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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-07

The Vienna correspondent Of the
Tribune says that the trial Of mowers
and reapers which took place on the
9th inst, was = complete triumph for
the Americans. At the moment the
English and French backed out. and
there only four European machines on
the ground. Fourteen American
reapers and fifteen mowers competed.
All the American machines did their
work we'll except one, which broke
down ct the start, though no fault Of
the machine, but through the stupid.
ity Of the driver the arrangements
were stupidly defective. There was
no programme, no system. Most Of
the teams we're unused to work, and
gave . good deal Of trouble. Some
were immense, powerful stations, and
others wretehed, raw boned beasts that
could scarcely p Ill the machines. Then
the grain differed greatly in different
parts Of the field. So the trial, with
conditions 20 unequal, was no test %
far a. speed is concerned. DR.. War.
der, who Was entitled to sit % one Of
the jurors, declined, the exhibitors
protesting that hc was interested in
one of the machines. So America
went unrepresented, aud the jury wa
composed entirely Of foreigners. It ID
reported that oil the American NOW.
ers and reapers that took part in the
trial will get medal, some for progress
and others for merit The awards will
not be made until next month.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-07

SHORT PAID MArTER.-Large
numbers of transient newspapers are
being deposited in Post Offices fol
mailing upon which but one cent post
age is paid. The public should un er-
stand that the rate Of postage on such
matter is zone cent for each two ounc.
es or fraction thereof" and as all
matter Of the third class must be
prepaid at the office of mailing, or can.
not be forwarded, a large portion oi
this matter finds its way into the waste
paper baskets, because of being under.
paid. There are very few metropoli.
tan papers, which weigh less than two
ounces. Make note of this, and save
your papers and trouble.
Sec. 21st Of Degest of Decisions and
Instructions to Postmasters rates thus
transient matter is subject to a post
age rate of one cent for each 2 ozs., OF
fraction thereof, to be always fully
prepaid by postage stamp affixed and
any writing whatever on the package
or withing it subject the entire package
to Letter rates; viz Sc. for each 1.2oz
Transient matter unless fully prepaid
(lc. for each 2 ozs.) cannot be for.
warded.
We believe if the public fully un.
derstood the above, there would be less
complaint about not receiving papers
magazines, &c. and Post Masters would
receive less abuse.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-07
Cutting a Boys Hair.

You can always tell boy whose
mother cuts his hair. Not because the
edges of it look as if they had been
chewed off by an absent-minded horse,
but you tell it by the way he stops in
the street and wriggles his shoulders.
When a fond mother has to cut her
boys hair she is careful to guard
against any annoyance and muss by
laying sheet upon the carpet. 1t has
never yet occurred to her to put him
over bare floor. and put the sheet
around his neck. Then she draws the
front hair over his eyes and leaves it
there while she cuts that which is at
the back. The hair which lies over
his eyes appears to be surchargcd with
electric needles, and that which is
silently dropping down under the shirt
band appears to be on fire. She has
unconsciously continued to push his
head forward until his nose presses
his breast, and, is too busily engaged
to notice the snufflipg sound that is.
becoming .alarmingly frequent. In
the meantime he is seized with an
irresistible desire to blow his nose, but
rccollects this his handkerchief is in
he other room. Then fly lights on
his nose, and does it so Unexpectedly
that he Involuntary lodges, and catches
the points Of the shears in his left
ear. At this he commences to cry and
wish he was a man. But his mother
doesn't notice him. She merely hits
him on the ear, to inspire him with
confidence, and goes on with the work.
When she is through she holds his
jacket collar back from bis neck, and
with her mouth blows tho short bits of
hair from the top of his head down
his back. He calls her attention to
this fact, but she looks for 4 new place
on his head aud hits him there, aud
asks him why he does not use his
handkerchief. Then he takes his awful
ly disdgured head to the mirror, and
ooks at it, and, young as he is,
shudders as he thinks what the boys on
the streets will say.-DanburY Neus.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-07

We see, by the St. Paul papers, that
in the suit against the St. Paul & Pa
cific Railroads, Mr. Becker the Pres.
i1ent and Mr.. Morehead the construc.
ton Agent, were fully exhonerated
fpm the serious charges made against
them in the complaint of the Bond.
htlders. Judge Dillon refuses to ap.
point receiver as asked for by the
cmplaiust.
The Dispatch says:
The final conclusion of Judge Dillon
was that the case is one of which re-
quires judicial Intervention to save
tire land grant to the extension lines
from St. Cloud to St. Vincent and
f'om Sauk Rapids to Brainerd-and
i after investigation he became con-
rinced the conrt had jurisdication, he
would make an order g1anting to
whichever party would furnish money
to complete them, a lien on the exten'
sion reads as security for such advance
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-07
Important Notice.

