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, 1876-06-10
VALUAliaE LsXD CEAEM

TIE UNDERSIGNED Offers for sale bis yATU.
1 ABLL FARM, On Upper F,ry Greek. er,i,r, nc
80 acres, 100 acres Under cultivation and a cool
eL1s1 lie Land Is y Il Imhereli and > alur
Unity supplied with Water TIE entire CAIN l.
u4.ltr hofm teBc and tk= improvements include :.
toinioFrfDl= p DweliIn= House. and convenient ont
'uii 'inss situated N good neixhhofhoOd aud the
lana oi the best quality. For further particulars,
enqnire on tie pFeIpises
AIN PASCAL JENNINGS.
, 1876-06-10
ajgeeklp S4atG6man.
s.TrRnaY...............June 10, IN.s.
THK GRkATBsr CHUscn rs AAERicA

THK GREATEST CHUVcn rs AAERicA-
The Cathedral of Mexico, the arg
est and most costly ecclesiastical
structure in America, is built OF com
pact volcanic turfa, cut IN blocks
about fifteen inches square. j. COW
ers an area OF about 400 or BOO ier',
including an old and richly tuiit
church. the first erected in Mexico,
which stands against one side OF IT,,
and at first Is taken a. a part % me
cathedral itself. 1t dctrac's consider
ably from the grandeur Of the man
building, which would otherwise be
very imposing. Il was founded IN
1898, and finished Just ninety years
after. at a cost, while considering lh2t
labor was but oue-tifih lis present
value in tie United States, OF about
S7,000,000. It's towers ATE over 3OV
feet in hight, and are hung with 4
great number Of bells. l. has four
main entrances, with grand old carved
doors, nearly forty feet square, with
two smaller sizes set into them. lhere
are three main rooms Of the cathedral
payed with stone. The roof Of soliG
masoury is supported by twenty stone
pillars, with a cross section oi ihe
form of two figure S 5 suPerposed
across each other and about eight
feet across. The main altar IS very
imposing and rich in sta;uary, col,
umDs Of lapis lazuli. gold paintings.
1t ig connected with the choir by a
double baustraAe in bronze Of more
than three hundred feet in length if
measured in a straight line. This
would be considered heavy work in
wood, and is so rich in alloy Of preei
Gus metals that the church has been
offered . similar one in solid silver IN
exchange for it. There are not less
than thirty deep and lofty alcovcs or
inches, each containing numerous
shrines TO the various saints, enriched
with a multitude Of s'atuary, pam
tings and carved work, with masses
of gliding of fabulous richness. These
recesses are often sixty feet in height,
with the entire surface Of their sides
and arched roofs cauvasoI with paint
ings, frcscoes and giided carvings.
There are not less than sixty private
altars aud shriDes, a gre2t number Of
organs, thirty confessional chairs, and
nearly thousand oil paintings. Al
though all looks old and dusty, the
display of wealth is astonishing.
, 1876-06-10
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"The more married men, you have
the fewer crimes there will be-" said
Vultaire. lie hadn't beard aboat Bel
KNAPP.
, 1876-06-10
She7iH's Sale Of Real Estate.

