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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-01-14

A correspondent Of the Stitar0fer
Messenger gives the following account
to the organization Of new Grange At
Point Douglas
The officers were duly installed by Depu-
u K. Ayres, followed BY an address by our
recently elected State Lecturer. Then fol-
iewed : novel entertainment tor farmers
Grange-the attendance of three bands Of
music, viz: Depmark, Tasting, and Pres
colt, numbering - pieces As It might seem
extravagant for Grange TO employ three
ha0ds Of music, allow me to do al parties
justice. Only one WAS engaged, but the
Hastings and Prescott boys having much re-
spect for the Changers OF Point Douglas,
which lztter place lies midway between
ths1Ght 70 pay them . compliment BY Civ
ing diem agand combined and eratuis0s
entertainment, which was highly appreriat-
ed BY the Changers. We challenge any
0nnge In The State to beAx "a on music.
Then cAnea bUunteous suHer-such as0nly
Hraneen can get up, which created Mnk
home market for short 6ue, and Of which
from 100 - l96 raEfook, and ircm the fag.
men1s were taken up % mazy baskets full =
would have fed half - many more The
whole aniir xound mp witha peculiar Grange
movement-A dance. Successto the ir1ngs
movement
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Cost u Living.

The tax rate Of 1859 on real estate
was $l.75 on . very low valuation Of
property; to-day it is 1920 on cash
valuation. A house which was worth
81, 500 in 1859 could not be bought for
twice that amount now, and rents are
from two 70 three times Is high now 8
before the WAr.- W hiie is j. strass
therefore, that what are often called
the ''nccessaries Of life" have been re.
duced in prices q wholesale to nearly
the prices which ruled in 1859, it il not
inferred that the cost Of living to work.
ing men has been correspondingly re-
duced. Provisions consume about one
third to one-half Of workingmen in
comes. The ether half is expended for
rent. clothing, fuel, lights, and other
expenditures Of al kinds, and in many
of these there has been
no reduction from anti-war prices.
But with : reduction in the prime
cost Of provisions, there will undoubt-
edly come in time reduction in the
value Of things for which corn, beef,
wheat, kc., are exchanged; in other
words, reduction in al the many
things which together make up the real
cost of living.-PhiLadelPhio Public
Ledger.
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GOV. TllDEA.

His Message On the L9m1n1nmn -.
rage . she Les'',As.ss = Ssw
York.
ALBANY, Jan. 12.--oov. Tilden cent
. message to the Legislature today on
the Louisiana matter, coDcluding IS
follows:
.New York, the first 81 the common
wealths Of the American Union in pop.
ulation and resources and in military
power, should declare her sentiments on
this occasion with distinctness, digni-
u and solemn emphasis, which will
commend the thoughtful attention Of
Congress, Of her sister States. and Of
the people Of the whole country. With
the same unanimity with which she up.
held the arms Of the Union in the past
conflict, she should now address her.
self to the graf and most sacred duty
Of re-cstablishing civil liberty and the
personal rights Of individuals. Of re.
storing the ideas and habits Of freedom,
and reasserting the supremacy Of the
civil authorities over the military pow
er, throughout the republic.
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milwaukee Produce Market, Jan. 1 8.
REVOLT n NEBRASKA STATE PRISON.

4 Desperate Situnti0n..Cunrds amt
Women in the Power OF tho Male
Conviets--Dlilitary Gone to Aid the
Warden.
The convicts in the penitcntiary at
Lincoln, under the leadership Of the no.
torious McWatters, about 3 o'clock to-
day overpowered the guard, gained pos
session Of the armory, and then drove
the outside guard from the walls,shoot-
ing one, Julius Goshu, in the knee,
wounding him severely. They fred
several shots at citizens who were ap-
preaching with arms. wounding two.
The warden w1s absent in the city. His
wife, childrenfand tho female convicts
are al locked in the upper part q the
building. Gfave spprehc are felt
for the safety Of the guards and the
warden's family, Is the convicts are des-
perate men. The warden and large
body Of armed citizens are patroling
the outside of the prison. The convicts
arc momentarily expected to sally
forth, having procured citizens. clothes
BY stripping the guards. Gov. Furneas
having applied to Gen. Ord for aid. .
company Of troops left this evening on
q special train for Lincoln.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-01-14
The WHEAT MARKET.
Weekly Circular Of Shredder, Lind
blom & Co., Commission Mer-
chants.

