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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27

A dwelling-house on the Thompson
road west of West Duluth was blown
into kindling wood by dynamite. A
man named Morland placed q can OF
dynamite near the stove to thaw out,
and it soon exploded, killing him in
stantly. His wife and four children
were seriously injured, several of them
having arms and legs broken. The
house caught fire and the family were
rescued with great difficulty
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27
Trying to Break q VIII.

The creditors of George w. Langevin,
of St. Paul, have made, in the probate
court the sensational charge that the
will filed as that of the late Edward
Langevin was not the real will of the
deceased millionaire. Edward Langevin
died two months ago, possessed of prop
erty valued at $4,000, 900, leaving his
son George penniless. The latter had
debts amounting to $4,000, and tho
creditors seek to break the will to get
their money.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27

WILLIAM A. SLATER, of Norwich,
Conn, son OF the great cotton manu-.
facturer who gave $1,000, 900 for cducs t.
ing the Southern Freedmen, has fol-
lowed his fathers example and given
$50, 900 to endow a public hospital in
his native city. He is worth $40. OOO. 600.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27
Lived and Died Together,

Two men recently lay dead in Stew
arts norgue at Duluth, death in both
cases being the result of accident. Mar
tin Peterson was struck by train and
tilled and John Olind broke his neck
~ falling downstairs. They were both
Finlanders, born in the same village in
the same year, bought their tickets for
America the same day, sailed on the
same steamer and landed in Duluth at
the same time. They worked at the
same employment and went on the last
drunk together and the coroner held a
Joint inquest.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27

Peter McMahant, a laborer, employed
on the Metro eolitan Opera-House build
ing in St Paul, was killed while at
work. brick tile falling from the
eighth story and striking the man on
the head. So great was the force with
which he was struck that his legs were
driven partly through the concrete floor.
and it required the united strength Of
two men to rel ease him.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27
EARRINGS WILL NOT RETIRE.
The Firm Organixed Into . Limited Com
pany with Increased Capital

The Firm Organized Into . Limited Com.
psny with Increased Capital
LONDON, Nov. Cat is officially an
nounced that arrangements for continu-
ing the business of Barring Bros. & Co.
have been concluded. A limited com.
pany has been formed and will be regis
tered Immediately, with q subscribed
capital exceeding al,00o, 900. =, Mr..
Thomas Barring, M. p, becomes chair
man of the company and devotes the
whole Of his fortune to the firms credit.
Other directors sre Viscount Francis
Barring, M. p, Mr.. John Barring. ~!lr.
Kirkman and Mr.. Hodgeson.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27
Death .. . Wealthy Dissliier.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. 2a-Herman
Beckerts, one Of the wealtbiest and
best known distillers in Kentucky.
dropped dead from hesrt-disease here.
He was president Of both the Anderson
and Nelson distillery companies.r AT
one time he was the owner Of the Dem
YER Tribune -' "' ~@ @Af~ -. !
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27

JOHN w. JANUARY. the noted ex-
prisoner of war; who cut off his feet at
Andersonville in order to save his life,
is going on the stage in thrilling war
play. Mr.. January will hardly be a
success as the walking gentleman
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27

'THE United States Government loses
nearly one million dollars every year
by the fraudulent use of Cancelled
stamps, remarked Assistant Postmaster
Lanning the other day.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27

The opening of a bank in Hardins-
burg, KY, brought to light $500 bill
that farmer living near there had had
stored away in his house for twenty
years. This amount put out at simple
interest for that length of time would
have brought the owner 5000.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27
Work of the FInmes .t Dec.tu

DECATUR, I'LL, Nov. %. The Wabash
freight depot with its contents, was
totally destroyed by fire Friday morn
ing. Loss, $4,000. The Union eleva-
tor, just completed at cost of SIS, 600,
took fire and was consumed. together
with 10000 bushels of oats belonging to
the Wabash.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27

HENRY DIsTIN, manufacturer of mu-
sical instruments for bands and the
head of the Distin factory at Williams
port, says there are fifteen thousand
brass bands in this country, with one
hundred and fifty thousand performers.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27

