The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-15
WEST AND SOUTH,

The murderer of Mrs Hall and her three
children, J. s. Howell, was sentenced on
the 9th at Linneus No., to be hanged No
vember Il, 1889. A motion for q new trial
was denied.
STEPHEN C. SHARP, Democratic candidate
for Treasurer OF Kentucky, it was thought
on the 9TH was reelected by majority
ranging from sc, coo to 10000
KANSAS CITY was on the 18th visited by a
heavy storm and tornado demolishing
chimneys and out buildings; rain fell in
torrents, deluging the streets and delaying
traffic.
GEORGE scH11cK shot and killed Richard
Sisco at Madison, Ind, on the 9Th Schlick
finding Richard in saloon, killed him. The
night before William Johnson shot at his
sweetheart, but missed her Thinking he
had killed her. he killed himself
THE defaulting Treasurer OF Kentucky,
Richard Tate, was said on the 9th to have
been arrested at ScottsborOugh, Ala.
AFTER a vigorous and exciting campaign
ofsthree weeks prohibition was defeated on
the 9TH in Floyd County, Ga, by majority
of 600 out of vote of 1900.
DIR. TowNsLEY, the brother Of Chicago
lawyer. shot and killed George Stevens. son
of the president Of the First National Bank
of Niles. Mich, at Guthrie, L r, on the 9th.
The arbitration committee appointed to
settle the differences between the mine
owners and striking employees at Streator,
ILL.,, were on the 9TH unable to come to an
agreement A conference would be held
between the bosses and men to try and set
tie their differences
ELECTIONS held in Salt Lake City on the
9th resulted in a decided victory for the
| md In RI ~f~n
was predicted by many in very short
time.
A NUMBER of Milwaukee citizens on the
9th waited on the railway authorities ask
ing them to reconsider their refusal of
granting one-cent rate to the encanp-
ment of the G. A. T. to be held in that city.
The railway officials refused to alter their
former decision.
NEAR Weston, Neb, a serious wreck &C.
cured on the 18th by the breaking through
bridge Of tran on the Omaha l. Re-
publican Valley branch of the Union
Pacific. Two lives were lost, and several
seriously. if not fatally, injured
TIE saloon keepers of Cincinnati,
through their lawyer, on the 9Th asked the
court for a continuance of their cases.
they promising that in the future they
would respect the law and keep their
places closed on Sunday.
One of the best known lawyers In Min
neapolis, J. Frank Collom confessed on tho
eth to forging the naihe Of John T. Blais-
dell, pioneer millionaire of Minneapolis,
to notes and papers valued at $227, Goo
il. f. WILLIAMS and Lyman J. Gage, two
OF the arbitrators to whom were referred
the differences existing between the lll1-
no1s Coal Run Company and it's miners,
united on the 7th in finding ~ cents per
ton to be the best and highest price for
mining coal that the Coal Run Company
could pay to it's miners
AN explosion of fireworks at Kensington
Gardens, st Louis, on the eth injured sew
eral persons. The ''Siege of Sebastopol'
was being produced -s=s -.
TOLEDO, o., struck vein of gas on tho
9TH which yielded q, QUO, go feet per day, -
y. The Alabama State Farmers Alliance in
session at Auburn on the 9TH reiterated
their determination to use cotton bagvin0
Tor wrapping cotton and would under no
circumstances use jute
IT was decided by Governor Thayer. of
Nebraska, on the 9TH not to raise the quar-
antine against livestock shipments from
the Kansas City stock yards.
An express train on the Rio Grande4 West,
ern road was attacked by train robbers
near Crevasse, Col, on the night of tho
9TH, and after vain attempt to break into
the baggnge-car went through the train
and collected $3.50 and twenty watches 4
posse was In pursuit with bloodhounds.
A SEWERS rain-storm on the It'll visited Ii
Crosse Wis Five houses: were struck ~
lightning 2=:.s.s.@