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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
Senator Bruce and Senator Boey.

Blanche K. Bruce. whose signature
as Register of the Treasury now graces
every National bank bill, was very pop
ular while he was in the Senate, al
though he is of African descent. Un-
obtrusive, attentive to business, and
modest, he conquered the prejudices
against his race and was treated with
marked courtesy by his associates. One
day after he had been Senator for
two years or more, Senator Bogy, the
aristocratic descendant of one of the
old French families of St. Louis, took
seat by his side, saying: "Mr. Bruce.
l have bill here l want you to vote
for. 1t is one in which l have a great
personal interest. 1t has nothing po-
1itical in it. Look at it and tell me
what you think" Bruce laughed as
he said: Senator Bogy, l hope we
shall arrange this more satisfactorily
than our last business transaction"
"Our last transactionP What do you
mean?" ':Don't You remember meet.
Ing me before my coming to the Sem
ate?" ''Most decidedly, no." II think
I can refresh your memory, Senator.
Some twenty years ago you wero one
day running down Olive street in q
hurry to catch a steamer. You wero
carrying very heavy valise. The day
was very hot. Don't You remember
the colored boy who came up and Of
fered to carry the valise down to the
levee for quarter? You ran along
with the boy. Soon tho wharfboat
dock was reached. The boat was just
swinging out. You ran and jumped on
board. You called for the valisc, The
colored boy put the valise behind his
back and called for his quarter. You
hunted, tished out a quarter and tossed
it ashore, but the gap was too wide to
toss the valise. The captain had to
stop the boat and back up before you
could get your valisc. Do you remem-
Der that?'' well, should say do"
Il was that colored ."-Ben: Per-
ley Poore tn Boston Budget.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
MINNESOTA.
Northern Pacific Land Sales.

~~OHSHe1H @C1uC A0uU S0I01s
COL C. B. Lamborn, land commissioner
Of the Northern Pacific, reports sales of
land made by his department during the
month of December Of 29,1S9 acres for
sos 973, against e, $40 acres sold during De-
cember, 1884. The total sales for the six
months ending Dec. 81 were 225, 1872, acres for
$S!O.54 against 159, 1876 acres for &79l, 4S4
year before. The sales made during the
past six months were divided as follows:
Minnesota and Dakota, 10000 acres; Mon
tana, n, 40 acres; Washington and Oregon,
gu, l75-total, 226, 1872 acres.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07

The foreign money order balance is
largely against this country, and it is a
triae singular that the largest balance
Is with Italy. Last year that country
received 100000 from US by that
method OF transit, against CSC, 900 re-
turned to this country. Bills of ex-
change amounting to nearly 100000
were sent to England to cover the
money orders issued during the holiday
season.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
Held to be Willful.

Tho coroner's jury at Devils Lake, Oak.
inquiring into the shooting Of Patrick Nc
Murrey the evening of the LIST, by John w
Oswald, returned a verdict that the shoot
ing was felonious and with intent to kill
Following this verdict Oswald 3 preliminary
examination was commenced before thu
city justice.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
Mysterious DISAPPEARANCE.

About Sept. 90th last, A. T. Fleetwood,
late postmaster at Sioux Falls, OAK, left
there to visit friends in Wisconsin. About
six weeks ago he wrote his son at Sioux
Falls from Milwaukee, that he was about
to visit Chicago, since which nothing has
been heard from him, nor any trace Of him
foully dealt with.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07

TIE bohemian Girl" an opera the
public much enjoys, was first produced
fourty-two years ago at Drury Lane
theatre, London, and is the most IA
nous of any of the productions of Bal
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07

The Justices of the Supreme Court
at Washington are more than indignant
at the charge made by q correspondent
that there Is little back room adjacent
to the onein which the Judicial gowns
arekopt, to which the Justices are
want to repair to put down good grog.
One Of the members of the Court saws
he has never seen any liquor about the
promises, and has never known any
o9 his associates to take q drink at the
Capitol, yet Il IL not claimed that Ill
tie supsss1s court justices are total
.aho(lnooeo men.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07

e24.500 have been provided by thir-
ty-nine admirers of the late John
Mccullough for the erection of q
bronze statue representing the actor
in the character of Virginius.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07

