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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22
Confessed to a NIurslar

MILWAUKEE. Sept. 16. - Anna Cher
ney, who was suspected of having
poisoned her husband John about a
wear ago, was arrested Thursday at
Newaunee and confessed to Jus,icc
Frank stangel and others that she,
together with her daughter aged II
years administered paris green and
rough ON rats" to John Cherney by
putting it in a cup of coffee. Anna
Cheney and her daughter are
both lodged in Jail. The BODY
will be exhnmed and post ,norte N
examination made by Drs Scott AMI
Martin.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22

THE longest cataleptic sleep known
to medical science has been attracting
attention in Germany. The latest re-
Iort states that a mana miner at
Silesia-has been unconscious for fou,.
and a half months, with no unnatural
appearance except absolute rigidity of
the limbs During this time the pa
tents hair has grown, but his beard
has remained stationary.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22

Miss Rls1.El, of Port jefferson, l.. L.,
suffers from peculiar affection of the
eyes which are now SO much protruded
that the lids cannot close down over
them, so that the sufferer sleeps at
night with her eyes wide open. Her
sense of sight is gone while she sleeps.
this having been demonstrated by ex-
Oorin,entS
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22
Shot His Teacher.

VIENNA, Sept. IL. "A dispatch from
Larnapot, town IN Austrian Galicia.
says that as number of boys attend
ing the gymnasium there were leav-
Ing the building Wednesday after
their studies for the day we're
ended, one of them. lad named Johann
Schwed. drew a revolver and without a
word Of warning fred at Prof, Felix
Glowacki, killing him instantly
Schwed then turned his weapon upon
himself and blew his brains ont The
murder was due to grudge the bow
had entertained for a long time against
the professor
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22

TIE oldest college graduate in the
country is C~l. Amos A. Parker, of
Fitzwilliam, n. H., who obtained his
diploma from the University of Yer
mont in 1873 On October Col. Parker
will have completed his lOlst year. lie
is said to have held more offices and to
have remained longer in office than any
other man in New Hampshire. He has
been a member Of the bar for seventy.
five wears.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22
FIVE WE'RE INJURED.

Husband, Wife, Mother and Two Chill.
dren Thrown Over an Emhankment.
MASON CITY, Ia, Sept. ia terrible
accident occurred 3 miles north of
TINS city just after noon. Il. A. Eel
lows, with his wife, mother and two
children, was driving over a bridge
spanning Lime creek. The embank-
1nent had settled, leaving the bridge
elevated about inches. When tie
wagon struck this the evener broke.
the wagon turned and went over a
2O-foot embankment. All are seri-
ously injured, the mother and one
child fatally,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22
After Thirty-TwO Years.

RATHER inc Zahn asks for a decree Of
divorce from Frederick Zahn, and for
the custody of their five minor chill
dren. They have ten living children,
several of whom are married. Mr.. and
Mrs. Zahn were married at st. Paul in
1860. She is SIS and he 81 years old.
Mrs. Zahn charges her husband with
having teen an habitual drunkard for
the past ten years, during which time
he has gone home drunk almost daily
and treated her brutally.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22

DR.. P1ERsoN, of Philadelphia, who
otficiated in Mr. Surgeons pulpit in
the Metropolitan tn bernacle in London
during the latter's final illness, and who
later acted in the same capacity, has
finally been accepted as the permanent
successor Of Mr.. Spurgeon. DR.. Pierson
will assume his duties in the ia bernacle
on the first day of January, 1898.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22

HArTlsrE, the Indian pilot, known by
all the American tourists who have
passed down the rapids of the st. Law
renee. died at his home in the Indian
village OF Coughnawaga recently, aged
81. He was the first Indian to run a
boat down the rapids, and everyone
felt safe when he was in charr..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22

! The twenty-ifth anniversary of the
death Of Emperor Macmillan was
observed recently in Vienna, where his
coffin rests in the vaults of the Capu-
Gin church, by the side of his i'll .fated
nephew, Archduke Rudolph. A great
many Mexican veterans made a pill
grimage to Vienna on this occasion, and
the bier was half hidden by floral tro-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22

The building OH the island at the en-
trance of Newport harbor designed for
naval college is completed. This new
institution will not take the place of
the naval academy at Annapolis. but
will be used for giving postgraduate
course to those who have been in
structed there and have seen some
service. One or more war vessels will
be kept near the island 50 that the
young officers can engage in practical
work while they are receiving instruc-
ton. Now that this country is to have
navy worthy Of the name we need
the best possible training for the Off
GERS of the new ships.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22
a COOL HEAD.
Self-Possession an Invaluable Quality In .
Mother.

