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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-12

STORIES of the finding of gold fields
in the far west are numerous inst now,
The last is of the Tonic range of noun
tains in western Arizona. which are
said to conceal mines or placers so rich
In the precious metal that the Apache
Indians, years ago, were wont to use it
fof bullets. No doubt, says an cx-
change. many fellow will be brought
dosvn by this bullet story whatever
may be the fact respecting the exist
ence of such missiles. 1t is probably
true that gold exists in paying quauti-
tics In the unexplored parts of the far
western states and territories, but it
may bovesrs before tits brought to light
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-12

The bronze statue of ex-President
Chester A. Arthur, by Ephraim Key
Ter, which has been in course of execu-
ton for the last four months, is now
. completed and is on exhibition in New
York city. The height of the statue is
, feet inches, and the weight, 1900
pounds. 1t has been cast III one piece
with the exception of the plinth.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-12

The telephone has been put to new
nse in San Leandro, Cal. A man of in
telligence, who is afflicted with lep-
rosy, was isolated in cabin away from
the hospital A kind-hearted gentle
man OF the town had telephone put
Into the cabin and connected with the
reading room of the hospital, thus en-.
sbling the leper to talk with. if he
might not visit or be visited, by people
Of the outside world.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-12

PRESIDENT HARRISON has issued a
proclamation granting amnesty to all
Mormons guilty of polygamous prac-
tices, but who have abandoned the same
and shall continuesto obey the law
against this crime. This action is taken
in consideration of decree by the
church against polygamous marriages,
and the assurance of the church au-
thor;ties that the laws will be faith
fully observed Such amnesty has
heretofore been granted in individual
cases, says the Chicago Journal, and it
is wise to make it general. Any future
violation of the law will be vigorously
punishment.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-12

AND once more the report that Emin
Pasha is dead is denied. Emin takes
his pen in hand to let us know.that he
is in good health and hopes that these
few lines will find us the same. Emln
Is entitled :. to thanks for ending the
universal anxiety. .5E =
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-12

In Mexico you can hire street-car
and ride all over the town in it a whole
day by yourself for IS. 50. and you can
stop at any one place for two hours
without extra charge. Not only that,
your friends can hireAa whole train Of
these street-cars for your funeral at
low rates. There is, no other city in
the world where you can have such q
big funeral with great deal of show
Tor SO little money as in the City of
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-12

An eminent authority has it that the
death rate of the world is calculated to
be 81 per minute, 4,0s0 per hour. 96,72o
per day, while the rate of births, slight
" exceeding the deatls rate, is calcu-
lated to be 70 per minute, 400 per
hour; 1oe, 500 per day, SO, 742, GOO year.
The estimated increase per annum is
therefore q little over 1000. 600
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-12

MsrE. BERNHAKDT met with a very
hostile reception in Odessa the other
night. While she was going to the
thcater in her carriage she was at
talked by an anti-Semitic mob and
sh"wered with sour cucumbers and
other missiles The windows of her
carriage were smashed but the TRACE
aiel,ne herself was not hurt
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-12

sA1D' James Whitcomb Riley to a;
group OF reporters: Il wish you news
paper men wouldn't be quite so careless
in your remarks about my looks. was
served with notice several years ago
that 7 wasn't very handsome, but the
reporters take kind of delight in re-,
minding me of it. 1t seems to me that
you might at least be as considerate as
the old auntie who went to the menag-
erie and saw the hippopotamus. She was
staggered for a moment, but her breed
ing got the better of her impulses She
didn't want to say the animal was ugly,
so she turned to, her friend exclaiming:
'saAes a massey, but amt he ,plainv''
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-12

Work on the eleventh census will be
completed and the matter turned over
10 the secretary of the interior by De-
cember 81. 1893 The tenth census
cost, in round mum bers, about SIS, O0O,-
100, and the present one will cost about
Is. 100000, the increase being largely
sue to the enlarged scope of work. -..,.,e
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-12
In 1880 there were 1000 G.

