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The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-24
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.

Five three-card monte men were ar
Dested in Omaha, on the 18th. zr ILL.,
Every day brings fresh news of In;
dian murders from the Black Hills.
BY the laundering of the schooner
Thos. Z. Sweet, on Lake Erie, six lives were
lost. FL sf
John j. Riddick has been nominated
by the President for associate justice of New
Mexico. &
The giant powder works at brakes
vile exploded nthe 10th, killing two per-
sons and causing . loss of $l2,000
One child was killed and six badly
injured, on the 18th, by lightning striking a
school house in 'Rondeau, Ontario.
Three shipwrecked sailors, of the
ship Calcutta, have arrived at St. Johns,
N. B. Only six ofall on board survived.
Six of the principal culprits in the
The salonica outrage have been publicly exc
cuted, and tranquility once more prevails.
The law was merciless in the case of
two negroes of savannah who murdered Mrs.
Cochran and daughter. They were hanged
on the 10th.
Mckee and Mcclure, of the St. Louis
whisky thieves have been 'incarserated' in
Jail, their efforts to secure executive clemency
being unayailing.S* ~.~>~,
A duel took place in Vienna, on the
18th, between Count Kalkin and the MARQUIS
Palavicine with broadswords. The Count
was seriously wounded in the skull.
The steamer Pat Cleburne exploded
her boilers at Shawneetown, Ill.,, killing the
captain, both mates, express agent, and a
number Of passengers, besides badly wound
ing many others.
Excavations have revealed several
underground pipes from the Bay View distil-
lery at San Francisco, used in secretly con-
veying whiskey from the distillery to vessels
at the wharf.
Tom Allen and Joe Goss have agreed
to bruise one another with their fists, on the
18th of September, for $4,000 side. The
brutal scene is to be enacted within one hum
dred miles of St. Louis.
Another collision is reported be-
tween whites and blacks in West Feliciana
parish, La. The trouble is alleged to have
commenced by the killing OF white man by
negroes, when the whites collected to the
number of several hundred. It is probable
that the number killed will never be known,
but reports place it at eight negroes shot dead,
thirty wounded and four hanged.
A young man named Gaffney, liv-
ing in GAINESVILLE, Wis, married girl against
her parents will, and during his absence
from his home they took the daughter away.
On his return he made complaint against his
tather-in-law who was arrested and taken to
the police court, where he met Gaffney and
attacked him. Gafney, in self-defense,
struck the Infatuated man with hammer,
killing him almost instantly.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-24

Artificial clouds of smoke are often
used in France and Germany as a pro-
lection against frost. One plan which
has been very successful, consists in
carefully mixing gas tar with sawdust
and old straw and piling this mixture
in large heaps in the vineyards, and
when morning approaches fire is set to
the mass. This plan would not work
we'll on the prairies of the northwest,
where the atmosphere is so buoyant
and pure.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-24

The Republicans of Kentucky adopt
ed an uncompromising nard money platform.
The Ohio Democratic Convention
instructed its delegates to St. Louis to vote
for VIM. Allen.
The New Jersey Republican con-
vention was largely composed of Blaine men,
but it's delegates are uninstructed.
The Connecticut legislature has
elected the Democratic candidate, VIM. H.
Barnum, to the United States Senate.
The Ohio Democratic convention
adopted an imitation set of resolutions after
much discussion. The vote stood s66 to 300.
Charges Of fraud have been made
against what is called 'fthe Minnesota pine
land ring" and an investigation is now in
progress.
The Democratic convention of Kan
sas instructed it's delegates for Hendricks It
was the largest convention the party ever
held in the State. -..'..->-
Senator Booth, the greenback nom-
inee for Vice President, says he does not in
tend to pay attention to the nomination, not
regarding it as matter worth special notice.
The committee having in charge the
investigation Of Congressional printer Clapp,
report that, through acknowledgement or
worse, that officer has robbed the government
of half million dollars annually
About three hundred prominent men
from all parts of the country met in New
York on the 10Th, to attend the political con-
ference called by Carl Schurz, VIM C. Bryant
and others. Theodore C. Woolsey was
elected president.
The Kentucky Republican conven-
ton, in the platform adopted, says, GAS Ken
lucky gave Abraham Lincoln to his country
and to mankind, she now presents Banjamin
H. Bristow to complete the correction of ills
ever incidental to war;
The Iowa Democracy had a harmo-
NOUS and satisfactory convention at Des
Moines, on the 18th, and adopted hard money
resolutions. The delegates to St. Louis were
instructed to vote as majority of the DELE
CATION should elect.
The indianapolis convention of the
Greenback party nominated Peter Coop
fornia for Vice President. Mr.. Cooper de-
clines the nomination, with the hope that
VIM. Allen will be nominated and elected.
The House committee on foreign af-
fairs have come to a conclusion OF the Schenck
affair, but have made no report. Their de-
cision is reported to he that while he was
not himself guilty Of intentional wrong, he
was party with others in a speculative en-
terprise which caused great loss to British
subjects, and is censurable for becoming a
director while holding his official position as
United States minister.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-24
ANNA DICKINSON.

