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The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-19

The sugar season has been very poor
in this State. z.5 s...-~.-.-. ,s-z
Blue Earth county built over $40. 900
worth Of bridges last year. <.:,'e s,, -.
Grasshoppers have made their an
pearance in Cottonwood county.
The farmers OF Mcleod county have
purchased over a hundred seeders.
this year. 81 @5,@s. =, - 80
Red Wing has sent a CONSIGNMENT Of
Centennial flour to- the Philadelphia
Exhibition.
Pishop Whipple has returned from
his southern visit, somewhat i'm
proved in health.
The boy Fuller, who was shot bv the
man Ash, while engaged with a char
ivari party in Waseca county, has
since died.
A little boy at St. Cloud was at
tackled by a ram, and received such =
severe butting that death ensued
within few hours.
A young lady of St. Cloud Joined the
Baptist church against the will of her
parents, says the Minneapolis Mail,
and has been forbidden to return
home.
The State convention for the nomi-
nation of five presidential electors and
ten delegates to the Republican ma
tional convention at Cincinnati, has
been called for the Oath of May, at St.
Paul.
One of the cloth peddlers, who has
been swindling the people of several
large counties, has come to grief at
Litchfield. His name is O'Mallev. and
he is in Jail on a charge of selling
goods which he represented to be
worth $3.50, while in reality thew were
not worth $50.
Considerable attention has been d.
rected to the stone in ssThe Mound.''
at Lu Verne, in Rock county. The
Mound covers surface of mile
square, and towers up to height of a
hundred or more feet above the sur
rounding prairie. It is very hard, re-
sembling the famous red pipestone in
color, and is undoubtedly susceptible
of high polish.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-19

DR.. Fayher's opinion is that, if sys-
tematic returns were kept, the annual
number of deaths from snake bites Tex
elusive of all doubtful cases) in India
would be found to exceed twenty thou.
sand. A larger proportion of women,
it seems, are bitten than men, showing
that the women Of the working classes
in India are buster than their lords in
the field and other places where snakes
are to be met with.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-19
SECRET OF A. T. STEWARDS SUCCESS

oLChEi w A. J. STEWART'S SUCCESS.
The secret of his extraordinary sue
cess must be told in his own words :
''My business has been a matter of
principal from the very first. That is
all there is about it. If the golden rule
can be incorporated in purely mercan-
tile affairs it has been in this establish.
ment, and you must have noticed, if
you have observed closely, that the
customers are treated in precisely the
same manner as the seller himself
would like to be treated were he in
their place. That is to say, nothing is
misrepresented, the price is fixed, once
for all, at the lowest possible figure,
and the circumstances of the buyer are
not suffered to influence the salesman
in his conduct in the smallest particu-
lar. What we cannot afford is viola
ton of principal a.,.-u
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-19
THE DICKENS CHILDREN m AMBOY. I'LL,

THE DICKENS CHILDREN IN AMBOY. ILL.
There are three children at Amboy,
Illinois, nephew and nieces of Charles
Dickens, the children of his brother
Augustus N. Dickens. The story has
recently been started through the agen-
cy of some newspaper pirate that they
were being sustained by the charity of
q farmer as the only means of keeping
them from the poor house. The story
is, however, authoritively contradict
ed, and the statement made that quite
9 competency was left them by their
father, as well as sum of considers
bic value, the accumulation of a yearly
stipend of fifty pounds sterling, con-
tributed to- them by their uncle,
Charles Dickens, for some time be-
fore his death. ...r..g,.: .,.,sv~ a;,Is 4
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-19

Now boys, get your pockets lined
with buckskin, and prepare for the
shower of silver. Tie up your pack
ages of ragged currency and label it
to the U. S. Treasury, for the time has
come, or is coming, when the dimes
you have will shine and .chink and all
who can see and hear will know that
you have money.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-19

It is reported from Russia that the
Cars mental faculties are failing rap
idly and that his abdication in favor of
the grand duke may not be unexpec.
ted any day. The Car has been pro-
gressive ruler and has elevated his
people to plan far above that occu-
pied by them when he became their
Autocrat;
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-19

