The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-03
Grange Matters.

Kentucky has 1900 oranges and nearly
100000 members.
The Patrons Of Madison county, Wis,
have stock sales at London with success.
Liberty Grange, 500 Mo-, denounces
by resolution, extravagances, intemper-
ance and profanity.
Four local Oranges have combined and
opened Grange store at Burton, Mis-
souri,.
The Patrons now have their Grange
Furnishing Agency at Milwaukee in &C.
tive operation.
The Patrons of Orange county, Virgin
ia, are building large Grange store for
general trading.
The ex-Treasurer of the Missouri State
Grange has made good nearly the whole
of his defalcation.
From many sections of the State comes
the news Of cooperative stores being, or
ganized.-Missouri Farmer.
The receipts of the Tennessee State
Grange for the past year were $l2,373.
and it has now $3,435 in treasury.
A cotton factory will in all probabili-
ty be built and operated this year BY the
patrons Of Drew county, Ark.
The three Grange insurance companies
of Muscatine and Cedar counties, Ia,
carry over q million dollars of risks.
The Missouri State Grange has organ
lied Grange mutual insurance company
with a capital Of 100000, in shares Of
S25.
Duck Spring Grange, Alabama, ship
ped l30 bales of cotton to Mobile last
year, realizing handsome profits over
home markets.
Every Grange in Rails county, No.,
has loaned to the fund for purchasing i'm
plements, as recommended by the State
Grange in October.
The Patrons Of Monroe county, Mo-,
received direct from Louisiana through
Grange agency six and half tons Of
sugar and large amount Of coffee.
The Kansas State Grange is working
the Fort Scott foundry, making harvest
crs, clipper gang and sulky prows, culti-
/ SatOISs nay IaAeS H"y oAu SSH" SusAeA -
rollers, etc.
The Patrons Of Ashfield Grange, 60,
Massachusetts, are uniting for purposes Of
cooperation and hope soon to deal on .
large scale. Their present intention is to
purchase bran, corn, middlings ETC., in
lots Of 100 tons.
| The Patrons Of Cedar county, lows,
operate three Grange stores and . fire in
surance company, carrying risks to the
amount Of S25O,OO0. A cooperative
butcher shop and pork packing house
will be established shortly.
Pleasant Valley Grange, o47,
Iowa is buying plaster BY the car load u
Fort Dodge. It has also formed joint
stock company for the purchase Of some
blooded stock, and money enough has
been offered to purchase small herd.
Blue Grange, 447, Jackson county
No., held Harvest Home" on the 9th
of March. II offers premiums for ths
best twenty five apple trees set out and
cultivated during the year, and for ths
best crops Of cereals raised BY members.
| The Grange store At Ot.erville, Coope,
county, No., which was opened ; month
ago with . stock Of goods valued At
81, 400, reports business Of from $50 t.
$50 . day.
Patrons have arranged with the owner,
Of the steamer Bostrop to carry Their
lfreirht between New Orleans and Cam.
den, Ark, at 80 1-3 per cent below custo.
mary rates
And now We are informed that the
Grange Publishing Comf any has beer
merged into the Patrons and Sovereigna
Publishing Company which has given
ESQ 600 bonds to the Rxecutive Commit
tee Of the New York Grange; but "