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The Grange advance., 1874-06-24
Death OF New York Notability b,
Disease He Did Not Believe in.

New YORK, June ls.-Francis Butler,
we'll known dog fncier, and regarded
as an authority on dogs, died at his resi-
dence, in Brooklyn, yesterday, of hydro
phobia. He was bitten at his store in this
city, five weeks ago by small spi,z dog,
while endeavoring to make it take some
medicine. Butler was a native of Eng.
lard, an accomplished linquist, and has
been connected with several educational
institutes as professor of languages. Some
years ago, he went into the business Of
training crying and selling dogs, and bis
ability in controlling and training them
was marvellous. He wrote book entitl.
ed Dog Training" He had no fear o.
hyd:ophobia and often expressed his op.
inion that it was simply a nervous affec-
ton, and that the bite of dog would not
produce the disease unless fear superven
ed and occasioned it.
The Grange advance., 1874-06-24
STATE lTEAs.

A Lac Qai Parle post saya to Ito graz
gers: ~.
't'Now your homes look sad and dreary;
What has caused this gloom all round!
It 10 tue steam railro I'd monopolies
Against the tiller Of the ground''
What has theifarmer to complain Of il
he is ahead and the railroad m onop'lies are
aatern?
Austin has reduced it's saloon license
$4oo, on account Of the warm weather.
On the trial of Oliver Potter, for the
murder Of Chauncy Koapp in Mower coun-
'tg, in 1867, the jury failed to agree.
The Renville times calls its joke column
''Sliveys." The jokes are thin enough for
cigar lighters.
Jas. M. Drake, of Winneba9o City,
charged with incest has been acquitted by
twelve good men and true.
A human skull was excavated while
some workmen were digging bridge foun-
dation at Lac Qui PArie the other day.
A new Touring mill, with three run OF
stones, is being erected on the Yellow
Medicine river three miles above Lac Qui
Parle.
Last Saturday was the longest day in
the year, and'nobody seems to have dis.
covered it but the editor Of the Aadelia
Times.
Grasshoppers arc very scarce about Ma.
della, OF indolent men are plentiful, as the
game Of quoits is carried on there with
great briskness.
The English Colony in Martin county
expects to get The best of Mr.. Potato Bug
this season, and hold their own with the
agile grasehopper.
A man by the name Of Hall, living at
Wells, left home six weeks ago to go west
in pursuit Of work, and tho same day h,s
step-son, Louis Payne, left for the east
with the same purpose. and neither have
been heard from. The wife and mother
are nearly insane.
FRANK DAGGETT's delinquent sub.
.ecriber has been heard from. He
writes letter to say that he will be
down before Christmas to settle up.
A LITTLE five year old boy at Winona
wandered away from his home Wed
nesday and has not since been heard
OF.
The Peliban Valley was visited by q
violent hail storm last week, which
did considerable damage.
John Barnard was drowned at Red
Wing Wednesday evening, while bath
Ing.
The Grange advance., 1874-06-24

"A dissolute young French nobleman.
intent on insulting Dumas, said to him:
Your father was mulatto, I believe p,
Eyes, SIR" ''And his mother was black
woma", was she not?' 1T is SAID so.''
Aud her father Was an ape, as have
heard? p lit is true sir; my geneoloev
begins where yours ends.'
The Grange advance., 1874-06-24
THE BLACK HILLS.
Clusters Expedition to the Hunting
Grounds Of the Great Spirit.
(From the Bismarck Tribune.


