor will be permitted to partake Of
the sacrament.
Several barns on the stock farm of ]. w.
Allen, at East Syracuse, N. Y, were burned.
Fifty.scven head offancy cattle were burned
to death, and large amount of grain
and hay and a number Of farming improve
ments were destroyed. The loss is $4O,-
900.
Gen. Robert Potter is lying i'll at New
port R. l. No hopes are entertained 70,
his recovery.
A report il current that Count Walderze
will succeed Gen. Won Moltke as chief Of
staff, and that Gen. Stieblel will succeed
Gen. Won Schellendorff as Prussian wa,
minister.
Emma Nevada. Planners baby is describ
ed by Lucy Hooper as 1.-The ninutest and
prettiest little creature imagina BILE. blue
eyed, pearly-looking infant, with much q
its mothers sweetness of expression"
NJ. Copuelin, who finally served his con
nection with the Coincide Franchise, Paris
will bring his son Jean with him to Amerf
ca. Jean is about to make his debut q,
an actor.
in the Campbell divorce case, in London
more testimony is given to prove tn,
naughtiness OF Lady Campbell.