The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-10-18

Sh0oK the earth Tor miles around aud diD
lodged from thirty thousand to hfty thou
sand tons Of rock.
AN accommodation train and . freigh
train colllded on the nth near Massillon
O., fatally inJuring several persons.
A CATTLE steamer sunk on the 18th four
miles below Evansville. Ind. In thirty feet
Of water. Fifty head of cattle, four horses
and some freight were lost, but the crew
reached shore in safety.
Clovis SouCY. ox-supervisor Of Cahokis
township, No, was indicted on the 18th
for the alleged embezzlement Of 90, OO0
TIE post-ofice at Houston, Tex, was
robbed on the 18th. and 1t was estimated
that the thieves secured fully $4,000 II
money, checks and draftA
In the Thirteenth Illinois district the
Republicans placed DR.. Charles Kerr in
tho field for Congress against w. NJ
Springer.
THE West side car-drivers and con.
ductors In Chicago agreed on the 18th t.
report for duty the following day and take
their cars out They adopted resolution,
however, respecting the wages to be p id
to the North side men which might not be
accepted by President Yerkes, in which
event they threatened to 'tie-up'' the
West side system again. Julius Kaesebere
was held in SIC. 600 for placing dynamite on
street track on the North side.
ACCORDING to the October report of the
State Department issued on the 18th, the
Michigan wheat crop averages 1857 bush.
els per acre, indicating q total yield Of
%, 5Sl, 5O4 bushels.
On the 18th Minnie Boyd, aged seven
years, was burned to death at her home in
Mexico, Mo, her dress catching fire, and
hn 111n~ ~t@l h@s -
The parents were absent.
The grand jury on the 18th at Rawlins.
Wy. T., found twenty-one indictments
against conductors and brakemen of the
Union Pacific railroad for systematically
robbing the company.
On the 18th three masked men attempt
ed to rob the pay car on the Black Hills h
Fort Pierre railroad. but the paymaster
lied one aud mortally wounded another.
The quarantine at Jackson, Miss,
against yellow fever was raised on the
18th, stores were reopened and business
generally was resumed.
PAULINE MCCoY (colored), aged nineteen
years, was hanged on the 18th at Union
Springs, Ala, for the murder Of Annie
Jordan, fourteen-yea white child, in
February last.
ANALOGOUS person put poison in the food
at the South Hotel in johnson City, Tenn,
on the 18th, and fourteen guests were poi.
soned, three having died.
In the American Association the per.
centage Of the base ball clubs for the
week ended on the 18th was as follows:
St Louis, 6S1; Brooklyn, ga; Philadel-
phia, .6l9; Cincinnati, 600; Baltimore. .461;
Cleveland, 1886: Louisville, 1856; Kansas
City, .3l5. Western Association: Des
Moines, -64S; Kansas City, 315; st. Paul,
.6lO; Omaha. .567; Milwaukee, .4S7; Sioux
City, 1855; Chicago. 1853; Davenport .295.
On the 18th the National League base.
ball season closed, the clubs coming out
of the contest in the following order:
New York, .G41 per cent Chicago, $50;
Philadelphia, $50; Boston, .52o; Detroit,
$40; Pittsburgh, ASS; Indianapolis, $40;
Washington. 1856
The two thousand miners employed by
the Cono:a Coal and Mining Company at
BloctOn, Ala struck on the 18th against a
reduction from fifty to forty. five cents per
ton.
OwINa to quarrel Scott Willard, q
wealthy farmer living near Lima, O., shot
and instantly killed his wife on the 18th.
ALLEN G. THURMAN on the 18th gave to
the press his letter accepting the Demo-
cratic nomination for the Vice. Presidency.
The Chicago North side street railway
employees strike came to an end on the 14th,
the men returning to work at an advance
OF six per cent. in wages, and the new
men to be given work on q line BY them
selves.
The Kansas wheat crop this year was
on the 18th said to be O,727,7l7 bushels;
corn CROP. los ia OS7 bnsl1els