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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-16
A Stream of Charity.

DURING the late epidemic, Vicksburg
received nearly 5000, 900 from kind and
generous givers all over the Union.
The amounts received by all the fever
districts foot up nearly $4,000 600. 1t
is hard to estimate the good that was
done, the suffering that was relieved
and the horrors that were averted by
to grasp the immensely Of "f the s' magma ma
nimity of acts that record themselves
by hundreds, thousands, tens of thou
sands and millions of dollars! 1t is
like one trying to conceive of the vast
ness of the empire in which this was
done. If it were possible to estimate
the vast plains, rivers, mountains, for
ests and lands that stretch from the
gulf to the great lakes, and from ocean
to ocean, it would be possible to some
what appreciate the vastness of the aid
received. Our people cried out in their
distress, and relief from every quarter
flowed in on them in one continuous
stream for months. The gifts were
only limited by the wants of the suffer-
ing. No question was asked; no refu-
sails were thought of, and the world
witnessed the spectacle of q great peo-
pie engaged in the task of pouring out
wealth to relieve the sufferings of fellow
beings. Philanthropy is truly said to
be the noblest trait of human nature.
Philanthropy and charity are the evil
dences of the highest civilization.
These are possessed in higher degree
by the American people than by any
other people on earth. History does
not record an event that will compare
to the universal charity displayed in
the United States in 1878.-Vicksburg
MISS. Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-16
An Amusing Rascal.

ABOUT twenty-five years ago l was
an attache at Munich. Public employees
led an easy life then, and all the other
members of the mission were away. l
was seated in the chancery, WREN q
zed-looking veteran entered, and,
telling me that he was on his way back
to England from the Crimea. asked me
to advance him 100 forms. l was YER
dant, and handed him the cash, proud
to be of use to one of the gallant de-
tenders of my native flag. After he
had left, came across an order to
have man of his name arrested and
"extradited" for numerous iniquities.
l went to the police. No one was in,
so to make sure that my friend should
not leave the town, / wrote him q line
to say that some Bavarian officers were
most anxious to make his acquaintance,
and that hoped that he would honor
me with his company to dinner the
next day. The following evening the
Captain, beautifully arrayed in even
ing dress, made his appearance. Soap
TAIN" said, "allow me to introduce
to you the officers who wanted to know
you; they are officers of the police"
On this he was led away and lodged in
prison. The papers demanding his
extradition were not ready, and tho
Minister of Police proposed provision
ally to keep him under arrest for the
100 forms borrowed of me. But We
had no evidence of the fact. so we hit
upon the following expedient: He was
brought before the Minister of Police,
who said to him: "You borrowed two
hundred forms of an attache of the En-
glish Legation" "No." replied the
Captain; "this is an infamous false
hood; | only borrowed one hun
piled the Minister, ''for admitting
the fact; you will now 60 back to
prison, because you owe money you
cannot pay" In durance vile the Cap
tain remained for one year, and during
this time we tried to arrange his ex-
tradition. But we failed, and the
"Captain.'' we found, could not be
sent to England. Some years later l
came across this worthy man at Flor
ence. He then was representing him
self as q secret emissary of Lord Pal
merston, and in that capacity was made
much of by the Florentine Prime Min
ister. Kicazoli. On meeting me he took
his departure. A year or two later !
found him ut Venice, with his SON.
He called his son . nephew OF Lord
Palmsrstogt md h!mseif the soa's tu'
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Buried Alive for Two Hours and
Half. --AA4l'S-.

