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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-08
FACTS AND FIGURES.


The Toledo. Cincinnati & st. Louis
narrow-guage crosses nearly forty STAN
dard-guage roads.
Corrugated sheet zinc is being in
troduced in Germany and Belgium for
roofing purposes, with much success.
The Lake Okeechobee region in
South Florida, It is found, produces
native variety of the india-rubber tree.
The scaffoldings which we're used
in the construction of the two colossal
spires of the Cologne Cathedral, recent
" completed, consumed an immense
quantity of timber. Only two-thirds of
them have thus far been taken down,
and already they have turned out 2OO,-
900 cubic feet.
of 10000 acres devoted to the
growth of hops in this country, accord
ing to the New York State census of
1875, Otsego County had 1870 acres.
Oneida $500, and Mad son $500. max.
ing in all 2O,712 acres. These figures
have not materially changed since that
time. The annual value of the crop in
these three counties is over 100000.
"A table of official statistics shows
that the wages of thirty six different
trades in France in 1877 averaged 81
per cent. higher than 1858. The low
est increase given is 40, for GOLFERS,
and the highest "a, for bakers. The
compiler notes that the rise has been
highest in those trades in which
machinery has come largely into use.
The price of bread has remained sta
tionary.
by the statistics of the Brewers
Congress recently held in France, the
popular impression of the Teutonic
capacity for beer being unrivaled is
proved incorrect. The Briton tops the
roll. One-third of all the beer brewed
annually in Europe is produced in the
English islands. Counting men. women
and children, every native of Great
Britain drinks nearly 143 quarts Of beer
in a year. whereas Germans drink only
"a, and Austrians no more than 81.
MIR. H. c. .Hovey says: "The first
successful attempts at canning fish,
fruit and vegetables were made at East
port, Me-, about the year 1910. The
formed by MIR. u. /. Odell, British Vice
\OHSul. CdStpUTI) Is W U0 SudTcu UcGWccn
Mr.. Charles Mitchell, who brought the
idea with him from Scotland, aud Mr..
U. 5. Treat, who employed him and fur
nished the requisite capital to carry on
experiments.
An event of some importance in
American industrial annals is the termi
nation of the patents on the Mckay
shoe-sewing machinery. and with them
the "roy alties" that have vexed the
souls of modern Crispins. The shoe
manufacturers have long been restless
under the burden of these royalties. On
a single pair of shoes they make but a
small difference-averaging, say, two
cents pair-but in factories where a
thousand cases of shoes are made and
shipped in week the aggregate is con-
siderable. Good operators, for in
stance, can sew six hundred pairs of
shoes in a working day, and several fac
tories at Lynn and other points have as
many as one hundred Mckay machines
steadily at work. The stream of reve-
nue. running into the fortunate associa-
ton can therefore be imagined.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-08
Shoplifters.

Said city retail dealer: ~ could
dispense with q number of my clerks
were it not for the necessity of guarding
against the thieves which infest all
large stores. Shoplifting is q crime
that is becoming enormous in its pro-
portions, and at present we are power
less to combat it. All our clerks are so
disposed behind my counters that they
can watch each others customers, and
this they are instructed to do at all
times. We detect q woman in the act
of pocketing goods. call in an officer
and have her arrested. What is the re-
suit? At the examination her friends
and relatives come forward and testify
that she is insane, or subject to fits Of
insanity, and she is discharged to 20
and prey upon some other merchant.
Once in while one of them is held for
trial, but specious lawyer works upon
the sympathies of the jury and he or
she is acquitted. Country as well as
city people plumber us. Quite recently
q well-known lady residing in aristO-
cratic style came in with some country
relatives. We detected one of these
putting goods into her basket, but, she
Sp0CIOuSly 0XpA6luOU t06t III tu0 COuu'
try where she lived it was the custom
when looking at goods to put those
which she wished to purchase into her
basket, and, when her shopping was
completed, to hand the basket to .
clerk, who figured up the value of the
purchases, took his pay for them, and
she carried them away in the basket.
OF course she got very red and con-
fused while telling this abominable lie,
but I Figured up the amour. of her
purchases she paid for them and took
them away in her basket. With some
professional shoplifters the covered
market basket is a favorite receptacle
for carrying Of plumber; but some use
q capacious pocket or bsg fastened
about the waist and hanging beneath
their skirts. To get the plumber into
this tho opening in the dress that would
be taken for pocket is merely . slit,
hidden by folds of an ample skirt, and
similar openings are in the underskirts.
A dexterous thief in . mornings shop
ping will make few trifing purchases
and pocket . bushel Of goods"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-08

