The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-12

The CRY COUNCIL met on Saturday
night last in regular meeting. His FIX
cellency, Hon. Frank r. Sterrett, Mayor
elect, was duly inaugurated, and Hon.
Fred. Setback, Councilman elect, was
sworn in and took his seat. Hon. 4. X.
Simmons, the other councilman elect,
was sick and absent, and his Inaugural
ton was necessarily postponed: Be-
cause of his absence, the Council did not
elect a Recorder to succeed Mr.. Jorgen
Simmons, but called upon him to perform
the duties pro te'mpore. A resolution
was adopted directing the superintend-
emit of the Fire Department to appoint a
general election in the Department to
elect {: first Assistant Engineer to sue
coed Mr.. Setback, who has resigned be-
cause of his election to the Council.
The bill of John Seastrand, of $l4 for
special police service was allowed.
Mr.. D. G. HILL has secured Mr.. Otis
G. Day, a builder of skill and experience,
as foreman of his building department.
MIR. Day has, for four years past, been
the foreman of Messrs. Leonard & See
gar builders, of St. Paul, and he comes
very highly recommended by Messrs. G
P Bassford, architect, and Cochran &
Walsh and others, of St. Paul, as Il
builder second to none in the State.
He was formerly from Maine and grad
uate of Bowdoin College. With the as
sistance Of Mr.. F A Cole in the Office,
and Mr. Day at the head of the build
ing department, in addition to his FORM
er efficient force, Mr. Hill is able to
compete with any firm in the northwest,
and is prepared to undertake anything
in the building line in the State, and
ought, at least, to be able to sustain if
not to add to his past enviable reputa-
ton as builder.
The MARKETS. There is no wheat
arriving and prices are nominally Csc.
for No. 2 and 81 for No. |. with no
appearance of an advance, and the state
ment that there are 100000 bushels
in store in towns on the river from St.
Paul to W;nona, gives a reason for this.
Local dealers are not anxious to buy
more until the opening of navigation af.
fords them opportunity Of unloading.
Reports from Milwaukee and Chicago,
dated 18th inst. note a slight advance
in quotations, with tendency upward,
and in New York a fair export demand
is reported. The latest foreign reports
also indicate more active demand.
Good butter is scarce and has sold
readily at 25@30c., while for poorer
qualities the price has fallen off. Eggs
are worth 15@l8c and receipts are larg-
err. Potatoes are plenty at soc to 40c
as to quality. Other commodities ara
unchanged.
OK the fifth page Of this paper will
be found another interesting letter from
our Texas correspondent, which is we'll
worth reading and, especially by those
who arc not satisfied with Minnesota
and sigh for warmer climate. In con.
firmation Of what "L." says, Mr.. H. L.
Bevans, former resident of this city.
wrote to his wife, who is in St. Paul,
from Graham Young county, Texas, un.
der date of March 22d, as follows:
"Since my last letter to you we have had
a terrible norther and snow storm. 1t last
ed about two days. and felt it as bad as
our storms in Minnesota. 1t is warmer to-
day and raining. The truth is don't like
Texas as we'll as expected. 1t is undoubt-
eddy good stock country and the winters
are mild compared with those of Minnesota.
Yet they have some awful storms in Texas
in winter and long, continued droughts in
summer. Fruit, except peaches. can only be
raised where they have water for irrigation.
i = think that many who come
here from the North will be disappointed
= Old settlers agree that this has
been the warmest winter known in Texas.
They! usually have a good deal o. cold
weather and more or less snow. I am, Of
course. speaking of Northwest Texas.
Southern Texas is warmer but sickly. In
fact they have the chills and ague here.
Blakely's family aud Alters family have
had the ague and there was good deal Of
it here last summer.
Warren Bristol INDICATED.