The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-01-27
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

ordinance against barking dogs.
THE Washington Star advises Young
men 70 keep away from Washington.
WrtH. Z German, proposes to erect 100
Centennial lodging. houses In Pkila-
deiphia:
/ tNcLE SAN Will keep open house oil
this year. Look out fer q rush of callers
about next July.
The proposed new Constitution of Texas
permits nine jurors in panel ofitwelve to
return a verdict.
ONE Of the curiosities now on exhibi-
ton In Hartford Is q twolegged horse.
He has NO fore legs.
In California the Governor has the op.
ton Of awarding capital punishment or
Imprisonment for life:
TIE Rothschiids could bay otir national
debt and then be the richest house in the
world. Bet you they won't do it.
THE age of the persons who waste their
precious time guessing the years of q
noted spinster il dotagc.-Koches.er Demo-
erat.
THE reduction of the wages of telegraph
operators is not particularly electrifying
to them. The magnet draws the wrong
way.
TRIMMINGS for cloth cloaks are almost
entirely confined to rough wool braids or
bands of fur, and sometimes both arc used
at once.
CLEANLINESS is the most essential in
gredient in the art of cooking; a dirty
kitchen being disgrace both to mistress
and maid.
SOMEBODY asks in New York paper:
"Who let Tweed goi" but is it not
more important question, who's going to
catch him,
CHARLOTTE CUsHMAN is not u woman's g.
rights woman; if she were she would
weep countless tears over the last syllable
Of her name.
A New YORK man has discovered q
chemical process by which worthless to-
bacco is transformed into fine looking
and fair-tasting cigars.
WE are told of California woman who
claims to be 1870 years old; but she cx-
poets to be 500 and accordingly regards
herself as mere child.
How MANY young men scattered all
over the country are trying to get word
to rhyme with " Centennial' is = problem
that will never be solved.
THE Rothschilds could give eighty five
dollars to every man, woman and child
in the country. There, now. don't get
excited; 1t isn't certain they will do it.
The poem entitled "Beautiful Snow"
has reappeared as original in a Montana
paper and credited to a poor but inte1li.
gent young man named Tompklns, who is
tending bar.
HERR JOSEPH FENaER, parish priest of
Matzenhcim, IN Lower Alsace, has been
condemned to a months detention in q
fortress for speaking in sermons against
the new school organization.
A BAPTIST clergyman in Waterloo, N.
T., recently stopped in the middle Of his
sermon to reprove member of his con-
gregation for taking notes, saying that II
disconnected and annoyed him.
A NAN living in Bucks County, Pa,
going home the other evening, stopped al
. spring by the wayside to drink. In the
morning no was found dead, with his
mouth and nose just under the water.
WHEN the truly erudite person is asked
regarding his health he says, in spright-
ly manner: UNI! UNI! Yes, to be sure.
Excuse me q moment. must see what
Aristotle says about it.''-Roaaester Chron-
icle.
SIX attempts have recently been made
to set fire to the city of Evanston, Wy. T.
1t will be hardly necessary to remind the
citizens of that place that eternal Wig
ilantes is the price of cheap insurance
rates.
THE Omaha Herald brags that while
all the world IS freezing to death, the peo-
pie of this vicinity are going about IN
their shirt-sleeves." This assertion will
hardly be swallowed, as it involves the
antecedent belief that Omaha men wear
Shirts Chicago Times.
THIS is the story of the rise and fall of
a ministerial scandal at Morrisville, Pa. {:
The young, unmarried and brilliant Rev.
MIR. Shields was the room mate, it seems, of
the dry goods store-keeper, and, naturally,
was frequently in his friends store helping
him. A few days ago he bought forty
nine cents worth of goods, leaned
over the counter, dropped two. dollar
bill into tho money drawer and took
out the change. Some customers saw
him, guessed he was stealing, and circu.
lated the story in the village. And
through this speedily grew the tale that
the young pastor. was veteran till-tapper,
and had raided on nearly every money
drawer in town. But the church and the
pastor went straightway to work and
traced the scandal back to its starting
place, the store keeper and his two clerks
explained the circumstances, vote OF con-
fidence was unanimously passed, and the
little village is quiet once more.
THE Charlotte Way Chronicle says:
We learn that within the last two weeks
a singular discovery has been made ut the
house of Jesse Garth, for many years de.
ceased. 1t is said that distinct and &C.
curate likeness of Mrs. Garth, who had
been dead for twenty years, can be seen
on pane Of glass in the upper sash of
one of the windows, presenting very much
the appearance of photograph negative.
The discovery is said TO have been made
by woman who was washing clothes in
the yard, who imagined some one
was watching her through the win
dow, and went inside to see who
1t was. We gather these facts from
DR.. Charles Brown, who has himself seen
the picture. DR.. Brown remembers that
about twenty years ago Mr.. Garth told
him that his wife, while standing at the
window, was stunned by = sudden flash
of lightning, and the doctors theory is
that the outlines of her features were pho
tographed on the window-pane at that
time. The youngest daughter OF Mr.. Garth
ana others who were well acquainted
with Mrs. Garth have seen the picture
and pronounce it a striking likeness. it
is said to be more distinct about nire
O'Clock in the morning and three in the
evening than at any other time in the
day."
THE total number of persons of 100
years of age and upward living in New
York State, as shown by the census taken
in June last, is 100, Of whom forty. one
are males and sixty eight females: The
Oldest person on the list is Sarah Hicks,
of Brooklyn, who is ia. Twenty nine of
the centenarians live in New York city
and seven in Brooklyn. Forty of the 100
were born in Ireland, six in Canada,
two in the West Indies, one each
in Scotland, Spain and at sea, while
thirty five are natives of the United States,
and the birthplace Of twenty remains un-
recorded. There are twelve colored per-
sons and two Indians in the list. If the
managers of the Centennial Exposition
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