Or. the tnspronsptw crane may be omit.
ted, and a rude oven be built OF stones
and the fire made therein. The pot
may be set on this over the accumu.
lated bed of embers, and potatoes in
their jackets and corn in the inner husk
be roasted in the hot ashes. For fish
ing-parties frying-pan is indispensa-
ble.-Marian Harland, in Examiner and
Chronicle.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-08
WIT AND WISDOM.

BE content with your lot-especial-
ly if it corner one.-Wt and tsiom.
-" That butter is too fresh" as the
man remarked when the goat lifted
him over the garden fence.-Lo,0eu
Citizen.
When the river rises one foot what
becomes of the other?--Boston Times.
1t remains tide, of course. Cambridge
Tribune.
-Thare il no trubble in Citing a
good reputashun, and in keeping it, If
men would only be az henest as they
pretend to be.-Josh Billings.
Much sickness about the city, doc
tor?" was asked physician. ''Well.
you can say the business is improving"
answered the smiling interrogatee.-
-New Hauen Register.
You can Judge something of a
mans character by the umbrella he
totes. If 1t is a cheap. cotton one you
may conclude that he is honest but not
very sharp.-Boston Post.
Some of the girls of the period are
parting their hair on one side. They
do this because they do not wish to
look like the soft young men who part
their hair in the middle. mo. Pic.
Gyu,ae.
Some railroad engineers don't jump
soon enough, and the papers call them
heroes who died at their posts. Others
Jump clear of the crash and live long
and happy. lives and die fat and con-
tented.-Detr0M Free Press.
"A New York goat came West with
a lot of poor children sent out to
Western homes, and the first day it
was on an Iowa farm it ate half a mile
of barbed-wire and wanted more. 1t is
almost impossible to teach New York
goat to eat grass or clover, when he
has been brought up from earliest in
fancy on corset rods. tomato cans
and wrecked hoop-skirts. Burlington
Hawkeye.
"A clerical looking gentleman enter
ed our Office yesterday and, drawing a
concealed document, said to one OF the
editors: II am soliciting aid for
heightened gentleman of refinement
and intelligence. who is in need of
little money, but is too proud to be a
q burden to his friends. ''What is
his name?" asked the editor. II am
not at liberty to disclose his name"
'Why, according to your description
of the man, it must be me that you are
trying to raise money for. am the
only man of that description in Austin.
/ say parson, lend me a dollar out OF
what you have collected for me already,
aud ri give you quarter just to help
the poor fellow out. "-Iez0s Siftings.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-08
Ethics Of Conversation.

Yesterday morning two strange boys
met up on Pond street, and the easy
flow Of their conversation can only be
accounted for by the fact that Bronson
Alcott was in Burlington nine years
ago, when these two boys were babes:
Hello!''
ssHellO."
"Where you goin'?"
"Down here. Where you goin'r'
"Up yander. Where dye git that
dog
"Up hyur.''
That's Will Staples dog"
''Bet faint nuther, then"
"It's Bill Staples
81 know'd Bill Staples before you
did,"
81 know where Jir Butch lives"
II know Jake Stubblekins."
Jake Stubblekinses daddy Is p0
liceman."
my daddy works on steamboat"
"Ho! My daddy's dead. My uncle
can lick your daddy"
my daddy don't want to fight; but
he amt afraid of him."
I'm goin' in swimmin' 'safternoon."
"pm goin' In swimmin' 'smorniDg."
Huhr'
Well"
II got to CO."
:" l got to 60, too"
ssHuhr'
..Huh!''
And they parted. Il sounds very
ridiculous, and the p:ous reporter who
heard it laughed at it. but, brethren.
did r. avor Occur to Won that ahOuc hall
the wise men who meet casually on the
street say little more than, and FIRE.
quently not 30 much as, these two boysf
Report your own conversations. for just
enc day, and see how much or many 81
them you would like to see in print
BNrljnQton HGWkeye.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-08
Even.Handed Justice.