In 1880 there were Is, 900 convicts in
prisons and on ticket of leave in Eng
land, says the Boston Transcript; but
now there are less than $4,000. This
reduction, it is asserted. has been &C.
complished by, shipment of criminals
to this country, which are carried on
through discharged prisoners aid So
cieties that purchase tickets and out
fits for those to be deported, the gov
eminent paying the expense. It is fur
Their stated that judges often suspend
sentence on condition that; the person
convicted shall go at once to the
United States. Here Is subject for
the Investigation of our government
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-12

In Illinois railways killed 720 per,
sons in 1892 and injured 2, $40 ok61tass
Two MEN held up the cashier of the
s ssat q t.'f'n' f.7 end le'rr'fd |. of
-~.~Is Grafton, Henry. 1adfeie,
died at the age of 107 years.
AT Bakersville, N. c., Calvin Snypes,
the smurderer of Isaac Osborne, was
Nnehed and insthe struggle to proven,
the lynching elevenzeof the steriffs
posse were killed, al also Sve4e ne&eu
e the @obsE1;
BY repeated explosions of natural
gas in the vaults Of the. Donohue &
iHenneberry building IN Chicago thirty.
one men were burned and injured and
the damage to,propertyi was heavy. 4!
THE death of Flora Fontaine (col-
-orsdl soee1ssed at Colum bia, S. G., aged
III years. She was taken to Colum bia
1872 years ago, apq had lived there ever
since. - I&B}5 SFiE OF c1ESt =
At Lima, O.. George Tacker died
from Observation-Disclosures, and his wife
lost her reason from grief and killed
herself. ,Eji!j slrIsC, aIsA1JS; -
In Michigan Francis B. Stockbridge,
of Kalamazoo, will succeed himself as
United States senator, having secured
the republican caucus nomination.
FLAMES that started In ES}F.I Hal.
lacks paint works in Denver spread to
adjoining buildings the total loss be.
ing $500, 900.
TIE joint democratic caucus of the
Missouri legislature renominated F. M.
Cockrel for United States senator bv
reclamation, starting him on his fourth
term.
In the Tennessee legislature tile dem.
ocrats renominated United States Sena.
tor Bate.
AT the age of 1os years Henry
Cooper, a colored man, died. at the
home, Of his, son-in-law near Oklahoma
City. s@a'as'S'''
The principal portion of the village
of Macon, I'LL, was burned. = =
A FIRE in the four-story brick build
ing of the Omaha (Neb. Printing com.
pany caused loss of 500. 900.
NEAR Marshall, Madison county, N.
c., William Riddle shot and killed S.
E. Shelton. This made the thirteenth
murder in that county in six months. :
JOHN BURNS. aged 1ol years, who had
a fortune in lead mines and outlived it
all, died in the poorhouse at Galena,
Ill.
The Indiana legislature convened at
Indianapolis in fifty-eighth session.
In the Ohio river at Cincinnati an
ice gorge caused a property loss 1 Of
500, 0o0. - =. 8 STEsSs
In the eight iron-producing states OF
the south the iron product for 1892 is
placed at !, 1865. 1876 tons. AS
FIRE destroyed the Kentuckyshot
at Hot Springs, Ark, and nearlyall the
guests lost their personal effects.
AT Sioux City. Ia, the Leeds Land
and Improvement company failed with
liabilities of $500, 900 and assets of less
than $1,000, 900. :, .!,.-.. x ---.,...-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-12

ABNER MCKINLEY, brother of the
governor, is said to have invented q
typewritirg electrical machine, which
Is intended to receive and properly
register kilograms without the necessi-
" Of q receiving operator.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-12

A COLORADO school-teacher who un-
dertook to preserve discipline by pull
ing the children's teeth barely escaped
hlynching after he had taken out about
thirty-fve. They will never forget his
method for the extraction of roots.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-12
THE EAST.

