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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-20

The pick, and With the blows of a Hercules
4pOn broke hole: through the panel. He
len squeezed hiA hi md through, but
The hole was so slaall that he only tore off
20 lot q. skin, without getting any booty,
Tile then drew hishand out with I'm OATH.
and the 1Atle manss burst out la hing St
him. LET me gsts At a3ls1-s aii he, 81
wear a number seven glove, and both my
hands will go where one of your mauleys
| won't" He soon relieved the safe of its
| entire contents, which were emptied into
| the sack.
They then seized the newsboy's chest,
| and breaking it open, took everything that
they cared for. The eatables. seemed right
IN hand and in a few moments all of
them were munching cakes, apples or
| candies.
The robbers next seized the NJ X. and
T. letter box and broke it open, SCATTERING
the letters and papers all over the car, but
finding nothing that they wanted. They
| next proceeded to the Adams express
freight car, but found nothing that was
valuable and portable therein. Having
suggested that they search and rob all of
the passengers, but the leader very
promptly rcbuked him, commanding the
men not to touch a passenger under any
consideration, as they had secured enough
| without going to that extreme
While all this was going on within, one
| stalwart fellow was parading on either
| side of the train, calling out to his COM
rades who lined the top Of the banks on
beth sides of the cut, to shoot the head off
OF any one who might stick his head out
OF the window. 1t could be seen, too, that
there were men up there to obey the COM
mand, even though the occasional shoot
| ing and almost continuous yelling did not
prove it. At the time this injunction was
first delivered, the plucky little newsboy
had fired his little pop-gun of a revolver
through one of the windows, and the rob-
bers laughed at it as though it were huge
joke, one of them remarking: " Hear that
little thing bark"
The shooting, of which there was so
much, seemed to be entirelyllfor the pur-
pose of intimidation, as nobody was hurt
| From all the circumstances, it would seem
! that there were not SO many men as the
passengers were led to believe, but that
the loud orders and much shooting were
intended to keep Up, appearances. - :.
Having finished their work, the little
man shouldercd the well-tilled wheat bag,
and the crowd started off with good
| bye, boys" They stopped long enough,
| however, to tell the baggageman that it
| would be we'll for him to go back some
distance and remove the distractions that
had been placed there, as they might make
mischief to the next train. The conductor,
baggageman and one or two others acted
on this, and going back quarter of a
mile, found very solid and well-arranged
wrecking trap, which they dismembered.
While there they could hear the robbers
talking and laughing as they went over
the hill half mile away.
| The engineer and fireman resumed their
stations, and the train, after delay of an
hour and ten minutes, started for St.
Louis.-iSt. Louis Republican, july 9.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-20

perhaps hand only exposed to ,sieht.
QFfoot, b. perhaps onlya sma4 portal of
he face g u their clOthing. A Urge
: umber OF httlS children- boys an&srirls
-ranging Hon three to3Nelve We old
Comprise fissdread holocaust, aaf altos
Jether, the seine was most 81 Eeninx +,
one. Ole young mar, Charles I Limq
mesch, who escaped from Horne's store.
informed us that two of his uncles, one
aunt and seven of his cousins were
drowned.
Through the day the people of the vii
lage had Joined, more or less, in the fes-
tivities of the Centennial Fourth. In the
evening the rain. begansate.zfa all
took shelter in their homes, or AT the
stores or the saloon. AT about half an
hour after midnight the Catfish was dis
covered to have become so swollen that
the streets were overlooking and
escape to the surrounding high
lands cut off. Higher and higher
rose the rushing waters, while the storm
kept pitilessly pelting down. The surging
water of the creek came in great waves
several feet high, and soon the smaller
buildings were swept away. At about
one a portion Of the dam gave way, and
this was followed by the crash of the
railroad bridge, the fragments of which
went tearing down, striking the hotel
and Horne's store. Both of these were
capsized, the former being torn in pieces,
and the latter swung against large tree
standing but few feet away, against
which it lodged, resting upon its side
Now the stream had grown to 1900 feet
wide and fully twenty feet deep. AS the
buildings were swept into the wreck, the
inmates were hurried into the surging
current, the voices crying out for help
amid the roar of thunder and storm
and crash, while lurid lightning flashed
every minute, lighting up the dreadful
scene for an instant, and leaving it black
er than before. John Klassen's cooper
shop first gave way. Then came the no.
tel barn, then Peter B. Becker's house,
then Martin G. Cary's saloon, then Thos.
shop, Peter Becker's meat market, Klas-
sens house, Becker's saloon, Horne's
store and house. Luckily, Horne's fam
lily were saved. The house, as
before stated, lodged against a
strong tree. The water had risen and
driven the family into the upper
story. When they chung to the raft
ers and other projections they were
able to keep their heads only above
water. The dead are: Joseph Becker,
Ellen, his wife, and two children ;
James Pearce, Emma, his wife, and
two children; Peter Becker and five
children; also his housekeepcr and her
two children; Mrs. Garry and two chill.
dren; John Klassen, wife and five chill.
dren; Peter Knapp, wife and four chill
dren; Mrs. Kingsley, Thos. Blenkirson,
Oliver RlenkirsOn VIM Bradbury and
Richard Burke thirty nine in all. Alto
gether the scene was one to touch a heart
of stone.
LATER.-Thirty -one bodies of the
drowned have been recovered.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-20
Powder and Shot.

