The Grange advance., 1874-10-14
fAI1h'.. HOPE,

the Governor expended / twenty-five thou
sand dollars in nine month - 1or "arllke
experiments. :. "A London a 'spatch says
that the Mark Lane Express says that
wheat is declining, and that tie crop Is
much above the average as to qua otlty
and quality. 1.-THE recent elections IN
France resulted in the success OF $50 Re-
publicans, $50 Monarchists and l30 avow-
ed Bonapartists. New elections will he
required in thirty districts mi. Town
send, 9th District, N. Y, H. II. Powell,
Sth District, NO., have been nominated by
the Republicans for Congress.
THURSDAY, Oct. 8.-Moulton's business
partner has gone Lis bond in the Beecher
i5el suit. .Ex-Alderman Cowan, one OF
the Tammany ring Of New York, who fed
the city soon after the exposure, has re-
turned aud furnished bail to stand trial.
....James Gardner, for many years editor
and proprietor Of the Augusta (Ga.) Con-
stitutionalist, died at his residence near
Augusta yesterday aged 62 years. =. Gold
smith Maid trotted for special purse at
Chicago yesterday making 2:l9 and 2:l7,
IL e fastest time ever made on the track.
In trial between Gloster and Judge Full
lertor, the former won in 2:22, 2:23 IL
and 2::22 IL. The Massachusetts, Repub-
licans nominated the following State tick
ct at Worcester yesterday: MIR. Talbot, for
Governor; Horatio G.. Knight, Lieutenant
Governor Oliver Warner, Secretary OF
the Commonwealth Charles 6. Train,
Auditor, and Charles Adams, Jr., Treas
urer. The platform is a specie standard,
enounces Southern whi:e-leaguers and
promises honesty and reform. ". K.
Armstrong, present delegate in Congress
from Dakota, accepts the nomination Of
the Democratic and Anti Monopoly party
for re election. Gen. Bebcock, superin-
tendent of public buildings, Washington,
estimates that s4O0, 900 will be needed for
the improvement Of the public grounds
the next fiscal year. A greet
improvement in this respect has
been made the current year.
The 18th infantry left Omaha yesterday
for the South. Applications are constant
ly reaching the Department from Alabama.
Tennessee and Louisiana for troops, to fill
which the Secretary says would require p
large increase in the force Of the army ..
The election in Georgia Wednesday for
members Of the Legislature was a jrg-han
die affair, the Democrats electing nearly
all their candidates giving them majority
on joint ballot Of 205. The Pacific
Mail steamship company has commenced
suit against Richard R. Erwin, its late
San Francisco agent, to recover $50, 900
he is alleged to have appropriated. -. The
grasshopper aid society of Nebraska have
made an appeal for aid from the people OF
more fortunate States. D.. T. NJ. Eddy,
one Of the most prominent ministers in the
Methodist Episcopal church, died in New
York city Wednesday morning. DR.. Eddy
was in attendance on the Minnesota gener-
al conference recently in session in St.
Paul. ...Ex.President Johnson is r1akinq
a vigorous canvas for U. s. Senator from
! Tennessee. The war in Spain and the
# evolution in Brazil show no new features
Fully 20 900 men are at work strength.
ening the embankments of the Nile to pre-.
/ vent an overflow.
FRIDAY, Oct. 9.-Half million of GOV:
ernment gold was awarded Thursday al
100 SO. The pretty waiter girl saloons
in San Francisco have been closed. .. ..
John Kelly, chairman of the Tammany
Hall General Committee, N. Y, has be-
gun suits against Mayor Havemeyer and
Nelson Waterbury, laying damages in
each case at $4,000. 80. George saylor, o.
Columbus Ohio, switchman, fell on tn.
track yesterday and was run over by 10
comotive and killed: IA fire at New
York yesterday destroyed a gutta perchs
and rubber manufactory, and two build.
ings adjoining. The fire spread with sucl
rapidity thatimauy Of the employees had t
jump from the second story windows K
escape. John Brennan and q man name6
Gallagan perished. sLoss zoo, 900. {. . .Joh1
W. Canter, an Englishman IS years o
age, has been arrested in New York for al
tering bonds from 81 to 10000 in orde
to start an insurance company. The dis
covery was made by the comptroller o
Pennsylvanis, with whom tho raised bond
had bssn deposited IS security for the is