The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-10-03

her clothing having ignitsd from lighted
pipe which she had dropped in her lap
DoN CossAcx, ono Of tho most noted
stock horses In the West. valued at $25, O00,
died on the 96th Ut the State fair grounds
ut Peoria, Ill He was owned by Arthur
Cation. OF Chicago All Here, another
stallion, valued at $4,000, died on the
same day -.
The Maryland Democrats in State con-
venti0n on the 20th at Baltimore nominated
L Victor Baughman, of Frederick County,
for Comptroller.
MAJOR CREa1Es revoked the licenses Of
thirteen saloons In Chicago on the 18th for
not keeping their blinds closed on Sunday.
In Northern and Western Wisconsin q
brisk snOw-stOrm prevailed on the 96th.
The temperature was low: - -.
In Chicago on the 2Gth William J. Collins,
. teamster, killed James Cosgrove, another
teamstor, for calling him liar.
ALLEN PErTUs killed Alfred Barnett on
the 18th near Columbus, s. c., IN quarrel
over Carrie Black, young woman, and
when Mics Black heard of the murder sho
committed suicide by taking poison:
The American Bankers Association, in
session Mt Kansas City on the 18th, re-elect-
ed President Parsons and Vice-President
Michael
GENERAL ". r. SHERMAN was re.elected
president at meeting of the Society of
the Army of the Tennessee at Cincinnati on
the 9th
CoUNTERFElTERs were on the 26th circu-
lating spurious dollars on the North side
In Chicago.
OVER u ,oOo, 600 worth Of pasturage aud
timber was destroyed by the recent forest
fires In California The fires spread over
mn hD,n1po1 Will n,nI$ o,,
to eighteen miles east and west
The American Humane Society in session
on the 9TH at Louisville, KY, denounced
the dehorning of cattle Us unnecessary
cruelty and the docking of tails of horses
was declared to be inhuman. Edwin Lee
Brown, OF Chicago was reelected pres
1dent OF the society.
The death of ex-Congressman William
I.oughbridge, of Iowa, occurred ON tho
eth on South Mountain, near Reading,
Pa, aged sixty three years
OK the 9th A. NJ. Miskiniln, manufact-
urer of counterfeit coin, was arrested ut
Solomon City, Kan, and over $4,000 in bo-
gus gold and silver coin was captured.
FLAMES swept away twenty-five business
places at Cresco, IL, on the 9th.
At Pentwater, Mich, fire on the eth
destroyed all the buildings on the west
side of the principal street and five on the
east side.
JOHN AYERS, farmer living near Elmore,
O., while intoxicated ON the 9th fatally
shot his wife.
The Springfield Baseball Club won the
Inter State League pennant on the eth.
The per cent OF the clubs was as follows:
Springfield, 541; Quincy, 526; Peoria, 49,;
Burlington, 400; Evansville, Az; Mon.
mouth, 142
! IN a race on the eth at Clinton, ILL.,, be-
tween a trotting mare owned by William
East, and Silas Long, a famous bicyclist,
the mare went twenty miles in ninety
three minutes, the wheelman being only
| half a minute behind.
An open switch wrecked an excursion
train on the Big Four road on the 9th four
miles east of Greensburg, Ind, and many
persons were badly shaken up, but none
wore killed.
IaNATz N. MoRGENsTERN, of Chicago,
general secretary of the Polish National
Alliance of North America, left for parts
unknown ON tho eth with $l2,WN belong
, ing to the order:
! GEORGE ESTES, William Benton, King
Vann, John Steele and woman met
J violent deaths in Jefferson County, Ala
on the 9th.