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10telea ana newspaper OmOC8 AL Of them
went down before the Iesistless hurricane.
their facilities for transportation of goods to
place OF safety were limited. Anew succeeded
! in carrying few loads Of their most valuable
wares away from the track of the fire, but by
tar the greater number lost their ALL n.,.. >.
The Beckwith House aud the Adams House,
| with all the modern improvements, were de-
stroyed IN almost twinkling, and nothing
| worth mentioning was saved. The loss on the
former will be about az, 600; on the latter
$4,000. - ~ - --:...~.,' :.
The newspaper and telegraph offices shared
Northwestern Office, owned by Allen ( Hicks,
was probably the most valuable. The North
.ocstern is daily paper and fitted up with all
facilities for its publication and the execution
of job printing, Of which nothing was saved.
TIE loss will be about $4,000. The Times, a
| sprightlJ weekly, had also all the convenient
cies Of frst-class Office, AMI its loss is about
$4,000.
Three men were reported killed by falling
walls, but their names could not be ascertain
| ed in the confusion. Rumors of further loss
of life were also prevalent hut were not authen-
ticated up to late hour last night.
Over two hundred residences, large and
| small, were burned, and ever one hundred
| stor s. hotels, banks, etc., also the Opera
Houte, . valuable structure, costing nearly q
| hundred thousand dollars, and the finest in
Wisconsin, outside of Milwaukee. All the e
were entirely destroyed.
! The loss is variously estimated. The most
mode1 ate estimate is $760, 900, and the highest
| is 81, 00O,O 900.
The city is in the utmost confusion. Hun
bred of families are homeless. Women and
children were lying about the streets or roam
ing around in search of places of shelter The
heavens were lit with the lurid glare OF the
fire, which, up to late hour last night, was
burning fercely.
Gangs Of desperadoes were providing about,
seeking plumber. They succeeded in inspir-
ing the greatest terror and the citizens organ
lied for mutual protection. The
police were powerless to suppress
them or to quiet the fears of outrage.
! The flames began to yield to the persistent
efforts Of frenen and citizens at 9 O'clock
| tits anticipated that the insurance compa-
MES will withdraw their patronage from the
city--they having threatened this step last
summer.
Arrangements will be made to reorganize the
newspaper Offices in the unburnt districts.
Telegraphic communication vas severed at an
early hour OF the fire, and though repeated at
te1npts were made to renew it the only opera
tor who succeeded in keeping his circuit open
was the Northwestern railroad man.
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Thanks t'Frem the Depths OF the
- t''' - HEARTH 49, J.

y, Wss1li22sstsn, 1o1 R.. Co., o. Aug a. 1874
Dear Sir-Yonr medicines, Golden Medical
Discovery, Or. sage's Catarrh Remedy, have
proved OF the greatest service to me. Six
months ago no one thought that could posi-
by live long. had . complication OF diseases
- scro:ula, manifesting itself in eruptions and
great blotches on my head that made such
sores sore! that lcould not have my hair combed
without causing me much suffering; also caus-
ing swollen glands, tonsils enlarged, enlarged
or ''thick neck" and large and numerous
6oils. also suffered from . terrible Chronic
Catarrh, and in fact was so diseased that lite
was burden to me. had tried many doctors
With no benefit. finally procured one half
their use. At first I was badly discouraged.
but after taking four bottles of the Discovery
l began to improve, and when had taken the
remaining I was we'll. In addition to the use
OF the Discovery applied q solution of Iodine
to the Goitre OF thick neck, As you advised in
pamphlet wrapping, and it entirely disappear
ed. Your Discovery is certainly the mos
wonderful blood medicine ever invented.
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The Extensive Farm OF messrs. Tur
rell Il Lewis.

