The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-01-19
The following pensions have been grant

The following pensions have been grant,
ed: Wisconsin, Widow of ]. Murphy,
Waunakee, widow OF II. Nettleton, Desh--
kora; mother of w. Thompson. Mansion.
Original: T. Wilcox. Knowlton; c. E.
Beaumont. Emerald Grove; J. Parker, Fisk;
T.. B. Kinnamon, Ironton; A. Ahrens, Two
Rivers; c. Bradbury, West Bloomtield; L.
C. W. Baldwin. Ahnapee: j. w. Garner.
Port Andrew; w. w. Martin. Tunnel City;
J. ". Potter, Sparta; D. Russell. Chetek;
E. Gray. Deshkora. Dakota-R. Ellis.
WORTH Castalia; Minnesota-Widow OF
S. Swaziland, Detroit; J. Thompson, St.
Paul; S. w. Lent, Minneapolis; G. Wallace,
Blue Earth City.
The schooner William Parsons, which
sailed for Georges banks Nov. 70, with
twelve men, and the schooner Peter D.
Smith, which sailed Nov. Is with n crew OF
twelve, have been given up for lost: Many
OF the men had families. and five widows
and nineteen children are left.
Rev. DR.. Alfred S. Patton, the editor
and proprietor Of the Baptist Weekly, died
in Brooklyn, N. Vat tho house of his son.
in.iaw, w. S. Abbey. DR.. Patton was the
author OF several books, among them,
"Kincaid, the Hero Missionary" 1.-THE
Losing and Taking OF Man Soul" ''Live
for Jesus" and many pamphlets published
by the American Tract Society.
At Kansas City, John Hinson. said to be
a nephew OF Gen. Gillhall of New Orleans,
was stopped by two highwaymen on tho
street and on his attempting to resist
them he was shot in the stomach. The
pistol shot aroused the neighborhood. and
Hinson was carried to the Ohio Home,
only Il few d DORIS distant. A doctor pro-
nounced his wound mortal.
A permanent organization Of the wool
conference in WASHINGTON was effected by
the election OF the following officers:
President, George L. CONVERSE, Ohio: vice
presidents. E. H. Ammidown. Utica, N. Y:
John Mcdowell. Theodore Justice, w. F..
Cowdin, +. d. Wright, A. G.. Miller, John
Phillips. Jr., and w. q. Benedict; secre-
tary, H. l.. James; assistant secretary.
William Batteson.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company
and the Pennsylvania company have de-
cided to construct an elevated railroad at
Pittsburg to run from. the union station
in Pittsburg to the outer depot in Alleshe-
ny. q distance Of nearly two miles. Tho
object OF the elevated road is to do away
with the present grade crossings in the two
cities, which have resulted in numerous
fatal accidents.
Tim Barrett is sentenced to hang by
Judge. L0chren at Minneapolis for the
murder of Street Car Driver Tollefson.
The Northwest was visited on the 10Th
by one of the worst billiards. ever known.
The storm extended from the Rocky
mountains to Lake Michigan. but was sever
est in Dakota and Minnesota. The trains
were at q stand still. and the blockade
continued several days. 49,
The twentieth anniversary OF the Won.
ans board of Missions WAS held at Bos.
ton with ITO deles tes in attendance from
various parts OF the country. The society
has l IL missionaries with mission schools
in large numbers in various parts OF the
world. The receipts were $123, 229. with
expenditures If $3.50, 1856.
Postmasters commissioned: Dakota: 7
B. Bertrand. Canton: Columbia, j. n. Tay.
lor. Minnesota: Alexandria,, G. Irwin:
Litchfiell. A, D. Ross. Wisconsin: Beaver
Dam, J. p. Nc Gill; Burlington. F. r. .Reua.
chleim: Chippewa Falls, L.. F. Martin; Oar.
lington, j. Meehan; Prairie du Chen, E.
Whaiey; ST.. Kiilan, Katharine Flascll.
Fourth-c'ass postnasters appointed-Da.
kota;. Scranton. +. j. Bochmer. Wiscon.
sin: Little Sturgeon. B. Lyon.
Mrs. jeremiah Porter, whose death il
announced from Santa Barbara, CAL. at
the age of eighty years, was the frst
school teacher Chicago ever had, and will
he remembered by soldiers Of the Rebellion
az one Of tho brnvest purses that ever
eracsd & battlefield.