NOTICE Is IS HEREBY GIVEN, That IN par-
y suauae OF decree of foreclosure order Of sale and
iu3gurn- issar: ont of the Dis ret Court Of the
First Jul.ciii District of Washington Territory,
hol ling terms al Wala Wali CITY for the counties
OF Waiia Waiia AMI Coium5Hs, IN "a certain action
therein pending, wherein } EHI AA J. WHEELER
was Plaintiff, AMI WILLIAM l.. HOLERODh,
NANCY H. HOLR' ovh and II, PARKER were
Defendants, which sal decree, order of sale ami
Jul rneut was reui=-el III sad action th- Oh day
oi May lS7G IN favor % sal Plaintiff, atd against
sti il D-faE l4nts W!i.a;n /. HO,hr Ok and Nancy r.
Holh-olk, for tie sCm Of 5s9lT 22-lJ0 IN gold
CON- with interest thereon from sad ats until paid
20 the rate Of one AMI OIe-haif p-r cent. month
Iu rOl coin, and 300 attrnry ices II sli action
guI rlr further sum Ui 80 ., PniHtItl cJsts AM
d,SbaTSeuents l. SAID acton. Now, the.e:o--, by
v!Ttua of said decree u i1rerl sum- sg of sale and
f., lna,t sli interest ami tt0gnly : ICES si costs
lus al increased op-tS, viii,
On sE1NDzT, aIsc F0ilI dry oG same, 1876,
~ the Court House door, in tie city of Wa!a Wa!'a
county 0i TalIa - 0aill, ani Territory Ot Wasi'1--
tat. at tine hogg OF o'ca NJ, Of S5 day, SI at
r,hc aur'.Ou IN the highest bi der Tor cash, -oi
cliu the In0-trlyi premises sand decree ord OF
50 aul il y,urat mentioned a1l desc IJ-i fol
lows IO-wit: The southeast CUaTts. Ot s.rt-51 o.
IN township :, 5ot - range - &, cItsI11ra- l5D
acres also the souh nali of the northeast quarter II
sa a IN township north utTa 3 eIot, containing
50 acres; n!~o thr southeast quarter Of b. and
The north lalt Of the nor rJsJ quarter or sec 2l
township north rIng s. esst containing 30 acres
s..sl.t.., lying and LIug Ia the County oi Hailt
Wai'a iul Territory II Washington, tCeo-tler with
the te .e'uentS, n hTn!.tIueEts and eppurtrnsnc--s
thersuuto belonging, or much thereof as viii he
rPrgS,Iry to sttisy sail IN iyTncat. with interest
attorneys fees and al oasts
Given under nay had tAis 20th day OF Hay, 1876.
GEORGE f. THOMAS,
S.erili Of Wallt Walla County.
J.H. LAsATER.
PIIInfIf Attorney. I2l-tS
, 1876-06-10

1 For o-Ir business Interests we desire 20 bring
producers and consumers, farmers and maEui,ctuI
trs INTO the most Glec. and friendly relations TosS
BILE Hence must dispense with surplus oi md
emep not that We are unilieHdly 10 them, but We
90 not need them Their surplus and t.sir eXictonS
diminish cur profits.
We wa,e no aggressive warfare against any other
interest whatever. On the contrary, all our acts
and all our edorts 20 itr as bus!ueSS Is conogtIie
are not only for the blC1t OF the pOiU TT ana ecu
SINNER, but also tor all other interests that tend TO
bring these two parties INTO speedy AM ecoIot'i
contact Hence We hOi thtt transportation cOIuEl-
uies o! every kind necessary to or sucs { at
their interests Intimately connected with our IN
IertSrS and hITmouOgS action - mutually ztiys.ri-
tag, Gus k-epin, IN view ih- fr,t sentence IA our
declaration Of principles Of action That lnIridaai
1 happiness depends upon general prosperity!
We shall, the etore, advocate iog every state the
increase IN every practicable WY ot all aeIltrs iOr
transporting cleaply to the seabOsr3, or between
OF our country. Ne adopt It our liked pur ue to
" open out the "lEiuHels natures great arteries,
that the life blcol Of commerce may hJS freely"
We are not enemies Of railroads, navigible and
rrgating canals, of any corporation that VIII ad-
/ vance our interests nor any LIb,rIJ1- CLASSES
| In Our IO5ie order there Is DO communism, no
! as.rsiriaHisIu-
| We are opp0sel 70 such spirit .n' nanse emsnt o.
any c0.pOrauou enterprise telas To- Cypress the
people and rob them o.. tntir Just profits We a't
not eneIuIs TO capital bTt We oppose tie tyranny =
munopoiies We long - see tat autagOnls,n between
! capital and lahOr removed by common consent, and
by enlightened st.tesInauslip worthy oi tie nlne-
| tetvti HtuIV. We are opposed % excessive sl4a-
rirS hi rates Of interest and eN"Tit1EJ IeT cent.
profits trade They -rett.y liciess- car bus:-'S,
ami 30 not bear proper proportion - the Trohis "I
pyolu-rs- Ne d.sLe OLly se..-psot2ct!2n :'nd the
p otect.o of every interest Uf ls'rd 10y eit
inl Transactions, legitimate --deS and legrIInt1e
| profits.
, 1876-06-10

