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The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-04

"A bridge on the Northern Pa
citic Railroad gave way under a
freight train, loaded with iron on
Tuesday Of last week. The fire.
man and engineer and three passen-
gers were killed, and three others
badly wounded. The bridge was
go feet long and 80 feet high.
The Coroner returned verdict of
the facts in which they say:
That the west span of the bridge
broke first, caused by its being con-
structed of unsuitable and unsound
timber; that it broke by the actual
weight of the train, and that the
whole bridge was considered unsafe
by persons not connected with the
Northern Pacific railway, and sever
al who were competent to Judge of
its condition. And we further find
that the several officials of the
Northern Pacific railway whose duty
1t was to make examination of the
bridge, as to its safety, were either
incompetent to judge of its condi-
ton, or were guilty Of gross neglect
in not making the necessary repairs.
And we further find that the con-
ductor of the said train did not warn
the passengers of their danger when
he had ample time to have done So.
Now what is to be done with
those officials and that conductor?
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-04

every town in his State he was
burned in efigy, and after fourteen
years that State reelected him to
the United StatesSenate. Soon after
his elevation to the position of Pres
ident he adopted conciliating
measures toward the South that
brought him in direct opposition to
a majority of Congress, and lead to
his impeachment for high crimes and
misdemeanors, which failed for want
of the req uisite two-thirds for con-
viction; and Mr.. Johnson lived to
see large majority of the Senators
who took part against him in this
trial retired from public life by the
people; with their fair names
blackened by Credit Mobillier, Pa.
cihc Mail, Back Pay or other cor
rupt measures, and to receive the
hearty congratulations of the admin
istration and of large majority of
the present Senate upon his re-elec-
ton to that body. Whatever may
be said of Andrew Johnson he goes,
to the grave with a name unsullied
by one dishonest public act and
must ever be celebrated as a man
loyal to his country and to his con-
vlctlons of right. Mr.. Johnson was
born at Raleigh, N. c., in 1903 and
hence was 81 years old at the time
Of his death.
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-Ex-President Andrew johnson

-Ex-President Andrew Johnson,
died at halfpast two o'clock Satur
day morning, at the residence of his
daughter, in Carter Co., Tenn. some
forty miles east Of Nashville. Last
Wednesday he took the morning
train to visit his daughter with
whom Mrs. Johnson had been ad-
journing for the past six weeks; he
rode in a hack from Carriers depot
to her residence, some six miles dis
lance, and seemed in good spirits on
his arrival and ate a hearty dinner,
and after 4 few minutes general
conversation returned up stairs and
was talking alone with his grand
daughter, Miss Lille Slower. While
thus engaged his tongue refused to
utter tone, and, to her great con-
sternation he fell from his seat.
Help was at once called, but his
critical condition was not fully real
lied for "a hours when physicians
were called. He became uncon-
scious at 7 o'clock in the evening of
Friday. Among his last requests
was that the flag of his country
should be his winding sheet. His
death has created profound sensa-
ton of sorrow throughout the
country, even his most bitter ene-
mics, whom his stern self will and
combative nature made numerous
are silenced and sad. His life was
most eventful, and full of struggles,
his nature rugged, rough and power
full. His judgment was remarkable
strong and far reaching, and he had
the satisfaction of seeing many Of
the principles and ideas for which
he fought the hardest and
suffered the most become the
ruling principles and ideas of the
most patriotic men of the nation.
He stood by the Union cause when
that cause imperrilled his life, his
family and fortune. His own wife
and child were turned out of their
home, and on one occasion a mob
entered railroad car to lynch him,
but he met them boldly pistol in
hand and they retired. In nearly
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-04

