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4 Disastrous Cyclone.

One of the most disastrous storms
that has ever visited our coast recent
ly swept over = portion Of Texas and
Southwestern Louisiana, destroying
hundreds of lives and an immense
amount Of property. The hurricane
took its rise in the Bahama Islands,
and, crossing the Gulf Of Mexica in =
parabolic track, struck the Texan coast
curved back, and finally emerged from
the Gulf 1t Key West, and passed off
to the east iu tho direction Of the Gulf
Stream. The city Of Indianola, stu
ated about 120 miles southwest of Gal.
vaston and built on . sandy waste
which slopes slightly to the waters
edge, was almost totally destroyed, but
five houses being lett standing. In
Matagorda, forty miles eastward, four
houses only now remain. Velasco in
Brazoria county was utterly swept
away. San Bernard was completely
submerged by the tremendous foods.
The towns Of Cedar Lake and SAliena
we're washed away with all their inhab.
itauts. Morgan's Flat met a like fate.
Of Lynchburg and San Jacinto but
little remains and in Galveston, enor.
nous damages, though less than those
inflicted on the other towns, were
caused ty the floods, which rolled over
the island on which the city il located
The total loss of life il unknown, and
doubtless will so remain; but the low.
est estimates place it at from three to
four hundred persons.
Little has been positively determin-
ed regarding the cause of these cyclones
From actual observation. it appears
that they may originate wherever 4
lower stratum of warm, moist air is
rapidly elevated above the sea level.
In this moist air an immense mectani-
cal power is stored up; and when con-
densatiou caused BY its elevation occurs
its moist vapor: turns into rain, hail or
snow, and an influx of air from al
sides rushes ia to fill the partial vaci-
um thus formed. 1t has been proved
that this Influx toward a central region
is Immediately followed by the forma-
tioa Of : whirl, the subsequent devel-
opment Of which is due to further sup
plies of moist air. The cyclone then
moves towards the quarter in which,
for the longest time, the warmest and
moistest air has been rising and pro-
ducing the heaviest cloud aud rainfall,
and it, tendency as . whole is to travel
away from the equator: hence the
psrabolic course go plainly shown in
ths recent case.-Scientifc american.
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BELL FOR INDEPENDENCE HALL
Mr.. henry Seybert Of Philadelphis
has made : proposition to furnish In.
Hall with = new bell to be
put in place before the 4th Of July 1876
which the City Council have accepted.
1t is the intention to make the bell .
historic one, and to carry out this idea
it will be composed in part Of cannon
which have been used in defending the
courtry's honor. The bell will weigh
10000 pounds or 1000 pounds more
than the bell Of St. Paul's Cathedral,
London. On the crown Of the bell
will be the inscription, "Glory be to
God in the highest, and on earth peace
good will toward men," and At the
mouth, "Prqelaim liberty throughout
the land and to al the Inhabitants
thereof" tOa the face win be the
Coat of Arms Of the United States
and the motto, .''E Pluribus Unum,'
with the figures "1776.1876."
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Learning q Trade.

