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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-11-07
FACTS AND FIGURES.

THE population of Japan is 1885,
5O4, an increase of 126,391 since 1875.
CAPT. EADs estimates at ~ high as
$500, 100000 the diminution in the
amount of trade caused by the yellow
fever.
Boston owns more than One-third of
all the property in Massachusetts.
The valuation for 312 cities and towns
in the State is 81, 514, PA, 237; for Bos-
ton, $3.50, 446, 866.
THE annual demand for ties and for
sleepers of our 10000 miles of railway
is estimated to be &C, OOC, 900 square feet,
and to inclose the roads would require
10000 miles of fence.
The net profits of the Bank of En-
gland for the half year ended Aug. 81
were f6S9,594 los. ID, making the
amount of the surplus f3,714,O85. A
half-yearly dividend of interest and
profits of IA los. was declared.
In the ten cotton States. last year,
there were 12,OOO,OOO acres of land un-
der cotton cultivation, which produced
4, 485, 423 bales of cotton, and during
the twelve months ending the 3Oth of
June, 1877, unmanufactured cotton,
valued at $171, Ills, sos, and cotton man.
ufactures of all kinds, valued at $780,
9O1, 311, were exported.
AT the Ophir mining-shaft in Ne
vada, two streams of water of consider
able size (about such as would flow
through an inch pipe) are turned in
near the top and allowed to fall to the
bottom, a distance of over l 500 feet.
This shower of falling water not only
greatly cools the air, but also forces it
out into the 15O0-level and adjacent
portions of the mine
DIR. FooTE, in his Health Monthly for
October, says that in 1867 $4,000 En-
glish women petitioned Parliament for
suffrage; in 1858, 1000; in 1870, 1O9,-
600; in 1872, 100000; in 1875, AIS, 900.
A similar growth of opinion is shown
in the votes of the House of Commons.
In 1867, seventy-five members voted for
woman suffrage; in 1870, 124; in 1873,
liz; in 1875 the majority against it was
only thirty-five.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-11-07
The Latest Bonanza Craze.

AN old army officer of rank has Just
returned here from San Francisco, and
says the whole Pacific slope is crazed
over the recent picking up of the stock
market. Spectators have waited for
years for market, and large num-
Der of them were what is known as
dead-broke. Stocks continued to de-
cline, dividends stopped, assessments
began, and the failures among the
heavy operators were countless. A
ew of the richest wcathered the storm,
but everybody felt depressed and ap-
prehensive. At this time vengeance
was sworn against the bonanza firm
who had all the money On the coast,
and Mr.. Flood, the head of the firm,
was afraid to be seen on the streets.
The tremendous rise in the Sierra
Nevada, the Utah, the Justice, Union
Consolidated and some of the other
Nevada stocks has sent everything a.
booming in San Francisco again, and
such wild scenes have not occurred
there for many years. Everybody is
rich again. Some marvellous stories
are told. One man who had been very
rich met with reverses and became very
poor during the past six months. His
house, his furniture, his credit, every
thing was gone and he was, as usual in
such cases, avoided by everybody.
When the gigantic rise in Sierra Ne
vada occurred he happened to think he
had given his wife thousand shares of
that stock when it was only worth a
dollar a share, and he never supposed
it would be worth mere: He hunted
up the despised stock, sold it for $500
a share, and pocketed 100000. Col.
w. F. Shaffer, of New York, who has
had hard lines in San Francisco for the
past three years, being most of the
time dead-broke, was put in by friend,
and is now square on his feet again
with $50, 900 in the bank, it is said.
Chadwick, of the firm of Sykes & Chad
wick, who kept Wizards Hotel here
during the war, who was terribly poor
in San Francisco, was one of the lucky
ones in the rise: Senator Jones, who
Notwithstanding the reports, was not
worth a $780, 900 when he left here last
July, is now again millionaire. Sem
ator Sharon has also been very fortu-
natcly lately. These are the stories
that come from San Francisco, and
those who have been there and
the habits of the people and the ex-
traordinary fluctuations of stocks will
not doubt the stories. large as they are.
Washington Special to Philadelphia
Times. ...... ..
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-11-07
Some Late Fashions