This is what the Minneapolis
Mail a Republican sheet and a
strong partizan of Pillsburv, the
nominee for governor has to say of
the manner in which the recent Re-
publican convention was run at St.
Paul, and of Charley Gilman, the
nominee for Railroad Commissioner,
one of the most corrupt politicians
of the State:
Every man on the ticket, save one is
a Ramsey man. Every nominee of any
other stripe was incontinently sat down
upon. The iniquity of running con-
vention on this basis was completed
when Charley Gilman, of St. Cloud,
was nominated for railroad commission
er, an Office second only to the governor
ship, and one that will be continued
if it is possible for Ramsey's friends in
the Legislature to perpetuate it. With
out referring to the oft repeated and
we'll founded charges of corruption
against this man in his management of
the St. Cloud land Office, and his pine
land connections, the manifest un6tness
of II man holding the views he does on
the subject Of the division of the lands
of the State, is too much for the people
to endorse. He was land grabber,
though not a member of the legislature
in 1871, and last winter was the head of
a ring in the legislature that proposed
to plumber the State of it's legacy Of
swamp lands, for the benefit of de-
funct railroad corporation. The legis-
lature defeated his scheme, which was
corrupt from the peel to the core.
What more could be expected of
a convention that coolly set aside
such men as E. w. Dixie, and S. +.
Willard, and nominated such men
a Pfaender, Gilman and the rest?
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-04
THE GRANGE ADVANCE,
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1875.

The trial Of John D. Lee, a
Bishop in the Norman Church for
his participation in the Mountain
Meadow Massacre in 1857, where a
party of 1872 immigrants were muir
dered in cold blood, has brought
out horrible details of blood that put
to blush, in the cold, calculating
treachery for their execution, the
most cruel massacres ever commit
tee by American savages.
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State News.

FAR1BAULT Republican: A Ger
man, named Henry Lipse, of the
town of Wheeling, hung himself on
Wednesday last. That afternoon
ne babe his family good bye, saying
he was going away and
they would not see him
again. He went out and was
not again seen till Saturday evening,
when a man in passing through a
piece of woods about sixty rods
from Lipse's house, saw his BODY
suspended from a limb of a tree.
The deceased had been subject to
fits of partial insanity, and had been
worse since the death of his wife
about two years ago. He was
about fifty years old.
A correspondent at Dundas
writes: A destructive hail storm
visited a small portion Of the town.
ships Of Bridgewater and Faust on
Saturday last. 1t gathered in the
vicinity Of Fan and Union lakes.
The first two or three miles of, its
course was in an easterly direction
and switching round it passed in a
northwesterly course toward the
Cannon river, spending its force in
the vicinity Of Little Prairie. 1t
was accompanied by a perfect gale
of wind, and quite a quantity of rain.
MIR. James Donaldson and adjoining
nelghbors lost all their crops, while
Mr.. Jacob Emery and neighbors
were much injured.
Horse thieves are still pursuing
their vocation on the frontier.
From an advertisement in another
column, and a private letter received
by gentleman in this city, we learn
that Mr.. John w. Hines, of Browns
valley, had his stable broken open
on the night of the 23d inst, and a
pair Of horses stolen therefrom.
The horses are described in the ad-
vertlsement. For the recovery Of
horses and evidence sufficient to
convict the thief or thieves. the
owner offers a reward of $50. The
reward should be for their scalps.
Ihe law protecting this class of
property on the frontier is obsolete:
at least it is imperative. The only
protection or prevention against the
loss OF property to those living so
remote from the courts of justice, is
simply self-protection, i. e., vigilance
and powder and lead. Mr.. Hines
thinks it probable the thieves have
gone in the direction of Redwood
Falls, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medi-
cine, or possibly to the Red river. II
Pi-Pyess.
W1NoNA Herald: Several of out
wheat dealers in this city, last week,
realized handsomely, two or three
making twenty thousand dollars
each: 1t was good weeks work.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-04
Illinois, Missouri and K

Illinois, Missouri and Kansas were
visited, last week with severe rain
storms that have done great dam
age to the wheat, oats tobacco and
hay. While many portions of the
country are so sorely afflicted by de-
structive storms and the grasshopper
scourge, this portion Of the world has
reason to be very grateful for the
most delightful and favorable wealth
er and the most hatterlng prospects
for an abundant harvest.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-04
The Republican Convention.