f. Iris proposed by. Mayor Rabbit, of
Taunton, Mass, to promote temper
ance by fning every .rumseller five
dollars for every conviction of drunk.
! enness. - -. = =, -~.'.-.
THERE were twelve more informa-
tions made against Homestead pa
strikers for complicity in the alleged
| poisoning of non-union men.
cRAzED & by jealousy Louis Wagner
| shot and killed Mrs. Fanny Spears,
aged 81. handsome divorced woman,
at her home in Boston and then sent a
bullet through his own brain.
& AT the. New York custom house the
! total receipts during 1892 from duties
were $129. $4,000, being Sc, o09, 375 more
than those of 1891. >, =
! THE legislatures of New York, Penn
sylvania and Delaware convened on
the Sd.
EIGHT persons were killed in an &C.
cident on the Baltimore & Ohio road at
Buena Vista, Pa, and two trains were
wrecked.
ALBERT HENLEs three egohildren.
ageda1. s and 6syears. died st about
the same hour il Pittsburgh. Pa, of
measles.
y FLAMES swept away block of frame
buildings in Brooklyn, N. Y, the loss
being $500, O00. IL fl 3
IN Pitts burgh Andrew Passetti,s an
Italian, was killed while rescuing two
childrenofrom in front of a train.
The attorney general of New York
/ says that Erie county must pay the ex-
! penses Of the national guard used dur
ling the switchmen'ss strike at Buffalo.
The amount is $4,000.
Four leaders Of gang Of robbers
who have stolen merchandise valued at
over 500, 900 from freight cars were ar
rested in Buffalo, N. Y.
THREE business buildings in Pitts
burgh, Pa, were burned, causing a
| loss of over $4,000
So EN-o~Brookly n,raN.a~Y.,sa mayor.
auditors and aldermen have been in
dicted for misappropriating funds.
! AT Niagara fall Is cold weather formed
an immense iceS bridge and Niagara
: river below the whirlpool, clear to its
mouth at Youngstown, was frozen
over, condition which had not existed
before in ten years. .....nsz yin .,.,..
! CARLO ALBERTO CAPPA, the we'll
known musician. bandmas of the
Seventh regiment, died at his residence
in New York, aged SO years.
FLAMES at Coney Island, N. Y, de-
stroyed hotel and other property, tho
'flotal loss being STo0u0oss slss:asss'sssszssssa
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-12

CREDITORS must not approach their
debtors by postal cards. A New York
tailor has been held in heavy bail for
sending dunning postal card through
Tho malta :. ,,- -, /; 49,. tE} >,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-12
xsTHE death penalty has just been re-
sumed in Switzerland. For twenty-five
years it has been abolished.

Ex-CONGREssMENW WILLIAM Fl. K1rCHIN
and Robert b. Vance, of North Car
Dina. will both be members Of the next
general assembly Of that state.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-12

Mrs. INCREASE SUMNER, of 6tarke,
Fla, raises her own tea. She gathers
three crops year and the bushes fur
nish her tea which in China would
cost q princely price.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-12
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

In the old world and South America
the complete list of casualties, where
the loss Of life was serious enough tc
be reported by telegraph, including
those who persisted 6y disease and bat
tie, was 657,217. as compared with 27O,.
CTS in 1891 and 90. $50 in 1890.
In a battle with the revolutionists
near the Texas border seventeen Mex.
leans we're slain. tS - -
In Elberfeld, Germany, Elhorn &
Luszmann's great factory was de-
stroyed by fire. the loss being $3.50, 900
By q mine explosion at Retchitza,
Russia, fifteen men were killed.
ORDERS have been given by the GA,
of Russia that relief works be started
in the distressed districts forthwith TO,
the benefit of those suffering from the
effects of the famine. .t-... ~s-
THE minister of the interior has or
dered all provincial authorities in Ger.
many to arrest Mormon missionaries
wherever they are found and senc
them to the nearest harbor on their
way to America. : - -.
UNDER certain secret influences ex.
erciscd in prison M. Charles de Lessep>
and NJ. aMarius Fontane, general secre
tary of thecPanama canal, have mad
confessions duplicating prominent mer
in the canal steal. s5>;s
In Liverpool threecotton warehouses
were burned with their contents. the
loss being $3.50, 900. 80 $50. r~"''--~-
! The Canadian government immigra
ton agent "A. w. Webster, says That
fully SEQ families have emigrated from
South Dakota to the Canadian north
west during the past year. IT,. Ia
OTHlRrY steamers were wrecked in Q
storm on the Black sea, including the
British steamer City of Manchester
whose entire crew were drowned,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-12
FROM WASHINGTON.

