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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20
Terrific Fight With q Bull Dog.

A sANGUINARY red bull dog was one
of the most marked features at the
bench show, in the early part of the
week. So abnormally savage was this
creature that his food was always
thrown to him from . convenient dis
lance, and his drink pushed toward him
by means of a long pole. He was in q
state of sullen fury from the moment
he arrived at the Pavilion, and made
numerous attempts to break his power
full chain and attack the other dogs and
spectators. On Thursday afternoon,
while Col. w. HI. L. Barnes was stand
ing about the middle of the hall, ter
rifle outcry was heard in the direction
of the bull dog department. The red
dog referred to had, in some way,
slipped his collar and seized small
child, the daughter of Enos Rockley,
the lumber merchant, whom it was APP
parently tearing to pieces. There was
probably not one of the group of gem
tlemen present lacking in physical
courage; but the two things q man
shrinks from tackling'' unarmed are
a rattlesnake and bull dog. Howev-
er, Col. Barnes instantly rushed for
ward and seized the canine demon by
the throat. Fortunately, the beasts
fangs contained more of the child's
dress than its flesh, and by tearing the
former the other gentlemen released
he girl from her dangerous position,
and with only a very bad looking flesh
wound. The scene that followed was
horribly exciting. The double enraged
dog turned with terrific snarls upon the
Colonel, who held him with both hands
by the throat. The animal weighed
over fifty pounds and was unusually
powerful, and after an exhausting
struggle the Colonel, who is an excep-
tionally strong man, found that his
only chance was to hold the dog bodily
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20
German Lady OF the Olden Time.

FROM curious and interesting book
just published in Germany, being the
correspondence of the three brothers of
Frederick the Great with Count Henckel-
DOnnersmarck and his wife, the Spec
tator extracts and translates the follow
ing lively picture of the latter, who
seems to have earned a high place in
the list of female eccentrics:
''In the course of prOtracted life
(she died as late as 1843 in Weimar,
aged 81, the Countess passed through
many trials and was thrown into many
situations of difficulty, but at all times
she exhibited an extraordinary vigor
and quite masculine resolution. Many
stories are still aflOat as to her odd say
ings and doings among the survivors
from her latter period in Wcimar. She
was emphatically strong-willed and
dcspotic lady, who would have her own
way, particularly at home; but she was
also full of a wild humor, and withal
possessed of a scholarship at no time
common among ladies Of aristocratic
birth, and particularly uncommon in
those days. The Countess Donners-
marck-or, as she was called in Weimar,
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gustus punned thereon by nicknaming
her the Hexcellency, He1e being the
German for witch)-loved to read the
classics in the original, her other favor
tie recreations being to blow the French
horn and play the fiddle. On the short
est day in the year it was her invariable
wont to illuminate brilliantly her house,
and to entertain the whole Weimar
society, to drive away black thoughts.
A standing joke with her was to swear
that in the next world she would sound
w box the ears of Eve for the mischief
she had brought on her and her friends,
in making them forego the delights of
Paradise in consequence of her indis-
cretion. Indeed, the aged Countess was
quick, even in this world. at the use of
her fists, for it is recorded how one day
in a crowded drawing-room she re-
ceived her son with a swingein& slap in
the face, because of his having dared to
think of making choice for himself in
marriage. To the present day the
Countess corpse lies deposited in
mortuary chapel which she constructed
above ground, as she said that if buried
in the earth she might fail to her the
blast of the last trumpet. After her
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20

husbands demise, this eccentric lady,
who was left with a family and slender
means. came to be selected for the
education in St. Petersburg OF the En-
peror Alexander's sister, the Grand
Duchess Maria, afterwards the wife of
the Hereditary Prince of Wcimar. 1t
was thus that she came to spend the
evening of her days in the city of the
German Muses-a privileged individual
in many respects, the friend of many
eminent personages, treated even by
severalroyalties almost as an equal, the
center Of much lively society, and an
object of general respect
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20
TIRE TURCO.RUSSlAN WAR.

