The Grange advance., 1873-12-17

The Wright county Times wants our
incoming Legislature to reduce their
per diem to three dollars day, assert
ing that even that lis more than they
would ordinarily earn at home during
the months Of January and February."
The Hon Chas Mcllrath, Receiver
5. N. R. R.. was in town on Tuesday
last having just returned from the east,
where he had concluded the purchase
Of two new engines for the use of the
road Wells 44tlos.
AN army officer says that he would
believe that story about Modoc Jacks
body being sent to Washington pre-
served in whiskey, if he was not sure
that the officers at Fort klamath were
never known to allow whiskey enough
to preserve on Indian to pass out of that
Enclosure in such way.
WHO WANTS A BABY ?-Don't all
speak at once. We learn that on Mon
day morning early young baby was
found on the steps of one of the hotels
in Winnebago City. A package of notes
given for lightning rods was found near
it which was probably dropped by the
person who left the baby, and may lead
to the? Identification of the waif.-Bl.e
Eorth City Pos.
The new building for Shattuck
School is completed, or nearly so, and
occupied. The walls of the building
are Of gray lime stone, and in its archi-
tectural appearance very attractive.
Its size on the ground is 45x71 it is
four stories in height, including the
basement, which is 81 feet in height
and mostly above ground. The next
story above is 1O3 feet, the third story
8 feet and the mansard story II feet
in the clear. The cost, furnished, is
about $4,000.
The following conundrum has been
propounded to the editor of the St. Pc.
ter Tribune. The editor of which asks
for easier questions "If a man who
owes me large sum Of money which I
cannot get and which never shall get,
donates considerable amount toward
the building of a church, I should like
to know if it was his money or mine
that was given. Also if any one is to
be rewarded in the next world for the
donation: which of us is it to be?''
MINNEAPOLIS wants Congress to ap-
propriate 100000 more to preserve
the water power at that place. For
half the money expended and demand.
ed to patch up this rickety water pow.
er, mill dam might have been con-
structed at Meeker's Island which
would have developed a better and
more stable water power, and the same
amount Of money would have brought
it, by means Of tunnel through the
sand rock, into St. Paul. And this is
just what We propose to do, when We
get ready for it.-iH. Paul Press.
GOOD REsULTs.-Whether the com.
plants against our wheat market here.
tofore we're just or unjust, the establish.
ment Of the farmers warehouse has
been productive of good results, which
are becoming more and more apparent
with every days experience. Many
parties who have heretofore carried
their grain and done their trading al
Wells, Waseca, Owatonna, Austin and
Northwood. under the impression that
this was a poorer market, are now
coming here under the comfortable as.
surance that their local agents will
keep the market up as high as the
times will warrant, and, whether the
establishment of their building has
really improved the market or not. ii
has called trade not previously enjoyed
and the town has been greatly benefit
ted. -Freedorn County Standard.
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