The Grange advance., 1874-09-16

PAUL AND RED MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER

!. MINNESOTA. WED
Arkansas, the Littl. Rcc< Convention
unanimously nominated Hon. A. H. Gar
land, OF Pulaski. The Michigan Demo-
Gratis have nominated Henry Chamberlain,
0: Beriian, for Governor. .. In the Sixth
Missouri District Convention Thrasher has
been nominated and H. E. Havens
squelched on account Of the salary gra0
Washington Heising, son Of A. c. Heising,
of the Chicago Stats Zeitung, declines to
run for Congress because he
lacks the necessary age and funds.
The Nationa! Pork Packers Convention
at Louisville adjourned after deciding that
barrel Of mess pork should contain 100
pounds instead Of 1876 pounds as hereto
fore. 49,. : The prisoners confined in the
county Jail at Toledo, o., to the number Of
&c, made bold strike for liberty yester-
day. Having effected an entrance to the
main stair way and hall Of the prison, they
watched until the door was opened to
admit the prison physician, when they
rushed for the street, and all escaped.
About 20 have already been retaken. A
similar attempt was made by the inmates
of the city prison, but was discovered in
time to prevent its being successful. -.
Extensive bush fires are reported
from New Jersey and the vicinity of Otta-
wa, Ont. An immense amout OF property
has been destroyed. The former is now
under control.
SATURDAY, Sept. IL --Marshal Bazaine
has written a long letter to the New York
Herald, defending himself and attacking
MacMahon wi h considerable lnalignity.
The international law association,
which has been in session this week at
Geneva, closed its proceedings yesterda
with public meeting at which over 5000
people were present. The meeting was
addressed by David Dudley Field of New
York, Henry Richards, and Father Hya-
cinthe.. All apprehensions of second
year OF famine in India are ended. AT
the Beacon Park races, Boston, yesterday,
Bed Cloud won the first heat, time 2:22
3-4; Gioster the the second, time 2:l9 IL
and Nellie the three last heats and the
race, time 2.ls, 2:l9 34 and 2:22 H..
Moulton's promised supplementary state
ment appeared in the New York Graphic
yesterday. 1t adds very little testimony
ofvalue to the case, contains numerous
letters from Beecher, and the concluding
portions relate to the accusations against
the PIym ,uth pastor said 70 have been put
forth bv Bowen, and are
of a grossly indecent char
acter. In the U. S. Circuit Court at
Philadelphia yesterday bill in equity was
presented in behalf Of Jay Cooke, McCul-
loch & Co., London, and N. G. Taylor &
Co., an assignee of Jay Cooke & Co., claim
ing balance of 22,e7s. pounds due the
London house under letters Of credit. . A
new line of steamships or the Pacific ocean
to run exclusively in the interests of the
railroads and their European connections,
is projecte /. IA terrific collision occurred
yesterday morning on the Gres Eastern
railway near Norwich, England. Twenty
persons were killed outright, and fifty
wounded, some badly. The railroad line
:s completely blocked ty debris of the
wrecked trains. IT,. Senator Carl Schurz
addressed the Peoples Party ratification
meeting at St. Louis last night. He gives
the Peoples ticket his support. The
Kansas State Temperance Convention at
Learenworth yesterday nominated D. C.
Haskell for Governor. The September
returns Of the Department Of Agriculture
show very heavy decline in the pros-
poets of the cotton crop in all the states ex-
cept Virginia. AT Fort Wayne, Ind, yes
terday, Sleepy George won the pacing race
in 2:29 l-2. Cleaner, the horse injured by
collision day before yesterday, died yes
terday. He was valued at $4,000. ..
Taylor's gin house and mill, near Como.
Miss, together with lot # cotton, was
burned yesterday by spark from a gin
saw. Loss $4,000 no insurance. A
large quantity Of arms have been seized in
New Orleans by the police.
MONDAY, Sept. A.-A Madrid dispatch
says 5000 troops leave Spain for Cuba the
present manth, and s, 900 in October. ..
The masons, bricklayers, hod carriers and
helpers in Jersey City, Bergen, Hudson
City and Hoboken, have abandoned the
eight hour rule and it is announced that
all arc working ten hours q day without