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The Grange advance., 1874-07-22
OF Clearvvhislky-
Which?

Some one writing to the Pioneer from
Clearwater, Minn:, tells Of man who,
under the influence of "mixed .iuiccs'
struck his wife with chair and broke
her arm. It took the sheriff and the
doctor to put the man and. the arm
where they respectively belonged. /
At the same place, ,v another.z couple
were at . neighbor's house. The lady
was playing the violin, when her would
be--but couldn't be--lord and master,
issued a peremptory mandam1us for her
to cease those dulcet, strains and 1T once
accompany him home. The lady init
mated that she .couldn't 81, see it it il. i. that
light 80 early in the evening, Thereu,npoo,nn s.
her high-toned lord in order "a, to assist her
visual organs, Or in other words as a sort
OF feye-opener, seized the instrument and
dashed it to the floor, and then, ii to malkle.
: sure thing of it,. jumped unon
the 4efending violin, and sround.itgto
powder. This grated hsrshly on On q the
heart strings Of the lady, and IN Arrest
sfor assault md battssry, togsthsr. .,,,d;fhI !.
suit for divorce Was the result. h...
as = sl1s bat music ii that m,n ls5 sooinI soiI
g begin With md there i; less NOV. N;,,liIl .,,i,I,ll
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The SlaoruanS.

General Sherman and his family will
not leave Washington until October,
when Miss Minnie's wedding takes place.
The General has all his children with
him now, which pleasure he has not en-
joyed for long time before, and as one
of the number will soon be married, it
is not likely that they will all be gath
cred together again for some time. Af-
ter the wedding, in the fall, the General
and Mrs. Sherman will remove to St.
Louis, and the building Of the Mutual
Life Insurance Company has already
been secured for the Generals head
quarters. Mr.. Fitch and his bride will
accompany them, and it is said that he
will resign; his commission in the navy
and 60 into business in that city. Thos.
E. Sherman, the second son,goes to Yale
for two years. course. The two young
er girls will 80 back to Cincinnati, and
we hear that Miss Lizzie will spendI the
winter here with her friend Mrs. Nor.
gan MI sh:snith sszs 4 > ton isttsr 3
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zthe notes in that family. are ali diseozds
ant. Still another couple up there had
q little domestic collision, and the wife
picked up her duds and went.
Another ''lord of creation at this
same Clearwater, under the benevolent
impulses Of the stimulating fluids, at
tackled his wife and magnanimously gave
her all out of doors, reserving only the
little space inside for himself. Now
wouldn't the name Of this place Clear.
water be more expressive if it was
changed to Clearwhiskey?
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ling and strife. Under any
rule that might Be adopted
much would still have to be left to the
discretion Of the Grange. We can con-
ceive of circumstances under which it
would be perfectly legitimate to discuss
the merits of the candidates of the
different parties within the Grange, but
this could very rarely occur.
If we shall make peace and unity of
action the polestar of all our efforts
we shall meet but little practical diff
Guilty in these troublesome questions. So
mote it be.
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A Grange Funeral.

IL IOu1 tuS hOCQeSter POSC.
Mrs. Volz, notice Of whose death is
published elsewhere, was member of
Rochester Grange No. 275, P. of H..
and was buried under the auspices Of
that Grange, in conformity to the ritual
Of the Order, on Monday last. Relig-
ious services were conducted at the res
idence Of the diseased, Rev. Mr.. Full
kefson and Rev. Mr.. Bucholz, officiat-
ing. Mr.. Fulkerson first offered PRAYER.
after which he preached short dis.
course. Mr.. Buchholz then made a
few remarks, and closed the services at
the house by prayer,
The services at the grave were as fol-
lows: The coffin being placed over the
grave, an address was given by Master
Westfall, followed by an address by the
chaplain, Mrs. Westfall. All the mem.
bers then joined in repeating the Lords
Prayer, after which a hymn was SUNG
by the choir. While singing, the
brethren advanced and deposited ever.
green's in the empty grave. The coffin
was then lowered, when other remarks
were made BY the ,chaplain.. Another
hymn wassthenj sung, during which. the
sisters advanced and deposited ever.
green's and boquets ont coffin. x The
Master now: in the name Of Rochester
Grange, bade" the deceased goodbye, spt db; z,
and with his, hand sprinkleds earth On
the coffin. The Master ana bearers:
then advanced and deposited evergreens
and boquets on1the coffin: 4 D This con.
cluded the ceremonies. Ia) = az
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Democratic and Liberal Conven-
tiOns.
SECOND DISTRICT.

