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The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-06
Important Suggestions by the Grass.
hopper C0mmi ssiOners.
ST.. PAUL, Mimi, Sept. %, 1874.
To the Hon. c. K. Davis, Governor of Mime

To the Hon. G. K. Davis, Governor Of Mime
| sofa: $3.50
/, Your committee recently appointed to
investigate the cause and cure of. the
grasshopper: plague, in consequence Of ex
your instructions to us, would offer in ad.
vance of our report few practical sug.
gestions, which in our opinion are de.
manded by the situation. From personal
observation made by us in those local..
ties infested by the grasshoppers' eggs we
find that great excess of the acreage so
infested consists of unbroken prairie.
Now it seems to US that the entire and
complete preservation Of the grass on
these prairies constitutes the most i'm
portant feature of the protective system
which we propose to recommend.
IT this preservation Of the prairie from
fire can be maintained until such time
next spring when the Matching process
of the grasshoppers is completed, it will
enable us, without cost, to apply heroic
remedy that will in a great degree fore
stall the ravages Of these pests next year.
TO accomplish this end we must have
prompt and effectual cooperation. By
verbal admonition and l:tters written to
interested parties, we have urged imme-
diate action in this matter
so vitality important to us ali. Many of
the towns acting on our suggestions, have
already practically engaged in forming
fire breaks around their several boundry
lines, and in some instances the county
authorities nave taken the work in hand
and are vigorously pushing it
to a point of contamination;
but this work to be effectual must be-
complete, The protection of single
county ora few townships in each county
will not suffice, as complete protection
can alone subserve the ends which We
haye in view. The grasses on the prairies
once he'd in reserve until spring, will
facilitate the entire destruction Of the
myriads of grasshopper* infesting it. and
by the application of mechanical con-
trivance to those Matched on the plowed
land, their destruction will be rendered
complete. In our forthcoming report we
hope to be able to give such information
as will lead to the conclusion that these
results are practical. We have seen the
officials Of the St. Paul & Sioux City
roilroad, and they pledge reliable pro-
lection along the line Of their road. We
have likewise written to the authorities
of the W. & St. P. railway on this sub
ject, and doubt not but that they will
adopt efficient measures for the accom-
plishment of the same end. In view of
these facts, We nope that all parties in
terested will exert themselves in the fur
therance Of work SO intimately related
to the welfare Of the plague stricken
counties in special, and that OF the State
and nation in general.
Very Respectfully, .
J.C. WISE,
WARREN NTH,
: ALLEN WHITMAN,
Commissioners.
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Advices from Yokahoma, sIapa of the
11th,s report that General Upton nd. Forsyth
and Ma or Sander, U. S. army, commissioned
to inspect the armies ct Asiae and Europe, were
Hospitality received by the Japanese authori-
ties and given all opport unities fora thorough
examination: Fheir reports are. nnexpected-
ly eulosistic,, .s,...r:N .-:.H :eH
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"A Burlington young man became al.
lured by the charms Of woman, and in
order to raise an amount of money neces.
sssrX ito transport himself and frail one
to distant city, he drew thr ough forgery
on his fathers wealth and thus secured
a. stake and left the city. Where he is
at the present time is not known, but the
woman is~ back in Burlington, brought
there from Illinois by an officer on the
charge ofconcs31iag gesds, obtained under,
false pretenses, though nothing was made
out of the case.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-06

THE pile driving for the new bridge
across Lake St. Croix, opposite Saltwater,
was commenced on Monday morning, the
Goth inst, and already piles have been
placed in position forS five hundred feet
into the lake: c~,,a s., ~~
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Bishop Augustus Martin of Natchito.
ches, Louisiana, died on the I'd inst.
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John Henrg's wife wrote to him,in mos
quito time, that she had .'6fteen bites;'
and, as she forgot to cross her t, John
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-06
one Incident of the Texas Cyclene

Dne Incident OF the Texas Cyclene.
Lynchburg and San Jacinto, Texas,
suffered loss both Of life and property
from the late cyclone. The steamer Mat
amcras being aground on a bar north of
San .]acinto the Friday morning follow.
ing the storm, was soon surrounded by
drift from the current setting over the
bar. About 10 o'clock small raft with
two persons on it was seen approaching.
Asst came neareri they were discovered to
be DR.. Chamberlain and wife, of Lynch
burg. He was sitting on the raft hold
ing his wife S head in his lap. Her body
was partially under water. The current
swept them near the Matamoras, and as
the raft struck among the drift. and just
as their rescuers from the Matamoras got
a rope around DR.. Cham berlain, Mrs.
Chambe1lai S body was torn from his
grasp and swept under the drift. The
husband, thoughtless Of his own life, was
appealing to the rescuers, don't save
me, save my wife, and after she was
gone, begged them to let him down with
her. He was hauled on board in be-
numbed condition. 1t was thought she
was already dead when first seen from
the steamer
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A Prize Fight Between Man and
Woman.
[Tioy IN w Whig.1