We acEIoulel-e the broad principle that d,Har-
encr OfcpiIIun Is No Crmr, IN hold That &c Tr'-T
toward truth Is maze Ay d.iI-rgur-s Oj CPiucu, 90
while the Llult les ia l.:tDr-s~ Of cont osr:s-y"
We desire e proper equality. ecu y aut i,rue
protection for the weak, restraint upon the q
nsilost, justly di-Jr.hus-i burdens AID justly ..>
'rIuGt-! power. These arr American IL =, lie vly
es-eEse OF Amegclu independents. and 20 .i!yo.=.tt
ne contrary ls unworthy oi the soas ana dau;h
oi an American republic.
We cherish tEc belief that snotonalism Is. AMI Of
night should he, dead and iuri-i with JLe past Oui
work j. tor the FIsseIt AID the tutuIg In cur az
Henltural rn. LerEooc and Us IUrIc-e, W. st.l Irg
o;nIze 10 EDrth, no South HO East, 10 Ne>r
1t Il Tese:v 10 every patron, rs the -.-Lt Of q
freeman, 10 aN! late with any FUty that Vii best
cayry cut hiS principles
, 1876-06-10

We shall advocate the c.Use Of eircition among
ourselves and cl.iLTeu, % al just witllu
our power We especially advocate for oUr a-I--u!-
"a al ami industrial colleges that practical agrcaL
turr domestic science and all Jbe arts wHich .tiUrn
tie hc.n-, be tau.It ia their cauE-ls ,i stu iy-
, 1876-06-10

G. Ours beng peculiarly farmers institution "
cannot admit st!! 20 ou~ RANKS
Many are excluded by the nature cf our o-rani-
zton not because they are professional raer or az
isanS, or lhC-t-S, hut because they have nota SUI
clent direct interest IN rIlhn- or T.- u7. t- soil
or may have some lnleICst conflict With our I.u
poses. But We appeal 10 all gCOi citizens fG- tieU
cordial cooperation 10 assist in Efforts tUwurl Pc
lo.in tlat we may pat d0Sn tyranny and corruption
e hall the sen-r.l desire 'or fr1teIual hgs u10-y
equitable compromises Dd earnest cooperation. III.
omen of our iutCre sr.cesS
, 1876-06-10
THEG GRANGENor pARrIsAN.

;. We enIsaitiellly aud sincerely assert tie of
repeated truth TAUGHT IL Our o.- Tie law tiatt ti
grange. HIl,O.al state ~ sT;o 1lUI,C Is Z pOt-
zeal or party CG=,iuItiou. No Tan-, II true 10 is
Obligations discuss political or religious que
tio.s nor e4H QOiiIicl conventions, minnie eaEdi-
dates nor even discuss their merits n it. meeting
Yet the TTIng j. T- ict'h IN .erlle all true poll
tics al tlue sta. esrI lIp, all Il p-O2-rty carrie!
ou5 -gsu tend 90 purify the who POLITICAL atEGo~
pere 0f our cOuutry. rog seek the creates. gIUi
to the ..rgst.-t number.
Wrnu-t always bear IL mind {, nj 20 ore, lecom-
ing Patron @. Hu>iun 'gy, gives u9 that iarsu4a,
r'ts ',s,4 agty W..cs be on=ss 60 every Aurrs5sri
ci,z-u 10 take prop Interest n thu politics OF MS
country.
Ga thr contrary, l. Is Ti!, .Or 6vy member 10 e.
"a! IN BIS power 'la: ely tu I,i'g.I., ,"r-lul fl
acton Of any i0atjaii party 10 ~liaA h- bn.ur-,
H. J. bis 5Uty1y .Oai be- MS oV: party tu p-t
'uNU bI'sT-, corruption gHl t~irE=ry- 30 e .-'ar
none bvt competent, faithful AID aur-; I..,u ..a
VIII i;iii ar.u-ly s, ri iy o:r irlJs.lil irr.--
are nominated iOr al POSITIONS o trust .-n 20 l7ve
carried ogJ tl- psiuriV'.s v.yE ). ;.is -,lys char
Icte ilr every grange Ec-..' c. t,It
IRE UIFlCE SHOULD sT.K THE HA1, Es1 EOE IHE
, 1876-06-10

