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The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-22
GENERAL MATTERS.

The Seine at Paris was, Wednesday,
above the high water of 1872 and still rising.
flooding the low lands and ioflicting much
damage.
The Central Pacific railroad vas again
blocked by snow in the Utah mountains on the
18th, and all trains were hung I'D for two
days. 80
Gen. Saigo, chief commissioner Of Ja-
pan, with suite, arrived at San Francisco the
18th, bringing a large quantity Of exhibits for
the Centennial.
The "Vatican University at Rome
has been closed by the order Of the minister
of public instruction Oh the ground OF its be-
ing an illegal establishment.
A Cedar Rapids ua.) telegram of the
18th pronounces the report from Davenport,
that the Union Savings Bank Of that place had
failed, a malicious fabrication.
Suit has been entered by the govern
ment against the New York, New Haven &
Hartford railroad company to recover three
hundred thousand dollars of unpaid taxes.
Since the flight Of Winslow, the Bos-
ton torger, an inquiry into the burning OF his
house last December has been had, the result
being strong circnmstantial evidence that the
fire was of incendiary origin.
Notwithstanding the very disagre cable
weather generally prevailing throughout the
country, the 18th, the celebrations in honor OF
the memory OF St. Patrick We're participated in
with the usual spirit by the Irish national
ity.
The construction ring of the Central
Pacific railroad company, which has absorbed
about there WAS loose about the comp:ny's
property. has been sued by large stockholders
ofthe company, who demand a receiver and
equitable division of the original assets of the
company.
An Omaha telegram Of the 10Th says:
The rush ofpeople to the Black Hills increases
daily. Eighty-four went west yesterday, and
to- day special train of twelve cars, contain
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-22
CONGRESS-.

The Senate, on the: 18th, took up the
bill to provide for new regulation for counting
the vote for President and Vice President. It
declares that every State shall be counted, and
that debate may be had during the count The
debate was long and highly interesting. Mr..
Allison introduced bill for an agreement with
the Sioux Indians regarding portion Of their
reservation, and the Senate adjourned.
The House had lengthy and some
what heated discussion on the question OF
States rights, as set forth in resolution de-
claring this to be one nation and not con-
federation, and that secession or rebellion is
treason, the late war causeless and indetensi-
bic, etc. 1t was moved that the rules be sus-
pended and the resolution adopted. All
southern Democrats voted against it also sew
eral Ohio and New York mcmbers-a few
voted for it, and many did not answer to the
roll call. The vote was lost for want of two
thirds vote-yeas 81, nays AZ. MIR. Cox then
offered substitute which was adopted by $50
to 40, several Republicans voting with the
opposition.
The Senate passed the bill reducing the
presidents salary to 5000 by vote Of rs to
~, on the Is inst. ls Democrats and 10 Repub-
icans voted yes, and Is Republicans and f
Democrats voted no. Senators Allison and
Wright, of Iowa, werethe only members from
the Northwest voting yes.
l. The House committee on Indian affairs
reported a substitute bill tor that OF the Mil
itary committee, transferring the Indian bu-
reau to the War department.. Hallet Kill
bourne was ordered brought before the bar of
! the House to show cause why he should not
be punished for contempt 70. re-
| fusing to answer questions in the iDvestiga-
ton OF the real estate pool and Jay Cookies in
debtedness. The recusant witness was pro-
duced and refusing to purge himself of con-
| tempt, was remanded to the common JAIL
On the 18th the committee on claims
reported adversely on claims for damages aris-
ing from the Morgan raid, and were discharged
| from further consideration OF the subject. No
other important business was transacted.
The ';ouse had an uninteresting ses-
sion of speech making on various subjects OF
minor importance, to the exclusion OF all bus
mess.
In the Senate, on the 10Th. Mr.. Win.
dom introduced bill tor establishing the ter
ritory Of Pembina. The members OF the ju-
dietary COMMITTEES severally took the floor to
deny newspaper statement that the COM
mittee was holding back the bill to protect
witnesses in government prosecutions. The
! statement was denounced as an infamous lie.
Mr. Morton, when the subject of counting
votes for President and Vice President came
up, proposed that the judges Of the supreme
court be assembled as umpires, as the votes
are counted. After an executive session the
Senate adjourned.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-22
THE NEWS RECORD.
GRIMES AND CRIMINALS.

