The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-01

tahngicoal and:waitng for ice fields to clear
away. Not more than half a days work re-
attended by oil the officers and seamen Of the
German vessels in pert, tue German consul
and large number Ut friends and relatives Of
he lost.
"A dispatch from Memphis, on the southern
decoration day, says, Business is, suspended
to-day for the memorial services at Elmwood.
Since eight o'clock this morning
the streets have been crowded
with people The procession now forming is
the largest ever seen here, except, perhaps, at
the funeral services Of Gen. Lee. The ex-Fed-
eral soldiers have almost to man turned out,
and in the ranks are seen tattered battle flags
OF both the Federal and Confederate armies.
At no time since the close of the war has there
been such genuine intermiugling of the blue
and gray as is presented here to-day"
A Washington dispatch says the Secretary 81
War has granted permission to the Southern
Memorial Association, with their friends, to
enter Arlington Cemetery the first of June for
the purpose OF decorating the graves of Con-
iederates, with liberty to use the grand stand,
where the exercises, including an address, take
place. Originally there had been inferred at
Arlington 355 Confederate soldiers, but 122
were removed to family burial grounds. The
Confederate graves at the Glenwood and Con-
gressional cemeteries will also be decorated the
same day. The decoration of Union graves in
the several cemeteries will take place the goth
Of May.
A dispatch from Jefferson City, Mo-, says
"During q sermon delivered in the hall of the
House of Representatives, by Rev. Mr.. Pratts-
man, he alluded to the destitution among the
people in several counties of the State, occasio-
ned by grasshoppers. After the sermon and
prayers were over, the congregation resolved T.
seltinto mass meeting, with Gov. Hardin in the
chair, and resolutions were adopted setting forth
that grasshoppers, chinch bugs. &c., were ruin
ing the farming districts, and that Providence
alone could prevent terrible state of affairs l.:
that Commissioners be appointed by the Gov
ernor in every county in the State to solicit re-
lief Tor the sufferers; that collections for the
destitute be taken upin the different churches
June Sd, the day set apart by the Governor as
one OF fasting and prayer; and requesting Gov.
Hardin to issue another proclamation emb0dy.
ing in it the proceedings Of this meeting.
The Court of Claims at Washington has
rendered judgment for S480, 600 gold in favor
of the State National Bank of Boston, which
brought suit to recover the sum from the
United States. The amount was paid into
the United States sub-treasury at Boston
to cover the defalcation of Hartwell,
cashier in 1867. The bank held that the Uni
ted States, having secured the money through
Hartwells knowledge and participation in his
fraud, could not hold it.
Lentz, Bowman & Co.'S colliery at Mahony
City, has resumed ope1 ations at 20 per cent re-
duction on the basis of1874, for one month. after
which a permanent arrangement with the
men will probably be made. Early resump-
ton in the entire anthracite regions is ex-
ected
A large number OF ladies' and gentlemen gath
cred at the Lindell Hotel in St. Louis, ON the
26th of May, for the pur pose Of meeting
Mrs. r. q. Gillespie, president Of the Women's
centennial executive committee, with view
to determining what action shall he taken by
the wsmen Of the city and State in connection
with the Centennial Celebration. Mrs. Gil
lespie, in her remarks, stated the object of her
visit, and Mrs. DR.. Dickinson, member
from Missouri of the Centennial
executive com mittee, delivered an address to
the women Of the State, inviting their earnest
action and cooperation in the celebration of
the Nations anniversary. An executive COM
mittee of 1875 of the most prominent ladies of
the city, headed by Mrs. Gen. Sherman, was
then appointed to take charge of the matter,
and the meeting adjourned.
The President has informed the Indians that
they are receiving gratuitous food from the
government and they cannot foretell when it
may be discontinued
Judge Porter closed his argument for Beech
er on the 9th.
Wall street is excited, and values are shakey
The stock market May Goth was very weak
with further decline in prices. The depres-
sion was most marked in Erie, Western Union,
Pacific Mail, Lake Shore and Panama, the de-
cline ranging from x to s per cent. The
greatest decline was in Panama, which fell
from 40 to 1856. Erie, after advancing to 20x
dropped to 18x, the lowest price for long
time past.
Advices from Cincinnati, Ohio dated May
26, state that a meeting of General Managers
of eastern and foreign fire insurance COM
panies in the South and West, had
convened at the Grand Hotel. The object
the meeting was to confer together on auxiliary
matters, connected with Insurance, the man
agement of agencies, classification of risks, &c.
The steamship Great Western, which
sailed for Bristol, England, has re-
turned to New York with her machinery out
of order
A late telegram says the committee ap.
pointed by bondholders of the Northern Pa
cifc railroad company, to form plan for fi1-
ture action Of the bondholders, have made
their report. It is proposed that