Generally. when young man leaves
school his first inquiry is, What shall
| do for a living? How can 1 make
money the fastest and the easiest :?
Just here is where SO many fail; they
want to get along too easily, and so
shirk all the hard work they can, and
of course fail.
If he is going to learn trade, he
looks around to see how his friends are
succeeding in their several vocations.
He wants to compare notes and then
select the one in Vhich he thinks he
will be the most apt to succeed. Or,
if he is really ambitious, he may have
been taking his observations while at
school, and Low, upon leaving, school,
is ready to go to work.
But some boys do not have to look
around; they have a natural taste aud
aptness for some particular business,
and sometimes require but very little
instruction to enable them to proceed
successfully. Oue, having found some
thing which he thinks he will Ike.
sets about to learn it; perhaps he fiads
it harder than he anticipated, or else
gets tired of it and changes for some.
thing else. And so he keeps changing
all through life; sometimes at one
thing, sometimes At another, and not
succeeding at any, There is still
another class, which is composed Of de-
trimmed, 60 ahead fellows. They 50.
leet their trade and then 60 to work to
learn it. If they get tired before they
get through, no matter they are not
going to give up. Give boy a trade
or profession which he really loves
aud he vii! succeed, and you canno,
prevent him. If he is faithful and 10.
dustrious be will win for himself the
respect and esteem of all with whom
he may come in contact.
BE temperate, boys. Look around
and see how many bright, intelligent
young men, men who, but for thil
cause would be an ornament to thei1
profession and to society, are going
swiftly down the road to ruin; urged
on by the demon, drink Do yor
know = physician who drinks =? and il
you do, would you employ that physi
clan if you were i'll? So it is Will
every craft, and every profession.-
Western R,srQl
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It is not so much with the intention
Of discouraging the man who lives by
borrowing : chew of tobacco that W
mention the way = Milwaukee tobao.
conist makes fine cut, as to exhibit the
thrift aud economy Of . brilliant Amer.
ican. He has in his employ four little
girls who are paid At the rate Of ono
mill each for every old cigar stump
aud rejected-not to say desiccated-
chew found by them in cuspidor or
and.box, or even in gutter. These
are used in the manufacture of fresh
chewing tobacco, :fter being restored
to life and moisture with molasses.
The only persons who can raise any
objectios to this economical metem.
psycbosis, 90 to speak, of fine-eut, are
the extravagant manufacturers Of the
article from fresh material. But think
Of the temptation it removes from tho
tender youth of the strest-Arab tribe
to learn the habits Of smoking ana
chewing,
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The libel suit against the St. Paul
"Pioneer-Press" has resulted in ver-
dict for $500. The offense consisted
in publishing four line item, taken
from another paper, stating that the
Pine city operator, had baen arrested
on criminal charge. Two days later,
having ascertaiaed that it was the op-
orator at Hinckley who had been ar.
rested, the "Pioueer-Press'' made the
correction, aud in the next issue, At
the request of the Pine city operator,
explained the matter fully. The ver-
dict is an outrage to, Justice.
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CALIFORNIA; CENTENNIAL GRAPE
vlNE.-Ths big grapevine which is to
be exhibited at the Philadelphia Exhi.
bition has, after several weeks Of labor
been dug up, divided into sections, and
boxed for transportation, This famous
vine is without doubt the largest in the
world. The celebrated vine At Hamp-
ton Court, England, which grew under
a glass, is nine inches in diameter
three feet from the ground. and near
or to the ground has measurement Of
eighteen inches in diameter or fifty six
inches in circumference, while its foli-
age has long conveyed space equal to
ten thousand squaes feet The H.mp.
ton Court vine produces annually from
1900 to 1000 pounds Of grapes. The
product Of this vine has often reached
the immense number of 500 clusters,
Of an average weight Of II pounds
each, or nearly 10000 youuds. 1t is
Of the variety known as the mission
grape, and was planted by Dona Maria
Maroslioa do Domingues, At the birth
Of = child, according to the custom Of
the country. Its age is between fifty
aud sixty years. There still remains
iu the same nsighborbood another
vine. being now sixteen years old and
sixteen inches in diameter three feet
from the ground, and making growth
at the rate Of an inch in diameter IN.
uually. Last year it furnished 5000
to 10000 pounds OF grapes, which
we're pluoked and eaten BY v,sitor'
from August Is to January 26th.-
Samta Barbara CaL) Press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-14

A NEW Uss FOR CR1M1NALs,-The
Scientific American advocates the max.
ing use of criminals in the interests of
science, in the study Of diseases the
effects Of curative agents, etc., etc.,
instead Of ~ At present punishing them
BY hanging and Imprisonment. Itsayu
1--WE are disposed to think that the
possibility Of being made subject for
the study Of small pox, cholera,
typhoid fever, or even . bout at meas.
les or the mumps, weuld restrain .
pickpocket or burglar q7ite as eff
GENTLY as the chance of few weeks
on the Island or few months 1T Sing
Sing. At least tho knowledge gained
by means Of him and others like him
would 60 far to reeompense society for
al it might suffer from his depreda'
lions
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-14