SECOND DISTRICT.
The undersigned Committee, appoint
ed by the Democratic and Liberal Re-
publican Congressional Convention, for
the Second Congressional District, and
in accordance with the call Of the Dem
ocratic and Liberal Republican State
Central Committee, the State Central
Committee, appointed by the Peoples
Reform State Convention, held at Owa-
tonna, in 1873, the State Central Com
mittee, appointed by the Anti-Monop-
oily members Of the last Legislature,
hereby invite all citizens opposed to the
corrupt party now in power, to unite in
electing delegates to District Conven-
tion, to be held at Shakopee, on the
NINTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1874, ,
at II clock m, for the purpose of put
ting in nomination candidate for Repre-
sentative to Congress, for the Second
Congressional District, upon the follow
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Tas GRANGE ADvANc. Is furnished io cluts
Of ten for $3.50 per year, and will be farnished
for the next thirty days to single subscribers
for three months, and to clubs Of ten or mora
for four months at 50 cents each on trial. We
want i've thousand new subscribers in the next
thirty days, snd can have them II every one of
our friends will 60 to work in earneet.
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Resolutions Of Fountain Brook
Grange, No. 52S.

WHEREAS, The question of political
discussion in the Grange is receiving
support enough to call for
clear expression of sentiment
from all loyal oranges, and whereas a
division of opinion on the subject among
law.abiding Patrons seems to US i'm.
possible.
Therefore resolved, That in our
Grange capacity we will not lend our.
selves to any political party or faction,
but will engage in those pleasures and
discharge those duties for which the
Order was alone created.
Resolved further, That we hold it to
be the duty of every Patron to be we'll
informed on the leading issues of the
day, and to exercise his right of suf-
frage in such manner as he believes
most likely to fulfill the mission of the
Order, but this is duty to be per-
formed outside the gates.
Resolved further, That there are sew.
eral reasons why We believe it to be un-
wise and inexpedient to discuss these
questions in Grange, foremost and suf:
ficient Of which is that the law forbids
it. And further
Resolved, That we look with suspicion
upon the motives Of those who advocate
the violation of law for political profit,
and that he who would subvert the order
to his personal gain or aggrandizement is
a traitor, worthy of ignominious defeat
and expulsion from the Order; and
finally
Resolved, That at all times and under
all circumstances, in the matter of obe-
dience to the law, as in all things else,
We will chew to the line, let the chips
fall where they may"
Unanimously adopted July II, 1874.
FIVE, TWENTY EIGHT.
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:. KEEP YOUR EYES 4laaE I;z apEA =.

sss.ssa kEEe. 4Q]l8 k4k1z lI(lI1lles 'sz
Dent Believe All that yea Hear In
80, Chatan Street.
From the N. Y. SUM-
A one-legged soldier walking up the
Bowery was accosted by a clothing mer-
chant with the usual s'Sell you some
thing to-day!" Entering the store the
veteran was invited to inspect the large
stock, but having looked through the
ARA y Of coats and vests and trousers, he
turned to 60, saying that he saw moth
ing there that would suit him.
'sVell, vat you vants!'
II want pair of one-legged panta-
loons.''
':Vos dat all! Yacob, bring me one
of dem one-legged gray pants on dot
pile in de corner!"
In few minutes Jacob returned and
reported that the last pair had been
sold.
Meanwhile the partner next door who
had been listening through the thin
partition mapped out plan of cam
paign against the one.legsed cripple.
''Yohn," he whispered to an attendant,
''cut me of de leg Of one Of dem gray
pants. Send him up quick.'
By the time this had been done the
soldier had hobbled out Of the first
store only to be inveigled into the Sec
ond. Again he went through the in
spection of odds and ends, and again
demanded one legged trousers, intimat-
ing that he didn't believe the trader had
them.
''Not haf one legged pants! Fadder
Moses vat you takes me fort Yohn, bring
me one of them one-legged gray pants
in dot pile in de back of de shtore.''
The newly altered trousers were pro-
duced, and the waggish soldier gave
himself up as lost. But as he spread
them before him he became conscious,
as did the dealer, Of something wrong.
"Mein Gott! Fadder Abraham! John!
you haf ruined me! You haf cut off de
wrong leg!''
This was probably the same dealer
who was recently called upon by a
young man for coat. A fit was made
in due time, and then came the hagsling
about the price. First twenty dollars
was fixed, then the clothier abated dol
lar after dollar, fighting his way inch by
inch, until at length he had offered the
coat for eight dollars.
''Do you think I'm made of monev?"
asked the young man Indignantly as he
turned to depart.
''Say! you come pack! sell you dot
coat OF it cost me leg. Vot you gif
for him, say now p
''I'n give you two dollars!'
''Two dollars! Wy, de buttons is
more wort as dat +! Sphlit de difrance--
make it twenty shillings!''
mo, I'll give you two dollars!''
''Vell, take him. 1t was a pooty
coat: You gif me two and a quarter,
eh?''
Producing the two dollars, the young
man moved away with his purchase;
but as he reached the door he heard
the dealer exclaim, with uplifted hands:
Scott help me! only make one
dollar on dot coat"
Another of the Chatham street deal.
ers had what he called army brogans
and cavalry boots. An ex-soldier pur.
chased pair of the latter one rainv
day, but returned to the store within a
few minutes. complaining that the soles
were of pasteboard and had already
soaked to pulp.
''Vot you vas done nit dem boots :"
asked the dealer.
"Why, I walked two or three blocks?''
''Valk! You walk in dem boots! w.
dem was cavalry boots!''
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N. F. KRAEz, of Dakota Co.
J. ED. DoueHTY, of Wabashaw Co.
w. E. BoNN1wELL, of Mcleod Co.
3. J. HoDasoE, of Goodhue Co.
HENRY WEYHE, of Brown Co.
MATTHIAS 1LrIs, of Carver Co.
N. DoRAN, of LeSueur Co.
J. c. Morrow, of Rice Co.
J. L. MACDONALD, of Scott Co.
J. B. QUINN, of Rice Co.
and Liberal Republican Congress
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- eiitet;lglsI Inl,s3snsa 3 :.