HERE'S the latest thing in trusts 1t
is monkey trust, organized at New
ark, N. j., by Italians, ''to bring to
America for sale in the different cities
and museums monkeys from Africa and
the Azores"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27

lT is now more than two thousand
years since it was first proposed to cut
canal through the Isthmus of Corinth,
but the work is at last under way, di-
rected by Polish engineer, and prom
ises to be corlpleted in 1892.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27

ICELAND is beginning to swell the
hosts of immigration. Within the last
year twenty thousand of it's inhabitants
have gone to other countries, leaving
the home population reduced by nearly
Ono-half
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27

? ECArLxrsBuRa, Ky, Nov. 22-The
boiler in Lupton's saw-mill on the Big
Guyan river exploded Thursday and
killed James Lupton, w. E Morg and
Smith Hosmsri Three other men were
xsxpAsa.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27
Barmed 70 Death.

CoLDwATER. Mich, Nov. 22.-Thurs-
day while burning grass on . marsh in
California township, near here, David
Paul was overcome by smoke and before
assistance reached him was burned to
death
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27

MERIDEN, Conn, Nov. 22.-Three men
were knocked OF a train on the Meri-
den, Waterbury & Connecticut railroad
at the trestle on Cheshire street cross
ing, four miles west of this city, this
morning and fatally injured. 49, g.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27

A RECENT survey has established the
number of glaciers in the Alps at 1, 155.
OF which 249 have length of more than
four and three-quarter miles. The
French Alps contain IA glaciers, those
OF Italy 10, Switzerland All and Austria
442.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27

TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND men in
New York City are supported by their
wives, and all these men, doubtless,
were counted in the census as heads of
70
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27

SPR1NGF1ELD, Ill. Nov. 22.-The trus-
tees of the Odd-Fellows' Orphan Home
held meeting Friday for the pur-
pose of organizing, fifteen Of the
seventeen trustees being present
The board elected officers as follows:
President, Mrs. Lizzie Morrison, Of Chi
cago; Vice-President, Mrs. William
Funk, Of Bloomington; Secretary, Mrs
F. c. Cunningham, Of Bloomington;
Treasurer, Mrs. Jennie Tckner, of
Rockford. The trustees decided to COM
mence the erection of the home early
next spring and adjourned to meet at
the call of the president.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27

AUGUsTE, picker-up of cigar ends,
has just died in Paris, leaving behind
him the respectable sum of one hun
dred thousand francs. which, it is mar
rated, he amassed from his occupation.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27

THERE is man up in Maine who is
likely to cause some profanity among
stenographers and mailing clerks. His
name is Glorious Florious George WASH
ingtOn Stout Peck
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27

MENico Is called Republic, but, as
matter of fact, 1t is governed by an
oligarchy of landlords. Some of these
men own vast domains, one possessing
five hundred million acres OF land.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Nov. 2a-The Sec
retary of State has issued incorporation
papers to the Balloon Cable Road Com
psny of Chicago. The design of the
company is to transport passengers to
and from the worlds fair in balloons
attached to cables. The capital stock
n 81 o0O. 600. ]. -
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27
THE EAST.


OVER 5000 persons were thrown out
of work by general shutdown of the
hat factories at Danbury, Conn.
BY the explosion of boiler in fac
tory at Mertztow Pa, three workmen
were killed and five others terribly in
jured
P. w. GALLAUDET & Co., Wall street
New York; brokers, failed for 81, ,OOO,-
600.
EDWARD MURRAY and Daniel Hogue
were struck by train near Brig h ton,
Pa, and instantly killed. Both men
were young and but recently married.
GRAND MASTER FREEMAN stated at
the session of the Grand Lodge of
Odd-Fellows at Philadelphia that there
were now in active operation in this
country 9.9O7 lodges, with a total mem-
bership of nearly 100. 900.
AT New York the new cruiser Maine
was launched in the presence of Secre-
tary Tracy and many invited guests.
On the 10Th Captain Francis L. Nor
tons fifty-eight foot steam yacht with
ten persons on board left New York for
Toulon, France.
THE failure Of Barker Brothers & Co., {,
bankers and brokers of Philadelphia,
for 5000, 900 was announced.
AT the sale in New York of horses
owned by ex-Congressman Scott Bolero,
2-year-old, was sold to Philip Dwyer
for $35, COO.
THE former note teller in the Flour
City Bank at Rochester. N. Y, Moses
Marks, secured 5000 in money sent
to the bank by express and made his
escape.
FLAMES destroyed Harney's Hotel and
eight dwellings at Nanticoke, Pa.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27

AN exchange says there is a we'll in
Lincoln County, Miss, that flows free
on week days, but always goes dry on
Sunday
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27

DURING the past seventy-tEree years
the American Bible Society has dis.
tributed over SO, 736, 900 copies of the
Scrinture
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
A CHAPEL ON WHEELS.
A Baptist Car That Is to Travel Over tn,
N0rthWASf.