St, Paul is the home Of several horny.
handed sons of toll of the granger per-
suasion, notably among whom is Oliver
Dalrymple, the great wheat farmer. OF
this gentleman's operations we do not
propose to say anything at this time.
Among our enterprising citizens are o.
B. Turrell, ESQ.,, and R. P. Lewis,
Esq, who, together, own a tract
of land in one body Of 10000
acres, lying south and southeast of the
village of Redwood Falls, the nearest
approach to the village being about two
and half miles distant. These lands in
quality Of soil. Investigation of pillow,
pasture aud meadow lands, and all the
conditions Of successful agriculture, are,
it is claimed. unsurpassed in the Minneso.
ia valley, the confessed garden OF the
State.
Messrs. Turrell & Lewis are farming or
the tenant system. They now have Zoo
acres under cultivation, on which stand
comfortable and substantial tcnemen,
houses. These houses are all occupied by
tenants, and between them they now have
twenty-five teams at work putting in
their crops, and, with an ordinarily good
season, will harvest not less than 25,0OC
bushels of grain.
So much for what Messrs. Turrell 4
Lewis have already done. What they
propose to do, as we learn from the Red.
wood Gazette, is to very materially ell
large their present operations. Their
proposed plan is to break 5000 acres ad'
ditional. say 1000 this year and 1900
next, and build some forty houses. The
design is to break about 80 acres on each
quarter section on which they build a
house, adding stabli"g, granary and such
ether essential conveniences as will make
each quarter complete and desirable
farm. The project involves an expendi'
ture Of about $4,000, but will unques
tionably add much more than that
amount to the value of the lands.
MIR. Dalrymple will have to look to his
laurels, or Messrs. Turrell & Lewis will
soon take his place as the largest farmer
in Minnesota.
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No Difficulty in Cutting Lodged Grain

No Difficulty in Cutting Lodged Grain.
Howard, Dec. l., 1874.
Messrs. Strother & Conklin, Cresco, Ia.
The Edward Harvester I bought of you
worked first rate. I cut 90 acres of
heavy grain, and my boy Is years old
bound one-half of it; 70 acres Of this was
on new breaking, which was very heavy,
and part Of it badly lodged. But I had
no difficulty in cutting and elevating it
with my machine. Two horses drew the
machine with ease. The binders box is
a great grain saver, when the grain is
ripe. l saved all the scatterings. I
would not take $4,000 for my machine
if | could not get another Edward. Yours
truly, JOSEPH ZIGMAN.
The Elevator Never Clogs.
Alton, Iowa, Dec. l, 1874.
Messrs. Strother & Cenklin, Cresco, Ia
In reply to your question as to how |
liked my Edward Harvester, must say it
is far ahead of my expectations, and is
more than you recommended it to be 1cut
l2O acres of wheat oats and barley Oats
were very badly lodged, but with the Ell.
ward cut and saved them all better
than could with any other machine. I
averaged through my harvest from seven
to ten acres per day in very heavy grain.
My two boys, l6 and Is years of age, did
all the binding with ease. I can work
early and late with my machine, working
equally well in the heaviest dews. The
closed canvases ON the Edward are far su-
perior to the open canvases on the Marsh.
There is no possibility of grass or leaves
falling through and winding the rollers,
which Of itselfis great saving in time
and trouble.
I also cut piece Of clover and timothy
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WEDNESDAY nightsof last week, there
were four attempts at incendiarism in
Winona in different parts of the city.
Only one of the fires resulted IN loss
that Of Drew & Bros warehouse which
was destroyed to gether with a quantity
Of grain, agricultural machinery, ETC., in
volving loss Of $4,000. Among the
other buildings fred was the First Ward
school house.
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thank God and you, from the depths Of N.
heart, for the great good it has done me.
=. Very gratefully, -