tAi'r Wv III w my
Tired OF the monotony and common
place character of the auSual drunken
rows and Sunday fights, the enterprising
South IroJanS yesterday arranged an en-.
tertalnmeat unique and interesting. Mike
Riley, slender >ix-footcr, and Mrs. Hen.
lhan: woman built very much like Mike,
agreed upon prize fight to decide which
was the worthier p~gilist. Fourteen
rounds were agreed upon, and Mike Sc.
|ected his wife for second. while Mrs.
Henlhan selected her husband for her
second. The preparations for the affair
were soon noised about, and crowd of
over two hundred people assembled near
the nail factory to witness the contest.
Both parties were in excellent condition.
as II they had been in training for the
season. Mike knocked his fair antag-
onist down several times, and she re.
turned the compliment amid the cheers
of the delighted audience The excite
ment was intense. the contest close, and
the confusion considerable. After the
fourteen rounds had been rendered, it
was ascertained that, although both had
bloody noses and their faces resembled
map Of some battlefield, each was as de-
termlned as ever and ready to renew the
sport. The referee decided that it was
drawn battle, !slt the spectators were
satisfied that Mrs. Henihan had the best
of it. The hero and heroine received the
CONGRATULATIONS of their friends, the
crowd dispersed, and the valorous princi-
pals went home to recruit for the next
engagement.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-02-17
CIVIL RIGHTS

On Friday, 9TH inst, the House Of
Representatives passed the Civil
Rights Bill with all its Objectionable
features and penalties, except the
school and cematery clauses. We
frankly acknowledge that we cannot
do the subject justice, and fall back
on the Nashville Banner, which talks
thus:
After a very exciting discussion.
running through ten or twelve days.
from the time preliminary skirmish-
ing began, the civil rights bill passed
the House yesterdav by the decisive
vote of 1902 ayes to 20 noes. Hal
dozen or so Republicans voted in
the negative, among them Messrs.
Butler and Crutchfeld, of Tennessee.
TO dissipate a somewhat prevalent
misrepresentation. it may be well to
state that the civil rights hill is not
yet law, and. for that matter. stands
no very strong show of ever becom-
ing a law. Tbere were two bills be-
fore the House, one Senate and the
other a House bill. The former was
offered as a substitute for the latter,
but was rejected. so that the one
which passed the House yesterday
was the original House bill, submit
ted by the Judiciary Committee Of
that body. The two bills differ in
this. that the House hill is modified
TO the extent of having the mixed
school and mixed cemetery features
emitted from its provisions, while
the Senate bill retains them. Well,
before either bib can become a law,
IL has to pass again, the Senate bill
in the House, or. the House bill in
the Senate. IF either passes, it will
be the latter one. bat as the session
Is drawing TO a,close, there is some
ground for tbs hopei it will be talk,
ed 10 death. or strangled in some
other way. Even IL it should pass,
it may still run the gauntlet OF
veto by the President, which is not
- very improbable, after all.
Tn the mssrtirne. 20 be prepared
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for what may possibly come, it may
be we'll TO note the features of the
bill just passed. It provides that all
citizens and other persons within the
jurisdiction of the United States shall
be entitled to the full and equal en-
joyment of the accommodations, ad-
vantages facilities and privileges of
inns, public conveyances on land or
water, theaters, and other places OF
public amusement, subject only to
the conditions and limitations estab-
lished by law, and applicable alike
to the citizens of every race and col
or, regardless of any previous con-
dition Of seryitude. That no citizen,
providing he has all the other quail
fications which are or may be pre-
scribed by law, shall be disqualified
for services as grand or petit juror in
any court in the United States, or of
any State, on account of race, color,
or previous condition of servitude,
and any officer or other person charg-
ed with any duty in the selection or
summoning of jurors, who shall ex-
clude or fail to summon any citizen
for the cause aforesaid, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
be fined not more than one thousand
dollars.
1t further provides that any person
who shall violate the foregoing shall,
for every offense. forfeit and pay the
sum of $500 to theperson aggrieved
thereby, to be recovered in an
action on the case, with full costs.
and shall also for every such ofense
be deemed guilty of misdemeanor,
and. upon conviction thereof, shall
be fined not more than $1,000, or
shall be imprisoned not more than
one year.
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SENATOR ANDREW JOHNSON

