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VOL I. ,i ,i, lyi-nww !».u mi.iii.m»ir,n mijm I STATE NEWS. OVER one hundred t-.ns of Iowa coal have bt^n delivered at Blue Earth City this fall, at a cost of about $9 per ton. HON. J. F. DILLEY. Representative I elect from Dakota County, has purchas ed a livery stable in Chaska, and is about to make that place his home. HON. A. AMES, of Massachusetts,! and U. S. Senator from Mississippi, has been spending a few days in Northfield with his Either and brother. M. S. WILKINSON, of Blue Earth is elected State Senator by 923 majori ty. Three Republicans and two Demo crats were elected to the House. Dia mond was elected Sheriff. ON the Circut Court calendar for La Crosse county there are eight divorce suits. As there are only sixty cases on the calendar, it seems that about one seventh of the suits are fur divorce.— Winona Republican. A CORRESPONDENT of the Mantor- ville Express, from Claremont, Dodge county, says two young men left their home on the 25th ult. to hunt on the lake, and have not been seen since. The boat is also missing. SWINDLERS of both sexes are report ed to be busy in various districts, col lecting money from charitable but fool ish persons, under pretense of the sub scription being in aid of the Memphis and Shreveport sufferers. HENRY BAGLEY, a well-known and highly respected citizen of Udolpho, while oiling the horse power of a thresh ing machine, a week ago yesterday, had his right hand canght in the gearing, crushing and completely tearing it away. Dr. Wheat was called, and made an am putation at the wrist.—Austin Tran script. THERE are hundreds of laboring men in thiB city who have been thrown out of work by the mills shutting down, and who are anxious for work at almost any price. The probabilities are that logging will be dull and wages of chop pers low, so that it is to be feared much destitution and suffering will be witness ed here, as elsewhere, this winter.— Stillwater Messenger. MR. A. STUCKEY, of Milton, left on Monday for Switzerland, where he in tends to remain about six months, visit ing his many friends and relations there. We understand that Mr. Stuckey was appointed by the Governor as immigra tion agent, and will doubtless be accom panied on his return by a large number that he may induce to leave their native land and seek the broad prairies of Min nesota.—Mantorville Express. THE last Legislature passed an act creating the county of Lincoln, out of the west twenty townships of Lyon county, subject to a vote of the people to be affected thereby. The vote upon this proposition was received by the Secretary of State, last week, by which it appears that the act has been ratified by a large majority, and the county of Lincoln will hereafter appear on the map of the State. ST. PAU has about 250 bar-rooms. In these saloons and bar-rooms, there are daily consumed about six barrels of common whisky, two hundred kegs, (quarter barrels,) of lager beer, and two hundred kegs of domestic ale, including that which is bottled. The amount which the purchasers pay for this liquor, by the dram, aggregates 8990,000 a year. For flour, the population of St. Paul pay $463,000. Moisture is de cidedly ahead OUR readers will doubtless remember the elopement of Mrs. Howe, of Shako pee, Minn., with G. Butterfield. They went to South America, and Mr. Butterfield settled at Valparaiso. Mrs. Howe has become sick of her conduct, has repented, and has written a letter to her husband at Shakopee that she wants to come home. She left a good home, well furnished with comforts and luxuries, a devoted and indulgent hus band, and it is no wonder she wishes to ..-:.... top® I^T I S E N -I3ST return, but she has taken the path that almost always leads to sorrow and death. Winona Republican. SURVEY COMPLETED.—The Vincent party, which commenced the permanent survey of the Blue Earth City Branch of the Wells Road several weeks since, completed work to Blue Earth City last week. The distance is 273 niiles irom Good Thunder. Out of Good Thunder for two miles the work of grad iog will be pretty heavy, and so will the work within a mile of Blue Earth City. I The remainder of the route is compara tively level, and easily graded. The line passes between Jack Lake and Jackson's Lake, and the depot in fchel by will probably be located on sections 14 or 23, a mile or two north of the vil 1 age. LATE NEWS ITEMS. —The German bank of Louisville, Ky., has filed a petition in the United States court of bankruptcy, asking that the Louisville, Nashville & St Louis "railroad be declared bankrupt. The bank's claim is for $150,000. —The smallest dwarf in the world is John M. Lewis, of Ixonia, Jefferson county, Wisconsin, who is eighteen years old, twenty-seven inches high, and weighs twenty-seven pounds. —Since the abolition of the franking privilege the demand for postage stamps has increased more rapidly than ever before, the number issued during Octo ber exceeding the issue of any previous month by about 2,000,000. —The revenue collections in Min nesota during the year ended June 30, 1873, from tobacco, spirits, fermented liquors, banks, and other sources, amounted in aggregate to the sum, of 8241,404.94. Of this sum, spirits contributed $69,115.47 tobacco, $38, 297.11 fermented liquors, $95,176.22 and banks, $8,880.05. —Ex Congressman Miller says that the honest