: Very gratefully,
.,n..r..ss- Mr.. l. CHAFFKK.
Most medicines which!are advertised as blood
purifiers and liver medicines contain either
mercury, in some form, or potassium and
iodine variously combined. Ali of these agents
have strong tendency to break down the blood
manently injure the human system, and
should therefore be discarded. DR.: Perce;s
Golden Medical Discovery, on the other hand,
being composed Of the fluid extracts of native
plants, barks and root, will in no case produce
injury, its effects teing strengthening and Gu
rative only Sarsapari1la, which used to en-
joy quite : reputation as blood purifier, is
remedy Of thirty years ego, and may vel give
place as it is doing, to the more positive and
valuable vegetable alternatives rhich later med.
3 3 investigation and discovery has brought to
Swellings, Ulcers, Erysipelas, Swelled Neck.
Goitre, Scrofnlous determinations, 1ndolent In
Examinations, Mercurial affections. Old Sores,
Eruptions of the Skin, and Sore Eyes as in gu
other blood diseases DR.. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery has shown its great remedial
powers, curing the most Obstinate and jntract.
bic cases. Sold by all dealers in medicines.
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seed, and it saved all the seed, while I
would have lost s least one-thirc on the
open canyases. The binders box is ell
OK; will pay expense Of one man with
grain saved in it, which certainly is no
small item. Yours truly,
- +.3| ~s*95Hf%$ u JOHN CONWAY.
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MEssRs. SULLIVAN & TERRY, Of Man
kato, are to erect Q $4,000 monument
over the remains of Mr.. Geo. w. Stew
art. at LIE Sueur.
SALON will be placed in Lake Madison,
. Rlue Earth county.
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NHkG&4S u VDAOOA9 ~ s.eAOoD A2Ca4E
Se,O0O,0OO.
CHICAGO, April 29.--The following facts
in regard to the fire at Oshkosh yester.
day afternoon are CLEANED from specials
to the morning papers:
The fire commenced at the corner of
Pine and Marion streets, and spread
thu rough Hancock, Pearl, Warren and
High Streets, destroying the depot of the
St. Paul railway and proceeding to Main
street, where the principal business houses
were located, and extending. on the north
line of the above limits southeasterly,
across Wanjoo and Otter streets to Cape
street, the south line being the river, with
| the exception of block or two near the
foot of Main street.
The building IN which the fire origin
ated was the saw mill Of Morgan &
Brothers. on the north side Of the river.
It was dry as finder and filled with most
combustible material, and the heat was
SO intense that the tiremen were unable
to approach sufficiently near to render
any service. The neighboring lumber
piles fell i. an easy prey
to the flames, and millions of feet of sea.
soned lumber were Immediately envel.
oped. A dozen other saw and shingle
mills and their lumber piles yielded to
the fury Of the flames. A brisk wind
famed the flames, which were whetted
by the small frame houses of the mill EN-.
ployees. But few of the families saved
any of their goods.
The fremen, for time, fought bravely in
the face Of terrible odds, to stay the progress
| Of the fire, bat were driven back step by step,
and one after another the business buildings on
Main street were licked up by the insatiate fire
| and crumbled into masses Of shapeless ruins
From Algonia to Cape street were located
all the principal dry goods stores, banks,
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preston with candidates. And here
is suggested u significant Telegram.
sent hy Mr.. Leonard to Mr.. Wheeler.
in substance to this effect: "Accept
the modification lit will d" yoM M
harm, and benefit me- The cxplan-
alton Of this dispatch, SO far as we
know, har never been made by Mr..
Leonard. He las been "minonsly
silent. and no one yet has been able
I" divine it's meaning. The n"cl'ar-
table are inclined to think that it has
reference t" some political aspirations
Of Mr.. Leonard. But, as he said,
"Is seek no Office" the surmises Of the
public are incorrect and groundless,
After reading Packard's letter and
IAonard's reply, it will he hard ia
convince this community that Mr.
| Leonard is not more Of a Republican
than he is q Democrat. At any rate,
in future, after lis own dsti%ii';:,>,s: ~
his politics, .'..", y. .a'n" ~ r w."r
nf,:'raaab Dtik'sfs i,"a and hence ~.
entitled to any participation in tn,
deliberations Of that party or expect
e! to give any advice rs to the lin,
Of policy it s|'onld pursue.
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An Order Of the Dav.
fPittsburg Post /

...... tpttsburg Post.l
The order Of the day: nov: before
the people Of the United States, il
this: "Have the Radical Republican
party and its Grant. administration,
with their immense majorities i'll near.
~ all the State Legislatures, with
nearly all the Governors for years
done their duty fairly by the people -
This is the order Of tho day. This is
the supreme question before which
all others sink in insigniticance. This
truly has been the order Of the day
for mole than a year past and many
States have already spoken, and 9th
ers will soon speak. III tho midst, of
this vital popular legislation, we
hear a piping voice Of nearly dcfanct
Radicalisln-"1 call for tho debate on
gold, and paper currency. move
the indefinite post,'onement OF that
other subject-the life If the nation"
No, no, Mr.. Radical, side shows can
not be allowed thus to :.overslia,low
the main question. After the people
shalt have ascert.ined whether thew
have or have not auy government If
their own, we will have ample tune
to count tue gold and paper, aud put
them in proper shape. We must stick
to the real order If the day. The
present paper and gold policy which
the Radical Republican managers
have fastened with unlawful screws
upon the people, cannot now be lift.
ed off by y q few essays in the news.
papers, whether written by ex-Secre.
taries Of the Treasury or by ex.Ro-
publican editors. The only way in
which it ever will be lifted off will IL.
BY Democratic administration If
our national affairs. ....
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:, ..... For the vindirato'lr.
I'll Meet Loved Friends Again,
by W. c. J..