A NEW LONDON. Connecticut man,
John Weeks by name, lived 10 be ia
years old. his gray hairs were succeed
ed by q growth of dark hairs and sew
eral new teeth appeared before he died.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07

The anesthetic cocaine is an alkaloid
extracted from the leaves of a shrub
that resembles the tea plant and grows
wild In South America, most abund-
antly in the mountain regions of Peru
and Bolivia Extracts and tinctures
from the plant have been used as
tonic, for ten years, but it is within two
years that q solution of cocaine in
hydrochloric acid has been used rs a
local anesthetic.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07

At Omaha, Neb., the s1st, Howard 8.
Lovejoy, the detaulting receiver of the
Niobrara land Office, who was arrested in
Chicago few months ago, brought to
Omaha and pleaded guilty, was sentenced
to the custody of the United States
marshal until 1886, and was fined 4l2, sS5,
the amount he is charged with embezzling.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
Property Of La Crosse.

The report of building improvements for
1885 1t La Crosse, Wis, proposed by the
secretary of tho board Of trade, shows an
aggregate Of 4679. lis, an Increase over the
previous year Of over $1,000 This does
not include any railroad improvements or
building. The total manufacture Of cigars
for the year was SIN, 47S; total barrels Of
beer, e,W0.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
a Noble Boy.

There was no doubt but that Johnny
Fizzletop was the LATEST and the most
mischiovous boy in the whole school.
Whenever anything went wrong Johnny
was sure to be blamed for it. One day
the school-teacher missed his spectacles.
He remembered having put them ON the
desk few minutes before. He threat
ened to punish the whole school in case
the spectacles were not forthcoming.
''Now, boys, for the last time / tell
whoever took those spectacles to come
forward and own up that he did it. II
he doesn't the whole class WIN be kept
in for an hour after school"
There was q silence for a few minutes,
and then Johnny held up his hand and
asked, in an uncertain sort of voice, what
the boy who took the spectacles would
get.
"A good sound licking Numbered
the teacher.
"Please. sir, I took the spectacles,
said Johnny.
A painful scene ensued. At last the
teacher got through, and, out of breath,
was about to take his seat, when the door
opened and his servant entered, bringing
VIC opoCIsaCAc0.
you left the spectacles at home,"
said the servant, land 1 thought would
bring them over, 40 you can't see well
without them.'
what! the spcctacles2" exclaimed the
school-teacher, very much astonished.
Yes, there were his spectacles beyond
a doubt. Just at this moment Johnny
broke out into a dismal wall, and saying
between s0bs:
20 Lordy! o Lordy! and have been
licked for them very spectacles!''
But Johnny" said the astonished
school-tcacher, show did yon come to
say you took the specs! It is . noble
trait in your character, my boy, to sacri-
fee yourself for the good of the whole
class, particularly when you are inno-
cent"
That's not why l said / took the
Specs" exclaimed Johnny.
"What is the reason"' asked the
teacher.
If l hadn't said did it, explained
Johnny, Il would have been kept In with
the whole class, and when I'm kept in
don't get any dinner, and we've got pud-
ding for dinner to-day. "-Tezas Sitlingc.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
Proposition Accepted.

At mass meeting at Sioux Falls, Oak :,
the proposition of President Ives of the
Burlington, Cedar Rapids g. Northern rail-
bonus Of $4,000, was accepted, and a guar
anty signed by leading business men will
be given the company, until the bonds are
voted and issued.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
Another Bank President Skins.

A telegram from Cliuton, Mass, the LIST,
reports the closing Of the doors Of the Lam
the disappearance of President NcNeill,
with the funds of the institution, estimated
to aggregate $4,000. It is supposed Nc
Neill Is in Canada. The bank examiner of
the district reports the bank in bad condi-
ton some weeks ago, but McNeill and the
animation ordered, delay which Mcneil
improved by gathering up the funds and DE-
camping.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
How many Eees will y Hon Lay.

