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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-25

+, GLADSTONE has written to friends in
Canada, who invited him to this coun-
try, that his age and engagements ut
terly disable him from crossing the At
lantic. and that he can not hope to see
this great territory, in which he has al
ways taken so much interest.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-25

THE color used to denote mourning
has often been changed and even to-day
countries differ widely. In Rome males
wore black for mourning, while the
women indicated their grief by wearing
white garments. In Turkey, at the
present day, the mourning hue is violet;
in China, white; in Egypt. yellow; in
Ethiopia, brown; in London and Amer
lea, black. The mourning color in
Spain was white until changed by the
laws of 1903
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FROM WASHINGTON.

In the United States the visible sup
ply Of grain in store on the 18th was:
Wheat, 17,569,7 bushels; corn, 8, $780,
$50 bushels.
In Its report to the Secretary of the
Interior the Utah commission says that
the practice of polgyamy is rather on
the increase than the decrease, and that
the doctrine is taught in all the Nor
mon churches.
IN the United States the business
failures during the seven days ended on
the 18th numbered 100, against 1913 the
preceding week and 203 the correspond
ing week last year.
The President has signed the river
and harbor and anti-lottery bills.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-25

LleHTKEEPER ROGERS, of Straits
mouth Island, off Rockport, Mass, re.
ports that while sitting on one of the
headlands one morning he experienced
peculiar sensation. The air seemed
exhausted and he had great difficulty
In breathing. There was a rushing
sound like that made by skyrockets,
and there was a shower resem bling
millions of stones falling into the water,
after which Mr.. Rogers noted that the
water was boiling as if some large
heated body was submerged therein.
stde is OF the opinion that it was meteo,
that produced the sensation, the heat O!
which caused the water to boil.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-25

The wedding celebrations occur as
follows: Three days, sugar; sixty days,
vinegar; first anniversary, iron; fifth
anniversary, wooden; tenth anniver-
sary, tin; fifteenth anniversary, crys-
tai; twentieth anniversary, china:
twenty-fifth anniversary. silver; thir-
tieth anniversary, cotton; thirty-fifth
anniversary, linen; fortieth anniver-
sary. wooden; forty-fifth anniversary,
silk; dftieth anniversary, golden; seven
fifth anniversary, diamond.
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THE EAST

CONGRESSIONAL nominations we're
made on the 18th as follows: New
Jersey, Fourth district, Samuel Fowler
(Dem.). Pennsylvania, First district,
; H. Il. Bingham (Rep); Second, Charles
O'Neill (Eep.); Fourth, J. E. Reyburn
(Rep.); Fifth, A. C. Harmon Rep.);
Seventh, T. N. Hallowell (Rep). New
Hampshire, Second district, 0. C. Moore
(Rep.(.
The Massachusetts Republicans have
renominated Governor J. @. A. Brack-
EFT and Lieutenant-Governor William
Fl. Halle.
The Republicans of New HAMPSHIRE
have nominated Hiram A. futile for
Governor.
The firm of Gardner. Chase & Co.,
bankers and brokers, of Boston, has
failed for $4,000, 900.
THE population Of Connecticut is 745,-
SCI. an increase of 1913. 161.
GUsrAvE KOCH, an artist, and Emile
Rossi, an actress, killed themselves in
New York because the mother of the
actress had opposed her marriage with
Koch.
TIE Massachusetts Democrats have
nominated William E. Russell for Gov.
ernor.
THE Republicans in the First New
Hampshire district have nominated D. A..
Iaggart for Congress, and re-nominated
James Buchanan in the Second district
! of New Jersey.
The official election returns from
Maine give Burleigh, the Republican
candidate for Governor, plurality of
1890. The next House will stand 10
Republicans to Al Democrats.
On the 18th Mrs. Rachel Stillwaggon.
of Flushing, L. l., attained her 1o5th
year.
CHARLES MILLER has declined the
Prohibition nomination for Governor of
Pennsylvania.
. CONNECTICUT Republicans have nomi-
mated Samuel E. Merwin, of New Haven,
for Governor.
The death of Dion Boucicault, the
playwright and actor, occurred in New
York at the age of 81 years.
IHE death of Robert Dunbar, the IN
ventor of grain elevator machinery, &C.
Cured at Buffalo, N. Y, aged Is years.
The following Congressional nomina-
tions were made on the 10th: New York,
Second district, j. NJ. Jones PRO };
Third, F. G. Smith (Pro.);. Fourth, A.
L. Martin (Pro.).
On the Reading road an express train
| was thrown down an embankment at
Shoemakersville, Pa, and fifty persons
were reported killed and thirty-five in
jured.
AT Philadelphia Belle Hamlin and
Justina, driven by their owner, c. L.
Hamlin, broke the double-team trotting
record. The mile was made in 2:15L;
best previous record, 2:15sl.
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b. L. FAHJEoN, the popular novelist.
was once newspaper man in New En-
gland, where he was the proprietor OF a
small newspaper. A friendly letter
from Dickens turned him in the direc-
ton Of woodworking. He is married to
daughter of Joe Jefferson, the actor,
and one of his young boys has caught
the gait and mannerisms of Rip Van
Wrinkle from seeing his grandfather
play the character, and is able to pre-
sent good imitation of the original
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A Fortu. Waiting for Him.