We have just published the third
edition of the Justices Manual, max
ing book Of over 20 per cent more
than the second edition. We think it
is as perfect hand book for the ready
use of Justices and Constables as can
be made, and its price is triaing as
compared with its real value to them.
This edition contains many additional
forms and notes, and the important
feature is made Of giving all tho laws
relating to Justices Courts enacted
since the General Statues were pub
lished ; so that Justices will not be
troubled looking up the session laws,
many Of which are impossible to get.
It also contains general index point
ing directly to any subject that it is
desired to find. Price, 6Oc. by mail,
postpaid. LEONARD & BooRH,
Law Blank Printers, Rochester, MINI.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-07
The Maukato Reuies0 in support Of
the effort to make G. K. Davis the
Democratic candidate SAYS:

The Mankato Revies0 in support Of
the effort to make G. K. Davis the
Democratic candidate says:
There is not a particle of sympathy
between him and the majority Of the
recognized leaders of the radical party
who would vote for almost any Demo.
cratic in control of the State govern.
ment and with it the NOSE important.
to them position Of U. 8. Senator.
Our idea is, by giving Mr.. Davis
tho unanimous support of al PARTIES, to
place him in position independent Of
these men and thereby assist him in
ave.throwing and destroying their in.
fuence tor evil in the future. If he
is forced to make fight against the
Democracy and Liberal Republicans,
who should be his allies, his ability to
do good will te mater ally circum-
scribed, if not entirely overcome,
for Of necessity he is placed in the pow.
er Of men who hate, and will seek the
first favorable opportunity to destroy
him. We believe that this isan 90.
casion when those protesting . sincere
regard for the public good, should rise
above mere party prejudices and 40.
complish reforms in our government
affairs by the only practical means open
to them. We may tight till doom's day
if We reject such opportunities - this
and the longer We fight, the farther We
shall be from realising our professions.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-07

JOSH BILLINGS ON PARTR1DaEs.-
The partridge IL also a game bird.
Their game is tew drum on a log in
the spring Of the year, and keep bo'h
eyes open, watching the sportsme1.
Partridges are shot on the wing, a,d
are az easy to miss az ghost il. 1t
il phun enuff to see the old bird hide
her yonng brood when danger is near
Thi. must be seen, it kant be described
and make emmy boldly beleave il. The
partridge, grouse, and pheasant are
cousins, and either one of them strad-
die a gridiron natural enuf tew hav
bin born thare. Take a couple Of
young partridges and pot them down,
and serve up with the right kind ov a
chorus, and they beat the ham sand
which yu buy on the Camden and
Amboy Railroad 87f per cent. l have
eat these lamentabel NuJersey ham
sandwich, and must say that l prefer
couple of bass wood chips, soaked in
mustard water, and stuk together with
Spalding's glue.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-07

The cholera makes it's way north.
ward slowly, attended only here and
there with its old time virulence. We
hear Of it at Keokuk, Iowa, jackson.
vile, Illinois, and indianapolis, and
Columbus, Ohio. Saint Louis, Louis
vile, Cincinnati, and Pittsburg have
escaped SO far with very little mortality
If there is any of it in Chicago, We do
not know it. We have made personal
inquiry of several leading physicians
who would not deceive Us, but, hear oi
no cases. In the southern states it is
disappearing. The colored people oi
Nashville recently met, to the number
Of $4,000 to unite in public thanksgiv.
ing for the removal Of the scourge.-
Interior.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-07

Treasurer Spinner received pack.
age on Sa vurday. from an ANONYMOUS
source. containing two 500 United
States bonds, seven overdue coupons
and SIS in currency, amounting to
S573.67, accompanied by the following
note: "This money inclosed belongs to
the United States. I have dooe my
duty before my God in returning it to
you, May you do yours in giving the
United States credit for the same, y
The amount has been placed to the
credit of the conscience fund.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-07

