The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-01-01

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State University at Ann Arbor, Mich,
were drowned while sks-ting.
THE marriage of boy of II and q girl
Of ID took place at Columbia, Mo-, and
the wedding presents included q doll
and awooden gun.
SAMUEL MICKLEs shot and killed his
daughter, fatally wounded his wife and
then took his own life in st. Louis. De-
spondency in business was the cause.
EIsEMAN & Co., dry-goods dealers at
Council Bluffs, Ia, failed for $500, 600;
assets, $3.50, 900.
The first Legislature of Oklahoma ad-
journed after passing complete coz.
of laws.
THE house of Samuel Malone, an old
soldier, at Holden, Mo-, was burned,
Malone and his brother-in-law, John
Hicks, perishing in the flames.
FIRE at San Augustine, Tex, de-
stroyed two hotels, half dozen stores
and many houses.
The death of Pedro Antonio Lopez,
aged 115 years, occurred at his home
near Santa Fe, N. NJ.
FIVE negroes, arrested for the murder
of DIR. E. H. Riggan, were taken from
jail at Mecklenburg, Va, and lynched.
CLAUDE MCCARTY and John Mahar,
aged 10 and 13 years, were drowned
! while skating at Muskegon, Mich.
The doors of the Maverick Bank of
San Antonio, Tex, were closed after a
run lasting three weeks, The liabilities
| were said to be 1914, 161 and the assets
$1,7s9,915.
In Ottawa, Kan, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w.
Strong had on Christmas hidden guests
to celebrate the fifty-frst anniversary
of their marriage, but in the morning
Mr.. Strong expired suddenly, and few
| hours later his wife passed away in a
similar manner.
FLAMES destroyed the Edisto- phos-
phate and fertilizing works at Charles
ton, S. c. Loss, $500, 1000.
In the streets of Chicago DIR. II. A.
Kelso, of Paxton, ILL.,, was robbed of
S., 900 in money and watch worth 5000.
w. j. KITTRELL, chief of police at
Gainesville, Ca, was shot dead by John
Pruitt, negro desperate, and Pruitt
was killed by another officer.
THE death of Mrs. Sidney Ann White
| (colored) occurred at Sedalia, NO., at
the age of 106 years. She weighed $50
pounds and had been totally blind for
! several years.
JOHN OLIVER and Ed Gallagher en-
gagged in dispute over girl at Center
Furnace, O., and both were killed.
The death of NJ. A. Dauphin, presi-
dent of the Louisiana State Lottery
Company, occurred at his house in New
Orleans of pneumonia, aged SO years.
CARL REHER, a farmer at Carlisle,
Mimi, in a fit of anger killed his wife
and son and fatally wounded his daugh-
ter and then took his own life.
FIRE destroyed the freight depot of
the Little Miami railroad at Cincinnati,
causing loss of $15O,00O.
A BOILER explosion wrecked seven
| dwelling houses at Cincinnati, killing a
child and a woman and severely injur-
ing five other persons.
FLAMES ruined the Bijou Theater in
Minneapolis, MINI.
The six-day go-as-you-please contest
in St. Louis was won by Herty, who
made 51S miles and received about 81, 900.
HUNTER & WEST, bankers at Greeley,
| COL, failed for 800, 900, and the City Ma
tional Bank at Hastings, Neb., closed it's
doors.
The oldest man in Ohio, William
Roach, died in Cleveland at the age of
1O4 years and 10 months.
AT Columbia, Tenn, fire destroyed
twenty buildings
On the 27th Big Foot and his band of
hostiles were captured by the Seventh
Cavalry under Captain Whitesides. The
seizure was made on Porcupine creek in
| South Dakota without a conflict. All
the other Indians in the Bad Lands had
decided to surrender, and the probabili-
ties were that the trouble was ended
In Llano County, Tex, tin in great
| quantity was discovered.