The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-10-17
State News.


State News.
THE NJ. +. conference in session
At Rochester, adopted rule cxclud-
ing brother ministers who use tobac-
CO.
ACCORDING to the report Of the
State Commissioner, 52S twin chill
lren were born in Minnesota during
the year 1877.
THE Odd Fellows of this state
have contributed $3.50 to the yellow
fever relief fund, and the Masonic
fraternity $4,000.
\ Lake Washington, Nicollet Co.
farmer has sold over 5000 worth Of
waterme.ons the present season,
rom one acre of ground.
A mortgage deed of trust of the
Hast ngs s Dakota Railroad, due
jan. Isl, 1905, to james n. McKin-
ley, tru 'tec, to secure the payment Of
$4,000 per mile for tie enc hun
d-ed and forty miles of road from
Glencoe to the state line, near Big
S one, was yesterday filed in the
secretary OF states Office Pioneer
Press, 2d.
Mr.. E. B. Dodge, of Farmington,
shearel, this season. from thirty-sev-
en- head Of sheep, one hundred and
forty-four and one half pounds Of
WOO, tlitle lie, s than four pounds
per head. The clip brought Mr..
Dodce the nice sum CT sl24.7O,
about 1897 for each sheep. He in
forms us that the increase Of his
flock more than pays the expense Of
kee. ying.-Roehester Post.
Commiss oDer Of Statistics Jacob
son has unearthed from among the
mortalitv records Of his office a case
Ct remarkable lor geyity. The ease
is that o. John Thompson, of Isanti
c. unity, who died Dee. 7th 1877, at
the ii old age Of one hui drci and
thi!t>en years, eleven months, and
eighteen days. He is described in
the record as whise, widower, born
in Ireland, a farmer by occupation,a as
coming to MINI: esota in 1856, and as
having died Ct consumption.-.8.
Fuul Dispatch.
J. 7. Williams arrived home on
Sunday morning last, and is well
coined back as heartily as if he had
been absent Tor years. Mr.. Will
Jams left here several months age to
accept the American consulship at
St. Helena, E gland, but not liking
the position he resigned, and after
visit ne the Paris exposition and 4
sojourn in England and Wales he
T., tlrrel home. He is Through Y
satisfied that there is no country like
.America, and says that to appreciate
the fact it is not only necessary to
60 abload.--Mu,,kato kesie,c.
F,.ribault Democrat The musk
rat has been heard from and is said
to De constructing his house with
double walls, back plaster, tarreu
paper and s,orin doors, whicA is sup
posed to Indicate a hard Winter. 1t
+" iii also be remembered that the
prophetic lIttie animal cid t..e same
tni.g last fill, and we are therefore
led {, be eve t:.at this Is the Mime
sol. niu krat's sty.e Of artitectu.e
,live sally and annually used to
guard against lcc-den,s. All seu,i-
Die human animals vii go aud do
llkcw.se. 1t is cheaper 10 bank up
a house than to buy Il new relay OF
v@getab.esr.
The Presidents friends at Wash.
ingto say he has not changed his
Southern policy, but in undertaking
to protest civll rights III South Caro-
Ina, Louisiana and Alabama, he is
doing 10 more nor less than he
would do III New York or any other
State under Ike circumstances. The
Demo cratic bu.i,io.ers "a the south
can avoid interference from the Ted
cal government by quietly obeylne
the laws witch guar. antee TO ever,
man, white or black, the free enjoy
ment of all the ii ,hts of citizenship
The Dollar.
In 1864 the Greenback dollar
would bay two yards OF calico nov
/, it Will bay sixteen. In 1854 thu
vorkingman's $3.50 for a days worl
: would buy three yards Of calico TO
his wife. Now his one dollar da,
will buy her sixteen.
In 1864 it took the laborer, work
irg at $3.50 day, twenty-five and
!; half days to earn enough to buy
barrel of pork. Now, if he onl
gets one dollar day, lie can buy
y barrel in eight or nine days.
! In 1864 the price Of days labo
-sl.5o-was equal to that Of tire
, yards of brown muslin. Now tn
price Of q days labor--one dolla
= $ equal to that Of twelve and hal
yards of brown muslin.
In 1864 a days labor at $1.5
), would buy one gallon Of molasse
Now days work at one dollar wi
! buy two and half gallons.