The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-12-16

foot, or for total disa bility Of tho same to
$35 per month; for loss of an arm within
five inches Of or below the elbow joint, o,
loss OF . in within six inches OF or abov.
tie knee joint, or total disability of the
same. to $40 per month; and for loss OF IN
FERN within six inches OF the shoulder joint,
S45 per month. Also, providing that the
pension OF all persons now on tho pension
rolls and all persons hereafter granted pen.
sions by special act OF congress shall com.
mence from the date OF discharge from the
service OF the United States; provided that
the disability was contracted in line q
duty in the service OF the United States.
At Burlington, VT, Judge Hare decided
| that Jennie Saxton, accused OF forgery,
was probably guilty, and bound her over
in $500 to await the action OF the grand
jury.
Gen. John B. Clark, clerk OF the house
represent tives. has completed and caused
to he printed an unofficial list Of members
OF the house for the Fiftieth congress. lie
Classities them rs l68 Democrats, 1852, Re.
vacancy (Rhode Island) to be filed proba.
bly, by Republican. One hundred and
niuety-five Of the number are old mem.
bers, being ten more than the number o.
OLD members in the present congress. OF
the old members 100 are Democrats and
95 Republicans. II the Independents di.
vide as they arc expected to do, equal,
between the two sides, it will give the
Democrats a majority OF fourteen.
Mr.. Hayes Grier OF Pennsylvania and
W. j. Hilli.rass of InG ana have been ar
pointed chiefs OF division in the pension,
Office.
A monster conference OF Liberal Unionistt
was held in London recently. The marquis
OF Huntington was chairman. Among the
distinguished persons present were Earf
Derby and Northbrook, Baron Rothschild
George J. Goshen, ex-Attorney Genera,
Jane and numerous noblemen. Letters
OF resrot were read from Lord Tennyson
the duke OF Argyll, and JOB"
Bright said: II do r~' ...oaj i,,,' 4''snC ,
nn;r -~.nsthlns which would giv.
-. fear TO speak or even write re-
! affecting Ulncstones course, which aston
ishes and greatly pains me, especially his
speech to the Irish .deputation which lately
called upon him.; 1t seems that Gladstone
mas gone SO Tar in his wrong course that
there1s no hope OF his return tlcplor
and condemn such action, and if present
might say Something which would widen
the brenct. Gladstone's Irish allies art
driving matters to extremity, and yet nd
word comes from Parnell or Gladstone to
restrain them.
| Postoftices Observation-Disclosures: ELI
OFT, Ransom county: Iowa: Calhoun, Ap
panoose county: Minnesota: Belmont
jackson county; Worth, Winona county
Postmastcfs comniissioned-Aiin ia
Grass Lake, G. Olson: Wisconsin: Etroy
A. Ball: Fourth-class postmastcrs ap
pointcd.Dakota: Elrlda. Addic Br wn
Ardoc|S, T. j. Mcclure: Eta Mine, j. 2
Horgan: Midtown, N. E. Spooner: Oriska
L. Parsons; Smithville, L. D. Reed; T r
ley, john W. 'Hurley. Iowa: Manhattan
A. c. McGraw:
Through registered mail pouches viii
leave S.. Paul at $50 p. NJ. VII, Chicago
and Minneapolis railway postoftice daily.
Postoffces Observation-Disclosures; Han
nafers, Griggs county: Postottices discon
| tinued-lowa: Prairie Hill, Boone county
Post'nasters com Observation-Disclosures; Fair
bank, {. u. Thompson. Iowa; Elkilart, j.
A. Sage. Minnesota: lie Sueur II. J. Dane
Lamberton, r. Rus; Starbuck, L. Henaer
son:
The Catholics OF Lur:an County Armagh
Ireland; formed in procession and ma rche.
through the streets to show their jov q,
the acquittal OF some OF their number who
had been tried on charges OF riuting. Ths
Orangcmen Of the town resented the dem
onstration and Alta ked the paradcrs.
fierce riot ensued, and sticks, stones and
revolvers were used. The fighting lasted
several hours, and was finally quellcd in
the early morning by II troop OF dragons
| A score OF persons were wounded and sc "
| eralh ouses were partly wrecked. Archbish
OPP Walsh, in a public letter. warns the gov.
eminent that the difficulties in Ireland
already appalling, will he immensely in
creased ii they persist in their attempts to
convict prisoners by packed juries as was
fdone at Sligo. Several men arrested 70,
participating in the riots at Belfast last
autumn have been convicted
The president sent to the senate the fol-
lowing nominations Thomas Moonlight
OF Leavcnworth, Kan. governor of Wyom
ing. vice Baxter declined; Arthur L.
Thomas OF Pennsylvania, member of tn.
Utah commission; Naval CONSTRUCTED,
Theodore D. Wilson, chief OF the bureau o
construction and repair and chief con
structor i'll the department of the navy
with the rank OF commodore; Pay Directo,
James Fulton, chief of the bureau of pro
visions and clothing and paymaster gen
eral in the department of the navy, wit,
the rank OF commodore; Pay Inspecto
Rufus Parks, pay Director Paymaste1
James Tolfree, pay inspector; Assistant
Paymaster John Corwine. past assistant
paynaster.
! The interstate commerce committee ha,
come to an agreement on bill embracing
the leading features of the Reagan and
Cullom bills.
The commissioner OF the genera. land OF
flee has recommended that proceedings be
commenced to compel the removal O.
fences unlawfully enclosing public lands il
Colfax county New Mexico, amounting tx
about 1865, 600 acres, Of which the Western
Cattle company is said to have enclosed
about 900 acres: the Palo Blanco Cat
tie company, 2,5OO acres; Stephen w
Dorsey, Ii. 627 acres; Portsmouth Cattle
company, 1900 acres: the Prairie CATTLE
company, 13, 500 acres, and James ]. Tenn
pie, 4,7OO acres. The commission .,lsc
recommends that the fences enclosinl
south OF Kansas, said to have been built
by the Western Cattle company, be re
moved by the military.
The report OF the Dakota railroad com
missioners shows that the year which end
Cd June 30 was one Of much activity in thu
railway development OF the territory TIL.
increase in mileage aggregated 55l.77
miles, making d total OF 2, S9S miles in 3D.
Grafton.
Gibson A. James OF -Cozad, Ncb., sho,
and killed Charles Hayes, blacksmith Of
| Galloway.
| Ezekiel P. Greenleaf Of Boston has given
$50, 900 to Harvard college-and is dead
and happy.
thirty days stay OF execution was
granted by Secretary Webb in the absence
OF Gov. Hauscr OF Montana for Thoma:
Harding, stage robber, convicted at DilIor
Tor the murder OF the driver Fergus nea,
Glendale.
Chicago Times: Tho New York Suns
prediction that within few years St. Paul
and Minneapolis will surpass Chicago is
giving those two towns much satisfaction.
But they forget that the Sun some time
ago established the reputation OF jour.
na!istic Virgins. The more industrious)y
the newspapers OF New York seek to bclt.
tie Chicago, the harder it pushes that de.
Ginning city for the first place.
The old and we'll known Boston boot and
shoe firm OF Field, Tlayer & Co. made an
| assignment with liabilities estimated at
$500, 600. About $500, 900 OF this indebt
| edness is said to DO held by banks and
| bankers. The failure is due to the unwill.
| ingness OF these creditors to carry 80 large
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