Nathan >Issacsonyhasbeen arrested st
Chicago, charged With firing the build;
ing that caused athe great fire Of last
week. Testimony taken goes to Show
that he oaefed'A peddler named Wofson
$1QQ $1t q To- The fe Hat eha rh.ds .asl ospce
attemptedato do it. himself but vss un.
successful; and then: 'boasted lie sopll,
have better success next. t.atAne.,lsc;T The
hearing Of the case, Was postponed. till
Wednesday Of, this week.
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Politics i'm the Granxe.

IN anOther column we PRINT certain
resolutions of Fountain Brook Grange
on the subject Of this article. We print
them because it is intimated in the reso-
lutions that some man or men favor po-
litical discussion in the oranges. We
confess that we have never seen or heard
of a man or woman who was in favor of
violating the constitution by discussing
political questions in the grange, but we
take it that Fountain Brook Grange has,
.and therefore print their resolutions.
The great question as we understand
it is, what are, and what are not, politi.
cal questions s. This question being de-
termined all are, or should be, agreed to
exclude the former. But it is very diff
ticult thing to fix the line Of demarka-
tion. A question that was political last
year may not be this year, or one that
is political this year may not be next.
There was time when the question Of
slavery was the greatest political ques-
tion before the people, but to day no
grange would be considered as violating
the rule by discussing the question Of
slavery, or favoring its abolition in
Cuba and South America. There was a
time when the question of tariff was
political question but it is not now. The
great political parties are no longer d.
>vided on this question. Democrats and
Republicans are alike found on both
sides of it, and so Of hundred others
that we might point out.
But there are many othe rs that it i
mot so easy to determine. For instance
we are told by some that it is not prop-
er to discuss and denounce the taking
and keeping of the salary grab. We
think otherwise. Some will think that
the currency question should not be
discussed, because it is POLITICAL; others
will think differently; and so we might
go on.
How, then, are we to determine
whether question is or is not within
the prohibition! Without undertaking
to fully answer this question we will say
that it will be found q safe rule to ex-
clude every question that is calculated
to stir up strife and bad feeling, and to
destroy the harmony Of the Grange.
Whenever any question arises that
sthreatens to destroy the unity and good
feeling Of the Grange, let it be instantly
expelled. No matter how imports tant it
may be, it is of a thousand times more
Importance that peace and fraternal re.
.lations should be maintained.
Political and religious questions are
forbidden simply because they are apt
ito engender strife and bad feeling. Any
question that will produce the same re.
suit is within the spirit Of the constitu.
tional provision. we are 80 disposed
we shall IS able to find plenty Of sub.
:.jects TO discuss that will b 5edifyinr
and instructive without st the same
time ,tendeng TO produce ~rang-
The Grange advance., 1874-07-22

DEATHS take place, the world over, It,
the rate of one every three seconds, and
births # tho rate, of one every two 6ec-
ohds: There is ! sense Of profound 1e.
lief In the thought that every time a
man goes out Of the world, = baby
and half are coming into it.
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JEsk1ss told his SOD, who proposed to
buy = Gov n partnership, to 30 sure and
bay tls ;1lil6da1ll - ite At nothing
snd 8iyss all the milk. 3. :
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THE OWATONNA CONVENTION.

