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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-29
A GRANGE REFoRM SUGGESTED.

T.
There are now county councils Of the
members of the Order of the Patrons of
Husbandry in most Of the larger counties
of the United States. These council@
are not part of the Order itself; they
are unknown to its constitution; and
hence they are able to do many things
which the Order itself cannot do. And it
is not too much to say that the county
councils have done as much for the adj
vancement of the farmers as the organiza.
ton itself has done; for they are untram-
meled by the limitations and restrictions
placed on the Order itself.
Now why cannot this extra,judicial
system, which has yielded such splendid
results in the several counties, be applied
to the State? Why cannot each county
council elect one or moro delegates to Z
State Council, to be held in midsummer
The Order would not be compromised by
any action this State Council would take /;
they would represent not the Oranges.
but the individual members thereof; and
they would, by the authority of such rep
resentation. speak for the farming class
and for those reforming and progressive
instincts of which the Grange is but an
expression.
They could consider the whole situa.
ton of public affairs; and if, in theil
judgment, there were evils affecting theil
class which could only be corrected al
the ballot box, they could organize po
litical NOV ement to make those seforms
either by nominating ticket themselves
or BY calling upon the industrial classes K
send delegates to State convention Il
nominate ticket.
While the members Of the Grange, q
such, would be under no obligation ia
support such ticket, nevertheless ,
movement SO originating would have grea
claims upon their sympathy and respect
ard would command many THOUSAND
votes. And as soon as political partiei
came to understand that it represented
votes enough to turn the political scale
they would hasten to form alliances Will
| it, and thus the reforms sought for woui,
be achieved.
4We trust leading grangers will discus
this plan and take action to carry it out
if it meets their approval.
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Grauge department.
sswEAR OUT"

sWear out % but never let the rust
OF idleness corrode the trust
Your Maker gave; your part to play
In the great drama OF "TO-day"
Is to deal Justly; aid the weak;
Ever tor right and freedom speak;
Keep burning clear Truths beacon light,
That its soft radience through the night
Be to the lost on life'S bleak moor
Like Bethlehem's star, that shone of yore,
Guiding the shepherds on their way
To where the child-redeemer lay.
ssWear outp' it's notler tar to bear
On breast and brow the marks of care,
Scars of life's conflict, bravely fought,
Patents OF Peerage, fairly bought;
Titles to claim in the fair CLINE
Jfthose who worship Truth sublime;
Fen ii your feet have never trod
The narrow path that leads to God,
Avoid, as death. the scorner's seat,
Nor let his sandals press your feet;
With contrite heart, and fearful eye
Stand still while the elect pass by
"Wear out !" though stern your features
grow,
Though raven locks be turned to SNOW,
On 10 the front nor laggard be,
With sturdy blows comes victory
Shame on the weak, the nerveless band
That cannot grasp Truths shining brand,
That shrinks when from fair freedoms tower
The tocsin sounds the trial hour;
That fails when justice calls, to go
With battle-axe and tbended bow"
And prove, upon his native sod,
His fealty to man and God!
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-29
Let the Granger subscribe fer News
Papers.

Papers.
"John Banks Grange, 7O4, Audrain
county, Me-, has followed the example Of
the Indiana Grange already mentioned,
and subscribed for one agricultural paper
for each family in the Grange, the sub
-seriptions being paid out Of the Grange
funds
We cut the above from one Of our ex-
changes, and fully endorse the wisdom Of
the act. We almost every day meet
with persons who say to us that they feel
greatly the need Of good agricultural
paper; that they have seen copy or two
Of our paper and very much desire to
read it, but are wholly unable to pay for
it at present. Now We respectfully sug-
gest to each Of the Oranges in this State,
that we have no doubt that if each
Grange in the State would place copy
Of The GRANGE in the hands of each
family among their membership that in
less than twelve months they would have
abundant cause to congratulate them.
selves on the wisdom Of their action
Wisconsin Granger.
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MORE SIGNS OF THE BAG STEAL.
A New York telegram to the Philadel-