Our Topton correspondent, ,"H,"
says that on Saturday evening, "a the
labOrers of Joseph Fenstermacher's
mine about mile from Topton (where
Isaac Eek was killed by bankslide
last july, were about to leave their
work for the week, one of them, named
Jacob Barrol, entered q drift in the
embankment thirty feet high, and the
bottom Of the open cut, where he had
been at work during the day. to bring
out some tools he had forgotten. As
he entered he saw the bank Immediate
ly over the entrance give way, and
come tumbling down into the cut In
stead Of retreating and thereby proba-
bly, being caught and crushed by tho
mind he rushed quicffSSt dsEesssi.nace ct
in the hillside, the entrance of which
was Immediately closed by the rushing
mass of many tons of earth and stone
from above. So quickly he disappeared
that his fellow-workmen thought he
had been caught by the landslide and
crushed to death. They at once set to
work to dig up his supposed dead body.
The news spread rapidly, and crowd
quickly assembled from the surround
ing neighborhood, including his grief
stricken wife, who hurried to the spot
to learn the fate of her husband. The
men threw out the dirt rapidly, and
when near the mouth of the drift, one
of the men, hoping Barrol had escaped
death, pushed his shovel-handle
through the loose earth into the hole
and called to Barrol. To their delight
he answered from his living grave ~
am all right; only hurry up and get me
out, for the air is becoming heavy"
With renewed energy and hard work
for another half-hour, the men re-
moved sufficient earth and rubbish to
effect an opening large enough to allow
Barrol to crawl out, which he speedily
did, safe and unhurt, amid tho wild
cheers of his comrades and the crowd
around the cut. He had been confined
in the drift about two hours and half.
After thanking his comrades and friends
for their arduous efforts in rescuing
him from his living tomb, he accom-
panied his overjoyed wife to his home
in the little Village of Ringtown, near
Topton.-Reading (Pa.) Eagle.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-16
Story Of q Brooch.

APROPOs, there is q brooch in the
window of one of our best jewelers. to
which curious tale is attached. The
breast-pin is mounted with great art,
and set with gems. 1t is divided into
four parts, and shows four twisted,
bent and blunt ordinary pins under
transparent enamel. Where were these
four found? What were they used for?
Did they hold fichu, shawl or flower?
The poetry of the brooch had to be
looked into, and the following has been
ascertained: A foreign Count was years
arrested for a political offense. Ere
his dreams had been quite forgotten, he
was dressed by those who spied out his
abode, and dragged to prison. 1t hap
pened to be rather dark one. The
day after this occurrence he began to
think how terrible it would be to live
long in such location with nothing to
do, and, as he thought he fumbled
about his coat-pockets. While doing
so he discovered four pins which he had
stuck in the lining of one of his frock
tails in case he might require one. He
held the four for some moments, then
uuuS tucM EISuI nuu AcAt aUOuU uiS
narrow cell. It was q quiet one, but,
listen with all the intensity he could,
there was no way of knowing where
they had fallen. He therefore went
down on all tours and carefully felt
about, sprawling in every direction
until he had recovered them. Then
he got up and recommended scattering
them for another exciting hunt. Well,
readers, this he did six and seven times
a day, and when he was sleepless, for
six long years. Napoleon III. died,
then Victor Emmanuel, and the Count
was set at liberty. The four pins were
kept, and Comtesse is to wear the
brooch they are enshrined in. This
story only teaches that all must take an
interest in life, and the most exciting
the best under the pressure of grief.
The Count has related that had he lost
one of his four pins he could not have
endured captivity. Each time he flung
them about he fancied they were quite
lost, and the ardor with which he
crawled over his nude floor was the
equal to that of the chase. Books, pa
pers and pens were denied him.-Par1s
Cor. N. 7. Herald. '.r.s =
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-16
q EN ERAl..

n London dispatch of the LIST SAYS the
recent sudden thaw had caused numerous
floods in England and Scotland. Much dam.
aye was reported at Berwick, Eng, and Abcr-
deem.
A Lahore Undia) dispatch of the
3lst ult. says a strong force of mountaincers
had stopped all traffic through the Khyber
Pass, and cut all telegraph wires. Four had
been captured and hanged for killing camp
follower, and others had been logged for
plundering.
Numerous arrests were made in Con-
stantinople, on the night of the 3lst ult., and
it was reported that formidable conspiracy
against the Sultan had been discovered.
The Potter subcommittee met, in
New Orleans, on the LIST. Mr.. John Ray
counsel for Sec'y Sherman, filed commune
cation, setting forth that he had no intention
OF Offering further evidence on the subject of
intimidation in the elections of 1876 After
the examination Of few witnesses relative to
matters previously before the committee. an
adjournment was had, the next meeting to be
in Washington, on the 9TH. Chairman Potter
announced that Mr.. John Ray, representing
Mr.. Sherman, and another gentleman. to be
selected by the Chairman, would remain In
New Orleans, and take whatever testimony
might be offered in rebuttal of the evidences
already taken by the committee.
A Calcutta dispatch of the I'd saws
that Shere Ali wrote to the viceroy of India
before leaving Cabul, that he would return to
Afghanistan after laying his case before
Congress at st. Petersburg. Sickness pre-.
vailed among the British troops, and several
regiments had been withdrawn from the field
in consequence.
On the evening of the I'd, tornado
visited the Town OF Santa Barbara, in Cali.
tcrala' and tore . pathway directly through
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-16
Her Mistake.

