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The Grange advance., 1875-12-15
GENERAL MATTERS.

China has appointed ministers for the
United States, Peru and Japan.
A Madrid, Spain, telegram of the 7th,
says the weather is very cold in the north and
some soldiers have been frozen to death.
The execution OF an imperial decree re-
forming and recognizing the tribunals Of Tur-
key has been officially announced.
The German Savings Bank Of New
York suspended on the 7th. The bank had
The guard gates of the Sault Ste.
Marie canal have been closed for the winter,
and the work Of repair will be commenced i'm
mediately.
The question of the $4,000 race at San
Francisco, is again being revived, but as some
of the horses to contest are still suffering from
epizoot, it is not certain when it will come OF
At Homestead, Iowa, fifty miles west of
Davenport, on the 28th ult., farmer who
caught the wrong man in his wife's bed room,
= killed the intruder by a blow with an axe,
which smashed in his skull.
The Kentucky State grange, P. of H.,
has adopted resolutions favoring government
aid to the Southern Pacific railroad, and also
against attaching to the Order the colored Or
ganization known as the Council Of Laborers
1t is said that Ed. Peters & Co., the
oldest and most extensive lumber commission
firm in Boston, has suspended. Large losses
by shrinkage in property and business de-
preston are the causes assigned. A meeting
of creditors is soon to he held.
1t is reported that the steamer Los
Angeles, which was feared to BE- los, arrived at
Victoria yesterday in tow Of the British
gunboat Kokcet. Her engine was broke
down 95 miles south Of Columbia River, and
she was eighty days under sail. She lost one
seaman in gale.
1t is reported that the agricultural re.
ports for November and December say that the
November returns indicate that the corn crop
Of 1876 was one of the largest ever grown
in this country, probably equalling the
very large crops of 1870 and 1879.
It is at least fourth greater than the crop of
1869. Every section Of the Union reports
some increase.
The potato crop Of the United States is
excellent, botl in production and quality. The
yield in the districts reported Is one-fourth
greater than last year. In the rainy sections
the sweet potato $ suffered in yield
and quality, caused from excessive
moisture. In the gulf States and western Mis-
sissippi the yield largely exceeds thst Of lasl
year. The quality is about average.
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IT appears that there are four thou.
sand more male than female idiots proper
in the United States. This shows how
the women are ground down in. this
country. With their weaker minds they
are not even allowed their full proper:
ton Of representation in our insane
Easylnms. With . little more exertion on
the part Of the most radical Of the s-ssuffra.
|gists, it is possible this discrepancy will
BE removed.
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National EdWCAtt0mal Association.
When the National Educational Asso.

NA1t0004 E0UC0t1O00t A08OCD0saO0s
When the National Educational Asso.
citation was in session last August at
Minneapolis, Minn., Prof. H. A. Newell
of Baltimore extended cordial invita-
tion to the Association to;hold its next
session in this city. It is understood
that the officers in charge Of the selection
of the place Of meeting are undecided
whether Baltimore or Reading, Pa, is the
more available place for the purpose. No
doubt the prosperous city of Reading can
afford ample Accommodations,f ,forsthe pur-
pose, but SO can Baltimore, with the addi-
ton Of fish, oysters, and other phospho-.
rous additions to the brain, which are
needed by even the best educational phi.
losophers. We would be glad to have
the nations educators among us at their
NEXT session. < d ~
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E>cape OF boss Tweed.

VIM. NJ. Tweed escaped from the ward.
en- Of Ludlow strret Jail, on Saturday, the
5th, while making a. customary visit to
the house of Tweed's son-in.law, Mr..
Douglas, on Madison avenue, where
Tweed's wife resided. Tweed asked per-
mission to 90 up stairs to see his wife,
which was granted. Tweed staid up
about fifteen minutes when he (Dunham)
becoming uneasy at his prolonged ab-
seuce, sent Tweed's son sitter him. .sHe
soon returned and said, "Father is not
there The warden then rushed to the
front door and looked up and down the
street, but saw no person resembling
Tweed. Tweed had taken his hat with
him, but had left his overcoat in the
hall. >,>-..,,,,.-.,,,,~~- ,.,~,,. ,..,.-, ~
Hagan, the assistant jailor, said he
saw Tweed 60 up three or four steps Of
the stairs, but is not certain that he went
up the full fight. The house was
searched from top to bottom, but no trace
of the fugitive was found. Tweed's son
was in q very excited condition when he
learned Of his fathers escape. He pulled
his hair and exclaimed he was ruined, as
did also Mr.. Douglass, the son.in.law.
Warden Dundam admits having taken
Tweed ont to drive some three or four
times while he.was~ in h his custody, as
Tweed was complaining of terrible head
aches. The bonds given by the sheriff
for the proper performance of his duties
are for $4,000, and those of Warden
sDunham $4,000.
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Foundation for a Romance.

