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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-01-18
THE LEGISLATURES.

SENATE-Thc Senate was organized
on the I'd by the election of the following officers:
Secretary, Charles johnson, of Henncpin; Assist
ant. W. II. Crandall, of Mower; Enrolling Clerk,
Charles X. McKcnny. of Fillmore; Engrossing
Clerk. NJ. A. Daily. Of Steele; Sergeant Arms,
pointed on rules, and a committee to inform the
Governor of the organization Of the senate.
HousE-The House organized, on the
I'd, by the election of the following officers !:
Speaker J L. Gibbs, OF Ere eborn; Clerk, George
W. Boswell, Of Faribault; Assistant, $. d. Par
sons, of Blue Earth: Second Assistant, j. r.
Howard, Of Stearns; Enrolling Clerk, NJ. L. Tor
pey. Of Stevens; En"rossn. Clerk. W. II Mcclen,
Of Murray; Postmaster, A. b. Corey; Sergeant at
Arms. Ole j. johnson. "A committee was ap-
pointed to notify the Governor that the House was
duly organized.
SENATE-The Senate completed its
organization ON the Sd, and after little informal
business, adjourned.
HOUsE-Thc House concluded its for
NAL organization. A little informal and routine
business was transacted after which the House
adjourned.
SENATE-On the 4th, bill was passed
extending for one year from Jan. Is the time for
the redemption of lands sold for taxes in 1873.
HoUsE-No business was transacted in
the House. beyond listening to the reading Of the
Governors message.
SENATE-On the 5th, the Legislative Ex-
pense bill appropriating $65.oOO passed "A bill
was introduced providing for the appointment Of a
commissioner of education to compile and issue
cheap and uniform textbooks for the use Of the
public schools. and appropriating SIS 200 therefor
a resolution instructlng the Committee ON Re-
trenchment and Reform to prepare bill equaliz-
ing the salaries of count, officials passed .Ad
jOurned to the 10th.
HOUsE-The Legislative Expense bill
appropriating $500 was passed. IA joint reso-
luton proposing sine die adjournment of the
Legislature at twelve M. Feb 2 was tabled by CD
yeas to 81 nays. AdjOurned to the 9th.
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A Vegetarian Banquet.

On Thursday evening a number of the
members of the London Dietetic Reform
Society, the object Of which is to induce
habits of abstinence from the flesh of an
finals as food, dined together at the Peo-
pies Cafe, new establishment not yet
opened in st. Paul's Churchyard. The
menu comprised vegetables and fruit only,
arranged in courses, and including soups,
thirteen kinds of vegetables, seven differ
cnt sorts of sweet tarts and buildings and
six kinds of fruit The drink consisted
of water or milk, vegetarians not only alb
staining from the use of flesh, but from
alcoholic liquors, and the stricter part Of
them also from smoking. The dishes
were nicely cooked and we'll served, and
the dinner for its kind was pronounced
very satisfactory, both by the vegetarians
and the non vegctarians who partOok of
it. Mr.. T. w. Richardson, the President
IF the society was in the chair, and hG
stated that he supposed he had been cho-
sen President because he was life vege-
tarian-never having tasted animal food
in all his life. Nor did he wear any ami
NAL clothing, and he had canvas shoes
and even gol0shes. But he and other
vegetarians took care to get substantial
food. Flesh, he argued, was not neces-
sary for the sustentation of the strength
of mankind, nor was it necessary for
heat giving; he maintained, on philO-
sophical grounds, that it was never in
tended that animals should be the food of
man. The Chairman having invited dis
cussion, several gentlemen and two ladies
addressed, the company in favor of. the
objects of the society, but one or two
asked what substitute could be found for
wool and leather, and what was the use of
sheep and oxen if they were not TO be
eaten. Mr.. Clark, the Secretary, stated
that the society was progressing, AZ would
be seen from the epOrt.-Load0n Echo.
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MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.

On the morning of the 2sth, at Minneapo-
lis, the body of Fred Rapkee was taken
from the river. He committed suicide.
TIE production of flour at Minneapolis
during 1875 amounted to 1851 ,161 barrels.
OF this amount the shipments footed up
,OOO, 696 barrels. Minneapolis is the largest
flour manufacturing town in the United
states.
