davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24

JANUARY II is the date of the one
hundred and fourteenth anniversary of
Vermonts independence from Great
Britain, and the Sons of Vermont in
Chicago propose to Celebrate the oc-
casion in magnificent manner. Ex-
Minister Phelps and Senator Proctor
have been invited to speak, but even
sweeter than their honeyed words will
be reproduction in maple sugar of
bennington monument At the ban
Duet verything will be served on
dishes of Vermont marble.
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24
Robbed Of Valuable Gema.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Dec. 19.-William
Wilson's 1ewelry store window was
smashed with a coupling pin Friday
night and a tray containing $4,000
worth of diamonds was stolen. The
robbers fastened the door on the out
side before making the attempt
Eighteen Years In Pri.on.
HAVANA, Dec. 19.-The late secretary
of the treasury. Otsiza, has been sen.
fenced to eighteen years in prison,
three months and one day in the chain
gang and to pay a fine of 81, 500 and to
return the 100000 stolen from the
TREASURY.
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24

The high position attained and the unf.
versal a: ceplance and approval OF the pleas
ant liquid fruit remedy Syrup of Figs, as the
most excellent laxative known, illustrate
the value of the qualities on which its sue
cess is based and are abundantly gratifying
to the California Fig Syrup Company.
As SOON as this new odorless whisky comes
into general use the breath of suspicion
will have 10 60 out of busness.-St Joseph
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24

DANIEL WEBSTER was an acknowl-
edged leader in congress when he was
30 years of age; Gladstone was lord
of the treasury at 24 and in parlia-
inert at %; Pa'merston was lord of
the admiralty at 20; Henry Clay, in
spite OF the constitution. was United
Mates senator at 20; Washington was
colonel in the army at 20; Napoleon
con rn.nded the army of Italy at 25.
and William Pitt was prime minister
of England at "a, and at s. the great
est individual authority IN Europe.
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24

HIRAM CHASE, full blooded Indian
of the Omaha tribe, has been admitted
to practice in the federal court at Oma-
ila. Mr.. Chase is the first Indian ever
admitted to the practice of law in
Nehraslxa
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24

: New YoRK, Dec. 1e.-The family Of
w. J. Florence, the actor who recent
ly died, propose to contest his will OF
the ground that he left codicil, which
has since disappeared, in which other.
besides Mrs. Florence were left be
quests.
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of Cat tarrh that can not be
cured by Hail. 5 Catarrh Cure
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Props Toledo, o.
We the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
ont any OBJ igatons made by their hrm.
West a. Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o., Wal,nng, Kinnan q Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, ToIe;:o, Ohio.
Halls C;,tlrrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price &c. per bot
tie Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free
CAySoSs are popularly supposed to bark,
but that is no basis for believing that horse
pistols neigh.-St Joseph News.
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24
Diamonds Stolen.

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Dec. 19.-The
doors Of the safe in the Bank of Wat
race, at Watrace, Tenn, were blowr
off with dynamite last Wednesday
night and 5000 worth Of diu,uoud.
sto.en.
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24
THREE BISHOPS APPOINTED.

1ncumbents for the v. cant American Di0-
ceses Named by the Fope.
NEW YORK, Dec. IA cable dis
patch from the Rome correspondent of
the Catholic News announces the
appointment of Very Rev. Ignatius +.
Horstman. D. D., of the cathedral
of Philadelphia, as bishop of Cleve-
land. o.; Rev. Sebastian Messiner, D.
D.. professor of Canon law in the Cath
olic university at Washington, as
bishop of Green Bay, Wis, and Very
Rev. James Schweback. vicar-general
of La Crosse, Wis, promoted to that
vacant see.
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24

MDLLE. ELSIE ST. OMER has begun a
journey around the world in the inter-
est of the Geographical society of Paris
the traveller is to devote special atten-
tion to The lives and customs of woroen
in the various countries which she visits
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24
GEN. BOOTHS WORK..
Its Progress and What 1t Has Cost Du
ing Twelve Months.