1t having been stated that the post
traders at Fort Sill charged a dollar a
bottle for soothing syrup, the New
York Herald wants to know what SOL
diers want of soothing syrup. The
question was probably written by Ben
nett who does not know that major
ity of the soldiers are infantry.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-19

Theodore Tilton, in his recent lee
ture in st. Paul, paid high tribute
to woman, during which he said the
time had passed when woman was
as light as feather. That remark
brought forth knowing smile. '.'">''*4'r
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-19

What an exceedingly common per-
sonis Don Pedro, the visiting King to
the Centennial, to be sure. He pro-
poses to pay his own expenses while in
this country, and travel all around for
three months or more without per.
hitting public display in his honor!
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-19

President Manual Prado, of Peru
came as far west as Niagara Falls, but
from there he turned back notwith-
standing the invitation of Chicago
paper to ''come west, young man,
Pra-do!'
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-19
HANCOCK IN MINNESOTA.

Wabashaw County Sentinel (dem.)
General Winfield S. Hancock. of
Pennsylvania, is urged by the democ-
racy of that state as candidate for
the presidency. The sentiment is
becoming very general in his IA
vor, and not only in his own state
but in various other states. In dis
cussing his claims with other candi-
dates it is generally conceded that of
all the gentlemen mentioned in con-
nection with the presidency, he is bet
ter known, more tried and more popu-
lar than any Of them and therefore
more likely to succeed. AS soldier,
General Hancock has but few, if any
equals in this country. His various
achievements with the army of the i'm.
mortal second corps, has placed his
name high upon the scroll of fame.
His administration of public affairs
wherever he has presided is marked
with wisdom and integrity. If it had
not been for Hancock we should have
lost the battles of Gettysburg, Wilder
ness, Spottsylvania and Cold ,Harbor.
In these great sanguinary struggles he
proved himself equal to the occasion.
We think he. is a man Of superior nat
ural executive ability. we hope the
national convention will give him a
fair show, and if merits have anything
to do withsit we think q the name Of
Gen. Hancock will not stand second to
any which may be- offered as Scandi-
dates. ....~
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-19

New Workers wink at each other and
laugh over the common expectation
that Of all the visitors to the Cen: ennial
nine-tenths will spend more time in
New York than in Philadelphia.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-19

''Old Abe" the Wisconsin war eagle
will have sumptuous quarters at the
Centennial where he will wink at the
British lion and attract attention gen.
erally.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-19

The Philadelphia people did not turn
ont very well to see Booth in julius
CBser; probably because the Author of
the play says nothing about the Cen.
tennial.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-19

Monteznma, is the name to be borne
by New Mexico after she becomes a
state. The Chicago Times suggests
that it be made to reflect the prevail
ing weakness of its citizens by calling
it Three-card-montezum
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-19
The National Campaign.

1Ao NdtAOuSA campaign.
1t is claimed by Mr.. Blaine's friends
that the Texas delegation to the National Re-
publican convention will vote for Morton first,
but that Blaine is their second choice.
The Republicans of South Carolina
had a stormy time in their convention on the
18th, but delegates were elected who will 20
to the national Convention unpledged.
The charge made by the Indianapolis
Sentinel that Blaine received money from the
Union Pacific railroad for an improper pur-
pose has been denied by the treasurer of the
company and by the financial agents named
in the charge.
A brisk skirmish took place between
the federal forces of Mexico and the United
States troops at New Laredo, Texas, on the
10th. Two shells were thrown from the Texas
side over to the attacking force of Mexicans,
killing two men and silencing the firing for
the day.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-19

The great pastor Of Plymouth is free
to declare that if the law of Calvin
were the law of God he would turn
rebel and join Lucifer.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-19


