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National Republican., 1876-08-26
DROPOSALS FOR FUEL.

SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES,
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMs, J
WASHINGTON, August 2, 1875
Sealed proposals will be received at this office
until Il O'Clock m. on SATURDAY, the 25th day
of August instant, for furnishing the Senate Of
the United States with fuel for the coming year,
as follows:
SEQ tons best quality White Ash Furnace Coal,
2,2I0 pounds to the ton.
100 cords best quality weil-seasoned Pine Wood
Fifty cords 10 be delivered Immediately, the
balance in January next.
100 cords best quality well-seasoned Oak Wood.
Fifty cords to be delivered Immediately, the
balance in January next.
Subject to Government inspection, and to be
stored in vaults of Senate wing Of Capitol all at
bidders cost.
Bids for different articles will be considered
separately and the right is reserved TO reject all
or any portion of the bids received If deemed for
the interest of the Goverement SO to do Bids
will be considered binding for three days after the
18th day ofAugust.
JOHN r. FRENCH,
au22.td IStarl Sergeant Alarms. Senate U. S.
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pROPOsALs FOR MILITARY SUPPLIES.
DEPOT QuARTERMAsTER's OFFICE
No. ll3e GIRARD STREET, }

pROPOSALS FOR MILITARY SUPPLIES.
DEPOT QuARTERMAsTER's OFFICE,)
No. l13e GIRARD STREET, \
PHILADELPHIA, July q, 1876.
Sealed proposals, in duplicate, with a copy Of
this advertisement attached to each, will be re-
ceived at this ofice until noon, August 81, 1875,
for furnishing the United States Quartermaster's
Department with the following named articles,
5000 Crossed sabres 1o,oooCrossed Rifles, 10 900
Brass Letters, 5000 Brass Numbers 5000 Forage
Caps, 20, 600 pairs White Berlin GLOVES, 1000
pairs Arctic overshoes, 5000 WoOlen Blankets,
Stencil Plates, 900 Wall Tent hies, 500 common
Tents, 10000 yards Shirttng Flannel, heavy
duality, and 500 Drum Cords.
All articles will be subject to a rigid inspec-
tion, and bidders are informed that full compli-
ance with specifications will be insisted upon and
that no article inferior to the standard will be
accepted.
The Government reserves the right to reject
Bids are requested for delivery of the articles
at Philadelphia, Jefersonville, Ind, and San
A preference will be given to articles OF domes-
tic production and manufacture, conditions Of
price and quality being equal, and such prefer
ence will be given to articles Of American pro-
duction and manufacture produced on the Pacine
Coast, to the extent of the consumption required
by the public service there.
All articles which are to be used in the States
ceiyed and inspected at San Francisco Cal:
For information in detail apply at this office.
Envelopes containing proposals to be Endorsed
Proposals for Military Supplies" and addressed
to the undersigned.
ID. H. RUCKER,
jy31-d3ot Asst. Quartermaster General.
DROPOSALS FOR ADDITIONAL MILL
L TARY SUPPLIES.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. d 1875.
In addition to the articles called for in the ad-
vertisement issued from the Depot Quarter
masters Office, Philadelphia, July q, 1875, bids
are invited for the following, nore or less:
$500 Forage Caps
10000 Woolen Blankets.
5000 Crossed Sabres.
10000 pairs WOolen Stockings.
10000 pairs Berlin Gloves.
5000 pairs Boots, brass screws.
5000 yards three-quarter Shirting Flannel,
heavy quality.
2o,OIo yards six-quarter Sky Blue Kersey, heavy
quality.
625 Common Tents.
The additional articles may be included in bids
submitted in answer to the advertisement of July
q. or separate bids therefor may be submitted.
Bids will be opened at noon August 81, 1875.
ID. H. RUCKER,
Assistant Quartermaster General U. s. A.
au23St
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Sealed proposals, indorsed Proposals for
Fuel" will be received at the Office OF the Door
keeper, House of Representatives, until FRI
DAY, September ], 1870, at 10 O'Clock a.. m, for
furnishing
900 tons (of 2iO Ibs.) White Ash Coal, or broken
coal.
90 cords of Bakers Pine.
80 cords seasoned Oak Wood, cut in three equal
lengths.
To be delivered in the vaults of the Capitol
within one month after the acceptance of the pro-
posal. The above fuel to be of the best quality,
uniform in character, selected free from all i'm
purities, and subject as to quality and quantity
to inspection of the inspector appointed for the
purpose, who will have the right of peremptory
rejection.
Bids will only be received from bona Jfde miners
or dealers in coal and wood.
The right is reserved to reject any or all bids
that may not be deemed advantageous.
Responsible security will be required for the
faithful delivery of the above otherwise bids will
not be entertained.
JOHN H. PATTERSON,
Doorkeeper, House Of Representatives, Wash
ipgton City, u. q. auls-td
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DIED..

