The Grange advance., 1874-09-09

yesterday retained as counsel for Beecher
in the suit of Tilton. -. D onaldson's large
balloon, with six reporters on board, passed
over Philadelphia southeast into New Jer-
sey at 5:l5 P. NJ. yesterday. 1t was an
chored at Waterford, N. j., for the night.
....A large building belonging to the
Clark Thread Company, at Newark, N. j.,
was burned yesterday; loss S57 ,0eO...
The first of the new U. S. iron sloops of
war was launched yesterday at Chester, Pa
.... The third season of the Louisville (Ky.(
Industrial Exposition opened last evening
with an attendance of 5000 people. -.
The Governor of Louisiana has called ont
an extra regiment of State militia, to be
composed Of picked white men. ...Work
has been resumed in all the Pennsylvania
colleries -. The Peoples Party held rat.
tcation meeting in New Orleans laat night:
in front Of the Varieties Theatre Two
thousand persons were present. IA new
kind Of epizootic has broken out with great
George Cricket Club Of New York beat
badly the Montreal Club at New York yes
terday.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 3.-rhe Peoples
State Convention of Missouri met at Jeffer-
son City yesterday WIN. Gentry was
nominated for Governor. The platform
deals only with local politics. -. The dis
patches this morning confirm Poland's
defeat in Vermont, and state that the Re-
publicans have elected their S ate officers
by about the usual maIorities. o. The Ne
braska Republican State Convention met
yesterday at Lincoln, and spent the day in
squabbling. u. Rev. Dr.. Leonard Bacon
has contributed paper to the lnde-
pendent on the Brooklyn scandal. He
abuses Tilto,l and Moulton, but does not
acquit Beecher. A railroad convention,
under call of the Peoples Freight Railroad
Company of Pennsylvania, issued upon
| a circular of the New York Cheap Trans
portation Association met in Mount Ver-
non, Ohio, yesterday. The object of the
| convention was to perfect an organization
in each OF the States of New jersey, Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Indiana and illinois. to
| push forward the survey of the lest line
tor the construction Of a cheap freight rail-
way between the Atlantic seaboard and
the Mississippi River. . i. . Goldsmith Maid
beat her best time at Mystic Park, Boston,
yesterday, and trotted mile in 2:l4 for a
premium OF 81, 500, amid great en- enthusiasm.
80. People are fleeing from the villages at
the foot Of Mount Etna, as the eruption
shows no signs of abatement. -. The Mar
quis Of Ripon has resigned his position OF
Grand Master of Freemasons, and will be
succeeded al interim by the Prince of
Wales. -Four hundred Mormon recruits
sailed from Liverpool, bound for Salt Lake
City. The civil guards over Bazaiue,
who were arrested at Ste. Marguerite on
the charge of conniving at his escape, have
been released. The sale Of ten Bona
partist journals, all published in the
French provinces, has been prohibited by
order Of the French Minister of the Inter-
ior. .... Ar explosion occurred yesterday
in coal mine at naur in Belgium. It is
feared that but lew Of the miners who
were at work at the time can be saved i. &. =.
Senor Raseon, Spanish Minister at Berlin,
delivered his credentials to the Emperor
William yesterday. Two hundred men
of the Manitoba mounted police force have
deserted, many taking their horses with
them. This so weakens the force that il
will probably be obliged to return to Fort
Garry without expelling foreign traders
from their entrenched positions on the
Saskatchewan. ...T The National Associa
ton of Insurance Commissioners met al
Detroit, Mich, yesterday. -. AT the open.
ing Of the Cincinnati Industrial Expositicr
yesterday, the military parade was viewed
by lO0,Q 600 people. Business was gener
orally suspended and fine review, FIRE
works, etc., were given. .. The Bishop O
Yucatan has issued an order excommuni
eating all Catholics who contract civ
marriages. Australia advices state that
July 18th, near Bird Island, the America,
) bark Sierra Nevada and brig George H
} Peck collided, and the latter sunk imme
diateiy. The officers and crew were saved
80. The boiler in Shippers stave mill a
Meadville, Pa. exploded yesterday mornin
Philip Utick, aged As, was instantly kille
:.'. several other persons injured. Th
mill was completely demolished, and th