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THE NATIONAL GRANGE.

The National Grange of the Patrons of
Husbandry has been in session in st. Louis
since Tuesday of last week, and will probably
adjourn to-day. The business before the
body was enough TO occupy several weeks,
but had to be hurried, rs few of the members
could spare the time to remain longer. Most
of the proceedings were secret
The Master of Iowa stated that the order in
that state had purchased the patents of the
Werner Harvester, and offered its use 10 the
other states.
y petition Of the Changers of Canada was
presented asking for Il dispcnSation TO get the
9th and It'll degree and to establish "a Domin.
ion Grange which is understood to- have been
granted
! Charleston, =. c., was selected for the place
oil meeting Tor the next annual Grange.
On Thursday declaration OF principles
was adopted, which is thus cptomized by the
Chicago Tribune:
\ declaration OF purposes End pripciplc.
was unanimously adopted by the National
Grange yesterday. They mean TO cooucrotr
tor their mutual advancement in every way
morally, socially, and induStriallv As they
THEORETICALLY put il, they propose 10 meet IN
| gCthcr talk together, work togcthcr Inn, Ia
gcthci, sell together, act togcthcr-in Short
do about everything together, ,yccnt vo,,
together Ncry sensibly, every Patton Il lief,
free 10 act with any party that he thinks viii
I best carry out ms political ideas. They TAX,
pains 10 ,lisuwn anything Ike hostility ia m,
lmiddlcmen or TO RAILROADS, hut they will no
have surplus of the former nor submit I,
} any monopoly by the latter. There is plc,
Tor education of practical sort in agriculu
raj colleges. The women of the country AN,
their friends have not failed to notice tina; We
8 men have taken part in the deliberations an,
the committee work a. the urangc, and IN
declaration closes with a pledge that la
more promise in IL for the rights of woma
= than any other thing that has been said q
done in her behalf in America. This wi
T not be considered cN,ravagant when II i r
mcmbered that the Grange, which thus Il,
mits women into membership and position
and binds Itself to inculcatc "a proper appr
citation of her sphere and abilities, has Il In
, ger constituency than any other nonpolitic'
{ organization in the country.
How rapidly the organization of the farm
ers is proceeding may h. learned from III
, January circular OF the National Chang
f Since the middle at December there was a
, increase OF $50 Grangc,, and the whol
/, number !, now oycr 1900. The largc
increase took place in the former slave state
where I'D new Oranges were formed, again,
$50 in the western states. The nation,
membership of The .ran-., now number
.,S0O09
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-14
THE OHIO WHISKY WAR.

The prayer movement against the rumseil
ers in Ohio, Of which we gave some account
in our last, is kept up with unabated vigor
After closing all the saloons in Washington,
lIillsbOro and dozen of other smaller towns
movement was made on Ripley. Every sa
loon was visited by "a band of from % to 100
ladies every few hours for three days in sue
cession. On Saturday evening there was a
mass meeting, in the midst OF which the ladies
sailed out and again visited all the saloons,
returning in couple of hours to the meeting,
which meantime was continued. They re-
ported all the saloons closed, and the most
perfect order in the street On Monday half
Il dozen of the 90 saloons in the place ven,ured
to reopen, but being again promptly visited
by the ladies' they surrendered, and next day
a despatch from Ripley says;
The liquor traffic is subdued IN this town,
and the ladies are now attending 10 the sub
urban villages with flattering success. Al
though they have the assurance of those sa-
looms that their business shall stop immedi-
ately, they continue their labors until given
perfectly satisfactory evidence of their SINGER
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suspect man of breaking his promise. All
denominations lovingly unite in this move
on 4 common footing. \ pledge is circulated
and signed by nearly all our doctors, binding
them To prescribe liquor only in cases of alb
Solutc necessity. Mass meetings held every
night.
Having succeeded 81 well in Ripley, which
was town vi larger class than had hitherto
J k.,r ,..,fl.l L.. -.
felt encouraged 10 try still larger towns, and
u determined movement has been naug urat
ed in Springfield. \ despatch ON the 10Th
says:
After Il long season of prayer, and every
effort in the way of public meetings rcsolu
tions, and speeches, the women made an ag
gressivc advance to-day. At the close of the
| usual morning prayer meeting company OF
twenty-five ladies' went TO several of the lead
| ng saloons, intending To present pledge and
|, lnuucc keepers 10 consent Ia quit the business
$ With one exception, the doors of every saloon
a visited were locked against them, ana admit
r lance refused. Religious exercises were held
/ outside, however. the party remaining about
p twenty minutes In each place. At the Bark
!. beer Saloon, Kept wv Mr.. Johnson. the party
D, entered and engaged in back room in sing
E, ing and praying while a crowd of men occu
T. pied the front room drinking beer and rdi
Il culinS them, the ringleader being Jew
cloNhlnS dealer, having 4 store near. Not n
, all di>hcarcncd, the party drew of abou
noon, intending 20 resume tomorrow whei
c an all.day meeting will be held The keepe
;. of Que saloon visited publishes card To
n night, warning Tie ladies not to trespass upon
his premises again. An immense meet
ing i, in progress Tonight at one of IN,
u churches and DIR. II. II. Seys is making
;, good address Mother Stewart and Mrs Banc
{ the lecturers, led the advance guard to-day
l Everybody is on the qvi ,ics Tor tomorrow
IS operations, IN expectation Of witnes>in.
something interesting: and lhi, bcin. iht
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-14

