The Grange advance., 1874-04-22
Red wmgland Vicinity.
The ice is all out Of the bay.
Saturday will pc St. Marks Day:


The streets are in excellent condition.
Look out for the wonderful Box and
Cox. j
MIR. A. 8. Emery, of Cheyenne, was in
town Friday.
Nearly everybody seems to be the vic
tim of a bad cold.
The Misses Carrie and Louie Brooks
have returned home.
Mrs. Ditmars Of the Lyon House. Lake
City, was in town Friday. t.gx
The foundation of Cogtf ! Betchers g
new block is nearly finished.
-Workmen will begin shortly'to lay the
foundation walls Of the new Eagle House.
AT the recent city election in Lake
City, the entire temperance ticket was sue
cessful
Eleven years ago, Mcclellan was re-
lieyed of the command Of the army Of the
Potomac.
The sociable at E. W. Brooks res
idence, last Friday evening was an unusu-
ally pleasant one.
The Deacon has lost his old hickory
cane. The lucky individual who returns it
will receive the Deacon's blessing.
MIR. Will Patterson is back to his old
home. He has lately been engaged in the
-four and feed business at Litchfeld.
Mr.. Parks, of Cannon Falls, was in
the city ON Saturday to meet his wife, who
had been East for a stock Of millinery.
Monday night, Edwin Foot one Of the
l.. D. N. Society and a highly respected
Young man, left this city for Madison, Wis.
Miss Ella Smith passed though this
city Wednesday. She has been spending
the winter in New York state and was on
her way home to St. Paul.
MIR. A. O. Brooks canvassed Red Wing
for The Citizen and Gopher Mirror at the
same time. A strange mixture of religious
sentiment and immoral audacity.
Cremation is the name given to the
proposed method of burning the dead. For
our part we do not see what cream has to
do with it. It's perfectly absurd.
Those L. D. N, boys have been out af
ter ducks again. One Of them says if they
had got the one shot and four more they
would have brought home Eve.
If you have dwelling house, store,
stock of goods, or any thing eise liable to
burn do not forget to call on n A. Mont
qomery and insure at the lowest rate.
Only one arrest for drunkenness last
week. The victim was An old man who
promised to sin no more and the Marshal
was compassionate and liberated him.
"A Californian has Invented a churn that
will make seven pounds of butter from one
gallon of milk in less than one minute
When they get to work in this vicinity,
butter will no longer cell for forty cents q
pound.
Our sister city on the lake has been
considerably excited over the rumor that
Marshal Bessey, = prominent citizen who
died some time ago, had been lately seen
alive in Colorado. It was heartless ca
nard, without the slightest foundation.
Here is an item of truth which is far
stranger than fiction. Harrison Lowater,
who has lately received the appointment Of
postmaster for Esdaile, refused the Office.
He has moreover drawn up and signed 9
petition requesting the government to re-
tain the present incumbent.
-Copel s. Betcher's new block on the
corner of Main and Broad streets will con
sist of two stores on the first named street
one 2Ox6O feet, and one 23x6O feet, and
one 2Ox45 feet on the latter named street
The store on Broad street, together with tht
entire second and third floors, will be oc.
cupied by O. B. Dodge for the purpose 0,
carrying on his large manufacturing bust
ness.
Mr.. German ofBelle Greek called upo1
us Saturday and informed us of the pros
perity Of the Father Mathew Temperance
Society in thier town, ofwhich th{y III seen
to be justly proud. The -soPiety \a@mbers
hfty-three members, and noe>pne Of them
has broken the pledge Of tots1 abstinence
since the formation ef the society between
i've and six months since. Those who are
acquainted with the history Of the town
will rejoice in this success.
Mr.. G. H. Smith is among the new busi.
ness men of our city. He comes from Min.
neapolis. He has erected very neat new
frame store on Plumb street, adjoining the
new harness shop Of 8. H. & ". H. Haynes,
and 10 putting in fine stock Of oil kinds o.
hardware, tin ware, stoves, Agricultural ma