12O" many Egg WILL U Ron Lazy
We often read Of hens that lay 200
eggs q year, says the Farm and Garden,
but such statements do more harm than
good, by inducing the inexperienced to
believe such to be a fact. ANY one
who is familiar at all with poultry
knows that during the fall all hens un-
dergo the process of moulting or she'd
cling of feathers. This requires usually
about three months, or one hundred
days. As there are only 365 days
in year, we have 265 days left after
deducting the moulting period. If a
hen lays regularly an egg every other
day she will lay 1873 eggs; but she will
probably lose three months in Matching
out her broods; even if she is a non-sit-
ter she will take resting-place. As
moulting is heavy drain on the sys-
TEN, but few hens lay during that pro-
cess, though there are exceptions, and
where the number of eggs exceed one
every two days, it will be found that a
corresponding reduction occurs during
some portion of the year. While we
admit that certain individual hens
have been known to lay as many as
$50 to even 175 eggs in year, such
cases are rare; end if one has a flock of
twenty hens or more he should be sat-
isfied if there is an average of one hum
dred eggs a year for the whole flock, or
rather nine dozen. Four dozen out of
the nine should realize thirty cents per
dozen, three dozen should bring about
twenty cents per dozen. and two dozen
should realize fifteen cents per dozen,
or an average of about twenty-three
cents. OF course this calculation may
be wrong, but it will convey an idea Of
what may be expected.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
Murder at Appleton, Wis.

AT Appleton, Wis.,. the night Of the I'd,
Peter Armstrong, aged Is, while standing
talking with Frank Davis, In front Of d.
Wis house, was shot and killed by Julia
Giskie, Q women % years of age, house.
keeper for Davis father. The woman
makes NO explanation Of tho shooting fur
Their than she thought an attempt was be-
Ing made to break Into tho house.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
Debt Reduction.

The public debt statement for December
showed total Jan. l, 1856, less cash in the
treasury of 81, 443. 44826, reduction dur
ing the month of December of S9,OS9, $40.
The decrease in the debt for the six months
just closed, was 81, 493, 719, against $751;
SUI, s64 for the corresponding period Of last
year.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
O10Rppoared.

c. B. Chandler, an old resident Of Du-
luth and pine land explorer, disappeared
the 31st ult, under circumstances that
leads to the belief he has made away with
himself He had been acting queerly, and
after his disappearance a slip Of paper was
found In a coat pocket, reading: In the
body lies
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
Closed Its Doors.

The First National bank of Lake CITY.
Mimi, did not open its doors, Monday the
2Sth. A run was started on the bank the
tie alleged impossibility Of resiisin ee UPON en
the bank securities is given az the reason
for the suspension by the officers. The Of
ficers claim that the bank is as insolvent
now as at any time since its organization,
that depositors will be paid and in full.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
Killed BY tho (:arD.

Fred Weber of st. Paul, brakeman ON
the Milwaukee & st. Paul road, was run
over by the cars at q station
east of Winona and killed. In runninR
ahead to turn a switch he feil
into a small calvert, and before he could
release himself the engine passed over him.
inNring him SO severely az to cause his
death in q few minutes,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07

The following Dakota postmasters were
announced the 10th: Carthage, W. H.
Oschner; Milton, J. B. Mcleod; Ordwav,
W. 7. Sheridan. Wisconsin-Peshtigo j.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
Arrested for Libel.

W. II. Burk, editor Of the Capital at
jamestown, OAK, recently indicted by the
grand jury of Kidder for criminal libel,
was arrested the 29th, and taken to Steele
county for examination.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
Sheriff ArF0ated.