ing bishop in place of Bishop Armitage,
deceased, adjourned on Thursday without hav-
ing accomplished the object for which it
met, After stormy debate on Thursday the
convention proceeded to vote and on the 4th
ballot DR.. DeKoven, of Racine, was declared
elected by the vote Of the clergy by two
majority, the vote standing 80 for DcKoven
and 80 for the Rev. Eugene A. Hoffman, of
Philadelphia. But it was necessary that the
vote of the clergy should be confirmed by a
vote of the lay delegates present, and when
these took ballot, the result was Is for DR.
DeKoven to 80 against him. The convention
believing that any further ballotng would be
useless, thereupon adjourned sine de The
question will again come up at tie regular
meeting IN June.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-14

first large town or city to test the plan of ac-
ton the movement just commenced has a
bearing OF special importance upon the gen
cral movement.
If the movement meets with reasonable sue
cess in Springfield then Columbus, Toledo
and even Cincinnati will be assaulted.
DR.. Do Lewis, from whom so much help
in the way of direction and lectures was cx-
pected, has rather got the cold shoulder from
the enthusiasts for demanding $50 a night for
delivering lectures. They want no philan-
thropy of the $50 day sort. The Doctor is
still among them, but has to take a back seat.
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its citizens, unless it be the officers created
by the bill.
Referred TO the railroad committee, which
is the last Of it,
JURY BILL.
The jury bill was taken up in the senate on
"Wednesday and passed. The nam peculi-
arity OF the bill is, that it allows man to sit
on jury, though he may have an opinion of
the case he is to sit on provided he can give
the case an impartial hearing Jurors are
allowed $3.50 per day and 5 cts mile for
travelling fees. The Governor signed the bill
within an hour of its passage, and as it has
the emergency clause it goes into effect i'm.
metliately.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-14

The five California gentlemen constituting
the original corporation known as the Cen.
Tal Pacific Railroad Company, after stealing
from 20 to 40 millions of dollars in the con.
struction of the road, issued and sold, for their
own benefit S54,0O0,0O0 of stock, on which
they declare a semi-annual dividend of per
cent in gold. The last such dividend was
declared month ago. At the same time
the company insists that it is too poor to pay
the interest on the $32 100000 government
bonds which were loaned to il on condition
that it would pay the interest on them. Tn
'ebt the company owes the government %
mis- account now amounts TO $SWO,0OO, ant
IN the race of II, how can the company hon
estly pay dividends on purely fictitioa
stock
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-14

A couple of years ago Mr.. Cady, living
near Earlyille, bought of neighbor a rather
promising looking year Old colt Tor 800
giving his note. Last August this colt, hay
ing shown some trotting qualities, was entered
at the Earlyile races and though without
any previous training showed himself AS a
tro''er quite the equal of the best stock on the
ground a week ago this same colt, that now
goes by the name of Observer" was sold for
$1,000. SO says the Earlville Gazette.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-14

