The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-25

during the week, the surrounding territory
was not 50 fortunate. At Hackensacls
before two rain came down in torrents. Shower
succeeded shower, each accompanied by vivid
lightning, and the water seemed to be one con-
hnuous stream. AS the ground was already
thoroughly soaked, the flood accumulated rap
idly, and all the low grounds soon
bore the appearance of lake.. The
houses on the meadows below the
town were soon in the condition of islands,
and this morning the inhabitants were impro-
vising bridges through the door yards, while
the chickens were perched on barrels and
boats. All the gardens and lowland fields
were under water, and will be more or less
damaged. The track of the New Jersey and
New York railway was washed away for some
distance and the break is so serious that it is
not certain trains can pass over it before Tues
day next. The mails which kwece sent
out last night over the Northern
railroad of New Jersey were brought back ia
the post office in this city and were sent out
ofnearly all the railroads running into this
city were more or less damaged but the neces-
sary repairs were promptly made.''
The night express train, No. 3, on the Ohio
& Mississippi railroad, was thrown firm the
track on the night Of the 18th of August about
halt a mile east Of Huron, Indiana.
The cause of the accident was
the removal of rail, which is supposed to
have been taken out of its place by some
malicious person or persons. as the
hand-car house at Huron had
been broken open and crow bar and other
tools taken therefrom, which were found near
the track where the rail was
missing. The railroad authorities
here say. although several cars were thrown
from the track and pretty we'll shaken up, no
one was injured. The company offer FIVE hum
dred dollars reward for the arrest of the mis-
creants who removed the rail-
The residence of VIM. Malburn of Freeport,
Ill.,, burned the morning OF the 18th, his wife
perishing iu the flames.
A hurricane and hail storm visited Pontoise,
so miles northeast of Paris, the 18th, during
~hich many persons were seriously injured,
many cattle killed and property destroyed to
the value of 100000.
Reports of the 10Th show the river at Mem
phis only one inch below the danger line and
ing one inch. The damages to crops continue,
hut by keeping large forces at work strength
ening the weak places in the levee the losses
have been restricted to individual cases.
The steamer Hugh Martin, running between
London and Knoxville, Tenn, blew up August
10th and one passenger, an engineer from
The Cincinnati South railroad, name unknown,
and boy and man standing on the bank,
we're killed. Benson, the pilot, and the head
mate are badly hurt. Henry Fritz is slightly
hurt. Several deck hands and deck passen-
gers were hurt, names unknown. The Martin
was light stern wheel boat, built for the pas
senger and freight trade between Nashville
and Chattanooga.
The steamer Rio Bravo, from New Orleans
for the Rio Grande, encountered a southerly
gale, fifteen miles off Sabine light, on the
night of the 18th, and was driven ashore ten
miles east OF Sabine light. No lives lost and
everything saved except the vessel, which is
reported badly wrecked, but may be saved it
the weather abates.
The body of N. S. Grimwood, one of the lost
aeronauts, has been found on the beach of Lake
Michigan, near Stony Greek On the body
were found a watch, notes, paper, letter, and
India rubber life preserver with a hole in it
two inches long; also certificate Of member
ship in the Chicago public library. The notes
were rather vague, abiding to the early aspi-
rations of the writer to rise in the world, and
the realization. At the time of writing it was
stated that the balloon was over the middle of
Lake Michigan, and the possibility OF fall was
mentioned, but not a probability. The body
was found by mail carrier. 1t was badly de-
composed, the hair and portions of the face
being gone. 1t was buried in the cemetery
near the place where discovered.
A bloody fight occurred on the 10th in Frank
lin county, ILL.,, between the sheriff with a pos
see of twenty men and band of ku-klux.
Fire arms were freely used, and several of the
outlaws were wounded, one of them fatally
Before dying this one made confession, Civ
ing the names of 80 or 40 Of his companions
The governor has sent a hundred stand of arms
to the sheriff.
The Albion Mills at Conshocton, Pa, were
burned to the ground on the Dist. Loss q
quarter of a million.
The entire family Of Thurlow Weed was
lately poisoned by using copper tea-kettle
WIAieA As"u OocA 0A0aueu Will oAAIlC aclu Nlf.
Weed had very narrow escape from death.
From Abroad.
The first Of July last a number of Jesuits
entered the republic OF Costa RIGA from Guate-
mala, whence they had been ex-
PEELED. When they arrived within
ten miles OF the capitol they were ordered to
stop. Congress met the same day and TWO
thousand masons went in a body to Con-
gress Hall and petitioned for the Jesuits
removal as mischievous members of society.
The president, who is a Mason, and several
members prominent in debate and influence,