THE Minnesota State Railway bonds,
issued in 1858, will become due and payable
in about year. They amount to 81, 275, OoO,
which, with twenty years. interest at per
cent, will make the total principal and in
tcrest IS, 100000. The people voted a loan
of five millions, and if all the bonds had
been issued, as was originally intended, the
State would have had $i2, 100000 to pay.
l.. A. TENNIsoN, hardware merchant, and
highly esteemed citizen of Houston, re-
Gently attempted suicide by shooting himself
with revolver. The ball entered the right
temple and lodged In the neck, INJECTING
fatal wound. Mr.. Tennison had lately lost
his wife and child, and is said to have been
financially embarrassed.
STATE AUDITOR W H1TCOMB mas lately
achieved victory for the State, of which he
and his friends are proud. Through rcserv-
ing railway and other grants in bodies or by
sections, the States title to all swamp lands
has been ignored to the extent Of over 3OO, 900
acres. Whitcomb discovered the mistake, and
presented the facts to Mr.. Williams, Com
missioner Of the General Land Office, who
decided in favor of the State, and issues Or
ders accordingly. These orders affect nearly
all the railway grants in the State, excepting
the Milwaukee & St Paul, and including the
Winona and the st. Peter u Southern Mime
sofa on its Western Division. A considerable
proportion, however, has been taken by set
tiers under the Homestead and Timber-Cul-
ture acts, and a small part is included in
grant patented to the Agricultural College.
For these the State viii be allowed to select
other lands. Presumption claimants on
lands covered by swamp-land grants will
suffer, the Commissioner having instruc' cd
the Surveyor General to report the same a.
State swamp-lands, unless final proof and
payment has been made.
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~ it. While ne s1ept it Wis bid by
dies, an&R SHIRT time aftervard 4 was
found til lSew-worniAs were defSurina
him. AR4ul physician fr0make cit
was SUM bfa. When. the phyj Sian -
rived tllyodAg man begged til family
not to tell what was the matter. but to n
purpose. The doctor did all in his power.
but the worms had done their work. and
the young man died."
CHARLES Gray 10 dead. Few people
know who Charles Gray was. but there ia
a story to his life not Of the usual hum
drum 0I0eE.---Ae was eccentric in, hahits,
had no relatives in the world, SO far as is
known, and liyedsall alone for thirty-fly
years 1T Port Byron, Rock Island Count
III. He used to. drive stase hetweSsn
Davenport, Iowa, and Dixon, ILL.,, before
railroad times, that being the mail route
to Chicago. A few days since he was
was found dead in his lonely house at
Port ByrOn-dead in his old armchair.
In his house were found Government
bonds to the amount of $4,000 little
fortune left without a known heir.
MIR. Archibald Higgins, of Ellis. CAL.
suffered an accident, the other day, under
peculiar circumstances. He had lust re-
turned home from Bantas with his team.
and was standing by his wagon removing
some articles from it, at the same time
Keeping hold of the horses reins, when a
shotgun that had stood in the house.
leaning up in corner, fell down and was
discharged. The charge was heavy one.
Passing through the side Of the house, it
tore away three or four inches of a bench
on the outside, and hit the man. Three
shots entered the small of the back and
probably entered the pelvic cavity, as
probing did not discover them. Several
shot entered the mans legs and penetrat-
ed very deeply, so that probing did not
find them. Two or three passed through
the flesh. One hit the heel and made an
ugly wound. There was no one in the
house at the time the gun fell down, and
the cause of its fall is entirely unknown.
The man held on to the team and was
dragged some distance, when it was
stopped, and he got up and walked into
The house, where he tainted.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-01-18
Charles Dimond, of lis Liberty street,
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

Wherever were horrors more con-
glOmerated than at the Ashtabula disas-
ter! Off the trackl Bridge going down!
Falling seventy feet! Into the water!
Surrounded by ice and snow! Wrapped
in flames! Crushingl Drowning! Burn
ing! Freezing!
Two men named Pettingill and Bean.
who had been to the Twin Mountain
House on pleasure excursion. lately,
hitched their hand-car to the rear of q To-
connective, when wheel on the car broke
and the men were thrown out, Pettingill
being instantly killed and Bean seriously
wounded.
The other day some of the boys in.
duced young man from Flint Creek to
take hold of the handles of galvanic
battery. AS it puckered him up, he
reared: Jimmy Criminy, let up! Who
ever heard of q thing that could make
you taste green persimmons with your
hands before "'-Burlington Hawk- Ere. :.
An attempt was made at Rochester,
N. Y, recently, TO burn the celebrated
painting Of Lookout Mountain. A hole
about twice the size Of 2 mans hand was
made in the carvas Immediately below the
figure of Gen. Hooker, but, as the incen-
diary had only matches with which to
start the flames, he was unable to burn
the whole work. s-e.4 ,f,s r..