It is believed tho expedition will
open to settlement . country known
to be well'timbered and watered, and
rich in minerals-a vast country
which has never YET been *trod by the
foot of q white man, but from which
hundreds Of specimens Of coarse gold,
some of them as largo as walnuts,
have been brought by the dusky ma.
tives.
Gen Clusters command will consist
Of ten companies OF the 7th Calvary,
. battery of Gatling guns, fifty scouts,
and three picked companies OF infantry,
all provisioned for . sixty days' cam
paign. The Professor Of Geology at
Yale College, together with mineral
rogists and other scientists sent out by
the Government, and several practical
miners and explorers will accompany
the expedition.
The Hills may be seen q distance of
scventy-five miles, rising several hum
dred feet above the level, their sides
covered with dense forests of pine,
which give them the black appear.
auce from which their name is derived.
The valleys at their feet are known to
he heavily timbercd, with here and
there . prairie; the soil is very black
and rich. A score or more of streams
rise in the vicinity, leading into the
Cheyenne aAd other rivers. In the
beds of these streams, gold is found;
even within ten miles of Bismarck, in
the bed Of the Little Heart, which
comes from that vicinity.
These Hills ale about 200 miles from
Bismarck; they can be reached from
Bismarck better than from any other
point. From Bismarck to the Black
Hills is only five days. ride, or ten
days march. The route is over q
splendid country, good grazing, plenty
Of timber and water, and will be well
guarded by the military. 1-~
The Indians may make some trouble
this summer; the young men from all
the tribes in the country are gathering
there, possibly to intercept and harass
the expedition; possibly, as of old, fol
their regular sun dance; possibly ia
offer up their alteration to the God oi
<oe Anolans, and lay plans for 1uture
campaigns
The Indians are restless, now, more
so than ever before. They have been
crowded from the Atlantic to the Mis-
sissippi-and beyond the Missouri
they have been driven from the Pacific
eastward to the fastnesses of the Rocky
Mountains; have witnessed the build
ing of the Union Pacific which is open
ing up . vast belt through the centre
of their country; and now the North
'ern Pacific is encroaching upon them
Their villages have been laid waste
their numbers decimated by war anf
disease, their hunting grounds turned
into wheat fields and it is now believed
they are gathering to defend the Hunt
ing Ground of tho Great Spirit, as In
dian tradition styles the Black Hills
which may prove to be the red man
last ditch.
The Grange advance., 1874-06-24
U. 8, Circail Coart.

Belanger, heard before Judge
Nelson yesterday, was given
to the jury last night. This
morning the jury brought in q verdict
for the plaintiff for $85. A motion
tor a new trial was noticed.
The case Of Whitfield vs.. Hall, which
was submitted to the jury yesterday,
has been decided in verdict for the
plaintiff for the amount of claim asked
for together with the interest.
AIKEN vs.. AIKEN, q chancery suit. De
cree for the plaintiff for the relief
asked for.
In the case of Cowady vs.. The City
Of Winona. which was brought in by
the jury short time since, judgment
was ordered.
Thompson vs.. DeGraf. Demurrer
withdrawn, and 60 days given in
which to answer.
Benedict vs.. Shaw. Bill dismissed
on motion Of the defendant.
w. E. Hall vs. the First National
Bank of st. Anthony; argued and SUBJ
mitted.
The U. s. vs. 43 gallons Of whisky.
This is the case formerly tried by Judge
Nelson wherein the prisoner was &C.
quilted. The U. s. officers appealed
the case and it WAS on trial to-day be.
fore Justice Miller.
June 10. The John Ogan for.
gerry case, which was on trial
before Judge Nelson yesterday
afternoon, was given to the jury
last night. They returned this morn
ing with q verdict OF guilty and q re.
commentator of mercy to the court.
His Honor placed the sentence at one
year in the penitentiary.
A civil suit is now in progress before
Judge Nelson, in Chambers, n. P.
Bigelow ct al VS.. G. Belanger.
Chief Juetice Miller has heard sew.
eral cases to-day. The case Of W. A.
Knowlton vs.. l. Dutton, given to the
jury last night resulted in verdict
fer the plaintiff Of $1616
The Court ordered the Receiver of
the Southern MinnesOta road to pay
6egard Anderson $183 e. This is
for wood, the property Of the road,
which Anderson attached and which
the company took and used while it
was under attachment.
An order of q similar character was
also issued for the payment Of $597. 10
to G. O. Wager and A. Loveland,
In tho case OF Jos. B. Baldwin vs..
NJ. Conner, neither party appeared,
and it was continued until the mex,
term.
At the present time the case of W.
E. Hale, assignee of D. A. Merphy,
bankrupt, vs. the Merchants National
bank of Minneapolis, is ON trial before
Justice Miller.
June 20.-U. s.. Circuit Court COZ
vened as usual to-day, and disposed ot
the following cases:
John +. Kennedy vs. The st. Paul
& Pacific railroad company. Defend.
ant has leave to plead on demurrer un
til rule day in August, or make such
motions IS they may be advised.
Chas. A. F. Morris has leave to sue
]. P. Farley, Receiver, and the St. P.
P. company. .-........
The cases Of Jno. Jewell and Thos
Jackson, indicted in the District Court
were transferred to the Circuit Court.
Sylvester Pence vs.. w. L. Mintzer
Kenkle and others, to recover property
decided in 1665,afte argument in favor
of Pence, by Sanborn & Sanborn, case
dismissed by Justice Miller, without
prejudice, although Justice advised
against any further action.
Court adjourned to Monday at S
o'clock.
Death OF New York Notability by
a Disease He Did Not Believe in.
The Grange advance., 1874-06-24