A New York telegram to the Philadel-
phia Ledger, April 3, says:
The movement to break up the Canal Ring
is getting to be slightly complicated, Senator
Lord, one Of the alleged chiefs Of the ''Ring,"
having obtained the passage OF resolution to
investigate the grain elevator business down
here. The companies who do all that kind Of
business in this harbor have been taken by
surprise, though some Of them aliege that the
proceeding is only designed as a foil to the
Governors movement on the Canal Ring and q
sop to the Produce Exchange, to keep them
quiet.
At all the other exchanges that have any in
terest in the grain trade, the question was
eagerly discussed as to what would be the re-
suit if the Investigation is pushed in earnest.
The grain elevator people are said 10 be mek-
ing Uast sums Of money out Of the boatmen and
the shippers, and there is naturally a strong
desire, therefore, on the part Of those who pay
them tribute to see their profits restricted 10
narrower limits.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-29

The following paragraph. taken from an
editorial article in the Chicago Tribune
Of March oath, is quite in contrast with =
paragraph taken from the same paper just
a month previous. We trust the Irib-
une will 60 on from one improved view to
another until it shall come into the full
understanding Of the objects and benefits
Of this organization
The direct economic and indirect political
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The FAN Of Rain Increased by IRE

Ihe Fail OF KAHN Increased by Trees
George May Powell, in an address be-
fore the American Institute of New York,
said: 1T is also hoped that many resi-
dents Of both Syria and Africa, among
whom we organized movement for the
seed-plauting in those regions. will not
only continue steadfast in their work, but
become enthusiastic in it. Many of the
oldest and most methodical observers OF
events there testify that within the last
quarter of q century the rainfall is be.
coming SO regulated by some cause that
it begins ''earlier" in the autumn aud con.
t!nues slater" in the spring than former.
~. The believe, many Of them, that the
well-known increase Of trees in that time
by planting, to tenfold, has been chiefly
Instrumental in bringing this blessed
change about"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-29
Grange Items.

The Tennessee State Grange has organ
lied a Patrons Mutual Aid Society.
iron the death Of any member Of the So
ciety, each surviving member is to pay
go cents, so cents Of which is to 20 to the
parties representing the deceased MEM
Der. Not more than two thousand men,
bers are to be admitted in one class. Any
member Of the order may become a men,
Der of the society. if in good health. by
paving 81, if under twenty years of age,
or ST for each five years over that age.
s.The Patrons Mutual Benefit Society
of indianapolis has issued its prospec-
tus. The fee for neutrality-suspicious.
must be Patrons between eighteen and
sixty-is s6, with assessments, in case Of
death, ranging from 90 cents to Sl.75,
the heirs Of members receiving 1t their
death sums equal to from 10 cents to
Sl.5O for each member of the class.
Brother H. E. .Mayhex-say that thu
Grange elevator It DelevSn, Mimi, has
during the year handled $1,000 bushels
Of wheat, It saving Of $4,000. Two
other grain elevators will be in operation
this fall.
The Patrons Of Cedar county, Iowa
operate three Grange stores and as6Is in
surance company, carrying risks to tha
amount Of s250.OOO. A co-operativ.
butcher shop and pork-packing nous,
viii be established shortly.
The New York World sayss T1t
things, especially, the Grange does we'll
By promoting the interchange Of expert
ence and oytnion, and By establishing az
riculfuTalii libraries Of reference, it IS do
ine : work the full value Of which to til.
agricultural class and the community Il
large it would Be difficult TO cverrate. Il
| i alse dsinG ! goed usek j. edscatinf
| til fhxmers 81 - - - thensslssI
q: =
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LEXINGTON.