MILWAUKEE. Jan. 9th, 1875.
The frmncss that prevailed in the
wheat market last week was dispelldl
last Tuesday, when Liverpool was re-
ported lower on spring wheat. It be-
came evident that the strong mark
cts reported during the holidays
had been manufactured, and our mar
ket broke down 2 cents. New York
has responded to the decline with 2 to
8 cents, closing weak. During the last
two days more confidence has been
manifested. Prominent bears have
covered freely, and this, together with
extremity cold weather and prospective
small receipts, checked the decline and
est: blished an advance from the lowest
quot atoms Of So cents. Interior
opera tors and those that bought in an
ticipation Of = January bulge,
have sold part, but will hold
the balance until there is no hope. This
will probably prevent any material de-
probation this month. The specula-
tive movement is extremely dull, and
the legitimate demand is confined to
No. ! grade. Considerable outside
capital is seeking investment in wheat,
and the daily receipts are easily placed,
50 that, Notwithstanding our large
stock. cash wheat is not pressing on the
market
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-01-14

The political party that steps ell ex-
travagancs in the departmentsAt Wash
ington, kills oil chance for futnre suhsi-
dies to INDECENT corporations. abolishes
half or three-quarters Of the useless
custom-houses in the country, neduces
the salary Of the President one-half and
the other high officials one third. re-
duces the clerical force Of tia. govern
ment one-half and makes the other hall
work hard enough to earn the ms.ey
paid them. repudiates the doctrine that
10 the victors belong the spoils, pats Z
stop 70 the building Of 80 many costly
efilces throughout the country, and
shaws honest efforts for reforms, u the
party tina. the people will support n
the fotare.
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tue BROOKLYN SENSATION.


DeecheF, Ttlssn, MouIsoa and Mrs.
TBlsoa II CouFs = Hear the Open.
Ing Argument.
New YoRk, Jan. 1.-THE usual
throng Of spectators filed the Brook
Ign Court rosm this morning It Beech
er's trial, while in the corridors the
crush Vas Is great - ever.
Mr.. Beecher. his wife and son. and
Assistant Pastor Halliday occupied
seats near his counsel. while Moulton
and Tilton had seats on the other side.
Judge Fullerton, Mrs. Tilton and
Judge Ovington came into the court
room with Judge Morris and Ira
Wheeler. Their arrival excited great
commotion in court and for some time
they were subjected to the steady gaze
Of nearly al In the room.
Upon the opening Vt the court, ex-
Judge Norris Of the counsel for the
prosecution, resumed his argument.
When die usual recess was taken,
Mrs. Beecher crossed over to Mrs. TIL
ton md Mrs. Ovington, and greeted
them = the most cordial manner. They
then LETT the court room in company.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-01-14

