The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-20
Z May sEatrobe states that no case Of

EtSllo" lc'er prevails Ill DtltllnOre, all reports
to the contrary Notwithstanding. e#*2ef:: =.
: 1t is said that Russia will not yper-
init Servia to accept Turkeys terms of peace,
and at this writing fighting was ill in prog
ress. 1"T7
a young business man Of St., Louis
has been detected in forging Howard county
bonds and raising money thereon. He has
got at least $4,000. ,.~
The sale Of the Old South Church,
Boston, has been consummated. The build
ing sold tor 1000, and is to be used strictly
as a historical museum.
Major Frank North, with 100 Paw
nee Indians, enlisted as scouts for Crooks
command, passed through Omaha for the
Powder river on the 18th inst.
A young man With a through ticket
from Albany, N. Y, to Mankato, MINNESOTA,
blew his brains out at Detroit last week. He
was about 26 years old. Name unknown.
An Indian chief at Standing Rock
agency, has been arrested Tor CARRYING food
to the hostiles and it is feared that much
roube will result, as the Indians became
greatly incensed at the troops.
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has recommended all Pennsylvanians, at
home and abroad, to observe the Goth day of
September at q holiday, and that they assem-
ble in Philadelphia Oh that day.
The yellow fever is raging in Sa-
vannah. Over half the colored population is
depending on the charity Of the whites
Great .destitution prevails. Money for the re-
| lief of the sufferers is being sent from all
quarters.
The projected narrow guage railroad
to Portland, Oregon, via the Black Hills, and
! national Park, has been completed to Ponca,
Nebraska, arrangements have been made to
! complete $50 miles this year, and reach the
Black Hills in 1877.
The ancient town Of Vigo, where
Tweed IS detained, is on the northwestern
coast OF Spain, facing the broad Atlantic It
is SIS miles north of Oporto, and it is place
of considerable trade. The town is built on
the slopes of a hill overlooking a charming
bay, which has an inland sweep of twenty
miles, and is five miles wide at it's mouth.
The country in the vicinity is exceedingly
itch, and fruits, corn, wine, ard oil abound
Lord Derby has replied to the work
ingmen's societies. address on the Turkish
atrocities in Bulgaria, and says the British
government has not been unmindflll of the
great crimes, but any attempt at a division oil
Turkey would result in a general European
war. He says that it would he unjust to de-
nounce whole race for the atrocities of some,
and an attempt to blot Turkey from the map
Europe would be followed by horrors Tor ex-
ceeding those Of Bulgaria.
Two sensitive gentlemenin St. Louis
have petitioned the court to allow a
change from the name OF Pigg to that OF
Peake. They could find no ladies Of supe-
rior minds who could consent to become the
Mesdames Pigg, and the mere thought OF
having children known as the little Piggs
caused them unutterable anguish
The famous Sears-Will case at Bos-
ton, in which stated income was to be al
lowed to the testatoc's son, but no provision
was made for the final disposition OF the i'm
mense property, is at last settled, the Sl1-
preme Court having decided that the whole
property is to so to the son, Joshua Mont
gomery Sears, now d student at Yale College.
The text Of the porte's answer to
the powers shows that the porte, among 9th
er conditions Tor peace, requires that Servia
shall send back all persons who emigrated to
that country from nei5hboring Turkish PROV
inces. The status quo ante belium will he
retained with regard to Montenegro. Within
"a hours after the powers shall give Judgment
on the peace conditions, the porte will order
the suspension OF hostilities.
On the 23d Of August the King of
Sweden presented Christine Nilsson with the
Swedish civil order, "Pour lie Merite'' The
decoration consists of q gold medal, with the
inscription, elm sui rnemoriam," surmounted
by a royal crown richly set with brillants- On
the Goth Nilsson appeared, for the first time
after her indisposition, in Faust, at the Stora
Theatre, and her reception is described in
the Swedish papers as having been most en-
thusiastic.
A large meeting Of prominent citi.
zens OF indianapolis Ind, received the re-
ports of the committees in charge Of the
national soldiers reunion, to be held the Goth
and 2lst. Arrangements have been made Tor
the accommodation of all, and to further pro-
vide for an emergency, if hotel and private
facilities should prove insufficient tents Tor
the quartering OF $1,000 more have been pro-
vided. Letters and kilograms indicate that
not less than 100000 men will be in attend
ance, including all the principal men in the
country.
The Quebec Provincial Exhibition
continues to attract large crowds. The dis
|play of agricultural implements shows re-
ImorEa E1e nrOpross Ovnr former yoore The
show of cattle, though of superior quality, is
not so large as formerely, owing to many
breeders having sent their stock to Philadel-