CLCSS.-On the eth OF August, 1870, at l:3)
O'Clock p. m., ROBERT. sOu OF Adolf and Rosa
CluSs, after sickness Of only sixteen hours, aged
two years, nine months and twonty days.
FITZGERALD. August &c, 1876, MICHAEL.
JOSEPH, son of Michael and Mary Ellen Fitzgerald,
aged four years, three months and five days.
The friends of the family most respectfully in
sunday afternoon, August q, 1876, at O'Clock.
JOHNSON.-August 24, 1876, GEORGE T. JOHN
son, eldest son OF George II. and Rachel Z. john
son, aged eleven years, three months and nine
DAYS.
The funeral will take place from No. 9I6 Eleventh
street northwest, Saturday morning, at 10 O'Clock
Relatives and friends of the family respectfully
Invited TO attend.
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
Monetary,

Monetary.
wAsHIEsroE, Friday evening, Aug. 25.
In New York to-day money was easy; offered at
2 Exchange weaker at 4SsI% Gold dull at llo5z
GIL. Rates for carrying, I92.
The Sub-Treasury balances at New York To-
day: Gold,i s33s77, ,e23; currency. t33,212, BIZ
The sub Treasurer paid out $4,000 on account
Of interest and 5000 for bonds. Customs Is-
cefpts, $3.3, 900.
Government bonds dull ct the following closing
quotations:
SIS, 1851. couDon.....1lsA sos Isss.....,,12IY
6-9's, ls6S............IH New rves...........II6X
6-O's, 1sSs...........-l58
State bonds quiet.
The following quotations of State securities
are furnished By II. D. Cooke, jr, b Co., bankers,
l429 street:
Tennessee SIS, new 40 do. 5's......... 81
Virginia 6s.......... % 6eorgta 6's. 81
do. new........ Is do. 7's......."..l05
do. deferred. 81 do. new.
do. new....... q s. Carolina, old:,.... $2
Levee 6's.'....-.....- ~ De. new. "
Levee SIS. .~....s..... 80 DO. u. q u. u
Stocks active, irregular and feversh.
The following were the closing prices of stocks
at the New York Stock Exchange, as furnished
by Messrs. II. d. Cooke, jr., * Co.:
n. Central. ........l06 lPttsburg %
Erie IOi1 Northwestern :..... IN
Lake Snore........... 6Siil do. pref..... GIN
Illinois Central. ssi Rock Island.
Messrs. H. E. Ofney & Co., bankers, northeast
corner Fifteenth and streets, repsrt New York
quotations, as follows:
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ANCE ALE.

nRDN NOE SALE.
BUREAU OF ORDNANCE
NAVY DEPARTMENT, J
WASHINGTON, August l, 1876.
Bids will be received at this office until noon of
of cannon, Parrot and other shells, bronze, pig
lead and scrap iron.
Each kind Of material to be bid for separately.
Catalogues will be furnished on application to
the Bureau, or TO the CJmmandants Of the Navy
Yards
Terms cash-twenty per cent. payable on ac-
ceptance of bid, and all articles to be removed
within twenty days from close Of sale or for
feited.
The Government reserves the right to refuse
any bid not deemed satisfactory.
WILLIAM N JEFFERS,
aul7-S2t Chief of Ordnance.
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PROPOSALS