The attention Of all thoughtful men
has been arrested by the action of the
Republican Convention at Owatonna on
the 18th inst, in nominating the Hon.
Mark H. Dunnell as the Republican
candidate for Congress from the First
District. We had supposed there was not
a man in the district, however humble
and unknown, who had not better
chance for that nomination than Mr..
Dunnell. We believed firmly that no
man who was tainted with the salary
grab, or had ever touched one of the un-
holy, Judas Iscariot pieces of silver Civ
en- by that infamous measure could ever
get vote in any convention for any
office whatever. And yet already,
while the storm Of indignation aroused
by the measure has scarcely begun
to lull, here is man who
publicly proclaims that he was illegally,
constitutionally and morally author
lied" to take and keep the back pay
money for which he had given neither
labor nor time, and who says that if he
had given it back, II should have con-
sidered that I was guilty Of an act of
degradation from which I recoil." This
man is nominated as the candidate Of
the Republican party of the First Con-
gressional District Of our own State.
We can neither express our surprise
or our grief. 1t would seem that what
the people denounce by their voices one
day, they will sustain by their votes
the next. Is it possible that after all
we have heard against this back pay
steal, that nevertheless the people
are going to send the salary grabbers
all back to Congresse If SO, we confess
there is but little hope for reform, and
the outlook is gloomy.
We cannot yet believe that the peo-
pie of the first district have made this
nomination. 1t surely must have been
the work Of the politicians-the men
who have shared in the spoils. But
even if this be so, why have the people
permitted it? Are they so dead to
their own interests that they still al
low themselves to be run. and voted by
wire pullers and tricksters! If yea,
then let us hear no more about the peo-
pie being down.trodden and oppressed.
Let us hear no more abou tunjust and par
tial legislation or political corruption,
for if the people will make no effort to
prevent it they are not worthy of any.
thing better. ''Who would be free,
himself must strike the blow
But if the people of that district have
been negligent to their own interests we
still hope that they will now have their
eyes opened and that they will instant
ly arise and grid themselves for the
fight. Place in nomination some man
whose skirts are clean, whose character
is bed rock, and whose integrity is un-
impeachable, and then turn out and
support him to man. This is no
question of politics or political parties.
1t is question of principle, and of vital
Importance, and one upon which the
oranges have spoken both inside and
outside of the grange. We cannot be-
lieve that they are ready to swallow
their own denunciations, and the man
they have denounced. If not, let them
see to it that no salary grabber shall
again darken the doors of Congress
from the first district of Minnesota.
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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-07-31
THE LOCATION OF IRON WORKS.

The iron interest of this country is turn
ing it's attention to correcting the mistakes
which have been made, for want of fore
sight in not locating iron works in proximl-
ty to the ore and coal.So plainly is this ap-
parent, that the Swift Iron and Steel works
an immense establishment located at New
port, opposite Cincinnati, is about to re-
move to West Virginia, to be nearer the
coal and iron both. The citizens of
Charleston, Kanawha county, W. Va, have
hold meeting and resolved to subscribe
5000, 900 to the company's stock to induce
it to locate there. 1t is in the recognition
of this necessity in the location of works.
that we have great hopes for Staunton,
and it's vicinity There is no place that we
know of that gives the same advantages
for iron furnaces that Staunton does. This
point enjoys the inestimable one of com
petition to reduce coal ore and expectation.
The Valley Railroad brings coal from the
Cumberland fields to this point, and tie
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad brings it
from West Virginia. The Valley Railroad
will bring ore from along it's line and the
Chesapeake and Ohio from along it's line.
This is the point of meeting, for both and
the freights must get to the lowest point
from competition. All around this locali-
ty is the lime stone for iuxing. And when
the iron is made, we have competition to
the West and South, and to the North and
East bringing low freights in its exporta-
ton. The case of the Swift Iron Works
is a good illustration. If they move to
West Virginia, though in the midst of the
coal fields, they have no competition to
cheaper ore. Let them try Staunton.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-07-31

