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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-06
A Horrible Position and q Narrow
Escape.

THERE came very near being a fatal
accident at the West Side Water
Works, at the corner of Ashland ave-
nue. and Twenty-Second street, yester-
day afternoon, the happy escape from
which Charles Reynolds, diver, par
ticularly rejoices over, and his friends
are indirectly satisfied. Three or four
nights ago, the managers of the works
desired to put new suction pipe into
the well, and to accomplish this object
the well had to be pumped dry; but the
gate. for some reason, could not be
shut down. The services of a diver
were procured to descend into the shaft
and remove the obstruction, and at
four o'clock yesterday afternoon Mr..
Reynolds equipped himself in his SUBJ
marine togs and went down into the
shaft. Both engines were working at
the time. and in getting too near the
inlet or channel the diver found him
self unable to resist the current of
water caused by the suction Of the
pumps. and he was drawn into the
channel. With great presence of mind,
however, he pressed his hands against
the abutments and braced himself
against the rush of waters with might
and main. His situation was most
precarious, as at best he could hold
out but few moments, and he had no
means of signaling his distress to those
above. The latter, not hearing or
seeing anything of the diver, fancied
that some accident. had befallen him,
and. as the small amount of air with
which he was supplied could last but
short time. caused the engines to be
stopped. when the back water foated
him out into a safe place in an almost
exhausted condition. Still, the coura-
geous fellow. nothing daunted, fished
about and brought up with him several
pieces of cement, which it was pre-
sumed obstructed the working Of the
gate.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-06
Horrible Incidents OF the Chinese
Famine.

PROF. S. WELLS WILLIAMS, of Yale
College, who lived for many years in
China as a diplomatic representative
of the United States, has received from
an English missionary who is living in
the famine-stricken regions of that
country the following extracts from a
diary:
"Jan. 20. There was a fall of one
inch of snow in the night. Saw four
dead on the road, and one moving on
his hands and knees. One of the dead
was boy ten years old carried by his
mother; she laid him on the snow.
sJan. 80. One of the two dead
bodies Just passed was well dressed, and
could not have been a poor man; just
beyond them met one staggering like
a drunken man along the road, and as
looked puff of wind blew him over
to rise no more.
"Jan. 81. Passed fourteen dead,
some of them stripped for their clothes.
One corpse was so light that middle
sized dog dragged it about.
FEB. [. Beside four women and
two men seen unburied near the road,
1 met two youths, apparently brothers,
fifteen to eighteen years old, moving
along like men of eighty, on their
slaves; then young man, carrying his
mother on his back, just ready to
breathe her last. Saw two heads put
up in cages, q warning to those who
rob or steal; and many hats and shoes
along the roadside, but no bodies; the
whole remaining after the wolves.
"Feb. 2. Saw group of three ~
ing together, who appeared to be a
father, son and grandson. On the snow
there were marks Of . struggle and
blood, but no body near. Two more
heads hung from the trees in cages.
For miles many of the trees along the
roads were stripped of their bark five,
ten and twenty feet above the ground
for food. Several houses were passed
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-06
THE EA.rEnx CONTROVERSY.

An cmeute took place in Constanti-
rounded the palace inhabited by ex-Sultan
Murad, and raised shout of 'Long live the
Sultan!" The troop fired on them and twenty
one were killed and seventeen wounded.
A Constantinople special of the 22d
reports that the Russians had defeated the
insurgents near the sources of the River Aria.
Many of them were killed and large number
were taken prisoners.
A Cattaro telegram of the 22d says
conflict between the Turks ape Montenegrins
was imminent.
The Mussulman insurgents are pros
ecutng guerrilla warfare against the Rus
slams about Artvin and Batoum.
A Berlin paper of the Oath says
Great Britain had ordered in Germany 200
electric lights for the use of the British feet.
A Rome special of the 9th says that
Austria, tearing, in the event of war, pos
siblc attempt of Italy to seize Trent and the
surrounding territory, had doubled the garri-
sons there and quartered $1,000 troops in
Austrian Tyrol.
A Constantinople dispatch of the 25th
says papers had been discovered at Pera, i'm
plicating Midhat Pasha and the British Minis
ter Ledyard in the recent attempt to replace
Murad Oh the throne.
The invitations to the European
Congress to meetat Berlin, on the 18th of June,
were dispatched on the 9th. They were is
sued by Prince Bismarck.
A report prevailed, on the 9th. that
Austria had occupied the Island of Adalxaleh,
which Russia promised to Servia.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-06