Preston X. Potter can secure $40, 600
from the probate court in st. Paul by
putting in his claim by October l. Ii
the money is not called for by that date
it will be divided between his mothers
sisters, Mrs. Kelsey, of Dayt O.; Mrs.
Potter, Of Bowling Green, KY, and Mrs.
BraEt of Topeka, Kan.
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To Die bv Elec,ricitv

GLEN FALLS. N. Y, Sept 22.-Cal
Wood, convicted OF murder, has been
sentenced to death by electricity in
Dannemora prison, New York, during
the week commencing November next.
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A Proeroesivo Oompeuy.:

In addition to the splendid passenger
Eastern Illinois Railroad, the management
have arranged to run Vestibuled Parlor
Cars on through day trains commencing
September l. These cars are the product,
OF the Pullman Company Shops, and are
In elegance and completeness any parlor
CARS which have ~ yet been placed on tho
Before the Winter travel commences. al
passenger trains will be provided with
safety steam-heating apparatus which' IN
connected with the engines and receives
Its steam from this source, thereby obtain
Ing an even temperature in the car 1T al
times.
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An Old Mason bend.

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Sept. "a. - A
special from Bowling Creek, KY, says
that Samuel Murrell, the oldest Mason
in Kentucky, died at the residence of his
grandson, Samuel Young, Friday after
noon, aged % years. Mr. Murrell was
born in Lincoln County, Ky., in 1899.
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Unearthed a Meteor.

GALEsBURG, ILL.,, Sept. PA meteor
which Captain D. s. Harris, of this CITY,
saw fall over thirty years ago was found
Saturday by workmen who were excavat-
ing for the Kohlsaat statue of General
Grant 1t is oval in shape, of peculiar
color and weighs 100 pounds.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-25
A Foreign Bank Eails

New YORK, Sept. 22.-1t is officially
announced that the Bank of the Cape of
Good Hope has failed. The liabilities
are eS, 600. oo0;capital stock, e7OO, O0O;de.
posits, 81, 500,O 900. The bank is located
at Cape Town, the chief point for South
African trade.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-25
M do q Third ATTEMPT.

Convict Douglass, from Minneapolis,
who has twice escaped from the State
prison, gave the authorities another
anxious time the other day. Soon
after noon he disappeared. and after
searching some time all tho convicts
were locked in their cells and the shops
all shut down so thorough search
could be made. He was found under
one of the floors, and in place where
it was hardly possible for any man to
be Socrated
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-25

& A VIENNA correspondent says it is
estimated the losses by the floods in
central Europe will reach $40, 600, 600.
Owing to the damage to the beet crop it
is likely the Austrian sugar exports will
be sixty per cent under the average.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-25
Says 1t Is Not Cholera.

COLUMBUS. O.. Sept 22-Secretary
Probst, of the State Board of Health,
who went to Bergholz, Jefferson Coun-
ty, to investigate supposed cases Of
cholera, telegraphs the disease ia not
cholera.
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Death of Governor Steven.on.