Its Progress and What 1t Has Cost Dur
Ing Twelve Months.
LONDON, Dec. 19.-Gen. Booth pub
fishes an account of what he has done
the first twelve months for the redemp-
tion of the masses The total expendi
ture on capital account is given as ESQ.,
600, but liability of s1o, 1000 in addition
has been incurred on the strength of
sums promised but not yet paid in
The farm colony has cost e34,-
900 and the working expenses
of the food depots and shelters have
been e23, ,14o. The receipts have been
e26,57O. There have been $500, 900
meals and 347, 200 nights lodgings given
to the homeless Slum work has cost
2,so7. less 2570 donated by sympa-
thetic ''slummers." The worksh ops
show deficit of el,14o in spite of the
fact that some of tho branches show a
profit. For instance. the sale Of
matches has netted EATS, knitting work
sl00, and book binding e400.
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24

IT took sixty thousand cars to trans.
port the grapes of the United States to
market this year The vineyards of
this country represent an investment
of Sl55, OOO 900 and over
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24

The population of the 'Cherokee
Nation," which has just sold six million
acres of land to the government, Is
about thirty thousand. The Cherokees
are highly civilized tribe of Indians
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24

PATTI says that her diamonds have
been greatly overestimated In value
and that she has only modest $780,
900 stock to potter along with. She is
to be sympathized with, as is any wom-
an who has nothing to wear
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
His Potatoes Are Famo.s.

&. II. Bullock, Of Northfield, the man
who grew 1.l2o bushels of potatoes on
one acre of ground. has through the
papers achieved reputation that OK
tends from one coast to the other. He
is perfectly overwhelmed with commu-
nicationA Most of the communica-
tions take the form of questions, gen.
orally winding up with an appeal for
some of the 'potatoes, as the writer's
usually indulge hopes that if they once
get 'hold of the potatoes they will be
enabled to emulate Mr.. Bullock's sue.
cess both as to quality and size.
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24
FAMILY Feud.

A family feud eliminated in fight
which nearly resulted in the death of
Herbert Cleland. The farm of the Gle
land family is at Union lake. The
trouble was caused by dispute over
the division of some land and has been
on for some time. Two of the boys at
tackled Herbert and pounded and bit
him in terrible manner
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24
Will Meet In AZ. I.ouis.

Topeka, Kan, Dec. ~. - The Ma
tional Citizens Industrial alliance has
issued a call for a general convention
to be held. at St Louis February 20.
two days before the industrial council
couvenes. In pursuance to the ma
tional call, w. F. Rightmire, secretary
for Kansas, has issued call for each
assembly in his state numbering 200 to
elect one delegate.
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24
A VACANT CHAIR.

The United States Senate Loses one %
1ts Most Noted Members-suddsn Death
OF senator Plumb, Of Kansas-A Victim
OF Apoplezy-Gossip Regarding His Sue.
cessor-His Career.
WASHINGTON; Dec Ex-senator Pres
ton B. Plumb, of Kansas. ia dead. He
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24
Killed In Q Mine.

OURAY, COL, Dec. 19.-James Nc
clurc while working in the Virginia
mine was caught by = falling rock and
Qst9auF killed.
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24
Three Mon Killed by an Explosion in .
Colorado Mine. .

LEADv1LLE, Col, Dec. IA terrible
accident occurred Friday morning at
Busk tunnel, near Leadville. Three
men were killed, two seriously in i.
jured and q number of others
hurt The accident was caused
by the explosion of missed
hole which had been charged few
days ago and was thought to have ex-
ploded, as several other charges were
fred ut the same time. rhe failure
OF this one to explode was noticed at
the time, but upon beng struck with a
drill it exploded with terrible force.
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24

was stricken with
'apoplexy at an
early hour Sunday
morning, and after
lingering SO m Q
hours in an uncon-
sci us condition
died q few minutes
before noon. The
senator returned to
this city late Sat
ur day afternoon
from q visit. to his
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24

The Slayer Ut Thomas b. Price Adjudxed
Innocent Of the l.rima.

Innocent OF the Crime.
SEDA1IA, Mo-, Dec 21.-Judge Hig-
gins has leen acquitted of the charge
Of murder, though there was no at
tempt to show that he did not fatally
shoot his friend, Thomas Il. Price,
in a quarrel that occurred on rail-
way train last spring. The men dif-
fered on political argument and the
dead man slapped Higgins, who dis
charged his revolver through his coat
pocket, inflicting the fatal wound. The
jury was out but q short time, and but
one ballot was taken.
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24

GREAT BRITAIN poured nearly 15o, 900
emigrants into the United States dur.
ing the first seven months of the pres
cnt wear.
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24
The Kidneys arc Devoured

