The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-10-25
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Walters with red-hot iron paddle in the
ing him fatally.
THE General Executive Board Knights
Of Labor at Philadelphia on the 18th acted
on Thomas B. Barry's resignation by re-
jecting it and expelling him.
TIE Boston economist, Edward Akin.
son, said on the 18th that q New England
genius had discovered cheap method Of
dissolving zinc, and that the fluid, when
applied to certain kinds of woods, would
make them fireproof.
On the 18th the potato crop was said to
be an average one in New England and be-
low the average in New York The aver.
age price was sixty cents per bushel.
BURGLARS robbed the post.office at North
Haverhill, N. H.. on the 18th and tho two
safes were rited and the building set on
fire.
AT its fourth annual meeting at Phila-
delphia on the 18th the Commandery,in-
Chief Of the Loyal Legion Of the United
States elected ex-President Rutherford B.
Hayes Chief
r. s. BRIGGS, q safe manufacturer, alb
seconded from Rochester, N. Y, on the
18th, after committing forgeries aggre-
eating $4,000
PASSENGER trains collided on the 18th on
the Cumberland Valley railroad on a
sharp curve near shippensburg, Pa, and
ono man was killed and many persons
were badly injured.
In New York the third OF the worlds
baseball championship games between
New York aud the st. LOUIS Browns was
played on the 18th. Score: New York, 4;
st Louis, 2.
On the 10th Mrs. Cynthia Leonard,
mother of Lillian Russell, the actress, an
nounced herself as candidate for mayor
Of New York City.
Union met in fifteenth annual convention
In New York on the 10th, with delegates
present from all parts Of the United States
address.
ALEXANDER MCCLURE, the paymaster of
force Of four hundred men building a
branch Of the Lehigh Valley road, left
Pittston, Pa, on the 10Th with twenty
thousand dollars to pay the hands. He was
accompanied by q young lrishman. While
going through a lonely strip of woods they
were shot from ambush and killed and the
money stolen.
The firm Of George A. Denham & Co.,
boot and shoe dealers Of Boston. failed on
the 10th for $172, 600; assets, s55,0oO
On. JOHN SCoTT, Pittsburgh (Pa.)
dentist. died on train on the 10Th while
en- route home from Chicago. He was 80
conf ent that the end was approaching
that he had the conductor forward tele.
grams to relatives informing them Of the
sad event.
The Democrats In the Twelfth New Yorh
district on the 10th nominated Roswell P.
Flower for Congress and rentminated W.
g. Stahlnecker in the Fourteenth district.
In the fourth Of the worlds baseball
championship games between New Yorl
and the st. Louis Browns. played in New
York on the 10Th, the score was: New
York, &; st. Louis, g.
AN express train on the Baltimore &
Ohio road was wrecked on the 10Th near
Washington, Pa, by running into an open
switch, and two men were killed and near
~ q score Injured.
SoCIALIsTs met in convention in New
York City on the 21st and nominated ,
full State ticket, with Edward J. Hall, ,
machinist, for Governor.
| On the 20th the fifth of the worlds base
ball championship games between New
York and the st. Louis Browns wa.
play ed in New York. Scores: New York
6; st. Louis, l. -.. -.
RAND, AVERT & Co., Boston printers
failed on the 2oth for $4,000; assets
800, 900.