:. Il shall he m adiIi1E principle with rs 70 70
ieVe any oi our Oppressed and suis-l.g hIoiLsTAoo3
hy a'y means ~ our command.
Last, bat uot letst. p-OlIim i aIl7ng or p'Ir-
pos-S 10 IUcJlat" proper appreciation OF tne aiI-
ties and spheres OF woman as Is iuliet iy admit
iii-, her 20 inpsrshp and p-i,i oar oy7.er.
iU!iOrIug Tie COH5!uu.i assistance ut our Divine
Master % gl.i- rs IN work, we i=rc pie5e our
~eves 20 fl hf1 m! harmon i0Is il or ir nil i.tr,
time 90 retain by our uaitai Efforts o. The wisdom
Justlce, fraternity AM political purity OF yur toy
iathcrs
, 1876-06-10

ISFoGMAr.oS Wan,ed OF A. n. D0nneily, supposed
70 i've IN tie n-ighborhooi Of Weston, Oregon. Ad-
dress this oiice. II
, 1876-06-10
SPECIFIC OBTcrs-

We shall eudaIvor 90 advance oar cause Dy
I.Torin,r 20 accomplish the following objects;
10 5'.velDD a better and higher Inaniooa anu
s,,1Tnapbo-i among ourselves 10 chang. the liI-
rts oJJ attractions or ,-,,E homes, and 70 strel
r ttleln,ells 10 our purSuI 5. 10 icS er ltu' G1i
-,..rssyr,.ilr . and cs-operEtbn- 10 maintain n
,r;oi,te our laws anl emulate each IN litSt 20
b~sren tbe -ooi time coming. To reiEce our eN-
T,snsss Moth individual and corporate 10 's -
ard produce more IN order u mvEe our lar ms Se-
.Ustainipr 10 diversity our crops, end crop no
1y,rs tiI We can cultivIte To eondeIse tie %elht
cf our eyUOrs selling IrSs IN the brshei 'i& more on
tbs hoof and IN the fleece To systeInatl1e our "osA
,S calculate intsIi.eptly ON probabilities 10 "i7-
c,rut,uanee the creiIt system, the mortgage y
tl fashion SvsteIn AMI every other system tehdihS
10 r,s,i-igality and bankruptcy
Vye urIuoS- rIa-ting together, talking t,set' e
Workius. together buying together, aut III Seneiti
artis, tcs,rtler for our mutual protection and al
yanrInent - OCCASION may require. Ne shall AVOID
tipation u much Iosslhle 0y arbitration N The
,rtE-a We shall constantly strive TO secure entire
harmony good VIII vi'al brotherhood among .Us-
s.Iy aI,i 10 make order peri 'I;ii We StI!
pY,fe!vor 70 suppress per Uual local, stctout ana
national prejuicS all unhealthy rIya ~, AL Seiil'H
ambition Fai Ifui adherence to those princ'I Is
,nI insure our mental moral, s5cial and InuterAl
advancement.
, 1876-06-10
ENTERPRISE Lodge No. :

a,LO. o. F.. meets IN GOOD Te-aplar 80
Raii, every WEDNESDAY EVEN
ING, It X o'clock. Brvtf n IN god stanlIns are
invIt@i 70 a5Ueui ss-E
, 1876-06-10
Platform of the National Grange
.s.,.ed by the National Grange NJ AIS
seventh Annual Session

Profoundly impressed with the truth that the
,s,onaI Grange Of the United States sho'i &c
=; t fbe world its eneral Objects We mere
" l.o " Iv make tiis DECLARATION OF Purposes
OF the Patrons OF Husaandry;
GENERAL OBJECTS
United BY the strong AID faithful fe OF aIigui S ~
49, we na,.tl,sIly resolve TO labor ioc the So"I oA
S,,r order. our country and mankind. -....i,,.
. We heartily endorse the motto ~, :" -
unity; in Ioa-essentl'ilsr Ao-I'S ~
charity"
, 1876-06-10

