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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-12-30

tate to assail him if he gets chance
waen at bay, and if the rider approach
on horseback, the kangaroo will fire.
quently spring at him, as has happened
to me, and endeavor to seize him in the
saddle. Hunting thus from seven till
nine or ten o'clock an. by which
time the day began to grow too hot and
horse and dogs alike were done up, we
could generally kill fourteen to sixteen
kangaf6os, not a bad bag for three hours
or less.
This sort of sport, though afisusing
and even exciting at first, like buffalo
hunting on the prairie. soon pals ON
one; there is too much slaughter and
too little skill--in fact, none at all-only
hard riding and rough exercise. New
ertheless, it is not to be despised In its
way, especially in country which af-
fords SO little real sport as Australia
does; and there is also much amuse-
ment, at any rate while one is fresh to
the work, in watching the animals run,
or rather, bound; their enormous
jumps, always taken in the upright po-
sition. seem to increase at every leap,
while the speed they attain by this sim
gular mode of progression is wonderful:
The "old men," being big and
heavy, were soon overtaken but
the "tiyers'' and females, for a
short run. invariably outstripped our
swiftest dogs, though these were selected
for speed, the heavier type of kangaroo
hound being purposely discarded for
regular greyhounds. After finishing
their morning hunt, the men retired to
camp, dined, fed their dogs, turned the
horses loose, and rested Gil the after
moon, when they again sailed forth,
this time on foot and armed with guns,
to shoot wallabies in the scrub till even
ing. The latter amusement we tried
also. but like hare shooting at home it
soon palled. Yet on the whole thought
that q man might do worse than earn
his wages as kangaroo hunter in
Australia. -InterndtiO,aal RevtesU.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-12-30
WIT AND WISDOM.

All cooks are liable to minse mat.
tiers when it comes to pie.
An unpopular sparring exhibition
The contribution box.
slippery times for unmarried cler-
gymen set in about Christmas.
Banged hair is common enough,
but it is not proper to bang door.
When a lady asks you to guess her
age. it is best to guess she is quite
young.
1.-THE liberty of the press must be
preserved" said the small boy as he
stole up to the cider mill armed with a
bundle of straws.
"A man who is as true as steel, pos
sessing an iron will, some gold, and a
fair proportion of brass should be able
to endure the hardware of this world.
Mark Twain says there is some
thing very fascinating about science-it
gives you such wholesale returns of
conjecture for such tritiing investments
of fact
When q woman wishes to "cut"
another, on the street, she puts on q
stare that is straight and more unflinch-
ing than that of q headlight on loco
motive.
"A Nevada Bishop says there is no
Sunday in that State. That accounts,
then, for the fact that there are no beer
gardens in that Commonwealth.-Bur-
lington Hawkeye.
"A nice little worsted worked pic.
ture of green dog on q blue lawn, or
something of that sort, makes a nice
present il one must be crewel to be
kind.-M o. Picayu,se.
--Artemus Ward used to say: II
can't understand family pride. When
q mans family is renowned for any one
special thing, naturally he feels inclined
to lay stress on that. Now always in
sist upon it that there amt another
family on Gods earth that has got as
many jackasses in it as mine has,"
What's the matter, Uncle Mose?''
asked one of the most dignified gentle
men in Galveston of the old darby:
my dray mule is gone. He got de
collie, lay down and grunted time or
SO kicked up his hind legs, and was
dead enough to skin in less dan mint.
You and me, and all of us. has to 20 dat
way sooner or 0olveston Ne,cs.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-12-30
A Notable Suicide.

A RUSSIAN young lady names Alex
andrine Ley. supporting herself by les
sons, committed suicide under very
painful circumstances. She was q
Bachelor of Arts, very amiable and of
engaging manners. She was reading
for higher degree, and had written to
a university officer to inscribe her as q
candidate. An answer to her applica-
ton not arriving when she expected,
and fatigue having racked her nerves,
she discharged the contents of q re-
volver into her heart. A will on the
liable ordered that the body should 90
to the Academy of Medicine.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-12-30

Rev. FATHER GEORGE BRopHY, Of
Davenport, Iowa, was ON terms of in
simacy with. Presidents Tyler, Polk.
Fillmore, Buchanan, Pierce and Lin
coin. He was proficient in the French.
Spanish, Italian and English languages.
He knew Danton, R0bespierre and
Marat, central figures in the Reign of
Terror of 1898 in France, and spoke Of
them as '.human fiends without paral-
lei in history" He died in October,
aged one hundred and FIVE years.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-12-30
Hunting KangaroOs in Australia.

