The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-05
~WEST@AN SOUTH.

al CAc age = VI 1US years ana III
months Jacob Dischart died in Wash
ington, Ind.
AT Muncie, Ind. the Delaware coun-
ty - courthouse. was burned, the loss
being $500. 600.
In Milwaukee incendiary2 fires de-
stroyed the tanneries of the William
Becker. Leather company and Conrad
Bros, causing a loss of $3.50, 900 and the
death Of thfee men, and the street car
barns and electric plant of the Willard
line. the loss being $500, 600.
AT Omaha George Faust, who muir
dered his mistress, Laura Day, was
sentenced to the penitentiary for life.
For the first time in many years the
Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio riv-
ers We're frozen over and river traffic
was entirely suspended.
: tsELAMEsz wiped out the sugar mills
and warehouses on the Darlington
plantation in Fort Bend county, Tex,
owned by Mrs. Narcissa Willis, entail
ing loss of $3.50, 900, and the Chinni
plantation owned by Mr.. BROWN suf-
fered a similar disaster, his loss being
500, 900.
"A MOB at West Liberty, O., took John
Jackson, a colored man who eloped
with LESSEE Hink]e, pretty white
waitress, from jail and tarred and
feathered him.
lN2the Continental block in Omaha
fire destroyed property valued at $780,
QQ0.e.,,S. S. Orchard, carpet dealer, and
Freeland, Loomis & Co., furniture deal
ers. were the heaviest losers .
B 1nsportionsM Kansas terrible losses
samong stock owing to- cold weather
and deep snow we're reported.
The University of Chicago received
Christmas present from John II.
Rockefeller Of 81, 100000, making total
OF $500, 900 that he has given to that
institution.
sssfEAMEs ruined the new music hall of
Pillsbury academy at Owatonna, Mimi,
which lladsjust been completed through
sthesge nerosity Of George A. Pillsbury,
Of Minneapolis FL -. - #
I pCoAEgas~ caused the death of a FAM
lily named Rasmussen. consisting of
husband, wife and child, in their home
near Bradley, S. D, .,E.. a.. '@
JOHN GRIFFITH, who resides in Crop
sey, Ind, was presented by his wife
with three girl babies.
On the east bound Lake Erie &
sWestern@ passenger a parlor car
blew up near Lima, O., fatally injuring
the conductor and passenger. &
AT the age of 80. years Loring
Psckeripg, saseniors, proprietor of the
Morning Call, died in San Francisco.
HlsYas the Oldest pioneer newspaper
man on the Pacific coast. 49,,
h DURING fight among miners IN the
San Juan (Coi.) mining camp over
claims eleven men were killed and
many others were wounded.
In session at Indianapolis leaders of
the peoples party issued a manifesto
denouncing fusion with either domi-
nant party for the election Of senators.
L.. EWING, his wife and son were
fatally poisoned at Omaha BY drugs
placed in their coffee by sop-in-law
with whom they had quarreled.
. ISAAC lRwIN's house at Kirklin, Ind,
twas biown>into~ kindling wood by the
explosion of natural gas, and Mrs.
fxWiAsaAna shsr daughter Retta were
4EtattysU3ufsdS -: :. -. j
Mon lynched negro who assaulted
Miss hndefson 4white)} at Bowling
iSs6sszwat on. ME- :Ka7:,. three dwen.
:ingsi owned by: William Chestnut
caught. FIRE from natural gas and
burned FOUR persons to death. :: -
; The doors Of the Bank Of Fairfax,
Min;l:, j.: Al: Beard, president, and F.
A: Gray; cashier; were closed and its
officers gone to- parts. unknown. De-
positors will lose over 81, OOg -
THE home. Of Thomas, Grifiths at
Leon, Kan, was burned during his alb
sence and his three children persisted
in tho dameA