The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-07-29
HISTORY OF THE WEEK.

At Detroit. Mich, the eldest daughters
of Mrs. Katherine NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of
c. r. Mabley, who married q young preach
er a few months ago, have petitioned for
the custody of the younger children. They
aliege extreme cruelty on the part Of the
mother. The charges are of the most sensa--
tiOnal nature.
Stephen Brodie New York boot black
% years old, jumped from the Brooklyn
bridge on the 2srd and striking feet first in
the water was but littlo injured. He was
picked up by a skiff and arrested as 5000
as he reached shore. The height Of the
jump was 100 feet.
In England the population doubles in
fifty years; in the United States, Canada
and Australia in twenty-five years; in
Germany los years. and in France
and countries using the French lon
guage, 14O years. -, q,
Under the sanction of the few black laws
yet remaining on the Ohio statute
book the Springfield school board has de-
cided that colored children shall not attend
public schools with white children any
longer, but shall 60 to school of their
own:
"A boiler in the water works at Columbia,
s. c., exploded, killing colored fireman,
fatally wounding another co!ored man and
seriously injuring five others, among them
the superintendent of the works and Aid.
A. b. Lawrence.
Mrs. Grant is about to send Mr.. Thomas
Murphy, oEce collector Of the port of New
York, but now sadly reduced in circum
stances, the amount Of his contribution
toward the purchase of the Elberen COT
tage.
John Newman, the man arrested ct LIE
mars, Iowa for attempting to burn the
residences of Congressman Struble and
Mayor Moore, has been bound over to ap-
pear before the grand jury next term.
Five hundred employees of the American
Tube and Iron company, at Middletown,
Pa, have struck because the company
refused to restore the wages of 1888 end to
reinstate two discharged employees.
The oak tree in Bushnell Park, Hartford,
grown from an acorn Of the famous Char
ter oak, is in dourishing condition. This
! Is the only successful attempt to preserve
an offspring from the historic tree.
1t is positively stated that Almon B
Thompson, the defaulting cashier of the st.
Louis Provident Savings bank, is in
Canada. Several residents of st. Louis
report seeing him in the dominion.
The fire at Amecamica, CAL, is twelve
miles broad and is travelling rapidly.
Great forests have disappeared and the
damage is incalculable. An army of 400
men is fighting the tire.
The wife of Pennsylvania preacher re-
Gently gave birth to twins Joined exactly
like the famous pair from Siam. Only one
OF them was alive when born and it sooc
died.
Hog cholera is raging to an alarming ex
tent in Botetourt and several other coun
ties il Virginia. Some cases have beer
related OF farmers losing 100 head in a week
A man in Pittsburg has just patented 6
machine with which to blow window glass
by compressed air, which, it is claimed, viii
revolutionize the business.
A collision occurred On the Louisville
and Nashville road about 4s miles south Of
Nashville on the Goth. Seven men were
killed, all employees.
The Nottingham, one of tho finest bust
| ness structures in Cleveland, OHIO, tool
fire on the Goth, and was partially destroy
ed. Loss $4,000.
Sam Jones ard Sam Small are booke,
for Round Lake. camp meeting suburb
OF Saratoga, during tho latter part O.
August
James Dacey, a Chicago politician vino
shot and killed Aid. Gaynor of the ninth
| ward, was hanged for the crime on the 10th
1t is reported that Bullwinkle, the origin
ator of the fire insurance patrol has teer
killed by Indians in Arizona.
Thos. Grief, the alleged Anarchist sa
loonkeeper of Chicago, has been fined 70,
selling liquor without license.
There is movement in New York t.
make Joseph Cook the national standard
bearer of the Plohibitionists
San Francisco is preparing for the 4. A
r. encampment on . scale never before
equaled on the Pacific coast.
Colgate & Co., of New York, bought S,
159 trade dollars from the city Of Buffalo
for Is 4-l0O cents each.
Senator Morrill, has gone to his home il
| Vermont and will not return to Washing
ton this session.
A Judge of the court of appeals will be
the only state officer elected in New Yorl
state this fall.
Col. Dexter Russell Wright, one of thu
best known lawyers ofConnecticut, died al
New Haven.
Senator Logan has como to the G. A. F.
encampment at San Francisco.
Edward z. c. Judsop, better known a.
Ned Buntline, is dead.
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