John W. johnson, district. attorney of
Lancaster, Pa, was arrested the 18th, charged
with issuing iraudul Mt naturalization papers
The alleged otfense was committed four years
ago.
The grand jury of Chicago have re
turned indictments against Philip Wads-
worth, ex-collector OF internal revenue, and
E. 7. Bridges, ex-revenue agent. The latter
has lit out for Canada.
Zadock Mitchell, assistant to the post.
master, his brother, at Centralia, ILL.,, has been
held for trial for stealing pension certificate
from the mail. 1t appears his robbing was to
obtain a gold watch and jewelry to present to
a church fair. So,
Three prisoners undertook to escape
from the Sioux City Jail on the 9th, by over
towering Deputy Sheriff Dan. Mcdonald and
his father when they came in with supper. One
of the prisoners, named Summer, was fatally
wounded by young Mcdonald and another
named Sausteby was wounded in the leg. The
third, named Morris, escaped.
The Union Consolidated Mining Com.
pauy of Tennessee has CO rumenced suit agains.
Julius E. Raht, Charles Rant and John
TIL. mas, former officers OF the company,
charging that the company was, by the order
system OF paying employees and through
fraudulent contracts, wronged to the extent q
S!,s75, 600 in the course of ten years. time.
In the Federal Court at Chicago, the
18th, in the whisky cases, "Boss" Hessing
pleaded guilty OF the two counts OF one in
dictment, which charges him with conspiracy
and with removing whisky. The remaining
counts Of the indictment and the other indict-
ments were passed by the court. and action on
them will be taken by the court at a future
time. Rehm also pleaded guilty to the entire
indictment against him, reserving the question
for argument in the court as whole. The
other indicted parties, with but few exceptions,
pleaded guilty to most of the counts in the in.
d;ctments.
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who took a prominent part in the debt,
upon this bill remarked, upon hearing Of
the action of the House, 'sThey will find
that Il, we have as much grit as they have.'
The two Houses, by the action, are thus
definitely at loggerheads on the bill. The
positions of the two Houses are radically
.antagonistic. The Senate inserted in the
bill most of the provisions which the
House, with much flourish Of trumpets,
struck from the estimates. The bill is
practically in the same condition tina: it
was before any action was had upon it.
Inc House has given it's challenge to the
senate. The latter does not seem dis.
posed to surrender ANYTHING.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-22

EASTERN papers mention thai new ma
chimes for preparation of fax fibre
promise to produce revolution in fax
production equal to those produced in
other industries by the jacquard loom
and cotton gin. If the new machinery
operates as we'll as it's inventors claim
Western farmers can supply fax for ex.
port SO as to compete successfully with
Russian growers.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-22
A Deadlock on the West Point Bill.
Washington Special. 10Th.

A very significant feature of the House
proceedings was the action of the Appro-
priation Committee respecting the SEN
ate amendments to the West Point bill.
The House non-concurred in all the TWEEN
ty'seven Senate amendments, but declined
to ask for conference committee. This
seems to indicate that the House will re.
fuse to recede from its position on the
bill, and will seek to force the Senate to
reconsider its amendments. A Senator
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-22
The Democratic Caucus Agrees Upon
Policy.

WASHINGTON, March l5.--Moveda good
deal by the untoward result in New
Hampshire, the Democratic caucus, after
three hours of wransling, came to a vote
on the pending propositions, and accepted
the Payne bill BY vote of 81 to 40. This
prOpOsiticn is as follows:
act.
2. The establishment Of sinking fund,
this sinking fund 20 be used for ultimate
resumption without contraction of the
present volume of paper currency.
5. No interference with the national
banking system, as it exists, with pro-
vision, however: prohibiting a renewal of
the charters Of banks when they expire.
These charters run out in the period be-
tween 1881 and 1890.
NUMBER OF PROPOSITIONS
were offered, Saylor and Holman making
the most motions. Finally, the caucus
proceeded to vote on Payne's bill, the re.
suit being 81 TO 40, showing but light
attendance at the caucus. The bill was
supported in strong speeches by Randall,
Gordon, White, House, Hooker. Lynde,
Morrison, Payne, White of Illinois, Thur.
man, Jerry. ana Duckner OF MlSSOurl.
Eden Of Illinois, favored vote in the
House on the majority and minority re-
port separately,in order that every men,
Der might be enabled to put himself on
record. Beebe of New York did not want
any minority report. More speeches we're
made on all sides than at any previous
caucus. Holman gave notice
AFTER THE FINAL VOTE
that he would on Monday next move to
suspend the rules and move the repeal of
the resumption act without any condition
whatever. His followers are not at all
inclined to be harmonious now, and the
wransle will probably be all gone over
again in the House.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-22