WV 0A~<~nAAS ApOu tAc AOOt VI tAe C1AA AVV
feet beneath. Along the sea-wall another
parapet runs perpendicularly to the first
one, until it reaches wall some hundred
feet distant. Toward the interior newly
constructed wall, about twenty feet high,
connects the house with the parapet, and
cuts off all communication with the fort
ress. Possibly this was done to prevent
possible sympathizers from demonstra-
tlons or offers of service. An effort had
been made to establish miniture garded
inside the space within the sea-wall; but
it is not permissible to use the cistern wa
ter for flowers, and the Marshal was afraid
they might be parched to death before a
rain came. When the blazing summer sun
comes down upon those stones and bricks
in July and August, it must be pretty hot.
But the Marshal is an old campsigner, and
presume can stand it very we'll.
II anybody wished to escape from the
place, it seemed practicable enough.
Looking over the battlements, the descent
is not difficult; it could be made with very
little exertion, and boat stationed be-
meath might easily carry off at night an
escaping prisoner. But such u thought
would never enter the Marshal's brain.
He has been always rather indignant that
they did not crown the edifce of his per-
secution by shooting him. But as the
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-08-07

Tilton remained with Susan
throughout the night. In the ex-
citement of the hour amid sobs
and tears, she told all to Miss An
thony. The whole story of her
own faithlessness, of Mr.. Beeeher's
course, of her deception and of her
anguish, fell upon the ears of SUI
an b. Anthony and were spoken
by the lips of Mrs. Tilton.
BY Mr.. Tilton's cross examina-
ton, observed the reporter, it APP
pears that Mrs. Tilton was far
from friendly to Miss Anthony;
how could she have made this con-
fession to her?
Mrs. Son the contrary, Mrs.
Tilton thought a great deal of
Miss Anthony, of Mrs. Billiard ana
all those ladies. 1 was very init
mate with her before Mrs. Wood
hull's thunderbolt. At the time
of our first knowledge ofthe affair,
Mr.. Wilkerson also heard of it.
He besought the ladies not to
make it public; to him it was q
matter of money; he was a stock
holder in plymouth church, q
stakeholder in the Christian
Union; and in the Life of Christ.
The destruction of Dir. Beechor
would be the destruction
of all these. As Mr.. Wiki
erson expressed it, sit would
knock the Life of Christ
higher than kite" Hence
his concern in keeping the matter
secret.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-08-07
SOUTHWEST.

