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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-18
Golden Sands Of California.

The auriferous black sands of the
sea-shore of Northern California have
been described, and lately we described
a machine that was about going up ON
the beach to test the practicability of
profitably extracting the exceedingly
fine gold dust from the sand. Every
effort heretofore has been q failure.
There is gold enough in those miles of
ocean sand to pay the National debt, if
this new process proves successful;
therefore, the report of this first prac-
teal test is of high National import
ance. The fine concentrators, after a
months run, gathered twenty tons of
the sands, well cleansed of the lighter
parts, which doesn't pay; SO much that
the concentrated tonnage realized $12,.
600, or $500 per ton. The cost Of
working was 1880. New machines
are constructing, which at the same
rate will yield $4,000 a month at a
cost of $4,000. Many attempts have
for years past been made along 100
miles of coast to work these shifting
tidal sands without success. Now q
rush of pre-emptors is expected to
stake off claims ON the shores Of Cali.
fornia and Oregon. The sands extend
under the ocean far beyond low water.
But every tide and every storm SC
shifts the paying points that claim
rich to-day may tomorrow be covered
with barren sands. Nevertheless, an
riferous ocean sands may now be con.
sidered q new and permanent source Of
gold production, rivalling and probably
excelling the great auriferous gravel
deposits worked by hydraulic washing.
In both it is question Of cost in sepa-
rating and gathering a small per cent.
um Of gold dust from an immense
body of sand and gravel Calif or'sia
Letter to Baltimore San.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-18
Black Hills Adventure.

A few DAYS ago q man named Mont
gomery Smith, hailing from St. Louis,
had two singular and narrow escapes
rolled into one. He left . camp about
thirty miles up the Hills to bring letters
here to most. and in irving to shorten
the distance a little he lost the regular
trail and got into ) bad bit of country.
While hunting for the trail he came
across fresh signs Of Indians, and while
hurrying out 81 the neighborhood he
ran directly upon . large brown bear
which was sleeping on the sunny side
Of . thicket. The thicket was on 9
side hill, and Smith was going at good
pace when he turned the clumP. Inc
bear was 80 near when the man caught
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-18

pair d baby shoes. The bear wasn't
ten seconds behind him, and as
smith reached the back end of the
cave, which was not over six feet
deep. the bear put his head into its
mouth and tried to work in his body.
TINS ne couldn't do, owing to his stout
shoulders, but for a quarter of an hour
montgomery Smith was doubtless the
Worst frightened man in North America.
There was room enough for him to
turn around in, but he was compelled
to lie at full length and look into the
merry eyes OF Q bear which could get
within four feet of him and wanted to
come nearer. Bruin didn't give up try
ing till he had sadly cut and bruised
himself against the stones, and his
snarls and growls put more religious
thoughts into Smiths head than had
ever lodged there before. The bear
couldn't get him, but neither could he
get the bear. He had nothing to shoot
with, neither food nor drink, and yell
ing at bear to clear out and go home
has no effect in this rarified atmosphere.
The mouth of the crevice was ten feet
long. and Smith could look out over his
trail for forty rods or more, NO matter
at what point the bear was.
The animal was walking up and
down before the ledge, probably fish
ing for a plan by which he might get
something better than roots for dinner,
when the miner caught sight of three
Indians creeping along on the trail he
had made. They had, perhaps, fol-
lowed it for mile or more, and must
have known that the bear had the first
claim. The redskins had just come
into view when they saw the bear, the
bear saw them, and Smith saw the
whole thing. The bear looked in on
Smith in q despairing manner, and
then made q bee-line for the red-men.
They fired at him once apiece and then
turned and ran, and after about three
minutes waiting Smith crawled out
and made 2:4O time till his breath gave
ut.-Deadscood Cor. Cincinnati En-
Quirer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-18
Who Osman Pasha Is-Sketch Of His
Career.
far Ttykish' Minister to the United
States furnishes the following about
.Qsmaau Pasha. thu Turkish Commander