On this green hank, by this soft stream,
We set to-day votive stone,
That memory may their deed redeem
When, like our sires, our sons are gone.
Spirit, that made those heroes dare
To die, and leave their children free,
Bid Time and Nature gently spare
The shaft we raise to them and Thee.
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April's breeze unfurled,
Here, once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world.
The foe long since in silence slept;
Alike the conqueror silent sleeps;
And time the ruined bridge has swept
Down the dark stream which seward creeps.
Emerson
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49, F1Ouc0 M01KOts AM "a
1:46R r. M-Piour dull. Wheat dull: o..
ings light; Shipper bids Diminished So:
no businem yet Corn, old, dull; ~ NJ
O II TIC asked and 75c hid.
~. M-Whest opened and clOoed dun. ~
moderate busine1 being done f. bent -
spgfng q 4l.2O0l ~. a4
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CANAL TO SUPeRIJR.
The Survey for the Sc. CroIx nnd
Lake Superior Canal.
From the Saltwater Gazette.l

FROM the saltwater 32Zette.
1t is we'll known to our readers that by
an act of the Legislature $4,000 was ap-
propriated for the survey Of route for
canal connecting the head waters Of the
St. Croix river with Lake Superior, and
board of commissioners appointed to
superintend the work, consisting Of
Messrs. w. g. Ward, Of Waseca; L. K.
Stannard, Of Taylor's Fallr, and R. II.
Davis, Of this city. This board of COM
missioners met in this city few days
since. but their action was materially re-
tarded and embarrassed by the refusa! Of
one Of their body, Mr.. Ward, to take
part in the deliberations. The following
letter was received by the board:
WAsEcA, Mimi, March Is.
Hon. William McKusick:
DEAR SIR Yours OF the 18th inst. Is re-
ceived. And in reply must decline to nm
dertake the survey, for the reason thatthe ap.
preparation il not sufficient TO defray one-quar-
Ter Of the expenses which would be necessary
to survey, map and estimate the route.
Yours with respect, w. G. WARD.
By mutual consent Of Messrs. Stannard
and Davis, and after consideration they
concluded to proceed to business, deem
ing that, IS they we're two-thirds Of the
commission, their acts would be legal I'M
der the statute.
| The difficulty disposed. o., the most
feasible routes which the extended pio-
neering experience Of the commissioners
suggested we're discussed, maps conned,
and the old settlers who were comc-at.
Able consulted. 1t was finally concluded
that IN examination be made by the com
mission Of
4 THREE ROUTES,
which are = follows:
One by the way Of the St. Croix river,
Upper lake, st. Croix and Brule river,
one by the wsy Of the st. Croix, Nimska
gon and White rivers to Ashland bay
and oEe by the way Of the St. Croix, Ket
tie, and some river leading into Lake So
perior.
This conclusion arrived st the commits
sioners adjourned, previously arranging
few minor details for start upon th,
proposed survey some time between th.
FIST and 10th Of May next.
Chicago Produce Market, Apr1l r.
1915 4 4, q. 8. Stock Yards.-Hoes receiv
ed, estimated, 10, 900; yesterday II .6N. Mar
ket moderately active and prices shade eaeie
On heavy. Bacon grades firm At <7.6O03S 70
common TO choice heavy selling = S809.7
Il = 49, -
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-04-29

1915 4 4, q. 8. Stock Yaxds.-Hoes receiv-
ed, estimated, 10000; yesterday II ,61. Mar
ket moderately active and prices shade easies
On heavy. Bacon grades firm At <7.6O038 fos
common to choice heavy selling r S609 Is
for common to choice
II ~ Grain received. CIR los: Wheaa
1O0; corn ~ oats -; rye 4; harley /.
II. n.-Whisky quiet; demand Iight and
0Glxinp light; saleable q 9I.A.
1:Io = Com nm 4 .s675kc ff Hay
81 76Kc TOR June
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MiIwanlee REo1Uce Market, Apri1 ~
9.SoA- n.-Reoeipts u wheat 5000 bujl,ela<
shipments ~ $50. Liverpool 103d love- o.
day.
1882 harley, cash, e1. 20.
l:1OH. M.--Wheat unsettled; No. 81 %. M.
? SI04 May 9I00; june ol.O6x; Ma. 4
hard t1.M.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-05-28