BY the diseases that afQict them, il renal dis
case is not speedily checked The finest diu-
retic i, Hos.etter's Stomach Filters, which,
without exciting, gives Il kealthful impulse
to the action of those organs, and prevents
their degeneration. The stomach and the
liver are greatly benefited by the Bitters.
which. moreover, prevents and remedies
malarial con, n,plain;s of all kinds.
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24

THE chicken thef's recollection of his
scamp life are mostly associated with picket
duty.-YOnkers Gazette
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24
DEATH By DYNAMITE,

Tho Head OF One Man Blown on and tho
Heart Of Another Blown Out.
GRAcEvILLE. Minn., Dec. 2l.-Ira
Bell and Henry Gordon met death in a
horrible manner miles southest Of
this place Saturday afternoon.
While preparing to lower charge
of dynamite into we'll which
they were boring the giant explosive
was accidentally set off. Bells head
was blown entirely off and to distance
of Is feet. Gordon was struck in the
left side, the heart being blown entire
~ out of his body. Gordon's relatives
live at Grand Rapids, Mich.
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24

EXPLOSIONS Of Coughing are etopped by
Hale's Honey of HoreEound and Tar
Pike>s TOolhache Drops Cure in che minute
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24

80 FAR as coincidence is conc erned one
white horse " il do for a dozen ed headed
girls=N @ Picayunc
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24

ONE HUNDRED children were sold in
the Morocco slave market recently by
Sultan Muley Hassen, who has gone
into the business.
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24

The department of agriculture an
nounces that inspectors on Long Island
N. Y, unearthed an abbatoir at New
ton creek, devoted entirely to the
slaughter of broken-down, crippled
horses. Many of these horses were
diseased and some had the glanders.
Most of the beef was corned and put up
for export as family beef. The secre-
tary of agriculture wired the inspector
OF ports of shipment to stop such ex-
ports Immediately and notify the local
board of health.
THE net gold in the treasury the 21st.
amounted to 1923, $50, 4so, a decrease of
nearly $2,0oo,0o0 since the 10th inst.
The cash balance is $132, 200, 600, the
lowest figure it has reached this month.
The receipts from customs at New
York during the first twenty days of
this month were $5, 362, i, 76s, A. decrease
J of 81, 764, ,667 compared with the receipts
during the corresponding period of last
year.
SHORT funeral services over the re-
mains of Senator Plumb, were held in
; the Senate chamber at Washington, D.
G. the 21st. After which a committee
left with the body for Topeka, Kas.
THREE prisoners were taken from the
jail at Dewitt, Ark, the 2lst, by mob
and shot to death.
The Mexican government has amend
ed the tariff tolls 50 as to.make the tar
i'll duty on rag paper, except colored
wrapping paper, so cents per 100 kilo-
grams In weight; unsized paper, except
for cigarette wrappers, 50 cents per 100
Kilograms in weight; and colored wrap
ping paper of native manufacture and
unsized paper for cigarette wrappers of
native manufacture, free of all duty.
/ The plans submitted from Reed &
Stem, architects for the new auditor
ium at the corner Of Wabasha and 7th
J streets, st. Paul: were adopted the 21st
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24

THROAT DISEASES commence With Cough.
Cold, or Sore Throat "Bro,cm'e Bronchial
Troches" give immediate relief. Sold only
IN boxes. Price 25 cts
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24

TIE principal difference between a lob
ster and a lobbyist is that you can make q
lobster blush-BoSton Post
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24
The Only One Ever PEinted-Can II
tho W0fdS

There is a inch display advertisement
In this paper, this week, which has no two
words elike except one word. The same is
true of each new one apnearing each week.
from The Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This
house places "Crescent'' on everything
they make and publish. Look for it, send
them the name of the word and they viii
return you book, beautiful Autographs OF
samples free.
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24