and legitimate expenses of a member of Congress in Washington for the short session ueed not and should not be over $400, and for the long ses sion $700. Their illegitmate expenses sometimes amount to fabulous sums. —Nebraska exempts from taxation $50 of each farmer's assessment during five years for every acre of fruit trees he plants and properly cares for. Thus he is paid in advance for helping him self. —Gen. Sherman, whose report has been seen, shows that our army, like our navy, is down to twenty-five regi ments, and companies of fifty-nine men, the maximum, making less than 15,000 troops in the regular armv. —•The Madison (Wis.) Journal says It is a strange and pleasing sight to see sixteen year old scowls soften and fade from the faces of old democrats as they pass along the streets." —E. D. Mason, of Richmond, Pres ident of the Vermont Dairymen's Association, is happy over the fact that two cheeses he sent to the Vienna Ex position received the highest prize over competitors from the celebrated dairy regions of England and Holland. Election News. THE returns of elections for the Ar kansas Legislature shows the following result: Senator—Opposition 11 Re publicans 15. House—Opposition 54 Republicans 28. Majority for Opposi tion on joint ballot, 22. THE official vote in the Tenth Sena torial district—part of Olmsted county —confirms the statement heretofore made that a tie existed between the rival candidates for the Senate in that district. It now becomes the duty of the Governor to issue an order for a new election, which will be held and conducted in all respects like the gene ral election on the 4th inst. A lively contest will doubtless ensue. The can didates are G. T. Benedict, Republican, and I. M. Westfall, Opposition. jaywu-.-.*^. ^g|ijp" ,' f.:-"?XA-- "v -'V^v RED mm AXD VICINITY. LET Patrons remember the Thanks giving Festival of the Hay Creek Grange P. of H., commencing at 12 M. Thanksgiving Day. There will be an oration, dinner, supper, and a good tiaie generally. A NE W GRANGE of P. of H. will be organized in Hay Creek in the corner of Featherstone township in this county, next week, and will start with a mem bership of between thirty and forty. E. P. LOWATER has just showed us something new in the pencil line. It is a pearl and gold pencil, perfectly round, yet so constructed as to appear eight sided. It is a beauty and just the thing for a Christmas present. W E call the attention of the city au thorities to the fact that the boys have already commenced coasting on the side walks. It will be remembered that Mrs. Wright got her arm broken last winter by this same means. The prob ability is that the city will have to pay for the next leg or arm broken in this way. Miss JULI A M. THOMAS, State In- stitute Instructor in Elocution and Vo cal Culture, will give an entertainment at Music Hall, Red Wing, Friday even ing Nov. 28th, at 7* P. M., consisting of select reading, humorous, pathetic, and patriotic. This lady comes highly rec ommended. E. P. LOWATER has a splendid stock of holiday goods toys enough to set the little folks wild, beauties of tea sets that will make many a young house keeper exclaim, O my stars and other fine things that makes one wish, that for the time being, he were a rail way contractor or bloated monopolist. .« THE MONTHLY REPORT of the Red Wing public schools for the month ending Nov. 21st. 1873: Whole nnmber enrolled 692 Average daily attendance 604.8 Whole No. tardinesses 145 No. half-days absence 999 No. half-days attendance 24184 Per cent, of attendance 96.0 Percent, of punctuality 99.4 No. of visits 42 Tardinesses of teachers 1 O. WHITMAN, Superintendent. OUR old friend Blakely, of the Chi cago Post, favored us with a call just before going to press. Mr. Blakely is a live newspaper man, and has a wide awake sparkling paper. He is offering special inducements to subscribers for the Daily Post in this State. Mr. Da vid Blakely one of the editors and pro prietors, was formerly State Secretary of Minnesota. THERE'S a little deer over on the island opposite Red Wing. For par ticulars ask Sam Stevens, Barber Fields, Jim Marshall, or W. A. Orser. This piece of vension has already cost five dollars per pound, and it is yet in a state of nature, notwithstanding the efforts of the above named gentle men, and numerous others to civilize it. We propose to raise an expedition im mediately to go and take the critter, dead or alive, and if successful in this great undertaking, we shall then march our forces to Cuba at once. Re cruits will report themselves at the of fice of E GRANGE ADVANCE with out delay. Gome ye who long for glory or the grave That deer has got to be took. wmemm Sto&tllfy Slite^f N O W RED WING, GOODHU E COUNIY, MINN., NOVEMBE 26, 1873. The Boot and Shoe Pac Business. Continued from last issue. The firm of O. B. Dodge, of this city, of whom we spoke in our last, commenced the manufacture of pacs on the 16th of last June, and since that time they have manufactured two thousand dozen they are now making about one hun dred dozen per week. .They employ forty hands, the different branches of their work giving employment to men, women and children. Six different nationalities are represented among their employees, namely American, Irish, English, Swede, Norwegian, French and German, and among the rest is a German boy who escaped from the wrecked