far Turkish Minister to the United
States furnishes the following about
L0smaa4 Rasha. tho Turkish, Commander
at Plevna:
! Qsman PasAa began his studies under
the care of his brother, the late Hussein
Effendi, " tokatli, = Professor. Of Arabic
in the Preparatory School at CONSTANT
nople, where Osman Pasha came from
Tokat at his brothers suggestion, and
who shortly after had him admitted in
the same school. Sufficiently prepared
by his relative, young Osman entered
the military school, whence, after a
brilliant examination. he left with
the rank of Lieutenant. Intelligent
and laborious, he was always
foremost in his class while ut
the Military School. His commission
as Lieutenant states that he came out
first in the final examinations. Osman's
entrance into the army took place in
1853, and conceded with the beginning
of the Crimean war. He had scarcely
donned the uniform when, with some
of his schOOlmates, he was appointed
on the staff, and sent to Shumla. On
the battlefield, as well as at the school
desk, Osman Effendi was remarked by
his chief for his GOODNESS and military
capacity which began to prove so emil
nent that the rank of Captain, and soon
after of Adjutant, was conferred upon
him. The campaign over, Osman
Pasha, on his return to Constantinople,
entered, with his rank of Captain, in
the Imperial Guard.
At all times and in every circum-
stance he constantly succeeded in. OBJ
tanning the esteem and approval of his
superiOrs, who could not fail to notice
him. Without waiting long he OBJ
tanned the rank of Commandant of a
battalion of the Imperial Guard, with
which he was sent to Crete during the
instruction of that island. From the
first to the last moment he was present
in every movement of the campaign
against the insurgents. Peace being
restored in Crete, he came back to Con-
stantinople, this time with the epaulets
of Colonel, won after two years of
constant fighting. During his stay at
the Capital, Osman Pasha was con-
nected with various military duties
and intrusted with several missions
which obtained for him a promo
ton to the grade of Brigadier
General, and lastly an appointment
on the staff of the Fifth Army Corps as
General of Division. In that position,
as in the previous ones, Osman Pasha' 8
activity did not relax, and his services
became daily more important and valu-
able. 1t was at the time when he was
the Chief Of Staff of the Fifth Army
Corps that he was placed in command
of the division at Widin.
After his gallant conduct before Zait-
char, and in reward for his eminent
services in the war against Servia, an
trade from the Sultan raised him to the
rank of Muchir (MarshaD. Osman
Pasha is still young. Well educated
and brave, his victories at Plevna are
the rewards of life of labor and devo-
ton for his country and his sovereign.
His Imperial Majesty, who fully appre-
ciates him, has given him the most fat
tering evidence of his high satisfaction.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-18
Discovery Of . Singular Stone Figure
Near Pueblo, COl.-What Is lit


nant, who has been travelling in the re-
gion lying southwest Of Pueblo, between
this city and Mace's Hole, discovered a
variety of fossils, among others sea
turtle in an excellent state Of preserve
ton. Mr.. Conant called the attention
of the newspaper press of the State to
his discovery, and considerable COM
ment was elected. The matter grad
ually passed from the attention Of the
public, through Mr.. Conant determined
to search further in. the same locality
with the hope of making additional dis
coveries. On, Tuesday he arrived in
the city, bringing with him a large
stone figure of man which he had un-
earthed at the head of q long, dry
arroyo about six miles north of the res
idence of r. X. Dotson, ESQ.,, about
twenty-five miles from the city. The
figure was found Embedded in very hard
clay, requiring vigorous use of . pick
to loosen it. A ceder tree grew near
by, one of the roots of which had grown
between the arm and the body Of the
figure, making it necessary to cut the
root before removing the statue from
the bed in which it had doubtless re-
posed for centuries Mr., Conant states
that while sitting on the ground eating
his lunch in the locality above mem
toned, his attention was attracted to
curious looking stone protruding from
the ground. He removed the earth
from around it and found q resem-
blance to . human foot. He then pro-
ceeded to dig away the clay about
foot &, S1o,,fl, ,o,,H oy,<Sr} ,,,,nrS,orrd fh<o
entire figure, and, having obtained as
sistance, brought it to this city. I'm
fortunately, in removing the figure
from its bed a wooden lever was placed
under the neck and the head broken off.
1t has, however, been neatly replaced.
At first the discovery was supposed to
be the petrified body Of q human being
of gigantic stature, but closer examine
ton proves it to be piece of sculpture,
but by whom executed or to what age
it belongs no one seems to know. 1t is
composed Of asort of slate rock coloreda
dirty yellow on the outside, possibly from
contact with the surrounding clay, and
represents man reclining, one arm
being crossed over his breast, and the
other lying along his side with the hand
resting ON his leg. The position is easy
and natural. The entire length of the
statue is seven feet six inches, length of
arm four feet ons inch, breadth across
the shoulders two feet, length Of hand
twelve and one-haH inches. length of
foot thirteen inches. The weight of
the figure is about four hundred and
fifty pounds. The type Of the human
race represented is strange one. The
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-18

