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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-01
Wheeler & Wilson's Sewing Machines.

We call attention to the Wheeler &
Wilson advertisement in our columns.
This well-known Company has the most
advantageous facilities for supplying the
public with Sewing Machines, on as favor
able terms as the business will allow.
They warrant all their work, and it is q
matter of Importance to the purchaser to
deal with Company whose position and
perma1 cnce give assurance that their
guaranty will be fulfilled. They have
agencies and offices throughout the civil
lied world for furnishing needles, thread
and other necessary supplies, and have
an established reputation for reliability
and fair dealing.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-01

Mary E. Aborns was advertised bv
her husband in San Jose, Cal, az having
left her bed and board without Just
cause, and SO forth. Mrs. Aborns re-
torted in card, in which she said that
she had been married ten years, and in
that time had cooked about COCO meals.
spent $1,000 hours over u hot stove
borne six children, MIXED COWS over
10000 times, and performed other house
hold duties in proportion. She adds: II
have drawn the picture very mildly. l
have made allowances for my sickness,
when ! have had help, something after
the way that farmer would hire q
horse If his own was sick and unable to
work. had nothing when I went
there, and nothing at the end of those
ten years of servitude."
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-01
Foreign Gossip.

AT Zinwald, in Germany, widow of
lO5 has just married man of sixty. One
OF the brides children, aged eighty, was
present at the wedding.
Lady Burdett Coutts wants a society
for the prevention of cruelty to hum
ming-birds. From personal knowledge
she certifies that one Partisan milliner
uses 4O,OU0 of these birds every season,
and reasonably predicts that, slaughtered
at this rate, they will soon be extinct.
The London correspondent of the
Boston Adoertiser says that the report is
well founded that the French Prince I'm
perial is to marry the youngest daughter
OF Queen Victoria and that in conse-
quence of this arrangement the Queen
has Endorsed the last loan put in circula-
ton in England by the Empress Eu-
genie.
"A New York paper tells story on
connoisseur among our cousins over the
water. An English picture collector
bought an enormously valuable "old
master" on the Continent, and in order to
get it into England under light duty had
q modern "daub" painted over the old
master. When they washed off the daub
the old master went with it and left be-
hind portrait of George ILL.,; so it
wasn't very old master.
Funeral rites and ceremonies in
China are quite Chinese. Custom and
law require, on the point of burying, silk
garments to be burned as well as pieces
of money to be destroyed for the needs
which the defunct are supposed to have
in the ghost-land. At the interment of
the late Emperor these ceremonies were
carried out on large scale, seeing that
an Emperor has more need of money
than anybody else, for dinners, balls,
servants, carriages, etc.
"A correspondent of q Ceylon news
paper says that large apes are now regu-
larry employed in the Straits settlements
to pull cocoanuts. These monkeys are
imported from Acheen in patches, like
coolies, and are marched round the plan.
tatiOns by their owners, who let them out
on hire. A line is first attached to each
OF these peculiar laborers, and he is then |
sent up tree, where he is said to select |
suitable fruit with great discrimination,
and to twist the nut round and round |
until II falls to the ground. Each sue.
cessive fall of nut Is hailed by the |
hairy operator above with jump and . |
chuckle Of satisfaction.
"A practical joke was played on the |
critic Of one of the Paris papers 1t the |
last performance of " Orphee aux Enters" |
at the Gazette. Mdlle. Angelo, who acted
the part Of Venus, took offense at some
made by the unfortunate scribe
and vowed revenge. The critic, who
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-01

Somebody with nothing better to do
has sent letter to the Postoff1ce in Chi
cago with all this address:
In that alluring gathering place, Chicago, EN-
press of the West,
Famed for mighty CONGREGATIONS, divorces, tu-
mults. and the rest,
Dwells the hero Of this pother, Alfred Spencer.
known by name,
With Z: between to make complete. Postmaster,
take me to the same;
Letme tell you U'm not joking how to know the
vet'ran brick
By . dark-stained meerschsum, smoking-by q
huge, gold.headed stick,
BY the scent Of +" Frisco" honey which doth ever
round him hang
By . plug hat, tall and shiny-by-but 'nouch
said, GIT, glangi!!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-01
A Pleasant Railway Companion.

