Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-12
THE NEWS.
Patrons Of tlusbandvy.


for his kind words Of welcome, and assured
meeting Of the National Grange ono Of plea.
sare and profit, were fully appreciated. Com.
mittees were then appointed on each Of tho
following subjects Finance, auditing &C.
counts, cooperation and transportation;
good OF the order ; business agencies. The
master Of tho National Grange, Dudley
Adams, then read lengthy address, in which
he detailed the operations Of The order dur
ing the past year, and which was replete with
valuable suggestions. Reports were also
made by the secretary. treasurer, lecturer,
and executive committee. which were refer
red to appropriate committees.
The following are the officers Of the Na-
tiorsl Grange:
Naaer-Dudley ". Adams. Of Iowa.
Orerseer-Thos. TAYLOR, OF South Carolina.
Lecturer-J. A. Thompson, Of Minnesota.
-Mscdvd-A. ]. Vaughan. OF Mississippi.
AssisfaM &e,cdrd-G. W. Thompson, OF
6Aapiatn-Rev. A. B. Crash, Of Washington
CITY.
3,ea.urer-F. N. Mcdowell, OF New York.
Secetary-O. 81. Kelly, OF Washington City.
0tres-1r.. p. v. Adams, Of Iowa.
Po"so~a-Hrs. o. h. Kelly, OF Washing-
ton.
Nora-Nrs. J. G. Abbott, Of Iowa.
Aseistant &escard-Hiss @. A. Hale, OF
Washington City.
E.ecSsiue Commisee-wm. saunders, Of
Washington City D. Aiken, Of South Caro-.
liza E. B. ShanklaDd. Of Iowa.
There are number OF state agents there,
who arc consulting in regard to the interests
OF the grange in . national point Of view, es-
pecially in respect to the co.operative-S -System
ofselling and buying, now IN vogue in severs
Of the states. These proceedings are all pri-
vate.
Tho East.
TRR large wooden mill in Millville, Mass,
was burned = few days ago, entailing loss Of
nearly $Soo, 900. John Riley and man named
McCanahan lost their lives by being severely
urned.
sHA1L FOX and varioloid prevail 1t South
Windham, Conn.,. to an alarming extent.
TEE print works Of Philip Allen 4 Sons, at
Providence, r. l., were destroyed by fire on
February 4. throwing large number Of oper-
atives out Of work. Loss about $4,000.
TEE strike on the Oswego Railroad has ter
miusted by the employees accepting the terms
OF the company. they promising to pay up al
arrears.
CHRISTIAN DEIER, one Of the alleged Tomp-
kins' Square rioters, WAS placed on trial in
New York. on February 18th. and pleaded not
guilty to the charge Of rioting: claiming that
he used his hammer in self defense.
THERE 10 project on foot In New York to
increase the commutation tax on immigrants
from 81 to -, and the representatives Of
steamship lines express themselves in strong
serms against It. Saying that better facilities
for lodging and dscharging in other ports
may send vessel' away, thus r>ducing the
arrival OF immigrants 1T New York.
MASS convention OF iron and steel manu-
facturers was held at Philadelphia, on Thurs
day. at which resolution was offered for tho
appointment Of . committee to consider
whether the iron makers of the county, ~ a
whole, can d" anything to develop new rail.
roads and cheaper the cost of their conslruc-
tion. Also resolution that the satisfactory
progress OF shipbuilding In the United States,
and especial activity in the construction of
iron vessels for ocean commerce, 10 satisfac-
tory evidence Of the beneficial operation Of
the registry laws, which should not be changed
so ~ to allow iree trade in ships, to the seri.
ous detriment Of this growing industry, with
out conferrng upon the carrying trade any
real or permanent advantage.
IT 10 announced that Commission will be
sent to Ireland to take the testimony Of Rich
ard B. Connolly, in = private suit pending in
the Supreme Court Of New York.
The West.
GREAT apprehensions are expressed by the
owners OF large herds, whose cattle range be.
twesn the North and Soutk Platte, and the
settlers who live north Of the Union Pacific
Railroad. and on the Republican, Of general
raid ffea Red Clouds aud Spotted Tails
bands OF Sioux, and from the Cheyennea, Da.
cotahs, Arapahoes, and others combined. The
supply Of beef furnished these Indians being
nearly Or quite exhausted, and there being
no money With which to purchase more, they
must depredate on the settlements or starve.
These bands number over 1000, and The
small detachment Of cavalry st Forts Fetter.
man and Laramie II not large enough to keep
them in check, should they make the expected
raid.
A DIsrATCH nom Grand Forks; q, T.. SAYS
that in quarrel tetween Jas. Stephens and
notorious character named Joe Raymond,
alias Catfish Joe, the latter broke the skull OF
the former with IN axe, striking him three
times. Raymond then ded, but was subse.
quently arrested. There il great excitement.
and Il 10 feared that he will be lynched. Ste.
vens 10 not expected to survive.
TIE second trial of Ambrose B. Coe. the
murderer OF Abbie Summers, in June. 1870.
ended in the Palmyra Circuit Court, in Mis-.
souri,, on .Thursday. the jury rendering Z ver-
DICT OF guilty Of murder in the frat degree,
1T Is understood that the physicians Of Bos.
ton, New York, Philsdelphia, and other cities,
have combined to secure the bodies OF the ST.
amese twins at any price, for autopsy.
81. LOUIS 10 agitating the question Of build
ing great union stock yard. $500 900 u
pledged for it and Z committee appoi' ted to
take subscriptions.
PARTY OF five masked men stopped train
at dadshin Station, No., on the Iron Noun.
tam Railroad, On January 81, and bound ali
sne tram employees, and then robbed the safe
OF the express company OF ali the valuables it
contained. and took from the passengers all
al their watches and other valuables. Thew
'eIt note intended for publication, styling
thatthe most daring robbery on record, after
which they released all their prisoners, and
left in southerly direction. The thieves are
unknown, but it il thought that clue to them
has been obtained.
T1x jewelry store Of Speyber h Co., st.
Louis, dealers in diamonds, whose sales have
been largely to actors and actresses, was
robbed last Friday night Of it's entire stock OF
unset diamonds, worth about 10000. The
robber 10 = clerk in the establishment named
W. A. Pyle. He came to st. Louis from Rich
mond, and was Methodist clergyman and
temperance lecturer until about I've years
ago.
FHE Supreme Court Of Illinois has refused
TO grant = new trial to Chris. Rafferty,. sen.
fenced to be hung At Waukegan on the 27th
inst.
TIE Marion. (lnd.,) County Commissioners
resolved not to defray the expenses Of another
trial OF Mrs. Clem for the murder of jacob,
Young and wife, in 1867.
>T6s passenger train bound frem Cedar
Rapids was thrown from the track BY . broken
rail, near Solon, Iowa, Wednesday. The p.s-
senger cars we're turned upside down. and
every passenger on the train iDjured-some
serieusly-and it is thought the brakeman is
fatally hurt. H. was hurt internally. bv
stove falling upon him.
At Large.
TIE burning OF the Memphis and LouisviIle
nauroad machine shops on February was
me Work OF An incendiary named John Nc
Carthy, former 6reman in thu o1nnlov ~ TIM