All of the dresses were devised by
Miss Dickinson, and they are queenly
in richness and elaborate in detail, as
we'll as historically correct. They are
four in number, one for each act, and
were not made in Paris, as has been re-
ported, but by her dress-maker in New
York and under her direction. The
cost Of the outfit was 1000, exclusive
of diamonds and ornaments. AS Anne
Boleyn is supposed just to have re-
turned from France, some license is
allowed for French taste. Miss Dick
inson wears a gold-blonde wig, and
displays her costumes with exquisit
taste. There is a marvel of feminine
art in her exhibition of her queenly
robes, as act after act brings them be-
fore the public eye. The first is the
court dress Anne Boleyn may be said
to have worn when the admiring eyes
of King Henry were attracted by the
girlish beauty. 1t is a creamy brocade,
with ruby velvet trimmings and gold
embroidery. This robe is bewildering
in it's blended beauty, and it is as ex-
quisite for harmony as elaborateness.
The second is dress supposed to be
worn at the house of her father, Sir
Thomas Boleyn. 1t is a Metternich
green satin, with a crimson and cloth
of gold overdress of the Venetian
style, and it may be described as
unique and piquant, with subtle sug-
gestion of the ante-renaissance period.
The third dress is a marvel of brecaded
beauty as is fitting for the royal robes
of an English queen. It is the azure
of an unclouded sky, and is made more
queenly by a train of blue velvet and
ermine and girdle Of diamonds and
pearls, with diamond crown and
necklace. The stomacher is of woven
pearls and old lace. The last dress is
not the traditional black velvet in
which queens are supposed to be led
to the block. 1t is somber, but full OF
a passionate suggestions of intense and
smothered fire, typified by blending
of black and crimson satin under rich
black lace. It is such'a dress that
queen might almost wish to die at the
hands of the executioner that she
might be able to wear it; and this
brings us to the rising of the curtain.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-24

For the past few years there has
been continual complaint about the
scarcity Of money. There is no longer
any doubt regarding the cause. 1t has
gone to pay brides and blackmail, and
for other purposes of corruption. The
writer has attempted to figure out the
total amount used for such purposes
by the whisky ring, but has abandoned
the matter in despair.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-24

Justice Miller, of the United States
Supreme Court, publicly rebuked dig
ni6ed old gentleman who was talking
aloud in the courtroom. Somebody
afterwards told the Justice that it was
the Emperor of Brazil whom he had
rebuked. The Justice said: ssEm-
perors must respect the proprieties of
the courtroom as well as common
DeODle.''
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-24

The country owes much to Thomas
Jefferson for the Inauguration of
Fourth Of July celebrations, but we
are compelled to pause, reflect and
hesitate about canonizing him when
we think that he gave us Louisiana.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-24

Philadelphia should have taken a
lesson from the Indians, in getting up
the great exhibition. The Indians are
always shrewd enough to detail one
man to keep sober whenever they have
a grand pow-wow, and the drunken
fellows look to him for sober.minded
guidance. But the sober old Quakers
were neglectful of such precaution and
when all became intoxicated with the
idea that all the world would come to
their show, the remainder all took in
the subtle draft and commenced to
build hotels. Alas, how will the ach-
ing heads be counted?
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-24