Leaving camp about seven a. M, &C.
companied by five or six fairly-bred
greyhounds-the lighter and swifter
the better, as their work was only to
"bail up" the animal and not to pull
him down-we entered paddock, any
one would do, and rode straight for
the nearest "mob." whose heads and
the upper part of their bodies OCCASION
ally showed above the long grass as
they sat up to look around. At two
hundred yards or so they usually began
to move away, and Immediately the
dogs were set on and the chase started.
The hounds pleased themselves, and
each man if possible followed differ
ent animal, to which one or more dogs
had attached themselves; then ensued a
short, hard gallop at topmost speed,
usually over good open ground, but
sometimes among trees and fallen
branches, the chase seldom lasting
more than five or six minutes, by which
time the quarry had either leaped the
wire fence into the next paddock or
escaped into the scrub, in either of
which cases. the horses being unable to
follow, the chase was up; or else, fail
ing thus to attain security, the animal
was overtaken by the dogs, and, as the
Australian phrase is, "bailed up''-
that is, brought to bay. Directly it
found itself being overtaken, the kan
CARGO would turn. and, sitting well up
on tail and hind legs, show good
fight under such circumstances. A
flyer" or young one, by far the most
difficult to catch, was immediately run
into by the dogs, and bowled over be-
fore the rider could come up; but an
old female. and still moro an "old
man." (the slowest jumper of ally were
much more formidable opponents; and
the dogs, most of them taught by bitter
experience of the terrible weapon their
victim possessed. in his powerful hind
legs and long, sharp middle toe-nail,
contented themselves with barking
around him till the hunter appeared,
the "old man. in the meantime dancing
around on his three points of support
and endeavoring to seize the nearest of
his prosecutors. Woe to the dog so
seized! The kangaroo grasps him with
his arms or forelegs, holds him up in q
convenient position, and then with all
the force he can muster kicks forward
at him, and with his long toe-nail in
flicts terrible wound, not infrequent-
ly ripping the wretched hound right
open. The men with whom we were,
to be prepared against such emer-
gencies, and against the still greater
danger to the dogs when the animal is
struggling on the ground and lashing
out all around with his powerful hind
legs, always carried salve and needles
and thread with them to sew up wound
on the spot.
The hunter. directly he reaches the
scene, springs off his horse, and warily
approaching the kangaroo. while the
animals attention is distracted by the
dogs, deals him blow on the side of
the head with q short stick or '.wad-
dy," which .fells him to the ground,
when the happy dispatch is soon adj
There is of course no Sc
rious danger to the man. but unless he
is cautious he stands good chance Of
being badly scratched, II not worse; as
an ''old man" kangaroo will not hesi-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-12-30

ONE Of the largest farms in Ross
shire. in the north Of Scotland, carrying
five thousand sheep. has just been
deplenished in order that it may be
turned into q deer forest
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-12-30
His Unknown Friend.

A good joke is being told just now
on an old resident, living not hundred
miles from Sarnia. Colonel F. came
to town and went to one of our leading
hotels to dinner. A new feature had
been introduced into the hotel since
the Col0ners last visit, in the shape OF
q waiter in full dress, swallow-tail coat,
etc. The Colonel came in and seated
himself at a table, and the waiter came
up and said
'.What will you have, sir?''
The Colonel, who is . little deaf,
shook him cordially by the hand, and
rising. said
s'Really, you have the advantage of
me, sir, er-er. where was it I met you
before? TorontoP'
Then leading him to a window, and
turning him SO that tho light would fall
ON his face, again remarked that "the
countenance was familiar. but really
he could not place him. etc. The watt
or blushed, of course, and repeated the
remark
s.What will you have, sir?''
The Colonel thanked him.
''Really never take anything before
dinner" he said, and returning to his
seat he asked the waiter to be seated.
The waiter, of course, excused him
self, and sent q pretty dining-room girl
to wait on the Colonel. The Colonel
went home and is still wondering who
his distinguished friend was.-Sar.ia
(CGn. Observer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-12-30

lr is said to be the spiced food Of
India, rather than the climate, which
kills 20 many colonists there,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-12-30
West and South.

