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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19
FACTS AND FIGURES.

DURING laSC year seven Opera
houses !" were burned in Texas. They
were built of pine boards.
THREE HUNDRED and ninety-one SOL
diers' orphans, now under the care of
Pennsylvania. are to be discharged from
various soldiers orphan schools during
the present year, as they reach the age
of sixteen years.
ABOUT $4,000 varieties of colors are
Employed by the mosaic workers of
Rome, and each of these varieties has
about fifty shades; so that in all $780,
600 tints are afforded, which the artist
can distinguish with the greatest
facility. ..t
An elm tree at Wyoming, N. Y, is
said to be the largest in Western New
York. The trunk at the base measures
twenty-four feet in circumference, and
the spread of the branches, thirty-four
feet from the ground, is one hundred
feet in diameter.
The number of suicides in France is
at the rate of 628 per million for wild
overs, 273 for bachelors, and 24O for
married men, and that of offenses against
the person is fifty per cent, and
against property forty-five per cent. less
on the part of married than unmarried
men.
FROM statistics Just published it ap-
pears that there are about Is, 900 houses
in Paris, exclusive of public buildings.
Their total value is estimated at f23,-
600, 900. The superficies of the capital
is put down at 10000 acres. There are
600, 900 yards of sewers. The popula-
ton numbers 100000, or about 100
inhabitants per acre,
DURING the year 1879 the deaths in
New Hampshire of persons who at
tanned the age of 80 years or over were
124, divided by sex into As men and 70
women. The ratio was one in about
1855 of the population of the State.
The average age of the men was %
years months and 26 days, and that of
the women 80 years 5 months and Is
days. In the whole number the aver
age was SO years month and 20 days.
The highest inhabited houses in the
world are. says the Scientific american,
in the Western Hemisphere; one, min
er's house on Mount Lincoln, Colorado,
is 14,157 feet high. Another, in Pc
ru, railway village, called Gale
"a, is 1865 feet high. Near this place
is the celebrated railway tunnel of La
Gina, which is being bored through the
peak of the mountain. This tunnel is
3,S47 feet long, and is 600 feet above
the level of perpetual snow.
THE production of cider in France at.
tains the very respectable annual value
of 500, 900, 900. Much stress is being
laid upon the Importance of improving
the quality as substitute for the fail.
ing supply of wine and also as an article
of export. Consignments of cider from
France to South America have been
made with profits, the article arriving
in good condition, and finding ready
sale. Does this not suggest an oppor.
tunity for our American farmers?--
Farmers ReviesU.
The following tabular statement, pre-.
pared by Sharon Turner with great re.
search and labor, will present proxi-
mate idea of the growth of Christianity
through all the centuries. The number
of believers at the close of each century
was as follows:
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19
Life Upon a Mississippi Flatboat.

ONE of the most striking sights to be
seen on the Mississippi is the immense
number of wild geese constantly going
down at this season of the year, not
only geese with feathers, but an innu-
merable host whose wings are the
sweeps of the fatboats upon which
they live. The term "wild geese" is
applied to those persons who make the
river their home. During the summer
these persons build fatboats, similar
to the "scow'' of the New England
States, upon which they erect the most
primitive style of habitation, and col
Letting their household utensils, en-
bark with their families, and float
down the river with the current. keep
ing equi-distant between the extreme
cold Of the North and the heat of the
South. Occasionally they make stop
page to trade, or to do little work to
obtain money enough to purchase am
munition, or some Of the necessities of
life that the river does not afford, for
the most of their food is obtained by
the gun or fishing-tackle. Duck. geese
and turkeys are abundant, while the
number of squirrels is enormous; cat
fish and buffalo are plenty in the river,
the latter being a specie of fresh water
fish resembling the sucker. At night a
hook is baited with piece of meat and
thrown overheard, and in the morning
the line is hauled in and fish is gem
orally at the end of it. Gradually they
float down the river until New Orleans
is reached, where they sell out, work
their passage up river and take new
start. The craft of the "wild geese"
are as strange and peculiar as are the
natures of the strange beings who in
habit them. Upon many are painted,
in large red letters, signs or names, such
as ''Tin Shop, Feathers Renovated"
and one bore the homogeneous title of
Faith, Hope and Charity" Some
of these people are industrious and
thrifty, and are engaged in different
occupations, while others are mere
tramps, too lazy to fish, and, when
there is no fishing, exist upon what
they can beg or steal. Thus they lead
a sort of nomad life, never content to
remain in one place any length of time,
and, like a rolling stone, "gather no
moss" but it seems to give them a de-
gree of hardness and self-reliance that
is indeed surprising. As specimen of
their hardness, three men accom-.
plished successfully journey of five
hundred and fifty miles down the Mis-
sissippi in skiff twelve feet long. They
were provided with light canvas COW
ering. which they could rig tent-fashion
over their boat at night, or fasten with
stick for sail. Their cooking uten-
sils consisted of couple of stew-pans,
an iron pot, two or three old knives,
a spoon and few cards of matches,
besides a fishing line, shotgun and a
bulldog. The adventures Of George
w. Sedan. steersman upon steam
launch, is another example. A year
ago last August he found himself in
Leadville with scarcely cent in his
pocket and no prospect Of work. Run
ming across q congenial companion,
they consolidated their fortunes, and.
obtaining some inch boards, construct
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