The double-breasted English coat is
iaunty and becoming garment that is
worn alike by old and young ladies, by
the stout and slender, and BY the most
dressy as well as by those with plain
taste; it serves also for both house and
street dress. The vest is sewed in the
shoulders and under-arm seams;1 but if
great warmth is required, separate
back can easily be added, and the vest
will become d separate garment The
long oversight has stylish wrinkled
apron tied back closely, and u boudant
back forming a panier puff. The edges
of the over-skirt and the coat are fin
ished with two or three parallel rows
of stitching neatly done by machine
about an inch from the edge. The
short, round, lower skirt escapes the
ground, and is trimmed by q single
plated fiounce about ten inches deep.
These wooden suits will be very gener-
ally worn this winter, and those made
of camel's-hair with velvet or satin ac-
cessories will be used for very dressy
occasions. There are also black striped
and figured velvets combined with
plain velvet, or else stripes of satin and
velvet over satin skirts that are being
made quite short, yet will be used for
visiting and reception dresses. For
ladies in mourning, suits of lusterless
black cloth are the newest. They have
a vest of the same, and are simply
stitched for trimming. The buttons, of
bullet shape. are of black horn highly
polished. i.
The beef. eater is a new English round
hat of great size, with the broad brim
rolled upward on the left side and TRIM
med with several plumes, some of
which are short and nodding over the
front, while others sweep backward
around the crQwn. 1t Is shown in
black felt, with the brim ornamented
with gold cord and with black ostrich
plumes.
Feather konnsts without trawns NE
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-11-07

According to Constantinople dis
patches OF the 22d, trouble had arisen he.
tween the Russians, the Turks and the Rou.
melians over the administration OF affairs in
the latter country, and fears were entertained
that serious military. complications would en-
sue.
The intended withdrawal of the Brit
ish fleet from Gallipoli has been abandoned.
In consequence of recent Russian movements.
The latter have notified the Porte that they
will not leave Adrianoplc until q definitiye
treaty be signed.
During the week preceding the 22d,
5000 Turkish prisoners were returned to the
Bosphorus by the Russians.
Bessarabia was formally surrendered
to the Russians. on the 29d.
According to Bombay dispatches Of
the 23d, the British advance upon Cabul had
been postponed until next year. The army on
the frontier was suffering from fever.
Matthew Buchanan & Co., shipping
merchants, of Glasgow, failed, on the ed, for
36.250,0Oo. The Drumpeller Coal Company
also suspended. Liabilities, 100000.
A London dispatch of the 23d says
the Albanian League d,sclaimed all RESPONSE
hility for the recent assassination of Mehemet
Ali Pashs, and declared that he was murdered
by brigands.
4 terrible storm of wind and rain
swept over portions of Pennsylvania, New
York, New jersey, ETC., early on the morning
OF the 2Sd, doing immense damage to proper.
ty, In Philadelphia nearly one hundred ware.
houses along tho river front were carried
sway, churches rsilway aepctE. school houses,
.lwelllak'hmises, et., were demolished, ana
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-11-07

There isn't, says q misogynlst,
much dinpreboe between q gtasesHid0w
aud q gTasshlppey, sitter ell, Either
will Jump 81 tha first chance.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-11-07

Two thousand people Ia Memphis,
whose recovery was thought certain,
pdia with theis lives for their folly ia
eoide ab.ut toe '2s1pn and Gyer'tGyl1k
mlad hbd body '0' A''s
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-11-07

We were shown to-day, by Mr..
Andrew H. Remington, a turtle-shell
bearing the following inscription: &c.
K. 1900" The turtle was found the
4th day of August upon the Remington
farm. is of the wood turtle species, and
when found had been dead but a short
time. as the body was in the shell and
but slightly decomposed. The inscrip-
ton was evidently made by Mr.. Caleb
Remington Gather of Andrew), who at
that time was sixteen years of age.
The carving of the letters corresponds
exactly with others which he made
later in life. This would make his tur-
tleship at least seventy-eight years of
age at death. and how much more none
can tell. But the strangest part of the
affair is that after more than three
fourths of q century the turtle should
have been found upon the same farm
where he received the first date of find
ing. Evidently when the initials were
cut upon the shell he was q small fell
low, as they have an extended appear
ance. showing that from the center the
shell had extended about three-fourths
of an inch each way.-Providence Jour.
nal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-11-07

A call for $1,000 per share has been
made on the shareholders of the City of Glas-
gov Bank.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-11-07