The West Point passenger train, yes.
terday evening, brought in q beautiful
girl, four or five years Of age. who knew
nothing about her destination. She was
placed under the charge of a lady at
Montgomery, Ala, by man. He came
on board and asked if there was any one
going to Augusta. Upon lady respond
ing that she was, he asked her if she
would take charge of little girl to Au-
gusta, and then put her under the charge
Of the conductor Of the train there. She
said she would, if he would see the con-
ductor about it. The man was a stran.
ger to the lady, and left the train with
out giving her any money to pay the
child's fare or. supply her with food.
The child had slip of paper upon
which was written, "Place Emma Doug.
lass in charge of the conductor of the
sleeping car to Augusta, and tell him to
put her under the care Of the conductor
on the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta
railroad to Pine House, where she will
be met by Mrs. Lucy R. Strothcr.' Con-
ductor James W. Bell, upon his arrival
here, took the child home with him, until
he could find out more about her.
1t is somewhat singular that child Of
her tender years should be put on a
train, without money, to travel long
distance. 1t is true that no conductor
would put her off the train, or see her
suffer for want Of food, but it is some
thing unusual to ship the little cherub
alone.
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THE NEWS RECORD.
CRIMES AND CRIMINALS.

Near Dixon, ILL.,, a man named Wathill
aviny baryained with his sons that they
hould clear piece OF timber land, quarreled
nth them Oh the 9th, as to whether the
greement required removal of the stumps and
oots, and in a fit of rage pulled out his pocket
;nilc and stabbed his oldest son 10 the heart.
lie was arrested Ind is held for trial tor mur.
ler.
Frank Ulrcch, a merchant in good
standing at Pottsville Pa, has been arrested
IN suspicion Of being connected with the
Molly Mcguire murders OF Chas. O'Donnell,
Ind McAllster and sister, at that place ON the
night OF the 9th. It is said the murders
grew out of . previous shooting affair, of
which the O'Donnells were in possession Of
damaging evidence.
Cincinnati solid men are shaken by the
disappearance of Charles E. Cist, middle
aged, respectable and much-trusted lawyer,
who hes pccketed some $4,000 of money en-
trusted to him by different clients He has
handled millions OF dollars and bore such a
good reputation that his clients did not i'm
agine it to te requisite they should know
what he was doing with their money.
On the 7th inst. an old feud between
}. +. Harden and William H. Phelps of Car
thaye, Mo-, was ended by Harden going into
the District Court room, the court being in
session, and opening fire On Phelps, who was
unarmed and begged for his lie. Before the
sheriff and bystanders could sieze and dlsarln
Harlen. he had fired three balls into Phelps
body, each OF which inflicted mortal wound
In November, 1871, Maria Louise Riley
mysteriously disappeared while returning
from Salem county, Indiana, to her home in
Albion, Mich. Her husband, Major Selah
Riley secured a divorce and married another
woman in 1874, soon alter which he was arrest
ed OH suspicion OF having murdered his first
wife, but was discharged. Her relatives still
adhere to the murder theory and have now
offered reward of 81 900 for discovery of her
fate.
In the crooked whisky trial of Burbach
and Reynolds at Milwaukee OH the 9th, ex-
gauger w. II. Roddis, who had turned States
evidence, testified he did so on the promise Of
U. S. District Attorney McKenny that the
criminal prosecutions pending against him
should he discontinued. He also testified that
he had wilfully made false afidavits, Tor which
parties had paid him $4,000, but did not fur
nish the names Of the parties paying the
money.
The latest telegraphic dispatches from
Mahoney City and Gilbert state that there
ismuch excitement in those places in conse-
quence Of three murders committed at 2
o'clock this morning by masked men. They
entered the house of Chas. O'Donnell, and
-seizing and binding him, carried him
back Of the house, where he was
shot dead. A man named McAllister
was also taken from his house and shot, and a
sister OF NicAllister's was also murdered. The
murderers are supposed to be Molly Maguires,
but no reason is given by the people in the
neighborhood for the bloody deeds.
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The whereabouts Of Boss Tweed is be-
coming as much of a mystery as that of
little Charley Ross. If the truth were
known, people would be greatly astonish-
ed at the difficulty Tweed has in trying
not to step on the detectives who are,
standing like cemented wall between
him and renewed captivity.
The Grange advance., 1875-12-15