~Nco~r~~rUNoo~NrON~ rON~cUr-~y~(LNSoo.o.oo
FTREASURY DEPARTMENT.,
- OFFICE OF FSUPERINTENDENrO or BUILDING,
WASHINGTON, ID. O., Aug. q, 1875.
Proposals to supply the Treasury Department
with coal and wood for the ensuing year Will be
received at this ofice up to noon of THURSDAY,
September Z, 1876.
Instructions to bidders will be furnished on ap-
plfcatton to S. 1. KIMBALL
aug25FMW.5t Acting Chief Clerk
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PROPOSALS FOR COAL AND TRANS.
l. PORTATI0N.
NAVY PAY OFFICE,
No. AT CHESTNUT STREET,

FHILADELPHIA, Aug. l9, 1870
Sealed propoSals, in duplicate, indorsed "Pro.
posals for Coal will be received at this office
until MONDAY, (2sth inst.,l at o'clock p. m,
for six hundred (6O0) tons e 240 pounds to the toni
of Anthracite Steamer OoSl to be delivered i'm.
mediately on board of vessels st Port Richmond,
FREE OF ALL EXPENSE to the Government.
The above coal to be Of the best quality, uni
form in character, selected free from all impuri-
ties and subject, as to quality and quantity, to
inspection by the inspector appointed for the pur-
pose, who will have the right Of peremptory re-
lection.
Bids will only be received from BONA FIDE
miners or dealers IN coal
Bids will also be received, at the same time and
place, Endorsed PROPOSALS. FOR VESSELS" for
the prompt transportation and delivery of the
Coal to PORT ROYAL, S. O., in A American
vessels Of the full carrying capacity required,
with their names and rates distinctly specified
therein
The right is reserved to reject any bid that
may not be deemed advantageous to the Govern
ment.
Responsible security will be required for the
faithful deliveries as above, in conformity with
the stipulations on the blank form for bids to be
had ut this office; otherwise bids will not be en-
tertained. A. W. RUSSELL
Pay Inspector United States Navy.
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MARRiED.

BAKER-SHAFFER.-By Rev. ]. K. Wheeler,
August %, 1876, J. B. BAKER and Miss SUSANNAH
SHAFFER, both of this city.
LASKEY- -MOTHERSHEAD. On the 2sd of
August, IS76 by Rev. 3. q. ". Hobbs, JOHN T.
LASKEY and Miss KATE L. MOTHEEsuEAD, all Of
Washington, ID. c.
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DROPOSALS FOR FUEL.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE. Z

DEPARTMENT OF STATE, .
WAsHINGToN, d. Q. August 10, 1878. ;
Sealed proposals will be received at the De-
partment of State until u m. on the I'd day of
September, 1870 to furnish this Department with
fuel for the year ending June 80, 1877, to be de-
nyered in such quantities as desired.
Information as to kinds and quantities of coal
can be obtained Of the undersigned at this De-
partment.
The right to reject any or all bids, or to accept
any bid or any portion of any bid. is reserved.
Each bidder is required to deposit with the super
fntendent of this Department bond in the sum
Of two thousand dollars a guarantee of n faith
full performance Of the contract which may be
awarded to him. R. O. MORGAN,
aul7, 2, ,26S29 Superintendent.
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RAILROADS.

