The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-11-14
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EDWARD AIRES, Rochester (Minn.)
tinsmith, was on the 9Th notified that he
was the only heir to an estate in England
valued at 100000.
Il. I. STANTON, the man who printed
Iceman O'Sullivan's business cards, was
a witness at the Cronin murder trial on
the 9th. He swore that the cards were
not delivered to O'Sullivan until May 2,
two days before DR.. Cronin was decoyed
away to his death by means of one of
them. Other witnesses told of the find
ing of the trunk on the morning after the
murder and its condition.
On the 9th NJ. S. Oaks, of Decatur,
Ala, died Of hydrophobia in horrible
agony from dog bite received seven
teen years ago.
AT Decatur, ILL.,, Jack Faunce was con-
victed on the 9Th of the murder of Mat
thew Mckinley, and sentenced to nine
ty-nine years. imprisonment.
The Washington Legislature met at
Olympia on the 9Th and elected officers.
The employees of the iron furnaces of
the Mahoning CO., valley were on the
9th granted an increase of ten per cent.
in wages.
The Indiana Supreme Court rendered
a decision on the 9Th to the effect that
the law prohibiting the piping of
natural gas out of the State was uncon-
stitutional.
The death of John Bush, the Oldest
settler in St. Paul, Mimi, occurred on
the 9Th at the age of ninety-six years.
RETURNS on the 9TH from the recent
elections show that Boies dem. for Gov
ernor had 4,79O plurality in Iowa, but
that the Republicans had probably Sc
| cured the rest of the ticket and the
Legislature. In Ohio the Republic
ans probably elected all their State
candidates except Governor Campbell
Dem.) having 5000 plurality, and the
Legislature is Democratic. J. NJ.
Stone (Dem.) was elected Governor
of Mississippi without opposition. In
Virginia Philip w. Mckinney Dem.)
was elected Governor by AZ, 900 majority.
In Maryland Baughman (Dem.) was
elected State Comptroller by 10000 ma
jority. In Nebraska the Republicans
! elected their ticket, headed by T. l..
Norval for Supreme Judge, by $4,000
| majority.
AT Petersburg, Va, a fire on the 7th
destroyed property valued at $3.50, 900.
| Lieutenant Crichton, of the police force,
| was burned to death.
On the 7th E. H. Vanhoesen, cashier
Of the Toledo co., National Bank, and
J. NJ. Mckee, teller of the bank, were
arrested for embezzling $4,000.
AT Payson, U. T., George Hancock, a
Mormon high priest, was arrested on the
7th charged with numbering Mrs. Hatch
! and her son George, thirty-two years of
age.
In the Clayton New Mexico) region q
| snow-storm had on the 9TH been raging
for eight days and thousands of cattle
had been lost. 1t was also estimated
that 20, 600 sheep had persisted. Seven
persons had been frozen to death and
two passenger trains had been stalled
for week, the passengers on which
subsisted by killing cattle and roasting
them in the car.
On the 7th c. A. Pillsbury, the Mime
apolis miller, stated that he had been
notified from London that the s., 600, OO0
necessary to purchase the Pillsbury and
Washburn mills in Minneapolis had all
been subscribed and the deal closed.
Snow, hail and sleet-storms were re-
ported in Texas, Kansas and Colorado
on the 9Th, seriously impeding railway
travel. ..sa,. s.-sea
On the 9Th Thanksgiving Day mo
vember 2S) proclamations were issued
by the Governors of Illinois and Wis
consin.
The clothes of DR.. Cronin and case OF
instruments were found in q catch basin
In Lake View on the afternoon of the
Sth by some sewer cleaners. The basin
was not hundred feet away from where
DR.. Cronin's body was found g"
! WILLIAM N1EMAN, saloon-keepe,
near the Carlson cottage, swore in the
Cronin trial in Chicago on the sth that
Late on the night of the murder Cough.
lin, Burke and OSullivan came into hi
plaoe and had several drinks.
COLONEL ARMsTEAD NJ. SwopE was
killed on the sth at Lexington, KY, BY
/: Colonel William Cassius Goodloe, owing