Lucy Hooper writes from Paris to the
Philadelphia Press: II wish those
ardent souls who admire European rail
way carriages, with their side doors,
separate compartments and solid parti.
tions, would study and reflect over the
various and serious disadvantages which
are connected Herewith. 1t is no Joke
1or timid person travelling alone to be
shut up in compartment with some
sturdy, sullen.looking desperado-it is
neither pleasant nor safe, the recent ex.
perience Of French gentleman and lady,
one N. de Bouchony and his sister-in-law.
aoundantly testify. They were journey
ing from Tarascon to Marseilles, and
found themselves in the same car with an
unpleasant-lo looking individual, who
shortly after the train started turned
toward the young lady, and drawing a
small bottle from his pocket, cried !:
Since you are the Virgin Mary, drink
thls' The poor girl recoiled from him In
terror, but he snatched from her neck a
slender gold chain which she wore. and
n!ng1ng 1t, together with the bottle, out
OF the window, he next turned his atten-
ton to the gentleman, who had fastened
to the assistance of his sister-in-law. A
terrible struggle ensued, during which
the young lady contrived to get the door
open and to creep along the foot-board
10 the next compartment, shreking for
the guard as she went. Her cries at
last attracted attention, and the train was
stopped barely in time to save the life of
ID. De Bouchony, who lay half strangled
ana senseless In the bottom of the Car.
while the would-be assassin had taken
possession OF his watch and money. As
soon Is the train came to q stand. still he
leaped out and attempted to escape, but
was captured by the guard. M. de
bouchony, who was not seriously in
lured, 10 recovering. The criminal, since
his Incarceration in Jail, has not ceased
to feign madness, and he talks incessant
" about the Virgin Mary. Mad or sane,
he was certainly delightful creature to
% locked in with for q long journey. As
he did not fail to secure the money and
valuables Of his victim, there seems to be
rather too much method in his madness
lor1t to be wholly genuine, and such l
believe has been the view taken OF it by
the authOrities."
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-01
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Personal and Literary.


Herbert Spencer assails the theory
that married life is most favorable to !
longevity.
in recent accident on the Pan |
Handle route John G. SAKE, the poet, |
nearly lost his life.
The first child born in this country
OF Japanese parents is the daughter of |
the Japanese Minister at Washington.
1t was the prose of the counting
room and not the poetry of "Thana-
topsis" which made Bryant wealthy.
Mrs. Gen. Hawley says that Mrs.
President Grant is going blind and can
not see to write even to one of her own
children.
The St. Louis Globe thinks that the
much-heralded Ddnburian does not
amount to much, except as specimen of
cheek and bad printing.
The New York World states that the
Khedive's diamonds given to Gen. Sher-
mans daughter are off color for the most
part, and are worth $4,000 or less.
Mrs. Fawcett, wife of the blind mem.
Der of Parliament, Prof. Fawcett, and
author of "Tales in Political Economy"
Is about to make her first appearance as
| a novelist.
| The will of a Benjamin F. Beekman,
of New York, gives his widow the inter-
est on $40, 900 while she is such widow
and gives her the principal should she
marry again.
When Brigham Young was in jail
the other day for contempt of court
there were five of his wives weeping at
each window of that institution, and
twelve at the door.
"A marble statue of George D. Prem
tlce is to be placed over the doorway of
the Louisville G0urser-.j Journal office. 1t
is now under the chisel, will be eight feet
high and will cost $4,000.
Eli Crozier, an ancient citizen of Della
ware, swore thirty-one years ago to wear
should sit in the Presidential chair. The
venerable beaver still Crowns his wrinkled
brow.
The Boston Zroues1er says: "Two
oones OF Robert Bruce were lately sold
for twenty-five dollars. ANY other man
who should sell such bones, instead OF
assigning them reverentlv to earth.
ought to be kicked; but the Scotchman
who could part with them for money
should himself be ground into bone dust
lie IS neat, natty and ninety-three
drives through drenching winter storm
to Syracuse, N. Y, to transact business
pertaining to farm of 200 acres, which
ne runs himself, and when on a visit to
his native town in Massachusetts, after
sixty-f1ve years. absence, is waited upon
by committee who wished to be in.
formed accurately upon some historical
matters relating to the place.
The husband of Christine Nilsson
says that one of the most painful phases
OF his wife's ailment is insomnia. Poo1
Caudle used to say just the same thing
, IN reference to Mrs. C.'s trouble, and in
Vulnerable husbands of our own acquaint
ance declare insomnia to he the very
worst malady to which wives are sub
j ject. 1t is remarkable fact too. thai
when wives are inflicted with insomnis
husbands are sleepless from sympathy
ArcGdi0n.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-01