The jealousies of great men have
caused more sorrow and ruin to the world
than have the iniquities of the lower classes
believe mankind generally are proudcr
of their bad luck than of their good for
tune. -
HabitsLeNen stfle smallest of them, are
most arbitrary. The peg we hang our hat
on, the corner where we stand our cane,
are as necessary , to us as our coffee for
breakfast.
Those people who watch their health or
the weathercock too closely, don't gener-
ally watch anything else much.
If this life were to be the end of mans
existence, he would not be filled with de-
sires for something he hadn't got and
couldn't define.
In case of doubt ask your wife about it.
Happiness, after all, is gift from ma
ture. All the world given to some
wouldn't make them happy, and taken
away from others wouldn't make them I'M
happy.
Disease and pain are great Jewelers.; the
highest and the lowest have the collie Just
| alike.
1t is the little things that show character
When | see a man pick up piece of
orange peel from the sidewalk that some
thoughtlcss cuss has dropped there and
heave it into the gutter, want to kiss that
man and call him cousin.
Mother" Home" Child,'' are the
three tenderest words in any language.
Building air castles is kind of gam
bling which at first excites, then depravcs,
and finally exhausts the energy.
People who have nothing to do are al
ways in great hurry to do it.
The human heart is like very rich
piece of ground-capable Of producing a
great crop of weeds or flowers, just as it
is hoed or neglected. ., N.
Humility is the best teacher l know OF;
it is always safe and generally sure.
1t is harder work to be second-rate
hypocrite than to be first-class Christian.
idleness is the great bane of life. The
devil always enters the idle mans house
without knocking.
Ingratitude is the devils creed.
The most comfortably matched family
team that ever saw hooked up, has been
where one of the party wanted everything
their own way and the other party was
willing they should have it.
1t is a noticeable truth in the market,
that the value of all our luxuries depends
entirely upon the price that other folks put
on them.
The hardest lesson to learn, and the
easiest one to forget, is humility.
There are but few folks who are as big
fools as other people think they are and
there are less who are as wise as they think
they are themselves. ~ -,
It is always best to give it up when we
get beat, but it amt always necessary to
acknowledge it.
The man who looks to his own con-
science for pay, is always sure of getting
all that his due him.
Millions of books have been written to
teach mankind how to be virtuous and
happy. The following little sentence is
worth more than all Of them put together:
''Do as5we would like to be- done by" -
If we could live our lives over again,
even with all the experience we have
gained to guide us, the best We should
do would be to make new set of blum
ders. II +H,Fh "
Hypocrisy is not only the most difficult
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-20
An Iowa Town Destroyed by a Flood
Thirty.nine Lives Lost.

