The Grange advance., 1874-10-07

MT WING MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY OCTOBER z 8

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seventeen dollars, during September. -.
Hon. A. G. Miller, Of Milwaukee, died
Wednesday evening. Mr.. Miller went
to Milwaukee as Territorial Judge i'll 1888:
and was appointed District Judge by Pres
ident Polk in ls45, and he'd the Office
unit! he resigned last spring. .. The great
society event of the see ion at Washington
was the marriage Thursday of Thos. Nv
Fitch TO Miss Minnie Sherman, daughter
OF Gen. Tecumoeh Sherman. An immense
crowd witnessed the ceremonies, which
We're performed by Archbishop Purcell, Of
Cincinnati. Among the guests were Presi !.
dent Grant and members Of the Cabinet,
rnembers Of the diplomatic corps, distin.
guishea army and navy officers, and prom
inent civilians, nearly all accompanied by
ladies; the number of notables present
exceeding that on any like occasion ever
assembled in that city,. The
Grand Hotel st Saratoga was
burned yesterday. The building was
worth about 100000; insured for $780,
600. The furniture was insured tor
$4,000 Other fires yesterday we're the
+ rst Baptist church, New Haven, CT.
Loss $4,000, insurance So, 600. and
! seven la sc oyster houses and two dwell
| ings at Crisieid, Nd. loss 81, 900, in
surance $4,000. Congressional noni-
nations yesterday; Democrats-O. +. Allin
32d N. Y, Geo. N. Beebe, 14th N. Y,
W. I. Mcfarland, lst Tenn; Republican,
Hon. Horace II. Maynard, Tenn. I. c
Platt, 27tll y. u, Marcus S. Ward, 9th
y. j.. and +. w. Summer, Texas. Prof.
Donaldson, accompanied by members of
the press, made a successful ascension from
pittsburt, Pa, yesterday Capt. Collins
OF the Kansas militia, while on the trail
Of all Indian war path, discovered the
| dead bodies Of five buffalo hunters killed
by the Indians on the 9th Of August last:
They were all scalrei. %. Mr. Jno. Mitch
ell, of Irish fame, having failed in secur-
ing nomination to Parliament, is return
| ing to America, sailing Thursday. -. The
Independents OF Nevada, have nominated
Il full State ticket, being made up of seven
Democrats and four Republicans.
SATURDAY. Oct. 2.-Commodore NJ B.
Woo:sey, ccmmanaant q Pensacola Navy
Yard, d;ea there Friday Of yellow fever.
80. The President has appointed John NJ
Th":cher, of Virginia, Commissioner 0!
Patents, vice NJ. D. Lesgett, resigned, to
take effect November 1st... Elmer G.
Wasiharne, OF Chicago, has been COM
mis>ioned chief OF the secret service bur-
eau Of the United States. The shipping
house OF DeWolf & Co., OF New York,
have failed. ..At the Peoples Conven-
ton for St. Louis coauty, Friday. Edwin
| Q. Stannard was re-nomira for Con-
gress in tile first district, the nomination
Of Erastus Wells, Democrat, in the second
district, endorsed, and Robert F. Winga te
nominated in the third district. .. The
railroad commissioners Of the Northwest
| s.,
during The week, adjourned Friday, after
adopting form FOR reports, 80 that the
railroad statistics Of Illinois, Iowa, Min
nesota and Wisconsin, will be collected
and published in uniform series OF tables.
The next meeting will be held at Spring
field, ILL.,, the 2eth Of December
next. The Nashville, Tennessee,
blood. horse association opens Monday the
5th. One hundred Of the best blooded
racers of Tennessee and Kentucky are al
ready on the ground, and more expected.
....Gov. Brown, Democratic candidate
for Governor oi Tennessee, opened his per-
sonal campaign at Columbus, Tenn., Fri
day. 90. The President and Mrs. Grant left
Washington to-day for St. Louis. He was
accompanied by Gen. Babcock, ex-Secre-
tary OF the Navy Borie, aud Mrs. Borie.
The President will attend the unveiling
of the Lincoln statue at Springfield, and
will not return to Washington until after
the marriage Of his son, Lieut.. Col. +. D.
Grant, which takes place in Chicago this
month. .Chas. Summers estate has been
appraised, and is valued at $134, 724. -.
A water spout on the Humboldt division o
the C. P. r. R. Thursday night, washed
out piece Of track, into which an emf
grant tram drawn by two locomotives
plunged. Both engineers were instantly
killed. Col. Wingate, captain Of the
American rife club, has formally accepted
the challenge Of the Irish team to shoot {
return match in Dublin during the sum-