A,STGsg Ayg gSfS o., f;g5's, -t-.si..s tslsasii5 .
ID D -nDri-t foTn SCI - G. . Z .l-l
F5S5'5 ESTsEef tsI..hI9i
- LHUH. y g "a -a--
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-21

Mr. Cox said that when, by Kerr's death bed,
he asked him whether he was ready to meet the
terrors Of death, the answer was "Death had
no terrors for him." He believed, Cox said,
that a just life on earth would give linn his
reward.
In the Senate, on the 18th, Senator
Wright introduced bill to establish court
for the trial Of contested elections in the Offices
ot President and Vice President Of the United
States,. and at his request it was ordered
printed and to lie on the table, Mr.. Cameron,
Of Pennsylvania. submitted joint resolution
providing that when the houses OF Congress
adjourn Friday next it be to meet January 8,
1877. Ordered printed and lie on the table.
The Senate refused by vote OF yeas IS, nays
q, not two-tlirds, 10 pass over the veto OF
The President the bill passed last session and
vetoed, reducing the Presidents salary from
$t0,000 to $4,000 consideration was then
renewed Of Senator Mitchell's resolution in
regard to the appointment Of Presidential
electors in Oregon. Without reachinga vote,
adjourned.
In the House. on the 18th, Mr.. Knott
introduced bill regulating the proceed
ings in the electoral count for President
and Vice Pres dent. Referred to select
cQsamittees on that subject. It provides
(ffsk..he count and deliberation by the two
hUIses in joint session. Among the bill in
! troduced were to re-establish the ranking
privilege 10 FcOuCe AuO Te-OfKalllAe Tile navy
for commission on the locust plague. Mr..
Banning moved to suspend the rules and
| adopt resolution calling for Gen. Sheridan's
report on the removal Of Gov. Wells of Lou
| isiana. Lost. The resolution of inquiry in
to the action of Judge Bond failed for want
OF a two-thirds vote. A resolution instruct
ing the judiciary committee to report an
amendment to the constitution forbidding
the payment of war claims to disioyal persons
was adopted-veas 150; nays So.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-21
THE NEWS.
A Summary Of tho Worlds Work
and Happenings.

Chimes Criminals and Casualties
Eugene Christ, of New York city,
three times shot and fatally wounded Mary
Kelly, aged II, because she refused to marry
him.
Twelve French communists recently
escaped from New Caledonia in a steam
launch. A war vessel overlook them and
captured ten. The other two jumped over
board and were drowned.
Four masked men entered the bank.
ing houce of VIM. W. Reams, at Somerset,
Ohio, reused Mr. Reams, who lodged in the
room above, forced him to open the vaults,
and decamped with SIC, 200.
Aterrible colliery explosion occurred
on the 18th in South Wales company's pit in
England. Seventeen bodies have been re
covered, and many of the miners taken ou
alive were seriously and some fatally injured
A dispatch from Pottsville, Pa, says
that Saturday night, at Mauch Chunk, the
jury brought in verdict of guilty Of murder
in the first degree against Thomas P. Fisher,
against Patrick McKenna, indicted for the
murder of Morgan Powell, at Summit Hill, in
1871. Yellow Jack Donahoe was convicted OF
this crime about three months ago.
A shrewd tramp made $40 in New
London, Con-, pretty easily the other day, by
calling on an old lady who had fractured a
limb, and representing himself as bone.set-
ter from afar who had been sent for to pro-
nounce upon the local surgeons operation in
the case. He calmed the old lady with as
surance that the fracture was mending pro-
perly, pocketed his tee, and lett. When the
real bone-setter appeared the fraud waa dis
covered.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-21
Personal. Inpersonsl and Political.