Had the pumps continued to work
for two or three minutes longer, Mr..
Reynolds must have relaxed his hold,
and in that event he would have been
drawn from the shaft through the tun-
mel and into the well under the pumps,
1t is hardly to be supposed that he
would then have made q passage
through the immense valves bodily,
but he would have been dashed against
the pumps with terrible force, and it
would have been but aquestion of time
when he would have been distributed
through the pipes and feeders to GUS
toners all over the West Division
CHICAGO Tribune.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-06
"A wonderful circumstance occur

"A wonderful circumst ancC occurred
in jacksonville, New, recently. Agen-
tleman well known in that section
owns lot of hens. One of them, a few
weeks ago, commenced laying in the
wood-pile, her nest being situated be-
tween two sticks of wood placed far
enough apart so that. as fast as an egg
was laid it would drop upon the ground
at least two feet below. After laying
twelve or fifteen eggs, the hen COM
menced sitting on the hole between
those sticks of wood, the eggs being on
the ground below, two feet distant.
Three weeks passed by, and eleven of
those eggs Matched successfully. -Ez-
change.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-06

The other day an old woman
named Pamela Bradbury died at Farm
ington, Me-, and upon her person was
found silver, gold, nickel and copper
coins, and . note for 800, all amount
ing to $500. The weight upon her per-
son amounted to some seventy pounds,
and this she constantly carried about
while doing Homework.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-06
CONGRESS-.

TUESDAY, May 21.-In the Senate
Mr.. Ferry stated that he was instructed by
majority Of The Finance Committee to report
back, with1~t amendment the House bill for
bidding tue further retirement Of United
States legal-tcndcr notes, and to recommend
its massage. Several other bills were reported
.ft'in committees and placed on the calendar,
among which was the House bill for the relief
OF settlers on PUBLIC lands under the Pre-cmp-
appointed on the Military Academy Appropri-
alton bill. The amendment to the bill to place
the name of Gen. Shields on the retired list.
providing for the addition of the name of Gen.
Grant, was reported and passed-32 to q.
Al! An amendment to strike out all after
provision authorizing the Secretary Of the In.
terror to place the name of Gen. Shields on
the pension list at the rate of 800 q month.
was, after lengthy debate, rcjected-3l to 80.
The question being then on the passage OF
the bill It was rejected-yeas, 30; nays, "a
-: The Army Appropriation bill was con-
sidered In Committee of the Whole of the
House, and general debate ensued, involving
the labor question and the policy of q reduc-
ton of the army and its use as . police force
to protect laborers throughout the country in
their rights to work in opposition to the power
and demands of strikers.
WEDNESDAY, May pa bill was
passed in the Senate for the relief of settlers
on public lands under the Pre- emption law,
giving to such settlers who had been on pub
lie land two or three years thebeneft of that
time upon changing their claim so rs tn
be under the Homestead law. Mr. Lamar
spoke in favor of the Texas Pacific Railroad
bill. The Conference report on the Indian
Appropriation bill was agreed to. Mr.. Har-
rison offered, as . question of privilege, a res
oluti0n in the House, extending the Potter
investigation to Oregon and South Carolina,
and declaring that it 10 not tho intention OF
the House, through such investigation, to an
null, or attempt to annul, the decision of the
Presidential question as made by the For
ty-fourth Congress; but several mem
beers declined to vote, the result being n to 50.
and, the point OF no quorum being raised, Mr..
Harrison withdrew the resolution. Mr.. Wilson
then offered q resolution, which was adopted
without division, extending the power Of the
Investigating Committee to any State where
there may be any well-grounded allegation of
fraud. report was submitted from the
Committee on Expenditures setting forth ten
articles OF impeachment against o. B. Brad
China, on charges of embexxlement, etc. The
Army Appropriation bill was further debated
in Committee of the Whole. A bill was re-
ported on the subject of counting the Elec-
toral vote. The Conference report ON the
Indian Appropriation bill VAS agreed to. A
bill was passed for the publication of an Of
fetal advertiser, which shall contain all public
advertisements, etc.
THURSDAY, May 23.-The Legislative,
Judicial and Executive Appropriation bin was
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-06