The Washington Chronicle, edited
by ex-senator Harlan, who was one
Of the ilnpeachers OF ex-President
johnson, has this extraordinary adj
mission to make regarding the choice
Tennessee has made in the successor
Of Brownlow in the Senate:
The election Of ex-Alderman. ex-
Mayor, Representative, ex-Gover-
nor, ex-United States Senator, ex-
General and Military Governor. et-
Vice President. and ex- President
johnson to the position of United
States Senator from the State OF Ten
nessee for six years from the 4th of
next March is not cause Of regret
to the Republican party. The contest
was between him and opponents in
no sense more trustworthy. He is, we
think, a reliable, not to say an
intense, Union man. Judged by his
past record, with all his political
foibles, his presence in the q: S.
Senate is infinitely preferable to
any statesman who can conscientious
" put on and throw off allegiance to
the national flag at the command Of
the rebel element of the population.
Andrew johnson stood by the Union
bravely when his Southern associates
were swept from their posts of duty
by insane desire to divide the
country and to organize anew repub-
lie founded on the cornerstone Of
slavery. He made great sacrifices
for the cause to which his heart
appeared to be firmly attached. And
as President. with all his faults OF
administration, his manifestation of
| love for the Union never wavered. In
the rapidly coming events, standing
as the country now does, on the
crater of a slumbering vol canO.
Johnson's election may hereafter
come to be regarded as an interposi
ton of Divine Providence. The
Republican majority after the fourth
of next March will be fearfully
small. A few premature vacancies
| from States now controlled by the
Democracy may entirely overthrow
it. In that event the perpetuity of
the Government may depend on the
| infexi5le Union sentiments of few
Democratic Senators like Andrew
Johnson.
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THE NASHVILLE BANNER.

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Il with their county newspaper, and one paper
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valuable to merchant and producer Prints all
Geographic dispatches home and foreign, of Vest
ern Associated Press, Of which it is a stakeholder
and member. Its editorials up with the ad-
vsncsd Democratic sentiment Of the State and the
Union. IT. Legislative and Congressional reports
are full and accurate. The great political campaign
of 1876. State and National, viii be inaugurated
this year. We are ON threshold Of momentous
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= Wells. Annual of Phrenoloe

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SHALL We H re KARg

In almost every Republican paper
we see limitations of danger in this
direction. Ben Wade's expression
of satisfaction in She election Of Mr..
johnson, because he would be on the
side of the Union in the civil war
which is to come. is a demonstra-
ton Of the party's feeling. Why all
this apparent terror? Is there actual
" danger Of another war? Are the
Southern people so reckless as to be
willing to see the land again deluged
in blood, and every household made
a home of inconsolable mourning?
Is there anywhere a desire to resist
the laws Of the United States, or to
treat even with contempt the officers
of the government. while they are in
the discharge of their duty? IF any
of these exist on the part of the
Southern people we frankly confess
that we are too dull of comprehen-
sion to see. We know one thing. we
desire nothing of the kind. We love
our common country. We love the
principles embodied in the organic
law of the land We wish the time
would come, when, in political feel
ing. there will be "no North, no
South, no East, no West" We think,
also, we know the feelings Of a large
majority of the Democratic party.
especially in this State, and we know
they desire nothing put peace. There
is no disposition even to prescribe
men for opinions sake.
All this cry of war is for political
effect. Republican mismanagement
is running the country. Finances are
PROSTATE. High-handed usurpation
Of power has made desolate many Of
the Southern States. Tie cry Of
Rebel failed in the last election
to rally the yeomanry Of the country
to vote at the dictation ofparty lead
ers, who cared nothing for the coun-
try, nothing for honest government,
provided they could draw bountifully
from an exhausted treasury. The
"spell Of party was broken. and the
leaders. headed by Gen. Grant, de
termined to exasperaFe the Southern
people by continued abuse, oppres-
sion and outrage, till they would re-
bel, in order that the masses of the
North would again be united in elect
ing Grant third time. These 9TH
er party hucksters could then be con-
tinued in power. This is what Kel-
logg, Louisiana and Sheridan mean.
This is what the threatened rupture
with Spain means. This is what the
cry of war, promulgated at Washing
ton and echoed by every newspaper.
edited by postmaster, or drawing its
support from government patronage,
means.
Let the people beware Of the cry
War is ruin As bad as our condi-
ton is, war is ten thousand times
worse. Now is the time for calm
ness in speech and in action. Firm.
ness in. the right will save US. The
rank and file of the men who did the
fighting IN both armies are patriotic
They want no way. They Know what
it means.
We honestly believe the late elec-
ton meant peace and good wil1'' to
men of al parties and colors. Let
ns prove it by Cancellation and firm
effort to maintain the right.
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NerC .9drertisenlenfs.
SHERFF'S SALE.

TN obedfeuce to . yenditioni exponas issued from
H. the Circuit Court Of Hamblen county, and to me
directed viii sell to the highest bidder, for cash,
At the Court House door in Morristown, the 1st
Monday In March next AL the right, title, aud in
terest that J. w. Bewly has in two tracts of land
lying in the 10th civil district of Hamben county,
one adjoining the lands Of John Fletcher and
Others and known as the Geo. Bewiv tract, said to
contain two hundred acres the other adjoining the
lands of John Hartman, John Fletcher and others,
and known as the Ballard tract sail to contain one
hundred acres Said land viii be sold as the prop
erty of W. Bewly, to satisfy two judgments and
cost, one In favor Of Levick Brothers and the
other in favor of Bansimer Co, recovered
against T. A. Bewly before VIM. Miller, Esq, the
sth day Of May, 1873. This Jan. IS, 1875.
G. n. BOYD, Sheriff
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~ Gold closed at 1145 in New
York, Saturday, after sell at 1144a
1I43.