Mr.. PlLLsBurY's AcQu1REMENrs.-
Without boastiug of Mr.. Pillsbury's
educational superiority, if in the many
years that he has been known as sena.
tor from St. Anthony and Minneapo-
lis, and member of the board Of Re-
gcuts of the University, he had not
acquired the reputation Of = prudent
aud wise counsellor, acquainted with
all tie various interests Of the state,
their individual needs and their mutu'
al relations. he-would never have been
thou hit Of As the candidate of = politi'
cal party that has no lack Of suitable
men for governor Of the state.-Red
Wing Republican.
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U. S. LAND OFFICE,

q. s. LAND UFFlCE,
Redwood Falls, Mimi, Sept. alt, 1875.
Complaint having been entered at this Office by
Morey Dean against Alonzn Scott Tor abandoning his
Homestead Entry. No 1O6. dated Sept. 27th 1872,
upon the South halt Of South east quarter Section
Il, Township 1l3, Range 81 West in Sibley County,
Minnesota with "a view to the cancellation of said
entry: the said parties hereby summoned to
appear at this OHiee on the 2sth Jay of October,
1875, at 10 o'clock A. M to respond and furnish testi
mony concerning said alleged abandonment.
Ben. F. SMITH, Register,
WM. H. KELLY. Receiver.
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A STRANGE SroRY.--The Depos-
it IN. Y Courier relates that man
who had leg amputated recently, sub.
sequently felt peculiar twitchiug
around the toes of his remaining foot.a
sensation as if cord was tightly tied
around them. Last Monday bis friends
dug up the box in which the amputas.
ed leg had been buried, and on open
ing it they found long blade Of grass
intertwining the toes it was removed
and, strange TO say, since then be has
been entirely free from the uncomtort.
able feeling.
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STATE NEWS.

The farmers in the Southwestern
part Of tho state are experimenting
with hayburning stoves.
The Transcript says grain is coming
out Of the stack in Mower county ia
much better condition than was antic.
ipated.
For the last month scarlet fever has
ragged at Duluth with terrible malig.
nifty, and The Tribune reports that at
present several children are lying very
low with the fatal disease.
The entire legal talent Of Sauk Gen.
tre was engaged in suit for two weeks
in which the price of a busbel of oats
was the amount involved The plain
tiff was finally awarded the amount OF
IS ceBts.
The best yield Of wheat that we have
yet heard OF is that Of Mr.. John G.
Mulholland, Of the town Of Viola, who
last week thrashed out his crop and
found that it averaged, BY actual meas
urement, forty -one bushels to the acre.
And Mr.. NJ, is confident that not less
than bushel per acre was lost in bar.
ussting, in consequence Of its being
badly lodged. It is fife wheat grown
from seed obtained from Wisconsin
and was grown on newly broken land.
There was seventy acres of it,-Roch-
ester Post,
A great natural curiosity was dis
covered by some children playing in
the excavation made on Centre str. for
the town cistern. It is = petri6ed or.
ange, 50 strongly resembling the living
fruit As to deceive enen at short dis.
tance. Color, roughnsss Of skin and
the place where the stem fitted arc
perfectly preserved The stone fruit
was imbeddsd in gravel, fourteen feet
below the surface. It weighs 223
ounces, and measures 10} inches in
circumference. It's present proprietor
intends to send it to some medical col.
lege in New York, although its proper
recipient should be the St. Paul His.
torical Society. How many thousand
years did that tropical waif repose in
the bowels Of the kuell on which New
Uln now thrives Nov MIN Herald.
CAUSE OF THE RED CLOUD FAILURE
Major Henry Bingham, of Cheyenne
Agency, arrived in this city Wednes-
day morning, on his way back to his
station from the Red Cloud Agency,
where he has been to attend the meet.
ing for the purchase Of the Black Hills
by the government. The Major thinks
the purchase may yet be made ou re-
sonable terms but the commission to
whom the matter was entru sted made
= great mistake at the very beginning
of the negotiation, and a deadlock was
the result. A number Of the commis.
sioners did not understand Indian
characteristics very we'll, and created
wrong impressions. unintentional Of
course. but none the less fatal.-Fari.
bault Democrat.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-14

CIGAR Box BRAsDs.-The cigar
makers are demonstrating in large
numbers against the recent order Of
tie commissioner OF internal revenue,
requiring them to pack their cigars in
wooden boxes, and then brand them,
as the law requires. They prefer, in
many cases, to use paper boxes. While
they complain that the law is unjust in
con6ning them to wooden boxes, they
also claim that to properly BRAND the
boxes destroys them. The commission
er referred the whole matter to the
attorney general, who will consider
whether Mr. Pratt can, under the law,
allow substitute to be used for wood.
en- boxes.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-14

