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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-02-28

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TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI.
j TED STATES for the Eastern District OF
Virginia.
In the matter Of James M. Slater, a bankrupt
lin bankruptcy g-oAFF4u Hl4".fUuE0W
At Richmond, Va, this slst day Of Jan, 1874.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Please take notice, that a petition has been
presented to the Hon. Robert w. Hughes, Judge
of said District Courtin Bankruptcy, by Cyrus
A. Branch, assignee of the estate of said
bankrupt, to sell the real estate belonging to
said bankrupt, free from all liens and encum-
brances thereon. 4AaH
This is to give notice to all persons interested
that in the terms Of said petition, an order has
been issued by the Judge aforesaid, for all pei
sons who may be intel asted in said estate. to ap
pear before Register W. w. Forbes, at his office
in the said city of Richmond, on the oath day
of February. 1874, ut 10 O'Clock a. m, and
show cause. if any you have. why such order
should not be granted.
CYRUS A. BRANCH,
fe 9-M2w i AillHqk9Ha us 53t Assignee.
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Country merchants should remainder in order
Ing, that refined sugar is constantly fuctuating.
SALT-Liverpool u. 20a2. rs; jobbing price, per
sack. Ground Alum. u. GOAL .76.
SHOT-2s 0a300 per bag.
SPIRITS OF TURPENTINESsOasOc.
TEAS-Black. 4Oc. AL. 00-the last a prime ar
ticle: Imperial. soa8l 80: G~unpowder. 6oa4l.75.
METALS-IRoN-Horse shoes, 7kasHc; mule
shoes 8AaSh: nail road Sc.
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HNhIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE.-That ON the
i 9TH day of February, a. d.. 1874, a warrant
in bankruptcy was issued out Of the District
Court Of the United States for the Eastern Dis
trict of Virginia, against the estate of H. h A.
McWilliams, Of Fairfax county and State
Of Virginia, who has been adjudged a bankrupt
on his own petition That the payment of
any debts, and the delivery of any properly
belonging to said bankrupt, to him or for his
use. and the transfer of any property by him,
are forbidden by law That a meeting of the
creditors of said bankrupt, to prove their debts
and choose one or more assignees of his estate,
will be held at q court OF bankruptcy, to be
holden at Alexandria, Va, before Lysander Hill,
so, register, on the 9th day of March, a.
d.. 1874. at 81 o'clock a. m. = ttH nt <
DAVID b. PARKER, 5
lie 19-Th2w u. s.. Marshal.
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100 per loo lbs. gross. Hogs, sold for from
" 25@ss 90 per 100 lbs. net. yeals, sold from
90 00@ll 90 per head.
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TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
Il TED STATES for the Eastern District of
Virginia.
In the matter Of John Pratt Robb, bankrupt
in bankruptcy.
At Richmond, Va, this Goth day of February
1874.
To Whom 1t May Concsrn--The undersigned,
R. B. Lewis, of Oak Grove, in the county of
Westmoreland, and state Of Virginia. hereby
gives notice of his appointment as assignee
Of the estate OF Jno. Pratt Robb, of the county of
King George, in said district, who was, on the
10th day OF January, a. d., 1874. adjudged a bank.
rupt upon the petition of himself, by the Dis
trict Court of the United States for said district.
Dated at Richmond, the Goth day of February
q. d, 1874. r. b. LEWIS,
fe 2-2aw3v Assignee.
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LIVE STOCK.

RIoHnosD, February 25, 1874.
MIR. l. uhnmi, weighinaster at the Live Stock
Scales. makes the following report Of transac-
tons for ths week ending February 20:
Cattle. 1o7 head sold from s. 6OQse per hun-
dred pounds gross. Sheep, sold for from s5 con
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TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
Il TED STATES for the Eastern District of
Virginia. :
In the matter of +. G. Rixey, a bankrupt-in
bankruptcy.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
The undersigned, w. II. Eggborn, of Culpeper
county, and state of Virginia, hereby gives
notice of his appointment as assignee of
the estate of F. G. Rixey, of Culperer
county in said district, who was, on the 10th
day of January, a. d. 1874, adjudged a bank
rupt on his own petition by the District Court of
said district.
Dated at Richmond, the Goth day of February,
q. d., 1874.
W. II. EGGBORN,
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FINANCIAL.
RICHMOND STOCK EXCHANGE.
BY DAVENPORT l. co.

