The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-13
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"A FEW years ago Silas GRAY was con-
victed of the murder of Mary McGrady in
Pittsburgh, Pa, on the testimony OF John
ston Dickson, now convict in that State
Gray's sentence of death was committed
to imprisonment for life, and Dickson on
the 5th made affidavit that his evidence
was false.
OK the 5th the Philadelphia & Reading
Railway Company reduced the working
hours of its twenty five thousand employees
from ten to eight. Wages would be pro.
portionately cut down.
MINES at Nesquehoming, Pa, were flooded
on the 5th, causing great damage, and
Philip Stevens and William Pitcher were
drowned
GOVERNOR SPRAGUE's mansion at Mar.
ragansett Pier, r. l., Canonchet, was sold
on the 5th for <S0O,000 1t would be used
for hotel.
On the 9th John Chistigan and wife were
sufocated by coal gas in their house near
Tonawanda, N. Y.
In New York City on the 9th five sui
cldes occurred-four Germans and q
Frenchman.
CLERaYMES met at New York on the 9Th
services in churches throughout the coun-
try on the morning Of April 30 next, being
the centennial of the Inauguration OF
President Washington.
"A SCHEME to organize federation of all
railroad employees in the country excepting
conductors was reported on the 9th.
THE death of Thomas Thompson, aged
nlnety-four years, a pensioner of the war
OF 1917, occurred at Rockport, Mass, on
the 9Th
On the 9th little daughter of Charles
Tinesdell, of Luzerne, N. Y, had gone
twenty-one days without food. The child
was confined to her bed with spinal
trouble.
BY the will Of Rebecca F. Robertson.
admitted to probate in New York on the
9TH, $500, 900 are given to establish home
to enable poor families to have a brief
summer outing free of charge.
On the 9TH George w. Seward died at
Florida, N. Y, aged eighty years. He was
brother of the late William H. Seward.
Secretary of State under Lincoln.
On the 9TH Henry V. Tucker, a wealthy
farmer residing near Middletown, Conn.
was robbed Of a tin safety-box containing
$40, 600 which he had locked in q closet in
his house.
The death of General William H. Blair
occurred on the 9TH at Bellefonte, Pa, at
the age of seventy-six years. He was
made Brigadier-General for bravery at
Antietam.
A FIRE swept away the Central State
Normal School building at Lockhaven, Pa.
on the 9th, entailing loss of $3.50, OO0 with
small insurance.
The death of Alexander Mcmillan, edi
tor of the New York Commercial Bulletin.
occurred at his residence in Brooklyn on
the 9th. at the age of sixty three years.
1T has been decided by the Welsh choral
societies of the anthracite coal region of
pennsylvania to form one immense choir
OF five hundred voices to sing in Washing
ton on tho day of Harrison's inauguration.
On the 9th Elisha Atkins, railway mill
1ona1re, died In Boston. aged seventy-six
years. He was director of the Union Pa
cific road from its inception and was also
one OF the heaviest sugar retiners in the
country.
On the Sth a steamer that transfers cars
| across New York bay was burned, with it,
load, causing loss of $500, 1000.
MANY people along the Massachusetts
coast recovered winter stock of -four and
meal from vessels wrecked during the re-.
cent storm.
SWIMMING match of sixty hours be.
tween Leavitt and Stone was finished In
Boston on the 9Th, Leavitt covering fifty
miles and eleven laps, breaking all pre-.
viOus records.
WEST AND SOUTH.
NAVIGATION on the lakes closed ON the
9TH. During the year forty eight boats were
lost, valued at $439. 4O9 In 1887 seventy
boats, valued at $777,70O, were lost. The
number OF lives lost was 16, against liz
the previous year.
The farmers Of 10 Daviess County, I'LL.