The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-25
ODDS AND ENDS.

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The Oneida Community have stocked
Community lake in Waliingford, Conn,
with 10000 salmon trout.
At Memphis, Monday. i seizure ;S1 was
made Of 100 barrels of alcohol shipned
from G. Bunsbery Of St. Louis.
Wheat crops in Great Britain, during
the last, nine years have yielded on an
average twenty.nine and half bushels
per acre. F-%it% +. Il y ! ~:
The liquor and saloon men of Iowa are
forming personal liberty associations, -
to bring about repeal of the present
temperace law of that State.
Thu World states that Sharky, the
murderer, is on board the steamer Ores.
cent City, in charge of detective Davis,
en- route from Havana to New York.
An, examination of - the books of &C.
counts Of wholesale whisky dealers and
rectifiers, by treasury officials. is going
on here very thoroughly, but no irregu:
larties have yet been found.
In the Georgia and Tennessee cyclone
Of May LIST, every house in Rutledge,
Georgia, a village of three hundred in.
habitants, was blown down, the railroad
depot being left standing alone. ''"
The raid on illicit distillers is contin.
ued. On Monday warrants in criminal
prosecution against George l.. Crosby,
distiller of Chicago, and Hines & Turner
Of Sagetown, ILL.,, were issued, and other
prosecutions are to follow.
1t is stated that frauds in importations
of Grape and mourning goods have been
discovered, as having extended through
the past two years in the appraisers de,
partment of the custom house of this CITY.
and one Of the two examiners has re-
signed.
Treasurer Spinner received, op the 18th,
the largest sum yet credited to the con-
science fund. $1,000 in currency, with a
note saying: "Internal revenue taxes
The envelope was post marked Baltimore.
but nothing further to indicate the
source.
Great excitement in rich family at
the disappearance Of gold snuffbox,
richly set with brilliants; and equal salts.
faction when young gentleman of six
acknowledged that he had utilized it as
a coffin and buried it with his pet canary
in the garden.
'Jackiack,' a somewhat notorious
Sioux chief, killed James P. Perly on the
9th near Standing Rock. Perlyy's body
was found on the plains with two shots
lodged in his body and one in his head.
Per]y was an estimable young man; re-
Gently Of Washington. : f..
Gen. Logan threatens to write a reply
to that part Of General Sherman's recent
~ published memoirs which refers to
himself and General Frank Blair as mere
political Generals. Logan regards Sher-
mans criticism as impugning his abilities
as a soldier, if not his courage. :.
A game Of base ball at St. Louis the
other day between the Chicago Whites
and St. Louis Reds resulted in one for
the Whites and none for the Reds-the
lowest score on record. But it was not
all good playing, for very hard wind
was blowing right in the face of the strik.
erS.
A Havana letter states that highway
robberies and murders are so frequent
lately in the streets Of that city, that the
acting Captain General, who was himself
robbed in a street of his watch and Jew
elry, worth four hundred dollars, has or
dered all culprits hereafter to be tried by
the military authorities.
The will of the late Captain E, B. Ward
of Detroit, is contested on behalf of his
sons by mis- first marriage. It is claimed
he made the will under the influence of
insane decisions aud the trial is expected
to bring out large amount of evidence
showing that the deceased millionaire
was an earnest Spiritualist and followed
clairvoyant advice.
1t is believed now that the motive for
hanging Mr.. Kirkman of Storey county,
Iowa, was to obtain his property. He
had willed it all to son and daughter,
cutting off eight other children. His
wife returned to live with him on the
condition that he would destroy his will,
which he did. 1t is supposed one of his
sons and the men prosecuted for former
attempt to hang him, are the same who
killed him.
a dispatch from Washington says Sec
rotary Bristow called on the Attorney
General Monday, ard afterwards on the
President, both visits having significance
with reference to the past and future
operations against the illicit distillers.
Subsequently the secretary3w@s closely
closeted with Commissioners Pratt. and
received damaging statements against
the rins submitted to them by revenue
agent Yoryan.
Gen. Sheridan has ordered the release
Of the members Of the Wharton. Andrews
Black Hills party who were captured
while trespassipg on the Sioux reserya.
ton, and taken to Fort Randall. All the