Philadelphia will have six Centen-
NAL Fourths of July, this year, as a
sort of supplementary attraction to
the Exhibition not down in the bills.
Everything possible must now be done
to make the show draw, as the souls
of all true patriots of that city are
sorely vexed and their pockets loudly
grooming at the lack of visitors.
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There is considerable differf

There is considerable difference be-
tween the right man in the ri ht place
and the wrong man in the wrong
place: illustrated by the estimates Of
Belknap and Taft as secretaries Of the
US War department.. Taft signifies
his willingness to run the department.
for S., GO7 sos less than Belknap want
ed for the same purpose. Judge Taft
deserves to be let alone as long as he
manifests qualities so rare.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-24

Chicago has developed the two
champion whisky thieves Of the coun-
try. Its coat of arms, which has al
ways contained a cradle and baby,
should now have a double cradle and
two babies children of corruption
which it has nursed for so long.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-24
FACTS ABOUT FORESTRY.

In all that has yet been said about
forest culture, in the east as we'll as
the west, no attempt has until lately
been made to start at the foundation
and lnaugurate system of restoring
TO our country its natural clothing of
timber, but now the subject bids fair
to take practical shape and waste pla-
ces be made to bear burdens of wealth
not second even to the mineral wealth
of our land.
In an argument for the appointment
of forest commissioner, made before
the House of Representatives. recent
ly, Hon. NJ. H. Dunnell gave a collec.
ton of facts to show the great impor-
lance of Immediate action, and he pro-
posed the appointment of competent
man at a salary of $4,000, making it
his duty, after complete investigation,
to submit to the commissioner of agri-
culture an exhaustive report upon the
needs of the country and how best to
supply them.
In the course of his remarks Mr..
Dunnell referred to the ss3O,0OO,OOO
trees required annually for railroad
ties, the 100000 cords of fuel for
railroads, the $98,OO0,OOO of fencing
used annually, and of the almost un-
imaginable quantities used in making
furniture. machinery, boxes and in
building.
Mr.. Dunnell concluded his remarks
as follows:
No argument can be raised against practical
legislation. That which makes more certain
supply of whatever the race shall need in
the future. for lite and the uses of civilized
lite, is not only practicable but is humane
So savagely in the past, have Americans cut
down the forests that stood in their way and
sition of wealth, that they should now be
asked to cease the work Of destruction and
commence the work of renewal. Those who
are to come after them have rights; they will
need houses, fences, and fuel; they will need
forests for health as well as use. This gen.
Grafton should do better in this respect than
the past; that cut down and too often wasted;
this should plant and preserve
Those who are the most unwilling to look
into the future and provide for it by.husband-
ing our present timber supplies, admit that
in twenty years building-lumber will be ex-
ceedingly scarce. and in many parts OF the
country now reasonably supplied, wholly
gone. While they would put OF the evil day,
they do not deny its approach.
1t should not be forgotten that just as the
cost OF the article increases, in that proper
ton will diminish in number and profit,
many Of the trades and occupations Of the
people. There are now many millions of
workers of wood. A thousand million dol
lars as the value OF the products drawn from
the forests ofthe United States in single year,
indicate fearful consumption.
Timber, as once have said, is all element
of civilization. 1t should be grown as we'll
as wheat or rye or oats. How this may be
done should be an object of study. The SUI
preme Importance and dignity of timber
preservation and cultivation should be
brought home to the whole country
The mighty interest sought to be aided by
my amendment, call for demonstrations, the
facts of science, the results of experiment,
methods, and specific instructions.
The amendment was adopted.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-24

Much comment has been OccasiOned
by the failure of the Supreme Court to
decide the ''granger case" at it's last
session. The Chicago Times now as
serts that the decision has been con-
CURED in by all the judges and that it's
nature is positively known to be
against the constitutionality of the Wis
consin Potter law and the Minnesota
law. It asserts that the decision pla-
ces the railroads entirely beyond legis-
lative control. This rumor is pub
Gshed for what it is worth.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-24
CALIFORNIA YAQUEROS.
San Francisco Gail, May 2.