Sheriff c. H. Hank Of Cavalier county,
OAK, who some time ago, shot and killed
man he was attempting to arrest, while
at jamestown OAK, with q patient for
the insane hospital, was arrested
at the instance Of the sheriff of Pembina
county.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07

The surname William is borne by a
larger number of persons in England
than any other, and its feminine COM
panion, Mary, comes next in point of
freouencY
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07

At Grand Forks, Oak, the 18th, the cor
oner's jury investigating the shooting of
aalver Tollipson, the Goth, found that his
death was from revolver shot In the
hands Of Peter Swenson, with felonious in
tent.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07

A LITTLE girls idea is unique. 'See,
mamma. see the popped rain coming
down." she exclaimed, looking out of a
window during q snow storm.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
Now Prison Onlclals.

DR.. J. T. Cravens was on the first elected
superintendent of the insane asylum at
ant superintendent, vice Drs. Eller and
Tall, whose designations were demanded
some weeks ago.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07

Our of 1925 carloads of fruit
shipped from California eastward du-
ring the past year, only four full car
loads reached New York.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
Annexed.

The British government celebrated the
LIST by issuing proclamation annexing
Burmah to British India. At kanRoon tho
capital OF the annexed territGry, there
was . grand parade and other ceremonies
In honor of the event.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
1nauEurated.

Governors elect Hill Of New York, and
Fitz Hugh Lee of Virginia, were inaugur-
ated Jan. 1. with appropriate ceremonies
An unusually large number of visitors wit
messed both events.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
Sentenced to Forty Ycar..

AT Chicago the End, the notorious Corne-
Illus O'Leary. who on the night of Aug. y,
er and Mary Scully, his mistress and half
sister, was sentenced to forty years in the
penitentiary.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
Bond Call.

The secretary of the treasury the Goth,
issued a coll for SIC, oco, 900 per cent. gov
ernment bonds, payable Feb. l. This is the
first callfo bonds since October, 1884.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07

ExNA ABROTT, the opera singer,
says it is her creed that q woman can
weigh what she wants to. The way
Emma does it, is this: If 1 am thin,
I eat caramels and ice cream and take
plenty of exercise, weighing regularly
three times week. When find nv
self a half pound too heavy eschew
sweets. In this way 1 always keep at
my usual weight-1s9 pounds.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
FiGhtlng In Eeypt.

A cablegram from Cairo, Egypt, the 3Oth,
reports IN engagement between the forces
under Gen. Stevenson and the rebels, re-
sulting in the defeat and rout of tho latter.
The British lost six killed and thirteen
wounded.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
Death OF IN Editor.

News received at Saltwater. tho Soth,
that julius Duel, editor Of tho st. Croix
Post, OF the place, had died at Gutah, Fla,
who're he had gone for his health. Mr.
Duel had been suffering from weak lungs
for some time.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
Sworn In ~ Recent.

On the 30th Queen Christina was sworn In
as regent of Spain. The populace were
very candid in the reception Of her maj
esty.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
Roller Rink Burned.

The 10th, the roller rink at Grand Fo, ks,
Dak., owned by Bartlett & Drake of
4inneapolis, was burned. Loss $4,000
with 81, 500 insurance.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
MINI.
CURRENT COMMENT.
THE chaplain Of congrass is paid IS.
q day.
DAVID DAVIS is preparing = volume
Of personal "reminiscences, his wife act
ing - his amanuens,s.

TEE lock step system Of walking has
been abandoned at tho Michigan peni-
Tertiary. and the marching in ranks
and squads substituted.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07

The 2sth N. Francis Jules P. Grevy was
reelected President Of France, on tho joint
vote Of the senate and chamber ofdeputies.
There was great excitement during the bal
lot. Only five members of tho Right cast
ballots. N. Grevy's total majority was 1855.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
Quarantine Against Small Pox.

A proclamation by Gov. Ireland Of
Texas, guarantees the Rio Grande border
against the small pox epidemic in Mexico.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
3XhAustl0n Of Soil. =.