The British Consul at Belgrade has
presented a note to Servia, threatening to
withdraw England's guaranty of Servia's
autonomy should she persist in her prepare
tions for war with Turkey
Constantinople kilograms of the 4th
report an attack by Russians upon the Turkish
forces at kamari Mehemct Ali reports that
the Russians were driven back upon Tirnova
with the loss of 1900 men.
The Turkish Parliament has been
couvuked for Dec. u.
An Adrianople dispatch of the 9Th says
a report had reached there, from Turkish
sources. that the Turks had captured Elena
with 5000 Russian soldiers. The Russian loss
in killed and wounded was estimated at 5000
A Belgrade dispatch of the 9Th says
Austria had sent remonstrance against Ser
Was participating in the war.
THE Russians had $50 guns in posi-
tion before Erzeroum on the 5th.
Russian official dispatches of the 9th
confirm the Turkish accounts of the capture of
Elena. but say their losses were greatly magni,
fled.
A Constantinople dispatch of the 9th
SAYS the Russian position at Kesrova had been
captured by the Turks on the preceding day.
The Turks had also captured Popkoi on the
LON.
1t was reported at Constantinople, on
the 9TH. that Sulcman Pasha had gained an
other victory between Elena and Tirnova.
A Nikopolis dispatch of the 9TH an
nounces the destruction of the bridge across
the Danube at that point by storm.
The operations of the Turks between
Elena and Tirnova were suspended, on the 9th
because of bad weather.
A Ragusa telegram of the 9th says
the inhabitants of Scutari and Albania had
telegraphed to Constantinople for aid against
the Montenegrins, declaring that, If their re
quest were not regarded, they would seek the
protection of Italy.
After severe engagement, on the
9th and 10th, Osman Pasha, the Turkish Com
mander at Plevna, surrendered uncondition
ally, and on the latter day the Russians tool
entire possession of the stronghold. Osmar
Pasha was wounded, and the Turkish Army
was dying of cold and hunger. There wal
great excitement all over Europe when tn
news was promulgated. The London pres
declared that the time had arrived for Grca
Britain to mediate between the contendin1
Powers.
1t was officially announced, on thu
10th, that the Russian losses since the com
mencement of the war had reached total o
74,s5s men-up to Nov. II.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20

up from the floor at arms length. All
this time a messenger had been dis
patched to obtain pistol from a Mis-
sion-street saloon, there being none
among the bystanders. At this critical
moment this arrived, and the muzzle
being insertedin the ear of the foam
ing brute his canine intellect was dis
tributed rather unpleasantly over the
clothes of the spcctators.-San Fran
cisco NesUs Letter.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20
Fatalism in Warfare.

The fatalistic soldier is splendid
fighter so long as he is successful. In
the phrase of Mukhtar Pasha, ''carry-
ing Paradise upon his gum he is quick
to interpret victory as sign of Divine
favor, and to 60 into battle with a sort
of Divine prescience of success. But
in defeat his fatalism carries him to the
opposite extreme. His reverses are now
the sign of Divine wrath and the omens
of ultimate defeat. He becomes listless,
hopeless and mechanical, and his mill
tary pride, even in defensive warfare, is
absorbed by the notion that the defeat
awaiting him is willed by God, and may
as well come early as late. AS enforc-
ing this view of fatalism in Turkish
warfare, the late campaign in Armenia
is an interesting study. At first the Of
tomans triumphed in open fighting and
against superior numbers. In the tide
Of victory they retook Bayazid, forced
the Russians back to the frontier and
raised the siege of Kars. Then came
their evil hour. They advanced too
far, suffered the crushing defeat before
Alexandropol, retreated pell-mell to
ErzerOum, suffered second defeat, and
are now discouraged and almost disor-
ganized. The psychological reaction
in the Turkish soldier is further and
more powerfully exemplified by the
overthrow of the intrenched Ottomans
at Kars by force scarcely stronger
than the garrison, and in that very de-
fensive warfare for which the Turk has
long been famous.
Perhaps there may be second reac-
ton in the fortunes of the Eastern con-
test. Perhaps a successful defense of
Erzeroum, or repulse of the invaders
at Plevna, may inspire the Turk with
the belief that his recent reverses are
only temporary visitation of Divine
But we have seen enough
of Turkish fatalism in war, already, to
contrast it with the intelligent and
warfare carried on by the
bayonets of better Nations -
to compare fatalisfn with the sort of
military spirit that was illustrated by
an Elliot at Gibraltar, a Wellington at
Waterloo, and a Washington at Valley
Forge.-N. Y. Evening Post.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20