J. Hathaway. governor Of the national
soldiers' home at Milwaukee, at the ago
of 40 years. ..--s. 1. s*...s< z....< !.
TEE anti.lottery combine convention
at Baton Rouge nominated Murphy J.
Foster for governor Of Louisiana.
The formation of twelve-cluh
league ended the baseball war. The
twelve cities of the new com mbination
are: Boston, New York, Brooklyn,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington,
Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincinnati,
Louisville. St. Louis and Chicago
DEFECTIVE ties wrecked q passenger
train on the Southern Kansas railroad
near Cherryvale. Kan, and >twenty.six
persons we're injured, three fatally.
THE oldest woman in Maryland, Mrs.
Rebecca Seth. died of the grip at hoz
home in Cecil county, aged 1os years.
THE death of Gen. Patrick Edward
Connor, an Indian fighter and q veteran
Of several wars, occurred at Salt Lake
City.
In session in Chicago the national
prohibition committee decided to hold
the national convention in St Louis on
June 90 next to nominate q candidate
for president
On the charge of embezzling $40, 900
John L. Ferguson, bookkeeper in the
National bank of Kansas City, Mo-,
was arrested
AT Youngstown, O., w. E. Fitzger.
aid was hanged for the murder OF
Officer w Freed on May IS last
The firm of Mcdonald Bros, ex-
tensive lum bermen and shipowners at
La Crosse, Wis, failed for $3.50, 0O0
NEAR Brier Creek, Tenn, the dead
bodies of William L. Spreggins and
George Holiday, brothers-in-law, were
found buried in q brush heap.
SAMUEL .GoMpERs was reelected pres
ident of the federation of labor in con.
vention at Birmingham, Ala.
AT Baton Rouge s. D. McEnery was
nominated for governor of Lou;siana
by the regular democratic convention.
OWING to a quarrel Wright Poland
and his wife were murdered in their
home at Buckhorne, La, by Jack
Smith.
A MOD lynched two negroes suspected
of the murder of young Parramore al
Branford, Fla.
AT his home near De Soto, Ind.
Asail Thornburg celebrated his 99th
birthday anniversary. He was in good
health.
In an explosion at the Busl tunnel
near Leadville, COL, three men were
killed, two seriously injured and q
number of others hurt
EDITORS of the national prohibition
party press met in Chicago and organ
lied National Prohibition Press asso
! citation, with James Lamont, of Rock.
ford. ILL.,. as president.
NEARLY the entire gang of silve,
coin counterfeiters who had been op'
Grating in Texas for many months
| past were captured.
BEN DAVIS shot James Dunn dead al
Roaring Springs, KY, and fatally
wounded John Dunn, his brother The
killing was the outcome of an ancient
! feud.
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24
A Travelling Man Injured.

T: II. Glaskin, Chicago travelling
man. was seriously injured ON an
electric car in st. Paul. He was riding
on an interurbau car platform carry
ing an umbrella. when the latter struck
an electric light wire used in lighting
the car. The umbrella dislodged the
wire, which had been hanging on a
hook fastened in the ceiling of the
rear platform, and it dropped and just
encircled his ear, the lightning pass
ing through his body and knock ing
him enseleSS.
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24

IF you ore constipatcd, bilious Fl troubled
with sick headache. Beecham's Pills afford
immediate relief. OF druggista - cents.
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24
Gratifying to All.

YOU'VE dead loss to YOURSELF is the
latest sarcastic way Of telling man he is
no og0Jl-Philadelbhia Record
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24
A New Counterfelt.

A new $40 counterfeit has made its
appearance in Minneapolis 1t is q
treasury note of the series of 1880, hav-
ing on it a portrait of Webster 1t is q
Photographic reproduction The treas
ury number is A5191771. The number
ing is poor. the figures being unequal
In size and very irregular. The print
ing, too. is bad. The color is fair, ex-
cept when it is fading into the gray of
photography. In measurement the bill
is q quarter of an inch short in length
and one.sixteenth short in width.
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24
LATER.
A PirAtlcal Craft,

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21.-When the
little steamer Hattie Gage reaches here
from Sitka, it will be plastered deep
with libels. The men on board of it
seem to have been carrying on pratt
cal cruise in the Arctic and are not on
" guilty of mutiny, but have robbed a
mine. a church and a supply depot of
the Alaska Commercial company. 1t
sailed from here last June, in command
OF Capt. Downs, for Coal Harbor. On
board were two men named Tibbey, as
passengers. The first row occurred at
Victoria, where the Tibbeys wished to
smuggle aboard liquor. At Coal Har-
Dor the Tibbeys proposed sealing
cruise in Behring sea.
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24

FoRrY-FoyR per cent. of all the rail.
ways IN the world are in this country.
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24
A AlissinE Boy.

