The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27
THE EAST.

DAVID SMITH, the first postmaster Of
Jersey City, N. J., died on the 10Th of ole
age. He was appointed by President Har
rison, and his commission bore the sig
nature of Daniel Webster:
On the 10th Mrs. Rachel Stlllwaggon, Of
Flushing, Long Island, celebrated her one
hundred and third birthday. She was il
good health and expects to live many years
yet
MASKED robbers entered the house OF
Isaac Hariger and wife, an aged couple
living near Ligonier, Pa, on the 10Th, and
robbed them of one thousand dollars in
gold which was in the house.
On the 18th the State convention of the
United Labor party at New York City de.
termined to put an electoral ticket in the
field.
In Pennsylvania on the 10Th the Repub-
licans made the following Congressional
nominations: First district, H. I. Bing-
ham; Second, Charles O'Neil; Fourth, W.
D. Kelley; Fifth, A. c. Homer. In the
Sixteenth district the Democrats nomi-
mated e. T. Steck.
IT was discovered on the Goth that lanes
Bedell, real-estate clerk for the law firm
OF Shipman, Barlow, Larocque & Choate,
OF New YORK, nau been carrying on a syo.
tenn OF swindling for five years, during
which time he had raised S264, 900 on forged
bonds, mortgages, etc.
DELAWARE Republicans met in State
convention at Dover on the Goth and nomi
mated Charles H. Treat for Congress and
General Henry Dupont, James r. Hittaker
and Joshua Marvel for electors
On the Goth the United Labor State con.
vention in session at New York Endorsed
the nomination of Warner Miller, the Re-
HI ioon candidate f,~
nominated J. H. Blakeny for Lieutenant
Governor.
The Baldwin locomotive works at Phila.
delphia on the 10th contracted to build
fifty locomotive engines for the railroads
OF the Argentine Republic.
In broad daylight on the Goth Henry F.
Harding stole $1l 900 from two banks in
New York, but he was finally captured
and the money recovered
The death Of William Warren, the vet
eran American actor. occurred at his home
in Boston on the 2lst, at the age of seven
tysix years.
CONGRESSIONAL nominations on the 21st :
Richard Crowley by the Republicans of
the Thirtythird New York district and
P. s.. Council by the Republicans of the
First Nebraska district
A PAY-CAR OF the Lake Shore road was
entered by unknown men at Buffalo on the
night Of the Goth, who administered ether
to the occupants, and decamped with s4O,-
600.
The famous PAGER Johnston went half
mile in one minute and half second on
the Fleetwood Park track, at Philadelphia,
on the 21st, beating all previous records for
that distance.
The arrest of James E. Bedell, clerk Of
New York law firm, was made in that
city on the 21st on the charge Of swindling
clients Of the firm out of about 500. 600.
DAN address was issued on the ed by the
National Democratic Committee to the
voters of the United States in which they
ask the Democrats to labor for the success
OF the National ticket and appeal to OLE
and all to contribute toward the expenses
OF the campaign.
MEYER GoLDsTErS, q clerk employed by
New York auction firm, was on the ed
arrested for obtaining $50 900 from his en-
ployers by forgery and embezzlement.
A FIRE on the ed destroyed the brewery
of Henry Elias in New York, containing
thirty thousand barrels Of beer. Loss,
$500, 0O0