The State Of Ohio has begun the
erection of Its buildings upon the Gen.
tennial grounds at Philadelphia. Sim
lar buildings will be put up BY M.ssa-
chusetts, Connections, New York, New
jersey, Pennsylvania, Delewars, Hi.
neis, Indiana, Michigan, Wiscousio,
Kansas and Missouri. The English
Commission has applied for an exten.
sion Of its space, 20 - 10 erect third
building. The reception Of applications
for building space will b discontinued
sfeer October 30.
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SEMI CENTENNIAL OF RAILROADS.
Fifty years ago from Monday, Sept.
~, the first steam railroad in the world
was opened, the Stockton h Darling
ton road Of England. There ore now
more than 180, 900 miles Of
railroads in operation. The influence
on civilization of the system then in
troduced has been almost iucalculable.
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Weight OF Pigs for Market.

1t was only few years ago that
swine feeders were vieiog with each
other for the greatest weight Of carcass
but this is nov al changed. Hogs
that will weigh 500 pounds are sold
less per lb. than those of ESQ to 300
pounds. The market in England has
long favored light weights. London
is chiefly supplied with pigs of less
than 200 lbs. weight. And this ten
dency Of the market to pigs we'll
fatted, but Of small weight, is just
what the farmer shold encourage, for
it is exactly in the line Of his interest.
1t costs more to make the second hun.
dred pounds on pig than the first,
and still more to make the third hun.
dred pounds than the second, and 20
every hundred pounds becomes more
expensive.
Several years have proved that we'll.
fattened pigs Of $50 pounds weight
find the greatest favor in the market,
and this fact should change the whole
system Of pig-raising and fattening.
Instead Of keeping them till eighteen
or twenty months old, they should new
er be kept beyond twelve months ex-
cept for breeding, aud seldom beyond
nine or ten months. The great effort
should be to induce early maturity in
our pigs, and thus shorten the period
Of feeding, and consequently. lessen the
cost per pound of producing pork.
This is of more importance than pork
raisers generally realize. We think
any well.conducted experiment would
show that ten pigs carried over the
winter in store condition, IS is usual,
and fattened At eighteen or twenty
months, cost, per pound Of live weight
twice as much as another ten Of equal
quality, full fed aud fattened at nine
or ten months There would not be so
much difference in cost per pound if
the pigs were full fed for the whole
eighteen or twenty months: but even
then the difference would be at least
fifty per cent. in favor Of early matur
ity. And this matter of early maturi.
ty is entirely within the control ofthe
breeder. A cross of Berkshire, Essex.
Suffolk, small Yorkshire, or other ear
ly maturing breeds, upon our best com
mon sows, will produce the desired
result But this system has no period
of storing animals; it must be one con-
staut progress from the first to the last
day 10 the life Of the pig.-Bufalo
Live Stock Journal.
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Prof: Tice of St. Louis, whose
weather predictions hive proven SO re-
markably correct, says, "Look out for
the weather from the 18th to the % /
Of October"
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u 'VNlCes
Rrd~ood Falls Mnn. September 2sth 1874.
Complaint having been entered at this Office by
John Berries against Patrick Burncs for abandoning
his Homestead Entry, NJ" $685. dated April a. 1877
upon the Lot No 6, Section "a, Township Ill.,,
Range q W. in Dakota County Minuesots, with a
view to the cancellation of said entry: the said par
ties are hereby summonel to appear at this Office on
the 2Oth day Of Novembeb 1873, at 10 o'clock
to respond and furnish testimony concerning said
alleged abandonment
And notice is hereby given to said Patrick Burnes,
that the Depositions Of sundry witnesses will be
taken at the Office of E. G. johnson, Justice of the
Peace in the town of lakevlle Dakota County, Minn
on the 10th day Of November 1875 at - O'Clock N.
before said Justice to be nsed in evidence at the
hearing of this case,
B.F. SMITH Register.
VIM H. KELLY. Receiver.
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NOTICE

~ S. LAND OFFICE
u Redwood Falls. MINI. August 31st, 1875
Complaint having been entered ut this Office by
Peter Bott against Alonzo Scott, for abandoning
his Homestead Entry, No 106 dated septe mber 9th
1872 upon the South half Of South East quarter of
Section u. Township 1lS, Range 81 W, in sibley
County, Minnesota, with view to the cancellation
Of said entry: tine said parties hereby summoned
to .ppear at this Office the 5th day Of October
1875, at 9 o'clock A. NJ, to respond and furnish
te. timonv concerning said alleged abandonment.
Ben r. SMITH, Register.
40 W. H. KELLY, Receiver
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The Inter. Ocean gives the following
a. q good cheap paint for outbuildings:
Take three gallons Of water and one
pint Of aaxseed, boil half an hour, take
It of and add water enough to make
four gallous; let it stand to settle,
pour off the water and add Spanish
white enough to make it ~ thick -
common white wash; dsrken with
burnt lumber until the desired ohads u
produced.
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NOTICE..