"A road in Leicester, Mass, known
as Peters Road, is said to be named
sitter u former resident of that town,
Peter Salem, a colored man, who fought
at Bunker Hill, and is credited with
firing the shot that killed Maj. Pitcairn
of the British Army. After the War he
settled at Leicester and built a cottage
on that road. He cultivated a small
garden, made and mended baskets and
repaired chairs. The late Gov. Emory
Washburn used to recall sitting on the
knee of the old colored man in child
hood, and hearing him describe the
Battle of Bunker Hill.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20

1t is reported that Senator Melon
aid, of Indiana, will soon be married to
a widow, who is now q clerk in the
Treasury Department.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20
The name of Senator Morton's fam

The name of Senator Morton's fam
lily was originally Throckmorton, and
their ancestry is traced to the Earl of
Throckmorton in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth. The Senator's father
dropped the first syllable Of his sur
name, and his son followed his exam
ple.-N. Y. EveninQ Post.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20

James Il. Eustis Oem.) was admit
ted to seat in the United States Senate. on
the 10th, by vote of ~ toS.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20

Col. Robt. Tyler, son of the late
President Tyler, died Of paralysis of the brain,
at Montgomery, Ala, on the night of the Sd.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20

\ call has been issued for State
Democratic Convention to meet at Concord,
\. H.. on the 10th Of january next.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.

The Lakeside Publishing and Print
ing Company of Chicago have gone into vol
untary bankruptcy.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20

kissing the bride in church has
gone out Of fashion.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20

Senior Estrada, the captured Presi-
dent of Cuba. has arrived in Spain and has
been imprisoned in the fortress at Barcelona.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20

The Wolfsboro On. H. Savings Bank
has suspended. Deposits about 100000, and
dcpoSitors lose about Is per cent
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20

Speaking of the Black Hills editors
as poker players, the Deadsoood Miner
says if fence-rail was to be put up as
blind, the editors are so poor that not
one of them could straddle it.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20

The New Haven Comm Board of
Education has votcd-6 to 3--to dispense
with religious exercises in the schools of that
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20

The nomination of Hon. John b.
Hawlcy. of Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary
Of the Treasury, has been confirmed by the
Senate,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20

A few days ago thirteen July rioters
were sentenced at Baltimore, Md, to from six
10 eight months Imprisonment. About forty
theirs were awaiting trial.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20

On the evening of the 9Th, Hon. John
Burleigh. an eN-Member of Congress from
Maine. started in carriage from Salmon
Falls to th.Berwick, in that State, and, while
crossing bridge over the Salmon Falls River
his horse sheered and went over the railing
preciptating the carriage and Mr. Burleigh to
the he'd of the stream 200 feet below. Mr.. Bur-
leigh was instantly killed.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20

On the hearing of a writ of haJeas
corpus, on the 9Th Judge McAllister, of Chi
cago, formerly of the Illinois Supreme Court,
decided that the Illinois law for the punish
ment of Migrants and vagabonds known as
the Tramp law is unconstitutional and
void. The Judge declared it lone of the most
atrocious laws ever placed upon .the statute
books
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20

Judge Humphreys. of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia, decided
on the 4th, the habsds corpus case of Senator
Patterson, and discharged him from custody.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20

