The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-01
TO OUR SURSCRIRERS

sOoO SClIOOIS anu cnurcneS. ana IN fact
possessing all the advantages of the
older settled countries.
70 our SUBSCRIBERS
Who contemplate trip to New York
or other eastern points at any time, we
confidently recommend patronage of
the well-known Ft. Wayne s. Penn
sylvania line from Chicago, which is
the shortest and quickest route to the
Atlantic Seaboard.
In the construction, equipment and
operation of the ''Pennsylvania" the
latest improvements and safeguards
are adopted, to the end that not only
should the speed and security of trains
be increased, but also that travel NAV
he 80 relieved of its disagreeable feat
ures as to he rendered a pleasure and a
luxury. On the entire main lines the
heavy steel rails and oak ties are laid
upon a solid foundation of broken
stone. approximating two feet in depth
throughout, which secures an excep-
tional firmness and smoothness of
track, as we'll as total freedom from
dust.
The new dining cars, smoking cars
and sleeping coaches are superb in
their design, appointments and SER
vice, excelling everything of the kind
heretofore i'm use.
The "Limited Express" fast train)
which makes the distance from Chjca-
60 to New York in twenty five hours.
has already become very popular with
everybody. 1t presents the ne plus
ultra of modern railway travelling and
Is acknowledged to be without a rival
IN America or Europe. The run from
Pittsbnrg to Baltimore, Washington.
Philadelphia and New York is made
by daylight, giving passengers an on.
to view the beautiful seen
cry Of the Allegheny mountains and
Juniata and Susquel,an-
ma river valleys.
An additional advantage secured by
the through traveller in taking this
rOnte lies in the fact that connection
At Chicago is made in the commodious
and elegantly appointed Union Pas
senger Station. corner Canal and Mad.
!son streets. thus avoiding the exceed
ING discomfort Of transfer by omnibus
incident to other lines.
WHAT WAS MS GAME.
That the person in Worthington last
week who claimed to be Capt. Harry
). Williams. OF the regular army, and
to be connected with the Smithsonian
Institution at Washington City is a
humbug and swindler, there is no fur
ther room for doubt. Sheriff Miller
telegraphed to the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition and received tho following an
swer:
WASHINGTON. D. e., March 25. 1855.
II. Il. Miller, Worthington, Mimi:
No agent Of Smithsonian Institution
nalne Henry $. Williams.
s. T. BAIRD.
He also claimed to have been an Of
flcer of the Thirteenth U. s. infantry
ut one time, but, unfortunately for the
"Captain." County Attorney Lange
was an officer Of that regiment 1T the
time Williams claimed to have belonged
to it, and he declares emphatically that
did not belong to the regiment
in any capacity unless as a private.
Mr.. Lange also showed the reporter a
roster of the officers Of the regiment.
and the name of " illiams does not ap-
pear "What was his game?" is a
question not easily answered. While
here lie proposed to furnish the Wor-
thiogton school board a cabinet of &C.
illogical and geological specimens from
the Smithsonian Institution free of
charge except that the school board
would have to pay for the cabinet to
put them in, which would cost about
$6. This they might forward to the
Institution or he would
accept the money himself and forward
it. He was paid the Sc. So far as
known this is all the money he received
here. He paid his bills here, and those
who raised the Sc say they received
their moneys worth in lectures given
by the fellow while here. lie is smart,
we'll posted in geology, and is an enter
tanning talker. He is also quite a
mastler among the women. The fel.
low tried to work the same racket at
Luverne but the dispatch from Hum
boldt to the Sioux City Journal, which
was published in last weeks AID.
VANCE. headed him off in that quarter.
The bill increasing pensions of Wild
ows, mothers, and minor children, now
receiving only 50 per month to ST..
which was passed on the 10th of March,
1886. was approved by the president on
March 20, and is now a law. The pen.
sion office wants it distinctly understood
that no papers are required to be made,
nor will any agent or attorney be need
ed under any pretext to secure the
change ot rate, and it is made an Of
fence for any person to charge a single
cent for any service connected there
with. All who are to he benefited will
receive new vouchers by the time of
the June 4th payment, made $l2 inst cad
of So, without writing for them.
1t is reported from Washington that
the nomination of J. g. Wise, editor of
the Mankato Review, to be postmaster
at Mankato, has been rejected.