The Grange advance., 1874-04-22
STATE NEWS.
MISCELLANEOUS.

STATE NEWb.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A CHAPTER of Masonry has 5een
organized at Albert Lea.
WINDOW is going to impound all
stock found running at large.
Rev. H. A. WHEELocK has become
the settled pastor Of the Liberal Socie-
ty Of Lake City.
THE Hastings Ga:ette says business
is very dull in the city, owing to tie
great activity on the farms.
THERE are twenty. four Oranges in
Freeborn county, with an aggregate
membership OF about 400.
The land Office at Jackson has seen
removed to Worthington, where it will
be opened for business Monday, the
Goth.
JUDGE HARwooD, o1' :he Austin
Transcript, suffered a broken rib and
bruised side by fall FROM his carriage
Wednesday.
TIE Glencoe Register complains that
it has now beeu five months since the
Hastings Il Dakota r. r has civ-;i
that place daily mail.
THE Window Reporter says every
train brings new settlers OF Old ones re-
turning, after an absence IF a few weeks
or so during the winter.
ROBERT PR1rcHAkD. >t Judson
Blue Earth county, lost his dwelling
house and a portion Of his household
furniture by fire, Sunday the 18th
THE Wabasha County Council, P
Of H.. have decided to purchase the
large Williamson store at Lake City,
and convert the same into Ware
house.
THE Winona l. St. Peter +. r. Co..
are relaying their track between the
Winona depot and the junction with
the Milwaukee 4 St. Paul road, with
new steel rails.
GEN. w. l.. LEDUc has SOLD his
saw mills at Brainerd. and is now en-
gagged in locating lands on the North
ern Pacific Railroad in the interest Of
the bondholders.
What constitutes happy man in
Mower county is one who has seventy
acres Of wheat and twenty Of barley,
with the warm showers Of >heaven fall
ing upon Them
THE Pioneer is glad to| learn that
the item condensed from the Sherburne
county Neacs stating that the mill daul
of Messrs. Mills g. Ho}ton, Of Elk river
has gone out, is untrue.
AcLA1M Of the city of Hastings
against the County Of Dakota, for expen.
ess Of pest house, has just been decided in
favor Of the former, thus saving the city
over five hundred dollars.
CAPT. GR1NAGER, late defeated can.
didate for the State Treasury on the
Republican ticket. has returned to his
home at Albert Lea, after a visit o1
several months at Norway
THE County Council P. Of H., o.
Freeborn County, are considering the
advisability of establishing county and
town fairs at stated periods, for the sale
and exchange of stock, etc.
A TIMBER wolf entered the barr
yard Of Mr. S. Irish, Of Milton, Dodge
County, few days since, and attacked
his sheep, killing one and woundine
another before he could be driven off.
The Alexandra Post says that Mr.
D. Burnes, Of Pomme de Terre, Otter
Tail County, sowed wheat on Tuesday
April I'd, the first we have hearo
Of this spring in northern Minnesota
AGRICULTURAL implement dealers
are complaining that the trade in seed
ers has been run into the ground' b,
too lively competition, machines tha,
formerly sold for $50, is now selling 70,
about $40. The farmers can stand it
AT a meeting Of the LIE Sueu,
Grange, Saturday last, it was resolved
to get up ''tree bee" for the purpoa,
of setting out trees, shrubbery, etc., i,
the village cemetery. The bee will b
held Saturday the 25th. a move j,
the right direction.