CARSON, New, Sept. %. - Charles
Clark Stevenson, Governor of Nevada,
died of typhoid fever at his residence
in this city Sunday. He was 81 years
of age and was born in Ontario County.
N Y
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STATE OF Ono, C1TY OF TOLEDO,
LUCAS COUNTY. e.

LUCAS COUNT, ,s-s-g
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he IL the
senior partner Of the firm of F. J. Cheney
& Co., doing business in the City Of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm viii pay the sum of ONE HUNDREDDo1-
LARS for each and every case of Catarrh ,
that can not be cured by the use of Halls
',tarrh Cure FRANK J. CHENEY.
~ 7orn to before me and subscribed in my
SH ce,this6 9Th day of December, ID. 1855
f.v.s5 A. w. GLEASON, Notary Public
tSnMH a. 'tarrh Cure is taken Internally
"a 10 fly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of t. system s S@ 1or ees1.
mSSm aad 81 1F re-, e.; 75c.
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big Fire Mt NIauo,nfn..

MENoM1NEE, Mich, Sept 22.-The
entire plant of the Menominee River
Single Company has been destroyed by
fire. Loss, $1,000
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-25

Upon the stomach and bowels afo eopIs
trated by multitudes OF injudicious p Of
constipation in slight degree, inhitfzts
their bowels with drenching evacuan3s,
which enfeeble the intestinal membrane to
. serious extent, sometimes, even, suPer1n-
Stomach Bitters is the true succedaneum
for these nostrums, since It is at once in
MIGRATING, gentle and efectual. It also
banishes dyspepsia, malarial complaints
rheumatism and kidney troubles.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-25

who also had made arrangements with Burchen
to engage in farm work in Canada The party
after short stay at New York went on
TO Buffalo. thence almost Immediately to
Niagara Falls whence Burchell and Ben
we'll started February II to investigate the al
legged farm and they got of at Eastwood sta
ton and started to walk Burchell was recog-
nized on the road having been well known in
that section of country. He had lived at Wood
stock for time, where he made himself known
as Lord Somerset.
ellis farm being pure myth the man dreaded
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-25

New YORK, Sept. 22.-Lawyer Fred
erlck 3. Swift, who for several years
had been the victim of Incorporate hab-
its, applied Friday night for lodgings
at the Church Street police sta
ton. He was allowed to sleep
there, and Saturday morning was found
dead. A bottle of morphine was found
on his person, together with some legal
papers. Mr.. Swift was graduated at
Yale College with Chauncey NJ. Depew,
and at one time, as general counsel for
the Adams Express Company, he had an
income of $40, 900 a wear.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-25

A SOAP that is soft is .Csu Of .cater, halcor
two-thirds its weight probably, thus you
pay seven or eight cents per pound for wa.
ter. Dobbins' Electric Soap is all soaP7and
no adulteration, therefore the cheapest and
best. Try Do6bins'.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-25

NEVER fail to cure sick headache, often
the very first dose. This is what IS SAID pv
All who try Carter's Little Liver Pills.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-25
ChNnged His Mind

Turacoioletu has an awful toothache.
but Is at the same time in mortal dread
OF the operation Of ''having it out" He
knocks at the door of dentist
lis the dentist imp
Eyes, sir"
''Oh! At what time does he 70 outp,
AT three O'Clock"
Jury.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-25

For Cough or Sore Throat the best meH-
cine is Hales Honey of Horehound and Tar
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-25

OTHER game is losing ground, but tho deer
always keeps up his lick
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-25
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

