The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-11-16
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.

The State Treasurer, in his regular BIZ
monthly report, published on the LIST, shows
balances to the c, edit of the several funds OF
SEQ, 1880, all Of which is deposited in the
ct. Paul National Banks. The invested funds
aggregate $1,4s6,S %, being an increase OF
$1S3 900 since Dec. l, 1875.
TEE Minneapolis street-car company has
issued half fare tickets for school children.
THE fire insurance companies arc reducing
their rates on St. Paul property.
R. L1curEnN, the st. Paul agent of Leo
pold Kuh & Co., of Chicago, Oh the LIST, pre-.
dicted that he should die on the seventeenth
anniversary of his marriage, and then disap-
peared. He has be n traced as far as Hud-
son, Wiz, since when nothing has been heard
of him.
The General Government has thus far APP
propriatcd the sum of $545 900 for the pres
ervation of the Falls OF st. Anthony, and the
city of Minneapolis aud her two water pow
er companies have expended $685., 900 for the
same purpose, making total of 5000, GOO put
into the work, when the remainder of the
present appropriation shall have been ex-
pended.
FIVE passenger conductors on the st. Paul
and Pacific Railroad have been disc harged
for "knocking down" fares, in some in .
stances to the amount of thirty eight per
cent. of their gross receipts. Accompany
ing this discharge was demand for the res
titution Of the stolen money, under penalty
of criminal prosecution. The conductors
deny the accusation, which is made on the
strength of reports Of spotters," and their
denial is believed by their friends and ac-
quaintances, who know their habits and style
of living.
THE testimonial fund for the widow of
Haywood, the cashier who lost his life the
raid on the Northield Bank recently, has
reached the sum of $l3,OT.S5, of which the
bank whose vaults he defended with his
life, con ributed 5000.
MINNEAPOLIS has a moderate-sized ele.
plant on its hand in the hape of its Old sus.
pension bridge, soon to be supplauted by q
new structure. 1t will cost $1,000 more to
take it down than the old material it con-
tains will bring.
GEN. C. T. Brown, of st. Peter, has been
Investigating into the grasshoppcr business
iii Yellow Medicine, Lie Sucur and ther
counties in the State, and says he has not
succeeded in finding sound egg. The
sacks are, to great extent, destroyed, and
the exposure O the eggs leave them to de.
cay. He is confident t ere will not be much
injury from grasshop ers next year-at
least from 'hoppers that will hatch here
and would not hesitate put in crop.
Trr Sf,. hrJ, >f ~
ly met in St. Paul. Permanent officers were
elected, and a resolution Was adopted, call.
ing upon the clergy of the State to com.
mcncc systematic preaching against intern
pcrance.
THE elevators on the St. Paul Il Pacific
Road arc nearly full of wheat in store for
ST. Paul, and Il scarcity Of cars is reported on
that road. From Milwaukee the report is
that very few line cars can BE- furnished to
take the fir light from that city to Eastern
markets. There has been a scarcity of East.
ern cars for me days, and SO many OF the
Minneapolis and Duluth cars arc tied up at
Duluth, that shippers are likely to suffer
great Inconvenience.
THE farmers of Kandivohi County have
IL
erablc extent this fall.
Mr.. A. A Brown, register of the n W Ulm
land Office, who has been publicly ch,rget
with cheating settlers out of their home
stcads, etc, in Letter to the Lac qui Parlt
Press, denies all the charges, and courts til.
most searching Off ial investigated
OVER 100000 barrels # -four have bee,
shipped from Minneapolis since Jan. LIST
1876, and the years product will undoubt
eddy exceed 100000 barrels! and this i
considered dull season!
DURING the month of October 3,O4S ca
loads of various articles of mer handisc ant
produce were received at Minneapolis. O
these $50 cars were loaded with wheat, con
tai ing 535,O'D bush Is; 81 were 10 ded Will
flax seed, containing p, 700 bushels; 725 wi l
merchandise, and 731 with suntry articles O.
produce and manufacture. The shipment.
for the month were 1854 cars OF these 80:
were loaded by thu millers with $4,000 bar
rels Of flour and 3 1889 tons of bran; ,G3t
cars were loaded with lumber carrying 10,
4S1 900 feet; $40 with merchandise, and II,
cars wi h other articles. The shipments o.
flour, 49, 90 barrels, were the largest eve
| made in single month from Minneapolis
| and $50 barrels in excess of October, 1875
which was the largest month in that year
To manufacture tbs -four 5000, bushels O
wheat was consumed, costing an average O.
about s1.t5 per bushel in the r,ills. Thi
makes a total of 1888, 600 worth of whoa
manufactured by the mills of Minneapolis
during the month of October.
THREE inccndiary 6res occurred in St
Paul on the morning Of the Sd, as follows
House Of Joseph Lick, whose wife was muir
dered over two years ago, at No. SO Yves
Tenth street Loss $1,000. The next wa
the new residence, not fully completed, o
N. P. Langford, corner of Exchange ant
Sh rman streets, which was totally destroyed
The house was a fine structure, valued al
5000. Mr.. Langford was married few
days ago, and is now absent GA an Eastern
| tour. The residence of Chief-Justice Gil
! I'll an, adjoining, took fire, but was put GU
| with little damage. The third was the car
| penter shop of Edgecourt g. Nelson, corne
of Tenth and Robert streets. Loss 81, 500.
OVER 100000 feet of lumber is lying a
| Minneapolis for want of means to transpor
it to market.
w. II. NORTON, ESQ.,, of Mortified, ha
been appointed Treasurer of Carlton Col
iege, in place of the late cashier Haywood.
An Arcola man is building an ice boat t,
ply between tina place and Taylor Falls. l
Is side wheeler, the wheels being armc,
with long sharp-pointed spikes and vii
progress on runners.
The Recent Railroad Horror in Penn
sylvanfa.
The accident on the North Pennsylvani
Railroad, on Wednesday night last, was
most extraordinary one in many particu
lars. Our correspondent, who had tn
mis- <ortune to be on the train, gives the fol
lowing details of the accident:
The train left Philadelphia with full
load of passengers, nearly all of them be
ing Centennial visitors returning to thei
homes. The train was composed of fou
Pullman sleepers, four day coaches, smok
ing-car and two baggage-cars, all draw
by two engines. The coaches were al
filled, and the sleeping-cars nearly SC