"A youngster, while warming his
hands over the kitchen fire, was remon.
strated with by his father, who said,
Go way from the stove; the weather is
not cold" The little fellow. looking IN
Ct hie stern parent demurely, replied: az
amt heating the weather; I'm warmin'
my hands"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-01

of the white, 50 far as lightness is con-
cerned, and it is sweeter and more pal
atable. With this loaf we secure all the
important nutritive principles which the
Creator, for wise reasons, has stored in
wheat Boston Journal OF CHEMISTRY.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-01

The Sheriff at Kershaw, N. c., has
levied on . monkey to satisfy q debt.
This was . good-enough case Of natural
selection, he doubtless thinks, to result
In the origin Of specie for the judgment.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-01

lit 10 not generally known that the
butter crop Of the United States il now
greater IN value than the wheat crop.
Yet such ID the fact,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-01
West and South.

DER Company's mills, five miles south of
cleveland, on the 18th, and the works, com.
posed Of ten or twelve buildings, were com.
plctely demolished. OF the eight or ten men
at work In and about the mills at the time of
the accident three were killed, the rest escap-
ing with slight injuries. Much damage
was done to houses in the immediate neigh.
borhood of the explosion, and buildings in
Cleveland were considerably shaken, people
rushed into the streets, horses were fright.
ened, and many windows and large plate
glass fronts were shattered, the damage in
the city amounting to $4,000 to $4,000.
1t was reported in Washington on the 10th
that the result Of the Louisiana arbitration
would give the Conservatives the lower
house of the State Legislature, but would re.
tain a small Republican majority on joint
ballot.
The old man under arrest at Florence,
Arizona, admits that he is John Bender, but
says he did not commit the Kansas murders
with which he is charged, but that his con
and daughter, John and Kate, did. He de-
clined to state the whereabouts of his fam.
lily, but says they went from Kansas to Texas
and there separated.
Gen. Sheridan has issued instructions to
Gen. Terry, At st. Paul, and Gen. Ord, At
Omaha, directing them, in the event Of the
mining companies organising Ut Sioux City
and Yankton trespassing on the Sioux Indian
reservation, TO uss the forces ct their CON-
mand to burn the wagon trains, destroy the
outdt and arrest the leaders, conDn.
ing them At the nearest military post
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-01
General News Summary.
Washington Nevs.

The yeas and nays in the Senate on the res.
olution to postpone till December next the
question OF the admission of P. B. s. Pinch.
back as Senator from Louisiana were as fol-
lows:
ieas-Alcorn. Allison, Boutwell,, Bruce Burn.
side, Cameron Pa.), Cameron (Wis), CLAYTON.
Conover. Cragin. Dawes, Dorsey, Ferry (Mich.1 y
Frelinghuysen, Hamilton, Hamlin. Harvey, Howe
ingalls,, Jones tNev.) Mcmillan, Mitchell, Morrili
1 Eattsr NORTH! N1l: Morton, oglesby, Paddock,
Iatterson. sargent, Sherman, Spencer West
Windom-3a. "e0''
., NayscBayara, Bogy, Booth, caperton, Chris.
nancy nancy Cockrell' Cooper Davis. Eaton. Goldth-
Jones (Fla) Kelly, Herman. McCreary. McDonald,
M SsM1ey Merrimon: Norwood: Randolph Ransom,
MSa hiss ~; Stephenson, Thurman, Wallace,
Messrs Edmunds and Robertson did not re-
spond when their names were called. Messrs.
Anthony and Wright. who would have voted in
the Affirmative. were paired with Wadleigh and
Dennis, who would have voted in the negative.
Mr.. Logan said he would withhold his vote as
he he did not dsr ,ha to vote against all his friends
take. When the name Of Ferry (Conn.) was
called Mr. Eaton announced that his colleague
ro1e S that
had voted by mistake. Mr.. Cameron (Pa.) said
he voted Intentionally. He was paired with the
admitting Pinchback, but not upon the question
of postponiug the resolution.
The President on the 18th withdrew the
nomination of ex-Congrcssman David P.
Lowe, of Kansas, to be Commissioner of
Pensions, made the day before. and nom.
mated him for Chief-Justice of Utah Terrific
ry in place of ex-Congressman Isaac C
Parker, OF Missouri, who had previously been
nominated for the position but who was sub
sequently nominated United States District
Judge for the Western District of Arkansas,
Among other nominations by the President
on the 18th was that of Henry B. Brown to
be United States Judge for the Eastern Dis
trict of Michigan.
In caucus, on the 10th, the Republican
United States Senators agreed, two or three
dissenting, to a resolution substantially the
same as Senator Frelinghuysen's, but differ
ent in phraseology, approving the action OF
the President on Louisiana affairs, and ex.
pressing the opinion that he should continue
to sustain the Kellogg Government.
The Postmaster-Genera has instructed Post.
masters that on all mailable matter of the third
class (Which includes articles of merchandise
and transient newspapers and magazines
postage must be prepaid at the rate of one
cent for each ounce or fraction thereof.
The United States Senate on the I'D con
ilrmed the nomination of John Parker as
United States Marshal for the Western Dis
trct of Michigan
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-01