WHAT Is \ DoLLAR;-Thc Chicago THi-
t,,ne says "a dollar consists of 4l2l. grains of
silver or 2j.S grains of gold" 10 which the
Inter.0cedn replies: "The scrap of gold
weighing 25.S grains is no more dollar than
the greenback before il receives the United
States stamp. \ certain number Of grains of
gold arc declared 10 be n dollar Jy lar, aud
by lGto piece of paper known as the green
back is declared TO hold the same relation Ia
commerce as the prescribed number of coined
grains of gold. Both are thus equally In
the estimation of the Iatcr-Oced", dollar,
and of equal intrinsic value
And this is Just where the paper rag numb
skulls make their blunder While the l. :
may, by an arbitrary and unjus; exercise of
power, force value upon the paper dollar
that may give il in certain cases a paying
power equal 10 the gold dollar, that value is
lost the moment the paper dollar passes out
side of the reach of that force But go where
YOU will your gold dollar, or 25-s grains OF
gold have precisely the same value In
Europe, Asia, Africa or North or South
America, the gold dollar maintains its eXac,
relative value 10 every other coin or article Of
commerce as inevitably and certainly a that
biishei OF rice represents certain amour,
Of food. II Is not true therefore, that the gold
and paper dollar are equally Representatives.
OF value. The one is representative, but The
otber-cold-is reql value-is The thing itself.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-14

A Grand Reunion of the soldiers of the
northwest is 10 take place at Sterling, H., on
the Goth inst, which will be Friday of next
week, The following named railroads offer
TO soldiers attending it the reduction of fare
indicated below:
On c. d N. w. Railway, one and one.fiith
fare for round trip, from all points between
Chicago and Fulton
X. X. |. & st. L., same rate from all points
between Rock Island and Sterling
Ill. Central, 80 per cent. discount for round
IMP, from any point on that road to any
roads connecting to reach Sterling Good
from February 10 to 81, inclusive
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-14

Judge McRoberts, at Joliet, on Tuesday
granted an injunction restraining the treas
urer of Will county from paying over to the
state the tax known as the railroad grab tax
1t is the amount OF the state tax levied on that
proportion Of the assessment of prOpety in
Will county for 1873 that exceeds the assess
ment for 1869 The excess thus enioined
amounts to $4,000. The question is VIVA.
will he do with it?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-14

The question is being asked a good deal
lately. what has become al the famous Win
dom committee that went junketing all ove-
the country last summer at the government
expense and proposed, on the meeting OF
congress, 10 throw 80 much light un the
great transportation problem: Where is
their report What j. the great measure
they proposed with such care and which Caly
needed the approval ol congress To solve the
krotiy problem OF cheap trcights and fares
and make everything lnvelys Were their
summer festivities - oXhaustin- that they
have been compelled 90 lay upio recupe-ate>
ana. by The way. how much iii their sum.
mpr'- iams'-s- cp,' Iha people,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-14

The Reformed Episcopal Church has an
other accession to its ministry IN the person
Of the Rev. Edw Dufileld Neil, Presbyte.
rian clergyman, and Provost of Macalaster
College, Minneapolis. The probabilities are
That Macalaster College will follow their able
Provost in the movement.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-14

The Streator NonitOr dominates representa-,
tive Hart of Earlville, as a candidate for
Governor, to succeed Gov. Bcvcridge, and
wants tc know what A. J. Grover has to say
about it. A. j. Grover will probably quote
scripture, as usual, and say, The babble OF
the fool is little worth"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-14

N the Livingston Circuit Court, last week
the wife of John Stark recovered 81 900 dam
ages of Patrick Confrey, saloon keeper, for
selling liquor to her husband, making him
drunk, and then sending him home IN the
middle of a night so cold that Stark lost
both his hands by freezing. ...
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-14

The Executive Committee Of the Illinois
state Grange has appointed Mr. j. S. Frew,
Of Aledo, purchasing agent for this state
His duty will be to negotiate with manuiac-
turers of articles and implements used by
farmers, and to report their lowest figures to
county agents and oranges for their guidance
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-14

AT Brat,elporo, Vermont, in the middle of
January, the sap ran freely and quite large
quantity of maple sugar was made.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-14

TIM Diocesan CONVENTION OF WISCONSIN,
which had been in session a: Milwaukee since
Monday, having met Cor the purpose Of elect
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All subscriptions to be paid in advance.
Remittances may be made through money
order or registered letter.
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CLUBBING. "a