When Mr.. Greeley once upon a
time was lecturing In Indiana, in the
palmy days of State banks, the COM
mittee OF one town paid him-inva-
riably-in notes of the local institution.
He looked at them, and then said:
"Could not you give me, instead of
this stuff, well-executedc counterfeit on
some Eastern bankp'
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-06

A disturbance occurred on the 9th,
lin Belgrade, and crowd peltcd Prince Milan's
palace and chcercd for Karogeorgevitch.
The Austrians have occupied the
northern entrance of the Pre,leal Pass of the
Carpathian Mountains.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-06

= There are only 800 shades of blue.
We sometimes feel as though there were
twice Is many.-1Ivne,'s Falls Re-
p1rter.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-06

Several years ago young man in
New Orleans put sum of money in Q
savings bank, and forgot all about it
until recently, when, after reckoning
up the interest, it was found that-the
bank had failed.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-06

The human heart is like buck
wheat cake. Once cold it can never
be itself again. Rcaynec.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-06

w. Il A. Laycock, timber merchants,
of Yorkshire, Eng, have failed for s6OO,OOO.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-06

The Russian Government has decided
H. abolish jury trials in political cases.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-06

Prince Milan, of Servia, has par.
doncd the Topola conspirators.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-06

The cholera has appeared at Moran,
in India. of forty-one Europeans attacked
thirty died.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-06

+. Milton Speer. Of Huntingdon, has
been chosen. Chairman of the Pennsylvania
Democratic State Central Committee.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-06
EPITOME Of THE WEEK,
The Pennsylvania Legislature has ad-

The health of Pope Leo is said to be
falling
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-06

The Chicago Board of Trade has
lately adopted resolution to memorabilia
Congress TO provide, Ivy law, for the increase
anl maintenance Of the Army to full 100 reg
ncnts Of 1000 men EACH SO as to furnish
adequate protection from any outside or in-
ternal demonstrations of violence which NAV
arise in the future.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-06

The National Democratic Committee
met at Washington, on the 23d, and passed a
resolution declaring that the action of the
National House of Representatives in respect
10 the investigation of frauds alleged to have
hecn committed in the late Presidential cleo
ton met the approval of the committee.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-06


low places, boys and marshes through which
It passed it scarcely touched anything, where
as, when It came to rise of ground, or Hill
Of any kind, its force was terrific.
The appearance of the country over which
it passed is most extraordinary. There Is
wide, perfectly black, and having not q fixed
thing resting In 1t. That is, the turf was torn
up and thrown either out of the track or for
ward some distance. The fences were taken
bodily, excepting here and there few posts.
The hedges were stripped perfectly bare.
except in q few cases where they were small.
In these cases the insignifcance of the object
saved it. The blackpess which characterizes
this swath or furroNeof 200 feet IL due to the
fact that the whole of the soil around about
IL Of black loan after . few inches have been
cut of.
All through the path Of the wind, and for
as much as half 3 mile on each side, the
ground is sprinkled with various kinds Of
sticks and lumber, and, curiously enough
thing which cannot easily be explatned-all
these are stuck in the ground and are up
timber Of barn standing side by side upright,
and to look ct field over which the storm
passed gives one the idea that some one has
gone over It and driven stakes in it. This ap-
pearance Is found from the beginning to tie
made some curious determinations which arr
hard to explain. For instance, Ct Braun's
place It annihilated the house itself, and even
went 60 far a. to tear out the stone lining Of
the cellar. And yet, within five feet Of that
place, it left the floor Of kitchen and it took
one Of the beams out Of the barn and brought
It forward some 100 feet, throwing 4
down near where the house had stood,
though the barn was some distance further
on in the direction that the cloud
was going. Again, It killed almost every lfv.
ing thing with which It came in contact, but
made curious exception of Braun's horses.
It smashed up his hogs, and sheep and poul
try, but the horses were comparatively anin.
jured, and will recover. It is most remarkable
to person living here to see the path picked
out BY the cloud from the time ii left Elgin
until the time it disappeared. Its full force
somewhat affected And vet it was almost inn
possible to pick out straight line through the
town without encountering at least dozen
residences. Probably . most ingenious man
could not have laid down q path for such q
tornado and had It strike only one house, Il
this one did. II It had veered to the right OF
left . hundred feet, it would have taken st
least dozen places.
Three persons were killed in this vicinity.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-06