SATURDAY, February %, 1874.
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The Grange advance., 1874-07-15

\ The Faribault County Council beg
leave to appeal to you in the most
urgent manner possible for relief for
the destitute farmers Of the grasshopper
region. Their crops are again moved
down, their farms are mortgaged, their
means of subsistence gone, their homes
and hearts desolate, with no alterna-
tive but migration or starvation. In
some cases migration is impossible, in
all cases undesirable, and in most cases
ayoidable only through the prompt ac-
ton OF those who have something to di-
vide with them. We are now called
upon to exercise the noblest principle
we profess. Our brothers are knocking
at our door for bread, driven thereto by
a calamity for which they are no wise
responsible. The time has come for
those actions that outweigh words; for
those deeds, in the light Of which pro-
tessions are hollow and void. We are
many OF us poor, but we are not starv-
ing. The plague may visit us to-mcr-
row, but to-day let us divide with our
suffering brothers. 70 hesitate now to
r. 'AAS Ola POSS1O1C 1V1lC1 10 " u14NC
thousands of settlers from our State,
thousands more to starvation, to stain
our Order with the reproach Of the
world, and to neglect just duty as full of
worldly wisdom as Christian benevo-
lence. The State Grange has money.
There are thousands Of dollars in the
Patrons national treasury. Congress
issquandering is millions. Let us hope that
steps will be promptly taken by you to
turn some of this money to noble
use.
Meanwhile let every individual who
can spare dollar Of money or an arti-
Gle Of food for this purpose, send it
promptly. Donations may be sent to
the undersigned chairman: who will
acknowledge their receipt and forward
them with all possible dispatch.
VIM. N. PLYMAT,
Chairman Relief Com.
H. +. MAYHEM, Sec'y of Council.
The Grange advance., 1874-07-15

convincing you that l. am greatly
tioubled at the failure to build vonr
road. Our company has spent ten
thousand dollars in surveys and re-
penses upon it, but we can now 70 No
further. The fault is not ours. The
narrow guage you suggested is the
best thing that can be done. The
change of route I think well of, but
who will build the road: If the road
was built and presented to me, would
not give bonds to run it, unless had
absolute right to fix fares and freight
free from public control, other than a
limit against extortion. If the public
will give that guarantee, I can build
your road at once. If it will not, you
cannot expect any one not To-
cally interested to build it
for you. You have voted
liberal bonuses for road; why not Or
ganize as citizens and put in the mon
ey and bond it, and operate to suit
yourselves? If you would do so, and
connect with US, we would be glad to
give you some help.
From all this, do not imagine that
abandon all hope of future connections
with your county. 1t we are not all
ruined by the universal public senti-
me7t, and we can live through the
storm and your people are not ruined
by the hard times, the sober second
thought will make all things even.
Let the people make up their minds to
repudiate false advisors, who are
leading them to ruin, and confidence
will soon be restored, and with an in
flux of foreign capital we shall again
be prosperous.
Very truly, yours, E. F. DRAKE.
The Grange advance., 1874-07-15

were hatched out on cultivated land.
This, again, is confirmed by Capt. Nc.
Kew of Leavenworth, who informs me
that crossing ploughed field in Sep
tember with q county commissioner
who owned the farm, and where the,
locusts literally covered the gro und
they were in the act Of depositing their
eggs, which is done by thrusting them
into the earth from q half an inch to
an inch in depth, The Captain re-
quested the commissioner to watch the
field in the spring closely to ascertain
whether the seeding and cultivation of
the soil would prove destructive, which
it did.
The inferences from these facts ap'
pear, first, that locusts cannot breed
upea cultivated lands, but that
they will continue to &C.
cumulate indefinitely in the
unoccupied portions of Dakota. 20.
Tha: when they rise in the air the
fight is governed by the strength and
direction of the wind. All observers
agree that the insect cannot fly any
distance but simply poises itself in the
air and is carried forward with the cur
rent. Capt. Collins, however, is led to
think, after several years observation,
that the movement of rising in the air
is determined by instinct, as he has
seen them cling to the earth with their
heads to the wind until change favor.
ed the course they appeared desirous
of going. 4th. A section once visited
by these creatures may be exempt for.
ever afterwards. Like lightning they
may never strike twice in the same
place. If they depart from Minnesota
this year before the time for depcsiting
their eggs, we may never hear from
them again, and if they deposit their
eggs upon cultivated soil and that soil
is titled in the spring the eggs will
thereby most certainly be destroyed.
Yours, &c.,
T. T. MANN.
The Grange advance., 1874-07-15