We are prepared to club the FREE TRADER
with the following publications, furnishing
both at the prices named. The offer is open
to old subscribers or new at any post office
10 the county,
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FREr TRADER and Chicago Weekly Times. $500
The Portland daily press., 1874-07-28

Gen. Bristow seems to think there is some
thing yet in the civil service rules, and the
New York Times exhorts him to stick to
them.
The Advertiser says that Mr.. F. N. Dow
will, over his own name, declare that he is
opposed to Mr.. Hamlin's reelection to the
Senate.
Ex-Governor Scott, of South Carolina,
has prepared an address, in which he
shows tina. the bad legislatures, and
not he, were the thieves. He recon-
mends the Republicans to elect one Democrat
to the next legislature in each county. 1t the
last body of lawmakers were as bad as Gov
ernor Scott declares them to be it would be
well to elect all Democrats.
The Boston correspondent of the Hartford
Courant says that Mr.. Dawes's prospects for
the senatorshp have greatly improved OF late.
Several of the active Republican politicians OF
that part of the state, outside the Butter fac
ton, now support him, and others have mod
Grated in their opposition. 1t is thought that
both Judge Hoar and George F. Hoar will,
before long, declare for Mr.. Dawes.
Murat Halstead, editor of the Cincinnati
Commercial, in letter to the London Times,
predicts the adoption of the Canadian reci-
procity treaty at the next session of Con-
gress.
The st. Louis Democrat says that forty
Republican journals in Missouri support the
movement for coalition Of the Changers and
Republicans against the Democrats in the
state canvass.
There are now reported to be upward o.
eighty newspapers in Illinois supporting the
inlependent reform movement.
The Portland daily press., 1874-07-28
The Lobster Trade.

To the Editor Of the Press:
August LIST, the lobster law of this state
goes into effect, when no more Holsters can be
taken and our people must go without them,
unless we go to New Hampshire or Massachu
sets to purchase Heretofore the Montreal
trade alone called for twenty barrels week
from this city. Now we shall lose this bust
ness. just now there are hundreds Of Cada-
dians at the seaside resorts all along our coast,
and one great inducement for them to come
here is the excellence of our shell and other
fish. Already the keepers of these seaside
houses are discussing the question of the source
of a future supply. Many of hese boarders
will 1t stay in Maine if they cannot get
supply of this food, but will go to Massachu-
sets where they will find a supply. Besides,
this season of the year IN hsfifs fUff Fo 1T
cod.
1t must be remembered that the lobster law
was conceived and carried through the legisla-
ture by those who alone are interested in the
canning business, who have intimated over the
signature of MAINE" in the PRESS last Febru-
airy, that they have for years been canning
shrunken Holsters, and now they propose, if
they can have the law to suit them, to continue
in the same business. Could anything be more
selfish? Why, our farmers might with the
same proprietJ demand law that their fowls
should net not be troubled while Matching, but
as soon as the brood is out allow some an imal
to gather them up before leaving the yard.
The law will not prevent the destruction of
Holsters, but simply keep the poor fishermen
from getting them, while the canning estab-
hshments are employed in taking care of the
berries and other seasonable fruits and yege-
tables. The law should be repealed, and the
ten inch law of Massachusetts substituted
which works well, both to save our trade and
give employment to scores of poor men.
PORTLAND
The Portland daily press., 1874-07-28

A LADY's EARTHQUAKE EXPERIMENTAL
writing from Callao, under date of May Z, gives
as follows her first experience of an earthquake
shock: might before last we were having
very restless night; could not get to Sleep
About II o'clock Belle awoke-her big eyes
wide open, and few moments after low, I'M
derground thunder came rolling toward us. H.
sprang up and said earthquake but there was
no need of being informed, for it was unmstak-
able Jumped from my bed AMI cried, %, my
Godp By the time we were fairly up the house
was convulsed with the demohiac shake, had
but one idea in my head; it had told me few
nights before to keep my slippers always by the
bedside. had neglected to do SO, and in the
frenzy of fright | could only cry out, %, where
are my slippers, where are my slippers? b.,
who lay in her little bed quite composed, not
approaching tie danger. told me just where
they were. My hands were cold and clammy,
and was truly beside myself 1 canAot de-
scribe an earthquake in a manner that YOU
could comprehend, They are neither sublime
nor grand, but terrible and Economical This
one lasted about fifteen or sixteen seconds, vet
it aroused sensations that did not get over for
twentvf four hours. All night L was trying to
realize that God had anything to do with a ter
ror so horrible 1t seemed strange to ask Him
to protect me from what seemed to me to be so
foreign to Him. am glad that b. did not COM
prehend it. M. slept through it. The shock
was said to be an unusually sharp one. wish
Mrs. L. could experience one, as she is SO
anxious to do so. think one experience would
satisfy her,"
The Portland daily press., 1874-07-28
Dominion Notes.

