Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-05

to the National Grange showed State mem
bership of GAIA, and 1877 Oranges. On Janu-
airy /, 1874, there were in the State 30i
Oranges.
The Michigan State Grange MT in Conyen-
ton at Kalamazoo on the 2lst The Secre-
tary reported that in the United States there
are now more than 10, 900 subordinate Oranges,
with membership of 100000 patrons The
report concludes with very hopeful view of
the condition OF the Order.
General James W. Hustled, Speaker Of the
New York Legislature, received at his resi-
dencc in Peekskill a package which he sus-
pected was an Internal machine, and which
was therefore anchored over night in the
cistern 1t was box Of cigars
At Lynne, Conn, the birthplace of Judge
Waite, the citizens fired a salute in honor of
his appointment and confirmation as Chief
Justice.
In the Wisconsin State Grange on the sd,
resolutions were adopted favoring the Govern
ment building double-track railway from
Chicago TO New York. fayoring trade with
those manufacturers who will give
terns to Patrons, and refusing to
dee with any others, and TO in
struct the State Agent to publish list Of
those firms who decline direct trade with the
Order; Congress to authorize the issue of cur
rency sufficient to supply money circulation
TO answer the demands oftrade, and obviate the
effects Of the present panic; approving of the
movement Of the Executive Committee of the
Illinois Stale Grange in interrogating represen-
tatves in Congress relative to the views en-
tertained by them on leading measures now
being prosecuted by Patrons of Husbandry;
asking the Legislature TO pass law raising
the present railway tax from three to five per
cent; and that commissioners be appointed
with full powers to regulate unjust discrimi-
nation and excessive rates Of freight and pass
cngers; that railways should be taxed on their
gross receipts A telegram was received from
the State Grange of Michigan, in session at
Kalamazoo, sending the greeting OF 800 Pat
rons then in session, and the response was re-
turned that the State Grange of Wisconsin,
open in the fifth degree retrins The fraternal
greeting Of Michigan witt cheers of hope for
the good cause everywhere.
The Michigan Stat. Grange adjourned on
the go, after adopting platform in which
they declare That railroads are amenable 10
State regulation as much as plank and gravel
road companies, and that the Legislature has
as much right to regulate their charges as to
fix turnpike tolls or the charges of mil
lers for grinding grain They declare
that farmers have suffered more by rail-
way exactions than all other causes combined;
and that the railway corporations have out
grown Lcgislat ures or defy them, and have
made the chosen representatives of the people
Il matter of barter and sale; and they assert
that it is the duty of the Legislature and State
officers TO investigate the matter of the viola
ton of the law Ivy the various railway com
panies doing business in the State, and to
promptly enforce the laws enacted
for the protection of the rights of the people,
and in cases where the present laws may be
found deficient to promptly remedy the de-
fccts by new enactments. They also resolved
that no legislative, judicial, or State officer
should be allowed to accept free passes from
railways, and all offers of any special
privileges by railway companies to any
such officers should be looked upon and
treated ~ corrupt attempt ut
bribery; that "we, rs farmers of Michigan"
regard the organization Of the Order Of the
Patrons OF Husbahdry as a movement of vast
Importance not only to the interests of the
great producing class OF our country, but
also in its ultimate and highest objects de-
signed and calculated to bless society at
large" etc
The minc-owners in the Schuylllll district
in Pennsylvania have accepted the proposition
of the miners TO 90 to work on the basis of
1878, and the strike is therefore ended. The
miners abandoned their demand for an increase
OF ten per cent. in their wages, thus giving
their employers an opportunity to meet them
halfway.
A statement was published on the 25th, from
which it appears that since March, 1867,
5S,6lS petitions in bankruptcy had been filed
in the United States Courts. The number
of discharges granted were IS, 147. The total
expense OF the proceedings was S4S2L7Si.
A Pottsylle (Pa.l dispatch says that from
reports received on the 2Ith from various
mining points in the sehuylkill region, it was
estimated that about one-third of the collier
les had resumed work since the settlement OF
the recent difficulties
4 petition OF citizens of Philadelphia was
presented to the President and Congress ON
the 2Sth, representing that the near approach
of the one hupdredth anniversary of the
nations birth renders it BETTING that
the survivors Of those who freely offered
Carpenters Han to the Continental Congress,
when even the time honored state House
was closed against them, should commemo-
rate the nations advent at that place, there
fore Congress is invited to assemble in Car
penters' Hail on the 9Th day of the ninth
month, 1874, the one hundrcdth anniversary
Of the meeting OF the first American Con
gress, and order such ceremonies as they in