The Grange advance., 1877-05-23
Minnesota Matters.
DAKOTA.

Tuesday, May 12th, was observed. as as
Decoration Day in Hastings. Mr. ana Mrs.
J. H. Proctor, of Hastings, celebrated then
crystal wedding (tifteenth anniversary on
Thursday. The new city council OF Hastings
elected the following officers for the ensuing
year: Attornev-J. n. Scarles; Treasurcr-J
c. Norton; Street Commssioner-l4.t y: P9r-
sons; Asscssor-D. T. Langley. Samuel White
was appointed chicf-of-polic -. A CARLOAD OF
ties was consumed on the Hastings and Dakota
Railroad on Saturday; The work Of an inccn-
diary -.
Two housebreakers entered Rev. S. T,
Stcrrctt's residence in Hastings, Wednesday
night, and with pistols at the head
of that gentleman robbed him of $S6 in money
watch, and other articles, aggregating $50
in value. The scoundrels were masked, and
are still at large. The wife Of Mr.. Sis severe,
" i'll in consequence of the shock to her nerv-
Gus system. Mr.. Sterrett is the Methodist
minister at Hastings.
WATONWAN.
A County Sabbath School Convention
will be held ut St. James on the first Tuesday in
June. There were fifty applicants for ccrtiti-
Gates ut the recent examination OF teachers, OF
whom thirty were successful. >. Small grain is
looking finely and promises well, if not inter-
fered with by yc hopper.
oLMSTED.
The Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Company talks of buildings branch road from
Rochester to St. Paul, via Oronoco, Pine Island,
Zumbrota and Cannon Falls. The Universal
list Society of Rochester have purchased pipe
organ-thc first in the city. Cost 81 1SOO. "A
fine hotel is being erected on the site of the old
Stevens House, in Rochester. 1t is to be 44N6S
feet, and two stories in hight.
DODGE.
Reports from the growing crops ae of
he most tatterin| kind. Farmers say that
heir wheat never looked better at this season
of the year. Last Sunday Elder Roberts bap-
tised 10 candidates in the river 215 miles north
of Byron. A Sunday School has been organ
lied in Othello, with Mr.. Burdick as superin-
tendeNt
The Winona freight-housc and elevator
of the Green Bay road (on the opposite side of
the river from the city, burned on the after
noon Of the 18th. There were also destroyed
ten cars of freiSht and 500 barrels of flour. The
loss is not far from 100000.
A sad accident occurred at Mortified
on the evening of the evening of the 10th. One
of the students at Carleton College, named
Locke, was bathing in the river, when he sud
denly sank and drowned. His body was not
recovered until the next day. The unfortu.
nate young man was resident of Zumbrota,
Mimi. There seems to be Il dangerous pec,l-
liarity about the current where young Locke
was drowncd,as five orsiX other lives have been
lost at the same point.
MOWER.
Austin has been the center Of a bitter
local controversy which has divided the city
into factions, and the quarrel has extended both
into social and political life. Judge Page is
prominent in Que faction, and some one at Aus.
tin wrote him mp for the Pioneer Press. The
Pioneer Press editorially summarized its cores
pondent's letter and published it with quasi
endorsement The result is that Judge Page
has brought libel suit against the p. p, lay
ing his damages at 900.