ABRAHAM HBNRY killed bis uncle, Joseph
Lewis, near Oxford, Ind, . few days ago and
on the 18th shot dead the Deputy Sheriff who
attempted to arrest him.
ACCORDING to the official announcement
the population Of Montana Territory 10 a.
follows: Males, e, 1870; females, 1897; ma
tive, 27,642; foreign-bom, ll,5i5; white, g.
4oS; colored, 3669. Total, 81. Isl.
THE Louisville (Ky.) Hosvssr-Joss~a, Of
the 10Th gives the following as the total pop
ular vote for President the figures being
derivsdfrom Official sources Hancock, Ass.
AS; Garfield, 4,40o,s l9; Weaver, 807, 906;
Dow. 1854; scattering, o.57a Total vote,
o.94l.ls6 0arasld over Hancock, &75l.
CHARLss JoHss, who was locked up In jan
ct Charlottesville, Va, for shooting woman.
wrapped bic bed clothes shout his neck I
few nights ago, saturated them with kero.
sene, set them on Ore and WAS burned 70
death.
JoHS MANLsY, . conductoe, slipped Of ~
foot plank Of the Plattsmouth Bridge. II
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-12-30
LATER.

THE cost Of running the Governmen
printing office at Washing on during the
fiscal year ended June SO, $780, was $2,034,-
$50.
ELEVEN Sioux Chiefs called at the White
House in Washington on the 2sd. and shook
hands with the President Their mission is
the negotiation Of right of way with several
railway lines.
"GRNTLRNAN Jos," the man who perse-
cuted the Rev. Morgan Dig, of New York,
with letters aud postal cards last summer,
died In the hospital Of Sing Sing Prison on
the 2Sd.
BJoRNsTJERNE BJoRNsoN, the celebrated
Norwegian poet and dramatist arrived in
Chicago on the sd, and was rendered an in
formal reception BY some of his countrymen
residing in the city.
In its alarm over the Irish uprising, the
London Times affects to see the work of
American Alibusters who planned the Fenian
revolt in 1867.
THE Grand Jury at Salt Lake, composed of
nine Mormons and six Gentiles, notw .thstand-
ing pointed charge in regard to polygamous
marriages, has returned no indictments. The
Mormons are said to hold the balance Of pow
er in Idaho. Wyoming and Arizona, and are
gaining frm foothold in Montana
foRTr-sIxof Sitting Bulls warriors reached
Pine Ridge Agency on the 18th, and nearly
one thousand more we're said to be stra yelinr
along to that point.
A CALDWELL (Kan.) dispatch of the 2sd
says most of the Oklahoma raiders had gone
home to spend Christmas, but four or five
score remained in camp Two scouts whom
they sent into the Territory on the Sth had
returned with the report that hundreds Of
settlers had evaded the troops, staked out
claims and laid the foundations of future
homes.
TIE British military authorities have tele-
graphed for . regiment now stationed in
Canada to b sent to Ireland.
GDon0E ELIOT, the English novelist who
married ]. ". Cross last May, died in London
on the evening Of the 22d, aged sixty years.
TEE Supreme Court Of Mexico has indicted
Governor Teran, Of Vera Cruz, for the unau.
thorized execution Of one Of the insurgents
Of June IS, and it IL rumored that he has
hed, under false name, On an American
steamer. .
SIR TnoxAs Hssxsr1, OF England, was
married 70 Miss Flora. youngest daughter Of
Senator Sharon, at Belmont Cal, on the 2od.
The wedding reception was the most brilliant
ever sen in CaltfQnia.
ThB loss % NE II the railroad accident
near Lincoluton, N. C., on the 22d was great.
q than frst reported. Five men were killed
outright " burned 70 death In the debris Of
Tie train, two were seriously injured, and one
eighty bruised. $3.50 @cl II
FouR men we're killed on the night Of the
"a By ~ explosion of . loeomotiv. boiler
q Belmont Pa, on the Reading Railroad.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-12-30

Since 1921, it is calculated in some
lately published and carefully prepared
statistics tina: at least $500, 900 Ger
mans have emigrated, and of these f.:
600, 900 have come to the United States.
Between 1921 and 1880, both years in
elusive, the total number of emigrants
was only 5000; between 1881 and 1910
the number reached III, 900; between
184l and 1850, 485, 900; between 1851
and 1860, l, $50, 600, and between 1861
and 1870, $4,000. From 1870 to 1872,
inclusive again Of both years, 10000
emigrants left Germany, but in the
seven years which followed, from 1873
to 1879, the whole number only amount
ed to 35O,OOO
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-12-30

MRs. L. w. BoGGs, the granddaughter
of Daniel Boone died near Dry Creek,
CAL, recently, aged 90.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-12-30
Annual Report Of the Chief Of the
/, Bureau Of Statistics.