The efforts to implicate Gen. Bab-
cock in the safe burglary case seems to have
failed.
The bill for building bridge over
the Missouri river at Sioux City ha. passed
the House of Congress-.
There is trouble now between the
government and Clapp, the government p, int
er, who is short in his accounts over $50 900.
In is asserted that the President will
veto the bill transferring the Indian bureau
to the War department, should it pass beth
houses.
Bell, the detective has published
card in which he re-afirms the story told to
Clymer's committee, and says that 'trutlt is
mighty and shall prevail
In addition to the appropriation al
ready noticed as part of the river and harbor
improvement bill which has passed Congress
provision is made for a survey from the st.
Croix to Lake Superior.
Belknap will be defended in the i'm.
peachment by Montgomery Blair, Jere Black,
Matt Carpenter, and the defense first intro
duced will be that Gen. Belknap, at the time
of the impeachment was not public officer.
The President will Veto the appro-
priation bill reducing the salary attached to
the Office Of President, as it in no way affects
him personally, only that he signed the in
crease and it would lie inconsistent for him
to sign this.
Secretary Bristow lately issued Or
ders forbidding any employee of the treasury
department excepting the treasurer, the
chief clerk or himself, to give information to
the press. The order created much unfavor-
able comment
There is considerable hitch between
the government at Washington and England
regarding the extradition of the Boston
forger, Winslow: Our government has de-
manded his extradition regardless of the act
| of Parliament of 1870.
| The evidence before the committee
on foreign relations, on the 10th pretty effect
ually demolished the character OF the man
Lyon, who was the principal witness against
Schenck, in the Emma Mine affair. Various
parties testified that they would not believe
him under OATH. W. s b, E.ssgss. 4 Odd ~
Gen. Reynolds makes complaint that
he is not permitted to explain before Clymer's
committee the charge made against him by
McCook. On reading the testimony OF Nc
Cook, Reynolds autographed to Clymer that
it was absolutely false, but has been given no
opportunity to testify A a n II /.
The postage bill as it passed the Sen
ate fixes postage on books, seeds and all
packages not exceeding four pounds in
weight, ct one cent TOT each ounce, prepaid.
The sender Of any article may write his or
her name on the outside Of the package and
may also write the name of each article con-
tanned in the package ;ssa..a vi d, s s,ss
The unwilling 81 Lincoln statue, ii
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-19

Here the country has been for a
month or more without a minister to
England, and no war yet with that
blarsted country. go - ~, -
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9. -
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1"* Miscellaneous News Items. s..r
Another revolution is reported a,
Hayti s7sf" Y &.:s s.5.s - -~. r..
France was visited by a severe snow
storm on the 18th. '7.--
The proposition to bond Montana fol-
the Northern Pacific railroad was defeated bv
majority Of two hundred.
The annual boat race on the Thames
between the Oxford and Cambridge Univer.
sity crews was won by the latter. &c..
The Usage coded lands have been de.
cided in favor of the settlers. The decision
secures the homes Of 1900 families.
The Mark Lane Express says a full
crop of wheat must not he expected. neithe,
can a marked change Of price be looked for
A storm in Winona county, Mimi, on
the 18th, took the form of water spout al
Fountain City, where the water rolled great
boulders down from the hillside into the
town..
Gregory, former post trader at Fort
Richardson, Texas, says he paid Gen. Rice, o.
Iowa $1,000 annually for his appointment and
Loeb, trader at Fort Concha, testified that he
paid Rice an equal amount.
The insurgent forces have captured
New Laredo, Texas, from the Mexican federal
forces, and quiet is restored The United
States forces there have fourteen Mexican
prisoners and quantity Of arms. 5:5s
The St. Louis Globe Democrat,
speaking ofthe investigation into the charge
that the postmaster Of that city made political
assessments on employees, says it was farce,
and demands further search for evidence.
The news from Russia in convincing
of the fact that the relations between the COW
eminent and England and also toward Aus
tria are not satisfactory and it is stated as GER
tain that the Gar will abdicate in the event
OF war arising.
The judge before whom Frank Moul.
ton brought his suit for CSC, 600 against Hen
ry Ward Beecher having decided against the
former, ruling out the case before trial, Moul-
ton has determined to appeal to the supreme
court, and the argument will be made in
May. >r-. m.:.....
The Bosnian insurgents are guilty of
WIG AAAVSs AO111UAC atTOcACIcS on record. II all
reports are true. Men, women and children
have been burned at the stake for refusing
to take sides in thetroubles, and whole villages
have been destroyed by fire. Two hundred
innocent persons were killed in one town
alone.
There is tempest in a teapot at the
island of Samoa. The trouble is between the
United States, Stemberger, and other author
tiles but reports are so conflicting that lit
tie can be known until official reports are re-
ceived. 1t is said, however, that the natives
stand by the American and the foreigners the
British interests
Twenty-Five thousand voters assem-
bled in Chicago, on the 18th to consider the
action OF certain officers who assume to
have been elected to Office at the recent elec-
ton. Resolutions were adopted, irrespective
Of party, demanding the resignation Of those
men and declaring that in case they refuse
another meeting shall be called to take fur
ther action.
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THE DEATH-BED OF JESSE D. BRIGHT.