Loot aish Lat d humber Ot men were SIT
ting in front of the Ormsby House dis
cussing the big mining suit in Eureka
between the Richmond and Albion.
General Kittrell, w. w. Bishop, Sine
Barnes, Johnny Moore. and others were
interesting the crowd with recitals of
the suits they had seen. Bishop and
Kittrcll insisted that of late years the
atmosphere of the courts had been purcr
than in the earlier days.
"That is" said Barnes, 'thinner and
weaker; in other words, jurors cost less
than formerly"
Both the lawyers agreed that coin hsd
a potent influence. When the law was
all on their side and the jury on the
other, they could only explain it ON a
coin hypothesis.
At this point an old grizzly-bearded
man who had been listening slid up and
remarked: L
mining suits amt what they used to
be. There been no real live litigation
to speak of since the Raymond 4 Ely
suit with the Hermes in Pioche.''
"Were you in town?'
swell, rather; travelled 400 miles
on a mule to get to the jury box. I
struck the town about six o'clock at
night, and, walking into the leading bur-
room, inquired if the suit had begun.
Inside of half an hour a man came Mp
and asked me what my name was. lie
wrote it down on his shirt cuff, and thon
he said: ''Pard, ii you want to stay
and see tie suit, let me see you through
on your expenses; and he handed me
$500. remarking that he thought the r.
and E. had the bulge on the law. said
that thought that myself, and then I
sauntered of. In about an hour q man
came to me and told me l was drawn
on the jury. said didn't mind, and
agreed to stand in. About nine o click
a man tapped me on the arm and
handed me five hundred, remarking
that the Hermes had about all the law
and facts on their side that was neces-
sary. He thought might need little
money for expenses. OF course I took
the money, he seemed so anxious to get
rid of it, and then slipped into back
room, put on pair of false side whis-
kers, thin silk duster had been car
rying under my coat, and was .
changed man. By ten o'clock I was on
. good horse that l paid $500 for, and
started off on a prospecting trip. I
couldn't bear the idea of holding the
scales of Justice in case like that.
was fearful of further corruption, you
see. But on the trial was represented
by q proxy. On the road l met old Bill
Damen, dead broke and discouraged. I
put him on the lay, and he started
double quick for Phoebe. He struck the
ledge rich, / guess. for when l next
heard of him he was drivin' a spankin'
team and enjoying life. - Carson Nev.)
appeal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-08
West and South.

STRANGE Indians have made their APP
pearance on the Menominee reservation in
Wisconsin, and the Federal authorities are
making efforts to crush out secret organi-
cation called the ''Dreamers, who are
holding continuous dances. It was report.
ed on the 29th that Agent Stephens and his
daughter were virtual prisoners, and that
Federal troops had been ordered to the
scene.
LIEUTENANT SHOEMAKER, Of the Fourth
United States Cavalry, who has been en-
camped in the Choctaw Nation, reported on
the 18th that the white intruders were leav.
ing peaceably, but that he experienced
great dificulty in determining the right Of
those negroes who were held - slaves by
the Indians before the war.
THE boiler Of Henry Moody's saw-mill At
Campbellsville, KY, recently exploded,
with disastrous results. The engineer was
killed and two workmen were MORALLY
hurt
A STORM said to have been one Of the
most destructive which ever visited the
South Atlantic coast, prevailed there on the
night Of the 9th ult The wind blew over
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-08
=. THE NEWS.
Compiled from Latest Dispatches.
From Washington.