st a. wAsHas0rox, December IL
The annual report Of Joseph NimmN
Jr., Chief Of the Bureau OF Statistics, On
the foreign commerce of tha United
States. 10 completed. In. regard to otf
export trade, MIR. Nimnao SAYS:
"Five leading articles of export during the
year ended June 30 1885, were Is follows:
Bread And 1readstuNs, $sSs, 6ae s35; cotton, sii'
manufactured, $sl2, SIS COS; provisions, $l27.-
0Ea;2ss; mineral oils. sSa2l ,6sS; tobacco and
iaaiAeAfactures thezeofs oiStA 43,17& Tho United
States, he says, already BID cpasses every other
Country In the magnitude Of its exports, both
breadetufs and provisions. and Il 10 main
tanned that the market for American bread
stuffs and provisions in Europe can be still
furtAer extended. The United Kingdom Of
Great Britain and Ireland stand first among
importing countries with respect to the value
OF imports, both in breadstuffs and provisions"
Tables are presented showing that of the follow
ing commodities imported into Great Britain
and Ireland the percentaEe imported from the
q nftea States was - follows: Wheat g per
cent; Indian corn, 30 per cent; live animals,
a per cent: beef, salted, 90 per cent; beef,
fresh or slightly sailed, 9S per cent; butter, L.
per cent; cheese, CAV per cent; bacon, "a per
cent; hams, 81 per cent; lard, IS per cent:
meat, preserved otherwise than sailed, u per
cent; pork, sailed, ~ per cent. The report
says: "During the last ten years the compe-
tition Of American breadstuffs and provisions
in British markets has greatly reduced the
price OF those commodities. and consequently
the proAssV " producing fhem in the United
Kingdom. Apprehensionsh have been awakened
as to the ultimate effect OF this competition
upon the agricultural interests of the latter
country. the question is, in politico-econo-
mic sense, very large one, since 1t embraces
not only the interests of the British farmers,
but also the rate Of wages paid to farm-labor-
ers. the value of lands devoted to agricultural
purposes, and the revenue derived therefrom
by the British landowners. The growth of the
expectation OF breadstuns from the United
States has-alse led to serious apprehensions in
competing grain-producing countries in which
Inferior methods Of agriculture prevail and
facilities for handling aud transporting grain
and existing methods of commerce are less
advanced than in this country"
Regarding the maritime interest Of the
United States, Mr.. Nimmo says: The deca-
dence of that branch Of the American mer-
chant marine which is employed in the foreign
commerce of the country continues to engage
public attention. This decadence is indicated
by the following facts: The building of ships
and barks employed by oar foreign commerce
fell from an annual average Of 2S3 during the
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-16
GENERAL LOCAL ITEMS.
Notices in these columns, ten cents per line,
each insertion. Marked

Miss Clarence Vanhrine, of Paducah,
was in the city yesterday.
The Mite society of the Methodist
church meets at the parsonage tonight
-Meerschaum pipes and cigar-holders,
large stock at F. Korsmeyer's.
Elder Petit, of the Baptist church,
will preach at the Reform Club hall to-
night. The public is invited.
Mr.. Hotchkiss has so far driven about
one hundred and twenty-five piles on the
opposite shore for the incline of the Mobile
and Ohio road.
"A little school girl fell down upon the
sidewalk while on her way home yesterday
and split her under-lip by striking it upon
the sidewalk
The proceedings of the city council
which we publish i'll this issue Of the Bull
LETN will be found of more than usual in
tercst to our readers
Mr., A. K. Vickcrs, editor of the
Vienna Times, was in the city yesterday,
and during his stay here he was a guest at
the Hotel De Winter.
Mr.. Sol Light representing the house
Of Chas. Frank & Sons, was at the Hotel
De Winter yesterday and will probably
remain in the city for few days.
The Chicago Times objects to the APP
pointment Of Senator Logan as minister to
England on account of his ignorance of the
language spoken in that country.
The jury which had under considera-
ton the case of Jas. Summerwell vs.. the
city of CAIRO, fixed MIR. Summerwell's
damages at two hundred dollars.
-Meerschaum pipes and cigar-holders,
large stock at f. Korsmeyer's.
We are indebted to Mr.. Y. D. Ma
thews, formerly of this city, for copies of
the Burlington Hawkeye, Mr.. NJ. will
probably pay Cairo visit in the course of
week.
--Messrs. j. w. and G. d. Hartzell have
recently formed partnership, and will
enter upon the practice of law in good
earnest, The style Of the firm is "Hart-
zcl Bros"
After the performance of the Katie
Putnam troupe at the athcneuam night be-
fore last, the troupe boarded the Gus Fowler
Tor Paducah, where they performed elena
the Madcap" last night.
Miss Daisy Halliday yesterday morn
ing took charge of desk, in the Office Of
Halliday Brothers, and Miss Edith Oberly
also took charge of a desk and hetelcphone
department IN the same office.
Jay Gould, having purchased control
ing interest in the Iron Mountain road,
rumor has it that he now has an eye on the
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-16
New Billiard Saloon,