Pve not. frewn for those that live,
Unkindpess--;.ll is fled, r.,... r..
Each l,arsller thought toward mankind,
Is numbered with Tho dead.
b Hcrc's k,yu to aH--or friend or foe,
If such. there yet may I've,
And smiles fSr every wral'or woe,
For-alls, the same to mo. r.: Eag.
TIL. cherished hopes Of other days, ~
Like those bright days are gone, !"oj
Aud am left to wander DER ..., .,
Life's darktiug path-alone.
j IT'S sad to think, those long past joys,
Time never eau restore,
But dear to memory they live, "a
! Dear as in days Of yorc.
Fnm memory they can never part,
Wserc'er my fOotstel,s roam l..
And "'sY sasT1 du pn aeYd hsaEt storm
! OF lifr'Vlark, wintry sea-, g
While yet upon the wave I'm borne,
Still dear they'll bc to Me.
And they can never pass away,
So long as life shall last, ,
My dreams by night and thoughts by day,
Arc ever with the past. -
The past, the past tits all that's left
To soothc my sorrowins breast,
There's nothing in the future HOW,
But the last deep sleep Of rest.
Our hope still hrishtens 'ronnd the gloom,
While lifc-lights OH the wane, 49,
And whispers that beyond the tomb,
I'll meet loved friends again.
Why then shrink back, or dread to 20
And live beyond the spheres, =.
THERE'S tile world oflight and love,
=. But-Here-a world of tears. -
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oil aud oil cake snld, ..t
1. The interest, on gins and gin
houses, which now are idle the great
or part Of the year, would be saved
t" planters. -.
5. The raising Of cotton on small
farms would be- encouraged. The
plantation system is not adapted t"
free labor, aud it is steadily breaking
up; hut until cotton can he readily
sold im the seed. few small farms will
b. opened il the cotton srcti"n. for
the reason that d mar eanu"t afford
to buy and operate a gin if he only
plants q few acres Of cotton. Better
cotton, and more per acre, will lie
obtain on small fas ms than on large
Ones.-Anstin Statesman.
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An Anecdote of Ralston.

A San Francisco correspondent al
the New York Times writes as fol.
lows: There is not a legitimate en-
terprise atioat in this State that is not
directly or indirectly indebted to w.
c. R;.lston for its existence, and 40 on
down to the smallest business. As an
instance, when the question If locks
for tho Palace Hotel WAS under dis.
cussio", one day u very plain, COM
mon looking man presented himself
and asked if liz was addressing Mr..
Ra|st"n, and, being answered in the
Affirmative, said : II hear YOU want
locks for the hotel. l am a locks,nith
and eau make them for yon." Mr..
Rs|sto", looking up, said in his quick,
sharp way: II want 4,N0 locks. no
tw" alike; no one key to open an
other lock, and three extra keys for
each lock-l6,O00 in all-and / want
them in three months" "AI right {;
I can do the job" "Have You any
means to carry out the contract r
"NOt d cent" '.Tlen how do you
expect to be able to take iti" II ex-
pect you t" iend me the money" Mr..
Ralston looked at the man, gave him
.n'e searching glance, aud seeing In
him the right stntf, said: "All right,
Ill do it. Come here to.morlow
morning, sign the contract, and get
the money" The ,nau carried ont
the contract to tho letter. Mr.. Rails.
ton seldom tnisteok his man, aud he
always liked the man best who, if he
differed with him, stood up stontly
aud maintained his opinion. He iia
ted sychophants and people that al.
ways agreed with hin, from motives
Of policy. .. E..-
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WISDOM OF "A CAT..-In q store NJ
Austin, there is cat which, says the
Reveil|e, displays remarkable sagaci.
~ in escaping the annoyance Of tlies.
When the flies get too lively for lin,
he goes to an empty champagne has.
ket, aud pushing up the cover viii,
his head jumps in, allowing the cover
tO fall back. When inside he curis
up and goes to sleep, free from all
annoyance from the flies, whicl. Ay
arounp the outside Ot the basket look j..
ing i"nsingly at the cat through the
iuterstices and despariugly buzzing :
"rllOu art 50 pear, aud Yet Sd far"
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We publish the appended from the
Austin, (Texas) Statesman, in rela-