The English company, which is working the
copper mines at Grand Menan, are meeting
with success equal to their expectation. They
have quantity ready for shipment.
Grasshoppers have entered the Province of
Manitoba from Minnesota in immense num-
bers. and are destroying the crops with fearful
rapidity. The hopes of plentiful harvest is
utterly destroyed.
President Rowland of the Dominion Board
ofTrsde recently spoke at St. John on the Can
ada First party. The objects of the party or
club are to discuss questions of political char
acter; to cultivate correct knowledge of po-
litical principles; to bring together mem bers
Of different social classes; to take measures to
prevent corruption in politics; to encourage
the circulation of publications consistent with
the principles of the club. AT the close of the
speech, resolutions were adopted favoring the
party Sc a Of sSEG Ja club in ST. John
lilies have sailed from port in Norway to Hal
flax, and may be expected to arrive there about
the end of this month. The men are reported
to be agricultural fishermen" The Domin-
ion immigration agent, DR.. Clay, has commun-
icated with the local government in regard to
the disposition of the immigrants, and the gov
eminent have agreed to provide quarters for
them at Bedford, until they are settled in new
homes
The Portland daily press., 1874-07-28
News and Other Items.

Western ladies have taken to carrying canes.
Ex-senator Pomeroy of Kansas, will be tried
for bribery at Topeka next week.
A. 7. Stewart is crossing the Atlantic fer the
sixteenth time in the Scotia.
A beautiful Circassian who "receives" in a
tent, is one of the attractions of Milwaukee
just now.
The Narragansett hotel keepers have had
meeting and resolved to lower the standard of
board little.
The Sunday newspaper train enterprise
strikes theme favorably out West, and the Chi
cago Tribune sent special train Sunday to
Milwaukee, s. miles distant.
A correspondent of the Minneapolis Tribune
writing of the grasshopper plague estim ates
that some four thousand people will require aid
from now until they can realize on their crops
next year-fully twelve months.
The '.Farnham elm," at Andover, Massa-
chusetts, which has been for two centuries the
admiration of the town, and was one of the
largest elms in the world, was levelled to the
ground by last Thursdays gale.
An inmate of the Erie county IN. " aims
house was searched for stimulants the other
day on his return from leave of absence. The
officer found no liquor, but discovered nearly
$3.50 which the pauper hod boarded and con
cealed in his clothing.
The Amalgamated Society of Engineers, hav-
ing its headquarters in England, is deemed
the greatest and most successful trades union
in the world. 1t began this year with 1881
members and 81, 100000 in the treasury, while
- L
hand
The friends of an Arkansas desperate recent
ly hanged are making it lively, or rather death
ly for the offices of the war. They have
killed the sheriff, are now looking for the
judge, and then propose to attend to the prose
cutting attorney, the jury and the witnesses for
the government.
They have an excellent joke on certain
artist at Long Branch. He came down from
Canada to get sketch of the Presidents cot
tage He was stranger. and, ridiculing the
idea of soliciting information, sketched the
wrong house! He was awfully "cut-up'
when friend volunteered the information.
That was ludicrously sudden descent from
| the sublime TO the ridiculous where a clergy
man preaching on the ministry of Angels
| suddenly observed, 81 hear whisper" Tht
change of tone started one of the deacons, WHIT
sat below, from drowsy mood, and, springins
to his feet, he cried, 'It's the boys in the gal
lery.''
The good old-fashioned recreation Of nine
| pins is destined to lose its charm now that q
| machine has been invented which enables tn,
| players to set up the pins themselves withou
| going down the alley. The pleasure of III,
game is lost without the privilege of knocking
| down the pins, and the boys to be employed tt
''set 'em up again.