The mystery of Marvin Northrup. OF
Winona, promises to be the sensation
of the year: Marvin, who was but ii
years old, has not been seen since Sep
tember .1S. and the fact that his father,
Orrin Northrup, has made no particu-
lar attempt to find him has aroused sus
picions of foul play. Elmer Houghton,
of La Crosse, Wis. an uncle of the
missing boy, has been in the neighbor'
hood for several days to ascertain il
possible the whereabouts of the boy.
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24

A PERSON with Il cork leg, corkscrew eyes,
blue-bottle nose and jug-handled ears must
be full of spirits Town Talk.
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24
WEST AND SOUTH.

natl, United States engineer in charge
OF the Ohio river and all its Havigable
tributaries, dropped dead on train
near Edgar. ILL.,
A DIVORCE was granted to an Indian
at Cham bertain, $. n, the first case of
the kind on record.
FIRE caused loss of $3.50, ,O0o- a.!
Florence, Ala.
The failure was announced of the
Hadfieid Comp pany. owners of a stone
quarry and railway interests in Wau-
kesha county, Wis. with assets and H.
abilities of about $400, 600 each.
AS THE result of breathing the fumes
from roasting ores seven persons died
at Butte, Mont
In a rear-end collision on the Chicago.
Burlington & Quincy railroad 10 miles
west OF Ottumwa, Ia. an engineer and
fireman were killed and 4 conductor
seriously injured.
AN express train on the Pittsburgh
4 Fort Wayne road was thrown from
the track by broken rail near Lima,
o.. and three men were killed and
twenty other persons were injured,
some fatally.
DENTON DUKE, I. G. Delone and
Joseph Duke were killed at East Bar
nard, Tex. as a result Of q quarrel.
The resignation of Daniel E. Soper
as secretary OF state for Michigan was
rendered and accepted by Gov. Winans.
Soper was charged with malfeasance
! and misfeasance. in office, and did not
deny the accusation.
In wreck on the Chesa, cake 4
Ohio railroad, near Anderson, w. Va.
two men were killed and seven in.
jured.
! BY q lamp explosion Mrs Manuel
| Ford and her infant child. of Colun,bia
S. c., were burned to death. and Mr..
. Ford was probably fatally injured.
In Cherokee county, Kan, George
Seidl, a Bohemian farmer. was arrested
for numbering his daughter. aged 1s,
and his son, aged %
The boiler in q sawmill at Rid9e.
vile, 1ud., exploded killing William
Wise. William Collett aid; james
Clawson. apd fatally. inj4ripe Isaac
Nicholson and Oscar I9aeA
The Worthington advance., 1891-12-24

That promising young man Is still in
great demand among his credits rs.-Balti-
more American
Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-15
FRAIL FRANKIE.
1t Is Claimed That She Got Abrams
Money.

1t Is Claimed That She Got Abram' S
Money.
frankie lie Claire, alias Lille Bailey,
was placed on trial in department six
yesterday before Judge Mckinley and a
jury on charge of grand larceny.
The offense, it is alleged, was. COM
mitted on the 25th of August last. The
defendant is a notorious woman, and at
that time occupied crib on Alameda
street. On the day mentioned Abram
Ruiz came to the city and received
something over $1,000 on sale OF prop
erty.
During the evening it is alleged he
Tell into the woman's clutches, and she
made the best of the opportunity, and
relieved him of $3.50 in notes and gold
coin.
When first arrested she said she only
got ~ from Ruiz, but the amount kept
increasing until she acknowledged to
officers that she got over $500, and her
bank book shows that upon the follow
ing day, the Goth of August, she de-
posted $500 to her account at the
Farmers and Merchants bank. 1t APP
pears from the testimony given yester-
day that the prosecution has clear
case against her.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-15
THE sHoRB CASE.

The Arguments Will Probably Be
Concluded Today.
The sensational Field-Shorb contest
over the money given Mrs. DIR. Shorb
by Daniel J. Harris, will probably go to
the Jury today.
The hearing of this celebrated case
has occupied ten days and there is an
enormous amount of testimony in for
the consideration of the jury.
At yesterdays session the plaintiff
placed H. j. Woollacott, D. w. Field,
S. B. Dewey and DR.. Shorb on the stand
to rebut testimony previously given.
There was also great amount of matter
read from dispositions and introduced in
evidence. Both sides rested at 1920 p.
M, and after short breathing spell,
Mr.. Charles Munroe, of counsel for the
plaintiff began his argument.
Counsel will not be limited as to time
and the argument cannot possibly be
concluded before late this afternoon.
Col. G.. Wiley Wells will close for the
plaintiff, and Hon. Stephen M. White
for the defendant.