The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the Sd was: Wheat,
81. 294, 600 bushels; corn II, 428, 900 bush.
els; oats. 6,341, 00) bushels; rye, 1,l90,.
600 bushels; barley, 2,2O5, 600 bushels sss
The statement of the public debt is.
sued on the Sd showed that the inter.
est and non-interest bearing debt in.
creased S5ls,2s4 during the month OF
December. The cash in the treasury
was $50, oo2, 5ss. The total debt, less
the cash balance in the treasury,
amoun hts to A$s36,432, l65, or S., 975, e5a
'lessathan on january /, 1892.
, The government receipts during the
| past six months were S195. s53, $50 and
the expenditures $195, 350.6l4, against
receipts Of S175, 745, 2s7 during the CORE.
spending months of 1891 and expendi-
lures Of 76,U1s, 751.
The monthly circulation statement
ofathe treasury department shows a
net decrease in the circulation during
last:month of "a. LOG, 800. ~ Is &z@s II
The president has issued q
proclamation declaring full am-
nessy and pardon to all persons
liable to the penalties of the anti-po.
, lygamy act by reason of unlawful co.
habitation under the color of polyga.
! nous or plural marriage who have
since November /, 1890. abstained from
Esuch unlawful cohabitaton, but upon
| the express condition that they shall
in the future faithfully obey the laws
Of the United States, and not other.
wise. Those who fail to avail them
selves Of the clemency offered will be
vigorously prosecuted.
! For the past year the final estimates
of the agricultural department give
crop productions as follows: Wheat,
5l5. 949. 600 bushels,rvalue S322,1l1, SSl;
corn, 1923, 464, 600 bushels, value S642.
146.63o; oats, 66l, os5, 900 bushels, value
1919, 253,6 GIL.
DURING the seven days ended on
! the 9Th the business failures in the
, United States numbered $40, against
435 the previous @week and 295 for the
corresponding time last year.
The president has extended bv an
amendment to postal rule the classif.
! cation Of the postal service so as to in.
clude all free delivery o Hces, of, which
there are understood to be COL, unde,
civil Service, rules <.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-12

THE site Ok the city of Boston was
sold in 1885 by John Blackstone for
RIA l.r ., e.. p.

CoDFIsH are becoming scarce, but the
Goldfish aristocracy. is dourishing after
its fashion.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-12

AEuRoPEAN clockmaker has invent
ed a clock that will run for ten years
without winding.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-12
ONE ENJOYS

ONE ENJOYS,
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys.
tenn effectively, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is tho
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
it's action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale In 500
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA EIc syrup co.
- SAN FRANCISCO. cAL
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-12
INSPECTED "oUT OF STORE INTO CARS.
Coarse, Total
INsPECTEB 'OUT OF STORE" INTO VESSELS.

And although the fees charged for the serv-
ice are s:nall-in fact less than anywhere else
tor tho same Work-yet ths department. Is
large surp1Rs on its hands, appears from
the followin !. table:
A comparative statement showing earnings.
expens> ana balances tor the several y. ars
since the establishment OF tho department,
VIZ:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-12

MASKED men t6ok from the ~ at
Lewiston, Wash. Albert Robert Who
murdered jack Sutherland at Iceland
shout two weeks ago. and lxunsd
MIN . 8 81,
INA saloon row At sCoryy SIX
men were probably fatally injured.
FIRE ruined the electric works at
Fort Wayne, Ind, the loss beng $780,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-12

