Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-23
GRANGE POINTS.
AT HONE.

Madison county has thirteen
Grange organizations.
Dannebrog Grange Howard
county, was organized last week.
The Patrons of Fillmore coun-
ty Will jubilate at FairmOnt.
-Merrick county Patrons cele-
brate the Fourth at Lone Tree.
w. B. Porter, Master of the
State Grange, will participate in the
union celebration OF the Fourth at
Grand Island.
The preparations for celebrating
independence day are being made
by the various Grange organizations
In nearly every county in the State.
AT the last Council meeting of
the Gage County Patrons q commits
tee was appointed to investigate the
Beatrice Touring mill project.
The Thayer county Patrons
propose to erect an elevator capable
Of storing six carloads of gram at
some point on the st. Joe and Den
vel road.
Present indications show pretty
strongly that the picnic to be held at
Bissell's Grove on the Fourth will
be the largest gathering ever as
sembled at one place IN Saunders
county.
The Changers in the northeast
ern part of Gage county have FORM
ed a cooperative association, We un-
derstand, for the purpose of buying
supplies, handling and shipping
grain, etc. The capital stock is to
he 5 $500.
The Madison County Joint
Stock Company seems to be fairly
running on the flOOd-tide to fortune.
A large amount of their stock is
aold; officers elected; also have pur-
chased forty acres of land with
good water power, and will COM
mence building a grist-mill in q
short time 1t is under the exclu-
sive management of Changers.
ABROAD.
The cooperative store at Bloom
ington has proven a failure, and
will be closed soon.
"A fruit growers association was
organized by the California Changers
at Sacramento on the 18th.
The Changers of California are
organizing mutual fire insurance
companies.
1t is now stated that the Gran
gers are discussing the question of
~abolishing the secrecy connected
with their order.
The Order is succeeding i'm Tex
as, despite hard times, and scarcity
Of money. About $50 Oranges have
been organized.
The total donations received
by the Iowa State Grange from the
Patrons, for northwestern home
steaders, amount to S6,9l5.
A Grange i'm Muscatine county,
Iowa, holds what is called open
Grange, and invites everybody TO
attend. Questions of interest to
agriculturists and Others are dis
cussed.
The Patrons of Husbandry I'm
the southern States number at
present 800 Oranges and are rap
idly increasing. This is about one
third OF all the subordinate Oranges
in the United States.
The salaries of the Missouri
Grange officers have been fixed as
follows: State Master Allen, 81, 600;
Secretary Gotten, 81 800 /; Treasurer
Lusenburry, $500; and members of
the Executive Committee, s. q day.
The Committee on Finance reported
$500 i'm the Treasury.
1T Is estimated that there will
not be less than from so, 200 to 75,-
900 Oranges In Tennessee before
next fall. The Order Is experiencing
a wonderfully rapid growth, and
coon there will scarcely be q farmer
I'm the State who will not be q men,
Der OF some Grange.
The unsuspecting Changers of
West Point, Lee county, We're swim
died out of about $1,000 by a three
card monte man travelling with
Grady's Circus. Men of high stand
ing were enticed into this game,
which looked 50 plain, but, as usual,
came out losers.