DUBUQUE, Iowa, July 5.
An extra of the Dubuque Times of this
afternoon contains the following abridged
account of the dread disaster that befell
the little village of Rockdale in this
county.
On the night of the 4th the little hamlet
of Rockdale, three miles southwest of this
i6 ssG was a sT Ges}toc aEay with hn Ae
fish mill, was washed from its founda-
ton and torn into wreck that quite defies
description. The dozen buildings, all
that were located on the bottom land. of
the Catfish Creek, save the mill, were car
ried off as if they were so many cookies
down the surging and boiling cur.
rent, crushing them into fragments.
With two exceptions, all are torn
into splinters, and scarcely frag
ment can be recognized as belonging
to this or that building Stores, shops,
dwellings, barns, everything, fell before
the terrible torrent that came rolling in
great surges down the ten miles of valley
through which the Catfish runs. For a
full mile down the stream fragments are
strewn along the banks or piled in gorges
from few feet to twenty feet high.
But the worst is not told. Thlrty-nine
human beings were hurriedly swept from
life into the great maelstrom of death.
Men, women and children to that num-
Der were drowned and their stiff bodies
those of the thirty that have been rescued
up to this hour-were ranged side by
side along the shady side Of the mill,
awaiting the last sad funeral rites. In
one instance we saw an entire family
of four all lying dead. In another every
member of the family but one lay dead.
The bodies of some were found in the de-
bris of the crushed buildings near the
scene of their death, while others and the
greater part Of them all were found along
the banks from few rods to mile down
the stream. Some were almost entire.
ly' hid from view by the floods
Of mud that had been swept
along by the maddened waters, with
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-20

The Texas Legislature recently passed
bill which makes it a misdemeanor,
punishable by a fine of 800, for person
to use profane language in hearing of any
private dwelling. A mans mule got
balky in a Texas town the other day, and
the man got mad. The animal would
start off suddenly, run about twenty yards
and then stop fifteen minutes to survey the
neighborhood, and before the man got out
of town he owed the authorities $50, 900.
He told them they might take the mule
and call it square.-Norristoaon Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-20

PRIOR to 1917 there had been three
Congregational churches built in Lyme,
Conn, and they were all struck by light
ming and burned down. Then the church
now standing in the center was built. At
that time every one was taxed to support
the gospel, and, if he did not pay, his
property was seized and sold at the post.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-20

THE total value of farm products, in
Guiding betterments and additions to
stock for 1870 was $2,447 100000. The
States to which the larger portions Of this
aggregate are credited are: Illinois, $780,
one, 900; New York, 1888 ,O0O, 600; Ohio,
$198, 200, 900, and Pennsylvania, $183, 0O0,-
600 T. ~
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-20

THE new Chicago City Directory, just
published, contains 153, 1856 names, which,
according to the usual method Of estimat=-
ing population, would give Chicago apkEE
ulation of 536, 673, an increase over last
year of 25,172. ~ s,-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-20

Talk about conscience preylng upon
a man. Rev. Brother Forger Qinslow is
getting fatter than market butcher.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-20

In the Senate, on the 9th, the bill to
amend the act and statutes relating to the Post
Office Department in regard to ''straw bids was
passed. A joint resolution was unanimously
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-20

KEY WEST, Fla, receives annually for
her cigars about 81, soc, 600. ~
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-20

A CINCINNATI firm expects to manufac
ture 40, 0O0, 900 Of flags this year.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-20

WHAT'S the difference between all night
re.elers and those who retire early? The
ones sin-tilf early, the others scintillate.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-20
WEST AND SOUTH.