Self-POssesxion an Invaluable Quality In .
Mother.
There is nothin, that coniuces t,a
successful IN eeting Of nerg .aci IS bet
ter than a cool h ca:i. with feeling Ct
perfect confidence that everything <.
going to come out all right. Whether
things are coming ont all right" o,
not. at least the feeling of "a ct s.lf
control makes one better able to work
toward the good result. TO a mother
this self-possession is invaluable. In 8
large family small events calculated te
upset the domestic machinery are con
stantly occurring. 1t seems to be law
of nature that children should continu
ally have hair-breadth escapes, anC
come within an inch of losing thei,
lives. But tits equally a law of nature
that they should escape. And when
ever the critical moment arrives in he,
own life, or in the lif. of another, it is
that the very worst thing she can do a,
that moment is to lose her head.
TO do that means to be helpless in.
stead of helpful, to he drag instead OF
an assistance In an emergency one
should rather seem heartless than in
efficient There are always ten people
ready to cry or faint or shed tears owe,
the sutfcr'r wncr. there is one who
stands coolly by and sees the wav tn
help him Affection and sympathy are
often best proved by ignoring them
particularly when the moment arrive,
that calls for action and not tears
Harper's Bazaar.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22

JANUARY l was not made New Years
day in England until 1851. The proper
beginning Of the year is in March,
which is the beginning of spring, when
nature bursts out into life again in the
flowers and the trees
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22

WITH little doubt olives and figs can
be raised in all the states south of Ken
lucky. if proper attention be given to
the selection of places for planting the
trees. They flourish in Europe in To-
calit'es where temperature corresponds
with that of Tennessee and North Caro-
lima and are d great benefit to the peo-
pie. The trees are long lived and very
productive, the olives growing and pro-
ducing fruit for centYics. Figs are
easily raised and are very desira ble
fruit. We have scarcely begun to as
ccrt>n the capabilities of this coun-
try for producing different kinds of
fruit.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22
a Chicago Millionair, Drowned.

George r. Grant, millionaire at
torney, guest for few days of Hon.
William b. Keep, both of Chicago. at
the Chicago club on Lake Miltona.
near Alexandria, was drowned while
fishing. He stood up in the boat to re-
move his coat, which was loaded down
with cartridges, and had it off just so
far as t" securely pinion his arms when
he fell overheard
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22

THERE are l4o distinct Christian de-
nominations in the United States. OF
these there are fifteen varieties of Meth
odists. fourteen Of Baptists and twelve
o. Tresbyterians
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22

THE tortoise is the longest lived of
all animals. Many have attained the
age of $50 years, while one is known to
have reached the unparalleled age of
$50 wears.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22

The railroad coach that carried Pres
ident Lincolns body from Washington
to Illinois is now stationed at North
Platte, Neb., and will be sent to the
worlds fair,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22

MASSACHUSETTS has more cities with
population Of over $4,000 than any
other state in the union. The number
of such cities in Ma ,sachusetts is tif-
teen. in New York thirteen.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22

An Oklahoma girl was married by a
judge, divorced by the same judge and
married to the same judge, all in six
anonfhS Il
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22

MIR. GOODMAN. of London, bet that
he could smoke eighty-six cigars down
to an inch in less than twelve hours.
lie did it with forty two minutes to
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22

IRON expands with heat, and the
Eiffel tower in Paris is said to be eight
inches higher in hot than it is in cold
weather.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22
A Bank Permitted to Resume.

The Commercial bank of st. Paul,
which closed nearly five months ago
with liabilities running up into the
hundreds IT thousands, has reopened
for business under the same manage
ment, it being shown to the satisfac-
ton of the court that the bank was in
good shape to carry on business. The
depositors and creditors made an agree
ment with the stockholders as to meth
DDS of strengthening the bank. The
assignment was caused by a scare aris-
ing out of the connection of the Com
mercial bank stockholders with the re-
Gently defunct German Fire Insurance
Company.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22

PERHAPS the most happily named
man in England is Thankful Joy, 4
hampshire cricketer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22

JERUSALEM is now united with Jonna
by IL railroad, and trains run from one
OF these ancient cities to the other
every day. No longer will the pill
grim be obliged to plod over the bar
rem sand and round the hills of Judca
in order to reach the spot where the
great events of Biblical history were
enacted. He will not be obliged to SUBJ
sist on dates, figs and the flesh of goats,
but can partake of tirst-class meals
served in French style. Still in some
respects the change will not be desira-
BILE. The city associated with so many
sacred memories will become like a mod
ern town aud SO lose its greatest charm.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22

Ir is now reported that a buckv he at
cake trust has been formed in New Jer-
sey. The plan is to ''corner" all the buck
wheat in the United States and Canada,
adulteratc it with theusual amount of
corn meal and wheat middlings, mix
with the compound the requisite pro-
portions of material for raising the bat
ter, and put in up in packages to be
sold to housekeepers. 1t is thought
that there's millions in it," and there
are certainly millions who love buck
wheat cakes and wish the time would
come again when farmers and country
mil'ers would furnish the genuine. un-
auulterated materia for making them.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22
Martin Burke Is Diving.