duced few years ago by a Mr.. Joseph
Wheelock, entitled statistical report
of Minnesota, in which is so elegantly
set forth s'the circumcision of the
isothermal: divaricating with the
DETECTION of the oceanic cur
rents, condouimg the climatological
variations of the thermometrical and
hvgrometrical ponderosity of the cir
cumambient fluid, is properly antagon-
lied in Minnesota by the polarity of
electric currents
If the readers of the Press are pleased
with this style Of grammatical diction
it is no matter of ours.
The Grange advance., 1874-07-15
Immediate Aid Asked.

Just after our paper was off the
press last week We received the following
communication from the Faribault
County Council. We hope that the
cry for help, that is coming from the
starving settlers on the frontier, will re-
ceive an immediate answer. There is
no doubt of the present pressing neces-
.sity: Last week we published the ap-
peal of the Governor to the Patrons of
the State in behalf Of these sufferers.
In making this appeal the Governor
paid one of the highest compliments
possible to our order, and let every
Patron in the State see to it that the
Governor has no reason to waiver in his
confidence in the generosity and true
nobility of our order.
We like this appeal from the Fari-
bault County Council, coming from the
members Of the order, it has the ring !:
and we hope that the Treasury of the
National Grange will be thrown open !;
was it not for some such time as this,
that it was called into existence?
But let no member wait one moment
for aid from any source outside of indi-
vidual contributions, the emergency is
too great to admit of delay. The call
of the Governor was based upon the
most reliable information, and since the
last issue of our paper we have been
called upon by subscribers to the paper,
good and true Patrons, direct from
the region afflicted, and down here in
search Of work, who fully support the
worst reports that have been given.
Our readers will remember that J. w.
Benjamin, Of Window, Cottonwood
county, was last winter named to dis.
tribute contributions sent by Patrons,
aud the Governor has also appointed a
committee whose names will be found in
our last issue: -, -: v>...< y
p e. asaz;a : FOUNTAIN BRooK. -
FARBAUIr COUNT, July s, 1874.
TO the Executive Committee of the State
Grange: =s = 3
The Grange advance., 1874-07-15

CoSDoSED.-Mr. Averill's friends saws he
mas condoned for the past transgression Of
oeck Pay salary grabbing by manly acknowl-
edg1n8 the fraud.-Granse Adpance:
Co'.9oaed is good. But what on
earth does the editor of the Grange
adoGnce suppose the word means -
st. Paul Press. ~. j
The expression is Republican, made
BY Mr.. Averill's Republican friends,
who no doubt discovered it in that in.
teresting little volume Of fiction pro.
The Grange advance., 1874-07-15

Of ten for $3.50 per year, and will be furnished
for the next thirty days to single subscribers
for three months, and to clubs Of ten or moro
for four months at 81 cents each on trial. We
want i've thousand new subscribers in the next
thirty days, snd can have them il every one Of
our friends will go to work in earnest.
The Grange advance., 1874-07-15
The State Fair.