The following is the closing part sl
the statement of Go. A Bcackett
mayor Of Minneapolis, in the Manito.
ba difficulty. represents pretty fairly
the blackmailing purposes and attempts
of the Manitoba officials. Mr.. Brack.
ett's statement will be accepted by al
who know him.
After the close of the trial McKen.
gle stated to Mr.. Wilson that he want.
ed to see MIR. Bracket, or he would
hunt me up Immediately. Shortly
after he came to the Fort and said, with
a bluster, l want to see you outside.
He drew out copy Of the Pioneer
and said he wanted to get satisfaction
he called my attention to the paragraph
stating that he, Mckenzie, had tried
to blackmail the prisonerss aud said he
wanted to find the man that sent the
lie. l told him did not send it.
said II did send q dispatch to Rob.
erts telling him that l had paid $1,000
for fees and that $4,000 more had
been damanded by one of the lawyers.
My authority is Mr.. Macauley. l
would believe Mecauley before l would
believe you. l have no objection to
saying that you are the man l mean
You can have satisfaction in any way
you desire. 1 consider it dirty, low
lived, blackmailing operation. The
day after I came here, you wanted to
sell me a piece of land SO that I might
be a landholder aud 20 bail. You said
it belonged to Clarke. It was worth
about So 900. You asked me S15..
900, and said it would be worth it
sometime, and Clarke would doubtless
be gratifed to have me buy it, though
of course he didn't know anything
about your offer, you said. You gave
me a plat Of the land. You then told
me Of a neat trick by which I could
steal It, by transferring it to a stool.
pigeon who could 60 bail. then deed
the land back to me and we could all
escape. You made the same PROPOSE
ton to Fletcher and Macauley, You
are blackmailer." I afterwards told
him the same thing in the presence Of
Wilson and others and dismissed him
from the case.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-07

Two freight trains on the St. Paul
& Sioux City road, co!lided between
Ottowa and lie Sueur on Wednesday
evening. As both trains had been
brought down to an actual halt, the
resulting damage was slight, only $500
1t delayed the movement of the passeu.
ger train tr m Sioux City. The con-
ductor and engineer on the down
freight train are said to be responsible
for the accident-and from the excel
lent rules in operation on the line,
their carelessness must have been ut
terly without excuse.-Press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-07

The Rev. Samuel Wilberforce, D.
D., Bishop Of Winchester, was killed
recently in England by . fall from his
horse He was riding At full speed,
and his neck being broken by the vic.
lence of the fall, his death was instan'
taneous. That he was . man of dis
tinctiou may re known by the fact,
if by no other, that he was "riding with
Earl Granville" to "Lord Covers
country seat" and that there "Mr
Gladstone was awaiting him." Ameri
cans are chiefly interested in him as .
son Of the celebrated philanthropist
William Wilberforce, who became 50
distinguished BY his opposition to sla
very. The name Of Wilberforce has
been thus made illustrious forever.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-07

The case Of j. D. Blake & Co.
against the Winona & St. Peter Rail-
road Company. involving the constitu.
tionality Of the law Of 1871 regulating
railroad tariffs, has been appealed to
the Supreme Court of the United
States T case will be pressed for
argument by W. P. Clio Ugh, ESQ.,, Mr..
Blake's attorney, at the coming term
of the Superme Court. which commen'
ces on the second Monday Of October
next, ard be confidently expects final
decision by the tribunal Of last resort
of the important question which the
suit was brought to determine, within
the next twelve mon9hs.-Rochester
R2sk
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-07
Here it is! The August number Of
Woods Household Magazine IL

Here it is! The August number Of
Woods Household Magazine It
brings with it ray Of sunshine which
reaches clear to the heart. We always
feel better for reading it and it will
make any household brighter that it
enters. Among the many articles of
the present number are Advice to
Young Men, by Hon. Joel Parker !; A
Glimpse at the Siamese, BY Karl Kase
The Other Girl Of the Period, BY Mary
Hartwell; Darkness, BY H. Y. Osborne;
Old Pinchem, No. II by Chss. Dickin.
son, &c., &c.
Price Of this Magazine ouly one dol.
lar year. Address,
WooD's HOUSEHOLD MAGAZINE,
Newburgh, N. Y.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-07
LEGAL ADVERTISEMTS
NOTICE.