tttev. w. H. felix In Western Retorder) '--
Ex-senator Jesse D. Bright had new
er made profession of religion, but
ne had often been the subject of deep
religious conviction. He often spoke
of his intention to become Christian
some day. Several months ago he in
vited me to go up to his mines, in West
Virginia, and hold meeting. He had
made arrangements for the meeting,
and told me it was then his settled pur-
pose to publicly confess the Saviour,
be baptized, and join the Baptist
Church. This he was not permitted to
do. Death claimed him before his pur.
pose was contaminated. When he re.
allied that it was impossible for him
to do this, and that soon he must meet
his God, he began in earnest to set his
house in order. He sent for me and I
visited him at his home in Baltimore,
where he had settled only a few
months previous. We talked and
prayed together day after day. Never
have seen one so anxious about his
souls salvation as was he, and never
have / so realized the responsibility of
a minister of the gospel by the bedside
OF the dying.
We took him as we would little
child, and endeavored to lead him to
Jesus. His regret for the neglect of
the past was overwhelming. His own
words were: 1T is the greatest mis-
take of my life that l have deferred
this matter until now.'' After having
for several days prayed with him and
instructed him, we were setting with
all the family in his room on Sabbath
afternoon. It was a solemn but prec-
ious occasion. We all knelt down and
| prayed, and then he asked his wife
to pray, and others, and l singing that
hymn, ''We speak of the land of the
blest;' and then he asked me to sing
the hymn in which were the words
"Jesus sought me when stranger. +"
We all sang it, and he joined in with
us, the tears all the while streaming
from his eyes. He then said: Il
would like to pray, audibly myself, but
| have not the BREATH l then went
to him and said: ''Judge, how is it
with you now?" Says he, II will tell
you in a few words how I feel-Here,
Lord, l give myself to thee, it's all
that can do" Then we believe he
gave his heart fully to the Saviour,
and rested in hope of eternal life.
With his trust alone in the blood of
Jesus Christ, he passed away.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-19
TIMELY TOPICS.

American women remain the best in
the world, in spite Of the Washington
developments of crookedness among
men. .gs[7!5I, trg;% ~ J.. e4t,. , .
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-19

The project of establishing wooden
mill at Anoka has been renewed. .''es*
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-19
Personal, Impersonal and Political.

Personal, Impersonal and Political.
Gen. B. F. Buffers wife died in
Boston on the Sth inst.
G. w. Mead, late of the Northern
Pacific railway, has been appointed superin-
tendent of the Missouri Pacific railway.
The will or A. T. Stewart leaves the
great bulk Of his property to his wife; and
this does away with the assertion that the two
have not lived together for years.
Franz Rochall was taken to the
Tombs raving maniac, from Moody and San
keys meetingin New York, on the 14th being
the eighth similar case since the meetings
commenced.
A. T. Stewart, the merchant prince,
died on Monday, the 10th, and was buried
on Thursday. His pail bearers numbered
fourteen, and were among the most noted
men in New York.
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SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.