JOLIET. ILL.,, Sept. 17.-Martin Burke,
the convict serving a life sentence at
the penitentiary Tor the part taken
in the murder of DR.. Cronin. is
dying. The prison officials said Fri
day that he had consumption. Burke
has been good prisoner and has
worked hard in the cooper department
since he came here. His first illness
dates back tc about the last Of July,
when he was taken from. the work.
shop to the idle room. At that time it
was thought that a two weeks rest
would recruit him so that he could go
back to work again. But instead of
improving he has been growing weake err.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22
A Loud Ticker.

Mamma-You look as if you hadn't
slep: much.
Little Dot-No'm, didn't
Mamma-What kept you awake?
l. tile Dot waz waitin' for the new
clock to go to sleep.-Good News
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22

These figures refer solely to the re
ceipts of the treasurer and do not in
clude the tickets sod by the railroads
and in the cities. The receipts for the
same period last year were $4,000,
showing IN increase of g., 459. So.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22
Memorial to Columbus.

New York. Sep 17.-The ceremony
of laying the corner stone for the me-
mortal of Christopher Columbus. which
the Italian transport Garigliano
brought here on September 4, was per-
formed on the plaza at Fifty-ninth
street and Eighth avenue. Mayor
Grant otficiated and the work wa,
blessed by Archbishop Corrigan. Com
missioner Wahle, OF the committee of
one hundred, was The orator of the
day. The Italian military and civic
societies of New York. Newark and
other nearby cities paraled in honor
of the event
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22
THE W0RTHINGToN ADVANCE
ROBERT McCUNE, Ed. and Publisher.
woRTH'NGToN. Mobiles Co., MINI.

IT requires s1,0oo,0Oo every twenty
four hours to run Uncle Sans govern
1nent
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22
THE EAST.


THE New York supreme court has af-
tirmed the decision of Judge Rumsey
in the Monroe county apportionment
case, In which the reapportionment
under the law passed by the last legis-
lature was declared to be unconstitu-
tional.
CARL Mold and Henry Bauer, Pitts
burgh anarchists, were indicted by the
grand jury on the charge of being ac-
cessories to the murterous assault on
Chairman Prick, of the Carnegie Steel
Company, by Alexander Bergman.
THE passengers from the Normannia
We're landed on Fire island on the 18th.
The baymen offered no resistance, but
stood sullenly by while the people were
transferred from the Cepheus. The ac-
ton OF the governor in ordering ont
troops and the naval reserve had a
calming influence on the mob. No
new cases of cholera were reported on
any of the steamers at quarantine.
DEMOCRATS of Connecticut met at
Hartford and nominated l.. Il: Morris
for governor.
New JERSEY republicans in conven-
ton at Trenton nominated John kean
for governor.
1T was announced after consulta-
ton of physicians d, Loon Lake, N.Y.,
that Mrs. Harrison's condition was
critical, and that her primary malady
was pulmonary tuberculosis of the
right side, complicated by sub-acute
pleurisy.
THE death of David Bruce, the we'll
known type founder. occurred at his
home in New York, aged 90 years.
The Massachusetts republicans in
convention at Boston nominated Will
liam II. Halle, of Springfield, for gov
ernor.
THE democrats of New JerseJ at
their state convention in Trenton NOM
mated Judge NertS for governor.
FIVE deaths from Asiatic cholera
have occurred IN New York city. The
announcement was made officially bv
the board OF health on the 18th. The
cases occurred in different portions of
the city several days ago, and as no
others were reported there was little
fear of general outbreak
The Bohemia arrived at lower quar-
antine, New York. from Ham burg with
over 900 immigrants ON board. Eleven
deaths from cholera occurred at sea
during the voyage. One more death
from the pest was reported in New
York city.
The fifth annual convention of the
National League Of Republican clubs
began in Buffalo with thirty-two states
and three territories represented. Gov.
Mckinley, of Ohio, made the principal
address.
FULL returns from the recent cleo
ton in Vermont give Fuller (rep), for
governor. $3.50; Smalley (dem. },
1886; Allen (pro.), 1860 Fuller's
plurality is 1864, and majority,
1904
AT Newton, Pa, Horace G. Broad
hurst was arrested for harvesting his
crop Of peaches ON the Sabbath day and
fined $50.
AT Springfield, Mass, George Taylor
made Il mile on bicycle in 2:15 3-5,
beating all previous records.
AT the meeting in Buffalo Cen Clark
son was reelected president of the Ma
tional League of Republican Clubs
and Louisville was selected as the place
of meeting for the next annual conven-
ton.
NEAR .Johnson's Corner, Me-. Samuel
A. Moody, cripple, shot and killed
Fannie T. Nichols, aged -, and then
shot himself. No cause was known.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
WARDS OF THE STATE.

