The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-09-09
HISTORY OF THE WEEK.

HISTORY OF THE WEEK.
Tho acting secretary Of the treasury he's
issued q circular calling the attention ofall
officers and employees of tho treasury de-
partment to the presidents order of July,
4, warning federal officials against inter-
fering in politics. Tho circular contains
no instructions or orders, but simply
calls tho attention to the presidents order,
which Is printed therein in full.
Gilbert II. Benedict, tho new chief clerk
OF the governments printing Office, has been
the late chief clerk. will be around the Of
fee for some days, and will aid the new ad-
ministration in obtaining a knowledge of
the working Of the Office.
Two freight trains collided near Marcel
lus Station, on tho Auburn branch Of the
New York Central railroad, Friday.
Both locomotives were demolished and ten
car loads Of merchandise were wrecked.
The loss is $4,000.
Officers at Chicago report the discovery
Of tho mysterious Rock Island express train
robbers Of March Is. 1855. The work was
done by five men three Of whom are under
sentence to tho Wisconsin penitentiary for
subsequent crimes.
Dispatches from Murphysborough, De-
catur, Greenville, Jacksonville, ILL.,, Vicks-
burg, Miss, and Hannibal, Mo-, state that
Tuesday night. Much alarm existed among
the people and semi-panics in public as
semblages.
The spouting artesian well at Belle
PLANE, Iowa, had not been gotten under
control Sept. l, but it was believed tcould
be done. The flow of water was doing no
further damage and the early excitement
had abated.
The Wholesale cracker factory and
confectionery establishment of N. l..
Griswold and the Wholesale grocery Of
burned on the 4th. Loss, @6O,0Oj.
James Lanier, white, a magistrate near
Vicksburg, Miss, shot and killed Moses
Warner, an old colored man. because the
latter had voted for prohibition and
against Lanier's interest.
aThe bridge spanning Missouri river at Fl.
Leavenworth burned last night. It is of
iron, but the floor and half mile of trestle
is destroyed entailing loss Of over @4Os,-
COO.
In California snakes destroy gophers
and ground squirrels, and the local
papers express the opinion that some
varieties of snakes ought to be protected
by law.
Pittsburg reports more pudding furnaces
lighted and less idle men to be seen than
ever before. One firm has orders from the
IN nf lt,,ro
All Mexicans residing in Mccullough
county, Tex, have been notified to vacate
within given period by resolutions passed
at q public meeting of the citizens.
A. L. Perkins, bookkeeper for J. W. Pew,
mining secretary, San Fransisco, has been
arrested, charged with embezzling $11, 1000.
The money was lost in gambling.
Sir Edward Thornton, British embassa-
dor to Turkey, has been recalled. He will
be succeeded by Sir William White, pres
ent minister at Bucharest.
A meeting was held at Wilmington, N.
c., and committee of relief appointed to
go to Charleston with men and means to
aid the earthquake sufferers.
Jethen Welsh, aged II, was instantly
killed in the Union foundry and machine
company's works, at Allegheny, Pa. He
was caught in the betting.
A meeting Of sympath;zers with the con-
victed anarchists was held in Chicago,
Sept 3, and q collection taken up for tho
beuefit Of the prisoners.
The bar and muck mills, a department
at Tug & Co.'s Iron works, Pittsburg,
were totally consumed by fire on the 5th.
The loss is $6O,OOO; insured.
At Clinton, ILL.,, George Wright and Law
renee McCraw, of st. Louis, were convicted
of highway robbery and entenced to two
years in Penitentiary.
Up to date the uncalled bonds presented
for redemption under the terms of Acting
Secretary Fairchild's last circular aggre-
gate $4,000.
Shocks were felt at Schenectady, N. Y,
at $3.50 and 9:36 Tuesday evening ard many
persons were made sick for from two to
three hours.
The prisoners in the Lincoln (Neb.) Jail
went on strike recently and refused to
do any work until better food was provid-
ed for them
A shanty occupied by twenty Hungarian
laborers was burned near Williamsport
Pa, on the 3rd and seven Of them burned to
death.
Hon. Charles 81. Simonton has been ap-
pointed United States judge at Charleston,
8. c., in place Of George 8. Byran, retired.
An attempt was made at night at San
Antonio to assassinate Manuel Lopez while
returning home from a political meeting.
Since the expulsion Of the Chin csc from
British Columbia, Indians are in great de-
mand in the hop-growing districts
The Philadelphia mint is overwhelmed
with work, the employees working from 8
a. m, to midnight every week day.
The New York Voice has just discovered
that the manufacturers salt beer to in
crease thirst in those who drink.
l Kansas City, No., enjoys the distinction
of being the largest market in the world
for straight Kentucky whisky.
Castle Garden officials soy Mormon i'm
migration has fallen of to twelve or fiji.
teen hundred a year.
Maggie and Annie Hogg of Manchester,
N. H., were killed by eating strawberry
favored ice cream in Boston.
Fire Destroyed twelve houses at Mount
Carmel, Pa. One woman and a child are
thought to have been burned.
A fire at Hunters Point, L. l., DESTROYED
several buildings and rendered fifteen fami-
lies homeless. Loss $4,000.
The will of the late Joseph e. Temple OF
Philadelphia bequeaths over S2OO,0pO to
public inst buttons.
The Standard Oil company will build a
large refinery at Lima, Ohio, where it has
struck both oil and gas.
The expenses of the Boston public library
arc 100000 q year, against 500, 600 for the