TH1RTY.N1NE per cent of the population
of Michigan are married people, and of
the remainder there are over 10000 more
males than females. If SO disposed the
surplus women of Massachusetts, could
materially reduce this discrepancy.
The Grange advance., 1875-12-15

The application for space at the Cen.
tennial Exposition are so numerous that
the Commissioners must decline all furth-
er petitions for ground or even shelf
room. There is three times as much ma
chinery entered as the allotted space will
contain. This looks like "big exhibi-
ton. indeed,
The Grange advance., 1875-12-15

A PROFESSOR has arisen in St. Louis
who denounces Tice, and calls his theory
of planetary equinoxes ''illogical, un-
scientific, and untenable.'' But Mr..
Tice continues to predict the weather
with surprising accuracy at the old
stand.
The Grange advance., 1875-12-15

SPAIN will put two new armies in the
field against the Carlists, and generals
have already been chosen for the COM
mand. We may expect to hear next
summer at least twice week, that the
war is ended.
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CURRENT TOPICS.

The Indiana commissioner.shir is to re.
main in the Smith family. John Q.
Smith, of Ohio, has received the appoint
ment
The Grange advance., 1875-12-15

IT was not a Minnesota editor who re-
marked, with much meekness, that "Astor
was the richest man in America, except
one, whose name modesty forbids US to
MENTION" Minnesota editors give their
surplus wealth to the poor.
The Grange advance., 1875-12-15

TIE Englishmtn who some weeks ago
offered a bet of $25.OO0 that the rotund-
ity of the earth could not be proved, has
sued the stockholder for damages for sur
rendering the money to the man who
easily proved the fact. The complaint
AYERS that the defendant knew that he was
hettinp on a certaintv,
The Grange advance., 1875-12-15

HENRY WILSON was believer in spirit
uallsm, and it is said received spirit
warning of his approaching death, from
the spirit of his departed wife.
The Grange advance., 1875-12-15

GEN. FOREST, who will be remembered
by many veterans of Wisconsin, Iowa
and Minnesota, has joined the Presby
terian church at Memphis.
The Grange advance., 1875-12-15
Pluck aud patience are strong firm in
transacting the daily business Of life.
Never saw Anyahinx Like 1t.

A The rush for the beautiful and useful
goods which IRE. being slaughtered Ct the
great closing out sale Of D. D. Merrill
Allen L Co. at St; Paul, il perfectly as
tonishing. We advise our patrons to go or
send and get some Of them quick. Xmas
Is coming.
The Grange advance., 1875-12-15

No eetin appuls in school ours : reads
: sign on the blssthdsnf ofIa, school
house in enlightened old Massachusetts,,
where education is supposed to sit on the
top rail and make faces ct ignorance.
The Grange advance., 1875-12-15

BEARS have not got into winter quar-.
ters' SO they say. This freak of the gen.
tie beast indicates warm winter, and
corn planting in April.
The Grange advance., 1875-12-15

THR whisky business is quite lively
now. Not whisky straight, but whisky
crooked. 1t is altogether too lively for
the peace of mind of the disstillers and
gau9erg.
The Grange advance., 1875-12-15

A man down in Georgia blew out what
brains he had because he was not invited
10 dance. What pity it is that more
of his kind do not take revenge in the
same WaY.
The Grange advance., 1875-12-15

CONGRESS has already commenced its
tusslc with the leeches. Over two hum
dred million of dollars was asked for in
the first two days Of the session. The
Centennial commissioners want only =
million and half.
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Sending s 20 .ssages on u Sinsyc
W.T. ltlae Sanle Time.