"A man in San Francisco entered a
police station in a state of intense ex-
element and told the Captain that he
wanted to prefer charge against his
roommate. 1--WE both wanted to 20 to
heaven" he said, land we knew we
couldn't get there if we committed sui
eide. We talked the matter over q good
deal and finally we agreed to kill each
other. The plan was for each to have a
sharp razor ready at the others throat.
and at q signal cut as hard and deep as
we could. We got all ready, with the
razors ct our threats, and 1 gave the
word: cut bis throat all right, but he
failed to do as he agreed and here am
alive. want 10 make regular charge
Of false pretenses against him so he
can't get into heaven" The Captain
locked up the maniac, for such he was,
and went to the room described by him.
There he found that q man had been
murdered by having his throat cut while
asleep in bed. The lunatic had invented
the rest of the story, and while under an
hallucination had committed the deed.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-01
Religious and Educational.

Tennessee has a scholastic popula-
ton OF 42O,34. Number of pupils en-
rolled in 1874, 1885, Number of
teachers employed, 1851.
One of the Baptist papers states
that 26 600 of the members of Baptist
churches have adopted liberal or open
communion ground within the last wear.
1t is said that in the State of Della
ware, In 1904, 900 persons were added
to the Methodist Church. During the
last conference year 1890 converts we're
reported.
The oldest Episcopal minister in
Brooklyn is Rev. DR.. Deller. He has
officiated in that city nearly forty years
ana IS the present rector of St. Luke's,
Clinton avenue.
MIR. George H. Stuart, of Philadel-
phia, estimates the number of CONVEX.
slons in Great Britain through the in
strumentality of Messrs. Moody and
Sankey, of Chicago, at $4,000 or 10000.
In South Carolina 45,774 white and
1884 black children attend school-not
quite one-half of those who ought to be
now acquiring rudimentary education.
Gov. Chamberlain complains that the
educational appropriations are in
sufficient
Nv. W. Corcoran, of Washington, d.
e., has ASSUMED the payment of one
nall OF the aggregate cost of Ascension
Church (EpiscopaD, in that city, includ-
ing the lot on which it stands. His con-
tribution will amount to about $4,000.
The edihce is OF white marble, and when
completed will seat over 1900 people.
The g Universalist Register" for 1875
shows 674 ministers-an increase of II;
622 churches-an increase of is; 3O.9O3
church members-3,1 O4 more than in
1874; 647 Sunday schools-a decrease of
IA; and 57,738 Sunday-school scholars
an increase of several thousand. The
amount of church property is about
$s,0o0,0O0.
The permanent school fund of Neva-
da has been increased from $1O4, 900 to
$25O.OOO in the past two years. Out of
the school population of 6, 305, only 923
were non.attendants last year-educa-
ton being compulsory in Nevada. The
Superintendent declares the Compulsory
school law to be very popular measure.
Efforts are making to move the State Uni
versity, now established at Elkno, to the
western part of the State.
The Baptist Committee, in their ad-
dress to the denomination concerning
the Centennial, say that sect has grown
from $4,000 in 1776 to nearly 1,75O,OOO
communicates, with 1900 houses of
worship and sittings in them for 4, OOO, 600.
They were then poor, had only q few
horseback missionaries, one weak col.
lege; now they have money enough, mis-
sions all over the world, and thirty COL
leges, besides numerous academies, and
six theological seminaries.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-01
" Ticket, Sir!"