ACCORDING to dispatches of the 18th Dis
statement that he had knowledge of q con-
spiracy to kill Guiteau by slow torture in
the event Of the Presidents death. What
he did say was that he had been informed of
the existence of formidable organization,
the purpose of which was to make sure that
Guiteau should not escape punishment, aud
which did not intend that he should ever be
taken to an insane asylum alive. Colonel
Corkhill adds: 81 don't believe regiment
of soldiers could prevent them from accom-
plishing their purpose"
THERE had been received at the Treasury
Department up to noon on the SOth ult.
about 1880, 600 of the So 900 900 of regis
tered five-per-cents. outstanding on the I'D
ult.
ACOLORED man was arrested at the White
House gate on the S0th ult., evidently in
sane, who explained that his mission was to
kill every man who was not Garfield man.
GUITEAU wrote a letter to District Attor-
ney Corkhill on the S1st ult., expressing
great regret that he did not kill the Presi-
dent in the Vermont Avenue Church when
he went there for that purpose. The villain
said he was sorry the President suffered so
much, but great deal more sorry that he
was not dead.
IT was reported on the 31st ult. that Cap
tain Howgate, whose embezzlements
amount to nearly or quite Sol, 900, was no.
where to be found, and it was believed that
he had fled from the country in company
with his mistress. leaving his bondsmen to
settle with the Government. His deserted
wife was left almost penniless.
SECRETARY WINDOW has decided that
there is no law or rule authorizing the re-
demption or exchange by the Treasury De.
partment Of any coins Of the United States
on account Of their being mutilated. Mu-
filated silver coins will be paid for at the
mints at their full bullion value, but that Is
all that can be done for the holders.
PAYMASTER. GENERAL GEORGE F. CUT
LER, of the Navy, has been retired, and, as
no successor can be appointed until the
President can act. Secretary Hunt has de-
cided to discharge the duties of the position.
THE public.debt statement for August
shows the following: Total debt (including
INTEREST,", S2.056, SIS, $50. Cash in Treas.
ury, S240, 49S. 7SS. Debt, less amount in
Treasury, $1,S16. 3S9, 56S. Decrease during
the month, $l4, Isl, 1921. Decrease since
June 30, 1881, 81, 1924
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-08

Nothing is more disgusting In
society,"" says the Boston Herald.
ethan to see women affect public de-
votion to their husbands which is only
public, and, perhaps, there is no phase
Of married life that is more closely
watched. People can not act well in
public part which they are not in the
habit of acting at home"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-08

"A miner discovered recently on
the divide between the Rio Hondo and
the Rio Colorado, New Mexico. q cave
which has from time immemorial sup
piled the Indians with their bright red
war paint. It is believed to be oxide
of iron, and has been located for its
mineral.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-08

THEODORE TILTON'S second daughter,
Alice, was married in Germany. in July, to
John e. Gardin. of Charleston. S. C.
THE dory Little Western, sixteen feet in
length, arrived at Halifax on the 30th ult.,
from London.
AT meeting in Montreal on the 30th ult.
the stockholders Of the Atlantic & Moth.
west Railroad elected George Stephen Pres
ident. It was resolved that immediate steps
be taken to survey and construct . bridge
over the st. Lawrence near Montreal sind
build roads thence westward to connect
with the Canada Pacific and eastward to
Join the present system Of the Dominion.
The capital Of the company is $1O,000, 900,
and it is authorized to issue mortgage bonds
to the amount Of 81, 900 per mile.
A CAPE Town tAfrica) dispatch Of the
31st ult. announces the wreck of the Union
mail steamer Teuton, with 200 souls on
board, Of whom only twenty .seven were
saved.
THE German Government has expelled
fifteen Socialists frem Berlin for laborina
for the election of Herr Bebel to the Reich
stag.
AT meeting in Dublin on the 31st ult.
Sexton, the irish Land Lacquer, stated that
as long Is the Emergency Committee exist.
ed there would be no peace in ireland. He
also repeated that the Land League would
not disband until landlordism was de.
stroycd.
SPEAKMAN 4 Son, leading stoclr-broken
Of Manchester, Eng. have failed for 800,
600.
-
THE loss Of life caused by the wreck d
the Teuton on the South African coast h
believed to have been not - great - at first
reported. A boat containing eight persons
arrived on the LIST 1t point on the coast moi
far from the disaster. Those on board
stated that in their opinion another boa'
containing thirty women and children would
yet make the coast Most Of those who per-
ished were emigrants
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-08