Thomas Adds Emmett, agrand
nephew of the famous Robert Emmett,
who was tried for high treason against
the English Government and put to
death, died in Carmel, N. Y, recently.
MIR. Emmett was q prominent civil en-
gineer, and had charge Of many inn
portant State surveys. He was es-
pecially proud of one relic of the EN-
met family large emerald ring,
which was used as q seal by the United
Irishmen in 1898. At one time the En-.
glish Government offered reward of
i've hundred pounds sterling for it's
possession-but they failed to obtain
even clue to it's owner.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

e to clean up, share up md % to
"And you won't do itp''
"Judgem replied Smith, after q
struggle with his mental agitation, .'do
you suppose I'm going at t and change
myself over to gentleman just for the
sake OF marrying q forty-year-old widow
with mole on her chimp Never! You
60 homei There, won't be any
splicing to do, and from this time
out IN Edrinkvaul IlRw and swear
around four times wofsera than sever!
It's too much-it's the last straw on the
cancels backr'-Detnost Free Press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

Census law, and ignored the distinct under
standing of both parties in Congress, when
the bill was passed, that Supervisors, as well
as enumerators, should be appointed IRE
spective of party Affiliations.
A MEETING of the Northwestern Dairy
mems Association was recently held at Har-
ward, Ill.,, at which resolutions were adopted
declaring that the use of oleomargarine is
injurious to health, and its sale should be
regulated by law; recommending State Leg.
islatures to pass laws forbidding its
sale as butter for human food; advis-
ing that its manufacture be carried on
under the supervision of Boards of Health,
and advocating the passage of laws prohibit.
ing the use Of the word butter as applied to
any oily substance not the product of cream
or milk, and requiring all who manufacture,
and all who sell, oleomargarine, whether by
the package or otherwise, to mark on each
and every package, wrapper or parcel contain
ing the same, in plain, large and distinct let
tiers, and in a conspicuous place. the word
Oleomargarine."
THE Supreme Court of Illinois has
decided that the State has power to provide
by law for the organization of the militia,
provided that the State law is not repugnant
to the Constitution and laws of the United
States SO far as they relate to the same sub
iect. 1t has decided that the Militia law of
Illinois is not so repugnant. and is, there
fore, constitutional. In the opinion of the
Court, it is no valid objection to the State
law "that it does not require the
entire militia of the State to be enrolled as
active militia" Also in the opinion of the
Court the State may forbid bodies of men not
under discipline or command of the United
States or the State to parade with arms in
populous communities. In other words, the
State may provide for the maintenance of in
ternal peace affirmatively by enrolling as
many in the active militia as may be deemed
necessary, and negatively for forbidding bod
les of men threatening the public peace to
parade with arms.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19
Later News.

The Secretary of the United States
Treasury has given notice that until further
notice, proposals for the sale of $1,000, 200
worth Of bonds to the Government on sinking
fund account will be received on Wednesday
of each week 1T the Sub reasury in New
York City.
A LARGE number Of ladies presented
q petition signed BY Thousands Of their sex
to the Mayor Of Buffalo, N. T., on the 18th,
asking him to close the saloons in that city
on Sunday,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19
ALOst Husband.

was lately waited on. by a man who said
his name was Smith, and who volun-
teered the further information that he
was about to get married. The only
stumbling block was the fact that he
would not agree to leave off drinking.
He had come to consult his Honor On
,that Rpipt and see what yas advisable.
We4s ia sPromise, guess" re-
piled the Justice. '1t,esa bad habit,
anyhow, and the sooner you break it
the better.''u ,ebs +.
"Well, 1 guess I WILL" answered the
man. and he went out. In an hour he
returned and said: I
"What do you thinkP After prom
.issd tfaty she wanted me to promise to
;le1VsbEk1a1vih, tobaccor' ~ ~ ~
"Well, I'd do that, too. said his
|R0T.sySris another bad habit, and
'yodn feel al the better for breaking
It." TFTe
Smith went away again, and when he
returned he looked twice as solemn as a
frozen whitefsh.
.'And now she wants me to promise
to stop swearing!" he gasped, as he fell
into chair. ~7-.tt.
s'Is she q nice womanp'' asked his
Honor. a-i
ssShe ISL ci,i'I N g g
':And you truly love herP''
"Well. then, I'd stop swearing. It is
q senseless habit. anyhow, and you lose
nothing BY promising" ,@a
The man concluded to promise. and
departed quite happy, but when he
once more returned, after an interview
with the bride-elect, he was mad.
'.There won't be no marriage" he
announced; as he sat down and pounded
the table. ,Ht
s..Why3 What nowp"
"What nowa Why, when prom
ised to stop drinking, quit chawin' and
leave off swearing she said I must prom
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