In going down Michigan avenue on
the car, yesterday, woman partly rose
up at q street corner, and one Of the
men across the aisle at once sprang up
and pulled the bell. The woman pulled
her shawl around her and sat down
again. and after the Car had waited
quite spell, the man remarked:
I rang the bell to let you off,"
But I don't get off here" she re-
piled.
"Well. you rose up as If to ring the
bell, and pulled it for you," he con-
tinued. 1.-THE car has stopped, and
the driver expects some one to get out. {"
81 didn't want the bell rung," she
answered.
II see you didn't, now, but as long
as you led me into the mistake it is onlv
right that you should get of. The
driver is looking right at you, and his
car is losing time.
The woman rose up and walked of
without another word, and the man sat
down and paid not the least attention
to the amazed looks of the passengers.
Detroit Free Press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-16
Caramita Of La Carolina.

A WHOLE band of robbers was very
neatly trapped in La Carolina, Spain.
by the bravery of girl of thirteen,
who has become the heroine of the
neighborhood. She is the daughter of
farmer named Fueras, and is called
Caramita. The family consists of the
husband and wife and daughter. The
farmer sold some cattle for 81, 500, and
had the money in his house. A band
of robbers knew of the sale and the
money, and laid their plans to rob the
house. After the farmer had gone out
With his work-people, couple of
strangers approached the house-man
travel-stained, supporting woman
who seemed unable to walk any further.
The man explained to the farmers
wife that he was going to distant vii
lage with his wife, and she, being i'll,
had broken down on the way. He
asked permission for the sick woman
to enter the house and rest while he
went to find a conveyance to enable
them to continue their journey. Per-
mission was granted, the woman taken
in, and the man left. The sick woman
partook of some refreshments, and the
mother and daughter went on with
their work. Very soon Caramita dis
covered that their guest had on pair
of pantaloons, under the gown. She
communicated the fact to her mother,
unobserved by the visitor, and the two
managed quickly to slip into another
room, close and lock the door. The
visitor, left alone and knowing that his
character had been discovered, threw
off his disguise, and ordered the wom-
en- to open the door or die.
The door was not opened, and the
roboer began to cut through it with
large knife. At length he hacked q
hole big enough for his body, and he
began to crawl through it. The wom-
an tainted and fell on the floor. The
brave girl seized her fathers gun,
which was in the room, heavily charged
with buckshot, placed the muzzle
against the side of the man, now half
way through the hole, and unable
quickly to get either backward or for
ward, and pulled the trigger. There
was an instantly dead man and loud
report. The other robber lurking in
the neighborhood heard the shot and
T0CuTucU W tu0 uOUO0 W uAAO ul0 OVAA'
rade's dead body plugging the hole in
the door and hanging there. Before he
could remove the body, which was held
in the opening by the girl, and enter
the room where the mother and
daughter were, the farmer came with
q force sufficient to capture the other
robber. Then they sent for some po-
lice to take charge Of the living robber
and the corpse. On the person of the
dead robber the police found two pis-
tolls, q poniard and whistle. The
whistle was q treasure now, as there
were doubtless more robbers within its
call. The police sounded the whistle,
and concealed themselves in the house
to await results. The shrill call brought
four more men into the house, where
they were Gagged and ironed, and all
five were marched to Jail in good
order, and the dead robber was buried.
Little, black-eyed Caramita saved her
own and her mothers life and her
fathers money, made six robbers fewer
in Spain and herself the heroine of La
Carolina. Louis Republican.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-16
The Story Of Secret Marriage and
the Fatality Following 1t.