ing to be absent for any great length Of time
from the sick-roem. They were all present
together, therefore, during most Of the
night. About five O'Clock the President
was again spopged all over with alcohol and
water, and seemed to be greatly refreshed.
His pulse had fallen to 102. He rested
quietly during the remainder Of the early
morning, and at $3.50 on examination his
pulse was found to be 100, with temperature
and respiration normal.
Mrs. Garfield, encouraged by the Presi-
dents evident improvement late Saturday
evening, and, wearied by previous watch
ing, went to bed before midnight and slept
most Of the pight. She was in the sick
room again at five In the morning and sat
for awhile by her husbands bedside fam
ming him.
After the appearance Of the morning bul.
letin, DR.. Bliss came out Of the surgeons
room again and said the Presidents symp-
toms were very favorable and indicated he
WINS in the way Of recovery. Too much en-
couragement, however. should not, he
thought, be drawn from tho present favor
able condition, because 1t was not yet Ger.
tain 1t would be permanent.
DR.. Hamilton, who came out shortly
showed marked Improvement.
DR.. Boynton, being asked whether he felt
encouraged, replied: 81 feel not only en-
Outraged, but very much encouraged"
General Swain, in answer to the same
question, said: - have been depending
on Garhcld's pluck now for twenty
years, and tell you he is going to get well. "
Colonel Corbin telcgrap6ed afriend: "Qr.
Hamilton says we are afloat and Of the
breakers"
although 80 Presidents pulse and tom.
perature rose slightly during the afternoon,
he continued to do well, and ct five General
SWaim autographed . friend: (" The improve
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1881-02-14

MILL CITY FOUNDRY
AND
MACH N E S H o P,
MILL CITY. NEVADA.
We are prepared to fill all orders on the
shortest notice for all kinds OF
CASTINGS AND MACHINERY
QUARTZ MILLS, HOSTING WORKS
GRIST MILLS. Ere, Ere, Ere
ORDERS
From all parts of the country will receive
prompt attention.
The Highest Price Paid for
OLD ASTIN
dec $50 J. L. O'DONNEL, Supt.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1881-02-14

The Desert Crystal Salt Company is now
prepared to supply in quantities to suit fine
Table, Dairy, Mea; and Stock salt, put up by
s G. FOCUS, Reno,, Nevada, who will supply
customers from Winnemucca west
From Wnnemucca, eastward, JOHN KIN
NEY, of Battle Mountain, will furnish Table,
Dairy, Meat, Stock and Ground and Unground
Milling salt.
From platform at White Plains excellent
Milling Salt will be sold as usual to our patrons
at low rates.
Address orders to
nd WALTER SCHMIDT, Manager,
oa5-u White Plains, Nevada.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-11-11
Nv. l II. Sm. & Il. ! 81.
a FriGhtsGs Fall.

