The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-06-14

the quinquennial bill prolongisg the term
OF tho Prussian parliament, has with.
drawn his signature. Bismarck and th4
| ministry. ut their sitting. resolved to rel
sisn unless tho bill Was signed and publish:
II. w. Robinson. publisher Of sheet
known as the Coliax Iowa Sensation. was
sending obscene matter through the mails:
He was fined 500, but the fine was sus-
pended on the payment OF SO and costs.
A 3O-foot yacht was launched at Viii.
mington, DEL, for E. O. Winer, OF San
Francisco. in which be proposes to sail
from the coast OF Maine to Aspinwall, and
after portage across the isthmus to re-
sumo his journey up the coast to San
Francisco. The vessel Is on u new ptinc.
plc which, it is thought. will revolutionize
ship building. This principle. or system.
through permanent holes in the bottom
| and acting upon oil in metal ballastink
chambers. 1t is claimed that such ves-
sci can neither be upset nor sunk.
Two disastrous tires occurred at Helena,
Montana, in tho very thickest populated
portion OF the business section, entailing
tho death OF ono unfortunate man. de-
struction to thirty.four head OF valuable
! horses and loss OF over $4,000.
Great CONSERVATION prevails among q
large number OF families at Eau Claire,
Wis., over tho death OF sixteen cows pois'
oned by parties unknown, with Paris
| green mixed with salt: A dozen more are
poisoned. The cows we're herded on q
common.
No regular mails have been received at
Deadwood for nearly d week, and for four
| days the telegraph wires have been down,
| rendering communication with the out
| side world impossible. A waterspout or
| cloudburst caused great destruction OF
| property along the Eikhorn line between
Oelrichs and Chadion. The dry creeks
! flowing with water and several bridges
were Carried away. Five miles OF the rail.
! way track were submerged, and owing to
the loosencss OF the soil large sections of
the road bel were washed out.
Bishop Hare Of Sioux Falls will spend
| several days among the Indians iii the
Sioux reservation. He took with him
Rev. Luke Walker. IL fullblood Indian and
| they will visit all the settlements along
White river for the purpose OF fully inform
| ing the Indians IA to the provisions of the
bill opening the Sioux reservation. In
July Herbert Wclch OF Philadel phia, secre.
| tary OF the Indian Rights association, will
come outand remain until the commission
soon to be appointed by the president,
has procured the signatures OF the Indiana.
| 1t is the purpose OF these gentlemen to as.
assist in getting the treaty ratified. There
! Is no doubt but the great tract Of land
the early fall.
Printer Rounds, eloped from Omaha to
| Council Bluffs with Gussie Tremaine, the
daughter OF q wealthy Wholesale meat
dealer, and they were married." Oppo-
sition on the part OF the young lady's
parents led to the elCpement. A recon-
citation followed.
Rev. C. II. Bohn, rector ofchrists church,
Iankton, ID. T., left his home in a fit OF
temporary alteration, going to Sioux City
and tho east. He left no word with his
wife or friends. and fears of fatal accident
manner OF his going was ascertained. He
had some money on his person, but was
dressed in very old clothing and had ex.
pressed no intention of leaving the city.
He was OF a nervous nature. and although
people had previously supposed him Eighty
in his mind, there were never any fears Of
complete arrangement. He leaves wife
and one child, poorly completed dwell.
Ing house, some money and other proper
ty.
Jacob Truax, OF Eau Claire, Wis, who &C.
OF his steamboat, the Clermont, on the
Hudson in 1907, reached the age of 100
years lately. Mr.. Truax was born in Steu-
ben county, N. y, was a wagon maker in
Albany eighty years ago, and after follow.
ing that occupation many years in New
York, came to Eau Clair" about ten years
ago and has since lived there with his son
Peter Trnax, wealthy iumberman. The
venerable gentleman is in very good health
/ a in ~ hoo
had but two habits to contend with the
past seventy'fve years or more-the use
OF tobacco, and voting the democratic
| ticket since that party was organized. He
will apparently live several years, and re-.
tains lively interest in current events.
the Waseca assembly, 1.-THE Minnesota
Chatauqua." A magnificent array of lee.
turers, including such men as DR.. Talmase,
Jahu DE Witt, Miller, Wallace, Bruce, A.
| A. Wright, A. H. Gilet, w. l.. Davidson,
| Williamson and a score beside: Nine. Alb
bic Darlington, ono Of the greatest Anne RI
can singers;concerts by the Owatonna club
by the pupils OF the Minnesota School for
the Blind, and many like specialties. Dr..
Talmage will DO the orator on the national
holiday. H. c. Jennings, of st. Paul.is ho
secretary.
| fire occurred in Hull. opposite Otta-
wa. Canada, destroying betw cen 300 and
400 houses and rendering over twenty-five
hundred persons homeless. The fire broke
out IN the city hall situated in the center
OF a populous portion OF the city, and 1,
raging wind served to spread the flames
| with remarkable rapidity. The fire brigade
was on the spot almost Immediately, but
| the fire appliances were miserably insult CT
| ent. and the building wan soon a mass oil
| flames and the wind hurled the burning
embers eastward across the square into a
long block OF wooden houses, which took
fire at once. The fire then swept every
thing before it until it literally burnt itself
| out about hall a mile from where it start.
ed. Hundreds OF families camped in the
open air without shelter of any kind.
A fatal shooting ARRAY occurred in a
saloon at Culbertson, Neb. John B. Hun.
ter son of Judge Hunter, shot and killed
Harry B. Hull, prominent and respected
}armer. The Hunters and the Huls had
trouble about a line fence. 1t is claimed
the murder was deliberately planned and
executed; that Judge Hunter purposely
provoked an assault from Hull, who hit
him with a billiard cue. whereupon young
Hunter shot Hull. Both Hunters are
| under arrest. They arc wealthy. They
came from Missouri and'are prominent men
in Culbertson county. There was consid.
cradle talk OF ]ynching them, but the
sheriff quoted the mob. It. is said Judge
Hunter killed a man in Colorado, and
that both he and his son are shooters. It
is also stated that Judge Hunter was a
member OF QuantrelI's band. and that in
his younger days he had several murder
Gus affairs in Missouri and Kansas.
A boiler explosion occurred in St. Paul,
killing three men outright while four others
-.
not recover. The accident occurred in the
hollow near the crossing of tho Manitoba
road near Fourth street. John Nevins &
Co., tho contractors engaged in construct
ing the Pha1en creek sewer had hired q
portable engine Of James H. Duffy to
pump water from the creek. The engine
and boiler had laid in Mr.. Duffy's yard
all winter. and it being thought best to
test it before putting it into usc, it was ia.
ken down to the creek for that purpose.
The elimination OF the test was the ex.
plosion.