The Clerk on the right hand of the
table before the woolsack In the House
of Lords takes up q bill, and turning
round 80 as to face the Royal Commis-
sioners, bows low, the Clerk ut the other
side performing at the same time pre-
cisely the same gesture, as if the two
were connected BY an axle, and turned
by q single cogwheel. The Clerk ON
the right, who is known Is the Clerk of
Parliament, reads the title of the bill,
and then faces to the left. The Clerk
of the Crown on the other hand faces
10 the right, and being thus brought
face to face, the Clerk of the Crown
chants, LA reyne, le veultr' Then
some one in charge, possibly the resi-
dent engineer, gives another turn to the
invisible wheel, the Clerk Of Parliament
and the Clerk Of the Crown stimuli
tanoously turn howard the Eve figures,
and bow down almost ~, their, boots.
The Clerk of. Parliament !, takes up
another, bill and reads the title, after
which he turns and bows again, the
Clerk Of the Crown bowling st' the same
time. Then they turn and face 0ssch
other as before; and once moro there
rings through the chamber the, solemn
chant. ssss La reyne leyeult!''
Fancy this going on without intermis-
sion or, variation for the space 81 q
quarter OF an hour, add to It Ah aspect
of settled melancholy on the face of the
Clerk tof the Crown, and In. Hter-deep-
enin& sadness In his mOnOt0n0us chant,
.SLe lfey1k0l e veultr' and some excuse
NAV ha fonnd for the ladies'. who. n
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-18

The Government, you will have
heard, has resolved to crush the Cam
Ora, and you will ask, What is the
Camorra?" Originally, the Calnorra
was q sort of freemasonry of crime,
with regular degrees and obligations,
dating back to the Middle Ages, though
it aourished especially under the reign
Of Ferdinand H., 18S0-59. There was
an organization then in every city Of
the Two Sicilies and twelve bands il
Naples, each with an absolute Chief and
q Treasurer, to whom all money was
paid, to be shared in common. The
brethren were sworn on the crucifix to
secrecy and obedience, and had to fur
nish evidence that they were not spies
nor thieves. After q year satisfactory
probation as q picciotto Gon0re, under
the training of veteran Camorrista, the
candidate became ptcci0tt0 d. sg0ry0,
being finally admitted to full member
ship after some conspicuous proof Of
daring and obedience. They recog-
nized each other by their scarfs and the
two knives and club each carried; set
tied serious quarrels by the duello; had
an arg0t, and punished treason by
death. Every sort of fraud and vio-
lence was res0rted to to obtain money.
their special ..lay'' being mock. quar-
rels to gather q crowd, which was then
robbed. In 1848, Ferdinand tried to
hire them against the RevQlutionists,
but found their price TO high. In
1850, Francis IL. titled to get them to
!. the police but this only made
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-18
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
Condensed Telegraphic News.
CURRENT PAMAcRAPns.