Nature made the best possible use of
the long ages prior to the settlement of
this country by white men. in forcing
the most luxuriant growth of vegeta-
ton. and by its decay and that of the
annual crop of foliage, had filled the
soil with an amount of fertility that
seemed exhaustless. So thought our
fathers, and so think now many of the
occupiers Of the great fertile West.
But q continual taking out apd putting
nothing back would exhaust even the
7 ocean. 1t has exhausted the millions
Of acres of the older East, and it will
exhaust tho most fertile fields of the
West. A study of the census must con-
vince any searcher that the production
OF all our crops is year by year growing
less and less. 1t cannot be attributed
to q change of seasons for a series of
years, but can be only to one cause
the gradual exhaustion of plant food by
our minimizing and unwise course.
sources Of our acres, and of returning
to our starving fields those elements OF
plant growth quite or nearly exhausted,
is yearly forcing itself more prominently
upon the attention of the farmers of at
least the eastern half of our country, and
the line is very rapidly extending west
ward. Millions of acres that once pro-
duced magnificent. crops of the various
grains, even west of the great lakes.
are now lying vacant, or barely paying
for the most shiftless cultivation. This
question cannot be seriously considered
toe soon, even by the farmersand the
now rich and productive prairies west
Of the great rivers. Every train that
passes eastward is loaded with a portion
Of their fertility much of it in the crude
and barely remunerative state of bran,
oil meal, and the coarser grains, and, to
the shame of the farmers, even in the
bones of their animals, while tho re-
turning trains carry pack in the nature
of plant food.
Though western farmers may think
they have no need of such knowledge,
they should not fail to thoroughly post
themselves, and those farmers who do
so and who take advantage of this
knowledge, will, by-and-by, be looked
upon as the ''lucky ones'' who have the
richest farms in the vicinity in which
they live.-R4ral Neao Yorker.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
Killed

Abraham Generous Of Maple Grove, Hen
nepin county, returning homo from Anoka
the evening of the 10Th, In IN intoxicated
condition, was thrown from his wagon and
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
R08lGn.

n. Brisson and the other members Of the
French cabinet resigned the goth. N
Brisson positively refusing 10 again accept
asked to do so by President Grevy.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
Enp,ror wnll.n.. A.,ivsrsa-1.

The twenty nth anniversary Of ths -
oession of Emperor William 70 the throne
1T Prussia was observed the Cd. The eun-
peror held . reception which Was attended
by ill the foreign ambassadors and dipio-
mats In tho city. In his conversation Via,
the foreign. representatives the emperor
avoided making political allusions except
to express his satisfaction ct tho friendly
relations existing between. Germany and
other countries. q, /
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
Peace In Peru.

The latest information from Peru indi-
Gates that all revolutionary measures have
ceased in that country, and that Peru Il
about to enter upon an era OF peace and
prosperity. One Of tho leading journals Of
Lima declares that q union 10 already e.
tablished between the Pierola party
il quite insignificant before that Of the sue
cessful Gen. Caceres, who IL the hero Of the
hour.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
Now Bank.

The First National Bank Of Luverne,
Mimi, capital $5o, 900, commenced business
the I'd: Hon. p. J. Kuiss Is president and
w. p. Hurlburt, cashier.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
Crushed to Death.

Carl Schultz. q farmer living near
Morristown, Rice county, was killed the
30th. he was seated on the top Of q load
OF green planks, about 1900 feet in the
load, when the wheels on one side Of the
wagon settled into q small ditch, upsettinR
the load, Mr.. Schultz falling Under it. His
body was smashed to jelly.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07

There arc two stars which rise and
set With men and whose beneficial rays
sneirols him, viz, hope and rousna-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07

Spain has decided to prolong until 1892
all treaties of commerce which will expire
In 1887. This virtually insures the renewal
OF negotiations for commercial treaties
with England and the United States
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
Brilliant But Uncomfortable.

President Cleveland's New Years recep-
ton is described as a brilliant and we'll
managed affair, though individually un
comfortable for the president himself.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
Growth or Oulutlh.

Tho annual review Of tho Duluth Herald
Issued tho 3lst, shows . larg increase in
oil branches OF Business. Tho banking
transactton amounted to e2e6 O00, 600, being
treble that Of last year. The wheat shin
ments wero over n, 000, 600 bushels.