N~~~~NNN>~NNNNNOo.N = N~ONLNNNO~N
RAlLROA TICKETS
whether you wish to buy or SELL call on
J. REHWOLD, $50 Pennsylv lvania avenue,
(Rodgers' Cutlery Store,) aul4-2w-
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CONNECTICUT MUTUAL

LIFE INs RANCE COMPANY,
OF HARTFORD, coNN.-oRAGANIzRD 1916.
Assets, January 1, 1876, 49, a. So. 81; surplus,
n, 0O4, sS1. %; increase Of assets, O50, 9o4: SO.
JAMES GOODWIN, President; JACOB L.
GREENE, Secretary; JOHN II. TAYLOR, Assist
ant Secretary.
A. c. GIBBS,
General Agent for District OF Columbia,
lE9 Penna. ave., over Milburn' 3 Drug Store.
ap4-MWF6m
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PROPOSALS.
pRoP0SGI~s ~ f0R 0oALs

t<nOfOSA4Ao run Oohh
NAVY PAY L.vFIoEl
No. 427 CHESTNUT sTREA.r Z
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. "a 1875.
Sealed proposals, in duplicate, indorsed "PfS-
posals, Bureau Yards and Docks" will be re.
ceived at this office until MONDAY, at O'Clock
p. M, September 4, lS76, for two hundred (30o)
tons (2,2i0 pounds to the ton) Lehigh Goal. Egg
size.
To be delivered Immediately, free Of charge, on
the wharf at League Island Navy Yard, subject
to the approval of the Oommandant, after in
speetfng. For further information bidders are
referred to the Civil Engineer at the Navy Yard.
The right is reserved to reject any bid that
may not be deemed advantageous to the Govern
ment. Responsible security will be required for
the faithful delivery Of the above in conformity
with the stipulations on the blank forms for bids
to be had at this office; otherwise bids win not be
entertained. A. W. RUSSELL,
au26-td Pay Inspector United States Navy.
PROPOSALS FOR MATERIAL
OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC PRINTER
WASHINGTON, August 10, 1876. (
Proposals will be received by the Public Printer
until the I'd daY of September, 1876 at 10 o'clock
a. m., for material " for the use of the Govern
ment Printing Office from this time to December
81, 1876. Schedules of materials desired and such
instructions relating 10 quantities, terms of bid
ding, &C., as may be deemed expedient, will be
furnished on application to this ofice after the
25th instant.
Address A. NJ. CLAPP,
Public Printer, Washington, ID. q.
auo11 NOV
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MEDICAL.

GREAT MEDICAL GRT1I BOOK AND sESV
stamps. AsI
Address St. Joseph Medical Institute, St. HEsl
Joseph. No. n029-ly 49,
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q L Y n D n T.
This old and popular resort on the Potomac
has been thoroughly oyerhauled and put in frst-
class order for the reception of Excursions and
Private Parties. There have been bathlng-houses,
with suits for ladies and gentlemen, recently added
to the place. There JalsO hrst-class restaurant,
where parties can obtain meals at any time.
The mai-boat keyport lands twice day, giving
parties chance to spend the day and return home
by 9 D. m. Also, the steamers Lady of the Lake,
j. W. Thompson and Mary Washington stop on
their regular up and down river trips. Societies
others wishing to charter the grounds can do so by
addressing e. u. spaids, go Fifteenth street, or
Missouri avenue. jy17-tf
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AUCTION SALES.

N~>N>No|NOo~o~o\CN-o
Future Days.
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SUMMER RESORTS.
BERKELEY SPRINGS HOTEL
MORGAN COUNTY, W. VA

This summer resort Is only four hours ride from
Washington and Is well known for its unsurpassed
bathing and mountain air and scenery.
Board, s. per day; S17 per week; $50 per month.
= or further Information, address
A. W. KIRKWOOD, Manager,
National Republican., 1876-08-26

THE HEALING SPRINGS.
BATH COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
WILLIAM B. BISHOP, Proprietor.
DR.. b. A. LANGHoRNE, Of Lynchburg, Resident
Physician.
This justly celebrated watering place, long and
fayorably known to the travelling public, will be
open to visitors and after the lst Of June There
is place in the mountains of Virginia so bcautl
fully well as heathfully, situated. 1t has ample
accommodations for three hundred persons.
For descriptive pamphlets inquire Of L. g. Bishop,
Druggist, Il3 Pennsylvania avenue. my9-E
National Republican., 1876-08-26
PU B 10 SALE
l. OF THE
VALUABLE WATER POWER
OF THE
u.pprp,s prRkTpv At wrSrv.