-" You are my precious pearl" he
said, as he drew her to his many breast.
80, john" she sighed. land you are
my oyster"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

"A woman may be we'll skilled in
housekeeping, but it is the professional
gardener who knows best how to make
up spring bed.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

-Damagsd.corn and moldy oats are
exceedingly injurious to horses. They
poison the blood.-los0a State Reqister.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

In the lower house of the Wisconsin
Legislature on the 10th the bill to repeal the
Tramp law enacted last year was defeated.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19
EPlT0ME OF THE WEEK.
Current Paragraphs.

F. ID. MOULroN has been elected
President of the International Dairy Fair As
ISOLATION.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

AT the Cabinet meeting in Washing
ton on the 10th it was decided to allow Major
Reno to tender his resignation.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

A BILL was introduced. into the Brit
ish House Of Commons on the 18th suspend
ing the, Eviction laws in. Ireland for twelve
months = ~ %-..se &&&e Fs
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

Hunting parties on the Plains of
Texas report buffalo scarce.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

On the 10th the New York Senate
passed a bill declaring women eligible as
School Trustees. :
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

Two MEN were killed and four dan.
gerously injured on the 10th at Montreal
Canada. by the explosion Of a boiler in 9
paper mill.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

OK the 18th the Wisconsin Assembly,
by vote Of 80 to 6, adopted a resolution to
amend the Constitution so as to provide for
biennial sessions.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

The total expenses and loss of re-
sources to France from the Franco German
war is officially stated to have been 1888,
600 900 francs. --
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

The Senate, in executive session on
the 18th, rejected, by . strict party vote, all
the Presidents nominations for Census Super
visors for the eight districts in Ohio, the
Democrats claiming that the President, in
nominating eight Republicans and not SIN
gle Democrat, had violated the spirit Of the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

= The Directors and Manager of the
West of England Bank, which suspended
some months ago, have been indicted for
fraud and conspiracy.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

The Irish National Land League has
passed resolution thanking the United
States Congress for according the privileges
Of the floor of the House to Parnell.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

generous subscriptions from the pros
porous classes.
The Herald will not only acknowledge
every contribution received down to
the limit of quarter of a dollar, but it
will be equally exact and minute in &C
counting for the expenditure of the
fund. It will pay over all sums re-
ceived to a respectable and efficient
committee for Immediate distribution.
It engages to see that every dollar goes
to the relief of actual want. The Herald
has no political aim; it intends no re-
proach or affront to the British Govern
ment; its only purpose is to do what it
can to save wretched people from
death by starvation. If anything is
left over it shall 60 to an emigration
fund, but ou fear IS that after generous
impulses win have responded to
the uttermost humanity may still
be shocked and sickened by the cries
of the perishing. A million of dollars
would be a miserably inadequate sum
to be raised in America for an exigency
of such magnitude. Distributed among
the three hundred thousand sufferers,
q million would give only three dollars
and thirty-three cents to each, which
would not be more than two weeks
subsistence, whereas the sufferers must
be kept alive by charity for several
months, or until the next harvest. 1t
pains us to enter into such details, but
in what other way can we impress
upon the public the necessity for large
suppliesp Any individual subscription
is q bagatelle in comparison with the
demands of the situation. We there
fore exhort the American people to
give freely, and give before it is too
late. We cannot raise the dead, but
timely relief will rescue the dying.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

LIEUTENANT THOMAS GARvEY, u, S.
A.. who has just returned from Ireland, de.
scribes the sufferings and destitution as even
exceeding the published accounts, and says
that 1relspd isin . very unsettled state He
predicts that the suffering must last at least
SIX months longer, until the, next crops, and
says that every cent which can be raised ID
needed. He also states that, when the land.
lords commence q general eviction, the PEG.
pie will resist, and general trouble win en-.
sue. .~
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

