The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-12
Miscellaneous News items.

Miscellaneous News Items.
The khedive has furnished the porte
$4,000 men. -. :, ..->
Delavan, Wis, is to- have a new
chemical fire engine, to cost $1,000. -.
Grasshoppers have appeared in the
,cotton-6elds in Polk county, Georgia.
Officers Ut the Des Moines and Fort
Dodge road are prospecting - branch from
Dallas Centre to Guthrie Centre, via Panora.
One day last week a loaded freight
car became detached from its train at Della
ware, Iowa, and did not come to halt until
it reached Delhi, ten miles ditant.
The new postal regulations embraced
in the appropriation bill just passed by Con-
gress, does not change the existing law re-
garding the circulation of county newspapers
The admissions to the Centennial
exposition on the 18th, numbered 5000, of
which 46, 05l were paid. The whole number
of visitors since the opening had been $685.
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Fourth Of July accidents were rather
more numerous than usual this year. The
supply of new arms, legs, fingers, toes and
what astonishing.
The SerVians crossed the Turkish
frontier at three points, on the I'd, and SIM
ultaneously the prince of Montenegro led his
army into Herzegovina A perfect agreement
had been esta blished between the two princi-
palities.
Private advices from Bucharest indi.
l,c% no l.,
sent considerable achievements to Bessara-
bia. Australian troops are concentrating near
Agram, in Croatia, and reinforcements have
been ordered to Dalmatia.
The war in Turkey is now in full
blast. The principal European powers have
determined to form a ring and let the show
60 on. The Servians were defeated in the
first engagement with the Turks, leaving 100
dead on the field of battle
The centennial celebrations through
out the whole country were on a scale much
beyond the greatest expectations of the most
patriotic. The procession in St. Paul was
several miles in length and was the most
magnificent affair ever witnessed in the
northwest.
On leaving Belgrade to take com.
nland of his army Of 100, 900 men, Prince Mi
Ian said: ''soldiers and people of Servial ]
leave the capital to join the valient army
which will aid me to fight VIGOROUSLY the
natural enemy of my country and religion
Adieu until after victoryv
/ Two brothers named Richardson, of
Dundee, Mich, went hunting on the 4th
When they separated Thomas shot bird
and got into a tree to secure it, when William
came up. Hearing something in the tree he
| shot'into the moving leaves and was Mortified
to see his brother foil to the ground, dead.
A remarkable condition of affairs ex.
listed in the U. S. Treasury on the first day Of
July. There was no Secretary of the Treas.
ury nor assistant treasurer, nor cashier. The
The cashier room was closed, and no drafts
paid. Toward night the President recalled
his acceptance ofMr. News resignation, which
remedied the temporary embarrassment.
The conference committee of the
Senate and House finally agreed to postal
appropriation bill which fixes the rate OF post.
age on oil third-class matter except unsealed
circulars at one cent for every two ounces, OF
FRACTION thereof, and the sender may write his
name, on tie outside, preceded by tile word
'sfrom,'' or may write briefly, or print on any
package the number and name of articles en-
- The death of Martin Schuster, a
wealthy hotel proprietor ssot Brooklyn, from
hydrophobia, was . terrible affair. :. Schustel
| was bitten ten weeks ago by large blood.