Cardinal Cullen, Archbishop of Ire
land. is dead. He was born in 1903, and NOM
mated Cardinal in 1866.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-11-07

The Austrian budget for 1879 esti-
mates deficit of Is, 3O7, 40 forms.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-11-07

At the recent election in Indiana the
Democratic vote was 194,49l; Republican,
$50. 'S5: National Grcenback, 80, AS.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-11-07

A Bulgarian insurrectionary move
ment is reported near Salonica.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-11-07

The entire Italian Cabinet resigned,
Oh the 23d.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-11-07

RIVERS AND HARBoRs.
The annual report of Gen. A. A. Hum
phreys, Chief of Engineers, is devoted mainly
10 the two subjects of Notifications and river
and harbor improvements. It is shown that
during the fiscal year ending June 30, the
sum Of 81, ~, $50 was expended for the I'm
provemcnt of rivers ami harbors, and bal
ance OF 81, 0SS, 670, re % lining from the prevf-
Gus appropriations, is available for use dur
ing the present fiscal year. The act of June
fifteen works and for surveys and examfna-
lions at one hundred and sixteen places, APP
proprfating total of e8, POI, 100 in addition
to the balance available from previous appro-
priaticns. Upon the approval of projects sub
mfttcd bv the various subordinate engineer
officers, steps were taken for putting the
works at once into execution, and they are
now being conducted under the contract sys-
TEN, or by means of hired labor, and the plr-
chase OF material in open market. rs appeared
to be the most advantageous in any particu
lar instance to the Government
Gen. Humphreys describes the work &C.
complished in the last fiscal year, outlines
that which is in progress during the current
year, and In the course OF his report recon-
inends the following additional appropria-
tons for Western rivers and ports:
Teas-Galveston Harbor, $4,000; ship
channel. Galveston Bay, $4,000; Sabine
Tennessee Memphis Harbor, e124,O00.
Mississippi Vicksburg Harbor, $4,000;
removing snags and wrecks from Mississippi,
Missouri and Arkansas Rivers, ETC., t3S5, 600
Kansas-lmprovemen OF Missouri River at
$l5,00O; opposite st. Joseph, $4,000.
Nebraska and Iowa-.Improvemen of Mis-
souri, River at Nebraska City and Eastport,
Iowa. e85, 700; at Omaha and Council Bluffs,
$50, 600; at Sioux City, &33, $50; improvement
OF the Mississippi River between the mouths
OF Illinois and Ohio Rivers, $500, 00Q Fhie
rogress and allow some new s;,s ones 70 bSbG
t Ut
:. 1MpTQyement Of the Missouri River above
tnS U1ttih Qf the .Yell0wetAua, fbS,0M i.s.: :
lHI.s ' Y 2! the Miia!ssipas Rsvcs BE-
NmeniAf md deeppnine :hs channel n
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-11

will be provided to relieve the travellers
of all cares and responsibility. The
transportation, rooms at hotels, ETC..
will all be fixed in advance by proper
agents. Leaving New York June 29th
the party will first visit the Giants
Causeway, in the north of Ireland, and
returning to the steamer at Neville,
near Londonderry, proceed to Scotland
Landing at Glasgow, the party will Wis
it Loeb Lomond, the Trossachs, Loeb
Katrine, Stirling Castle, Edinburg,
Melrose Abby and Abbotsford, and then
push on to London, where several days
are to be passed; thence to Belgium,
landing at Antwerp, and visiting be-
sides that city, Brussels and AK la
Chapelle. From the latter point the
route will lie through Cologne and the
picturesque Rhine district. A day boat
will be taken up the Rhine past many
of the old castles and historic sights
Many important German cities will be
visited including Wiesbaden, Frank
fort, Darmstadt, Heidelberg, Carlsruhe.
and Baden-Baden. After visit to
Strasburg, a journey will be made
through the famous Black Forest OF
Germany, to Schaffhausen in Switzer-
land. The route through Switzer-
land is through the most picturesque
and interesting sections of that country
of lakes and mountains. Among the
places to be visited are the Falls of the
Rhine at Schaffhausen, Zurich, Tug,
Ducerne with its beautiful Lake, the
summit of Mount Rhigi, the Brunig
Pass, Brienz, the falls of the Giessbach,
Interlaken, Thun, Berne, Fribourg,
Lausanne, and the Lake and City OF
Geneva. From Geneva the tourists
will pass through the Jura Alps into
France, and by way of Culoz, Macon,
Dion, and Fontainebleau to Paris.
Here a sOjomn of week will be made,
and the return to London and Glasgow
will be via Rouen and Deippe in France,
and Brighton, Eng. Supplementary
tours through Italy have been arranged
for those who can extend their time
abroad.
1t will be seen that large amount of
travel and sightseeing is to be included
in the tour. The price of tickets has
been fixed at $500 in gold, and this sum
will include ocean passage, all inciden-
tai travel, all hotel accommodation (all
first-class) jim fact every essential ex-
penditure for the round trip. DIR.
Tourjee has issued pamphlet giving
of the excursion.
ATHENIAN.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-11
The Cheap Money Delusion.