A COLD sNAP-an icy answer.
EPicER says his collar-button is Hike
the celebration of the Fourth of July
IL Is sure to cC.ne of.
COLONEL ROBERT G. INGERsOLL earns
from his, profession and lectures from
$50, 900 to $40, zoe year, and spends
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

The Wisconsin State Republican
Convention for the election of delegates to
the National Republican Convention has been
called to meet at Madison on the 4th of Nav.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

On the 9th General w. T. Sherman
addressed a note to the Associated Press
Agent at Washington denying that General
H. V. Boynton had commenced any sort of
proceedings against him in civil or military
court for SANDER.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

A ST. LOUIS telegram Of the 18th
. says that / P. Kruger, President of the
Broadway Savings Bank Of that city, which
failed year ago, had been found guilty of
swearing falsely to statements of the condi-
ton of the bank, and sentenced to three
months imprisonment and a fine of $780,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

BURGLARS blew open the vault in the
National Bank building at Westport, Conn,
few nights ago, but the conclusion was so
great as to arouse the villagers, and the
craftsmen secured only $500 in money.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

A JUDGE at Charlottesville, Ind, has
lately decided, in accordance with a recent
ruling Of the Supreme Court that no prosecu-
ton could be maintained against licensed
saloon-keepers for selling liquor to minors, or
for keeping open on Sundays or after eleven
O'Clock at night.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

The City Hall at Albany, N. Y. was
destroyed by fire on the morning of the
10th. When the dome fell several men were
crushed, one or two of them seriously. 1t
was limited that the blaze was of incendiary
origin
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

In an editorial on the morning of the
18th the London Times says the arrival of an
American man-of-war carrying food for the
starving population of Ireland would be re-
ceived as being also a message Of goodwill
from America to England.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

A ST. PETERSBURG telegram of the
18th says fears felt by the Car for his per.
sonal safety, and for the security of his
crown, were reported to be more manifest
from day to day. He distrusted his nearest
attendants, and was constantly ordering
changes to be made in the number of those
who were about his person.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

THE report that the Baroness Bur-
dett-Coutts had given g, 10000 to relieve
the suffering in Ireland was a telegraphic
error. The amount was $25,OOO
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

BONDS to the amount of over SILL
100000 were purchased in New York on the
1lth.. by the Assistant Treasurer, of the United
States, on sinking-fund account. -
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

PRESIDENT HAYES issued a proclama-
ton on the 18th, notifying all persons intend
ing to settle in Indian Territory. in violation
of the laws, that they will be prevented from
so doing by the military forces of the United
States.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

FIVE prisoners, two white and three
colored, convicted of petty offenses were pub
lcly whipped in the jsil-yard at New Castle,
Delaware, few days ago, in the presence Of
90 spectators. The lash was not severely ap-
piled, and blood was drawn in only one in
stance.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

AT conference of ministers with Mr..
Moody in St. Louis on the 9th it was decide ed
to hold convention Of Christian workers in
that city, commencing Tuesday, February "a,
and q cordial invitation was extended to min
listers and laymen interested in the cause
throughout the West to attend and take
part itt r,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-19

On the 10th the lower house of the
Iowa Legislature adopted proposed amend
ment to the Constitution prohibiting the man.
ufaeture and sale of intoxicating liquor in
the State.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-23
TMEY DON'T SCARE.
The Crack of Dmnnells Whip Docs Not
Create Alarm.

The Crack of Dmnmelps Whip Docs Not
Create Alarm.
lWinnebago Citg Times.I
But Mark a. Dunnell, you don't scare the
people bit with your cry of dangerous
Democrat" They are after YOU this time,
and while they perform the funeral obsequies
to this "autocrat of little empire" don't
worry yourself about their ability to avoid
the dangerous Democrat" A sweet spec
tacle indeed YOU make snivelling about q
dangerous Democrat!
You, who when member of the legisla-
ture introduced bill creating the Office of
superintendent of public instruction, and
then in defiance of the constitution of the
State pushed yourself with the zeal and
cheek of an infamous Louisiana carpet bag
ger into the place thus created.
You, who when installed illegally as such
superintendent of public instruction, de-
graded that high Office by your public in
fanny until the Office became stigma and
reproach!
You, who having used the school machin-
cry OF the State to foist yourself into Con-
gress, degraded the high position to which
you was elected by pocketing the so-called
salary grab, and what was worse, publicly
brgged over the Infamous accomplishment;
and now YOU snivel about the "dsnger of a
Democrat" Your snivel, Mark 81. Dunnell,
is about yourself. not the other danger! You
have wrecked the party 3 honor, as represent
ed by yourself, and now would set up false
whine over some other imaginary ruin. The
cruelest stab the party can receive is in be-
ing disgraced longer by such representa-.
tive as you.