VOUcioN Nv SceeJ0ENVes
In the City of Mexico the anniversary
of the independence of Mexico was cell
ebrated on the 10th with great pomp
President Diaz opened Congress in the
evening.
The loss of the Austrian warship
Taurus, carrying crew of sixty-nine
men and four officers, has occurred in
the Black sea.
By an explosion in the Maybach pit at
Sanct Wendell, Rhenish Prussia, twenty
five miners were killed.
AT San Jomachi, Japan, a fire de.
stroyed ITO houses and caused the death
of seven persons.
CHINESE advices are to the effect that
1000, 00o people have been made home
less by the Yellow river flood.
AT Vienna six boys and girls COM
mitted suicide through chagrin at DO.
ing obliged to return to school after
vacation.
WILLIAM OBR1EN and John Dillon
have been arrested in Dublin on the
charge of inspiring tenants not to pay
their rent.
By collision on the Mexican rail.
way at Rincenda, Mex, ten persons
were killed and several others injured.
FIVE HUNDRED persons were drowned
by the loss Of the Turkish man of-war
Ertogroul at sea, including Osman Dig
ma, the famous General.
FORTY THOUSAND persons in Ireland
are threatened with starvation owing
to the failure of crops.
AT Szegedin, Austria, the body of
woman named Goeda WAS exhumed for
the purpose OF an autopsy. When the
coffin was opened it was found that the
woman had been ried alive, aud that
she had given birth to a child in the
coffin.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-25

WILL be found an excellent remedy for
sick headache Carters Little Liver Pills.
Thousands of letters from people who have
used them prove this fact Try them.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-25

No Opium in Piso's Cure tor Consumption.
Cures where other remedies fail. Csc. =.
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PATIENT waiters-the undertskers.-
brakes Magazine.
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ConsidsrabIs fun WAS caused II
Eastport, Me-, by the efforts Of various
individuals to walk . creased pole. The
pole was suspended over Lake. and
most Of the walkers took . tumble
and cold bath, to tho great merriment
Of the crowd, before reaching tho end
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-25

TIE beauty In amateur theatricals lies In ,
their realism-there 10 seldom any acting in
them-Elmira Gazetta. = >
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-25
Crossed in Love.

D. NJ. Worthington, young man who
mad been in the employ of c. Stevens,
of Olmstoad County, committed suicide
late the other afternoon by hanging
himself to a beam in the barn. He left
note saying: Tell no one to cry. l
go happy and easy. You will find me
on the hay" 1t seems that Worthing-
ton had invited LAZY to accompany
him to the fair, but she did not accept
his invitation, and went out with an
other gentleman. This was said to
have prompted the suicide.
High Bid for q Chicago Mans Discovery.
James E. York, of Chicago, who has
recently discovered cheap method of
making structural steel, was in Duluth
to make negotiations for using his
process. He was offered bonus of
$1,000 to go in with the Duluth Iron
and Steel Company, which had ju S
completed its plant, but he may 20
with the Ironton Steel Company, a con-
Germ that will employ 1900 men. He
expected to manufacture the steel for
the frames of McDougalrs c;gar-shaped
vessels.
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THERE is q bond of union between tho
proof and the type righter.-Texas
S:S<;~r. -
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We suppose nose may be said TO b
broke when it hasn't got Observation-Disclosures
-. r 800. .
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l2poaR OutfaGe4

In June one settles do 7n oy me ses aud
in September he settles = ~ VIC wa
Washington Star.
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IT is q long lane that has no bulldog.-Vaa
Dorp's MAGAZINE
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DAxAaE-"Whati is the age Of your boyi''
''Breakage."-N. Y. World.
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MIN NESOTA STATE NEWS.
CENSUS STATISTICS.

0IFsSoOo IN - TICS.
How the Towns aud Counties Of southern
Minnesota Grow.
The Census Once at Washington has
completed the following towns In the
First Minnesota district: Il
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-25
The following Is the Second MINI
sofa district complete by counties:
THE TWIN CITY CENSUS.

