The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-15
MINNESOTA MATTERS

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M. q. RUSSELL will not resume tho n,o
prletorship of the Brainerd !ribune a,
has been incorrectly stated.
MISS MILE Mort has been apnointe,
teacher in the Blind Asylum at Far;
ium for the ensuing year.
THOMAS Pullman of Jordan. Scott conn
ty. raised "a bushels of cats from IN,
acre. Wa o''
POTATOES OF the very best kind are solo
IN Mankato at retail for 50 cents no,
bushel. ~
A Mr.. SWEET is the only settler in Pin,
otcne county, and hence lord Of all he
surveys: -..l:
Hon. ISAAC STAPLES of Saltwater is in.
augurat1ng system of drainage by
which a large tract Of wet lands in that
city will be drained.
lie farmers of Lexington and Derry
name, LIE Sueur county, are claimino a
yield of70 and 80 bushels of oats per
acre. w
THERE have been l47,lS2.l64 feet Of
logs scared at Saltwater thus far this sea-
son. which have been sawed there or
RATED below. "
iHE entire wool clip of Minnesota does
not exceed 100000 pounds--not enouch
to supply single mill like that at Mn
neapolls. So says the Caledonia .Jour.
nal.
The vexed county seat question of
Becker county has finally been decided
in favor Of Detroit, and the county Of.
noes Will be forthwith removed to That
place.
A YOUNG man named Sisson, living a
few miles southeast. Of Spring Valley.
committed suicide on the evening of the
2lst ult., by shooting himself with re-
volver.
A JUG of New Orleans molasses ex.
ploded IN closet, in Faribault mansion,
with noise resembling thunder, and
scattered its contents around in every d.
rection.
If the report of the Commissioner of
Statistics is to be believed, Goodhue
county raised more wheat last year than
any other county in the State, namely,
2,308,674 bushels.
| The violent rain of the Both ult. swept
away the large truss bridge two miles
east OF Lanesboro. Also the Rush Creek
bridge near Rushford, and about 500 feet
OF track between lsinours and Lanesboro.
The Turtle Greek cheese factory in
Mower county has proved success-a
large amount of cheese having already
found Its way to market at remunerative
prices and still more awaiting shipment.
In 1860 Faribault county bad popu-
lation of but 1885, and in 1870 the census
returns show population of 9,940, a
gain of 8,6O5. During the same time
Winnebago City increased her population
; 800.
| THE present rise in the Mississippi, it
is estimated, has loosened up and started
downward fully 20,0O0,000 feet of logs
that, had the dry weather continued,
could only have been made available this
season by large expenditures of time and
means.
The Duluth Blast Furnace Works were
sold at sheriff sale on the 30th ult., un-
der decree of the District Court, and
were bid of by Messrs. Brenneman &
Ward, of Pittsburg, Pa, one of the larg-
est creditors Of the concern, for the sum
of $26,667.
CALEDONIA. Houston county, has cen
tenarian named Walker. He is Scotch.
man by birth, is one hundred and three
years old, and althoug h his hearing is
partially impaired, he is still in good
health and bears up under his great age
with wonderful vitality.
Mr.. A. W. MuKsoN of Plainview, has
invented and patented very ingenious
yet simple machine for measuring grain,
which does its own tallying and is so ar
ranged that mistakes are out of the ques-
ton. The machine can be used the same
as half bushel measure.
CAPT. McSPADDEN' S mill in Loonev's
Valley, near Houston, valued at $1,000,
was undermined and ruined by tn: re-
cent rains. The whole of the Root River
bottoms was under water, aud at least
one-third of the wheat crop in that sec.
ton is damaged.
AUSTIN Register: The other day one
of the prisoners in the Jail was sent to
well for pail of water, just across the
street. He went, filed, his pail, and
turning about to see that he was not
watched, took to his heels and fed. He
was pursued but not captured.
JOSEPH TR1sco, a farmer residing on
Belle River, Douglas county, while climb:
ing fence on the 1st INST. with loaded
shot gun, slipped. and the hammer catch
ing on rail, cause ed its discharge, and
the entire contents lodged in the forearm
;---inflicting wound which may render
amputation necessary. a,c
Pore County Press For the last two
weeks it has hardly ceased to pour, drop,
splash, slop over, spill, squirt, discharge,
drizzle, mizzle, drip, trickle, ooze, rain