CURRENT PABsAGRAPHs.
Asiatic cholera has appeared in Yoke
hama and Nsxagaki.
The Russian grain harvest is disap
pointing both I'm quality and quantity
= The fortresses on the Franco-Italian
frontier are being hurriedly put in state of
defense.
Gen. Sherman and staff reached San
Francisco, overland from Portland, Ore.
on the 9th.
On the I'd, the President issued a
proclamation placing in market all the public
lands in Arkansas.
John F. Smith, of Albany, has been
chosen Chairman of the New York State Re-
publican Committee
The Sacred Congregation of the
Vatican has pronounced against the canoniza-
tion of Christopher Columbus.
Archbishop Bayley, of the Diocese of
Baltimore. the ranking Catholic Bishop in the
United States. died at Newark, N. j., on the
Sd.
The salaries of all employees of the
Michigan Southern& Lake Shore Railway. who
receive less than 1000 per annuin, have been
increased 5 per cent.
The German corvette Elizabeth has
been ordered to Nicaragua, to support the
claim for satisfaction in behalf Of German
subjects, who were recently maltreated there.
The Board of Inquiry, appointed to
consider the late fire in the Interior Depart
ment, have reported that the fire was, in their
opinion, caused by defective lue.
Gambetta has issued manifesto to
his constituents, in which he breathes defiance
to the President The Government has ordered
his prosecution for the seditious language
used. 81 - SIC re -
The pensioners of the late Civil War
who have been deprived of their pensions from
March 3. 1865. to June 8. 1866. have appointed
a committee to enforce their claims upon Con-
greSs.
The Oldest savings bank (the Allie
gheny) in Allegheny City, Pa, suspended pay
ments a few days ago. The Directors ex-
pressed hope that the depositors would event
ually be paid in full.
At the recent election in Colorado the
proposed amendment to the Constitution CIV
ing to women the right of suffrage, was over
whelmingly defeated. Stone for Judge of
Supreme Court, was the candidate of both |
parties. ~
There was great wind and rain |
storm throughout the East, on the night of the |
4th-a gulf cyclone-which did much damage |
in some portions of the sea-coast States. An
excursion train on the Pickering Valley Rail- |
road. Pa, was wrecked near Phenixville |
Twelve persons are reported killed and about |
fifty injured. There were wash-outs on many
of the railroads, and one passenger train was |
washed into the Delaware River, and three per- |
sons drowned. !
w. c. Gilman, New York insurance |
broker, has been lately detected in forgeries to
an alarming extent. His plan was to purchase |
scrip for small amounts, raise the figures, and /
then use them as collaterals for money Dor
rowed from banks. The aggregate amount of |
the forgeries discovered up to the I'd was ex-
ceeding ZOO, which was obtained from an /
actual value of S4,1OO. Mr.. Gilman could not |
be found, on the I'd. He had been engaged in |
the insurance-scrip business for forty years and
had good reputation as a business man and |
citizen.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-18
THE TURCO.RUssIAN WAR.

The Russian authorities have ordered
the construction Of 1S6 miles of military rail-
road in Bulgaria, huts for 10000 men and
hospitals for 5000.
The Sultan has conferred the title of
Ghazi (Conqueror) on Osman Pasha and Mukh-
tar Pasha.
The Russian Army in Poland is on its
way to the Danube.
Raouf Pasha has been appointed to
the command of the Army of the Balkans at
Schipka, and Suleiman Pasha to the command
Of the Army Of the Danube, rice Mehemet Ali,
recalled.
A Bucharest dispatch of the Sd saws
400 Abchasian prisoners had been killed in a
railway accident between Worensch and Nos
toff on the Don.
Russia has asked koumania 1or a
further contingent of 10, 600 men, for which she
offers to cede portion of Russian Bessarabia
and give considerable subsidy.
Russia has offered to clear the OBJ
structions from the mouth of the Danube if
the neutral Powers will guarantee to prevent
the entrance Of Turkish men-of-war during
the present war.
On the Sd, the Russians attacked
Mukhtar Pasha, near Karajal, and after a
sharp fight succeeded in capturing the key.
He encamped on the field and it was believed
that the battle would be renewed on the fol-
lowing day. The Russian loss was 1,5OO.
Some strong detachments of Turkish
troops, who attempted to enter Montenegro,
near Sutorrau, to recover the territory con-
quered by the Montenegrins, were repulsed, on
the LIST, after several hours sanguinary fight
ing.
According to unofficial accounts, pub
lished on the 18th, the Russians under Grand
Duke Michael had been defeated between
Ami and Kars. The Turks claimed to have
killed two Russian Generals
The Russians, on the 4th, resumed
the bombardment of Rustchuk. Enormous
damage was inflicted upon the city.
Berlin kilograms of the 4th say he
Emperor of Germany had notified the Porte
that the principles Of humanity must no longer
be violated by the Turkish soldiers
A Berlin dispatch of the 9Th says
the Russians officially acknowledge the loss of
$1,000 men up to Sept q.
The Russian headquarters have been
transferred from Gorny -Studen to Sistova-
The Turkish Charge d. Affaires at Rome
has demanded of the italian Minister of For.
eign Affairs the recall Of the Italian Consul
and Vice-Consul at Rustchuk, under threat
of withdrawal Of their exequatur.
A Constantinople telegram of the 7th
says MulShtar had announced the utter defesl
defeat Of the Russians in q battle lasting thres
days and ending on the 5th. He estimates thu
Russian loss at 10000, and says the Turkish
casualties would not exceed 1000.
There were two feet of snow in Schip
ka Pass ON the It'll. khA
The Porte has seized Greek vesse
entering the Calf of Arta with arms and am
munition. Greece demands her restoratio,
and threatens reprisals II the demand be no
complied with.
The Servian Diplomatic Agent q
Constantinople has formally renewed to th
Porte assurances Of the pacific intentions o
Seryia.
The German Ambassador to tn,
Porte has been instructed to declare the Turl
ish blockade Of the Black Sea inefficient an
therefore void. &c
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-18
G EnRRAE.