U. s. Land Ofice,
Redwood Falls, Minn., Sept. q, 1875 !
Complaint having been entered at this Office by
Friedrich Schrader against Edward Williams for
abandoning his Homestead Entry No, 234. dated
April 7th, 1873. upon the South halt North West 4
Section 20, Township 115, Range 36, in Renville
County, Minnesota, with view to the cancellation
Of said entry the said parties are hereby summons
1875 at 10 O'Clock A. M to respond and furnish tes-
ti,nony concerning said alleged abandonment.
BES, F. SMITH. Register.
SO VIII, KELLY, Receiver.
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Prof. Riley ON the Grasshopper.

During the late session Of the Ma
tiona! Agricultural Congress at Gin.
cinnati, Prof. G. V. Riley addressed .
letter to that body in which he says:
am fully convinced that something
ought to be done by the National Gov
ernment toward averting the evil in
future The Rocky Mountain locust,
which does all this damage, is not in-
digenous in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska
Iowa, Minnesota aud much Of the rest
Of the country subject to its invasions {:
and l have shown that the vast swarms
which at times sweep over these fertile
States like a devouring fame in all
probability breed and have their home
in the Rocky Mountain regions of
Wyoming, Dakota. Montana and Brit
ish America. A thorough study of
the insect in this, its native home,
might enable US to prevent its migra.
tions to the Southeast. 1t is there
that We can strike at the root of the
evil. There are some half dozen other
insects, such as the cotton. worm,
chinch- bug. etc., that most iojuriousiy
affect our National prosperity. and are
not confined to any one locality Much
may yet be done 10 giving US control
over them by thorough study and ex.
pertinent on = sufficiently comprehen-
sive scale. The work can be accom-
plished by no one means, and some Of
the leading naturalists of the country
have concluded that it Can be properly
performed ouly by duly constituted
Commission by Congress. The next
Congress will be memoralizsd to ap-
point such . Commission, to consist Of
five persons, viz. three entomologists,
one botanist, aud one chemist, eminent
in their respective branches Of science.
He further states that such a mem
orial has already been prepared and
signed by . large number Of the mem.
bers of the American Association fol
the Advancement OF Science of the
American Pathological Society, and Of
the farmers Of the West.
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The people Of Mankato have voted
against the proposition to establish
water works in that city, At cost of
$4,000 The vote was zoe in favor
and 274 against.
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TRANSIENT RATES.
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and by the week 15cts; if book is
kept longer than one week, 3cts day
additional will be charged.
2. Books may be exchanged at plea
sure, but Volumes out must be re-
turned before others can be taken.
3 Strangers must deposit the value
Of the book when taken, which amount
will be refunded less cbarges:on its..ie
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REDWOOD COUNTY TICKET.

For Auditor.
WIN. B. HERRIOTT.
For Treasurer.
A, NJ. NORTHROP.
For Register Of Deeds.
TILL TIBBETTS.
For Sheriff.
JAS. DURTNALL.
For County Attorney.
NJ. E. POWELL.
For Coroner.
D l.. HITCHCOCK.
For County Surveyor.
D. WATSON.
For County Commissioners.
1st District.-L. Bedall.
I'd i" &C. Porter.
81 " John Little.
For Representative 37th District.
Pr. JACOBSON.
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THIS PAPER Is on FILE WITH
DOWELL J. ThESmAn
IN Advertising ~ Agents,
THIRD 1 CHESTNUT STs., or. L0u,s. NO.

The New York Times ventures the
prediction that the democratic party N
power in the nation, if it ever attains
power, will be a very different thing
from the democratic party on its good
behavior in state conventions.
The English people eat ~ pounds
of cheese per head, to II pounds per
head consumed Dy the people Of the
United States.
It is estimated that We produce L.
900. 900 600 pounds Of butter, and 200
O00, 900 pounds Of cheese annually in
this country.