The action of the New York and New
Orleans banks in protesting against the
reconciliation of silver by an act of
Congress, is interesting in more respects
than one. 1t shows that the South is
not solid for a deprecated currency ;
that this cry for an honest dollar does
not come alone from New England and
the east. In this connection it is said
that Senators Hill of Georgia and But
Ter of South Carolina, have also declar-
ed their opposition to this great finan-
cial delusiOn.
1t is interesting to notice how the
great financial institutions of the coun-
try regard this attempt to debase the
currency. Besides the bankers of the
two great cities above alluded to, F. S.
Winston, president of the Mutual Life
Insurance Company of New York, has
addressed letter to the finance COM
mittee of the Senate, representing that
the arbitrary reduction of the value of
a dollar to the basis of 4I24 grains of
silver would reduce the assets of his
company by 20 millions. These mil
lions, he says, will be taken from the
pittances of the widows and orphans
who will hold the policies of the COM
pany maturing hereafter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-11
The Presidents Policy in Vermont.
rRntland Cor. Boston Globe. !

Tn NV Burlington letter | mentioned
the sentiments of the business men OF
that city on the ''pOlicy." SInce'
have discussed with business men I'D
Rntlaud and Bellows Falls on the same
subject. and / have yet to find one soil
tory business or professional man, not
noiitician. who supports Senator Ed
minds. What is more, / am SATISFIED,
after couversing with large number OF
the latter class, that as soon as they are
convinced that they are not under sen
ator Edmunds' yoke large majority OF
them will be hand and glove with Mr.
HAYES. Your readers must bear III
mind that what Conkling is to New
York Edmunds has been to Vermont,
with perhaps this exception, his broth
er-in-law is not the leader of the de-
mocracy, nor can he on pinch COM
mand support from the democratic par
ty. There is no knowing what might
have been the case had the parties been
more evenly divided. The paternal So
licitude with which the author of the
electoral commission views the Office
holder of this state was fifty illustrated
by Senator Morrill, to your correspond
ent while on my interviewing tour last
summer. In speaking OF the policy" L
mentioned the appointment of certain
postmaster for the fifth term in his pOr-
ton of the state against the protest of IA
large number of citizens. Morrill, ans
wered: II have but little or nothing to
do with appointments or removals.; the
man on the other side of the mountain
attends to that" Not only do find
that men who have no interest i'll the re-
tention of this man in office or the ap-
pointment of that man to office, who
have no hankering after the lOaves and
fishes themselves, are satisfied with the
presidents policy, but also they APP
pIaud it and believe that if properly
organized they would work for it and
sweep from power at the coming cleo
ton the opponents and milk-and-water
supporters of President Hayes.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-11
New Hampshire.

The Republicans of New Hampshire
held their state convention at Concord
yesterday. We hardly expect to learn
the result before we go to press. The
manifesto of VIM. E. Chandler, of which
due notice was made last week, makes
the present action of the Republican
party of especial interest. If Chandler
succeeds in arraying the party against
President Hayes and his policy, it is all
over with the party in that state for the
present. And it is a trying time for the
party i'll any event. The Legislature of
1879 elects United States senator in
the place of Mr.. Walbridge. If the Re
publican party of the state adhere to
the President and his platform, they
may keep control of the state; if they
follow Chandler, they will certainly lose
it. We expect to hear from Concord
that the Republicans of the Granite
State are with President Hayes.
Postscript convention re-nomi-
mated Benz. F. Prescott for Governor,
David E. Willard for Railroad Commits
sioner, re-affirmed the Cincinnati plat
form, Endorsed President Hayes, con-
demned the silver swindle, and de-
nOunced those who would repudiate the
public debt. All of which is good
enough.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-11

