The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-06-28
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Four young men Of Lake Linden. Mich,
started out for q sail. They were Freddie
Kraz, Peter Morrison, Charles Anderson
and John Cameron. The boat capsized.
Cameron was caught in the sail and
drowned Immediately. Anderson clunat .
the boat until he could hold on no longer
and sank. The other two chung to the
boat all night and were cast ashore nine
make their way through wilderness OF
woods. not reaching civilization till late
next day.
1t is now thirty days since John ZachAr.
tho Caledonian faster OF Racine, Wis. par
took OF food. There lie no sham about
his case. The family physician states pos
itivcly that, to his own knowledge. Zachar
has not taken one drop of nourishment.
The last few days he has taken to sleeping
a good deal, and does not take the exercise
l's formerly did. He is very reticent and
quiet. and when told that his meals are
ready, merely says: when l want to eat.
III let you know" 80. 49, =.
Mrs. Henrietta Haberman suicided Mt
Duluth, Mimi, by taking whole box of
"Rough on Rats" She had uuarreled
With her daughter and retired to the cellar,
where sbs was found easping her last.
Age 65 years. :.-~--.- ,~
Myriads OF grasshoppers have appear cd
in many parts OF Southern Indiana, ind
are devouring all vegetation as they 60.
They destroy meadows first, then the
foliage OF trees. and next corn. oats and
garden vegetables. Thousands OF acres of
mea dows have been devastated by them.
A monster verdict in the case of Amber
hon ,,~t nrIv
Judge Clifford'e court at Chicago. 1t was
Tor 81 .OO2, 491, OF which $G77, 434 was for
debt and 1926. OPS for interest and costs
since 1880. Amber and Wllipple formed
+ partnership in 1869 in Washington, D.
c., to t1sinay5 a Patent steam petroleum.
gas genera tor and Amber assigned his
half interest in trust to Whippie: spi4
wns brought by Amber, claiming viola.
ton of trust.
In the British house. OF commons Mr..
Edward Gourey inquired as to the truth
Of the report that the United States gov
eminent had sent armed cruisers to Beh.
ringsea tc seize English seal fishermen. He
also asked II tbs queen'1 government had
sent war ship to warn the masters 81
British sealers of the results OF infringing
upon the Alaskan fishing laws. Rt. Hon.
Sir James Ferguson. parliamentary secre-
tary Of the foreign Office, replied that SO
far rs the government knew no such an
6U"ncement had been made by the Ameri.
en- from Washington Shat three British
vessels seized in 1886 be released to their
owners. With regard to vessels seized in
1887 the government had not heard that
any 0f them had been restored, but the
proceedings relating to all the seizures was
progressing.
The regents OF the State university OF
Wisconsin have determined to make
number of changes in the law department..
The annual appropriation has been in
creased from $4,000 to S11 200. A dean
shin was established and a salary Of
5000 vAted:, The dean has not yet been
named. The iese as increased from $50
to 500.
At Marquette. Michigan, a f16n aged
about thirty, who had been there several
flee and hade the clerk good.day, saying he
was going away. run lightly up stairs turn
ed into the first unoccupied room and swal-
owed the Contents of Il twO.ounce bottle
81 carbolic acid. dying almost instantly.
lie lett letters addressed to his wife. He
registered under the name Of W. B. Nelson
but his real name is g. II. Spencer, and he
has vile living IN Cleveland.
Lawyer A: S. Coils Of Nebraska City was
arrested us he was coming from church on
charge OF intending to leave the c6thtfJ
with intent to defraud creditors. The de:
mand against him was 5000, which he
ton Territory. Since then an attachment
was placed on his property for a claim Of
$1,7o0, which he collected in 1885 and
failed to turn over. Other matters are
coming up against him. His friends say
he will return and settle. Cole is we'll
known through his alleged connection
with the escape OF Capt. Howsate:
Plnkerton's detective force arrested ES.
press Agent Huber at Sunbury, Pa, for
stealing $29, GOO from the Adams Express
company August 20. 1886. The money
was shipped from Philadelphia to Shame
kin to pay employees OF the Mineral Mining
company. Six thousand dollars was in
gold; the remainder was done up in pack
ages OF 81, 600 each The money has just
been found.
peculiar disease is epidemic among the
swine about Mason City, Iowa, and many
are dying. The first symptom is that tho
tongue starts to decay end soon the en-.
tire head is affected.
A small cyclone and wind storm passed
over Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, taking out
Ole span OF the Green Bay railroad bridge
spanning the Wisconsin river at that
point. 1t also blew down fences, trees,
barns and sheds. and did other slight
damage. Several families found shelter in
the cellars.
The upper Mississippi is still rising at
Brainerd, the pump house and the electric
Immediately and they cannot be started
till the flood subsidies.
Charles Chalin whs shot and killed by
John Lee at Brandon Minn. There was
intense excitement and threats Of lvnchins
were made. Lee had been drinking. Hs
has been arrested and Sheriff Urness went
alter the prisoner. At the coroner's in
quest the jury found that he came to his
death from q pistol shot fired by John
Lee. Martin Moe, 4 chum OF Lees was
held to be an accessory to the crime. Both,
Lee, Moe and Lees father are securely
guarded by the village marshal and will be
removed to the county Jail to await their
trial.
Tracklaying on the Red River Valley
road commenced at West Lynne. The
Northern Pacific engineers returned to St.
Paul in their car, but during their stay
they have driven over the entire route OF
the proposed western extension OF the
Red River Valley railroad: and it is under.
stood that satisfactory arrangement
was made between the persons interested,
Chc government ana the Northern racine.
The nature OF this arrangement has not
yet transpired. but it is known in a gencr-
Ill way that the arrangement implies stiff
competition with the Canadian Pa cific for
the carrying trade OF Manitoba.
The governmental crisis in the German
ministry, which the late Emperor
Frederick brought about, and which ap.
parent'y ended in the dismissal OF Herr
Won Puttkamcr. has not been brought to
q settlement as yet. Court Won Zeidlitz.
Fruzschelcr was appointed to succeed Won
Puttkamcr but the Counts departure
afrom Berlin and return to his duties
rs president OF the province OF Posen, in
dicates that the negotiations for his ap.
pointment to the Prussian ministry have
foiled. They who are familiar with Ger
man politics state it would not be sur
prising If Herr Won Puttkamer was rein.
stated The Office is likely to remain
vacant for the present. and after being
merged into some other Office be restored
to Won Puttkamer.
Seventeen. year locusts have made their
appearance in the town OF Springdalc,
Wis, covering at present an area OF four