since, the Premium List of the
next State Agricultural Fair to be
held at St. Paul, Sept, s, 9, 10, and II.
1874. The list is very complete, neatly
gotten up and confers credit on the
parties having the matter in charge.
There arc some evidences of progress
in the premiums offered and in the rules
governing the entries. We naturally
take a considerable interest in the
premiums offered for essays. Besides
the two premiums of twenty-five dollars
each offered by The GRANGE ADVANCE
for the best essays on the subjects of
Wheat Raising in Minnesota and
''Stock Raising in Minnesota we find
that the Society offer premiums for es-
says as follows:
Best essay on archaeology from any
where, with specimens.
Best essay OH the agricultural pro.
ductions of any county in the State.
Best essay on the geology of any
county In the State.
Each specimen in the above list must
be accompanied with written descrip-
tion of the section, town and range. and
State--if valuable by reason of it's
quantity, quality and accessibility.
Best essays on rotation of crops,
manures, implements, stock breeding,
county geology, rural adornments.
The Importance of encouraging farm.
ers to write down their experiences in
the different branches of agriculture
cannot be over estimated. But we con-
fess, that we were little disappointed
to find that the committee were lin.
tied to one hundred dollars for prem.
iums for all these essays and thirteen
other articles. From fifty to hundred
dollars should be offered for some of the
essays alone. We were pleased with
the following conditions made by the
Linseed Oil Company of Minneapolis fo1
prize Of 1925 offered for the best cror
of fax to be raised in Minnesota the
present season:
Each farmer competing for the
premium must furnish written state
ment, in detail, Of the kind and quality
Of the soil, with the kind of crops raised
on it for the three preceding wears
quantity of seed sown to the acre. (not
to exceed three pecl1s.) manner of pre-
pairing the soil. date of sowing, anc
how cultivated; the time and manner
of harvesting and how taken care of
and how threshed; and if by ma
chine, the kind of machine.''
These conditions are sensible, anC
business like, and if every exhibito,
were required to comply with simila,
conditions these fairs would speedil,
become places to which people woult
go to obtain valuable information. in
stead of merely going to crafty thei,
curiosity. These statements Of: tn,
manner in which the best results hav,
been reached, published in connection
with the premiums awarded, would fur
nish fund Of practical instruction j,
the art of farming that would be 0
more value than all the works eve
written by mere theoretical agricul
turists. T.
The Grange advance., 1874-07-15

HONESTY in the administration of all
the affairs of the governments broad
enough, long enough and strong enough
for the foundation of united move
ment of all good citizens at the pres
ent time. Such a platform would mean
something, could be comprehended and
appreciated in this year of A. D.. 1874.
The wise men differ as to the dist
ance between the comet and the Garth.
Some place it at 50,000,000 miles, and
others at 250,000,000 miles. Either
seems to be safe distance, and if it's
all the same to the aforesaid wise men
we hope they will keep him about that
far off, not that we are afraid Of the
comet, but there is something sublime
in such grand distances.
In the hands of man with true
heart and clear head, the interests of
the country are safe and it matters lit
tie what may be his shade of political
faith.< AS elevation gives a broader
view and experience widens, such man
will better comprehend what is for the
public good, and being true to his
country he will shape his public acts so
as to best subserve the interests Of the
whole country.
The Grange advance., 1874-07-15

GEORGE WASHINGTON was shot and
killed on the 10th inst. He was at
tempting to escape while being taken
to jail, under arrest for numbering a
man by the name of Dunn. We had
formed very different idea Of George
from what this would indicate.
The Grange advance., 1874-07-15

ABILITY and integrity arc the two
qualifications which the people should
unqualifiedly demand in every one
whom they elevate to place Of public
trust.
The Grange advance., 1874-07-15

IT has been discovered that prairie
chickens operate spontaneously as po-
tato bug exterminators.
The Grange advance., 1874-07-15
Advertising Rates.

Special notices in editorial columns, 25 cents
per line.
Cash before insertion for all advertisements
for month or lees, and invariably in advance
unless special arrangements are made.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-04-11
neciaI Notice.


We are under tlie necessity
calling lle attention of onr sub
scfiheFs and advertisers, those who
are IN arrears. to the fact that we
are in need Of "a little assistance
just now, il & pecuniarY point 81
view, and they will much oblige Us
hy RENTING the price Of their
subscription and advertising st
once we have been To some con-
siderable expense in refitting our
Office, and as 1t IS our object to
publish n 6rst-class country news.
paper. aud not being able to do
This altogether without receiving
pay for our. labor and use Of ma
teiial, we are obliged, just now, to
make this request of orr delin-
quent Subscribers and advertisers,
hoping that they will take due
notice, come forward. and pay up
their dues.
To show some Of the difficulties
with which a publisher has to con
tend, we take the following from
an exchange: Compare the pub
Usher Of q newspaper who has to
go ali around the country to col
lect bis pay, % d farmer who sells
his wheat Oh credit. and not more
than a bushel to any one person.
# any farmer will try The expert
ment Of distributing The proceeds
Of his labor over two gor three
counties, with an additional one
to two Or three different States,
for one year. We guarantee that
he will never after that years
experience, ask i publisher to sup
ply him with papey a year OF two
without pay for it
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PROBATE ale.
STATE or LOUISIANA,
PARISH or l'ALC4sTFTr
Succession Of Tabitha HAYES, deceased
wifetnf Gnhliel Andlns