Bishop McCoskry reached Detroit,
Mich, on the 2'i. He announces that, hav-
i0- withdrawn his resignation, he will resume
hi> duties as Bishop of Michigan. lie says
little concerning the scandal recently asso-
ciated with his name, but intilnatcs that the
matter will take the shape Of libel suit.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-06

Judge Fighter, of the Sixth judicial
Court. at New Orleans, has lately refused a
mdhiamms to compel the School Board to all
init co!ored children to schools designated for
whites.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-06

The Treasury Department has dis
continued the payment Of standard silver dol
lars for Treasury notes at the New York Sub
Treasury. because instead Of going into gem
cral circulation, as was expected or hoped,
nearly all issued appears to be returned in
payment of custom dues, saving thus to inl-
porter. the gold premium.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-06

THURSDAY, May 23.-The Legislative,
Judicial and Executive Appropriation bin was
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-06-06

The Fifty-fourth Anniversary of the
American Sunday-School Union was celebrated
in Philadelphia, on the evening of the 2lst
Addresses were delivered by Rev. Drs. VIM.
NJ. Taylor, of New York: Mitchell, of Chicago,
aud McVickar, Of Philadelphia. The Secre-
tary's report showed that. during 1877, 1,l47
new schools had been established, and 3,35Ij
other schools visited and aided. These had
an aggregate of 1906 teachers and 2O1 200
scholars. More than 100, 26O Bibles and Tesla
ments had been distributed and $3.50, 1O3
scholars placed under Bible instruction. by the
Union, during the fifty-four years of its exist
cncc. The past year was stated to have been
one of the most successful of any.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-02-28
MAXENKUCKEE.
ROY LOCKWOOD.

Making maple sugar Is in order.
The bottom has fallen out OF the
roads.
Uncle Vincent Brownlee is lying
very sick.
Mrs. Cowan an old lady was
buried in Maxenkuckee graveyard
last Sunday.
A young man of this place was
taken In by Chicago swindllng firm
purporting to deal in tea.
There was a dance at the Grange
hall on Wednesday evening Of last
week.
Isaac Vanschoiack, OF Richmond,
this state. was visiting his father in
Maxenkuckee last week.
Lot Brownlee will take the place
of James Wade at the Allegheny
house. Wade goes to work for Mrs.
E. Snyder.
--Our enterprising young merchant
]. +. Wise, OF the firm OF +. Parker &
Co., will go TO Chicago. this week to
purchase their spring stock.
The question resolved: "That
Woman Suffrage Is Right, was dis
cussed at length at Washington
school house on last Saturday. The
decision of the judges was in favor OF
the affirmative. Some o. the debaters
being dissatisfied it was agreed to dis
cuss the subject again at Maxen-
kuckee, Saturday, March, 9th.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-02-28