AT Victoria, British Columbia, ON the
night OF Dec. 20, an accident of an ex.
traOrdinary character occurred. A young
lady named Willot, in dressing for bali,
cleaned pair of gloves with benzine and
held them over the flame Of q candle to
dry. The gloves took fire and the poor
woman. being alone in the house, shrieked
for help, which did not come until her
hands and forearm were burned to crisp.
She will probably lose one or both hands.
Says the Bolton CTex) Reoi<so: "A
young man living in the country went to
sleep the other day, just after his nose had
been bleeding, without washing the blood
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-01-18

cloak dcssarvedlt y vorite, for it re-
quirey3hata portion only of the dress
skirt aOuld be revealed. This fortunate
circumstance has been turned to advan-
tage friend q mine who has more
childlsn than m9ncy, but, happily, more
ingenuity still. 1M0 or three old alpaca
and merino skirts long past wearing have
been well sponged and brushed. and upon
each is placed a handsome ruffie or pleat.
ed houncc Of silk or fine cashmere, The
exercise OF little taste has enabled nv
1rlend TO prepare separate hat for each
Lekafes and' when her ~aaughter II. dressed
in her cloak and one handsome skirt and
its appropriate hat, it would be difficult
to find child presenting more elegant
and tasteful appearance. Wide silk
braids, either plain or fancy, are most
used for Ornamcnting these long sacques
for the children. Fur bOrderings,
however, also find favor with
great many, and bias folds of silk
are much admired and worn. Handsome
buttons and elaborate loops for fastening
are important features in the adOrnment
OF cloaks, and 60 far toward obtaining
stylish effect. And the pockets! what
source of delight they are. No matter
how handsome the cloak and its appoint
ments may be, if there are no pockets it
will surely be viewed with signal disfavOr.
Most handsome sacques have rather a
" manly" air on account of the cOat-cOl-
lar and cuffs, but they are none the less
admired for that. Others have in place of
the collar mentioned one IF silk, either
plain and standing, or consisting of Il
fine SIDE plcated frill.
For boys there is little change to chron.
icle. The smaller ones find a suitable
garment in the Princess dress, of which
the little maids fortunately have not the
monopoly. Dark, plain cloths, and the
goods known as basket suitings, are most
in vogue for these garments. The little
kilt skirts and jackets are still popular,
as they should be, and to provide against
the cold, many mothers introduce under
the skirt a pair of ose-fitting "knee-
breechcs," of like material with the
dress. For boys who have discarded
skirts and been promoted to the dignity OF
trousers, there is nothing new unless it be
the increased simplicity of their garments,
a fact for which the boys themselves will
he grateful, for, unlike little girls, they
don't take to finery. Silk braid and few
buttons comprise the decoration al
lowablc. Dark colors, almost black, in.
deed, are selected for their suits. Derby
hats, sailors, and the soft crowns with
stiff brims, are all fashionable for boys,
though the first is one of the most bccom-
ing. as it is also one of the most popular
shapes.-N. Y. Cor. Chicago Tribune.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-01-18
Children'S Fashions.

For small children, as for larger ones,
the Princess dress continues the favorite.
For very little girls it seems to me the
dress par excellence, for not only does it
require but slight trimming, but it may
be made from very small quantity of
goods. Its GROWING feature, however,
is its comfort, and the ease of motion and
posture 1t allows the mercurial little wear
er. fretty Princess dresses are often
quite plain, save for the tiny fancy
pockets, and some variety of trimming
running up the front seams from the bot
tom to the shoulders. This trimming is
frequently a band of embroidery, one
edge of which is set in the seam, while
the other, which is loose and turned TO-
ward the front, is cut in scallops. Some
times it is cut in sharp points, each one
being tackled down and secured by a pref
ty fancy button. A lovely dress for a
child OF four or five years is of bright
ccrise merinO or cashmere of the finest
texture. 1t closes in the back with flat,
round buttons of white silk, upon which
star is worked in cherry colored floss.