r. II r1gs1 st
''ilccessl',i y Ia Y. ia'tXes, deceased,
"lIe4oI sfapllel Andrus
10y VIRTUE or AN ORDER or
J : the Honorable the Parish Conrt, Of
0alcaslel Parish. we will SELL AT
PUBLIC AUCTION, to the last and
highest builder, at the residence Of
simeon Vincent, in this parish, on
Thursday. NAV 1874
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fnfe Elrntinns

New HAVEN Tie election las
resulted III sweeping Democratic
victory Tie Senate stands rs
Democrats to 3 Republicans; the
House i heavily Democrats
INDIANA The Democrats have
gained the victory.
oH1o Democratic majority ii
the eity III Cincinnati 1000. Ii,
Columbus aud other places the
democrats VI z also triumphant.
MICHIGAN democrats elected
their ticket If Niles, Port Huron.
Pontiac Battle Creek, Bay civ
sifaod Rapids, Lansing md Mus
keeon.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-04-11

WASHINGTON, April A. The New
Orleans Times special telegram
says Buffers attempt to-day to
legislate ont of office during trial
any civil officer who may be in,-
peached by tile House, excites
much comment. His bin had
special reference to Durell, Busted
and Story, who are now under in
vestigatioD BY the House, the Ju-
dietary Committee Of which But
Ter is chairman. Bullersremarks
to-day indicate that articles of
Impeachment will bo reported
against Durell, against whom he
seems to have special enmity.
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-04-11

The breaking Of the levees along
the Mississippi river and Bayou
Laiourche is creating 4 great deal
Of damage to some Of the settlers
'in those parts. The crevasse on
Bayoa Lafourche il said Is be one
hundred and fifty feet vide, and
rms four feet deep. In New Or
leans The water il many places
along che city front, between Canal
street and Louisiana avenue, IS
finding its way over the leyee and
submerging The front streets. The
latest from Shreveport says that
the river was twenty-five feet eleven
inches above low water mark, BE-
ing b iallof three inches ia twenty
fonr hours. From our latest adj
vices we may infer that the water
is receding.
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The Next state senator.

A vacancy in this Senatorial
District, caused BY the expiration
Of the term Of Senator Daigle, will
haze 70 be filed by election next
November. We have not beard if
lie will be'a candidate for re-elec-
tiou. There are said To be pros
pectiye candida es III all the par
islles Of the District, and III this
parish several of them. AS this
parish always has, by virtne of its
larger population, one member IN
the Senate. il is argued that the
other should come from one of the
otherparishes, md ok IiafayoEte has
Just furnished one for four years, the
next one should come from Gale.
sieu or Cameron. AS there are So
many aspirunts, however, this Is a
question that will hardly be set
tied by political caucuses or con-
ventions, hus by the voters them
selves on the day Of election.
[Opelousas Journal,
We fully approve and endorse
the above opinion of the Opelou-
sas Journal. Until nov Calcasieu
has never had i Senator; they have
always been chosen by tho strong
q parishes, and quietly have we
always submitted. First, because
our parish was too small ii popu-
lation; and secondly, because able
and good men had always been
chosen by tie other parishes ii
this district But now That our
parish can boast 81 a much larger
population, we are firmly Of opin-
ion that the right of SELECTION
ought to be ours. We have very |
able and honest men il this parish, I
and We hive 70 doubt that if our |
people VAL only follow the adyice
given BY the Journal, vs. Win have
! oondidate chat viii ~ accepted
not oply By our own people, Tut
BY every honest voter III tie dis
riot We call the speoial atlen.
ION q orr voters 70 this fact, and
rope that ere the day 81 election
hey will have made selection
hat Will bo "a honor To them-
elves apd To the district.
II ssince writing the above
Y regret to learn from the New
orleans Times % tie 8th instant
hat Senator Deigle died sc his
esldence, p Lafayette, On tie Sd