From the address of the Master Of the
National Grange, Master Adams OF Iowa, de-
Gyered at the last National Grange meeting,
at St. Louis, January, 1874:
tsArticle xii. also demands most serious
consideration to definitely decide what inter-
probation shall be put upon the word "pollt-
ical.n | am gratifed that our members are
substantially a unit in the opinion that
the order should not IN any sense become .
political party. But at the same time, there
are questions most Fundamentally affecting
our material interests which can only be
reached through Legislation. It seems IN
PERArIvK that such questions should BIZ DIS
sussed in the Grange. Shall it be said that
such questions were political In the meaning
of the Constitution? The questions OF
! TRANSPORT Arrox, TAXATION, FINANCE, COR
IUPTloN IN PCBLIC PLACES, are such as come
home to the conscience and pockets ct our
members, and they wish to know whether
they will be denied the privilege of canvass
| ing them on the ground of politics"
10 this suggestion the National
Grange replied as follows in their Il
| NATIONAL PLATFORM.
ave emphatically and sincerely assert the
| of repeated truth taught in our organic law,
| that the Grange, National, State or subordi-
! nate, is not q political or party organiza-
| ton. No Grange, If true to its obligations,
can discuss political or religious questions,
| or call political conventions, or nominate
] candidates., or even discuss their merits in
| its meeting.
| Yet the PRINCIPLES VIZ TRACH U1DHRLIB
ALL rRuB POLITICS, ALL TRUE sTArRsAAN-
SHIP, aud if properly carried out will tend to
purify the whole political atmosphere OF our
country. For we seek the greatest good to
the greatest number.
We must always bear in mind that no ore.
by becoming Patron of Husbandry, gives
up that inalienable right and duty which be-
longs to every American citizen, to take q
proper sntcrest in the politics Of his cos~-
| We propose meeting together, 4ALKIzo TO
foRTHER, and generally ACTING TOGETE-
KR, for our mutual protection and advance
ment'"
"Wc are opposed to any such spirit and
management Of any corporation 0I enter
them of their just profits.
'We are opposed to excessive salaries and
high rates OF interest.
J The State Grange Of Minnesota. d
their meeting at Aankats, On the 18th
Of December. 1874, adopted The fellow
ling resolutions
! ResoIpe1, That We propose to exer
I else our right efsuffrage in defense o
tour own interests, and s1s promise Il
Tact Wnitedly at the ballot Dor agains'
those who prove themselves hostile Of
Indifferent to our welfare.
Resolred, That while religion or pol
itics should not be discussed in thu
work Of the order, We hold that each
Grange has a right, and that ii Is its
duty,fo discuss and understand all tn
great economic questions o taration
,okich underlie our prosperity as PEG
pie, and that ZOE propose to erercis,
that right regardless o fits efects upo7
political parties or politicians.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-01-14

Why is not the lecturer called upon
in the regular order Of business at
each meeting! Let the master regular
~ call and the lecturer respond prompt
" and without excuse, with we'll con-
sidered matter, making this exercise
followed BY discussion, leading fea-
ture Of each meeting Is fer s practical
BILE, and it will greatly promote the in
terest, the usefulness, and the life and
strength Of our organiEation.-Ioscn
Farm Journal.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-01-14

ST. PAUL. MINNESOTA. THURSDAY, JANUARY IA, 1875
short Weights.

The American grocer has opened .
vigorous warfare upon the system OF
swindling known as short weights, and
which consists Of putting less into
package than the marks on the outside
represent.
The uninitiated public have but little
idea of the extent to which this is done.
Every thing that is put in packages is
cut short--so short, in the case OF oys-
tiers, that enc packer in New York con.
fesses that it is quite common to put
six, five and even four ounces for .
pound. All canned goods are put up
in the same way, and the public get but
about half quantity Of goods they bar
gain and pay for. and take the balance
in water.
This affects the people-the con-
sumers; but there is another class OF
goods where it affects the retailers, who
have much more power of correcting it.
This is in the case of packages that
have to be broken and retailed from. as
in raisins, pork. &c. The Grocer has
found number Of retailers who have
quit selling layer raisins altogether, be-
cause they found the packages 50 short
Of what they are represented to contain
that it is impossible to avoid loss in
handling them.
1t is useless to attempt any list Of
the articles that are thus packed short;
it would be about co.eQual with list Of
packed articles. The evil is one q
fearful magnitude, and has continued
| to grow until endurance can endure nc
longer.
The Grocer recommends az remedy
that retailers and consumers weigh OF
measure everything they buy, and that
. national law be enacted compelling thu
packer to put his name upon all packa
ges packed by him, forbid short weights
under heavy penalties, and make every
packer responsible for his goods. Thi'
would undoubtedly remedy the Difficult
ty, provided such Law were enforced
but there is reason to fear that it nigh
fail at that point. #
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-01-14

Republican Senators Coucussfng
with Graas over His Louisiana
Message.
WARRINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE Cabinet
met ct noon to-day.
Previous to the meeting Senator's
Edmunds, Sargent, FrelinghuyseD, Car
pentcr, Morton. Conkling, Logan and
Howe, held . consultation with the
President on Louisiana matters, and
were shown that portion Of the Presi-
dents message which has been written.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-01-14

An nlinoisan, in letter 10 the In
dustrial Age, says Of the farming in.
terests Of that State: The most i'm
portant interest in All this good land.
the leading industry, representing three
fourths Of the entire population. four.
fifths Of the capital and seven-niDths
Of the total tax, and no people as :
class were eyer - universally swiDdled
BY everybody who ca reach them, d.
rectly OF indirectly" Il this %; and
II 90, Why 80
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nsisa Legislature and the Scs,
atorshfp.