steamship Atlantic. The pay roll of the firm, amounts to four hundred dollars per week. This firm occupies one of the very finest business blocks of the city on the first floor is their fine stock of boots and shoes. The other stories are used for the man ufacture of custom made boots and shoes —the firm making a speciality of custom made boots—and for the cutting out of their boot and shoe pacs and storing their stock. The making of the pacs is mostly done at the houses of the op eratives or workmen, the work being cut out and furnished them all fitted ready for sewing and making up. This shop manufactures largely the Alaska boot, which previously had been only made in the East in the making of these two hands are constantly em ployed. The firm has run a full force right along, and propose to continue to do so, the hard times and business pan ic, not having affected them. The firm have made arrangements to greatly en large their business another season, and design the manufacture of five thousand dozen pacs. Mr. Dodge is now East, buying machinery and perfecting ar rangements. The undertaking of such an enterprise requires both energy and pluck and deserves success. Let the merchants and consumers of the State show both these firms, that the people of this State have learned the wisdom of sustaining home manu factories. W I LE at Lake City we called on our old friend Andrew Koch, formerly of this city, and found him engaged in manufacturing and dealing in furniture in all its branches, the business which he carried on here so successfully for several years, He is evidently getting a first class trade he deals entirely on cash principles and has put his prices down accordingly. Mr. Koch deserves the confidence and patronage of all his new friends. See his advertisement in another column. WOODEN shoes are coming in vogue in this locality. They are manufactur ed by a Frenchman named Le Vere, residing about three miles south of this village. Mr. Le Vere recently disposed of two hundred and fifty pairs in Red Wing, at one dollar a pair, and thinks he could find market for all that four workman could manufacture. A few basswood trees thus worked gives the manufacturer a handsome profit. N EW MA OP E WING.—The flourishing city of Red Wing has long outgrown the only map of its streets and blocks ever made until now, when a new one is being issued from Rice's lithographic press of this city. The map is drawn by Mr. A. H. Hoenck, a civil engineer, who has had experience O W E E .IHHUJ, in "'i jj !•!,! WIII I W W W W W NO. 7. in the topographical service of the North German army and later in this State, and appears to be an expert in his profession The map is well drawn and includes all the additions and sub divisions of Red Wing, and will be de sired by all who have real estate in terests there.— Dispatch. KIVER FALLS LOCALS. NOVEMBER 24th, 1873. Wheat 90 cents: potatoes 75 cents coin 50 cents. Mrs. N. Wales is slowly recovering. John Wilcox, son of Dr. R. J. Wilcox is very sick. The school closed last Friday at the River Falls Institute. There was a re union on Friday eve a goodjtime is re ported. The next term will commence December 2nd, 1873. John Watson Jr. (formerly of Red Wing) preached at the Congregational church last Sunday morning text "She hath don. what she could." After re lating in a brief manner the narrative connected with this text, he commenced to apply it to his hearers in such a touch ing manner that a good many handker chiefs came into use, and I doubt not that many good resolutions were then and there made. Brother Watson carries on a Harness shop in this place, employing five hands, and works hard superintending the business himself, and has turned out many a neat and good fitting harness, and on nearly every Sabbath he has ap pointments in the country where no doubt he cheers and strengthens the hearts of many. May God bless his efforts. F. C. 31 Kay has returned from his wedding tour to St. Louis and says he had a splendid trip. We welcome him home. He takes his place as traveling agent for another year for Thos. E. Tubbs, General Insurance Agent of this place. F. Durlin, pastor of the Episcdpal church preached his farewell sermon last Sunday. Wheeling is good in River Falls. Sleighing is equally as good in Ham mond, eighteen miles northeast. The Junction mill turns out an aver age of 130 barrels of flour per day. The other mills are doing a lively business. G. I. Ap. Roberts is .doing a good business and selling a host of dry goods and groceries. Ap. is a genial man to trade with and deserves success. The Grange of this place have made application to the trustees of the Odd Fellows Lodge to rent their Hall. The matter is not yet decided. T. E. T. —Receipts for customs at the fol lowing ports, for the week ending Nov ember 8, were: New York, $1,436, 843 Philadelphia, 8118,964 Balti more, $138,459 Boston, $28,640. —Justice has been vindicated in the huse of her enemies. A New York jury has convicted, and a New York judge has sentenced the notorious Boss Tweed to twenty years imprisonment, and to pay a fine of $12,500. Co ruption has here met a fearful rebuke. Lift up your heads ye friends of jus tice and honesty, for triumph seems to be within your grasp. —r" He who giveth to the poor lend eth to the Lord If you like the se curity, down with the dust."—-£ftfa^ Smith. ._•,_: ... A