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

K"PUBLICANS OF Maryland in State con-
vention on the 1st at Westminster nomi-
mated George l. Wellington for Comptroller
The re>urns from the elections on the LIST
in the new States indicated the success of
the Republican tickets in the Dakotas and
Washington, with the result in Montana in
doubt, both parties claiming the State. Pro-
hibition and woman suffrage were said to
have been defeated in Washington, while
in South Dakota prohibition was success
full, and tho minority representation
scheme was rejected. The Republicans
have about 40 majority Oh joint ballot in
the Legislature and Sioux Falls was prob
ably chosen as the capital In North Ia
kota the vote on prohibition was reported
close, and it might take official figures to
determine the result
FIRE nearly destroyed the village OF
Cambria, Cal, on the 1st Loss, s125, co.,
CHARLES STEVENSON shot and killed Will
lam Johns at Ogcma, Wis, on the LIST and
then blew ont his own brains. The cause
OF the tragedy was mystery.
The baseball season Of the Western As
ISOLATION ended on the lst, Omaha winning
the pennant, with st. Paul second, Minne-
apolis third, Sioux City fourth, Milwaukee
fifth, Denver sixth, St. Joseph seventh
and Des Moines--last years champions-
last
On the lst W. C. Smith, treasurer of tho
Harry P. Harding Post &. A. R. of St Louis,
left for parts unknown, taking with him
all tho money in the treasury, some $4,000
FLAMES swept away the principal pc rtion
of the residence district of Grand Haven,
Mich, on the lst Three churches were
among the buildings burned. The total
loss was estimated at $500, COO
THE doors Of tho RonL- Of -
Woodstock, Mimi, were closed on the list
owing to a lack OF business
VALUABLE iron ore was discovered in
large quantities on the 1st on number ct
farms In the famous Middletown valley OF
Maryland
DURING prayer-meeting III the Presby-
terrain church ut Moss Point, Miss, on the
"a some one discharged shotgun through
the front door OF the building and instantly
killed Mr.. Dan Il. McInnis and mortally
wounded his little daughter Nellie
On the I'd the general executive board of
the Knights Of Labor convened in st. Louis.
FIRE destroyed the livery barns of Rank
Bros. and John Miller, at Cedar Rapids, Ia
and the business college and boarding-hall
OH the I'd. Nine horses were lost
AT Grand Rapids. Mich, Arthur Richard,
ayoung married man, shot his wife through
the head on the I'd inficting fatal wound
and then killed himself No reason was
known for the deed
JOIN A. MARTIN, Ex-Governor of Kansas,
dlcd at Atchison on the "a, aged fifty years
Mr. Martin served through the war, and was
twice Governor of Kansas
CHARLES HARTMAN, a saloon=keeper at
sandusAy, O., shot and fatally wounded his
wife on the I'd and then killed himself. He
had discovered that she was unfaithful
BURGLARS entered the Exchange Bank at
Anne, ILL.,, on the night of the I'd, blew open
the safe and male away with 1000.
AT Houghton, Mich, on the Sd two men
were killed and two others wore fatally in
jured by the explosion of dynamite
cartridge in the Red Jacket mine. Seven
others were also badly hurt
EDWIN kERw1N died on the I'D in Beloit,
Wis, at the ago of one hundred and three
years.
The steamer Corona exploded her boilers
on the I'd at False River, opposite Port
hudson, La, resulting in the drowning or
burning to death of forty-six persons
The feud between the Hatfield Mccoy
gang broke out again in Pike County, W.
Va, Oh the Sd over the marriage of John
Hand to a daughter of Peter McCov and
while the ceremony was being performed
volley OF shots was poured through q
window, killing the bride and groom and.
the clergyman. -.
JOHN E1sESBERGER was sentenced in
Baltimore on the Sd to receive fifteen
lashes on his bare back and thirty DAYS in
Jail for beating his wife. Eisenbcrger in
the fourth man sentenced to the lash for
wife-beating since the enactment of the
law in 1883 szs s...; = =
The death of General John P. Averill, of
St Paul, MIMI, occurred on the Sd, In hts
stxty-fourth year. He was a State Senator
tor several terms and served In the ka-
tional Congress from 1871 to 1876