WHEN will parents learn that the cause
of ne.half the ills to which their children
are subject are traccable to poorly ven.
tilated school and sleeping rooms? --.-.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-22

THERE is revival in the calico trade
Manchester prints $4,000 pieces of Fall
River cloth weekly, and is preparing te
increase the amount by one. half:
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-22

The effect of air poisoning is much
worse than that of improper food OF i'm
pure water. The vitiated air which is the
staple lung foo in our schools and many
OF our homes, poisons the whole system
through the vital channels of the lungs,
where it directly enters the blood. and
the result most common is that dread dis.
ease, consumption.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-22

QUEEN VICTORIA is to be endowed with
the title Of Empress Of India. 1t has
been suggested that the occasion of her
assumption OF the title would be proper.
ly celebrated by pardoning all the
Fenian convicts, and Disraeli has prom
Used to consider the matter.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-22
"A Sad Story.

From the Cleveland 20. J Leader.7
Yesterdays Leader contained the fol-
lowing special dispatch from Sandusky:
I'm the summer of 1850, Harlow Case.
Collector Of the Port of Sanduskv. stole
$4,000 in gold, customs revenue, from
the government, and ran away with the
wife Of his deputy Collector, Henry Fran
CHS. For years nothing was heard of the
parties. An Ohio missionary on the Island
OF Ceylon recently met Case and Mrs.
Francis there. The latter was dying of
bro ken heart, and is how dead. Mr.. Fran.
CHS left here shortly after, the defalcation
and elopement, and was supposed to have
committed suicide. Case was formerly
Collector at Buffalo, and was we'll known
all along the lake. He also has relatives
here.'
We learn from E. S. Beardsley, a mes
Sanger in the employ Of Adams Express
company, that the above supposition
about Henry Francis having committed
suicide is wrong, as he is personally &C.
quainted with that person. 1t seems that
five or six years ago Mr.. Beardsiey was
running on the Pan Handle route, from
Pittsburgh to Cincinnati, and there be.
came acquainted with Francis, whom he
describes as being person of very sim
gular habits and melancholy disposition.
Francis told him in the course of the
three years that they were together the
sad story of his fruitless chase after his
false wife and her seducer. Up to the
time of the elopement, Francis had lived
with the utmost confidence in his wife's
honor, and when the appalling truth of
his betrayal dawned upon him, it par.
TALLY turned his senses, and he became
monomaniac, with but two objects in life
to gain revenge on Case and get back
his child which the runaways had taken
with them. He at once sold his little
property at sacrifice and set out on his
long pursuit of Case and Mrs. Francis.
They had gone to England. He fol.
lowed them and arrived there just
in time to hear of them in France.
From France he traced them to the
North OF Europe, and from thence they
led him will-o'wisp dance, sometimes in
sight and at other times unheard of for
months, to Constantinople, where they
became entirely lost: Up to this time
he had been able to follow them with the
unerring instinct OF a sleuth hound, but
now his most desperate efforts were in
vain, anG he wandered and waited like
the Wandering Jew-for death. So five
years passed. When the Crimean war
broke out Francis enlisted in the En-
glish army in the unpoctical capacity of
cook, and fought bravely at the end of
ladle until the end of the war.
What occurred from this time until
Bcardsley knew him as messenger is
not known. While in the employ Of the
express company he was in the habit Of
doing many strange things which were
the subject Of remark among his com.
rades. He would never board at hotel,
but would keep house alone. doing all his
own work. In order to be entirely Sc.
cluded be rented house at Cincinnati as
we'll as Pittsburgh.
At last his alterations became so wild
that he lost his place, and when last
heard from was living on farm in Mn
neS0ta.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-22

AMERICAN cmbezzlers, read this J! ga
Belgium bank secretary has been cap
tured at Queenstown, at the moment OF
sailing to New York; His deficiency is
only six millions, bat he is wanted all the
same. How the puny efforts of our bank
clerks, and others are dwarfed into insig-
nificance by this.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-22
A Type Setting Machine.
from the Chicago TimeS.7

IrrOm the chicago I1HneS.J
A new type setting machine costs $500
and sets 10000 ems per day. The pros
pectus of the thing, however, neglects to
state whether it can drink whisky, put
on SUBJ gracefully, and call out over
the room: ''What sore.eyed, low.lived son
Of saw-horse has got IA xx!'
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-22
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS.