At the front seams is inserted band of
cashmere bound in white silk after being
cut in shallow scallops. Under this piece
is band of the richest needlework done
BY hand, and giving novel and pleasing
The yoke-dress is much patronized by
the mothers of school girls, and it il GER
tainly a commendable style. The most
approved model has the waist laid in
small side pleats turning toward the
center, or in tiny bOx-pleats. The yoke
fits smoothly over the neck and bust, and
buttons in the back. Some dresses e
this description have belt attached. but
others, and prettier ones to my mind, fall
we'll over the hips and are .eOnGned by an
outside belt. 10 Ms1e - requirements
of fashion, and, may add, e insure
greater comfoft these bitter dlys, the
skirts are very narrow. BasquSs and
Overskirts receive q fair ihare of favor,
but the preference is evidently for the
polonaile which may be al Of ope
m 1,sae g h.ys slesvss g match q
=. A very prell d.. fss,a .siden stand;
CUR de Russie. immisg is very
simple, consistinf n dll1ee side
pleated flouncess 10t o. uie head
p ss Il. 1,s oI Sc ~ i has asa a
noticeably styli5K ne = diago-
nally, but inst eyueln - breast
in stiff, strail INT H 80 in a
graceful curve. The 49, 11kox 1aunty
position efE0e. The 0GcofatiG& consists
of q side-pledting of the nme, over which
falls handsome silk sfkinge,s mstching
the dress n color. TAe buttonsx sss. Of
silk like the skirt, and the dainty cuffs
and collar and the fanciful side pocket
are also the skirt material. e &
Modish wraps for young girls arc little
else than the reproduction in miniature of
their mothers style. The long, handsome
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-01-18

Iasone g1vsn for - prof. perfolfnce osss
%Rs:s f I may BON With ..aly!d..f sd
debtel1ess, It mg:6e safely sa@sId that Is
State A6rself: actt in, her stric soverein
tssspa;sii thrGu her Ss isgsly citntsd "a
out deduction Tor 3ncfa Il sshsg ne esdtss
Her action in obstructing the actual liquidation Of
alone would be conclusive against their
,.t. sse sean 9,;ns affirmed the validity
FIXTURE clause Of the constitutional amendment
for remedy, she elected to foreclose the mortgage
pei certain banks holding the bonds as security for
circulating notes. to make good the deficit re-
eulting from their depreciation. The validity Of
the bonds was again implied when, in 1e6 the
state refused TO abate taxes upon them
on the ground oftheir question able validity, and
che has repeatedly implied their validity BY taxing
But We need not rely npon implied or indirect
support of the validity of these bonds The courts
have repeatedly affirmed this in express terms.
The validity of the foreclosures Of the instruments
securing the bonds and Of the titles Of the present
companies based therein. were sustained by the
Supreme Court Of this State in the Gaze Of Prcher
against the First Division Of the st. Paul 4 Pacific
Railroad Company Il ,th Mimi. Rep, page2 q, and
long line of decisions with which our reports
filed. If these bonds were void the titles resting
upVu lH6Il WOulu NC WOItulcScs
After lengthy review of the grasshopper ques-
ton, Gov. Pillsbury closes as follows: The one
indivisible Nation whose first and second birth
was sealed with the blood of her people, has round
cd the first century of her existence, and stands
to-day at the threshold Of the second. The signif
canoe Of the event prOvOkes thought to seek utter
ancc. The wondering nations of the world in this
momentous era behold strange events. They
have seen in government of the people the
liberation and enfranchisement Of a chattelized
race; they have witnessed the disarmament Of
u citizen sOIdiery and their voluntary diSporS0n
among the devotees Of peace; they have
beheld the peaceful adjustment between two
powerful nations of a contest which was wont to
seek its summary end. through the bloody arbt-
rament Of the sword: they have witne- sed the in
dustrial triumph OF the newest nation over her
older rivals in the friendly arts of peace. Iset us
pray that we may complete their admring wonder
by peaceful recognition of the nations chief in
mOmentOus contest of doubtful issue. To this
end let each citizen have the Nations honor in
his keeping and attest by his proud moderation
and concession to his fellows that the equality
Of the people is the enduring glory Of the
Nation.
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dusipe the campaign he. visited .rouschlx~ and
foul reign OF terror there: 1nd thes6Clored.
Co ciuss .1d
conf tee heard several wilq1eses In rI1SrencI
ssnd Iis for Sheriff; stated Re was ~ ge ds:
GeQl9e White (cOlOredD said his1 Quse WEI urned
.hseSuse his sons were accused Of stesii6g hogs;
never said It was burned because he was . Re.
the Returning Board they were false .s Gs.o a.