Erom the Journal of the Telegraph)
During the past two weeks, MIR. Elisha
Gray, OF Chicago, ILL.,, has been exhibit
ing his Eiectro-Harmonic apparatus in
the Western Union building, in this city.
More than year since we published an
article descriptive Of this curious dis
covery, so far as it had been developed at
that time. Since then Mr.. Gray has de.
voted the greater part Of his time to the
perfection Of the apparatus, and has al
ready succeeded in producing some very
remarkable results. Mr. Gray's earlier
experiments disclosed the fact
that composite tones were as
easily transmitted over wire
as single notes, and from this dis.
covery he developed system of multiple
transmission, founded on this principle.
The apparatus was tested experimentally
on wire between Boston and New York,
on last Saturday with very satisfactory
results. Four separate communications
were simultaneously transmitted from
Boston and copied from four saunders by
like number of receiving operators in
New York. In the main the signals were
perfectly received on all the instruments,
the only apparent defect being tendency
to shorten them somewhat, a difficulty
which can doubtless be overcome by a
suitable modification of the transmitting
apparatus.
The principle Of the apparatus is a very
simple one. The depression of each KEY
sets self.vibrating electrotome in opera
ton, which is adjusted or tuned to vibrate
at certain rate, differing from that of
any Of the others, when under the influ.
ence of the e]cctro-magnet controlled by
its corresponding key. These several
sets o: electrical vibrations are transmit
ted through the circuit without interfers
ring with each other. in the same manner
that almost any number of different sets
of sound waves may pass through the air
without mingling. At the receiving sta
tions, each instrument is so adjusted as
to respond to its own special sets Of waves
or vibrations without regard to others.
BY breaking and closing the circuit upor
the transmitting electrotome, so as to
form telegraphic signals, these are Trans
mittei and taken up by the correspond.
ing receiving apparatus.
It is not easy to fix limit to the num-
ber Of different communications that may
To carried on over the same wire stimuli.
taneously, either in the same or opposite
directions. The marked success which
attended the operation of the principle
through two hundred and forty miles ol
line, on Saturday, seems to promise re.
suits in the future Of the greatest value.
The Grange advance., 1875-12-15

ST.. PAUL has its heather Chinee
"muchec washee'' man, and visions orruin
by Celestial cheap labor already appear
on many Il wash board in this CITY.
The Grange advance., 1875-12-15

A PARIS letter says that Minister
Washburn and his brother from Mime
sofa are about to make the tour of Egypt
and Turkey, to be absent three months.
The Grange advance., 1875-12-15
A Rad Case iaa Olulsted County.
Rochester Record and Union.1

Ard now the village of Byron has its
sensation, and a very bad one it is. The
facts arc as follows: Mr.. Harmon n. Ved-
der, with his wife and boy, the latter
about twelve years of age. and cripple,
have resided in Byron for some TINA.
Also fellow named Stephen Sherman,
we'll known in this city, and man of not,
to say the least, SURPRISING charms Of
body or mind. Mrs. Vedder, for some
reason, became enamored Of Sherman.
In fact, fell deeply. in love with
him, and, as the evidence
showed, allowed Sherman privileges
that do not accord with orthodox teach
ings. Friday last Mrs. Vedder told her
husband she was coming to Rochester for
some purpose, and took the eastern train,
and Sherman, by q singular coincidence.
took the same train. But they didn't stop
in Rochester. They continued on unit:
they reached Winona, and then Sherman
was met by an officer who took charge Of
him, and he was brought back to this
city. The charge against Him was adul-
terry. Monday morning Sherman was
called on to confront the charge and JUS
tice George. The evidence against him was
given by the boy, who told = very dis
gusting and terrible story. and on his
evidence Sherman was held in bail in the
sum of $500 for trial, and in default was
sent to Jail. During the examination
Mrs. Vedder never WINGED nor blushed
until her son was upon the. stand, and
then she broke down entirely, crying like
q child. She is a very good looking
woman, about 80 years Of age, and what
she sees in Sherman Is query. She
sticks to him, however, and told him in
the Jail that she would set bail for him,
OF that certain other parties would 60 to
the penitentiary with him. .;
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In Tennessee it is said there are two
dogs to one man. Poverty always seeks
strange bed-fellows. A poor man with
out a dog should be helped without
question.
The Grange advance., 1875-12-15

ALL women in this part of the country
who happen to have been wives of the
late sewing machine Singer will do we'll
to come forward now and ''prove prop
erty."
The Grange advance., 1875-12-15

The first report Of death by freezing
this winter, comes from Nebraska City,
where young man, the son of an Aus.
trian nobleman, perished by the road
side.
The Grange advance., 1875-12-15