\ Paris dispatch to the New York
Hfald. Published on the 4th, says Gen. Grant
had informed correspondent of that paper, in
a recent interview. that he would not accept
any office under any Administration, and par
tcularly in the Diplomatic Service. This state
mcnt was made when his rumored assignment
to the Berlin Mission was brought to his notice.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20

Hon. John NJ. Harlan formally quail
flied as Judge of the United States Supreme
Court. on the 10th, and took his seat on the
bench as the successor of Hon. David Davis.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20

Peter b. Sweeney has paid the last
in-tallmcnt of the 100000 and interest which
he agreed to pay the City of New York in set
Element Of the Tammany Ring suits against
him. This arrangement. it is said, has
stripped him entirely of his property. He has
resumed his profession as lawyer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20

In his recent report, the Secretary
If the Interior states that the number of
acres of Government land disposed of during
the last fiscal year was H. $40, s61.'O-a decrease
from the sales of the year preceding of 1.674,
a3>,si acres. The total cash receipts were
Sl.452 6.Ai!3
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20

The officers of the National Baseball
League. for the coming year. are: President
W. y. Hubert, Chicago: Secretary-N. E.
Young, Washington: Board of Directors.
W. Ncf Cincinnati: W. p. Rogers, Milwarl-
kce: W. B. Petit. Indianapolis; A. s. Soden,
Boston: the President being also, er-cUt.to, a
member of the Board.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20
GENERAL.

A judgment was recovered, in a New
York City Court, on the 4th, against r. B.
Connolly, the New York Ring thief, for ST.
100000 and interest, in all amounting to g.,
527,13O15.
On the morning of the Sd, Mrs. Sarah
J. Spencer and Mrs. Sargent, wife of the Sem
ator, asked President Hayes to recommend, in
his message to Congress, legislation by which
women would be recognized in foreign as well
as domestic appointments, and that he recon-
mend an amendment to the Constitution to
secure woman suffrage in the States. The
President replied that, at future time, he
might state i'm writing his views on the sub
iect, but would now say that if Congress
should recommend such an amendment to the
Constitution it would meet his approval.
The Virginia House of Representa-
tivcs was organized, on the 5th, by the election
of Judge Allen as Speaker. by an almost unan-
imous vote. Mr.. Allen represents the element
favorable to the forcible rcadjustment of the
State debt.
The German National Bank, of Chi
cago, closed its doors on the evening of the
5th. The Directors claim that depositOrs will
be paid dollar for dollar, and that the stock
holders will realize 50 per cent of their stock.
The total liabilities to depositors is placed at
$lS3,OOO.
The President of the Reading (Pa.)
Road has assured miners that, during the next
year, for every twenty-five cents advance in
tolls and freight, the minimum of wages will
be increased 10 per cent.
The President, on the 9th, sent back
to the Senate all the nominations which were
not acted upon during the extra session of
Congress, including the New York City APP
pointments.
The branch, in New York City, of
Greenebaum Bros. (of the suspended German
National Bank, of Chicago,) suspended on the
9TH. The hope was expressed that the suspen-
sion would be only temporary.
The steamer European, from the
Cape of Good Hope, for London, was wrecked
off the coast of France, OH the 9th. No lives
werclost
A London telegram of the 9TH an
nounces the intended resignation of Disraeli,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-20

An election was recently held in
Georgia which resulted in the adoption of the
new Constitution and the designation of At
lanta rs the State Capital by about 10000 ma
iority, and the adoption of the Homestead
law Of ISL by small majority.
Arizona citizen., 1877-09-29
Rsining Everywhere.