rs heleby given, that bids will be received at the
L County Auditors office, in Redwood Falls, on the
36th day of July 1873 at o'clock p NJ for the deposit
Of tue funds now ia the hands of the County Trea-
surer, of Redwood County, and for such monies A.
may hereafter come into his hands, such Treas
urer, in persuancc of an act entitled, act to
amend section 13l Of title five Of chapter eight, of
the General Statutes, relating to the duties Of
County Treasurers and the of the public funds
and approved March 10th 1873.
Dated Redwood Falls, July 7th 1878.
A. CH>DLER, Auditor. Board of
H. WlNGETT, Chm, Co. Board Auditors Of
H. D. BALDWIN, Clerk Dist. Court Redwood Co.
Al Niup.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-07

At q late examination of civil SER
vice candidates a question was put to
them as to the meaning Of hypothesis. I"
One candidate answered that he didn't
remember of ever hearing the word
before, but it sounded to him ''aa
though it meant the twist which the
head of the department puts on his
subordinates when wants them to
come down for election expenses"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-07
MORTGAGE SALE.

nErAULr hsxing bssn made in the payment Of
II the sum Of one hundrsd and aity dollars, which
10 claimed 70 b due at the date Of this notice
certain mortgage bearing dats the 2tth day Of
Nay 1s7a, daily exscatsd and delivered By Joseph
Goodwin, " B. Goodwin and J. A. Pearson Of Marion
Co., Illinois to Art mas B. Cummins Of Lyon Co
Ninn. 70 secure the payment Of the said sum q
one hundred and afty dollars, and daily recoreded
IN the oos Of the Register Of deeds In and for the
County Of Lyon and State Of Minnesota on the
9th day Of Nay lS72 In Book Of Mortgage Deeds
on pags : : and no proceedings at law havs been
insttuted for the recovery Of said sum or any let
thereof Nsw thersfors notee b hereby gven that By
virtue Of power Of sale contained In satd Mort
gage and pursuant to the statutes in such sase,
made and provided the premises described IN and
of The North East quarter d ths South west quar-
ter Of section Twenty Seven. Town III. Range u,
excepting and rsserving ons hundred feet square
upon which store bui1ding stands erected By g. v.
whitney Will BE- sold By the sheriff Of Lyon Co,
Aforesaid at public auction for cash. to the highest
bidder at the South door, Of the hotel kept BY L.
8. Ksil in the village Of Lynd in said County. ON
the .2nd day Of August 4. D. 1873, at two o'clock
r. u. 70 satisfy the amount due IN said Mortgage,
together with ~ sosts, charges and expense Of
foreclosure and sale, allowed b lav including Ten
dollars attorneys fees Stipulated in sAid Mortgage
In cass Of foreclosure thereof.
Datsd Lyon Co., Minnesota, Nay End, 1873.
ARTENUS r. CUMMINGS.
PIERCE WAKEMAN Attys.
Marshall, Ninnnesota. S0-N
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-07

Farmers have learned dear lesson
by allowing their thresling to go over
winter. In nearly every instance that
has come to our knowledge wheat re-
naming over winter has been badly
damaged, sometimes to the extent OF
one half. Sixty cents per bushel now,
after deducting loss. In some cases
farmers have seeded this wheat and it
failed to grow either wholly or in part.
The best policy is to thresh and market
as speedy as possib!e-Mankato Re-
rip1y.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-07

In order to render the Indians less
capable Of carrying on war against
the United States troops, says the
Louisville Courier Journal, it has
been suggested that they be educated
at West point.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-07
SUM MONS.
State ofMinnesota l.,

State ofMfnnesota
County of Redwood
The State Of Minnesota. To Eliza C Root defend.
ant you are hereby summoned to be and appear be-
fore the undersigned Of the justices ofthe Pc
in and for said county tho 9th day of August 1873
at one o'clock in the afternoon at my Office in the
Town of Redwood Falls in said county to answer to
appear at the time and place aforesaid, judge ment
will be rendered against you upon the evidence ad-
duced by said Sam McPhal for such sum'as he shall
show himself entitled to.
Given under my hand this Goth day of June, A. D.
1873.
Samuel Stickles,
.Jnsfice of tine paace.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-07