General in those days Of war will be glad
to learn that he has had to resort to the
use Of glasses.
That was shrewd advice of learned
lawyer to a pupil, "When the facts are in
your favor, but the law opposed to you,
come out strong on the facts and when
the law. is in your favor and the facts CD.
posed to you, come out strong on the
law "But," inquired the student,
when the law and the facts are both
against me, what shall I do :" ssWhy,
then" said the lawyer, sstalk around it,"
''H.ve you any eggs." inquired a
peaceful looking old man as he leaned
over the counter of . hardware store re-
Gently. ''No sir, this is hardware
store; we keep nails, stoves, etc." an
swered the clerk. "Well, I did want
some eggs" slowly drawled the old man,
"but shain't particular, and you may
give me pound of nails. -
ON the evening of the 28th ult. Gus
Freas, son Of the proprietor of the Amer.
lean House At Hastings, and man named
Syver Peterson quarreled in the bar
room Of the hotel when, in attempting to
eject Peterson, young Freas received two
stabs in the hip and arm from knlfe IN
Peterson's hands. George Miller, who
went to the assistance of the wounded
man, was also slightly stabbed. During
the melee, however, Peterson was badly
used up. He viii be tried for assault as
soon as be gets out aud around.
, 1875-10-17

Among the latest engineering projects is a
proposition to flood the Desert Of Sahara by
opening achanhel from the Atlantic Ocean,
and turning it into an inland sea. And now
comes gentleman who suggests that this
project for utilizing the Desert Of Sahara will
throw the earth off its present balance !!
Just how serious disturbance there will be
can be ascertained, he says, upon finding the
actual length and depth Of the desert.
Meanwhile, he leaves room for the imagina-
ton to picture the earth tuznbling through
space and seriously interfering with the
equilibrium Of the other inhabited planets Of
the universe. This is a suggestion for the
Millerites. They Will find, in addition to
any scientific testimony they may be able to
collect on the subject, their position
strengthened by "Mother sHnroS's " proph-
ecy of the end Of the world in 1881 If
We are not disappointed in this cheerful
representation, there is chance that some
Of us now living may be in at the death.
, 1875-10-17

We suggest to the members Of the Repub-
Gcan party, and especially to those who may
be selected as delegates to the County Con-
vention, the propriety Of a general and unan-
imous indorsemeut Of the reelection of
Judge GARE. TIE substantial, respectable
people Of ali par ties are united in urging the
reelection Of Judge who has borne himself
n Office with such credit In the case Of the
sacancy on tho Circuit Bench, the Opposition
aave nominated Judge McA111srER. There
>an be no objection made to him On personal
Or professional grounds. We suggest, there
fore. that the question be well and deliber-
ately considered whether it be advisable OF
not under the circumstances to nominate an
opposing candidate for that Office. To do 80
ray ha7e the effect Of causing his friends to
put forth strong efforts to secure his election,
anain 50 doing may greatly help the whole Dew
1-Fish ticket. When the Opposition have SGT
an example Of ignoring party on the Judge
ship, would it not be the best policy for the
Republican Convention to do likewise? We
throw out this suggestion for what it is
worth.
, 1875-10-17

ceived los Cd, and must have regretted his
inability to discover any other atfectionate
couples within the precincts Of Norwich.
Another witness, after detailing the price
paid in shillings and sherry-of his vote,
suggested plan Of electoral reform which
has at least the virtue of novelty. He said
that g A pure election might be secured in
Norwich, if every one was paid certain sum
after be had voted" This idea caused much
merriment The fact that it was seriously
propounded shows the wretched1y low state
Of morality that prevails in some English
boroughs. Bad as our elections are, they
have not sunk to this depth. We may have
d mote In our eye, but the beam is monopo-
lized by our British brethren.
, 1875-10-17

direct from this city to all points on the
South Atlantic, as well as to the r2Fer ansa ~
terror cities and towns. Apart IRON ehe
economy of this direct trade, there Is anot ther
reason which is producing this change anu
that is, the disposition of the overpiuf' or
pork. The barrel of pork when packed COL
tains an average Of 100 pounds after otang
in barrel some weeks it increases in weight to
the extent Of 20 or q pounds per barrel.
This increase, however, fades away III tne
summer, leaving the weight as it was or1g1-
nally. The practice in New York has o<sen
to take this overplus from the toa1-
rel, and sell pork to the sonth
without any provision for the subseqslent
shrinkage. The result has been, that oar
rel of Chicago pork bought through New
York always pans out from 20 to "a POUNDS
less pork than q barrel Of Chicago pork .pur-
chased in Chicago. This matter has OF itself
had very strong influence in demanding
that the pork trade shall be direct with the
place where the pork is packed, and " here
the barrel is not subjected to heavy toll be-
fore it reaches the consumer.
New England also is largely becoming COIL
vert to direct trade with Chicago giving up
the trade through New York !; and gradually,
butrapidly, the trade Of this city in proVl'ions
and grain will become direct with oil the At
lantic ports and the interior, having only
such trade with New York as will be more Or
less local to that place. The distribution
will take place here, and not in New York
as heretofore.