Madison Telegram, Jan. l2.l
At the Republican caucus tonight to
nominate officers Of the Legislature,
which meets tomorrow, II. d. Barron,
was chosen President pro ten, Of the
Senate, and F. w. Horn Of Oquakec,
Speaker Of the House.
The canvass for Scnatorship is active.
Gov. Washburne is here, and Senator
Carpenter is expected Friday. No
other candidates are mentioned. Car
penter's friends claim iifty votes on
the first ballot in the caucus, AZ being
necessary to elect.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-01-14

Z. Nsx YosK. Jan. 12.-Thos. T. Eek
ert has resigned the sface q geoeral
superintendent Of the Eastern division
Of the Western Union Telegraph con
panJ. Vice president Munford takes
the ONCE for the time being.
At ! meeting Of the Pacific Mail d.
rectors Nessrs- Alexander, TalcOtt and
0nion withdrew their designations Mr..
Ssge has nst Jet Geni6ed his accept
snce Of : dictatorship.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-01-14

It Is now generally conceded BY al
fair minded people that Patrons Of Hus-
landry 20 not make war upon the sys-
TENS Of business o. trade, but upon the
abuses that hare sprung up ~ over
the country.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-01-14

Itsa lgn Of progress now that the
preachers have quit talking 50 much
about .How to de- and are saying
much mme than formerly about ''How
| to Ese.',
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&ra Mr department.

Fror the Constitution of the National
u nsnge OF the Patrons Of Husbandry.1
ftaE ULTIMATE OBJECT OF THIS oRGANl'
AsnOy Is FoR- MUTUAL INSTRUCTION AHn
/. PROTECTION.
Human happiness is the acme OF earthly
iambition. Individual Aappiness depends
rDon GBSRR AL PROPERTY.
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Market geports.
COMMERCIAL MATTERS.
St. Paul wholesale Markets, Jan. 4

s.. Paul Wholesale Markets. Jan. IL.
Wheat ~ to &c; corn at IS to Toe;
oats so to 55c; ground feed $2S to $50
per ton; shorts $l4 to $18; bran $3.50
to $3.50; -four IS to IS; rye -four $2.75
to SO per sack buckwheat 4 to &c per
pound corn meal 50 to $2.35: pork
$18 to $21; hams Is to 14c; lard Il to
l5c; bacon Ito IA 1.2c; eggs q to 23c.
fresh roll butter Is to Csc; turkeys '
to 10c; chickens 8 to &c.
Dressed beef in light supply and
higher, selling at to &c.
Dressed hogs firm at IA to I 1-2c~
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Chicago Produce Board. Jan. IL

Chicago Produce Board. Jan. IL.
100 p. M.--Wheat lower; 88xc February,
S9x @s9Kc March. Barley firm; $l.25 cash.
$l.26k February. Whisky firm at &c.
Pork steady; $3.50 February, $500 March,.
$3.50 April. Lard irregular and 6rmer;
l3.47x@l3.50 February, and l3.67x March
Milwaukee Produce Market, lam. Is.
1880 p: M.-Wheat unsettled at sec for
hard; 93c for No. l; SSXc for No. 2 cash
and January; 89kc February; SOC March.
Barley cash and January 9l.9. Hogs, live,
%. 26@6. 80; dressed s7.60@S.OO
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Wheat nominal, $l.l2 to $i.l4. Corn quiet
at 87@S9c. for new. Oats quiet at 64@7lc.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-09-29

