The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-04-23

ganlZatlOn Wnen travelling requires H. OO
per night for six nights in the week, and
when that amount only is received Mr..
Thomas does not make one cent profit.
When this fact is considered, some idea
may be formed of the great responsibility
of maintaining such an organization
N. 7. Telegram.
Industrial.
California produces lemons weighing
twenty-four ounces apiece.
Great Falls, R. l., makes thirty-two
miles of cotton cloth daily.
Geneva, Switzerland, proposes hav-
ing an international exhibition next year.
"A Rochester firm has found sale for
$4,000 pounds Of dried and sliced pota-
toes.
The English and Continental farmers
know the value OF. bone dust and the
Americans will soon find it out.
Colorado, which had not a mile of
railroad less than five years ago, has now
ten lines, having total length of 66S
miles.
1T is stated that there are stacked be-
tween Greeley and Green City, Col, g..
DOC, 900 tons Of hay, almost worthless on
account of there being no means of getting
it to market.
An exquisitely finished rife has been
made for presentation to the Sultan of
Turkey by Rhode Island company which
secured contract for 100000 stand of
arms from his Government.
The Wisconsin newspapers report that
bird s-eye and curly maple logs are shipped
from Green Bay to New York to be man
ufactured into veneerings for walls, to take
the place of paper hanglngs.
kansas has law to protect prairie
the results of months and years of indus.
try. Any township can vote q fire tax to
pay the expenses of blowing and now
Ing around it's borders strip of land wide
enough to check fire.
The Graniteville Mills, in South Car
DINA, run over 10000 spindles and 7O0
looms, pay from 10 to IL per cent. divi.
dends, have handsome surplus, and are
about to build new mill. The Langley
Mills, in the same State, run 10, 600 spin
dies, and are likewise paying handsome
dividends.
Direct steamship traffic has begun
between Liverpool and Galveston, the
first vessel of the new Black Star Line
having sailed from the latter port. This
line is to consist of five firstclass vessels,
two of 1900 and two Of 2,20O tons each.
The larger vessels are intended to carry
1000 bales of cotton each.
"A pair of heavy blankets manufac-
tured in Minneapolis are on exhibition
in Boston at the Office of the National
Association of Wool Manufacturers, hav.
ing been presented to the Hon. John l..
Hayes, Secretary of the association.
They are made from American. grown
merino wool of the finest staple, and are
deemed equal to any produced elsewhere,
at home or abroad.
The largest diamond ever imported
here was recently exhibited in New York.
1t was found in the South African dia-
mond fields, and weighed eighty carats
in the rough state. The gem lost one
third its weight in cutting, but increased
in value from $4,000 to $4,000. The
cutting and designing were done here,
and equaled the best efforts of the dia-
mond-workers of Am sterdam.
The Bessemer Steel Works are con.
tending with great spirit for the credit of
producing the most steel in q single day.
The Cambria Iron Works were ahead,
but have been beaten by the Troy Steel
Works, which made fifty "heats'' with
two crucibles in twenty-four hours,
against forty-six by the former in the
same time. No foreign steel works have
80 far equaled the days product of either
of the above American concerns.
Foreign Gossip.
"A society for the protection of ami.
mails has been formed in the city of
Rome. The King Of Italy is the Presi-
dent.
I'm some localities in Denmark q
man is not allowed to drive black and
white horse together, as it is q sign Of
ill-luck.
"A skating rink with "American
roller skates" IL established at Brighton,
Eng, In what was once known as George
lV.'s Riding School.
"A noble English swell, Sir C. Fitz.
gerald, Bart, having recently INDUCED a
within to drive hanson himself, putting
the cabma1 inside, was arrested and
fined for unlawfully acting IS driver
without license"
1t appears from the last returns that
the aggregate income of the English life
insurance Offices is more than e1t, OOO, 600,
that their total accumulated funds are
over G1l3, OOO, 900, and that the assurances
in force represent nearly e352, 000,O 900.
Heres funny reply given by little
boy in London to the question asked him
by q gentleman: "What occupation
does your father pursue for . livingl'
He answered with great simplicity, " He
Is . Observation-Disclosures, cir, for
the newspapers"
Russia is reported to be reconstruct.
ing her army on an extensive scale. The
peace strength Is to be fixed at no Less
than $50, 600 men, of whom about 100, O0C
will be local troops. The system Of
recruiting is to be improved and assimi.
lated to that Of Germany.
"A correspondent writing from Rome
says that an Englishman was kn. cked
down there during the carnival for insult
ing the American flag. The stars and
stripes were hanging from the balcony
of Mrs. Maj. Goddard, and the English.
man remarked that the nasty rag should
come down. An American was standing
near, and the Englishman promptly went
down to the pavement.
Though the Shah IL lost to the sight
of his late English entertainers, he 10 r.
their memory very dear. Among the
items on the bill Of contingencies for thu
year ending March 81 are the following
"For the Installation of the Shah a. I
knight of the Garter, e480; for expense.
incurred at the reception Of the Shah q
Dover, e161 for the expense Of the review
at Windsor In honor Of the Shah, 81, 278. >
Shahs and other luxuries cost money.