San francisco Gail. May 2.
A troupe of California, equestrians.
numbering eighteen performers, left
this city on Sunday mornings train,
bound for Philadelphia, where they
propose to set up business as a side
show to the Centennial Exhibition.
The company includes ten lady riders,
who scorn the usual adjuncts of pad
ded saddles, safety straps, and care
fully-trained horses, and who will per-
form the most daring and difficult
feats of the sawdust-ring upon the
bare backs Of good-tempered mustangs
and who defy man, woman, or child to
produce horse that they cannot OF
will not ride in the same manner.
Eight male riders are also on the list,
selected from among the most skillful
of the vaqueros of the plains, who will
ride acts of skill and daring never be-
fore seen in the circus ring, but which
are every day occurrences at home
with these masters of the horse. The
equine part of the establishment con.
sists of 60 horses, all California bred,
some of which are as fine specimens of
the genus mustang as were ever seen,
and ten Spanish mules, which will
probably be pronounced donkeys by
our Eastern friends. With these
mules it is proposed to revive the dom
key races of the olden time, and intro
duce some other business that will
make them lasting fund Of amuse-
ment. Accommodations have been Sc
cured for the troupe at the Belmont
Race-Course, where Mr.. Ritiker, who
is somewhat known to fame as the
''California Boy" will issue chal-
lenge to all corners to ride against him
in long races, his distance being any
where from 10 to 800 miles.
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lions of trouble whatever in. his coun-
tenance ; no contraction of the eye.
brows or muscles of the forehead, and
while gazing on the dead body of his
brother, slain by his own hand, his
eye was as clear and its depths as un-
disturbed as though he had just done
a good deed, and his conscience was
clear,
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-24

There is a proverb sometimes heard
which says, SNAKE hay while the sun
Shines Our agricultural readers
may forget this in this bright, SUM-
shiny weather, or they may say there
is no hay to make. The proverb says,
however, 'sMAKE hay.'
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-24

IS 'Ow's mother?" asked the prince
of Wales after he had kissed his wife
and babies all round. ''The hempress
is well," replied Alexandra. elem
press be 'anged," retorted the prince.
ssShe ought to ave knocked around
Hindia as Hi ave, and then she might
talk about bein' hempress.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-24

Brigham Young has about completed
arrangements for transplanting his Pc
crlliar institution to the soil of Mexico,
where he expects an independent gov
eminent will nurse into being the
largest sect on earth, within the next
thirty years.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-24
IF He DRINKS, DROP HIM.

From the COngregatiOnalist.
We tender our thanks to the Yer
mont Judge who the other day, in pro-
nouncing upon a divorce suit, laid
down the opinion that when woman
marries a man of known Incorporate
habits, she takes her happiness, pros
perity, and welfare in her own hands.
and has no claim for radiance of him
thereafter. We have great pity for
the wife who is joined to an intemper-
ate husband, but we tremble for the
fate of the woman who marries an in.
temperate man. If these words reach
the eyes Of any woman under engage
ment of marriage to such a man, we
most solemly appeal to her to pause
before she imperil. her well-being by
accepting any such risk. <''"s7 e.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-24
TIMELY TOPICS.

Six of the chief rioters at Salonica
have been put to death, but not the
idiot who conspired to provoke the
riot.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-24
Miscellaneous News Items.

Terry's Indian expedition left Fort
Lincoln on the 17th
The American man-of-war Franklin
has sailed from Nice to Salonica.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-24
Centennialities.