Raining in New Orleans to the ex- tent of 72l inches in twenty-four hours raining fuFiously at Galveston and along the Gulf of Mexico; raining ' or inches in June in some of the middle States; raining for five weeks in midsummer at Washington, and on one occasion 115 inches in an hour |; raining in Chile, where rain seldom falls; raining on the Danube with a fury scarcely ever paralied; raining at last in India; raining in Oregon, in Scotland and England; raining in ev- cry place with which there is commu- nication. If the supply does not be- come exhausted we will come Tn for our share by and by. The evaporation that has been withheld must come down in the course of tune. It would be a singular alteration if our coast should be the only part of the world passed over.-S. F. Bulletin, 18th.
Arizona citizen., 1877-09-29
The RaIn-Tree of Peru.

Accounts from Peru bring the intel ligence that, in the forests near MOyo bamba City, a tree has been discovered called by the Indians tamia-caspi," or rain-tree," which possesses remarka- ble properties. This wonderful vege- table production, observes the Colo nies and India" we are told. absorbs the moisture of the atmosphere, which it concentrates, and subsequently, pOurs forth from its leaves and branches in a perfect shower, and in such quantity that in many cases the surrounding soIl is converted into a bog. We are fur ther informed that it possesses this sIn- gular power to a greater degree during the hot dry weather, when the rivers are at thelr lowest and the water most scarce It has been suggested to the Peruvian government by a gentleman who has examined these trees tbat the experiment of their culture in the more arid parts of that country should be made, with view to the benefit of az riculturistS.
Arizona citizen., 1877-09-29
Savings Deposits In the POstoffiees.

Says the Chicago Tribune: The Government of Great Britian several years ago provided for this business. It has made itself vast savings bank, for the protection of the thrifty, indus trious poor. The Government after witnessing the failure of various sys- tens of savings banks, and the loss of tens of millions of pounds, established nearly twenty years ago, the Post office Savings Bank System" The postmaster at all postoffices of cer- taiE class is made the Government agent of the savings bank. He re- ceiYes all deposits, giving a book or certificate, or antering it ina pass-book, of the amount received. The money is forwarded to the General Office in London, where it is invested Tn British consols, bearing 3per cent. There is paid tQ the depositor 2115 per cent. in- terest. At the end of 1875 there were on deposit about $136, ,O0o,0OO in iheseI postoffice banks. The difference be- tween the rate of interest on the bond and that paid to the depositor isintend- ed to cover the cost of management
 We saw a statement in the LondOnI Times not long ago which reported the amount of money at the end of lS76I NnnActta1 hA ~ afl about $40, 100000 It would be much more were it not that the Government refuses to receive more than e25, or $l25, from any one person, At thel end of 1875, the average amount stand ing to the deposit of each person was $73, which would indicate nearly two millions of depositors. The e25 limit is got around by several persons in the same family opening an account, sol that an ordinary sized family may have S4O0 or $500 in the Government Saw ings Bank.
Arizona citizen., 1877-09-29
AngOra Goat Wool.

N. Gilmore, of Nevada, has demon strated that the business of raising An gora goats for their fleece is paying business. His method is to buy some good full blooded Angors bucks and a flock of native eve goats. With these materials he commences the business of breeding The first cross of goats yield but little wool, but he keeps on breeding in and Tn until he has produc- ed herd that have long and heavy feeces. For the short fleeces of the earlier crosses, MT. Gilmore gets 65 cents per pound and for the long staple fleSces of the perfected goat he gets Sl.f0 per pound, and shears six to eight bounds per head at that The goat is a good breeder, the kids are hardy and mainly come in pairs. In any of the hillv districts of the United States these goats may be raised with very little trouble and much positive profit.
Arizona citizen., 1877-09-29
The New Indian Commissioner.

The dispatches say R. E. Haight of New York, has accepted the offer of Secretary Schurz to appoint him Con- missioner of Indian Affairs. A Wash ington dispatch of the 18th says of MT Haight:
 MT. Ha;ght was a member of former Board of Indian Commissioners, and was removed from office on account of some misunderstanding with Secretary Chandler. Haight, when member of the Board, took a very active part in the inspection of bids, and manifested a desire to become thoroughly acquaint- with the Indian service Since his retirement from the Board he has con tinued to have a very active personal interest in the entire Indian question