AS STRANGE q tragedy as has occurred
in this city for many q day was that
which last night eliminated in the
death of young Dudley T. Farrell, on
Spring Grove avenue. It was q fatal
runaway accident only, but about che
death hangs the romantic story of
secret marriage, which has in its his
tory that which is 80 often woven into
romance by writer's of fiction. Farrell
was q bright, handsome young law
student, who for several years past has
occupied . desk in the office of Jordan,
Jordan & Williams, where he rendered
good service and made considerable
money beside-enough, at least, to
warrant him in contr actinga marriage.
For q year or more he has been q con-
slant visitor at the house of Mrs. Hayes,
who lives with her only daughter, Net
tie, at 2O7 Plum street, in the lower
story of which they kept store. Mrs.
Hayes has long been known in the
neik hborhood, and greatly respected.
She knew and understood all the while
that young Farrell's visits to her house
were in the nature OF . lover to Nettie.
and, as his character was known to
her to be good, she made no opposi-
ton. His visits were regular and con-
slant. Last April they took . buggy
drive out the avenue, and went to
SQUIRE Kaylor's Office, near Ludlow
Grove, where they were secretly mar
ried, both being of age. The secret
was kept so we'll by the young couple
that none found it out. The mother of
the bride not even SO much as suspect
ed the truth until it was 30 suddenly
and startlingly revealed to her last
night. Farrell had been there in the
evening, and bade Nettie an affection
ate adieu, more 10 than she thought he
had any cause to do. He left her to
drive out to Squire Ksylor's in COM
pauy with Morris Sachs, . companion
student ip the of'es. to. tho purpose Of
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-16
Bayard Taylor's Capacity for Work
His Handwriting.

ellis reputation for performing re-
markable literary achievements has
often been remarked upon"
"And the remarks are true. He
could do more, think, in q short space
of time than any other man l ever
knew. He would, if required, write q
whole page of the Tribune in a single
day. His review of DIR. Settlements
first book, written from advance
sheets, was remarkably full, and gave
such a good idea of the work that it
was almost unnecessary to read the
book itself. He had a peculiar gift at
condcnsing matter and still retaining
every point which the author made.
Perhaps his greatest feat in this line
was achieved upon Victor Hugo's po-
ems. They arrived in New York on
certain morning, and the next morning
he published nearly a page review Of
the work, with several columns of met
rical translation, done 80 finely that all
the original vigor and spirit was re-
tanned. In the Echo Club papers,
which were published a few years ago
in the atlantic Monthly, the best idea
of his powers as an author is seen. In
these he produced with remarkable
fidelity limitations of the poems of the
leading authors of the country. which
were SO close to the original that with
out the least thing to indicate who was
being initiated, anyone intimate with
literature could not fail to recognize
them. These were not parodies; they
were limitations, written on entirely
different subjects, but on such subjects
as the different authors would be likely
to choose. Beside the element of imi-
tation there was q slight vein Of carl
cature running through them. The
review of the Inn Album, by Robert
Browning, was written in the same
style as the Echo Club to q certain ex-
tent. Taylor gave it a long review in
blank verse, in Browning's own style.
It was supremely ridiculous. to be sure,
and everybody laughed. The secret of
Browning's style had been discovered"
Upon the reporter remarking upon
the beautiful Handwriting in the note,
Col. Hay said: Yes, he always wrote
just like that. The compositors on the
atlantic used to say that this was the
best writing they ever had to handle.
He usually prepared his copy for the
press on narrow slips Of paper, and It
could always be read with the distinct
ness Of print. "-Ineeruies0 s0ikh John
Hay, IN Cleveland Leader. '''
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"A physician of Montgomery Coun-
ty. Ind, allowed three feet Of stapnant
water to stand in the cellar Of his
house. and was much surprised when
his child died OF diphthsyia:
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-16

