The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-02-15
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.


outdoors, but the fremen saved the build.
Ing by pouring oceans Of water upon It,
damaging the furniture and tie beautifully.
frcscoed walls. It was probably the work
Of an inccndiary.
NEARLY all the Touring mills in Mime.
apolfs have shut down. Out of 1856 run Of
stone only twenty-f four are in operation.
and In few days these will be reduced to
fourteen. The cause of the suspension is
that the high price of wheat prccludcs profit
ON flour. The mills have sufficient stock
OF flour on hand to supply the present de-
mand, ana have under their control over
million bushels Of wheat. They arc laying
off until the opening of navigation to take
advantage Of lake frcights, when they will
commence grinding the wheat which they
are now accommodating.
A NUMBER Of leading gentlemen, friends
Of the temperance cause, from different
parts of the State, and legislators, met at
It, Fsul the other evening, and agreed upon
and framed bill to be presented to the
Legislature, the general features Of which
are, prohibition the rule, license the excep-
tion." Petitions from nearly every county
in the State, signed by over 10000 citizens,
had been received, praying the passage Of
the Local Option law.
SPEAKING Of rcal-estate collapsee, one 10
reminded of the once-proud City of Duluth,
which stood pre-eminent on o couple Of
sand hills near Lake Superior, and was the
mistress of a land-locked harbor and the af.
fcctions of Proctor Knott. The bottom has
fallen out OF the Duluth rcal-cs' ate market,
and it has dropped like a load from the
scoop Of q drcdging-machinc. A house and
residence there that cost $500 have just
paper says this is fair measure of the de-
cline In values. Absolute ruin must over.
take the entire town, the local writer goes
on to say, unless q compromise of tho mu-
nicipal Indebtedness can he obtained.
THE libel suit of Col. Pfandcr, State Treas
urer, against Capt. Hurry, an outgrowth Of
the canvass of 1873, has been scttl d.
the claims of the patcntce of the drive-wcll
patent for royalty, the propcrty-owners who
arc threatened with prosecution for infringe
mcnts thereof recently held mass meeting
and passed resolutions cOndcmnatory of that
paper, and recommending their friends
neither to subscribe for 1t or advertise in it.
THE State Auditor says there is less tres
passing on State lands this winter than ever
before. He is keeping q sharp eye out for
robbing school lands and hopes soon tv lay
his hand upon them.
WILLIAM BRADSHAW was recently held to
bail Ivy the United States Commissioner at
st. Paul for manufacturing counterfeit
twenty-five cent coins, at Pennington.
Molds, solutions and tools for manufactur.
ing bogus coins were found in his room.
OLIVER DALHrMPLE, the great wheat
farmer Of Northern Minnesota, Is preparing
to $ W between eight thousand and nine
thousand acres of wheat next spring, and is
now securing teams for the preliminary
labor. Hcrcprcscnts the farmers of the Red
River Valley as In good spirits and undaunt-
ed by grasshOpper scourgcs.
Miss RErA YOUNGER, sister of the North
field Bank robbers, has presented to Sheriff
Bartcn q very handsome gold watch chain
which formerly belonged to Col. Younger,
father Of the bandits, rs an evidence of her
appreciation VI ulS tlCutAICut VI uCA UIOtUCEos
THE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE-On the 31st ult., bill was
introduced crca ing new judicial circuit to be
known as the Thirteenth. out of the Counties OF
AnOkn, Wright, Sherbnrne. Mile Sacs aud lsanti
LIN Committee Of the Whole the Usury bill was
amended. and its passage recommended. The bill
Furnishing murder in the fir:t degree by beheading
was indefinitely postponed The House bill! al
lowing insurance companies having capital stock
invested in other an United Sta.es bonds to do
business In the Stat: was passed.
HoUsE-The Senate bill exempting be-
nevolent associations from the operations of the
insurance law was passed.
SENATE On the LIST, in Committee of the
Whole. the bill repeating the Inebriate Asylum ACT
and providing for the transfer of the property and
the Insane. was. after brief discussion. recommend
ed to be- indefinitely postponed 10 to IL. Tho
Csury bill passed ...A bill was introduced Great.
ing COMMISSIONS to inquire and report which
Of the three State Normal Schools Is least useful
with view to closing the same and converting
the buildings and grounds to Second Hospital fOl
the Insane :. The House resolution directing the
Board Of Directors of tate Normal Schools to in
quire and report as to the expediency Of raising
the STANDARD Of scholarship for admission and for
abolishing the Preparatory Department was
adopted.
HOusE-A resolution was offered call
ing for the abolition Of the office Of Railroad Com.
missioner :. In Committee Of the Whole. the bin
OF No. thfeld, who killed the two bank-rObberi
while attacking the bank, was recommended to
pass.
SENATE-On the I'd, the Special Com.
mittee to inquire and report to the eligibility Of
members Of tho Senate, reported that they had
doubt of ineligibility Of any member. Several
hours were spent in discussing the bill to repeal
the Inebriate Asylum act but without reaching q
nnal vote the Senate adjourned.
HOUsE-Bills were ntroduced-appro.
priating & 900 for purchasing seed grain for the
destitute, the cost Of the grain to BE- as.e ,sed
paid, as other taxes. In two equal assessments,
whenever the recipient shall have raised two
crops; providing Tor a bounty Of one dollar per
bushel for all grasshOppers caught previous to
June next, with smaller compensation thereafter
az the insects approsch maturity. The bill ap'
for killing the bank .0>bers in Northeeld passed
-. In Committee Of + be Whole the bill restoring
the death penalty fors murder In the Arot degree
without the in.eEpo ition Of jury, was discussed
It length.
oHNArE-On the I'd, bill was intro
duced making the State Reform School o State
charge, instead Of drawing supplies from counties
ON the basis Of inmates. "A bill passed appro.
priating $4,000 for the capture Of the NorthAeld
bank robbers. ). The bill to revise the Statutes
was indefinitely postponed.
HousK-The House held short session,
during which no business Of importance was
tr nsacted, and adjourned to visit the State Prison
in body.
Wealth IL Not Happiness.
The first mistake which is made by
most men is in making wealth the oh
iect of their lives. But wealth. as w
know, does not give happiness. Wealthy
men do not, because of their wealth, gel
happiness. The Vanderbilts, the Stew.