The workingmen of Massachusetts,
held State Convention, on the "a, and nom
mated Wendell Phillips for Governor, with .
State ticket identical with that Of the Labor
RefuNmers. fsa
The Kansas Republican State Central
Committee has nominated for Chief Justice, to
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-18

-" Have you taken your pillP'' asked
the doctor, brusquely. Eyes, I have
answered Spilkins, meekly, but it's
awful hard work to keep it down.
;. Must keep it down, sir. Must keep
it down. 81 know, doctor, that's all
very well; but it's Uphill work, re-
piled Spilkins; whereupon the doctor
at once prescribed two more and left.
Down 60 the savings banks like a
vr1Nv ~ Nnh hna,nQa
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-18

-. Old Windications,, Is ~ 4 iHkak lie
-Gnaphie calls him now 81 sas e'saa,.
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r zefsSA Iisepusd1s "a aeiRgs frogt
~4athV f'G61dberY !. MSE
AFIS bybxH 5s ca ssrE NIix
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-18

Gen. Sherman and staff reached San
Francisco, overland from Portland, Ore,
on the 9th.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-18

On the I'd, the President issued a
proclamation placing in market all the public
lands in Arkansas,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-18

John F. Smith. of Albany, has been
chosen Chairman of the New York State Re-
publican Committee
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-18

Archbishop Bayley, of the Diocese of
Baltimore. the ranking Catholic Bishop in the
United States, died at Newark, N. j., on the
81
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= The fortresses on the Franco-Italian
frontier are being hurriedly put in state of
s7efansn
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-13
Tarnips Declared SURE Cure for Hog
Cholera;

Major John Million, well known cit
izen of Laplata, Macon county, Missou-
ri, has great faith in turnips as a sure
cure for the disease known as hog cho-
lera. So great is his faith that he has
fled claim with the State government
for the SO, 600 reward offered by the
Legislature for remedy for that dis
ease. Major Million was Commission
er in the confederate army. While act
ing ip that capacity he had charge at
one time of many thousand head OF
hogs which were collected together IN
Mississippi when the cholera broke out
among them. Immediately upon dis
covering the prevalence of the disease
he says lie began to exert himself tc
save as many as possible of them. He
separated them as we'll as possible,
keeping the infected ones apart. He
had on hand large quantities of turnips
which he began to feed to the hogs.
Very soon he observed a marked I'M
provement, and then he made numer
GUS experiments. He selected some OF
the diseased hogs and penned them
apart They were fed on turnips and
nothing else, and all of them recover.
ed. He says his experiments demon
strated the fact that turnips are not
only a cure, but a preventive OF
cholera. He has impaired the secret
to many farmers in this Safe, all ot
whom found the remedy snre. Major
Million states that unless the hog is TOO
far gone to eat, the turnips will cure
him. The remedy is cheap one and
easily procured, and it can certainly
do no harm for farmers to give it a
trial. Hannibal (Ao.) Clipper.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-13
--
TO CATCH HAWKS.

The following, though not new, we
are assured is sure way to thin OFT
hawks, if not to get rid of them entire.
ly: "As the season is approaching when
hawks are most destructive to young
poultry, method of catching and kill
ing these marauders will be in order.
1t is a well known fact that hawk will
always light OF some conspicuous place
close to the poultry yard. from which
to swoop down upon its victim. TAX
ing advantage of this, erect a pole with
afiat surface at the top just large enough
to hold strong steel trap. Fasten this
trap by chain to a staple in the pole.
and await results. No bait will be
needed, for the hawks will be quite Ger
tain to light on the tap and be caught
A gentleman who has tried this method
has succeeded in killing all the hawks
in the Leighborhood, and now can raise
poultry without loss except from acci
dent"