As* Grimes, Criminals and Casualties 81
"A wholesale drug house Of Baltimore
was burned on the 10th. Loss 100000.
Another storm on the English coast,
on the 18th. destroyed 2 large amount Of
shipping sAS@f@ H. "A 1zs& u II IL %$>S
y An explosion of fire damp in an AL.
lentown, Pa, mine killed three men and in
jured i've others. ,'''
A falling wall in Philadelphia killed
Chas. Morris and badly injured two men
named Rogers and Steen. -. z s'.o>.'. !
Seven white men and two squaws
were murdered by Indians, on the Little
Rocky, 600 miles abovelB ismrack, on the Mis-
souri,, lately. sse..s4 80
[6 A roit took place at one Of the coal
mines at Maasillon, Ohio, between gang of
new hands and the striking miners. Several
men were injured, but it is thought none of
them fatally. = az. .;>~u = a.. g..
During a recent storm at Creston,
Iowa, several buildingswere blown down and
demolished, causing loss of ten thousand
dollars. The same storm damaged property
in McGregor to the amount of fifty thousand
dollars. "
A teacher of the German Roman
Catholic church in Norwalk, Ohio, has been
detected in the ruin of the girls of his school.
So far as known twelve have been debouch-
ed BY him, their ages ranging from nine to
twelve years. @s...,
/. A young man named Shane killed the
suducer Of his sister, in St. Louis last week.
The murdered man was quite wealthy, by the
name Of Jill, and bore bad reputation. After
receiving two shots Jilz fired four shots at
Shane, killing him instantly. :&. .
A well-known stock broker of Phila-
delphia committed suicide by hanging last
week. A loaded pistol was found on his ia
bic which had been snapped two or three
times. His name was G. w. Hewes, and his
partner committed suicide while in bath
tub, a year ago.
A terrible boiler explosion recently
occurred at Binghampton. An inspector
was testing new made boiler, on a sidewalk
in front Of the mandatory when it was ex-
ploded, instantly killing the inspector and
two boys who were playing marbles near,
also man who was walking past.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-19

Pekfn and sslooted' the summer palacs
Eof the Emperor OF, China in Yindication
Ct the natural rights Of Yankees to in
troduce their civilization into China,
our Government can hardly turn
around and make laws infringing the
right of Chinese to introduce their pc
cn !L!s civilization among us.
There Is direct conflict between
the National Government, hampered
and bound by treaties with China, and
the citizens of California, who, under
the dictates of self-preseryation, de-
mand the regulation Of intercourse
with China, it not the total stoppage Of
migration. How the conflict will be
decided we are hardly prepared to say.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-19

washingto last week, w,s Intended by TIE
colored people in full force. There Was an
immense crowd in Lincoln Park. The first
contribution to the fund for the erection OF
the monument was made by Charlotte Scott,
9 eolored woman Of Marietta, Ohio, on the
morning after the memorable day Of assas-
s pm All the funds and expenses have
been paid by colored people. The figure is
OF bronze, twelve feet high, on pedestal
twelve feet high. - $tgg%s -v sss E:.3g 49,, /
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-01
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
n
PUBLIC LEDGKR OFFICE.
MENPHfs, Tenn. July 1. 1876.


The money market remains quiet aud
steady, with little animation. Aside
from local checking and depositiug,
which is a little active on ccou Of it
being the first Of the month. Collections
are easy, with balances we'll kept up.
Currency continues in abundant supply,
with money easy. The banks readily
discount all frst.class commercial paper
offering at SOLO . cent . annumi
street rates on short loans continue to
rule at l4@2t . cent. = month. Ex-
change is steady and easier, with the
supply equal to the demssd, as follows;
Buying on New York at par and selling
at fc premium; on New 0rlea Us, buy
ing at tc discount and selling at par.
Brokers are paying lllf@lllf Tor gold,
with few transactions, There was little
Or no movement in local or foreign secu-
rites, with no transactions worthy of
mention.