The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-09

E. P. Lowater will furnish Monteith's
New Comprehensive Biographies to
schools which have adopted that book
at the Introductory and exchange prices.
Are you fireman, free and bold ?
Take your basket on your arm and
make your way to Turner's Hall, on
Friday evening, and YOU will receive a
hearty welcome, for La Grange Engine
Company No. 2, propose to be social
and have a good time.
The lecture on "Meanness," was
prevented, by means of the mean wealth.
er causing mean and impossible roads.
The lecture has been postponed until af-
ter Lent, when, it is supposed, that the
people having rcpented Of their mean
deeds, will be able to better understand
the lecturers meaning.
Tams Bixby is at Stockton, Califor-
MIA. Our readers may expect to hear
from him soon, he having changed his
position from that Of Local, to that of
Corresponding Editor. lie will tell us
all about the Patrons in that intensely
"Grange State, as we'll as of other
matters of interest.
The weather, of late, has been rough
on poor whiskey, and there are numer-
Gus illustrations Of the naturalization
or congealat;on Of spirits in our midst.
Is this one of the reasons of the -four
ishing condition of the Good Templars?
Goodhue County contains 1872,
acres of land exclusive Of town lots,
which is valued for taxable purposes,
Sc, 234, l42. The valuation of the
town and city lots in the County, for
the same purpose, 81, 400, COS, and of
personal property, $2,768,909. There
are 1866 persons exclusive of firms
who pay personal property taxes.
The young man who used to loaf
about Red Wing law Offices and wear
dirty linen, Geo. L. Brown, by name,
has been elected Chief Clerk of the
House of Representatives in Nebraska.
Blood and genius always will tell. We
would not be surprised some day tc hear
that George was Governor or President.
From the report of the Attorney Gen.
eral, we learn that Goodhue County
last year INDUCED in the prosecution of
the following criminal cases: l assault
with intent to do great bodily harm; 2
cases of larceny; l violation of liquor
laws; case of house-breaking. The
costs in these cases, aside from the sal
airy of the County Attorney, County
Tailor, Grand Jurors, wood, board.
&C., were 1852, Of which $3.50 are
reported as collected: the fines foot up
$l75, of which amount $75 were col
lected. The County has not expended
less than two thousand dollars to get
seventy -tive out of these five proning
individuals.
Goodhue County has furnished four
inmates to the State Reform School, as
against twenty-nine from Winona,
ninety from Ramsey, hfty-eight from
Hennepin, six from, Wabasha, six from
Dakota and nine from Rice County. \
great many counties have furnished but
one and some are unrepresented. The
counties having the largest cities and
towns have invariably the largest rep
resentation in the Reform School, and
the numbers are away out of proportion
of the compal alive number of inhabi-
tants. Ramsey County with Il little
over thru more of population than
Goodhue County, has furnished over
twenty times the number of inmates to
the School that our County has. Cities
are good places for the production of
crops Of young criminals.
EMERSON, MANITOBA, Feb. lst., 1875.
Mr.. Editor:
Many of my old friends at Red Wing