Con fedcrate army about the Let of March,
1872. being appointed Brigadier- General
lie took command of the Kentucky Brig
ade. and participated in Ill the battles Of
the Western srmy, including Shilo. and
the several engagements of Bragg's march
into Kentucky, the battle of Stone river
Mission Ridge. Chickamargua, Resacca,
etc, and made famous the Kentucky
Brigade, as well Is adding lustre to his
own genius as brave and discree: mill
|tary chieft,an. He was promoted to the
rank of Major-General and afterward ia
Lieutenant General. next TO the highest
rank in the Confederate army. He left q
brilliant, unsullied record rs soldier and
accepted the appointment as Secretary Of
War, which position he filed until the
close of the War, when he went TO Eng
land. After an exile of year or so. nj the
earnest solicitation of prominent men of
both parties he came back to his old home
and up 10 his untimcly death had quietly
pursued his profession, laboring at the
same time to bring about peace and hal-
mony between the conflicting elements Of
the North and South. While on a recent
visit to Lexington, VicePresidcnt Wilson
was the guest Of Gen. Breckenridge, and
we are satisfied that years will not efface
from his memory the courtesy and hospi-
lolity Of his distinguished host, who isl
now gone to join the i]lustrious dead,
whose memories are cherished with pride
n the hearts of the American people, and
lone will fill larger niche than the late
amented BRECKENRIDGE.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-05-28
RINGS.

The recent unearthing of the giganti,
frauds practiced by the whisky ring q
st. Louis, Chicago and Milwaukee, by
which the Government has been defraudet
of millions of dollars annually and homes
dealers have suffered In CONSCIENCE, it i.
understood will lead to strict inves,iga
ton into the operations of the supposed
Indian and Postal rings. This whisky
business has been worked up for the pas,
five years by expert detectives, but such
was the systematic arrangement of the
ring. being in collision with employees OF
the Department at Washington, that de-
lection has been impossible, until the &C
ton Of Myron Colony, commercial editor
Of the Missouri Democrat, to whom is due
the credit Of exposing and bringing to
punishment the perpetrators of these great
frsucs. The st. Louis Republican in
speaking of the systematic arrangements
Ut the ring says:
1t has been ascertained beyond doubt
that all the orders and movements of the
internal revenue bureau and of the treas
ury department were instantly and regu-
Jsrly telcgrspbed to the agent of the
whisky ring, and that even the contents
OF cipher dispatches in regard TO impor-
iant operations, and, in short, everything
which il could interest the whisky ring to
know. was at once communicated, and Of
course by those holding the most conf
DENTAL relations in the department.
Revenue Supervisors, agents, &C., have
had their official heads cut of at the rate
OF about twenty day since the grand
expose So long.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-05-28
THE BLACK HILLS.

Having no direct telegraphic communi.
cation with the East, We are unadvised Of
any action in reference to he cession OF
the Black Hills country to tho Govern.
ment by the Indians. The Indian dele.
gation arrived ct Washington about ten
days ago, and no doubt ere this the matter
has been definitely settled. Awaiting "a
v1rable action, large number Of adven-
surers ore collected at the several princi.
pal points leading to the new Ell Dorado.
0ordOn's train, which left Sioux City
sometime since, Is making haste slowly.
and sending back couriers. to ascertain
tho result of the conference between the
great Father at Washington and his guile
less children of the forest. The interest
the Government has taken In this matter.
together with the almost unprecedented
excitement created all over the country.
leads us to believe that the rush to the
Back Hills, should favorable arrangements
he made for it's occupancy by the whites,
will be such 8 has never before been wit
messed, not even 10 the days of 40. The
whole East seems 10 be possessed with q
stampede fever. The fact of 10000 emi.
grants going to California this spring de-
monstrates this, and there Is something
moro eniicing in the Black Hills than In
worked out the placers of California.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-05-28
The Tilt0n-Beecher Trial


