The Grange advance., 1874-12-01
MINNESOTA news ITEMS,

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C1T11zESs |. Of Sterling, Blue Earth
county, are agitatingI the question Of
building a cheese factory.
< = JAMES IsHERWooD of jackson has been
tried, found guilty and fined 500 and
costs for setting d prairie fire.. 9. H.. @ss. @s w. u.
The new bridge over The Buffalo
river at Georgetown will be 800 feet
span and pile. and the grade work 600
cubic yards. -a.,
The charge is made that the school
fund of Pine county has been appro-
priated to other uses ahan school pur-
poses. r.~~ ."t
AND now FaribauIr is talking cotton
mill.
A WATCH factory at Caledonia is
talked Of.
A LODGE of Daughters of. Rebecca
has been organized at Pennington.
Coz. n. A. GEsSEE and family Of Lake
City will spend the winter in New York
city. = .1a -.
TIE LIE Sueur Se32iii2e1 says the pop.
ulation Of Le Sueur county is about
$4,000.
DEER hunters from the interior Of
the State who have been up north, re-,
port game very scarce. ....
The Catholic church at, Rochester
has received it's new bell, weighing 1900
pounds and costing 800.
THE Red River Star is authorized to
state that the rulnors ahoat to the
effect that the employees Of the North
ern Pacific at Bismarck and Fargo are
''short,'' are utterly false.
CLARK, of the Northern Pacific MIR
ror, predicts that Fargo will have pop
ulation Of 5000 within three years.
The G. A. Rs Of Hokah propose a
reunion Of the soldiers of Houston
county, to wind up with a ball: ;Decem-
Der 24th.
SOME fifteen OF twenty young men Of
Winona have organized a Philomathean
society, and will hold weekly reunions
during the winter months.
STATE exchanges generally report an
advance in wheat and more liberal re-
ceipts. The great bulk Of the offerings
however, arc taken by' millers. ''
TIE committee Of the Wisconsin
Norwegian Synod at St.. Peter will pur-
chase s. 900 worth Of wheat for distri.
button to the frontier grasshopper suf-
ferers.
FARn1NcToN has been imposed upon
by temperance lecturer who, upon
the conclusion Of his lecture, straight
way proceeded to saloon and s'took
something for his stomach's sake.
Mr.. E. SwEpEBAcu of Delano, who
started for Sweden a couple of weeks
since, was killed by the cars, while at
Harrisburg, Pa. His body was identi.
fed by check in his possession, on
! Minneapolis bank.
THE trustees of Carlton College,
Northfield, have purchased the Secome
property adjoining their present
grounds, thus giving them grounds
more extended and much better pros.
poets. s'
The surveying corps Of the Central
Railroad have been making preliminary
examinations with the view Of connect
ing with the Central of Icwa--a project
which will certainly be accomplished
early in the spring., 49," = ''''
The members of Co. D. Ninth Min
nesota Regiment, will hold reunion at
Nutter's Hanin St, Peter on the even
ing of the 18th of December, being the
tenth anniversary Of the battle of
Nashville. All soldiers are invited to
attend. ..-.-.a ,. Il
THr milling capacity of Rice county
is now So run OF stone, divided between
seven firms, and an elevator capacity Of
246,00O bushels. This is a larger milling
capacity than any couEtyin the State
outside of Hennepin. .,.s .,.,,...sr 49,.
4 TEE soliciting committee for aid for
the frontier grasshopper sufferers, at
Hastings one day last week, secured
one hundred barrels of -four and $10O
worth of dry goods, and were sanguine
/ Of raising another car load Of proyis-
! ions before ending the canvass. ~
Rev. L. II. HUMAsoN,hof Rock Dell,
= Olmsted sconnty y,reached his 80th. year
on the 18th instant and preached aser.
mon on MS anniversary. He was the
recipient Of numerous gifts from his
trends and neighbors: 5ss : ! .S.s..4
TIE home of Capt l. NJ. Thomson of
Detroit, together with some fifty bush.
els of -four, his winters stock Of provis.
ions, and most of his household goods