By recent decision of the Illinois Su-
preme Court the "City Tax act" under
which taxes were levied and partially collect
ed in Chicago in 1873 and 1874 is declared
unconstitutional. This renders the legal
collection of delinquent taxes for those years
impossible, and the city will be loser to
the amount of over 81 ,0O0, 600 on back taxes.
In the Early libel case against Mr.. Storey,
of the Chicago Times, in which the Circuit
Court of Cook County found the defendant
guilty and assessed the damages at $15, OOO
and which he appealed to the Illinois Su-
preme Court, the latter tribunal has affirmed
the verdict of the lower court.
THE Louisiana Republican State Conven-
ton closed session of several days durs-
ton on the 5th. A full State ticket was
nominated, headed by 8. B. Packard for
Governor and c. C. Antoine for Lieutenant
Governor. Gov. Kellogg was put at the
head Of the Electoral ticket, and his admin
istration was Endorsed.
FArHTR JOHN DIXON, the first white
settler ID the Rock River Cll.) Valley, died
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-15

We understand that . proposition will be
made to the Supervisors at their January ses-
sion to appropriate i've hundred dollars to
Judge Halves, in addition to the salary OF one
thousand i've hundred dollars he now receives.
There is no warrant for such appropriation. and
any attempt in that direction would DO clear
violation OF the constitution Of the State OF
Michigan. We do not believe the Board will
attempt any such appropriation, since the peo-
pie set their faces 30 decidedly against the
measure at the late general election by the de-
cisive vote OF two thousand two hundred and
thirty five against the increase OF the Judges
salaries to eight hundred and four for the in-
crease.
The present stringency OF the times and OF
high taxes is no time TO ask an over-burdened
people for gratuities, and especiallyin violation
OF the constitution and the laws.
We have also heard it stated that unless the
salary was increased our Judge, Halves, would
resign. Well, let him resign il he wants TO
lie is good fellow, but no better than good
many Of the rest OF us who work just as hard
as he does, and have to put up with much Less
than fifteen hundred dollars year.
There are plenty OF men just as good as he il
who Will be glad of the place and the one thou
sand five hundred dollars year that goes
with it.
We feel confident that IL the Supervisors viii
consult their constituents before hand they will
treat such proposition as it deserves-turn i
ont to air and compose itself"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-15

taken upthe defense Of this Oregon Governor,
II has lost even the apologies Of those Republi-
cans who have been disposed TO argue that the
Democracy might do well enough for one Pres
idential term. Even the milk nd-wster Repub-
licans have returned to their allegiance, con-
WINGED that the party which viii palliate and
excuse proceeding like the Oregon electoral
theft is unworthy OF confidence or sympathy.
1t is now generally conceded that Senator Ferry
will pay no attention to the votes Of Cronin
and his two appointees, but will count as regu-
lar those Of the three electors who were legally
chosen, and whose crede ntials, signed by the
Secretary of State, will show that they had an
undisputed majority Of the votes cast. The
Democrats will thus lose the advantage they
hoped to get from stolen vote, and they viii
| Jose all the prestige OF being the abused party
IN which role they would have appeared to bet
ter advantage. The Cronin matter will COM
pletely atone for all the Republicans may have
done in any OF the Southern States. We hope
however, that the contest in Louisiana will bt
thoroughly reviewed and looked into. TIL
members OF the Returning Board have beer
subjected to all manner OF abuse at the hands
OF the Democratic newspapers, and certain Re
publicans have been ready to think that thsr
must be good deal of fire to cause such an en-
ormous smoke. The fire was that of Ku-Klu,
pistols and torches, and the smoke came from
the burning cabins OF murdered negroes. W
hope it will be investigated and the RESPONSE
bihty placed where 1t belongs We have no de
are IN palliata or excitse Yraudz in aithar Marty
but if the Democrats choose to make CERTAIN
parishes into local pandemoniums, we hope tn
full facts will be elected. We have no dout
that the Returning Board will be found to hav
plenty OF grounds for their act.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-15

ChaP Justice Upton of the Supreme Court
OF Oregon, has declared Gov. Growers action
cieary illegal and unconstitutional. The fol
lowing ~ copy OF telegram sent by him to
hls brother IN Rochester, n. Y, in response to
anaaquIrg:
PORTLAND. Oregon, December g. 1876 The
State statute authorized Cartwright and Odel
TO 6 the vacancies. Their votes are cast fol
Hayes, and attached to the state canvass, cert
fed unde, the State seal OF Oregon. The con-
stitutlon prohibits the executive exercising
judicial functions, or passing on Wattss dis.
justification. Grover only hoped to throw out
the whole vote. He failed. >-
W. w. UPTON.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-15
From the Chicago Post, Dec. IL.