-r WV l's' S''O "Ppo"""N AAOuu tue
Austin, (Texas) Statesman, in rela.
ton to Cotton Mills in tie South:
The Scientific american says cotton
ought to be worked up at tie South,
for the following reasons:
!. Labor Is cheaper at the South
than ut the North.
IT, 2: In consequence of q milder eli.
mate, the necessary expense Of living
is less there than in New England, AZ
is also that Of heating factory build.
Jugs, etc. et- e-.@tf,
). Coal ia abundant in tie South,
and cheap water privileges can be
obtained in every direction. '..'
4. The purchase 1t the raw materi-
al direct from, the producer caves the
profits of numerous mAl.llemen, the
cost Of several buildings aud long
transportation. :
To thy advantages the writer says
still another Of great importance can
I've added. The Southern factory
should buy cotton in the seed, gin
aud then spin it without packing
G,ies. ''ait''. 1aj
Some Of the advantages Of such .
system would be.
/. The yarn would be stronger
Baletl oottoI, cannot be prepared for
carding without beating, aud thus
weakening the fibre, to a great ex
tent. r - 'f' %'.''. ~ q 1
2. There would lie less waste. FIRE.
qnent!y much cotton u discolored aud
otherwise injured by foreign snbstanc.
es that have t'eell packed with it.
J }. The cotton seed would be press.
ed at the same establishment, and the
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SHE KNEW II WAS HARD Times
She was one If tliase sentimental
young creatures who linger at tho
doorway to bid sou goodby iu the
starlight, and after she parted from
Inn the other night she went mp to
her room murmuring:
Eyes, would know it was hard
times by the kind Of hair oil he uses
now"
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Look at This.
From the st. Louis Times.

figured out ra;liS.ip v,c t !" Sh;" ,
as Grant has gone also to iignring III
Il Radical victory in PENNSYLVANIA
and asS numerous other political ac-
conntaDts in numerous other places
have written down columns Of fiynres
and added them up always gu the
side Of Radicalism, it eau do harm jus,
here to present the figures ut the dis
posal OF everybody III the country,
VII" wants t. know precisely jus,
what the figures are. They do no,
lie. They are official and extract.
Let them answer the question fol
themselves.
In 1870 and in all the country, there
only four Democratic governors tn.
day there are twenty -four Democrat.
ic governors.
In 1870, and in all the country,
there were only four Democratic ley
is]atures ; to-day there are twenty
three Democratic legislatures.
III 1870, and FROM all the states.
there were only ninety members Of
the United States I'onse Of represen.
tatives to-day there are one hundred
and eighty Democratic members Ut
that body.
In 1870, and from all the states,
there were only twelve Democratic
senator's; to-day there are twenty
eight.
These are the figures the elections
cause t" he footed up, but these are
not all. The outlook for the elccto.
raj vote in 1876 is even more enc0ur.
apino. ..r,. ...:-o
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DR.. Mary Walker, we are told, in
tends to so to the Sandwich Islands
and live near King Kalakana. Once
she lived in Rome, but she didn't do
rs the Romans do, and the naughty
boys ho6ted her on the streets. In
Hawaii they are more liberal in res
poet to costume, and We guess it is
the place for IIer.-Watertown Rep'r.
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The Government Of Victoria has
forbidden the importation Of vines.
Wine.growing il, that colony has he.
come q valuable interest, and tho
Government will not incur the risk al
introducing the phyIloxera into tho
vineyards. ~ 49, 100
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This will do, and these 6snrcs will
not vary ten ia the grand aggregate
Of next Novcmtet's vote a year. What
consolation they contain the Radical
makers Of arithmctical pIatitudes are
welcome to. 49,!
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"He has left a vOii that cannot be
filed" as the hank director touching
u remarked Of the absc,uding cash.
ir.
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. A providence man fell dead the
other day while directing a letter. A
warning against directing letters.
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Have you signed the pledge 7" nov
glares upon the Western wayfare,
from the fences along the roads.