The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-31
Minnesota Matters.
wINONA.

Minnesota Matters. ~
wINONA.
There are 10 paupers on the Winoln1aa
poor farm. ~ -
A telegraph line for the benefit Of
Beet Slough: 'N''' from "'n0n' 70
The mill-dam of Forbllsh & Smith
and OF Now bray, Winona county. were dam.
aged-not seriously-by the floods of the
Anew grove of Druids was instituted
in Winona on the 23d, with a charter MEM
bership Of over 20, all of whom were Scandi-
navianS.
On Monday, at Winona, two gam.
piers, who gave their names as James K.
Black and W. NJ. Major, were sent up for
ninety days for petty swindling. =
WASHINGTON.
Saltwater has six temperance orga.
nlzat'ons with membership of over 1000,
Log men unite in the opinion that
this has been the best driving season for
many years.
The Pioneer-Press, etc.. says the
trends OF Ebenezer Ayers are thinking of re-
moving him to the insane asylum. -
Thirty.four carloads was the daily
summed
Saltwater to Duluth, last week
saltwater base ball batters bounce
balls on Sunday, when rain storms come up
winch soak all hands, including J. N. Castle
The Minnesota State Sunday school
ASSOCIATION is to hold its eighteenth annual
convention at Saltwater, commencing June
18th. '"A'o
Something like three hundred thou
sand salmon fry remain in possession of the
state flsh commissioners, after all calls have
been attended to.
The Catholic total abstinence union
OF Minnesota will meet in Saltwater on the
10th. There are sixty-fve societies in the
state, numbering over eight thousand mem
bers.
Another shotgun suicide, bv care
!essness is reported. A young man named
mart, near saltwater, was cleaning loaded
gun when it was accidentally DISCHARGED.
killing the young Hart almost Instantly.
MOWER.
There is girl in Mcleod county but
II years old weighing 200 pounds.
The city council of Mankato have
voted to purchase steam fire-engine.
The damage by the recent freshet at
Oronoeo is estimated at 5000 to $4,000.
Peter Dominick, of Freeborn coun-
ty, had 81 81: head of sheep killed by lightning
, Jacob Blxby, of Aurora, Steele coun-
ty, lost three Durham COWS and one steer by
lightning last Sunday.
Geo. Baudler, of Austin, has been
bound over in $500 ON the charge of stealing
a swarm Of bees from I. Ingmudson.
A young man named Shuttle, of Cor
coran township, Anoka county, died from
poisonous pie plant on Wednesday, the 18th.
VIM. Winters, of Cedar Falls, Ia,
has purchased six hundred head of cattle in
Fillmore and Mower counties for the Chicago
markets.
Mr.. Story, of Racine, Mower county.
lost his granary, farming implements and
seed grain by fire from the lightning on the
18th inst.
All the bridges in the vicinity of
Wasioja, Dodge county, were lifted from their
abutments by the freshets last week. and
some ofthe houses in the village were flooded.
The Mankato Review calls on the
farmers to spare the blackbirds. They afford
better protection against grasshoppers and
insect pests than any human ingenuity can
devise.
An iron bridge is in process of con-
str''ct'on over Root river at Spring Valley.
Chatfield has s'shut down. on fire
crackers for the Fourth. What will indie
penaence Day amount towi thout fire-crack-
ers9
Some of the hailstones which re-
Gently fell in Fillmore county weighed one
pound and six ounces, and measured between
eleven and twelve inches in circumference.
Spring Valley boys go about with six
shooters in their pockets as if in momentarv
expectation Of Sioux raid from the Black
Hills. A bad practice for either boys or men.
MIR. w. A. Carey, residing in Frank
ford was recently drowned in Deer Creek
while attempting to cross with his team. The
water was high and his team got off the
bridge.
Preston Republican: A New York
firm wants to sell us machine called the
"Health Lift" for part pay and part adver-
Using. The old woman is sshealth lift'
enough tor us. She raises us clear of the
the ground sometimes N B.-We don't
need any Centennia. correspondent, either
GENERAL.
The prospect for apples, crabs,
plums and other small fruits were never
more favorable in Rice county.
CROPS IN CALIFORNIA.