The Democracy have made terrible blunder
in the Oregon business. They have boldly tried
to steal an electoral vote, have unbushingly at
tempted TO carry out the fraud and have failed
to make any kind of case that will bear the least
scrutiny In this brazen effort they have alien
ated from them many people who were ready to
believe that IN some way the Democrats really
did carry Louisiana. The Republicans of the
North who have been severe critics of the pres
ent administration we're generally ready to give
credence to every story OF carpet-bag oppression
at the South, and whenever a wall went mn from
Louisiana were as ready as the Democrats to
cry out against Grant, Kellogg, Packard and the
rest. III the Democrats had rested their case
on the question of restoring the votes thrown
out by the Returning Boards they would have
enlisted many Of these fool friends" in tho
North on their side. But with the desperation
which is born OF defeated knavery, thew 90 into
a far of State, where they happen to have
plant executive, and attempt to set aside the
undisputed expression of the popular will.
They do not pretend that they honestly carried
the State Of Oregon,-they do not dispute that
the popular verdict in that Common wealth was
decidedly against them. They eimply send word
to their tool, Grover, that he must steal them
one vote, and he tries 1t with the zeal of a gen.
uine Democrat. He is Wiling, but neverthe-
lese bunglng thief, and entirely overshot the
mark. HIS excuses, and those OF bis apollo
gsts are so absurd that they only awaken feel
ings Of contempt, and now thai the party has
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-15

Tho Rtate Board OF Csnvassers, finding that
tboco was likely to arise a considerable OF
breeze over the summary manner in which they
d,poeed OF the Canvass on the constitutional
amendments, and particularly on that increas-
ing che salaries OF Circuit Judges, which is al
ready Ave hundred dollars greater than the earn
,ngs or the best OF them out OF purely legal
practice, recopvened and recanvassed the votes
OF tue missing counties. The salary business
remaDs just where it was, Notwithstanding
some OF the Circuit Judges had their ''eye" on
the matter, and supposed that ttey had played
il 80 fine" that an extra thousand would find
It's wa INTO their pockets out OF the peoples
purse AFTER the first OF January, 1877; but,
like tho " maid in the fable, they tripped,
the milk was spilled, and the "green gown
will not he forthcoming. The burdens of taxa
tiou aro too great to permit OF fancy stock" in
iudsesnips The following is the result OF the
cauyaN
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-15

lea rumoied that several judges in the state
will soon resign. This action comes by reason
OF the recent decision OF Michigan voters that
they did not want judges who were worth over
81 500 PEI mountaineering News.
Tho Que thousand FIVE hundred dollars ID the
Office holders estimate, while the tax payers
think the present stock high at any price. Coco
material could be had for fifteen hundred dol
lars IL the bummers, carpet-baggers and dead
beats could be kept back.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-15

The Benedict Arnold of politics Is Lafayette
Il. Grover. OF Oregon, Governor by the grace
OF the devil. II allowed to take his place IN the
senate o, the United States, to which he has
beea elected, it will be disgrace to honor and
hoaestv, and standing shame to those COM
pe,led TO endure has presence. No modern In
fanny approximates to the act by which this
cre,trlra undertook to thwart the expressed
will o. tue people OF that State.-ChicaSo Post
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-15

Tho latest relic discovered is in the possession
OF a Hartford, Conn.,, woman. 1t Is the torch
which Putnam used when he went into the
VOLS den. This is corroboratiye testimony
that t1ese was a Putnam, wolf, and den.
There has been doubt about each and all. There
romano to the arch9ologists of America only
ono great thing to be exhumed-the discovery
OF the he which George Washington could not
tail
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-15
Qrne Nortberner.
PAW PAW. MICHIGAN. DEC. Is, 1876.

The Supreme Court OF Minnesota has al
tirmsi the constitutionality of tho law requiring
each Liquor dealer In the State to pay ten dol
Jars annually for the establishment and main
tenaacs OF State Asylum for Inebriates.