The Grange advance., 1874-11-24
Minnesota NEWS ITEMS.
IL monthly stock sales at Faribau't

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e.. M1NNEsoTA has now $40 Oranges.
TIE Waseca News has commenced
upon volume IL. :,<t<,@. &. =
PEDESTRIANS commenced crossing
. Lake St. Croix on the ice Thursday.
TIE citizens of Willmar propose the
luxury of village council in the spring.
J. QuAckENBusH has been indicted by
the Rice county grand jury for having
engaged in horse stealing. W
The Patrons of Husbandry propose
to bsild farmers grist or custom mill
in Rochester.
Tue dwelling house of Frank Kitten
ger, and the barn of tho Hokah Hotel,
Hokah, was burned Saturday last. ~,
GLEswooD, Pope county, voted at the
late election against granting liqaor IL
eenses for the coming year.
AsnsAr many people from the grass
hopper districts have lately moved into
Nankate in search of employment.
An organized escape among the pris'
i eners confined in the Wabashaw coua-
sty Jail, was discovered by the Sheriff
: the other day, and frustrated.
The United Brethren Church at
Alma, Waseca county, was dedicated
Sunday last, Bishop Glsssbrenner Of
Virginia presiding.
GEN. SAM HARTMAN, Of Badger
J: fame, is about to locate in Saltwater,
where he will engage in the -four trade.
TIE Mankato Driving Park Associa-
tion has made another assessment Of
fifteen per cent. on the stock Of the
association.
BIG hogs arc now in order, and Hans
com & Mountain of Willmar step for
ward and produce $50 pound porker,
dressed.
LETTERS patent have been issued to
w. H. Van Keuren of Winona, for an
improvement in self-regslating spring
power.
"A 1OCNU lAdlA u0AVA U4VeAV ALL
through the thatched roof of a barn in
Utica, Wednesday Of last week, and
broke his leg.
The Chatfield Democrat complains of
a great deal of petty stealing in that
place since the election, and ascribes it
to the result in that Congressional dis
trict.
FRED TALLEN, a Swede, walking up
Main street, Faribault, Saturday, was
knocked down by two ruffiians and
robbed Of 500 in cash.
A scnoor. Of instruction in the Eng
lish branches for those who desire to
learn has been esta blishcd within the
State prison walls.
The City Council of Mankato have
ssued the bonds, amounting to $4,000
voted in aid of the N1ankato & Wells
road. The bonds run twenty years at
per cent.
MEssRs. VALENTINE & TEw will re-
build their Touring mill at Rushford in
the spring. Their loss by the late fire
was $4,000, on which they had not a
cent Of insurance.
A sTocR company with capital of
100000 has been raised for the manu-
facturc in pittsburg, Pa, of the Har.
vest Queen Reaper and Binder, the in
vention Of E, Chapman Of Rochester.
ABOUT twenty Knights Templar from
Winona and Southern Minnesota, will
join the excursion to New Orleans to
attend the triennial session of the
Grand Encampmcnt of the United
States. which meets early in Decem.
Der. -"
One Of the successful candidates in
Wabashaw county, gave Swede pair
of pants valued at SIS for his vote.
oince the election the Swede sold the
pants for $3.50, at the same tir1e giving
history of the transactions. with
names, etc.
The citizens Of Yellow Medicine op-
posed to removing the county seat to.
Granite Falls, as voted at the late elec-
tion, will contest on the ground Of fraud
In the vote, and also that the law au-:
therising the vote is unconstitutional in
not having been read 1T length twice on
its passage. e., -
JOHN CHAMBERS, an old settler in the
town Of Hyde Park, Wabashaw county,
was murdered in cold blood on last
Sunday evening. He was sitting by the
fire in his own house about 7 o'clock in
the evening, when some unknown per.
son shot him through the window with
a shot gun heavily charged with buck
shot. The shot struck him on the eft
side, inflicting wounds from which he
died in short time. No clue to the
murderer. ,..x