This Convention met in St. Paul
pursuant to appointment. The at
tendance Of delegates was large,
and the Pi0near- Press and the RAM
sey faction Of the great and glorious
party which saved the nation and
has been playing smash ever since,
are enthusiastic and happy, to say
the least. The following ticket
was placed in nomination:
John S. Pillsbury, of Minneapolis
for Governor; John B. Wakefield, of
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-11-11

Prof. TiCc, of ST. Louis, has given a
brief explanation of the theories upon
which he works in forecasting the state
of the weather upon certain dates in the
future, which are here copied:
Electricity Is the cause Of all atmos-
pheric movements.
The primary atmospheric movements
are: /. A down.pour OF air from the
surface of the atmosphere upon the
earth, and 2, an up-pour of air from the
surface of the earth toward the zenith.
Under the down-pour there is high
barometer, and under the up-pour there
is a low barometer.
All currents of air on the surface OF
the earth now from an area covered by
a high barometer, into an area covered
by a low barometer. All currents IN the
upper regions of the atmosphere How
from the top of the %up-pourlng column
over an area of high barometer into the
vortex of a down-pouring column over
on area of a high barometer. ,
The down-pouring column is called
the anticycIonal vortex the ~up-pourlng
column the CyclOnaI vortex
Over and around the cyclonal vortex
clouds are always formed, and in it rain,
hail and snowstorms are generated, to-
gcthcr with their attendant phenomena,
such as tornadoes, hurricanes, etc.
No clouds are formed over, but clear
or clearing weather prevails within and
around the %anticyclonal vortex, consc-
quently no storms of any character are
generated within it, though its outflow.
ing wind when in close proximity to a
storm center may produce heavy gales
A high and low barometer are insep-
arabic parts Of an electric couple. When
u storm enters-as the lowest point OF
depression within an area Of low barom-
eter is called-passes over n continent,
ON some parts Of that continent there Is
an area of high barometer; hence, as no
rain falls under a high barometer, the
part of a continent covered by such may
suffer from excessive rain falls and de-
.structive floods.
At present, for want of adequate
knowledge Of the laws governing the
movements of the permanent high ba-
rometcr, we can only tell the time when
these heavy rain-falls will take place, but
not the localities where they will occur.
When observation has furnished us
the necessary facts, 50 that we can de-
duce the law, we will be able to forecast
both the time and place, when and where
the phenomena will occur.
A low barometer will swing around as
high barometer, as q center, and vice
versa.
A high barometer lies about 10 de.
grecs toward the left when we stand
facing the point whence the wind comes
and a low barometer lies as many de,
grces TO the left when we are facing the
point whittier the wind goes.
The direction of a low barometer on
storm center if moving, can be asccr'
tanned by observing the vecring of the
wind.
Suppose the wind to be southeast,
then if the wind remain steadily in that
point, we are in the path of the storm
center. If il veers toward the south,
the storm center will pass north Of us.
If it shifts toward the east, and thence
north, then the storm center will pass
south of us.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-11-11
A Troubled Barber.

49, ~ NATURALIZATION IN nnn of Tho
JOKE was Pelpe'rateu y" h o,t barher
pcsI ar.iS.s III ohc VI o W. '' Rochostor
shops Yesterday, Suys tnI ,ho uonna
ohtonlcle' whlcl 1iaSuI''u v"o uti,S
man very muGh anu n,iuo any TIh men
o, sPori ,or ms as1oo mhon . man on.
were an W. ou Ly ~, ,o Wit S;s " aeot in the az.
.ereu .,e Shop, 'oon nno o'" and boaon 70
no,, P," uLEo ,na;.;no rh tsrn liz held
, H." . "n."' NV h ofnro b;s face in such n
~ papot ,hat ,h a horhor couId NOT 900 il
nrn .ha.oeao u,Lon 10 had Gn;sbod his
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-11-11
An Awful Brute.