New York, May IL.
The following is the 1ribune's repor
'of the closing of the Beechcr trial: ''Al
though the end of the trial was thought
to be very near, yet there was considera
bic surprise yesterday when it was sudden
ly announced. at about 2:55 o'clock, thai
the last witness had given his testimony
and the case on both sides was ready to bt
summed up and given to the jury. Judge
Nelson exhibited unmixcd satisfaction
when Evarts announced that he rested the
defense. The counsel on both sides ap
pc;,red relieved, and the jurymen looked
at one another and smiled, as if pleased
that their long confinement was SO nearly
over. The reporters appeared to he ready
10 throw up their hats and cheer, and
there were many congratu atoms and hand.
among them. On Wednesday
morning Judge Porter will begin to sum
up for the defendant. He will occupy, i,
is thought, about two days with his argu-
ment, which will be devoted almost entire
ly to an analysis Of the testimony. Evarts
will follow him with another two days
argument devoted TO the general legal # at
ures of the case. Beach VIII conduct the
whole final argument for the plaintiff. He
will begin as soon as Evarts has finished.
and will occupy about two days. 1t is un-
dcrstood that Judge Nelson's charge will
not be very long, and he expects the case
will he finished the first week in June.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-05-28

children, voted in almost solid phaianx
for the 81, 600 additional tax levy. Ihe
measure was carried with bat few dissent
ing votes.
The contract for the new school house
has been awarded to Mr.. VIM. Thompson
at 7,150 The edifice is to be constructed
of brick, and is to be completed BY the Lot
of next October. The foundation. which
averages two snd half feet IN thickness,
cost $3.50
The Board of County Commissioners
met this Saturday, morning ami opened
the proposals for building the court house
and Jail. The folio wing are the bids: II.
g. Knox. $38, $50; C. L. Dahler and L. B.
Duke, $25. 900; VIM. Thompson, two, 49,
900 and $37. 800; Daniel A. Steel. two,
$33, 600 and $38, 600; J. H. Rouk, two.
without providing for grading, $29. 800
and 81, 700. No award has yet been made,
Is the Commissioners are in session a. we
20 to press.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-05-28

The April showers which did not put ii
an appearance in the Eastern States an u
May, and were then accompanied BY J.:l
Frost, have cooled the political ardor Of
the heavy organs, which are now devoted
principally 70 the TiIt0n- BeecheE scundal,
and We hear nothing now of the third
term or Of Squire Billy Allen, of Ohio.
Bristow h mentioned last us tho probable
Republican candidate, but vice Presiden,
Wilson il making . swing around the
circIa, making bis circle principally in the
Southern States, and is committing the
objectionable sin Of cultivating the &C
qusintsncs Of distinguished ex rebels
His action is not understood BY his sec.
tional friends Of the North, and low NUT.
teriugs are heard In the distance. Wilson
10 selfmade made man. and in HE early
days when he jerked the waxedends he
thought of something more noble than
the spirit that governs his would-be fanat-
jcal claimants.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-05-28

We are strongly Impressed with the con
viction that we are on the eve of prosper
nus times in Montana This opinion il
based upon the movements from the East
In our direction. 1t is known that thous-
auds Of people are preparing to seek their
fortunes 10 the Black Hills and the con
tiguous region 10 search Of gold. There
il abundant proof that gold and ellver
mines exist all the way from Emigrant
Gulch, not far from Bozcnan, to the Lara
lnie Plains. All the intervening country
from Bozeman to the Black Hllls shows
evidence of rich minerals. So soon as
the Government acquires by treaty it'll
The indians the Black Hills, such rush of
emigrants will pour into that region un-
eQlal!ed in any time of our history. The
emigration 10 The gold fields of California
IN f849 will lie eclipsed by the tide that
will dow into the Black Hills. The Pow
der River and Big Horn country will be
fully explored and prospected. The result
will be to settle up with tceming popu-
lstion Gil the region between Montana and
Wyoming and Dakota. This settlement
will open uproutes to Bismarck and Chey-
eDne. Already there is q mail route via
Fort Buford from Helena to Bismarck
The mail route from Bozcman to ChcycuneI
authorized last year will soon have ser-l
wee put on it Whenever travel begins
directly East from Montana to the two
railroads, emigration will find its way in
large numbers to Montana. where fertile
soil and salubrious climate awaits it,
We feel very much encouraged with the
bright prospects, that the future presents,
and every day increases our confidence in
the growth and prosperity of the Terri
tory. We arc glad to see that cur farmers
have faith in receiving reward for their
toll, by putting in large crops. We are
clearly of the opinion that there will be
demand for all that may lie produced.
Emigrants coming in will be assured Of
obtaining supplies at reasonable figures.