NOrthwost.
The Baptists are to have chapel on
wheels which is to travel all over the
Northwest, carrying two missionaries.
The chapel car is sixty feet long and
ten feet wide. At one end space about
eighteen feet long will be fitted up for
living purposes. The remainder of the
car will be furnished as chapel. This
car will run upon the extended system
OF the Northern Pacific and Wisconsin
Central railroads. and doub btless upon
other roads also. The original sugges-
ton and effective advocacy of this car
belong to Rev. DR.. Wayland Hoyt, of
Minneapolis His brother, Colgate Hoyt,
Charles l.. Colby, Of New York, and
some other gentlemen will pay all ex-
penses of building. The American
BAPTIST Publication Society have ac-
eepted the car and will pay the expenses
of the missionary. According to con-
tract the car will he finished and deliv-
cred in Chicago March 1, 1891. The
control and management of the chapel
Car will pertain to Boston w. Smith,
the Sunday-school missionary for Min
nesota OF the American Baptist Publ.
cation SOcietv
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27

IT is said that excellent wool is being
made out of the fiber of the fir tree by
means of electricity.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27

SOME wealthy New York ladies con-
template founding big daily news
paper next year.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27
Tho Now. Briefly CnronicIed.

Tho News Briefly ChronicIed.
Joseph H. Hillen, a boot and shoe
dealer at St Paul, failed with assets of
S12. 500.
L. c. Cummins, of Browns Valley,
has been appointed pension examin-
ing surgeon. -
Judge J. J. Egan and J. E. Markham
were thrown from a carriage at St.
Paul and both were painfully injured.
Joseph H. Hillen, st. Paul shoe
dealer, assigned. The value of the es-
tate would not be more than $4,000.
In the report of the schools of St.
Paul, made by Superintendent Gilbert,
that gentleman suggests the feasibility
of pensioning old teachers who have no
competency.
Peter Gnstafson. of Lake City, blew
out his brains. Liquor was the cause.
Tue new Masonic Temple at Minne-
apolis was dedicated BY the Grand
Lodge.
1t was expected that work would soon
commence on the Minneapolis Brew
ing Syndicate building, as the beer
output had been so heavy as to make it
necessary.
Word was received at the State De.
partment in St Paul of the death Of
Judge James c. Elson, of the Eighth
judicial district His term Of six years
began the first Monday in January,
1889.
A company has been organized in Min
neapolis for the erection and active
operation Of plow factory. The new
concern will be known as thu Minneap-
oils plow works, and will begin busi-
ness with acapital of 500, 600
Haviland & Sons. general Merchants
At Osseo, assigned to George w. Saw
age. = ~ r.-
Emma Juch, the prima denna, has
SUED the Gounod Club, of St. Paul, for
$500 for salary for singing a. the May
festival.
O. A. Gardner, the Minnea polis let
ter-carrier arrested for robhing the
mails, confessed his guilt. His steal
ings amounted to $7O0 i.
DR.. Edmond D. Bangs, of Boston,
Mass, was married to Miss Susan D.
Beals, of st. Paul The bride had for
many years been the recognised leader
Ct works Of chsrisv in d. PauE
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27
Profits Of Flour Making.

At the annual meeting of the Pills
bury-WasE burn Flour-Mill Company. in
London, it was shown that during
the ten months ended August 81 the
earnings of the company were a176, 1853.
The total expenses were e33, ,5l2; net
profit, el42,565. From this amount was
deducted e60,1 for preliminary ex.
penses, interest, ETC., leaving a net
profit Of 273, ,543. A dividend of 10 per
cent was declared, and esS 900 was
transferred as reserve fund. The
directors expressed themselves as high
]y pleased with their investment
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27

TWENTY MILLION acres of the land OF
the United States are held by foreign
erS
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27
A False Report

A report had been circulated through
the press that the Lum mbermen's &
Manufacturers Fire Insurance Com pany
and the Mutual Fire Insurance Associa-
ton of Minneapolis had been placed in
the hands Of receiver. The report re-
fers to tho companies in Eau Claire,
Wis.,. and not to tho Minneapolis insti-
tuition. which is organized under SIM
liar name.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-11-27
Debts Of Cities.

