The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-09-16

200 PER YEAR,
The Secret service authorities have
information that company Of Italians
have gone vast with q large amount Of
counterfeit $40 bills Of the First M.
; tional bank Of Philadelphia, These
counterfieits are exceedingly dangerous
Che Of them was recently received at
the treasury cash room, and exchanged
by the experts for small money. The
counterfeit is probably the NEST dan.
gerous extant. 1t is perfect on ito
face, but has few defects on the bask
VIM. Wilson, Of Cleveland, recently
had three acres of oats threshed that
yielded go bushels in weight-or 80
bushels per acre. His wheat averaged
26 bushels per acre.
The lie Sueur Sentinel says if heavy
frosts hold of a few days longer "I.s
Sueur county will harvest the largest
and soundest crop Of corn that has ever
been grown here"
Gordon, the Black Hills uiu.r.
who BY the advice Of his counsel tried
to escape from At Omaha the other
day, has arrested Gen. Ruegles for
false imprisonment and ..sued bis clerks
for assault and battery.
A youngster being required to write
a composition upon. .someiportion of the
human body, selected that which
uaites the head to the body, and ex-
pounded as follows: "a throat is con
venient to have. especially to roosters
aud ministers. The former eats corn
and crows with it; the latter preaches
through his'n, and then tics it up.
This is pretty : much all 1 can think Of
The people of the United States paid
last year 'elghty millions OF dollars a.
premiums for Life Insurance. The
policies number nearly one million, and
the amount insured is nearly three
thousand millions of dollars. All this
business has grown up in the.f last
twenty seven years." having doubled
every year since the war. The great
extent and rapid progress of the busi.
ness shows that Life Insurance salts
ties real want Of our people.
A valuable red granite quarry 10
said to have been lately discovered
near St. Cloud, in Stearns county, and
a company Of responsible men has been
organized to develop it. By this it
will be seen that there is sufficient
GRANTEE in this vicinity to supply the
United states.-CSauk Rapids Senti~-
nel.
An extensive Indian outbreak IS 70.
ported in eastern Nevada aud westera
Utah. A number Of settlers and miu.
ers have been killed. The women aud
children are being removed to; havens
of safety. Troops and volunteers are
going to the scene, The military COM
mander il San Francisco has been
asked for arms and ammunition, and
an order has been issued for infantry,
cavalry, and artillery to 90 at once
from there and Benicia to eastern Nc.
vada. The rising is attributed to Nor
mon influences.
Mr.. Green had prepared himself for
home dinner to bis liking. BE sat
down in his dining-room at peace with
all the world, and said: "Now, Han
nah,, bring the cold mutton. No hot
meat for Inc this weather" !" -. Hannah
hesitatcd for moment, and said, "Bu,
I done s,give it away, sir" "Givs it
away! Give my dinner away?" Eyes
sir. You said if any tramps called I
was to give them the cold shoulder"
MIR. Green believes Providence has .
mysterious way of caring for the poor.
A photographer in San Francisco
made likeness for a man who refused
to take the picture, claiming that it
did not correctly represent him. Hs
thought it made hi,zs ugIier than the
reality. The maker sued to recover
the pay, and in the trial the picture
was put in evidence and shown to tho
jury: The jury, by their verdict, de-.
cided that the defendant was as ugly
as the photograph.
Aiken. 3. e., has colored debating
society, The following are the la:es,
questions discussed: (which 10 tho
most bene6cialist: the horse or tho
COW :" and (Which is the mostest uss
full to the white man, the negro or tho
North American Indian ?" After .
long and animated debate the umpire
decided in favor Of the negro and the
COW.
A SINGULAR RIVERA New York
Herald correspondent, writing from
the Black Hills, says: "a most re-.
markable stream vas discovered and
appropriately named Amphibious creek
Its waters sink into and rise from tho
earth many times in their journey from
their original spring to the south fork
Of the Cheyenne. A we'll worn bed
extends all the way, showing that 10
the wet season = torrent flows on tho
surface: but at the present time not .
vestige Of the current may be seso for
miles after it disappears, until it sud-
denly bubbles up again from the rocks