The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-11-18

ne SECRETARY Oh the interior has mOdlt-
cd the decision OF the commissioners of the
general iand office dismissing the appeal OF
Erlck +. Rerigden from the refusal OF the
local land Office at Benson, Mimi, to &C.
ccpt his homestead filing on the south half
OF the southwest quarter section 26. town.
ssh'E ~, range 2S, On the ground that H.
N. Nelson has made Il homestead entry of
the whole quarter. He directs that the 10.
cal land Officers hold another hearing to
determine whether the facts alleged by Re-
rigden are true, end if so to accept his ap.
peal.
j. Mccormick, aged 26. prosperous cot.
ton broker OF Arkinsvile, Ga, who was to
have hcen married to Miss Carrie Lewis, q
lady Of high social standing, and noted
beauty, committed suicide.
Fifth Auditor Eickhoff in his annual re-
port shows During tho last fiscal year
10, $40 accounts were settled in his Office
involving $40, 55S,2l1. In the consular
service the expenditures were $9uO, COS,
being Sl9,o35 in excess OF the receipts.
The amount OF consular fees collected dur.
ing the year was $8S1,570, an increase
understanding the very considerable
decrease OF tariff Of fees in 1891 and the
adjustment OF charges for services to
American vessels in 1884, the fees now re-
ported are greater than for any year before
1881, and fall very little short of the re-
celpts for any year since.
Hewitt Griner one Of the most extensive
ranchnlen in Western Texas, was killed at
Los Vecos. Mexico, just across the river
from Mel Rio, Tex.
The supreme court OF Mississippi has de-
cided that the prohibition O. local option
law recently passed is constitutional
Theodore T. Quincy, ex-controller Of
Chicago, died in Chicago. He was born in
Osdcnsburg, N. Y.
The boilers at Bliss, Marshall & Cos
brick yards exploded at Dunbar, Pa, kill
ing Miss Tillie Cambell and seri ously iniur.
ing Perry Gadnis.
President Garrett, of the Baltimore &
ONO Railroad company, sports fifty suits
OF clothes, London made.
AT Newark, N. j., Charles H. Billar was
arrested on the charge OF obtaining $500
under false pretenses. Billar has quite r.
reputation as Il life saver, having received
the congressional medal and that of the
New York humane society for saving the
lives OF II. A. Benedict and his two daugh.
ters OF Chicago at Coney Island two years
ago.
Two hundred farmers tried to prevent
the Galway, Ireland blazers hunt. With
police assistance the hunters were enabled
to start, but they soon met with more
formidable opposition and were compelled
to withdraw their hounds. Mr.. Sexton has
been elected to sit for West Belfast, and
William O'Brien, editor of United Ireland,
will succeed Sexton as member for Sligo.
The Prohibitionist candidate for mayor
In New York received SIG votes at tho re-.
cent election.
The celebra ted and longcontested suit of
Levi, alias Duck" Wilson, vs.. Philip L.
Moen OF Worcester, Mass, for $11O, 900 al
legged to be due Wilson, came up again re-
Gently. 1t was stated in the declaration
that Moen had agreed to pay Wilson $l1O,-
600, OF which Wilson acknowledged to ha We
received $4,000 on account, and sues for
the balance OF 500, 600 and interest m CUNT
ing to $1,000. Wilson professed not to
know why Moen undertook to pay him the
amount claimed except that he WAS lib.
Hattie EnSley out OF the country, and tho
witness took her abroad in 1879.
Mrs. Margaret Carnegie, mother OF An.
drew Carnegie, died at her homo at Cres-
son, Pu. She was seventy-sevsn years OF
age. Andrew Carnegie, who has been ill
with typhoid lever, is convalescing.
Fire in the store of John Sha rpless & Co..
Philadelphia. dealers in dye stuffs. injured
that and several other buildings and con-
tents. Loss, 100000.
The fifth annual convention of the Citi
zens' Law and Order League of the United
States vii be held at Albany, Feb. 2O-22.
While sinking a we'll near Richmond. Mo-.
q flow OF good petroleum was struck at q
distance Of 1875 feet.
A. Sop Fro pc;ooo A1o~,,l.. o-,a1
an art student, aged nineteen, shot and in.
sta atly killed Mamie Kelly, aged fourteen
years. Goldenson had for some time been
paying the girl attention. She was deeply
in love with him. The only reason Golden.
son assigns for the deed is that he was
thoroughly tired Ut her. when she was
at school, he said, "she was out OF my
sight, but as soon as school was over she
was at my heels again. Any man would
get tired OF this"
The Irish World announces that Michael
Davitt g marriage to Miss May Yore will
take place on Dec. 30, at Oakland, Cal.
The young lady Is not an heiress. Sheis an
orphan niece OF Mrs. James Canning of
Oakland, and became acquainted With
Davitt on the occasion OF his first visit to
the Pacific coast in 1880. Miss Yore is
twenty. three years OF age. and OF Irish
parentage. The distinguished Irish Nation
a!ist vii! deliver his last farwe,l lecture on
Dec. 10. After which he will 20 to the
Pacific slope to be married, and then re-
turn to Ireland.
At DEBORAH, Iowa, Clifford Brennan
makes a confession regarding the murder OF
John Habberly last summer
Miss Gordon, a Georgia beauty, is visit.
ing Secretary Lamar's daughter in Wash.
ington.
Fifty laborers have been arrested ut
Buckau and Magdeburg, Germany, for at-
tempted high treason. The laborers are
charged with concealing and distributing
dynamite.
The Nebraska legislature is republican
by two-thirds' majority and there is no
prospect OF Van Wyck succeeding himself
in the senate.
The honorary OF doctor OF laws was con.
ferred by Harvard college on Gov. Robin
son. Secretary Lamar, Senator Hoar, John
G. Whittier and others.
Rain.in.the. Face, the subch,ei OF the Da.
kote Sioux who was in the battle OF the
Little Rosebud and was the Indian who
shot Custer. has appealed to the Indian
bureau to be allowed to attend school. He
desires to come east and attend the Hamp-
ton Indian school in Virginia. Rain.ip.the.
Face - now forty years old, and has been