ANOTHER newspaper is to be started at
Worthington.
TIE treasury'of Wright county is
totally empty.
A CENTENNIAL drunk is what thew c.,,
it in Minneapolis.
MRS. HALL, daughter of Hon. NJ. H.
Dunnell, died at Leipsic on the 2lst nit.
The town of Wazayta has voted aoa;ns
issuing license by majority Of 81
votes.
A LITTLE child in Taylor's Falls died
last week from the effects OF a fall from
lounge to the floor.
NEARLY hundred car loads of Kasota
stone have been shipped from that place
during the past two weeks.
A NAN in Red Wing recently attempted
to commit suicide with !audanum be.
cause he had been robbed of $75.
The Centennial total abstinence club
OF Faribault, now numbers hundred
members. Only two have backslid.
john JoErz of Howard Lake, Wright
county, has been sentenced to Saltwater
Penltentlary for one year for assault.
The town Of Buffalo, Wright county,
has voted in favor Of issuing bonds for
railroad purposes by vote Of 70 to Is.
WoR1H1NGToN voted bonus for the
extension of the Southern Minnesota rail.
road. by majority IF 243 out of AL
votes cast.
LAKE CITY has an 'Anti. slang'' so.
ciety which meets once in two weeks, and
assesses fines On it's members for break.
ing the pledge.
A RAILROAD survey has just been made
from Benson on the St. P. & P. railroad
to Appleton, Swift county, distance of
about twenty miles.
OLE JOHNSON, living near Red Jacket
Mill, in Blue Earth county, fell through a
trestle work of the Central railroad, near
the mills, ana was instantly killed.
The Willmar Gazette thinks the rail
road company deserves to be remembered
for keeping that town so we'll supplied
with wood-which nobody can burn.
1tinerant peddlers have been swiadling
the farmers of Rice county again. They
offer packages Of dry goods, such as are
needed in every family. on which they
fix the price at $3.50, anu take the
farmers note. They sell the notes they
get at 20 and % per cent. discount, and
before the farmer finds out how badly he
has been swindled, the swindIer has
vamoosed the country.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-22

A CHAP down in Virginia, box 81, SCOTS.
vile, advertises to send first-class edito-
rails on any subject to any part of the
United States for the modest sum of SIS
per column. He claims to supply at
least one Of Milwaukee's dailies with it's
brain power.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-22

The latest speculation in connection
with the Centennial exhibition is the priv
ilege Of sweeping the floors. The COM
mittee has already received an offer of
fifty thousand dollars for the privilege,
and still hold the chance open for a better
offer.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-22
crowns.

TIE late Horace Greeley had his favor
tic amusement, and SO does Mr.. Gladstone
and even Lord Derby. The amusement
is cutting down trees. Cut as they may,
however, America points with pride to
her original wcodsman, George Washing
ton
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-22

CREDIT must be given Albert Edward
for having long head. In case his
mother, the queen, is crowned Empress of
India it will be but short time before he
will step into her shoes and under her
crowns
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-22

They have at last been doing some
real fighting in Egypt. An intrenched
campof the Khedive's army was lately
attacked by an Abyssinian army, but af-
ter desperate fight the latter force was
defeated, leaving their King, his vizier
and five thousand soldies dead upon the
field.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-22

The only bank DNuth had has died.
It climbed the grenback stair. A George
Washington Childs, A. NJ, would say,
*sGone to meet Jay Cooke:''
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-22
y
CURRENT TOPICS.