Total for the district .3A7;141
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self. he was insane. o, r1- r-sss-~a-s,
NEAR Manning, Ia, cyclone killed
two persons and injured several others,
and near Emmetsburg and at Vinton
great damage was done to property.
ARIZONA has population of SO, 691,
an increase of 10, PSI in ten years.
COLORADO Republicans have renomi.
mated John L. Routt for Governor.
SHARPERs swindled Henry Burris, a
wealthy farmer near Smithfield, O., out
of $4,000
TIE South Carolina Republicans have
decided to put no ticket in the field.
In a jealous rage Charles Drumm. pro-
prietor Of wine-house at Springfield,
O., shot his wife and then ended his
own life.
ABOUT forty persons in Minneapolis
have been indicted for participating in
census frauds in that city.
CINCINNATI's population is announced
as 296, 800, an increase of Al, 10.
COLONEL GEORGE r. DAVIS, of Chica-
90, has been elected director-general of
the Worlds Columbian Exposition.
The Congressional nominations on
the 10th were: Illinois, Fifth district,
Rev. F. F. Farmiloe (Pro). Wisconsin,
Second district, D. C. Van Brunt rep. J..
South Carolina, Second district, George
o. 1illman (Dem.) renominated.
AT South Haven, Mich, an incendi.
airy fire resulted in the destruction of
eleven business buildings.
AN incendiary fire destroyed the prin-
cipal business portion of Whitehall,
Mich, and about thirty dwellings,.
NEAR Evansville, Ark, six persons
were drowned by cloud-burst.
In the village of Bergholz, O., chol-
era has become epidemic.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-26
FIRE ~ 4 MASSACHUSETTS, TOWN

Gardner Mas. Jan. 2j.-rhe stevens Block caught
FIRE this noon and wa completely DESTROYED. \ hlsh
wind prevailed blowing shower Of cinders upon the
WAS threatened AID summoned from fitchburS
which responded with an engine and twenty men.
The following occupants of stevens Block ar" sur
fcrcr, !. f. cook. lcwccr. total loss, insurance T'o"
Peter Eifcr. barber. loss, 5000, Insurance f"oo
u. 4 smith, grocer. loss. $500: insurance. $1,000
g. W Block clothcr. loss. $4,000; Insurance $1,000
~ T. Gordon. or, goods. loss, rl2uoOt Insurance,
sI1 900. g.. II. -culr. boot, and shoes, loss. 900
Insurance . 900. &. a. Adams, druggist loss, sou"
insurance. 5000. bOrp Bros, new dealer, ll'~'
II. 500. Insurance. - 800. Dr. T.. W. Hart. dentist,
los, ~ 900. Insurance. 1000. e.. y. Adams. pho-
focrlphcr. los. - 800 insurance. 500. Ni--
keenan, drcs,makcr. total los. insurance unknown.
{. H. stevens, on block, S33.oOO: Insurance, 800"
The whole los, amounts To- about r-'OuO, ana IL was
The largest fire Gardner IA, ever known.
sherlrooAc. Que, Jan. GA large fire broke OUT
here this morning The building occupied by ;. rwoSc.
furniture manufacturer. and the National Bank build
ing in which were the Office, Of the Bell Telephone
Company and the store Of +. \. O'Dc general dealer.
we're destroyed All the books Of the National Bank
were saved
Montreal One. Jan. 25.-Thc foundry OF Moses
Parker was damaged by fire oday to the extent Of
10000.
Engraving and Printing Company. caused a loss OF
SO 900, partially insured.
Putnam. Conn, Jan. 2J.-Burglars entered the
clerk, Office and general store at o'clock this
ing and blew open safe containing nothing valuable.
leaving another safe untouched. They then set lire
to the building, which burned to the ground
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-26
4 SUBWAY REPORT CoyrRADICTED.

long statement was published yesterday repre-
sentng that the charter and interests Of the Telegraph
and Electrical Subway Construction Company had
been sold to the Westinghouse syndicate but the re
port could not be- traced Ia any trustworthy source
Nobody connected with the properties, on either the
buying selling side. could he found who had heard
Of the alleged sale. The further assertion was made
In the report that by far the larger
part Of the electric lighting business was
controlled by the Westinghouse interest, and
n number Of the electric light companies of New York
were mentioned rs having passed into the control
spokcn Of Among them was the East River Electric
Company Of Nos. 42l-i3l East Twenty fourth ST.
\ letter from T.. f. Dexter, superintendent oi this
COMPANY addressed yesterday to The Tribune, refers
to tins statement rs erroneous and says that the com
panv desire, state most uncpuvorally that 1t has
not consolidated with or been purchased by, or leased
10 any other electric light company but that ii j.. and
will continue to be, opposed 10 any Westinghouse or
other MONOPOLY