Leddet Supervisor Of Registration, tes.ified that
Moore. Republican candidate for the Senate, Of
Clark (colored) stated that he was Recorder 81
Mortgages for East Felicians, in 1875, and had
>ssaayateed toieayethe9esaudh gat0 d0tsosNsls
ae
been forced to resign the last one. that Of Tax
Col'ectori nunleroue Oetrayee hsd been perpe-
trated ON the blacks In Easa Felicisns: aid not
vote the Republican tfok et; vac afraid to. =
No witnesses were examined before the
Senate Committee on the 9Th, and but one (of
evidence developed nothing of special import
ance. d. B. Gorhsm, District Attorney Of Natchi-
tOches, was before the HOuse Committee, and
said he never knew he was . candidate till after
IL lion dnd the nn. law :. him
TO United States Marshal Pitkin, asking q
for blank commission for Supervisor Of Regis
Brady failing to meet the expectations Of the
party; thought the Republican vote had been d.
unfinished 500 or 10000 by the disturbances,
and that the Republican majority proper is
about 25.COO J, seph e. Williams (colOred),
of Orleans, testified that he assisted ia or
ganizing y Democratic Club; never had more
than seven or eight members; was accused OF
collecting money for the club aud apprOpria ing
it to bis own use; voted the Republican ticket
because the Democrats did not use him right:
believes If the Democrats were in power the con-
dition Of the colOred people in some sect ions
would be worse than that Of slavery. few 9th
er witnesses were examined whose evidence was
similar to that Of previous witnesses.
Both committees were in session on
the sth, and conflicting testimony, similar to that
given on previous days, was heard from addi-
tional Witnesses. John W. Harre!l, q planter,
testih d that the co Ored people were intimid aed
and afraid to vote the Republican ticket AID
that his hands were threatened II they voted the
ticket they could not live in the
parish East Felicianal and that he would be
afraid Of his life had he voted the Republican
ticket. Robert T. Young testified that the cleo
ton was psaceable; that Ellis and Carter, who
were shot, lived ON his place, and said that they
had been waited on by the Union Rights Stop
Clubs: heard the firing when they were shot; went
to Ellis; he told witness he had been shot by
negroes, giving their names, and that they said
they were going to kill the last Democratic LegrO
in the parrish
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General News Summary.
FROM WARRINGTON.

THE public debt statement for December,
published on the I'd inst, shows the follow
ing: Coia- bOads -voaAseanain9s~4asooo enAc.
$50: total debt, g., 30 9s2, $40; cash in Treas
ury, sl37 ,OOl ,27S; debt less cash in the Treas
ury, s2,Og.. 92l ,2il; increase during Deem
Der, s3,5S5, l42 A-' .1 'tf@ ~
The package containing nearly $1e, 600,
which was stolen somewhere between the
eash-room Of the Treasury Department in
Washington aud its destination, the Ma
tional Bank of Illinois, in Chicago, WAS re-
stored, less about 500, to Treasurer Wy.
man, on the 18th. 1t is stated that the per-
son abstractfng the package, fearful OF de-
lection, had returned it through a third
party, in the hope of being saved from pub
lie exposure, and that no person connected
with the detective service had anything to
do with its recovery.
The Louisiana Republican Legislature
aud Gov. Kellogg having applied to the
President asking for military protection
against apprehended Democratic violence at
New Orleans, the latter called an extraordi-
nary meeting Of the Cabinet on the 9TH, and
submitted reply prepared by him, which
was unanimously approved Of in the Cabinet
and forwarded to Gov. Kellogg, and the sub.
s'anee was also given by the President to the
Associated Press as follows: "Thcre will
I've two inaugurations of Governors to-mor-
row. unless one Of them is prevented.
do not, however, propose ITO inter
ferc with them. l have nothing be-
fore me to justify action in the way
of the recognition OF either Governor, and,
therefore. cannot do so, particularly as a
committee of each House Of Congress is
now engaged in investigating all the facts
Of the late election, including the contests
Of the two Governors and two Legislatures,
both claiming TO be legally elected. Under
these circumstances, to recognize one or the
other would be hardly justitiable, and have
SO informed Gov. Kellogg"
\ WAsHlNGToN special of the eth states
that under orders of President orion, the
Manager of the Western Union Telegraph
office there had sent to New York all the
kilograms received at or sent from the form
or city during the campaign. The manu-
script made carload of freight.
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THE Albany Penitentiary is evidently
conducted on thorough business princi-
Piles. The Warden's report, Just pub
lished, shows an excess OF $37 900 in the
earnings over the expenses Of the past
year, or more than one-fourth Of the en-
tire sum.