Mr.. Joseph Steagala has taken possession
of the building formerly occupied by Mr..
Dan'l Hartman, on the corner Of Sixth
street and Commercial avenue, and has
established therein q billiard saloon and
restaurant. He has repaired the building
internally, making changes in the arrange
ment to accommodate his views and furn-
ished it with every comfort that could be
wished for in a frst.class establishment.
he has SPARED no pains to make his place
one OF the most attractive resorts in the city,
and invites all to come and see him.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-16
At Pat Fitzgerald's.

The Oldest and purest imported brandies,
porter and other wines may be enjoyed at
the elegant sample and billiard rooms of
Mr.. Pat. Fitzgerald, at the corner of Four
teenth and Commercial; and horses fat and
fleet, with every variety of vehicles
from buss down to a
sulky, all in a frst-cass condition, as well
as saddles and riding regalia, may be had
at the most reasonable figures on moments
notice at his "Horse Manson. His placeof
business is IN connection with the telephone
and all orders received thereby will receive
prompt attention.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-16
Fresh Oysters.
WINTER oLDRELIABLE OYSTER DEPOT.

WINTER S OLD RELIABLE OYSTER DEPOT.
The undersigned would respectfully in
form the citizens of Cairo that we are now
receiving daily, and the only parties in
Cairo direct from Baltimore fresh oysters by
the can-and from the quantity we are re-
ceiying and selling laily we are enabled to
sell them for ten and twenty cents per can
less than any other house in the city.
Choice Standard, full cans, 40 cents
choice Selects, full cans, 80 cents. For sale
at Winters grocery, on Eighth
street, and at the Hotel De Winters.
Parties can always rely upon getting them.
II. WINTER & Co.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-16
Denmark and the Garland.

The Garland" base-burners for beauty
and utility combined are unsurpassed by
any base-burner stove ever put upon the
market. The "Denmark Retort Stove" is
the best ever tried for heating offices, stores
or large rooms. One in use at Henderson's
store for exhibition. The above. mentioned
stoves are for sale only by G. W. Hcnder-
non, Commercial avenue, corner Twelfth
hreet, where also will be found large
supply oil skates, all patterns, cook stoves,
aollow.warc, hardware, nails, etc, etc.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-16

Fresh oyster, fine and fat, for sale, by the
can or by the hundred. Bulk oysters re.
oeived daily from Mobile, and Baltimore
oysters received in cans, direct from the
packers, by every express. Fish of all
kinds constantly on hand and always fresh.
The "Red Snapper" the king among fish
and the delight of epicures, fresh from the
gull. Send your orders to the headquarters
for oysters and fish, corner OHIO Levce and
Eighth street ROBERT HEWITT Ag't.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-16
Mr.. Fred KOehler's Butcher Sh0ps.

Mr.. Fred Koehler's two butcher shops,
the one up town and the other down town,
on Eighth street, are both constantly stock
ed with the choicest fresh meats and sau.
sages Of every description. He has sue
ceeded by fair dealing and excellent goods
in establishing for himself and enyfabe
reputation and good trade. His places of
business will be open until ten o'clock q. m
and from three until nine o'clock p. m.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-16
Bucklen'S Arnica SalYe.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, users, salt rheum, fever sores,
letter, chapped hands, chiblans, corns, and
all kinds of skin eruptions. This salve is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction in
every case or money refunded Price, 20
cents per box. For sale by GEo. L. O'IARA
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-16
TO the Citizens of Cairo:

Don't be deceived by bO-
Gus advertisements: Danl
Hartman is my authorized
agent, and the only one that
has a complete line Of Xmas
and Holiday goods, and at
prices lower than they can be
sold by anyone.
SANTA CLAUS.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-16
Ribs, Back Bones. Etc.

In quantities to supply the whole city
and country are now for sale at the packing
house Of Hinkle, Moore g. IInkle on Com.
mercial avenue--low figures; also leaf and
fresh rendered lard, salt meats, etc, at
lowest market price.