GRATING New SKIN UPON WOUND
OF late years one of the most important and
useful operations in surgery has been that Of
grating new and healthy skin upon wound
or sore and thus establish the healing process
and obtain a cicatrization. Hitherto the par
ticles of skin have been taken from some
sound part of the patients body and to the
diseased or injured part, but M. Anger has
recently demonstrated that pieces of skin may
be taken from amputated limbs and used sue
cessfully in heteroplasty. In one case M. An
ger took strips of skin from the palmer sur
face of an amputated finger and applied then
to the liberated leg of another person. Ii
three days the bandages were removed ant
the grated parts found firmly united to Thu
surface and evidently vascularized. To insur'
success it is necessary that the graft be mad,
Immediately upon amputation.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-09-29

Cur TO THE BoNE.--Dr. Jones' wife was
awakened by noise in her room the other
night, and when she sat up in bed she saw
the doctor standing over the arm chair, In
the room. He had towel tied around one OF
the legs of the chair, and with handsaw he
was cutting it in half. Mrs. Jones exclaimed
Henry, what in the name of common
sense are you doing I"
"H-a-s-h . replied the doctor, you'll wake
the patient. You hold the chloroform to his
nose, while take his leg off. I'm about half.
way through the bone now"
Then Mrs. Jones got out of bed and shook
him, and pinched him until he woke. Then
he exclaimed
/" How's the patient Z"
Mrs. Jones merely said, {" Come to bed, you
idiot, and stop hacking up the furniture.
"Gracious, Maria, said the doctor, as hs
collected his scattered senses, edo you know
I thought thought was in the hospital saw
ing off leg that had a compound fracture
There's $50 fee gone"
And Jones went to bed feeling as if he wasai
injured man al having lost the money.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-09-29

KILLED WIrH KINDNESS" Is this the
post-officep" inquired stranger the other
day as he approached the stamp clerks win
dow.
at is,' was the reply.
eyes, sir"
viii you be SO kind as to please sell me
one ?"
"I will.'
"Pm very sorry to have to bother you"
continued the stranger, while the clerk was
tearing off the stamp, "but want to send q
letter out, and hope you'll excuse me-"
"That's all right, replied the clerk.
eyes, believe it is all right" said the
stranger. I'm thousand times obliged for
your courtesy, and now want to beg one
more favor. Can ! mail this letter here !? !"
"Why, of course"
"Can Z? Here, give me your hand, young
man I've lived around and about here fol-
forty years, and I've seen hard times. amt
used to this sort O. kindness, and it goes right
to my heart !"
And it couldn't be said that he was drunk.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-09-29

MOST ANCIENT AMERICAN CITy.--A Cali
fornia geologist reviews the geological evi
dence Of antiquity Of a human settlement
near the present town of Cherokee, in that
State, and estimates the age of that most an
cient of discovered towns to be not less than
$780, years.
The datmfor all such calculations are neces-
sarily uncertain, as they are derived from the
present motions of the continents and present
rates of erosion STILL from the changes that
have taken place since the pioneers Of pre-
historic California left their traces on its an
Gent seashore. there can be no doubt that
thousands Of centuries must haze come and
gone.
The traces in question are numerous stone
mortars, found in undisturbed white and vel
low gravel Of a subaqueous formation, not
fuvatile, underlying the vast sheets of volcan-
10 rock of which Table Mountain is o part
In one instance mortar was found standing
upright, with the pestile in II, apparently just
as it had been left by its owner In some
cases the mortars have been found at the
depth Of forty feet from the surface Of the
gravel underlying Table Mountain. The dis
tribution Of the mortars Is such as to indicate
with great positiveness the former existence
of human settlement on that ancient beach
when the water stood near the level at which
they occur; a time anterior to the volcanic
outpouring which Table Mountain records,
and anterior to the glacial epoch,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-09-29

BrJAH's REBUKE.-" pd like to know what
cobwebs are made Of" remarked Bijah, as
he pushed the broom around the ceiling and
lifted several nests down.
"Well, know one thing" replied small
boy who had come down early to get front
seat "they hain't made of leather"
"Bub, said Bijah, after long look, "don't
sass me. I'm old and tender hearted, and /
love the young and blithesome rising genera
ton, but won't take any slang from boy
with freckled nose y
Tho lad picked up city directory and in
terested himself in private story, and the
old janitor stood on chair and tore the re-
naming cobwebs limb from limb.--Dctroi'
Free Press.