TRADE il firearms and cutlery is look
ing up. Two State conventions have
been called to meet in Little Rock, Ark,
in the month of April.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-22

The number of real HAVANA cigars is
likely to be even less than ever for the
next two years. The tobacco crop of
Cuba is reported to be total failure.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-22

ENGLAND collects a tax of two dollar
and half on distilled spirits, and the
English people are pronounced to be the
hardest drinkers on earth. Americans
complain of tax only one-t third as high.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-22

A ST.. LOUIS man thinks southern Col
orado, il the San Juan country, is far su-
perior to the Black Hills, both as min
eral and grazing country, while the CHI
mate leaves nothing to be desired.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-22

The Black Hills cover an area of some
5000 square miles, and it is believed that
people enough to populate it as densely
as China will 60 there in the next two
moths.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-22

The spectacle ola St. Paul paper labor
ing under spell of virtue and morality
is at once curious and marvellous, yet a
good result is not altogether hopeless.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-21
From EILe Now YnrE Esnn.

There Is not one republican
mctuber Of Congress who Is free
from obligation to Grant for ia
VOLS of patronage. IL h"sa peg
feet roster of their applications
and Of their rewards, and he de-
fes them 10 oppose him Or to rs
sail his acts. Hence the extraor-
binary silence nud submission at
Washington in presenceof excuses
that demand the strrnest repro
b.,tion.
Grant is no worse titan the party.
He is the on growth OF yenal
system which Congress- created
partly in the interest If those who
shaped the legislation, and partly
to appease the ayarice and the
ambition of the President. They
made common cause together, and
opened the doors wide to eztTaT-
agunce, corruption, y. waste and
speculation until the collapse came
and the whole thing exploded.
Now, they are fighting to save all
that is possible from the wreck, by
resisting economy in every form
and threatening the peoples rep
resentatives. Grant is master of
the situation, and the party dare
not offend him.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-21


Isb-hes0lVed, That we believe that
the democratic party OF tho parish Of
CalcasleH, III their wards and parish
convention assembled o1nght to bo the
sole judges as to whether or not, to
send delegates to District Convention,
or authorize their central executive
committee to appoint and send dele
gates
%a-hesoYed, Lh1t the time gwen
ny the c5ommittfe Of the parish of La
laEeae be!4g too short to allow time for
Gaining san wards and parish con7en-
tI"''S' we ma 1t necessary. and Le1pe-
"ieht, lor tine sake OF harmony and con
cert OF action in cur party, to send del
ega'"S TO SAD convention as catieI ~, ny
the parish oI Lafayette Tor Tile -"Sh
ln5C, ,,.,
id therefore,. Resolved, mat We
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-21

case the lives and property Of
Americans we're left at the mercy of
the robbers ; that Benayides. thelr
leader, threatens to bang Haynes
aHd certain Americans on securing
their persons, and that the United
States soldiers alone have saved
them. He asks IL continuance Of
tire protection, BECAUSE it woHId
ruin Americans to move to the Tex
rs bank of the Rio Grando with
their goods.
Gen, Ord replies, ordering the
troops to remain four days to ell
able Americans to get Out Of the
country. At the expiration OF
four days, the troops will recross
to Fort Mcintosh.
All quiet there to-day.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-21
SHERIFFs SALE.

Thos. J. Lyons VS.. A. Moss & Bros. ct
al.-State of Louisiana-Pari of
Caloasieu--E Eighth Judicial District
Court.-No. 4l2.
DY virtue of a writ of Teri facias, is
ID sued and to me directed from the
Hon. Court aforesaid, viii offer for
sale at public auction, to the last and
highest bidder, for CASH, at the Court
house door of this parish, in the town
of Lake Charles, La, on SATURDAY,
the 2lst day Of October, A. d. 1876,
within legal hours of sale, the following
described claim or account, AMI prop
erty, seized in the above numbered and
entitled suit, 10 wit:
lst-A certain claim or account,
against James Mum & Co. now in
liquidation, for the sum Of three thou
sand, one hundred and tifty-fOur 40 100
dollars, (S3l54 O-l00)
2d-ODe steam Circular Saw Mill
and buildings, together with the ma
chineTy, saws, carriage cars, he0dbl0eks
and everything thereto belonging and
appertaining, known as the Moss Mn,
Situated on Prahan's Lake, in Caleasieu
parish, Ia. Seized to satisfy said writ.
DAVID H. LYONS, Sheriff.
Per JULIEN RICHARD, Deputy Sheriff.
SheIitf's office, Lake Charles, La,
Sent. "a, 1876,