The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-01-05
General News Items,

General News Items.
At San Francisco the liabilities of George
W. Meade & Co. are $3.50, 900; assets,
$500, 900.
At Chicago, Newhouse Bros, clothiers,
made an assignment. Liabilities, $50, 900;
assets, $4,000.
The mercury takes q big drop all owe,
the Northwest-cold weather and snow
cause trains to be delayed at nearly oil
points.
At New York, John Thompson, import
er Of fans and millinery, made an assign.
ment to David E. Richardson, with $42.-
600 preferences.
At San Francisco, Judge Hoffman
rendered decision in the United States
Chinese to import opium 10 sustained.
The Sun will publish an interview with
Jack Dempsey, in which h! he e., says he will 60
middle.weight championship OF the world.
Smith has replied to sullivan's chal-
lenge that he isready to fight Sullivan att
amount OF money Sullivan chooses to
name.
E. c. Harvey OF Mandau, OAK, has been
OF the Northern Pacific, in place of NJ. v.
Richards, resigned to 60 to tho Baltimore
& Ohio.
Jack Dempsey and Dominick McCaffrey
met at tho Coleman house, New York, and
drew up an agreement to box ten rounds
in public on Jan. 81, at time and place to
be agreed upon.
The articles of incorporation Of the
Farmers and Merchants State Bank OF
Minneapolis were filed. The capital stock
is S25. 600, with the privilege OF incre asine
it to s50O,00O.
Sullivan has challenged Smith to fight
Tor FL 900 side, the affair to come off q
fortnight after Sullivan's match with
Mitchell has been fought. Sullivan has
deposited ESQ forfeit.
In October, 1886, there were 723, ZOO
members of the knights OF Labor organ.
ization. and in October OF this year 3OO,-
600. It is now stated from headquarters
that there are but 200, 900 persons mem.
bers OF the order.
Proceedings have begun asking for the
disbarment OF E. c. Assay, @ very promi.
nent member, OF the Chicago bar: The
charges, are that Assay received $500 with
ed it to his own use. Attorney Assay denies
the charge.
Articles of consolidation OF the Indian.
apolis & Wabash Railway company with
the Indianapolis Quincy & Missouri River
Railway company, under the name OF tho
Indiana polls, Decatur & Western Railway
company, havo been filed in the Office Of
the secretary.
The steamer Roman. which arrived in
Boston, brought q stowaway, q Scotch
boy OF eighteen, and permitted him to
land and escape. Commissioner OF Emf.
grafton Colcord has fined the company
$1,000, and the vessel is detained in port
until the boy is returned or the fine paid.
A decision WAS filed at Minneapolis in
the case of the Northwestern Oil company
against H. 3. Willis. state Oil inspector.
The suit was instituted for the purpose OF
compelling the inspector to inspect oil in
small tanks, for which service the state
does not allow compensation. Tho decis-
ion was in favor OF the company.
Mrs. Lille Drake OF Constantine, Mich,
lost her husband two months ago. Re.
Gently Mrs. Drake eloped with Frank
Shawl, a seventeen-year-oldsc hoolboy, and
the couple were marrird at Kalamazoo by
y nearsighted preacher. who accepted the
lads word as to his age. Mrs. Shawl is
thirty five years old and has daughter
who is but one year younger than the boy
husband.
Something of sensation was created at
Albany by the issuance of an order by
Gov: Hill removing from Office John Jay
of New York city and Henry A. Richmond
OF Buffalo. members OF the state civil SER
vice board, the third member, Hon. Angus
tus Schoonmaker having resigned. In
their stead Gov. Hill appointed Gen. Dan.
lei E. Sickles OF New York city and James
T.. Manning and George II. Treadwell Of
that city.
dent Hill, OF the Manitoba, was asked
about the rumored purchase by the Mani.
toba OF the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern
road for the Pacific coast end Of the Mani.
tobias projected transcontinental line.
Col. Clough said there was nothing what
ever in the story, and that the Manitoba
had not yet determined to build beyond
it's present Western terminus in Montana.
He said the company was acquiring infor-
nation concernin. the country west OF
there in order to be able, if it was ever de
termined to build further, to do it intelli.
gently.