Horse thieves and outlaws will read
the following from the Wellington
Press with interest: e'There is tree,
with convenient limb, near the Slate
creek bridge, that promises to become
historical"
1t is q remarkable fact that the sup
ply of water in the wells of Sumner
county never becomes exhausted. Like
the widows cruise of oil, they are un-
fsiling.-Wellington Press.
Bluff City, the capital of Harper
county, has been abandoned by its in
habitantE, and the only house it ever
contained has been removed to Sumner
county.-Wellington Press.
ORoANIZATIoN.-A militia company
consisting OF seventy enrolled men
was organized in this city last Monday
by the election of the following COM
missioned officers: T. J. Riley, Cap
tain; A. n. Randall, LIST Lieut.; ant
NoaI, Keller, End Lieut.. The compa
ny is composed of men all Of whom ar
Injured to border Undetermined from
tiersnen, who understand the use 0
the rife. They Will be armed as sooI
| as possible by the governor, who ha'
promised them the best needle guns
This company will be held in READINGS
for service, and will promptly snswe
any call by the governor, in case the.
are needed on the southwestern front
Ter. IN the meantime they will NEE
occasionally to. drill and perfect tn
discipline SO necessary TO efficiency q
ellington Press.
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these islands along the coast are the
favorite resort for the people of the
adjacent cities dnring the heat OF
summer. Returning from Rothe-
say to Glasgow the next morning,
we passed around to Edinburgh the
same evening in order to spend
quiet Sabbath in that city.
Since our former visit here this
city has undergone changes which
almost equal those of our own
newer cities. These changes relate
both 10 the physical aspects of the
city, and to the inhabitants Of it.
New suburbs have been added and
occupied, and many of the men
who were best known to fame have
passed away. In Ia new quarter that
is designated as the Grange, two
monumental churches have been
erected to commemorate the names
of men whose field of labor was
here. The church edifice that has
been erected as "the Chalmers me-
mortal" has Rev. Horatious Bonar'
for it's minister.
Prof j. Y. Simpson tthe discOv-
erer of chlOroform) was then in his
field of active professional labor.
He died about two years ago, and
four of his colleagues in the Uni
versity of Edinburgh have since
passed away. But it would not be
appropriate to attempt to mentiOn
the list of changes which have been
brought to my notice, interesting
though they are to myself, and i'm
portant to the place !As reiAtes to la
various interests.
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From Emporia Real Estate Register.
LYON COUNTY STATISTICS.

We have managed to eXtricate
the following from the confused
mass of rubbish, purporting to be
statistics of our county, collected
under authority of law, under the
direction of the State Board of
Agriculture. We do not publish
them because they are of any
earthly use to anybody, for they
are not, but only to show how ut
terly unreliable such so-called sta
tistics are, when collected under
the present auspices. We shall
never have a correct assessment of
our property, or correct statistics
of our various industries, until we
return to the old plan of county
assessors. Each county can sure
ly find one man fit TO do this work,
but heretofore it has been impos-
siblc to get one in each township.
1t is no worse this year than usual,
IN fact some townships are better,
but if anyone thinks there is no
room for improvement, let him ex-
anime the returns:
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THE SUCCESS OF THE
loan.

The telegraph yesterday morning
announced the successful negotia-
ton by the secretary of the re-
mainder of the new five per cent,
funded loan, amounting to 176 mill
ions of dollars. This is the loan
authorized by congress some time
since to enable the government to
call in the six per cent. bonds COM
monty known as '.fiVe-tWenties"
and fund them into q bond bearing
. less rate of interest. The new
bonds bear interest at five per cent.
per annum, payable principal and
interest in gold. The saving in in
terest on the amount just negoti-
ated is one million seven hundred
and ninety thousand dollars. The
political significance of this action
lies in the promise il holds cut that
the antire remaining amount of the
six per cent. five-twenty bonds may
be converted into five per cent.
bonds, thus removing the Pendle-
tonian theory Of Reputation en-
tirely out of our politics. The i've.
tWenties are now all redeem&ble al
the option of the government
The success of placing so large 3
sum as I79 millions at . single ef
fort shows that during the exist
ence of the present administration
the whole volume of the five-twen
ties may thus be cancelled, the an
nual interest charge reduced b.
many millions of dollars, and Q pes
tiIent and demoralizin2 question
entirely removed from our natiOna
politics. The public faith will thu
| be yindicated. DemagogUes vii
have nothing upon which they cal
base an attack against the credit o
the government, and the way vii
be prepared for the final and per
manent funding of the public deb
at as low Q rate perhaps as that Q
Great BritaiR.-LaWFence Journa
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-08-07
a s.nrtlInE Caxe OF Abdactlon