John FL. Miller, formerly of Greenbrie1
county, W. v, was killed in Colorado Ter.
ritory, July Sth, by being thrown from a
wagon.
j. II. Flood, of Lynchburg, Va, Presi-
dent of the Miller Orphan Asylem. had a
final settlement with the Miller heirs on
Saturday, receiving from them $3.50 900.
making $430, 900 in all from this source.
e. R. Taylor, postal clerk on the route
from Lynchburg to Washington, was con-
victed in Alexandria ON Saturday of rob
bling the United States mail there.
A convention of the general agents of
life insurance companies doing business in
the South will be held at the Bath Alum
Springs, Va, on Wednesday, August 10.
Col. VIM. I. TONNES has retired from
the editorial chair of the Roanoke VAL
ley, and is succeeded by VIM. TONNES, Jr.
Miss Mary T. Doniphan, teacher in the
Lynchburg public schools, and daughter
OF Rev. Alex. Doniphan, died last week.
The Democrats of Alabama have nomi-
mated George s. Houston for Governor
equivalent to an election.
Rosalie Poe, the sister of Edgar A. Poe.
died at the Church Home in Washington.
Wednesday.
The horses and carriage of Stowell
Virginia, M. c., were levied on at Burkes-
vile Monday for debt. ~.
Ex-Gov. jenkins, of Ga, has been chosen
umpire by the Virginia and Maryland
boundary Commissioners.
A convention has been called in Bots.
tourt at next court to send delegates to the
Valley Railroad Convention at Staunton
Maj. ]. B. Golladay, well known cits.
zen of Woodstock, Va, is dead.
Gov. Kemper has appointed F. N. Reed
county Judge of Charlotte. |
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-07-31
Rev ALP. Green. D. D. a promi,

Rev. A. L. P. Green, D. D., prominent
member of the M. E. Church, South, and
the treasurer Of the Vanderbilt Universe
ty. died at the residence of his son-in-law
in Nashville, Tennessee, on the 18th in
slant, in the 9th year of his age. He was
a member of the late General Conference.
The Harrisonburg (Va.) Common
wealth" says Samuel Jones, colored, died
in Rockingham recently, aged one hun
bred and thirty three years old, and pos
sessed Of considerable intelligence.
The colored walters at the Montgomery
White Sulphur Springs struck Friday, be-
cause John Sale was discharged. The
guests volunteered to wait on themselves
until the places of the strikers were filled.
The Charlottesville (Va.) "Chroniclen
notes the passage through there of a fami-
" going back from Clarksburg, W. Va, to
their old home in Culpeper.
Rockbridge has just turned over $751;
900 of her bonds to the Valley Railroad
Company, making $4,000 Sc far.
Gwin Maynard, formerly of Richmond,
Va, was killed in San Francisco, Califor-
MIA, July 4th, while exhibiting his horse
manship to his father and mother.
Col. r. S. Means, a well known citizen
of Montgomery county, Va, is dead.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-07-31
THE CONGRESSIONAL SKIRMZSH
IN VIRGINIA.

Ih'.5 Congressional fight in Richmond
.as quite hot. Ex-Gov. Walker was outfor
the nomination in card with some 1900
signatures, and Col. John Fl. Guy, who
seems to have been rendered the candi-
dacy by some thirty OF forty gentlemen of
standing, also announced that he would
be candidate if nominated. The fight
seems to have given rise to some newspa-
per complications, of which the Richmond
correspondent of the Petersburg Neacs
says:
Mr.. N. B. Meade, editor of the Whig,
left the city this morning for the noun
tains. 1t is understood that he will be
absent for some weeks. There are rumors
that the truce made between the Whig and
Enquirer was entered into without the APP
proval of the proprietor of the former pa
per, and that it is probable Mr.. A. M:
Mosely will return to the editorial chair OF
the Wing for portion of the time OF the
congressional campaign.
On Tuesday the primary election in
Richmond resulted in favor of Walker,
which secures him the nomination.
In the Lynchburg district the discussion
commenced at the historic Appomattox
Court House on Thursday between White
head, the present incumbent, and Maj.
John W. Daniel an eloquent and able man
whe wants the place. WAitehead's
course in the salary grab was aired. The
Petersburg Neecs says the card of Hon.
John 7. Harris is "a card that is card, !"
| and adds:
Every other present member of Con-
gress has initiated the high example Of
| Mr.. Harris, except Captain Whitehead,
| who proceeds to entirely disregard the
F recommendations Of the Central Commit
| tee and the discipline of his party Could
he not, ike Harris, give as good 'san &C
count Of his stewardship" after the nomi-
nation as before2
The following represents the counties
entitled to vote in the Staunton dis
| triot convention