Tho Census Office gives the debts OF
the following cities in the State.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-07-05

g. = - go
low citizens, that proud bird of liberty,
the representative of our American free
dom = the American eagle" Just
then an owl, probably awakened from
his MONDAY nap by this invasion Of
his domain, solemnly inquired, Who".
whoo?"
The audience Uttered, and Mr.. Bun
combe turned a shade redder. My
friends" he said again, desperately.
That representative bird, the proud
American eagle"
Say, mister, 1 guess the 'merica:
eagles fiewed away" squealed small boy
in the audience, after the pause had be-
come oppressive.
The opportune or inopportune remark
had completed Mr.. Buncombe's embar-
rassment; and, while the people roared
with laughter, Mr.. Buncombe st ggered
back to his seat, and mopped the per-
SEPARATION of defeat from his brow, and
wished for few mountains to cover him
from the gaze of that giggling audience.
-Pap's gone an done it now" whis-
pered Philnnder in Johnny's ear.
Starved i'm right, returned Johnny.
He'd no business to a-felt so blamed big
over it.
Our esteemed fellow citizen, Mr.. Bun
combe, desires me to say that, owing to a
sudden attack of illness, he will be IN
able to finish the interesting and eloquent
grafton which we had hoped to hear, "
said the lawyer, blandly. as he came to
the front, oblgingly crooking his elbows
and spreading his coat-tails as much as
possible to screen his esteemed fellow
citizen from the gaze of tie laughing
crowd.
In fact, Mr.. Buncombe was sick-sick
of public speaking, of Fourth of July
celebrations and several other things,
and giving Philander hasty directions in
regard to unhitching and driving Bess
and Doll safely home, he folded his tent
and silently stole away.
Il say, Philander, one piece o. mans
currant pie is worth half dozen o pap's
speeches., whispered Johnny at the
delicacy in question.
e Tell We what, eff 1 was man, next
time pap makes fun o. her cos she amt
ez smart ez he is, I'd jest ask i'm eff his
American eagle'd got back yet. Bet I
would"
The audience was q good-natured one,
and seeing by Mrs. Buncombe's scarlet
cheeks and moist eyes how thoroughly
mortified she was by her spouse's failure,
they undertook to smooth things ever by
a judicious series of compliments on the
spicy contents of the clothes-basket and
otherly neighborly attentions. succeeding
so we'll that she spent the day far more
pleasantly than she had ever been able
to when Swallowed by the eclipse of her
lords superior presence. Meanwhile
Mr.. Buncombe trudged sadly homeward;
he had been so over-conident of his abil-
ity to repeat his speech verbatim that he
had left it on the table at home, and as
he entered the kitchen the fateful docu-
ment was the first object which met his
gaze.
He took it up, looking at it with vim
dictive eyes, and shook It as q terrier
shakes rat.
Yell never make me any more trou-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-07-05
delegates to the Farmers. Conpres..

Governor Humphrey has appointed
the following delegates and alternates
to represent Kansas in the national
farmers congress, which meets in
Council Bluffs, Iowa, August 81. They
are the same who attended the congress
last year, but by the constitution and
rules ofthat body are entitled to sit two
terms by appointment.
Delegates Nick Reitz. Month
cello; n. w. Taylor, Mulberry Grove;
j. ". johnson, Hamilton: James
Smith, Fact, Clay county; William
Simpson, Norton; Hon. John Kelly,
Wichita; Hon. A. w. Smith, McPher-
son; Hon. A. P. Forsyth, Liberty; Hon.
J. W. Shrader, 0skaloosa.
Alternates- Hon @. Lewis. Paola;
J. E Stone, Independence; T. NJ. Pot
Ter, Peabody; Arson Miller, Saline
county; Hon D. L. Smith. Phillips
county; Hon. II. G. BOYLE. Sedgwick
county; H o. Winchester. lola;
Joshua Wheeler. Atchison; Ben. Wal
lack, bingham.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-07-05