This is the season of the year when
the big dailies lie about their circu-
lation.
The Indiana State Prison South is
running behind at the rate OF 5000
per month.
A purse containing $1,000, contri-
buted by Mohamedans, has been sent
by the Sultan to Osman Pasha, i'm
prisoned in Russia.
Francis murphy, the temperance
orator, with his son and daughter,
called on the President and Mrs.
Hayes the other day and met with
pleasant reception.
Horseaesh is now becoming so
common an article of food in Paris
that a thousand beasts are consumed
every month. They are not killed
until they become useless for work
through age or lameness. The meat
is but half the price OF beef,
A whisky tax Of s1,553,516 collected
from six distiileries in st. Louis in
1874 increased TO $1,SS1, 4S3 from
three Of the same distilleries in 1877,
owing to the breaking up of the
whisky ring.
Geo. Francis Train, a popular luna
tic, addressed a large audience at
New York, recently, and predicted
William Cullen Bryant, Petcr Cooper
and Simon Cameron would die this
year; also great changes to take place
in Europe on account Of the peoples
death, and Hayes is to be the last
President OF the United States.
Khedive Of Egypt sustains upwards
Of twenty places, in which he sup
ports three "proper wives" and 300
women of the harem. Each Of the
grown princes OF the blood has his
own seperate establishment, and the
horses in the stables of the father
and sons number several hundreds.
The oldest woman in the world is
Eulalie Perez, now living in Los An
geles, Cal. She is 140 years old, and
still uses her needle, having sent a
piece Of embroidery to church fair
about two years ago. Her age Is
well authenticated, as it is on record
that when the church Of the Mission
OF st. Gabriel was built in I'LL she
was a married woman and the mother
OF several children.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-02-28
INWOOD.
BY EQUINOX.

The late rains and SHOWS have
made the roads nearly impossible,
and business is very dull in conse-
quence.
Married, Feb. 18th, Mr.. Andrew
Jacobs to Miss Clara McAdams, both
of this place. The happy couple have
our best wishes for their future hap
piness.
Married, Feb. 90, Mr.. George
Weimer to Miss Elvira Perkey. May
Joy forever attend them.
MIR. Boggs, who lives about one
half mile east from here, was pre-
sented with a valentine on the morn
ing OF the 14th, by his wife. 1t is o!
the female persuasion. Mother and
daughter both doing well.
The protracted meetings have
come to a close, thirty-one having
Joined the church.
There is some talk Of trying to
get our village incorporated. Sue
cess to the enterprise, for we believe
it is move in the right direction.
Our Sunday School is progress
ing finely, an unusual interest being
manifested by all.
The dance las t Friday evening
was very poorly attended, as matter
Of course, for it is impossible to run
a protracted meeting and dance at
the same time and make a success o.
both.
Mr.. Rastus Madison has gone tC
the south part Of the state to spenG
several months.
Mr.. Samuel holland died on Feb
Goth, Of typhoid fever.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-02-28

An Argos correspondent over the
signature Of Justice" sends us an
article this week which is too long
for publication, and which contains
charges against parties named, that
should not be published, unless the
parties are arrested, and the charges
substantiated. The article declares
in substance that VIM. Foltz men,
toned by @Topsy" in last weeks
Argos letter as having skipped the
town, has been made the victim of q
conspiracy, and that another person
took the leather and sold it for
whisky,-that Foltz left because he
had no money to defend another
suit, but that the time viii come
when he will be fully INDICATED.
We are strangers and know moth
ing OF the facts in the case, or Of the
charges heretofore made against Mr..
Foltz, and referred to by Justice
but IL Mr.. Foltz is innocent we hope
and believe the time will come when
he will be indicated; and when that
time does come the good people OF
Argos will do him justice. Having
said this much we hope
the matter will not be referred to
again by our correspondents, as no
possible good can grow out OF its dis
cussion in the county papers.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-02-28
MAXENKUCKEE.
JOHN MAoKEY.


The Literary society at Washing
ton has busted.
It. b. Personett paid Stark coun-
ty flying visit last week.
Uncle Joe Savage's young folks
are visitinn friends in Miami county
&c. P. Cline sports a spring
wagon.
&C. c. Davis will move back on
the old farm this spring.
w. NJ. Cowan is having a serious
time with white swelling OF one Of
his limbs.
-Cory's mill met with mishap q
few days since-three of the saw
teeth jumped of.
The weather prophets have con-
cluded that the revelation they re-
ceived, informing them that there
was to be no more snow is false.
The young folks had social hop
at Andy Warmers last week.
That young man who got lost the
other evening had better get COM
pass.
r.. Mcfarland spent last Monday
and Tuesday visiting friends near
Denver, Miami county.
OF all the slang expressions we
ever heard the one Il don't have to, y
L. the most abominable. II we could
see the man that.started II we would
send a load OF clubs after him.