A Washington correspondent Of the
Cincinnati Gazette, who has been ex
aiming the records of the Pension Of
fee. has found on the list Of twenty
FIVE Of the surviving soldiers Of the
Revolution eighteen who we're a cen.
tury old and upwards.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-07

REApERs.-Farmers who want to
get reapers can give in their orders to
Folsom Brothers. They will sell the
Kirby and the Wood, also the John
P. Nanny. Every machine warrant
ed. sc
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-07

1t is said that the entire Persian
mission, with forty missionaries and
sixty teachers, uow under the care Of
the Presbyterian Board, costs less an.
nually than the current expenses oi
some city churches.
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The following is the action Of the
Virginia Republican convention.

The following IS the action OF the
Virginia Republican convention.
The convention IN platform announ-
ced the principles which would govern
the party in the approaching canvass !;
they reafhrm the platform Of ~: en-.
dorse the administration of the Presi.
dent favor an ad relorens system of
taxation as set forth IN the constitu-
ton; favor the total abolition Of taxes
ON tobacco as soon as it can be done
without detriment to the national 6nan-
ces advocate internal improvements
not only in Virginia, but in the whole
country as means of cheap transpor-
ta,ion, and therefore the completion Of
the James river and Kanawha canal,
and cal! upon congress to make appro.
priation at its next session, and con-
slider it a national necessity favor the
payment Of the State debt without op
pressing the people; opposes all extra
compensation, and favors economy in
State and national affairs d; disapproves
Of the bill, known as the funding bill
as having been made solely in interest
of bond holders and demands the sub
mission Of the question Of the financial
condition Of Virginia and West Vir.
ginia to the Supreme Court of the
United States favors the develop.
ment of the resources of the State ;
favors the impartial administration of
justice to both races; favors the elec
ton Of President and Vice President
and all officers by direct vote Of the
people /; opposes the policy of settling
national disputes by arbitration instead
of resenting to the sword p! demand
that federal courts be accessible to all
citizens for redress; demands lnforma-
ton from the State Committee in Or
der to secure fair elections by the abol-
ition of partisan supervision. The re-
port was adopted.
A resolution introduced by a colored
delegate denouncing the salary grab
bill, created much confusion and ex-
citement, but no action was taken.
Congressman Platt defended the
back pay bill as just aud proper.
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NOTICE.

U.S.. Land Office,
Redwood Falls, Minn., July II, 1878.
Complaint having been tered at this Office by
abandoning his Homestead Entry No. 6l79. dated
Sept. !, 1871, upon the
northwest quarter Of section 81, township 112
range 40w, in Lyon county, Minnesota,
with view to The Cancellation OF said Entry: the said
parties hereby summoned to appear at this Office
on the 26tk day Of August, 1878, at o'clock !. m.
to respond and furnish testimony concerning said a.
legged abandonment.
B F. SMITH, Register
~ WV. H. KELLY, Receiver.
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SUMMONS,
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
r~-A- - n DO

STATE OF MINNESOTA, l..
County Of Redwood.
TTNHE State of Minnesota, to ". A. Norris and
/ Thomas L. Norris defendants,
You are hereby summoned to be aud appear
before the undersigned, one Of the Jus
tees of the Peace, in and for said County on the
80 day ef August 1873, at o'clock in the forenoon
at my office in the Town of Redwood Falls, in said
county, to to C. H. Mccormick and lie onari
J. Mccormick, in a civil action. should ysu fail
to appear at the time andpace aforesaid Judgement
Will be rendered against you upon the evidences
adduced by said C. H. Mccormick and Ieander J.
Mccormick for such sums he shsll show himself
entitled to.
Given under my hand this cot day Of July, A.
D. 1873.
SAMUEL SICKLE,
44-4 Justice of the Peace.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-07

The Commissioner Of the general
Land Office is in receipt Of information
that valuable deposits Of gold had been
discovered by army officers stationed
in Alaska.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-07

Hon. John Nicols, State Senator
and for many years one of the leading
citizens Of St, Paul, died last week
He was 62 ysrrs of age.