The Grange advance., 1874-07-29
MINNESOTA NEWS.

killed in Lyle, Mower county, last week.
The Sleepy Eye argus has been dis
continued on account Of the grasshop-
per raid.
HARVESTING Spring wheat will be be-
gun next week in the south part Of the
State.
SALTWATER suffered from drought
last Sunday-thc saloons Of the place
being all closed.
A MANuFAcroRr Of bent timbers, wag-
on materials, ETC., of wood, has been
started at St. Peter.
The Southern Minnesota railway car.
ries contributions for the destitute in
the grasshopper regions, free Of charge.
FARMERS in Belgrade, Nicollct coun
ty, are hurried in cutting their oats to
save them from the grasshoppeps.
A MAN named Derhofter, Of Conrt-
land, Nicollet county, has been fined
$50 and costs for deliberately breaking
another mans thumb.
CARPET-BAGGERs are beginning to
come by hundreds daily into Southern
Minnesota las usual at the approach Of
harvest.
GooDHuE county is out Of debt and
has about enough money on hand to
run the county for the y ar to come
without lcvying tax.
In Siblcy county the grasshoppers
have been successful in destroying the
oats crop in the towns of Transit, Alfs-
borg, Sibley, Dryden and Kelso.
THE summer races at the Saltwater
driving park will be on ike 18th, 18th
and 18th of August. Liberal purses for
both trotting and running are offered.
NJ. CONNOLLY of Wilkin county, saved
his crops from the grasshoppers by
burning grass and damp straw by which
he kept the field all day covered with
smoke.
The building committee Of the Swed-
ish Lutheran conference have decided
to commence their college at St. Peter
with building 80 by 30 feet, four sto-
ries high.
In Spring Valley, Fillmore county,
$3.50 in cash, besides clothing and pro.
visions, have been contributed for re.
lief of the distressed settlers in Martin
county.
KING has leased his Oakwood
farm in Meeker county to Mr.. Gibson,
who has farmed it for the last two sea-
his pick of the stock.
FRED. WINTER, of Chester, Waba-
shaw county, is one of the first to COM
mence the spring wheat harvest, he hav-
having 25 acres of Italian wheat, which
ripened early.
THE one saloon at Elk River has been
voted to be nuisance by one temper
ance meeting and now another is to be
held to consider how best to abate the
nuisance.
DURING their fortunately brief rests
in parts Of Otter Tail county, tho To-
Gusts have partially destroyed the
crops on many farms, mostly in the
western towns.
The races last week brought to Fari-
bault number of burglars and sneak
thieves. Nevertheless it is proposed tc
have another race meeting there this
fall.
J. NJ. HARDING of Faribault, with his
span of Hambletonians,at Dexter Park,
has been showing Chicago folk what
brag double team from Minnesota can
do. '&E
TWENTY-FIVE good and true men of
Breckenridge are organized as militia
company and properly armed-to resist
the bloody minded redskins if they in.
wade that prosperous town.
AN unknown young man, stranger,
whose name is supposed to be James
Mckay but whose former place of resi-
dence is unknown, has been sent to the
insane asylum from Stearns county.
PRoF. PHELPS, who is going to Detroit
next week to attend the meetings of
the national educational association.
will make an effort to secure the next
annual session in Winona or St. Paul.
MAIL routes have been established
from Marshall, in Lyons county. to
Dell Rapids, Oakwood and Lake Kam-
peska, D. T. The latter has been a
railway terminus for a. year., but has
not yet had postohace.
THE first NJ. E. church in Warsaw.
Goodhue county, is to be opened for re-
1isious services next Sunday, with Rev.
Mr.. Martin Of St. Paul and others pres
ent to assist the pastor. Rev. Mr.. Bow
dish, on the occasion. .<.x,.