The voyager cannot be provided with safer
remedy and protective medicine than Hos
letters Stomach Bitters. Abundant testi-
mony exists TO prove that it utilities hurtful
climatic influences and the effects of expo
sure, that it reconciles the stomach to unac-
customed food. ana prevents injurious re-
suits from impure water. Mariners, tour
lists, emigrants and miners have all contribu-
ted their quota of testimony. in its behalf,
and its protective influence has been most
effectually demonstrated In regions and un-
der conditions where, if not really effective.
that fact would long since have been ex-
posed. In no class of disorders have its re-
medal and preventive properties been more
conspicuously shown than in cases of mala-
rial fevers, maladies for which it is the most
popular specific in existence, both here and
In the tropics, where its reputation is scarce
~ second to that which it enjoys on this con-
tinent. 1t is, moreover, most agreeable
appetizer and nervine.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-07-05

very shadow Of fhetsmptIng tables The
doctor ratified through the DeclsrzHoz
with all the speed allowable, and TIA
band played fast and furious upon tina
Star Spaneled Banner" and then MI
Buncombe arose, and With a mignts
ahemi posed before his audience. ran
his fingers through his stubbly hair, and
began:
-Ahem! Friends and fsllow-citizens
that proud bird of freedom. the repre-
sentative of our American liberties, the
American eagle
Poor Mr.. Buncombe, he was unused to
public speaking, and that terrible malady
known as stage fright seized him in its re-
lentless grip, and his speech few away
from him to the four winds of heaven in
the twinkling of an eye.
He turned vivid red, ran his bandI
through his hair with desperate energy
and began again. Dear friends and fell
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-07-05
GOT HIS MONEY.

Milton Mays In Possession of Solid Cash
for His Louisiana State Lottery Ticket.
Owensboro, Ky) Inquirer, May Is.
reporter of the Inquirer dropped into the
Farmers and Traders Bank yesterday morn
ing and learned from the cashier that the
cash had been forwarded for one-twentieth
OF ticket No. 1880, which drew the first
capital prize of $4,000 in the drawing of
Inc Louisiana State Lottery on the 18th
inst.
Being fully assured by the cashier that the
$l5,OOO was actually deposited in the bank,
the reporter started out to interview Milton
Mays the owner. Doubtless you can now
tell US something of the feelings of a rich
man as well as those of a poor one, Milt,"
said the reporter.
mo, sir, have never felt the difference"
What will you do with the money!"
Part of it will go for home, part for
better team, and the rest will be safely in
vested"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-07-05

enlarge until there seemed to be a coming
necessity for q new suit of clothes at the
least, if not an Gutire change of resi-
dence and occupaIon.
He was not a domestic angel at any
time, and poor, gentle Mrs. Buncombe
Immediately descended to a lower scale
In his estimation than ever before, while
the junior Buncombes were made to stand
around with frmness hitherto unparal-
leled in the domestic economy.
He had 9 gait Of swelling Importance
at ap7 time, and now his spinal column
seemed In danger from the strain put
upon it, as Mr.. Buncombe swelled and
strutted, while his eyes had far away
look, as if the great mind was soaring off
into space in search of wonderful and
unapproachable thoughts for the coming
oretion.
1t was this important gait and manner
of his which had gained him the invita-
ton in the first place, for the committee,
not being composed of critical or analyti-
cal members, naturally supposed that
where there was so much cry there must
be corresponding amount of wool, to
use homely proverb, and gave Mr.. Bun
combe credit for the talent and import
apce which be SO evidently considered
himself possessed of.
1t was to be a rural celebration, held in
the woods, with the good old accompani-
ment of picnic dinner, swings and like
Injuries, and glorious time was ex-
pected.
TIE principal lawyer of the village was
to make the opening speech of the day.
the doctor following with the reading of
the Declaration, and Mr.. Buncombe,
representing the agricultural interests of
the community, would follow with his
speech after the music, and Mr.. B. Sc
cretly determined the last should Guido
nil the rest of the programme, in fact,
that the last should be first literally.
The dictionary, the encyclopedia, and
all the historical works which the village
library afforded, we're on the kitchen
table for weeks before the auspicious
event, and every evening the young Bun
combes were tip-toing about in deadly