Valuable manufacturing sites, including the
ground whereon the Armory buildings, the Musket
and Rife Factories-formerly operated by the Gov
ernment of the United States, stood-wtth the un-
surpassed W ater Power, Canals and Dams connected
Herewith.
National Republican., 1876-08-26
DROPOSALS FOR FUEL.

j. y. T ID
Disbursing Clerk and superintendent,
IlS-23- -30sept6Sl3 Post Ofice Department.
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DROPOSALS FOR COAL

Commissioner of Patents, Was,
auQlStd
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Commercial.
WARRINGTON WHOLESALE MARKET.
No changes worthy ofnote In Washington whole.
ale prices since our last quotations.
National Republican., 1876-08-26

state DOnuH Qulet
The following quotations of State securIti
are furnished By II. d. Cooke, jr., = Co., banke
l42g street
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-09
A Dangerous Cargo.

There has been quite scare at Leicester
Junction over an accident that might
have been. On the Goth of January q
large quantity of nitro glycerine was trans
ported past, destined for Port Henry.
There were thirty boxes of nitro glycerine,
of one hundred pounds each, all placed in
one car, and this car was stopped at the
Junction to receive more freight. On en-
tering the car the boxes were found strewn
over the floor, and 50 to make room for
the other freight these boxes, with
their terrible contents, were care
lessly tossed to one end of the car,
as if they were common merchandise,
Us indeed the way bills so represented.
The car was loaded and started for its
ham, and was drawn some fifty rods in
that situation before stopping. The car
was left until the next day when by some
means the conductor learned that the car
was in part loaded with a dangerous CON-
pound, and refused TO have anything to dc
with it. Word was sent to the consignees
and teams were Immediately sent to re-
move it. 1t is supposed that the nitro
glycerine being frozen was the reason il
did not explode. Query, where would
Leicester Junction have been if the Goth
of January had been warm day. Sc
says the Middlebury Register
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-09
Washington Items.

Generals Sheridan and Ord have been
summoned for consultation on the Next
can border question.
Elias Polk, who was the body servant of
President Polk, has been placed on the
payroll of house laborers.
President Grant has been invited to arbi-
trate the boundary dispute between Para
quay and the Argentine states.
An ex-congressman from Georgia, unable
to get any better place, has been driven by
poverty to take the place of a common la
borer in the folding-room of the house.
A postal convention has been concluded
between the United States and the colonial
government of Queensland, Australia, es-
tablishng an exchange of mails between
San Francisco and the Australian colonies.
The house committee on postofflce has
voted by ore majority to 60 on investiga-
ting straw-bids and other mysteries behind
closed doors. The outside impression il
that the labors of this cOmmitte are not
likely to add much to the stock of public
knowledge.
Congressman of both parties are itching
for chance to load the mails with cam
paign tracts TO their constituents, and the
restoration of the Thanking privilege, al
applied to the mailing of documents, Il
likely to come about at once by genera
consent. The democratic senators, 1t Il
said have agreed to go for II.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-09
WHERE THE FAULT is,