Food Made lie Slcl

"First had pains In my back and chest, tier
faint feeling ut the stomach. and when would
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-12
NELSON rs GOVERNOR,
wilnamsR. 1Iprflam 4 rtvaf.
! on - ssssEs
Tho Inauguration Of Knute Nelson n
Governor of Minnesota 10 ~
p. Completed.

sssss . - So 4 4. - s.
ST: Paul, Jan. THE Organization
!. ST the senate was effected as follows: ].
I seereta15f Fl. Fqasm ssTaslefs
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-01-24
FREE MEDICAL DICTIONARY.
A suscimeu Of the Information Taken IRON
Family Physician No. <.

A 2D0O1men
Family Physician No e.
Rhinits-Catarrh of the nose and frontai
sinuses, producing scabs and discharge from
the nose and frontal headache.
Northumberland of the eye, caus-
ing red, watery eyes, and sometimes 1888
of sight.
Odtis-Catarrh of the middle ear, pro
ducing deafness, roaring and cracking
noises.
Tonsiltis-Catarrh of the tonsils, whicn
enlarge them more or less, cause snoring,
affect the speech, and interfere with sWal-
lowing.
ngitis-Catarrh of the pharynx, CIV
ing rise to sore throat, hawking, splitting,
and frequent attacks of quincy.
Iaryngitis-Catarrh of the larynx, pro-
ducing hoarseness, loss of voice, and some
times Group.
Bronchitis-Catarrh of the bronchial
tribes bringing on cough soreness of the
chest, and occasionally splitting of blood.
Cms,lmption-Ca of the lungs, caus-
ing cough, expectoration of pus, nlghl
sweats. loss of flesh and shortness OK
breath.
Gastritis- of the stomach, which
soon leads to dyspepsia, indigestion, sour
stomach, water brash, and loss OF appe-
tite.
Hepatitis-Catarrh of the liver, the
symptoms of which are biliousness, heavi-
ness in right side, furred tongue, sick head
ache and constipation.
NeDbritis-Catarrh Of the kidneys, or
Rights disease. followed by rapid loss OK
flesh. great weakness, pain in the back,
and in some cases commissions.
Cystitis--Catarrh of the bladder. causing
treatment micturition pain, smarting, heat,
sediment, and great nervousness.
For all these conditions Pe-ru-na Ia a
specific cure-the only remedy which meets
all the indications in these cases. Pe-ru-na
cures catarrh weherever located, and there
fore is the proper remedy for all OK the
above named affections.
This valuable book on catarrhal diseases
sent free to any address by The Pe-ru-na
Drug Manufacturing Company, OF Column
huc q
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-01-24

Augusta, Ga, January l'.-(opecial')1
street this morning. Mr.. w. III. Woody
armed with Il walking stick, met MI; pun
nell Mitchell, his sou-il-!aw at the AIRING
ton hotel corner and, without mlhcllg
words, he attacked Mitchell anu broke MS
cane into splinters. The men cllnched ana
fell 10 tue ground. Woody was on Top
and he severely beat his son-in-laW Win ms
fist and BACKED his eye. in falling Mitch
ellis face struck the sharp edge OF a rock
and his cheek was badly cut: Poncemam
Baston had to take Woody Off OF mitchell
or he would have beaten him to death.
Yesterday Mitchell was before the re-
corder for beating his wife. Mr.: Woody
never heard until last night that his daugh-
ter had been whipped by her husband. and
when he heard the news he got Indignant
and never cooled down until after he
thrashed bis son-in-law this morning. Mr..
Woody now says that since yes
terday he has learned that Mitch
ell has beaten his wife four or
five times, but his daughter has kept lc
secret and quietly suffered maltreatment.
Mitchell says his father-in-laW was only
mad and assailed him because he has quit
licking Mitchell.
Woody was fined S. by. the. recorder Tor
his NMitchell's) wife, and refuses 10 i've
with her again. Mr.. Mitchell tells very
sensational story about his wife, which ne
saws has caused him to leave her ana ne
will sue for divorce.