The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-29
Personal MATTERS.

Horatio Stone, the DISTINGUISHED
American Sculptor. died at Carara, Italy, on
the 18th inst
William Rathbune, an old and widely
known horseman, was killed at the fair
grounds in Bloomington, ILL.,, on the ed, by a
tall from his sulky.
Mr.. Post, the attorney for Shook &
Palmer, has commenced proceedings at Chi
cago to restrain M1Kee Rankin from playing
the 1.-TWO Orphans in that city.
Gen. Dcrregary has been appointed
commander-in chief OF the Carlist army. The
headquarters of the Carlists are now near San
Marico, in the province of Ginpuzcoa.
John Ulrich, of La Crosse, editor of the
Nord Stern, and U. S. Receiver of Public
Money at that place, had his right :eg and lett
arm broken on the evening OF the 18th by Il
runaway accident.
The report of the commission which
recently investigated the management OF the
Usage Indian Agency, wholly exonerates Glib
son, the agent, from all the charges made
against him by the Indians.
Miss Beckwith, the girl who recently
swan five miles on the Thames, is the daugh-
ter OF a popular teacher Of swimming in Lon
don. She is only fourteen years old and was
called wonderful swimmer five years ago
DR.. Helmbold, the buchu man, was ar
rested at Newport recently for a board bill of
$50, which was promptly settled by his law .
yer, who says the Doctor is worth $500, 900.
The arrest is one Of many acts going to show
that strong influences are at work for the per-
secution Of Helmbold.
Sir Edward Watkins, the English
bond and stockholders agent, who has Just re-
ported the results OF his inspection OF the Erie
railway, does not favor the idea of sendipg any
more money from England to invest in thu
road and declares that the road must redeem
itself by its earnings.
Alderman Lang Of Champaign, Illinois,
refusing to treat a tramp named Brown. but
known as Red Ryan OF Chicago, the latter.
preceding Lang, turned on the sidewalk as
Lang came from the saloon and shot him
fatally. Lang died in a few hours and Brown
is in Jail at Urbana.
Samuel I. Settle, of Sedalia, No.,
killed himself in his bedroom at the Fifth
avenue Hotel, Louisville, KY, on the night OF
the 24th, by dscharging pistol ball through
his brain. He was on his way home and SUIT
fering severely from chils, which illness it is
supposed caused him to do the deed.
Drake & Colby, the produce commits.
sion merchants OF New York, who failed On
the 23d, were heavy operators in wheat for a
Use and went down with the market, though
they claim to have sutf red by the failure OF
Robert Craig & Co. OF Liverpool. They were
estimated to be worth last spring over 81 ,0oo.-
600 III cash.
George W. Gage, formerly connected
with some Of the largest hotels in Chicago,
and pr minenty identified with local politics
for many years past, died at his residence in
that city Friday night, the 24th. He had
been unfortunate in his later business enter
pr,ses, and was nearly broken down financial
Iy at the time Of his death.
Rcbecca J. Allen, Of Allerton. rear St..
Louis, on the evening OF the 2ad, was following
her young nephew along road when she fell
into ditch by the road, four or five feet deep.
and, after calling to the boy, became insensi-
bic. Search was diligently made for her but
she was notfound, (the boy not having seen
her fall y until two next morning, when she
was dead from exposure to the cold.