ASAS>A>s~>S AA~e4SAoOAAAsA
The Colorado Legislature elected
Henry NJ. Teller U. s. Senator for six years
beginning next March.
The Senate committee investigating
affairs in South Carolina claim to have ''abun-
dant evidence that the Hamberg massacre was
long premeditated."
By vote of I to 3 the House judi.
ciary committee to resolved report that J. B
Bea1ord be admitted to his seat as member
OF Congress from Colorado.
Senator Window Introduced a bill
to permit settlers on public lands comprised
in the "grasshopper districts," to be absent
from such lands without imparing their titles
thereto.
The counsel for the Republicans at New Or
leans have notified the Congressional investi-
eating committee there that adequate means
for their attend ance is not made, and that wit
nesses for the ReI 1blicans are openly insulted
and threatened.
John Bailey, who in 1869 fled from
the country as detau!ter in his accounts
with the government as Internal Revenue COL
lector Of the 32d District Of New York, has
returned and made good his deficit and re-
ceived from the President full pardon.
The Republican Legislature of South
Carolina elected Hon. D. T. Corbin United
States Senator from that State. The DEM
ocratic House also voted for senator, making
no choice, but casting its highest vote for
N. C. Butler, leader of the Hamburg massa-
ere.
Mr.. Strait has introduced bill in
Congress providing that settlers on public
lands where crops were devastated by grass
hoppers during the past year may be absent
till July 1st, 1877, and if they reappear next
year on their lands, till July lst, 1878. The
passage Of this bill will remove one of the
burdens which the grasshorpers intlicts on
our frontier settlers.
A Portland, Oregon, dispatch says
Governor Grover has left Washington via
Victoria. He has prepared an elaborate argu-
ment, sustaining his action in the Cronin
case, with a multitude Of authorities. 1t is
printed in pamphlet for circulotion at the
East, but the printers have strict orders not
to allow it to be made public there, nor let
any copy get abroad. Owing to the prepara-
tions of this document Grover was not able TO
leave Saturday with the other witnesses.
The House committee met in New
Orleans on the 18th to arrange perliminaries
for their investigation. A large number OF
witnesses were present. Gen. Hurlbut gave
notice that he would file protest to the
jurisdiction OF the committee. A communica-
ton was read from the members of the re-
turning board denying the authority of the
House Of Representatives to receive the de-
cision OF the returning board until they have
delivered their documents to the General As
sembly, and claim that under the constitu-
ton and laws they cannot surrender them.
The members Of the board were notified to be
present next day, as ordered by the speaker Of
he United States House of Representatives.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-21
Miscellaneous News Items.

8leceu80eOQS NEWS ltomS.
Snow fell in portions of Canada, on
the 10th, to the extent OF several feet.
Russia is mobilizing her first re.
serve army OF one hundred thousand men.
The New York Security Life Insur.
ance company is in the hands Of receiver.
The new rates on grain and flour
from Chicago to New York will be 80 cents
per 100 pounds.
Wade Hampton was inaugurated
Governor of South Carolina at Columbia, in
that State, on the 18th.
Six thousand dollars have been con.
tributed in Brooklyn for the relief Of the sui
ferers by the recent calamity.
Mrs. Coltens, q widow, living in
Bryson, Ontario, while temporarily insane,
drowned her two children in canal.
The Kelly, Bliss and johnson pool
room proprietors, New York, have declared
all bets on the Presidential election of.
The Chief Justice and Associate Jus.
tices Of the South Crolina Supreme Court
refused to swear in Hampton as Governor.
Fire Marshal Kealy, Of Brooklyn,
thinks that the request Of the actors to thu
people at the Brooklyn fire to sit down, how
ever well meant, was very disastrous.
The preliminary meeting of the con
ference of the powers on the Eastern question
has been held, and promises a satisfactor.
solution Of the issue under consideration.
| It Is rumored that compromise ha'
been effected with the New York ring mag
mates, whereby Tweed and Sweeney are to re
fund large amounts, and to receive immnnit,
from prosecution.
President Orton, of the Western
Union Telegraph Company, refuses to allo,
employees OF that company to produce privat
messages for either political party until Con
gress shall have passed upon the question.
| A still of $50 gallons capacity, thre
mash tubs, with capacity Of 1900 gallon
each, and other material for carrying on illic
distillation, has been seized in New Yor
city: The property Is valued at forty thou
sand dollars.
The disaster to the shipping by th
breaking Of the ice In st. Louis is very grea
No such disaster has been known for year
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