The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-03-20

after having lain : long ume In cofar.
and he would recover.
HENRY NURRE, wealthy farmer
living near Brown, Ia, was murdered on
the 18th by unknown persons, who also
fatally wounded Mrs. Nurre. Burglary
was the object. .. s'asessss
In the flooded Arkansas district the
situation was alarming on the 18th. At
Black Rock there was six feet of water
in hotels and other places of business
and the destruction of property would
be heavy. The lower part of Batesville
was flooded and the country round about
was entirely under water.
On the 18th . freight train went
through trestle near Birmingham,
Ala, and five mem were killed.
- On the Denver & Rio Grande road In
the San Juan mountains snow sixty feet
deep was reported on the 13rh.
THE Supreme Court of Indiana rem
dered Sdecision on the 18th uphol6sng
the school-book law enacted by the last
Legislature providing for uniform school
books for the entire State. g
AT Lansing, Mich, tho Capital In
vestment Building and Loan Associa-
ton was organized on the 18th, with .
capital stock of $50. 00o. GOO : gsssss
The 5000 striking miners in II g Nor
RE and Ashland mines at Ironwood,
Mich, resumed work on the 18th, hav-
ing come to an agreement with the EN-
ployers. r.. u.s. . =, 5
AT St. Louis James s. Cross, formerly
superintendent of the Southern railroad,
was fined 500 on the 18th for vagrancy.
Whisky caused his downfall.
NJ. A. COTTON, an old soldier Of Par
kersburg, Va, was robbed on the 18th
of his pension money, amounting to $500.
The wooden ware factory of the L.
Baurele Company at Peto>.zey. Mich,
was burned on the 14th. Loss. 500. 600.
On the 14th Ole Sletto. Ole J. Hanson.
Bertha NJ. Olson and Charles johnson,
the four principals in the recent lynch
ing of Hans Jacob Olson at Whitehall,
Wis, were sentenced to life imprison-
ment
OVER 20, OcO boomers crossed into the
Cherokee nation in Indian Territory on
the 14th. =
THE Governor Of Kansas issued .
proclamation at Topeka on the 14th
naming April 10 as the one to be OBJ
served as Arbor day.
THE death of Lampson Crook, Of
Monticello, ILL.,, who weighed over 400
pounds, occurred on the 18th Of
strangulation. He increased in flesh
so fast that he could not breathe.
ELI STAHLAAKER, an insane man,
fatally stabbed Constable Prater and
then killed himself on the 14th at
Pleasant Hill, Mo.
TIE wife of President Harrison and
party Of friends, en- route to Florida,
were given a hearty reception on the
l4th at Charleston, S. c., which was at
tended by the elite of the city.
AT ST. Louis on the 14th the wife Of
w. J. Dayball, printer, smothered her
4-months'-old child to death and then
fatally cut herself with razor. She
was insane from insomnia.
AT Flndlay, o., options for the pur-
chase of twelve of the fourteen glass
factories were secured on the 14th by
the representative of an English syndi-
cate.
ATcu1soN (Kan.) women on the 18th
placed in nomination full ticket for
the school board.
BY landslide three persons were
killed and four were severely injured
near Cumberland, Nd, on the 18th.
AT Hartsell's, Ala, Robert r ines was
hanged on the 14th for the murder JAN
uary Z, 1859, of hi brother, Bone Raines.