This was the way it happened. One
OF the regular attendants at Central
Church is railroad conductor. He Is
regular, not so much from any personal
prediction for Calvinism, as from the
fact that he has a first-rate PRESBYTERIAN
wife who keeps him in the way he should
60. A few Sundays since one of the Dea-
cons was absent, and our conductor was
requested to pass the plate. Of course
he consented. For the first dozen pews
everything passed off well. There was q
regular financial shower of nickels and
dimes, and the railroad man watched
sharp, but couldn't see that anybody
"got away" without responding. Finally
he came to scat where the occupant
was either busted or disinclined, for he
shook his head, but made no attempt on
his pocket. The conductor looked at
HIM sharply, but no cash appeared. Then
he nudged his shoulder, and softly called:
" Ticket, sir!" Again the mans head
wagged horizontally, but the stamps
didn't come. pass, then" whispered
the conductor. Still no response. Just
as the railroad chap was about to call
up the fireman and brakeman to help
pitch the impecunious worshiper out of
doors the regular Deacon came in and
relieved his proxy. The conductor says
he believes in running church the same
way you would q railroad train. If a
man won't pay, or hasn't pass, let him
git.-Edstern Paper.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-20

Extra session Of tho se.ate.

Extra Session Of tho Senate.
WASHINGTON, February 19.-The Presi.
dent issued proclamation calling the SEN
ate in extra session ct twelve O'Clock NJ.
March S.
Cabinet Meeting.
The was full Cabinet meeting to-day.
BIN Approved.
Theconsular and diplomatic appropriation
bill was approved. sft
Ealesies for Buclkisgham.
Eulogistic honors to the late Senator
Buckingham were postponed.
The Eads BEl Referred.
In the Senate, this evening, House bill
tor the improvement of the mouth of the
mississippi, was referred to the Committee
on transportation Routes.
The Border Troubles.
Colonel Robb, of the late Mexican border
commission, appeared before the Committee
on Foreign Affairs to-day, and made q full
statement of the condition of the border.
He read affidavits just received BY him,
showing that since the commission left
there, year ago, the depredations BY Mex
ican raiders on the citizens of Texas have
increased tenfold. Some of the afidavits of
persons residing at or near Brownsville say
thefts of horses and cattle are committed in
open day as well as night, not rnfreauentlv
accompanied by murders.
In recent case the municipal authori-
ties were informed of what hau happened.
but they took NO steps to aio in the re-
covery of stolen cattle. A petition to the
Governor of Texas represented that there
was no protection to persons Or property
outside Of Texan towns, and very little
70 property nywhere, and therefore they
appealed to him to recognize the raising
OF minute men Tor their protection.
The C0mmiftoo vuil1 r,ou< ~,
subject.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-20

rs FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1875.



}. Sarah Charles vs. city of New Or.
and sherif.-Petition alleges the city
~ Illegally obtained q Judgment for taxes
on insufficient process. and the sheriff has
seized and is about to sell certain property.
Injunction issued ON bond Of 300.
Morris Abrams vs. Union National Bank.
Petition alleges that January g. 1875, w.
Jasper Blackburn was the possessor of
$9579 Is worth Of bonds, which were about
that date stolen from him; that subse-
quently they came into the possession Of
Barnett e. Cammack, who sold them to
plaintiff, who sold them to Moore. Janney &
Hyams for $25l4 SIS, which he subsequently,
repaid them finding the bonds had been
stolen; that to insure the legiti
macy of the contract Barnet e. Cammack
agreed to make their check payable to C,
8. Blackburn; that plaintiff gave Barnett
q Cammack his check for $2478 which thew
deposited in the Union National Bauf.
drawing their check for $2322 43 20 C. :.
Blackburn or order, which on the strength
Of plaintiffs check the bank certified; that
the bank subsequently paid this check to
unknown persons after it had been altered
ito bearer" that this payment was Illegal
and caused the loss to the plaintiff of
$247S 63 for which he prays Judgment.
Second District Court.
Succession of Catherine Mills, widow of
Lewis Roberts. opened.