Yesterday afternoon, Il young lazy
dressed in the narrow guage style, had
occasion TO cross Lake avenue where
there is no crosswalk. She had just
alighted from a car on the opposite SIDE
of the street from her home. Near her
paternal residence two men were stand
ing engaged in conversation. On the
side of the street there was quite u pud-
die of water or rather quite a stream, aS
it was flowing down the avenue IN gooo
style. This young lady must necessarily
cross. Managing her d%iminutive skirts
as best she was able she then cast an
eve over the situation. She thought
she could step oyer it, but alas tor ha-
man calculations, she made an error III
the distance, or in the supposed extent
of her skirts, or something, for she lifted
up her delicate foot and planted 1t d.
rectly in the center Of the dirty pool
In her dismay she dropped a parcel she
had in her arms, and while trying 10
pick it up, in some u~naccountable man
ner she lost her balance and sat down
plump in the water and mud. One OF
the gentlemen at once ran to her assist
ancc and helped her within the gate,
bundle and ali. The other man was I'M
| able to restrain his risibles and burst IN
to Il hearty laugh, wrong as such pro-
ceeding certainly was. The young lady,,s
| face needed no rouge AS she turned round,
thanked her benciactor, and casting a
whitening look on the other chap ana a
calculating, you're u big brute
scamped into the house,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-11-11
John Randolph In Church.

Mr.. Randolph was a great Bible
reader, and was deeply concerned with
religious subjects. lie employed an cx-
cellcnt and eloquent man, Mr.. Abner
Clopton, TO preach every Sunday to his
negroes in II large chapel he had erected
ON his plantation. When at home he in
variably attended these services, taking
his seat by the preacher on the open plat
form from which the preacher conducted
the services. On many occasions while
knceling beside the preacher, who was
prone to he carried away by the fervor of
prayer, Randolph would slap him on the
back and call ont loudly, "Clopton, that
won't do; that's not sound doctrine;
Clopten, take that back" and if Clopton
demonstrated Randolph, though keeping
himself on his knees, was ready at
once for an argument to maintain his
point. No one but Mr.. Clopton, who
knew the eccentricity and honest motives
of the man, could have borne with these
irreverent Interruptions while in the midst
of PRAYER; but MI. Clopton, when he
found Randolph determined to argue the
point, either gracefully yielded or pro-
posed to note the point and argue it at
the dwelling house. To visitors at the
chapel-and they were many--these
scenes were exceedingly curious, and some
times absurdly ludicrous.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-11-11

John Scott, in the Swine and Poultry
Journal, impreSses a lesson which we
have always sought t teach by an illus
tration which may make it clearer to
many than it ever has been before, and
especially as he vouches for the occur-
renee as an actual fact:
Ny neighbor bought a trio of fine pigs,
paying therefor the reasonable sum of
1920. The male was valued at $50, and
the females at $50 each. This was a wise
apportionment of values, IA the male
would impress his value on all the pro-
duce. There are those who think, how
ever, that $50 is too great a price for one
pig. In this ease he did not die or prove
barren, but he begat his likeness not
only on the females of his W blood but
largely on Others to which he was bred.
In the short space of two year. my neigh.
Dor had sold, at prices much less than he
paid, pure bred pigs to the mount of
5000, had on hand a stock of young
things worth 5000, still had the original
stock, and had paid for all his feed and
labor by the use of his male on his and
other stock. To cay nothing Of his en-.
joymsnt In tho possession Of the best, Of
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-11-11
Courtship In Texas.