the people will presently openly adhere
to this policy as necessary to their Sc
curity, welfare and prosperity.
The reform of the civil service is nee
essarily slow work it requires cautious
action in great number of cases. But
though, in the opinion of some frlends
of reform, he has acted too slowly, he
believes that thoughtful men will soon
recognize the fact that new spirit mas
begun to animate the public service
that the work is better and more erect
ualIy done, because the old omcers
whom he has not removed feel Una.
thew are watched and that they must
attend more carefully than ever to then
public duties. He believes, it is said,
that the public service is now more care
fully and effectually conducted than IL
has been at any period since the war,
and while he is by no means satlsneu
that the highest standard has been
reached. and while he does not mean
to relax his efforts to improve 1t, yer
he is satisfied with the results so far
attained.
In relation to the New York appoint
ments, he is reported to say that 1t is
less easy than many people suppose to
find good and capable men to manage
so great a business house as the New
York custom house. He regards that
as the institution which it is most nee
essary to place i'll the hands OF men not
ONLY honest aud capable, but positively
friendly to a thorough reform OF the
civil service and he believes that, as
the New York custOm-house is the
largest business establishment III the
country, not only is it the true place to
make a real beginning of reform, but
that when this is done there the effect
upon other government offices Will be
SO great as to make the work of reform
easier everywhere. 1t is for this reason,
and not out of hostility to senators or
other persons, that he has sought to
place the New York custOm-hOuse in
new hands. He is said to disclaim very
positively hostility to any one, and
believes that a public officer ought
never to allow himself to entertain such
feelings. Having no personal ends or
ambitions OF his own he is DESTROYS
only to do his duty to the country, and
he believes that whatever temporary
effect misrepresentation and miscon-
ceptions may have, in the long run, the
American people are sure to recognize
fidelity to their interests and welfare,
while all experience shows that they
pardon errors in minor matters, if they
are convinced that the purpose has been
to serve them.
1t follows from all this, if he is cor
rectly represented, that the president
has no intention to change his policy in
any respect and it is reported as Ger
tain by those best informed that he
will make no change in his cabinet Ell
Their.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-11

was what the journal calls Disagree
able row." at prayer meeting. Two
or three persons were knocked down,
and young convert, who was baptized
the Sunday before, used language not
creditable to Christian.
Last Sunday 25 persons united with
the College street Congregational church
Burlington, Sc with the Winooski ave-
nue., AZ with the Methodist (received on
prObation,) and nine with the Baptist
in all, 112 persons, whose conversion
may he said to be the result of the visit
of Moody and Sankey.
Saturday, in the litigation against the
Vermont division of the Portland and
Ogdensbutg railroad, there was filed in
the United States circuit court, at Bur-
lingtOn, foreclosure bill in behalf of
certain bondholders who did not assent
to the issuing of the preference bonds.
The bill of complaint asks for renewal
of Judge Poland from his position as
trustee, and for the sale of the road.
Secretary Schurz's Indian investigat-
ing committee discovered gross neglect
of duty, inefficieney and the most stu
pendous swindles perpetrated upon the
Indians. 1t is stated as one instance,
that the Utes were over year finding
out that signing their names to piece
of paper was anything more than an
act of courtesy to the agent. After he
had cheated them out of about $40, 900,
they began to see that the pen was
mightier than the tomahawk.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-11
Republican, and Why.

The Observer, the new paper started
at White River Junction by Mr.. Thorn
as Hale, thus defines its political status
We believe that generally the Re-
publican party is based Oh sound con,
stitutiOnal theories, while many of the
leading ideas and theories of the Dem
ocratic party are unsound and danger
Gus, and not only not warranted by
either tue letter or any fair construction
of the constitution, but positively for
hidden by it. Republicans, almost to
man, believe that the Federal Con-
stitution gives full and explicit author
ity to protect itself and the Union OF
the States against all attempts to over
throw the one or divide the other. On
the other hand, the leading ideas and
principles that have controlled the
Democratic party, Theoretically, deny
this Inherent power in the fundamen-
tai law, and how fearfully this danger
GUS heresy has been practically exer-
cised is too fresh in the minds of all.