The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-03-19


ended August 20, 1866.
The business failures in the United
States during the seven days ended on
the 18th numbered 1913, against 265
the preceding week and 252 the CORE
week last year.
THE EAST.
THE summer residence at Saratoga,
N. Y, of Spencer Trask, of New York,
valued at 500, 900, was destroyed by fire.
THREE fishermen, Davis Searbury
and two brothers named Vanwormer,
were drowned near Albany, N. Y.
TH1RTY-FlvE sacks of newspapers and
eighteen sacks of letters, bound west in
a baggage car on the New York Central
road, were burned near GAINESVILLE,
N. Y.
FLAMES ruined the Burt building and
Quilted the Dental manufacturing build
ing at Buffalo, N. Y, causing a total
loss of S225,OOO.
The Rhode Island prohibitionists in
at Providence nominated
Rev. John H. Larry, of that city, for
governor.
The Rhode Island republicans nomi-
mated state ticket at Providence with
H. w. Ladd for governor.
DUDLEY HALL & Co., an extensive
tea-importing firm at Boston, assigned,
with liabilities OF $500, 600.
AT Pittsburgh, Pa, the Weldon build
ing and the building occupied by the
Germania bank and chamber of COM
merce were destroyed by fire, causing
a loss of 100000.
AN unusually high tide flooded all the
lower portions of Bangor, Me-, doing
great damage.
AT Albany, N. Y, Peter Heclxer, 63
years old, killed his wife with a razor
and then committed suicide.
In New York Charles J. Fletcher
(colored), known as Gen. Wood a
museum freak, was suffocated by gas.
He was 4S inches in height and 60 years
of age.
THE Rhode Island democrats have
state ticket, headed by
John w. Davis for governor.
TIE death of Mrs. Hannah Cleveland
King occurred at her home at Inotisco,
N. Y. at the age of lO2 years.
In Syracuse, N. Y, three mail-l OK
thieves when arrested had keys which
opened mail-boxes, and had in their
possession thousands of dollars worth
of drafts and checks.
AT New Salem, Pa, Wilson Scott
died in the SD year of his age. For the
last thirty-seven days of his life he had
tasted
WEST AND SOUTH !:
In the Tennessee legislature the
house passed bill prohibiting the run
ming of excursion or freight trains on
Sunday except those carrying fruit or
stock.
WILLIAM H. TODD (colored), living at
Washington Court House, O., learned
after separation of forty years that
his mother, now 100 years old, was liv-
ing at Atlanta, Ca, with three sons.
DOMESTIC trouble caused Mrs. O. c.
Hanson, of Pelican Rapids, Mimi, to
hang herself and her year-old babe.
A CYCLONE struck the little town OF
Salem, Ala, and some fifteen houses
blown down. No lives were lost.
THE reported loss of the steamer
Buckeye on Puget sound with crew
of twenty men was untrue.
WHILE rowing in canal near
Augusta, Ga, Henry c. Lamar and Miss
Louise King Connolly were drowned.
Thomas Ecker, who was too sick to
move, and his 3-year-old boy were
burned to death.
NEAR Holly Oak, Del, Jonn Glover
and his wife Sarah were struck by a
raiload train and killed.
AT Memphis, Tenn, Col. H. Clay
King shot and MORALLY wounded At
tornev David Poston.
The death of Celestine Kaltenbach,
the oldest postmaster in the northwest,
occurred at his home in Potosi, Wis,
aged IS. He had been postmaster there
since 1888.
HIRAM McCoNkEr, of Springport,
Mich, awoke on the 18th after sleep.
ing eight months. He remembered
nothing since he went into the sleep,
but could recall everything previous tc
that time.
AT dance at Kilgore, KY, ten men
were shot, six of whom would die.
RETAIL lumber dealers of St. Louis,
owing to trouble with wholesale firms,
propose to organize an interstate asso.
citation from the lakes to the Rocky
mountains, to offset the encroachments
of the big concerns.
FLAMES burned out eight business
firms in Chicago, the total loss being
$3.50, 900.
By the explosion of a sawmill boiler
near Efingham, ILL.,, three men were
killed.
JOHN NJ. PALMER was elected United
States senator on the 18TH ballot at
Springfield, ILL.,, receiving the votes OF
Farmers Moore and Cockrell and the
1O1 democratic members. Mr.. Taube-
neck voted for Streeter, and the repub
icans cast their ballots for Cicero !.
Lindley.
In a passenger car in Texas James
Sewell, president of bank at Ozark
Ark, was robbed by two men of 81, GA:
in bank notes.
The 10-year-old son of John Wiggin
ton has confessed that he and a broth
er, obeying their fathers instructions
poisoned William Ferguson, r. c.
Watts and Miss Boyd at Mount Ster
ling, KY, by putting arsenic in the
coffee.
A LEvEE OH the Mississippi river al
Conley's Lake, Tenn, gave way anc
the village was completely flooded
Breaks in the river at other points were
reported.
FIRE destroyed the Bohn sash ant
door factory at Omaha,,Neb., causing 9
loss Of 3l5Q,QQ0; insured for $500