FROM July. 1877. to July, 1873, there
were 1,248, 1923 acres of land taken up
in Dakota OF this, 804, 589 acres were
taken under the Homestead law, and
the balance was gotten by purchase or
taken under the Timber Culture act.
Statistics at hand show that there has
been large increase of settlers who
have taken land under the last-named
act, which gives the land on the condi-
ton thst . portion be devoted TO the
cplturs Of ambsr.
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&1l2.0A1 N

Increase. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. S1l2,O9l 10
As REGARDS the number of sheep,
Russia exceeds the United Kingdom,
having 100000 head; the United
States approximate closely to Great
Britain in the number, whilst the other
European pastoral countries stand as
follows, in round figures: France, a.
600, 900; Spain, %, zoo, ! 600; Prussia, 49,
900, 900; Hungary, 100000. and
Italy, 1000, 900.
THERE seems to be great difference
in the estimates as to the number of
Indians in this country. Gen. Sher-
man, in his testimony before the Com
mission considering the Transfer of the
Indian Bureau to the War Department,
put the total number st 1900, while
Col. Meacham sets the figures at
PCS, 900. In the report of the Com
missioner of Indian Affairs for 1876 the
number is set down at POI, 1922. In the
census report of 1870 the number is
estimated at 313, ZIP, while the census
of 1850 fixes the number at 400, 764.
Schoolcraft, in 1850, set the number at
1886, 229, and in 1857 at 379,264. Va
rious other estimates have been made,
ranging from Al, O36 by Morse, in his
report on Indian Affairs in 1920, to
129. 1866, estimated by the Secretary of
War in 1925. An average of all the
estimates at hand since 1920 makes
the number 800, 1924, which is probably
quite nearly correct. 1t is probable
that efforts will be made in the next
census to ascertain as nearly as posi-
BILE the exact number.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-16

AT the last lunar eclipse, Raho Sa-
hib, pious Hindoo, weig hed himself,
and gave his weight in silver coins to
the poor. 60 thou Hindoo likewise.
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FACTS AND FIGURES.

THERE are over 400 papers in Mis-
souri,.
CRIME is divided into three classes
In Paris conscious semi-conscious and
unconscious.
The oyster business of Virginia Just
now employs 10000 men catching,
opening and shipping.
MINNEAPOLIS lumbermen contem-
plate putting in zoo, OOO, 900 feet of logs
the coming season. The mills at that
place have cut during the past season
about 100, 600, 600 feet.
In 1910 the product of our wooden
factories amounted to $40, $40, 900,
while in 1870 they reached the aggre-
gate OF $155, 406, 900, and this exclu-
sive of worsted carpets and hosiery,
which amounted to $4S, 762, OOO.-Iosoa
State Register.
THEY have on exhibition in St. Lou
is q cloak made of the feathers of
quail, prairie chickens, and wild ducks.
There are said to be $3.50 feathers,
and each feather has from five to eight
stitches. It took a lady nearly seven
months'to make it, and she values it
at $500.
The National Penny Bank has been
in operation in London little over
three years. In that time, at its sew
enty-6ve branches, there have been
more than q million deposits; 127, 1000
persons have opened accounts, and
nearly ESQ, 900 are at present in the
hands of the bank.
NORWAY, the SIN allest European Ma
ton. has the third largest commercial
fleet in the world. The Norwegian flag
is seen most frequently in the harbor
of New York, and often 800 to 400
Norwegian vessels pass through the
sound which connects the Baltic with
the Black Sea, in single day.
The following is acomparative state
ment of the business of the New York
Tonnage for 1873 ~ !.e. oAoco" o.rzpzu
Tonnage for 1877. 4,6596S
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-Prleeless-Goods that are marked
down,
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The Washington Monument has
one part of it finished. That is the
fund-that was used up long ago.
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The plague has appeared among the
Cossacks Of Astracnan.
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The strike among the cotton opera
tives at Oldham, Eng, has ended, the opera
tivcs acceding to the terms of the mill-owners.
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EX-President Grant was received,
hanqueted, aud had citizenship conferred up
on him at Londonderry. ireland, on the 9TH.