The Grange advance., 1876-04-05

The Hudson river was discOvere
26o years ago, and it is much to it
credit that it has never since bee
guilty of anything that we'll regulat
ed river should be ashamed of.
\ trapeze performer named Gurr fe]
from his trapeze last week, while per
forming in Ontario, and smashed a: fid
die in the orchestra, himself recievin,
only slight bruise. He did't kill tn
fiddler.
Among other claims of greatness, Chi
cag0 claims to appreciate musical tai
ent, and for that reason is very mucl
hurt down in it's little musical hear
because Nine. Titiens returns to Europe
without coming West.
In deciding the Grant Parish cases
under the enforcement law, the Su
preme Court held that the federal gov
el''nent has not the power, and is moi
required to do mere police duty in the
States, and declared the law unconsti
tutional.
The telegraph says: ''The peace in
Mexico is again disturbed. Well
now, that is the crowning of meaning
less dispatches. No such thing as
peace was ever known in Mexico since
it's invasion by Cortez, in the fifteenth
century.
Mrs. Swisshelm and her daughter
Zoe have gone to Europe, where the
latter will complete her musical educa.
tion under the best masters. Miss Zoe
gives great promise in the art divine,
and may ere long be heard from in a
professional way:
The halter is rarely so justly earned
us it has been by the man Piper who
murdered little Mabel Young in the
Boston belfry, and the sentence which
consigns him to death at the rope:
end has been passed by the Supreme
Court of that state.
At least one citizen of Nebraska may
live at his ease without fighting grass
hoppers. 1t is man named Webbe]
who is thus fortunate, and he has JUS
inherited a four million dollar fortune
unless he has fallen into the hands O.
some of News York kshyster-sharpers
Stocking the Fox river with sha'
has proved a great success, and nov
some country editor away up in tn
northern part of Michigan, proposes t.
stock Lake Superior with whales. /
very good idea, since Duluth and Su
perior City illustrate that it's shore
maintain elephants.
The good Queen Of England has gon
on trip to Germany to negotiate
marriage for one of her nrmerou
daughters. A member of parliamen
Was curious to know why Victc
1iu should leave the country durin,
a session of that body, and was toll
That it was a purely family affair.
When Congress met in December
one Of the subjects most urgentl
pressed for prompt action was a rem
"'ly for the bad blunder, made in tn
last hours of the previous session, b
which postage on transient newspaper
was doubled. But nothing has ye
heen done on that head, except to pr
sent bills and amendments which see1
to go undiscussed and unconsidered.
The New York politicians say they al
going to economize in city expense
TO tho full extent of ten millions
the coming year. Ten millions is
great deal of money, even for Ne
York. 1t is over ten dollars head ft
every man, woman and child in tn
city. If ten millions can be saved no
it could have been saved every yes
for the last ten, and is it any wondt
that the city is poor and work scarce
Why is it that the managers of ban]
rupt savings banks are allowed to e
cape judicial investigation for fraud
The poor laborer and the widow an
orphan go to them and entrust the
savings-their all, to the bank for saf
keeping, and day later the bank su
pends. Every officer of the Institute
knows it's condition when the money
taken. They know they are robbi1
the depositor of his all, yet they tai