He sat an one Bidcof the room in n big,
whitc.Oak rocking-chair. She on the
other in II little, whitc-oak rocking-chair
A long-carcd d%cer-hound, swapping at the
flies, was by his side; Il basket Of sewing
by hers. Both rock necessarily, that is,
the young people, not the dog and basket.
He signs heavily, and looks out the west
window at Il Grape myrtle tree; she signs
lightly, and gazcs out the east window
at the turnip patch. AT last he remarks;
"Ihis is mighty good weather to pick
cotton"
"Tis that, if VIC only had amy to
pick"
The rocking continues.
"What's your dogs namcr
"Cooney."
Another s%igh-brokcn stiffness,
"NVhaL is he good inr?'
"What is who good fur" said he, alb
stractedIy.
"Your dog, Cooncy.'
"Fur kctchin possums."
Silence ofIalf AN hour.
ole looks like a deer dog"
"Who looks like a deer dog?'
"Cooncy,"
ole is; but he's kinder bcllOwsed an
g%cttin' old and slow now. An he amt
no count on a cold trail"
In the quiet ten minutes that cnsucd
she took two stitches in her quilt; it was
a gorgeous affair, that quilt was, made by
the pattern called the "ROsc of Sharon
She is very particular about the nomcn.
claturcof her quilts, and frequently walk.
| fifteen miles toget a new pattern, with 4
real putty name"
"Your ma raisin' many chickings!'
"Forty.odd."
Then more, rocking, and, somehow, If
ter awhile, the big rocking chair and the
little rocking chair were jammcd side by
side.
GLOW many has your mi got?'
How many whatY'
"Chickcns."
"Nigh on to a hundrcd.'
BY this time the chairs are so close to-
gcthcr that rocking is impossible.
"1hc minks has eat all ours"
Then a long silence rcigns. At last he
observes:
"Makin' quilts?"
eyes" she replies, Frightening up.
"Tve just finished a 'roarin' caguI of
Braaccl,' a sitting SUM-, and u 'nasion's
pride Have you ever saw the yellow
rose of the parary?"
"No."
More silence; then he says;
ado you love cabbagcs"
81 do that"
Presently his hand is accidentally
placed ON hers. She does not know it
at least does not seem to be aware of it.
Then after n half hour spent in signs,
coughing and clearing of throats, he sud
denly says:
"Isc a great mind to bite YOU"
What you great a-mind to bite me
fur"
"Kasc you won't have me-"
"Kase you amt axed me-"
"Wcll, now, ! AK you"
"Thcn, now, has you"
Then Cooncy dreams he hears a sound
of kissing.
The next day the young man goes to
TigcrvilIc after a marriage license. We'd
ncsday the following week. No cards.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-11-11

THESALARIEsoF Big ACTORs.--Booth's
terms are $500 a night, and he is engaged
to play in the Fifth Avenue theatre dur
ing the present season. Jarrett K Palmer
desire him to play for them, and have
offered 5000 a night, but he has a very
natural dislike to appearing amid the
scenes of his former triumphs and his
eventual ruin. The associations of such
a spot would be too painful. 1t is six
years since he opened that theatre with
high expectations of success, and during
this time he exorted every faculty to
sustain the institution. At last he babe
it farewell amid general ruin, and he does
not care to revisit it.
Barry Sullivan, as a star, receives 10
per cent. of the house-such, at least, is
the report-but it is probable that the
terms are over-stated, in order to give
him eclat. He is a very clever actor,
but will not achieve any grand success.
The Irish do well in comic performances,
and if Barry Sullivan convinces the
American people that he is a t%ragedian,
he will I've the first of his co%untrymcn
that has done so. Davenport, as n star
of Shakspearian dignity, is worth $500 a
week. First-class comedians are rated at
from 1925 to $3.50 u week. james Lewis
receives the aforementioned price, except
under extraordinary circumstances.
From this rate the salaries decline until
they reach $40 to $40 per week for ',sgc'
walkers,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-11-11
Fruit Tree Planting.

Have farmers thought the time for
planting orchards has arrived? Have
they set apart "A few more acres Of ground
TO be planted in fruit trees to furnish
fruit for themselves and their stock ?
Have they considered the fact that a few
acres in u good orchard will frequently
bring larger returns than all of the rest
Of the farm?
The ground should now be got ready
for blowing. Let it be rolling ground, if
possible, to carry off the surplus water.
The higher the ground the better it is
for fruit, as it is frequently saved from
destruction by spring f%rosts, if on an ele-
waited picceof ground. Plow the ground
deeply now, and about the first of No
vcmbcr cross plow it. Put the land in
the best condition for the trees. Lay it
off carefully so all the rows will be
straight and not bo an eyc-sore to every
passcr-by. Dig holes about four feet
square by two feet deep, and when the
tree is planted, fill in enough surface soil
50 the roots will stand no deeper than
when in the nursery. Select good varic.
ties, such AS you know are adapted to
your locality, and plant the trees with
care. After planting, tie newspaper OF
brown paper of some kind around each
tree to the height Of Il foot and Il halt
from the ground to prevent, the rabbits
from eating the bark.
Raise corn, or potatoes, Or beans, or
cabbage, or tobacco, or some hOed crop,
in the orchard for the first few years, and
you will soon have an abundance of
fruit, and will be well paid for all the *
pense and care bestowed in securing you
Il good orchard. -CJiman's Rmai.