The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-01-02
The Exchange bunk at Even. Mich,
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liabilities Of $4,000.
A rise of IS feet in the Usage river in
Missouri made the entire Usage valley
for 400 miles a scene of dissolution and
ruin, hundredso of families losing every
thing. .s, .,....:asa. No.,
Albert Walker, 25syears old, shot his
wife in New York and then killed him-
self. No cause was known. &%
The Goth anniversary of the birthday
Of the Mormon, prophet, Joseph Smith.
was celebrated in many cities, towns
and fhamletssin Utah. Fs 5s.5
Seven thousand people were given .
Christmas dinner by the Salvation
Army in Chicago. ..y.4
John Winninger, a laborer, shot his
wife probably fatally at Ottunwa, To-,
and then blew out his own brains.
Jealousy was the cause.
Lord Dunraven, who came across the
ocean to make good his allegations of
fraud in the Valkyrie-Defender races
of last September, arrived in New
York.
In the IL Adirondack counties Of New
York the number of deer slain during
the open season this year was 5,OS3. ~
The entire Ohio valley for "a hours
was swept by storms of rain and sleet
and the Geographic service to the east,
south and southeast was badly crippled.
The downfall extended from Vicksburg,
Miss, to Montreal, Can, and as far cas-:
as Washington and New York.
Warden George, of the state pcniten-
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nest of counterfeiters in the prison. ,
The Salt Lake City mining and stock
exchange was formally opened.
Charles Dunn, Mt Youngstown, o.,
confessed to robbing and burning four
schoolhouses.
The Porter Bros. company, the
largest dealers in dried fruits on the
Pacific coast, failed at San Francisco
for over ST 100000.
A. B. Payne, postmaster at Long
view. Ala. was murdered by Jasper
Majors, his nephew.
The Union Traction company, owner
of the street car lines involved in the
great strike in Philadelphia, consented
to arbitrate the differences with its
employees, and the strike was declared
off.
John and William Noonan and Ed
ward Mulcahy lost their lives in c plan
ing-mill fire at Ashland, Wis.
The body of Harry T. Hayward. who
was executed December II ut Minneap-
oils for the murder of Catherine dlng,
was shipped to Chicago for cremation.
Most of the business portion and
many residences at Ryan, l. T.. were
destroyed by fire.
Mabel Harris and Lille Daptiste were
drowned at Sturgeon Bay, Wis.,, while
skating.
federal prisoners made
their escape from the United States
Jail at South McAlester. l. Il.
John II. Hustled, worth $500, 900, COM
mitted suicide at Denver through an
insane fear that he was about to lose
his fortune.
Indians, driven to desperation by
hunger, ambushed and killed three
Americans who were working in the
gold fields in the state of Sonora, N. NJ.
and cooked and ate their bodies.
The building in Baltimore occupied
by the firm of Oehm g. Co. as clothing
store was burned, the loss being $780,
900.
Seven persons were drowned in a
treshet near Sterling City. Tex.
Prof. Charles II. Thompson, princi-
pal of the colored schools at East St.
Louis. Ill.,, shot his wife because she
would not live with him and then killed
himself.
Leslie Combs, the largest tobacco
grower in the world, and his father-in-
law, Daniel Swigert, the most success
ful retired breeder of thoroughbreds
in America. failed in Lexington, KY.
for 100000.
Samuel Friedman, of Dayton, O., a
wholesale fruit dealer, was robbed by
highwaymen of $500.
The twin sister of the new battleship
Kearsarge has been named by Secre-
tary Herbert the Kentucky.
Railway building reached in the
United States this year a lower point
than in any of the last 20 years, the
record showing only ], 1882 miles Of track
laid.
The schooner Edna NJ. Champion,
which sailed from Philadelphia on Oc-
tober II for Port Tampa. Fla, with a
crew CT nine men. Wa; given UP as lost.
Bart Tormey, Andrew Lawrence and
William Girard we're instantly killed by
an explosion of dynamite ut The Mines
Vile (Pa.) colliery.
The fourth earthquake shock since
October 81 last was felt at Charleston,
Mo-, and vicinity.
H. B. Minis & Co., one of the oldest
book concerns in Troy, N. Y, made an
assignment.
AS the result of meeting in Chicago
every window glass mandatory in
the United States will close down jan
uary II for four weeks.
State Mine Inspector Sampson in lis
annual report to the governor places
the output of gold for South Dakota at
$3.500,OOO for 1894; $5,00O,OO0 for 1896,
and gives IN estimate of 100000 for
1876. -.
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