The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-01-16

'Uncle" Bose Mason, a well-known
farmer living near Hammond's Mill,
Ky., was robbed of 81, SIS by three men.
The farm once owned by John Brown
in Essex county. N. Y, and where his
body now lies, has been turned over to
the state as public park.
An electric car went through bridge
at Cleveland, killing Lyman Haymaker
and William Young.
In a letter President Cleveland says
that no arrangement of any kind was
made for the disposition of the recent
bond issue to any syndicate or through
the agency of any syndicate.
The exchanges ut the leading clear
ing houses in the United States dur
ing the week ended on the 10th aggre-
gated $1,sa5, 652.555, against $1,000, o42.-
400 the previous week. The increase,
compared with the corresponding week
in 1895, was 1876.
Freeman Collins (colored) was hanged
ut Tuskegee, Ala, for the murder of his
wife last year.
During a drunken brawl ut their
home in Lynn. Mass, Mrs. Lamoire,
aged SO years, and Der daughter-in-law.
Annie Lamoire. aged %, were burned to
death.
Howard 4 Haynie, OF Duluth, owners
of one of the largest retail dry goods
houses at the head of the lakes, failed
for 100000.
Stanhope Roysler, q well-to-do farm
er. shot and killed w. E. MacFariend.
q wealthy resident of Boone, Ia, who
was said to have wronged Roysler's
daughter.
Eight masked men blew open the safe
of the Farmers bank at Verona, No.,
with dynamite, and escaped with 5000
in cash.
George H. Smith. who fatally shot
Robert Clapsaddle, his father-in-law,
at Ransomville, N. Y, was pursued by
q posse of villagers and shot to death.
Abraham Smart (colored) was
lynched by mob near Monroe, Lo., for
numbering Calais Queer, peddier.
Pilot Medium. the celebrated stallion
owned by Walter Clark, of Battle Creek,
| Mich, and valued at 100000 died sud-
denly of inflammation of the bowels.
There were 431 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 10th, against 400 the week
previous and 42O in the corresponding
period Of 1895.
Keene, Sutterlee & Co., one of the
largest exporting and importing firms
III Philadelphia, failed for 100000
The supreme court of Indiana de-
cided that the county seat of Crawford
county should be removed from Leaven-
worth to English.
A. C. Ady, dwelling-house builder at
Columbus, O., failed for 100000.
Patrick Morris, awhile railroad hand,
and his colored wife were shot by a
mob near New Orleans. They were
charged with keeping q disorderly
house.
The Venezuelan commission resumed
its sessions in Washington.
The Exchange bank Of Greeley Cen
ter, Neb., closed its doors with labilfs
ties Of $4,000.
The Fifth avenue savings bank at
Columbus, O., closed its doors.
1.-THE Parisian," a general store III
St. Louis run by the firm of Siegel,
Hillman & Co., was destroyed by fire.
causing loss of 5000, 900.
Nelson Mills sawmil! at Marysville,
| Mich, including large amount of
timber, was burned, the loss being
100000.
The exports of breadstuffs during
last December aggregated $12,619,e77,
| against $9,476,947 during December,
| 1894. For the calendar year 1895 the
! amount was $119, 1927, against $121,-
go, 292 for 1894.
The ladies' international six days
bicycle race in New York was won by
| frankie Nelson, who made 41S miles.
She was closely followed ny Helen
Baldwin, who finished just five lengths
behind.
Nineteen students in the Drake med
ical college at Des Moines, H.. were ar
rested on the charge Of robbi,:g graves.
The factory in Chicago of E. w. Gil
lett & Co., manufacturers of baking
powder and favoring extrscts. was
burned, the loss being $150,000.
Lew Lewis, aged IA years.. and his
brother Joseph, aged ~, were instantly
killed in St. Louis while playing with
a wire which became accidentally fas-
! tened to an electric-light wire.
During revival at Kingsbury, Ind.
Ill but two persons in the village of
300 inhabitants professed religion.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
Mrs. Catherine Snodgrass celebrated
he- Tooth birthday at her home in
Marysville, o.
Lloyd Lowndes was inauguratet: as
governor of Maryland at Annapolis.
He is the first republican governor in
the history of the state.
Mary Fitzgerald Welch, who was born
in 1871, died ut her home in Chicago,
aged 1o4 years.
The Louisiana populists in conven-
ton at Alexandria nominated A. r.
Booth, of New Orleans, for governor.
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