The mayor Of Philadelphia is to have
$50, 900 for "incidental expenses"
Arrests for all causes on the opening
day On the grounds were only SO. Pick
pockets, 8.
The ssOficial Catalogues" sold on the
Centennial grounds are stigmatized as
! swretchedly careless and useless compila-
TOMS
The Centennial appears to be quite a
success. Tie old countries which are used to
'em will please remember that this is our first.
The Women suffrageites ''point with
pride" to the fact that the only person who
tainted on the exhibition grounds on We'd
| nesday was a man.
The bunting displayed in Philadel-
phia is thus classified by The Press : gontalons,
orihammes, banners, bonnerets, jacks signals,
| and streamers.
In honor of the centennial year a
Brooklyn dressmaker shows an deliberately
made silk suit, which is composed entirely o
little American flags.
Dom Pedro paid the usual fees for
the admission of himself and the empress to
the exhibition on Thursday, using therefor
coin which he had just bought at the mint.
At the New York Crystal Palace ex
hibition, in 1853, President Pierce kept 90
600 persons in the building and five times as
many out Of it waiting for two hours for him
to appear.
| Cattle said to be the heaviest and
best in the world have arrived at Philadelphia
for exhibition them an OK weighing
1000 pounds and a heifer weighing $500
pounds.
The Krupp cannon from Germany,
the heaviest siege gun in the world, still re-
mains in the Essen in the Schuylkill. No
derrick is strong enough to land it, and it is
to be lacked up and rolled overheard.
In the Senate, on the Goth, Senator
Morton submitted a report in the case of Sen
ator Spencer, which acquits him of blame in
the matter of his election. Mr.. Salisbury
while agreeing on the main point, submitted
report differing somewhat from that of Nor
ton. The bill for the relief Of certain persons
who payed $165 into the revenue by improper
collection, was passed over the President IS
veto.
Mr.. Gale made to the House a per-
sonal explanation in regard to the charges
made against him in memorial by the Wis
consin legislature, claiming that he had been
elected fairly and honestly. The remainder
of the day was passed in committee of the
| whole on the naval appropriation bill
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':The blessed man that preached for
us last Sunday, said Mrs. Partineton,
s'served the Lord for thirty years
first as circus rider, then as a locust
preacher, and last as an exhauster.'
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-24

Piper's confessions make him out to
be rather bad citizen. even for Bos.
ton.
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News From the National Capital.

News From the National Capital.
The postal bill has passed the House,
putting rates at about the same figure as ex-
listed one year ago.
A witness in the Louisiana case, be-
fore the special Congressional committee, tes-
tilted that Congressman Murray hired him to
kill man named J. N. Glover, and to i'm
prison until after election four other men
whom he alleged stood in Murray's way.
The investigation of the alleged con-
nection of Mr.. Blaine with certain transact
tons in Little Rock and Fort Smith railroad
bonds, Col. Tom Scott entirely vindicated
him. Scott said the bonds were owned by
himself and by him sold to the Union Pacific
company.
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6 The rebels have turned over Mata.
moras to the American and German consuls.
The ice was driven into Duluth har-
Dor on the 18th, completely closing nav,ga-
tion.* @ . IT, 8
The Louisiana troubles have broken
out afresh, and Gen. Anger has been COM
manded to use such means as are in his power
to prevent bloodshed between the whites and
blacks. ~ -. l. ( . s.
!. An attempt was made in New York
to murder mustang pony by riding him 800
miles, but at the end Of the 226th mile the
rider gave out. The First fifty miles was
made in two hours and nineteen minutes.
The Louisville Courier-Journ on
the 18th issued a centennial number" in
honor of the opening Of their new building.
The unwilling of Geo. D. Prentice's statue,
on the principal 1racade, was witnessed by an
immense crowd.
1t is probable that the useless and
expensive system of postage stamps now
used in correspondence on executive business
in the different departments, will soon be
abolished, and it may he that the ranking
privilege will he partly restored.
The situation at Constantinople is
most desperate, and bloodshed seems to be
inevitable. Both the Mohammedans and
Christians are buying revolvers and knives,
and congregate in large numbers. European
Christians are considered to be in great
danger.
The Manchester print works have
shut down indefinitely, owing to the low
price of cotton goods. Five hundred en-
ployes are thus thrown out of work.
The Berkshire mills, Of Springfield, employ
ing 400 hands, has closed its doors in default
of S400, 900.