The crimes of the Middle Ages
are being repeated in this country.
During the last week in June two
men were in the habit of meeting
two small boys in Germantown, near
PhiIadelphia, talking with them,
giving them candy and toys, and
thereby gaining their confidence.
On the fist day of July they invited
the bows to take q ride in 3 carriage.
After they had gone . short dis,
lance they gave the elder boy some
money to buy some fire-erackers,
and when he got ont to make the
purchase they drove off with the
smaller boy, whose name is Char
ley Brewster Ross. He has not been
seen by his friends since. The af-
fair was reported to the police, and
search was made in all quarters
After few days the father adVer-
tised for the boy in the daily pa
pers. On the 18th the following
brief notice appeared in the Led
ger: "Ross.-We are ready to me-
gotiate." On the same day Mr.
Ross received an anonymous letter
stating that Charley would be re-
turned for $4,000, and giving as.
surance that he Was being treated
well. To this Mr. Ross replied
through the personals Of the Led
ger Gross will come TO terms to
tie extent of his ability Another
letter was soon received stating that
the child would not be given UP for
less, than $4,000. Mr.. Ross is
man OF limited means, but he at
once replied: Gross is willing;
have not got it !, am doing nay best
to r1iseit." In. reply to this the
men sent the following: aHWe know
You are not worth much money, but
we are aware that you have rich
friends of whom you can borrow.
Ifyou love money better than your
child, its blood be on yeuF head.
Any attempt to ascertain the child's
will result in its en-
tire annihilation. We will turn the
child over on our own terms. We
know our business and we are GO
ing to fight it out" AT last ac-
counts the parents were enduring
agonies at the loss of their child.
There is now no prospect of his be-
ing found, and it is certain that the
ransom must be paid. 1t is more
than likely if this plan succeeds 9TH
er abductions will occur. Indeed,
the telegraph brings. an account of
case of child stealing, also
in Pennsylvania.
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&herriH7s Sale.

TOTICE is hereby given that by virtue OF
~ an order of sale Issued out of the Dis
trict Court of Lyon county, Kansas, to me di-
rected will ON Monday the S1st day of Au-
gust, 1874 at II O'Clock n. m, at the front door
Of the Court House, in Lyon county, Kansas,
offer for sale at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash, the following described zeal
estate to-wit: The southeast quarter Of sec
tion No. SIS, township No, 10, range II in Lyon
county, Kansas,-and the northeast quarter of
the same section, except four acres in the
northeast corner thereof IN square form
said real estate Will be sold to satisfy a jHdg-
ment in partitionlin case wherein Richard
owen was Ilaintif and Rachel Morgan, Jane
Morgan, John Morgan, Lleweilen Morgan and
Griffith r. Davis were defendants
3l-35 JOHN BAY,
Sheriff of Lyon county. Kansas
SheriG1s office, LYON county. July 3lst. 1874.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-08-07
From Emporia Real Estate Register.
ENEPOREA FRHzIGHTS.

Few of our citizens realize the
advantages this city possesses in the
matter of competing freights from
St. Louis and Chicago. a promi-
nent railroad man told us the other
day, that when the magnates met
in Chicago or st. Louis to fix their
tariffs of freight to the west, that
Emporia was the first point men,
toned, and to which there was the
sharpest competition. This is part
ly owing to the fact that this is the
farthst point west to which COM
peting lines run, and partly on ac-
count of the vast amounts of
freights shipped to this point. No
other point west of the Missouri
river can begin 10 compete with
Emporia in cheap freights. OF
course the whole country which
draws its supplies from this city,
is benefited by it, and the result is
that our merchants are doing a fine
blu siness, while towns all around
us, are languishing, and despond-
ent. We are apt to consider bust
nese dull here, vet it is the unani-
nous verdict of all who visit US,
that Emporia is not only the hand
soonest, but the busiest city in the
state. Then the new through rate
just established to Houston and
Galveston, places Emporia on a par
with Kansas City and st Louis.
This is splendid outlook for the
producers of the vast region of
country, whose great central depot
is Emporia. We are now shipping
wheat, -four and hay to Galveston,
and there is no reason except the
local demand, why all these articles
should not bring as high prices in
Emporia, as in st. Louis.
Therefore we say confidently to
our business men, farmers and all
others, keep a stiff upper-lip, there
is no reason for dependency.
Kansas and the west have seen
their darkest days. Business of all
kinds will soon improve. The
chinch bugs haye been destructive
only in isolated places. The
country at large has splendid crops,
of everything bat spring wheat,
and we hope no one viii! ever put
another kernel of that into Kansas
soil.
Crops of all kinds will bring q
good price. Everybody has been
economizing, and thereby getting
ont of debt. and this of itself will
make good times.
Have faith in yourselves, hs re
faith in the country, have faith in
providence, and all will be well.