An Increase In the Population Of tho Va
rlOus Institutions.
Secretary Hart, of the state board of
corrections and charities, has issued
the following report of the population
of state institutions for the month OF
August, with comparison of the same
month in former years:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22

Our English language is full of &c.
centricities. We wind up watch to Sc,
it going. But we wind up business
concern to stop it.''-LOweu Courier.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22
WEST AND SOUTH.

NEAR Lincoln, H., Il train went
through a bridge and twelve persons
were injured. four fatally.
TWELVE auherents of one party. the
progressists, were killed in fight be-
tween the rival political factions
among the Choctaws, near McAlister.
]. r.
In st. Louis the Pearl hominv mills
were burned. the loss being $4,000.
MOB took Thomas II. Allison from
the Jail at DobSon, N. c., and hanged
him for the murder of w. II. Brown.
IN Texas the Rio Granue river over
flowed thousands of acres of cultivated
land between Eagle pass and Laredo
and crops in the inundated districts
were washed away and many sheep
and cattle drowned.
THE following congressional nominal
tons were made: Michigan, Sixth dis
trict, Byron Devendorf (pro). Ohio,
First district. r. =. Bowler (dem. J: Sec
ond, c. 7. Graves (lem.). Missouri,
Fifth district. Webster Davis (rep.).
FIRE destroyed nine business blocks
at Tekoa, Wash.
JOHN SoNrAG and Chris Evans, train
robbers, shot ana killed four of their
pursuers in the mountains near Fresno,
Cal. and then made their escape.
The Montana democrats in conven.
ton at Great Falls nominated Timothy
4. Collins for governor and w. w. Dixon
for congress-.
ANrI-FUsIoN democrats in convention
at Pueblo, COL, nominated John A.
Moupin for governor.
In convention at Great Falls, n. D..
the democrats nominated F.. c. Collins
for governor.
WYOMING republicans in state con-
vention at Laramie nominated Edward
lvcnson. of Laramie for governor, and
re1ominated {. D. Clark for congress-
STREET car employees of the United
States in convention at Indianapolis
formed an organization to be known as
the AmaIgamated Association of Street
Car Employees.
On the place of Judge j. II. Scaif at
Camilla, Ca, cabin was destroyed
by fire and two small children were
thrown into the flames by their crazy
grandmother and burned to death.
GRANT. Bob and Amy Dalton, Sam
Wlngo and Three-Fiagered Jack, all of
the famous Dalton gang that has per-
petrated SO many train robberies in the
Indian territory, were captured at
Deming, N. NJ.
FLAMES in the large building of the
Union Transfer and Storage Company
at Indianapolis caused a loss of $500, 600.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22
The WffO'a Anxiety.

How much did yon put in the con-
tribution platc?" asked his wife.
"A quarter"
John are you willing to put us on
record as tvo-for-a quarter people?'-
Washington Star.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22
End Of tho State Fair.

The state fair held IN Minneapolis has
come to All end after u successful meet
ing. The receipts at the treasurer's Of
flee for the week were as follows:
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-08-28

Rev. w. F. pain. Of Gord0nsyile will
preach at Park place Methodist church this
morning and evening.
beY +. II. Rawlings will conduct the ser
vices at Brosd-stteet Methodist church this
morning, while Rev. DR.. John Z. Newton
will preach this evening.
Hev. George II. Ray has returned from
CORTLAND. Va. and will preacb both IN the
morning and evening at Union-Station
Methodist church.
Father McKeefrey will preach at the
SACRED Heart church to-day.
Bey. w. A. campbell will preach this
morning at the FIRST Baptist church. No
services Will be- held 10 tue eVeDtog.
Bey. II. NJ. Ljnney will preach for DR..
Hoge il the morning al the SECOND Presby-
terian church.
At Grace-streetiP Presbyterian church there
will he no preaching to-day the pastor,
Rev. DR.. Farr, being out of the city.
rev .LAJuaa L., Coax wQA NyeAeN this
morning at Third Presbyterian church. He
also will hold services al Immanuel chapel
at r. n.
Rev T. L. Pell will hold services at Clay
street Methodist church IN the porning.
REV. W. W. Royal will fill the pulpit of
QS. SIadd At GeptsoSSy S&NSSA - tho VN0rn-
ing and evening.
The regular meeting of the board of
directors of the Methodist SuDday-sohool
society of Richmond will be held at Broad
street Methodist church at o'clock this
Afternoon.