We have taken occasion, recently, sew
eral times to call attention to the criminal
expenses of the state and particularly of
Rutland county. Our intention has been,
not to find fault with the oilicers-for it is
to be presumed that they have only exact
ed legal fees, and they would be something
more than human if they did not take all
that the law alows-but to suggest some
of the radical defects of our system of laws
There never has been any complaint, so far
as we are aware, that the laws were too i'm
partially or too stringently enforced, but
we have heard few muttering, of dissat-
isfsction that the laws should be such that
grand jurors, police officers and justices of
the peace could, not once, but very often,
receive fifty dollars each for legal fees for
an hour or two's work. According to the
report of the state treasurer for the year
1875, he paid on ''court orders'-that is for
criminal expenses, expenses of jail, etc.
$66,727 co. and received from county clerks
$2S, 1877 03, leaving the balance paid by the
state $S7, 940.17.
How much of this balance actually rep
resents the criminal expenses paid by the
state, 1t is impossible to tell, as there is an
other item which goes to make up the
criminal expenses, and another item which
enters into the amount of money received
from county clerks. If we turn to the
auditors report for the year 1874, we find
that the state treasurer paid "court orders"
to the amount of $66, 900 go, and the audi
tor drew orders for "court expenses for
$46, 11722, amounting in all to $114, 2l6.-
SO and that he received from county
clerks $26, 472 81, leaving a balance paid
by the state, over and above the amount
received, of $S7, 744.3l.
This sum of $S7, 744 81, however, is not
all chargeable to criminal expenses, as will
be seen by reference to the abstract of
expenses for Rutland county for the same
year. The receipts of the county clerk
were 81, 1872 90, made us as follows; Cash
on audito"- order for "court expenses,
$1,000; 4. for actions entered and cd,
nonsuls and defaults, jury fees, for de-
crees in chaucery and judgments in
supreme court, and for peddlers licenses
1864 60; and for fines and costs, 81. 1858 90.
He paid out for grand jury debentnres
$464.16; for petit jury, in civil as well as
criminal cases, $2.3i9.04 for witness
fees in criminal cases, 1851. so; debenture
of county judges and constables for return
ing votes, $545.20; accomplishments, one
fourth fine In liquor cases. $s7l.25 and
paid to the state treasurer to balance
amount received, s2,9O1.15. 1t will be
seen by this that the "fines and costs" re.
ceived by the county clerk, paid the whole
expenses of the county which he is required
TO take care of and nearly two thousand
dollars (Sl ,90l,15) moro.
This, however, does not represent the
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-09
Sheep Breeders Association

AT a meeting called by the Vermont
breeders of Spanish merino sheep to con-
suit with regard to organizing registry of
pure bred Spanish merino sheep. Col
L. $. Stowell of Cornwall, was elected
chairman E. d. Bush of Shoreham, sec
rotary.
Voted to elect committee on resolu-
tions, said committee TO be named by the
chairman
COMMITTEE.
+. d. Barton, Watham j. r. Rich,
Shoreham Geo. Hammond. Middlebury ;
X. J. Jones. Cornwall f. Townsend,
Pavilion Center, N. Y.
Voted that said committee draft rcsolu-
tions setting forth the views of the Yer.
mont breeders of Spanish merno sheep tc
be acted upon at an adjourned meet ting
That said committee send copy of sat
resolutions to the board of directors of the
Ohio wool growers association and confer
with them in relation to joining with then
in national registry of Spanish merinc
sheep.
Voted that a copy of the doings of thi
meeting be sent to the Middlebury Register
Rutland GLOBE, Rutland Herald, ant
Burlington weekly Free Press for publica
| ton.
Voted TO adjourn this meeting to NEE
at the Addison house in Middlebury, Vt.
on the second Wednesday of March mex
at 10 o'clock a. m.
Il d RrsII Secondary
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-09
Patrons of Husbandry.

The patrons Of husbandry had grand
rally at Bratlleboro on Friday, the occasion
being a meeting of the county council
State Agent ]. II. Crosby OF st. Albans,
Grand Master e. p. Cotton of Irasburg,
and the lecturer of the national grange,
Col. Smedley of Iowa, were present, besides
other men of note in the order. An ad-
dress was delivered by Col. Smedley, to
which the public were invited. The
speaker represented the grange movement
as demand of the age, having it's origin
in a real need, agriculture having fallen
behind other occupations and trades. What
the world needs is more light, and as farm.
ers had contented themselves with plod.
ding on in the old way, new movement
was called for, which should educate the
tillers of the soil, dignity and ennoble theiI
calling and make 1t more honorable and re-
munerative. The advantages of the organ.
ization are social, educational and financial
the last being wholly subordinate to the
| others. The grange movement, at first
small and feeble, has now extended from
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, has crossed
the ocean, and is spreading rapidly In Eu
rope. The address was listened to with
deep interest and frequent applause.