The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-02-27
CURRENT TOPICS

VrEBEC mas Oeen fevel1ne IN &r8uo
ice carnival
The average loss of life in mines il
one in 6Oo8persons. 4sz III y b%ga y
GRAZ hair = "a early age IS heredi-
tsry in some families. Be III % w 81
F. mrs. CAuDLEis running q boarding
house at Rockport No. rs q
+ Bon1xa tn applied to masonry
makes it impervious to water.
A GHOST in boomers has made its
appearancefin Alameda, Cal.
A STEAMSHIP line has been estab-
lished between Mobile and Guatemala.
A PHILADELPHIA suspenders vender
rejoices in the name of Adam Fay
kerr t'F5$ 3Se5@'s # "a &C. ..,...m
d. Ar the age2of 10 q man usually at-
tains his greatest weight; q woman
at So
PHOTOGRAPHS have been taken of the
sea fully five hundred feet below the
surface.
AN ice gorge in the Maumee river
carried away . bridge near Toledo, O.,
worth $50, 600 - #F 49, ~. -
ONE of the reforms introduced in
Formosa BY the Japanese isa a system
Of free schools. - E$sSsss $f5s%'
STATISTICS show that Maine is the
most economically governed state in
New England. M EsE9Es T.. 4
WH1TELAw REID has found his health
greatly benefited by his sojourn in
Phoenix, Ariz.
SIERRA has a forest 5000 miles from
east to west, and 1000 miles from
north TO SOUTH ES$$ A$ss i
APPLICATIONS for space in the Ten
nessee centennial buildings are pour
ing in at a rapid rate.
The English geographical expedi-
ton to the Antartic on1incnt will de-
part early in the fall. e A&e8sxxS
EvANdELrsr' MOODY has lost the best
gift that the gods give to man, and
/ that is goodtmother.9 ~ 4S8&4
I I Gov. JoyEss, II Nevada, IS said sto
have cancer of the stomach and his re-
covery is despaired of.
THE book of Job, written about 1920
b. c., describes very accurately several
processes of smelling metals.
MISS EsrELLE REEL, state superin.
tendent of education in Wyoming, il
seriously talledA of for governor.
ALABAMA received twenty gold,
seven silver and twenty-nine bronze
medals at the Atlanta exposition.
%sK1Se MExELxx terdls Of poses are,
short, but Comprehensive: Let the
It>lianss 60 home and all will Be, for
given. &h
Mr. GLADsToSE's. father owned IN,
extensive sugar plantation in British
Guiana and VS. large slave owner
JArAN 4 viii invest the whole of the
zoo, o0o, 600 taelsof silver received from
China in battleships and coast fortifi-.
cations IS, va 5s.E3sf' "'
A1AskA's output of gold last year
il estimated at $4,000, 900. OF this
$500, 900 came from the Yukon placer
mines %58
The new statue of Stephen Girard for
Philadelphia will be placed in the west
ern plaza Of the city hall It will cost
$4,000 ~
In the new oxford English diction-
ary now in course of publication the
devil occupies six pages, or eighteen
columns. ~%,"I ,a..-t
The annual report of the Alabama
railroad commission shows there are
s,44l miles of railroad in operation in
that state. "a M s & 8ssS
Gro. FISK was arrested while pick
ing pockets at funeral in the German
Lutheran church on Diversey boulevard
in Chicago. H. ...-. -, 4 A. n
THERE arc about 1880 people en-
ployed in the mills, in North Adams,
Mass, of which 1900 are men and
$500 women. = l41 q, II s.. sf. ...
THE Wsukesha Wis., water works
plant has been purchased by JAS Par.
sons of Philadelphia, Pa, bondhold'
er. for $50, 600. sss ~ ~
PRESIDENT HARR1soN's one-hour
argument Before the supreme court in
4thss Californias rrisstions case won him
fe Ie40E1lQOOn - i ssss I'M n
Tn a u . easoo corrt Il The RsI.'
snysss Iase $500 ~, s i Il Rey Ae e!
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