Iss! "Wednesday the!s occurred 5n Slate
Mouu:ain, ucar Ashsroff, oao c! thcs3 SAasily
accidents tia: make mep reslz, how terrible
are the parils that oo7i7rn tie paihnay Of the
fo7.uue-huato7 in these ernzs moun!sins a
young maa named J. NJ, IRE, who has been
prospcotiog AID contracting around Ashcroft
for sonio time pas, bad, 10 connection With a5-
other mcu, q contract 10 rua 10 tunceI on e
claim very uesr tho sumAl5 Ct Slate Mouo-
tap The claim il koo~a ss tho Shanokin
lode. They bad ncary c3mp!eted tie c0riEaci,
AID Il Z:ta Hss making bis preparations to get
out OF the oJ1alry for the Giarsr Fos trail
leG9i9s fron The csbn Cc;Gploa by the t"o
c)GtrsoiOrs TO the c am WINDS rs S;Cuous end
nerlious way along tho sscep hloon tf Slsto
Mountain. IT. q l@nHy ~ 'ggiGg 10 aVJd the
lrGgeS and Cnae the gTsQo ECt thrre is ere
plac. far up loRara the summit WHARF the
soDo is slnos: :a1pdicuiac for ql.o q
distsLc., and uGder The tes coDGl;i0as srGvel
at tina, avnt Is pe7llvus Ths trail or path
abJu IS l:c7ca side, ia en- cut OF the moun-
taiu sids, end il would mska 6 tender
foots bsir S sud On ord 10 lock doWp.
he cheuoea Hrc that hr would 'cn9a l." s!o2s
tnst par, leu ar spot Th"ce has bar & ctust
# sau4 s:v ri anhcs thick On scd uear tie
sunni: OF S!s.o Myua;sin ijI a sock or morr
past, snd the coid lishts hsrs rtZ.n this soo~
wbaeo i; has bsen pr s5sa doau slpug no trail
uaiii it is SIS slippery rs glass. Last Wetass-
d.y norops Il RI std his partuer vcra prr-
c4cding along ,ha trail 20 the SoaGnokin lnde,
sod at lie p7, pi,Cu7 sDot referred 70 i rn
missed his ioollgg, TIC hi.s;eu carried his
body IF the trail, and in Sc IDS sps the doomed
nicer vas wAi,ias dGWa 'ba saowy sIope,
wildly gratpiug at the Gir aGd eiremoiog iu
vaio 30 care some fna'ho:d on The irCz.n
g-ound tti5 horror ritkau partaer, utterly
unSb:e to render him soy s,Eis:rnne, $1,000
euzog st tho terrible sight with ecaoiIons past
description, D.sn, down Inc paor faoa
Evut, sud Ghsu bis bruised AID boady frame
reached the baton Ii pgs l $40 feet from
where it started sud bn-n but l.,ls semblaucs
20 is oligns sell. Z:rn's par,oer hastcaed
down the trail ior hsp, AID wheu .nst had
5ecu eecured iha iariy w,rs myeed TO fol-
log iorg sDd toi;s.ma o3rfaa 20 reach tie
body. ls sas q gh's i2 looking ovrpse they
found. crushed aud atsp ouS hu men share,
cnd roog Leo shuddered az thry locked uuou
il. l. W.s carried 20 Asec;ott q. q there buried.
LcQdrile, Co.., Democrat.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-11-11
HEALTH is WEALTH.

ER- Il. c. VESTS n NERvE AND eaAIs TREAT.
MENT apecifc for Hystsria, Dizziness. Con.
SION, Loss of Memory Spsrmato.rh@a. Iaopo-
teneJ. Involuntary Emissions, Premature Old
age cauaed By ovar. ezefton, SELF abuse or over
indulgence, which loads to misery, docsy and
death. Cne box will cure recent cases. Each
box contains one month treatment, One dollar
box, or six boxes for f7e doillrs; sent by nail
prepaid on receipt of plice We guarantee six
boxes to cure any case. With each order 70.
cAiyed hy us for six boxes, accompanied with
Eve dollars, we will sendthe purchaser our writ.
ton guarauLae 10 return the money il the treat.
meG. does DO. effect cure Gusrsntees esutd
oy JAN EY & Co, Druggists, Alezendris,
Va, wholesale srd retail agents Orders by
mail will receive promp! attention. MARI