The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-25
The weather is warm and dry and
the ground badly baked. ? ~

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Wheat is eighty cents in store and
lightweight cents on the street to-day.
Money is scarce and the borrowers
more numerous than the lenders in this
County, at present.
W. A. Orser, E.. F. Grow and VIM.
Brownson have filed soldiers claims on
lands in Stevens county.
"Spring Chickens " is what one of
our restaurant keepers calls it.. He
does not pay any liquor license though.
Mr.. C. N. Sanders of Goodhue town
ship has set out four thousand and if
ty-seven trees on his farm this spring.
The Turner's enjoyed little music
and dancing, and presentation of flags
for the new Opera House at their Hall
last evening.
Prof. Jabez Brooks, DID,, and family
will move into their residence in this
city at an early day and reside here,
during the summer.
Those beautiful sets of silver ware,
silver spoons, napkin rings, &C., at N.
P. Peterson's must be sold to close out
the stock.
The Red Wing Grange will take tea
at their rooms to morrow, Wednesday,
evening. at six p. m. All resident Pa
irons are invited.
Read the new advertisement of Haw-
kins & Conner, in another column.
This firm is in shape to do the liberal
thing by their customers. Try them.
If you need clock and want to get
one which is both good and cheap, buy
one of N. P. Peterson during this clos
ing out sale.
The Red Wing Temple of Honor have
rented the new hall in Post Office Block
and will occupy the same jointly with
the Good Templar Lodge. This will be
one Of the finest halls in the city.
The saloons were open as usual on
Sunday. There is more drunkenness
in Red Wing than has been witnessed
here for years before. That is because
it is hard times
A watch is something that every man
and woman ought to have, and the way
to economize is to get one of N. P. Pc
terson before he closes out his stock.
j. B. Lambert, music dealer of Hast
ings, advertises the celebrated Estey
Organs sheet music, music books, &c.,
in another column. Any one wishing
anything in his line will do we'll to read
his advertisements, and profit thereby.
j. W. Steel who is quite notorious III
all this region, as the lawyer who had
abandoned the law for the ministry,
called on US Monday. He is spiritually
inclined but has no design on the minis
try at present.
Let all dwellers in Red Wing read
the short sermon on cows in another
column. Like all good sermons it has
a good scriptural text, and is entirely
orthodox, sound and practical, but un-
like many sermons there is nothing dry
about it.
Mr.. Henry Armenian, of Pine Island,
together with L. G. Smith and other
gentlemen Of this city, left this city this
afternoon for Morris, Stevens county,
with the laudable object of seeing the
country and making investments.
A petition was circulated the latter
part of last week, and quite numerous
~ signed by business men, asking the
city council to enforce the laws of the
land against saloon keepers, and to
raise rather than lower the liquor IL
cense. The petition was respectfully
received, but on account of the absence
OF one member of the Council action
was deferred until next Saturday even
ing.
Mr.. N. P. Peterson, who has stood
very high in this city as watch and
clock maker, and jeweler for many years
past, has decided, as we noticed a few
| weeks since, to retire from business, for
the present at least, on account of his
poor health, and to that end is still SELL
ing out his large stock Of jewelry, clocks,
Watches &c., at greatly ro1uood nr;ooo,