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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25

To STANLEY, lecturing in Scranton.
Pa, gentleman said: "Mr. Stanley,
one of the things in your book, In
Darkest Africa that interested me
most was your account of the sutferings
of your party in Starvation Camp,
but one thing 1 never could understand.
When your men were dying for want Of
food, why didn't they fish, since
they were SO near the river?" Mr.
Stanley's face was study. He looked
at his questioner as if dazed by blow
why" he exclaimed, and then
hesitated in evident surprise TO,
several moments: why, don't believe
any one ever thought of it"'
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25
AT st. Louis Miss Mabel Ismond was i
fatally shot by her sister-in-law, whos'
mistook her for burglar

AT St. Louis Miss Mabel Ismond was
fatally shot by her sister-in-law, who,
mistook her for burglar.
For numbering his grandparents
Mr.. and Mrs Asa Womock, who re-
sided at Honey Creek, Ind, Lincoln
Gossett was arrested. The object was
robbery, but Gossett only secured 81 10.
THE Legislature of Idaho elected three
United States Senators: Governor Shoup
and w. j. Mcconnell for the short
terms ending respectively March 4, 1891,
and March 4, 1898, and Fred T. Dubois
for the full term beginning March next.
and cotton factors at Rome, Ga, failed
for $500
JOHN ROSE, saloon-keeper at Ath-
ems, O., struck Lee Davis on the head
with beer glass during a quarrel and
killed him. -
On the Wheeling & Lake Erie road q
train went through trestle near Boil
var, O., and four persons were killed.
and eight injured. = *
The banking house of S. A. Keansds
Co., in Chicago, which had closed tits,
doors, had liabilities of $1,000, 900: as
sets, $497, 900.
HENRY PoPP and Elmer Sharkey- /ere
hanged in the Ohio penitentiary at Co
lum bus. The latter killed his mother
and the former took the life of saloon
keeper.
On the Baltimore & Ohio road train
was derailed by snowdrift near Har-
risonburg, Va, and six persons were
badly injured. The loss to the railway
company was $4,000.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25
HUMOROUS.

Not the Same.-At Public Library
-Girl-"Have you the latest novels?"
Clerk-"Yes." Girl latter momrnt)-
please let me have Mr.. James Brown
Potter, of Texas. ."-Harvard Lampoon.
You told me that De Mascus was
a go-as-you-please sort of man. didn't
you, Clara?" Ives, Maud" "Well, he
called last night and he didn't 60 as
pleased, at all. / thought he wanted to
stay to breakfast. st Joseph News.
Harsh PuniShment-Mr Scrubs
Gndignantly)-"Sir, have just discov-
cred thai your son has engaged himself
to two Of my daughters" Mr.. Grubbs
(stupefedD'--The young rascal! He
should be compelled to marry them
both."-N. Y Weekly.
Hungry for Green Food
where are you going my pretty maidr'
"To milk old brindle, sir" she said
"May go too. my pretty maid"
The cow might eat you, sir" she said.
IN. Y. Sun.
-"Only think" said Maud. they
used to lay that the drama was going
to the dogs Now the puppies seem to
be going to the drama" and she swept
with her eyes the rows of seats filled
with turbulent humanity. - Boston
Transcript.
IL beg your pardon" said Mr.. Word
ington, but did understand you TO re-
fer to the ladv who has just passed as
stunner?'' Yes. sir; 1 said it deIiber-
ately. and, think, judiciou>ly. You
must con >ider the fact that was struck
by her arance."-Washington Post.
The Force OF Example. Little Ell
sic stamping and dane ng about the
room in rage)-'I wish W IS my papa!
I wish was my papa!" Aunt Ida
What is the trouble, Elsie?" Elsie
''lowzer's chewe1 my dolly's eyes into
the back Of her head, and I'm just cram
full of little swear and mamma won't
let me say 'em!"-Kate Fields Wash.
ington.
Teacher lin Chinese Mission)-I
wonder how many OF you know the
meaning Of mercy. (All hands upD
Very good; Now you. Chang, may give
us an illustration OF its meaning"
Chaug-"Melican lady give Chinee boy
glishes to wash. One plate fall on floor;
him blake in Thousand fifteen pieces.
Melican lady ely loud: oh, mercO-
Exchange.
Stranger ION car. to Cadley)-'Have
you the timer Cadley-"Its twenty
minutes past three" Give minutes
el.pse.) Stranger-"Will you please
give me the .time?' Cadley-'Three-
twenty-five. sir" (Ten minutes elapse.)
Stranger-''Can you give me the time
again, sir?" Cadley (ndignant)-'No,
sir, can't I've given you all had.
You'd better apply to some man who
has eternity on his hands. ."-Harper's
Razar
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25
FROM WASHINGTON.

IN the United States the visible sup
ply of grain in store on the 18th was:
Wheat, 25.1se, $50 bushels; corn, $780,
469 bushels; oats, $500, 7S1 bushels.
New silver certificates of the series of
1890 have made their appearance. The
$40 certificates have the medallion of
General Sheridan in the center, while
the 81 note has the medallion Of Secre-
tary Stanton on the left hand side of the
face.
TOTAL collections of internal revenue
fiscal year were S62, ,9O1, 40 an increase
of $4,725.s59 over the corresponding
period of the last fiscal year.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25

OLD stories of Yankee ingenuity in
the manufacture of cheap imitation
nutmegs may not have been true, but
they have long occasioned levity out
side Of New England. That prosper
GUS section may now return the laugh,
for the Massachusetts, Board of Health
has discovered that brand of alleged
coffee sold in that State by Philadel
phia firm consists of berries made OF
Drowned wheat flour, harmless but
despicable adulteration of the genuine
article
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25
WEST AND SOUTH.

FIRE swept a, q the entire business
portion of Orrick, Mo.
AT Green Isle, Mimi, the village
council was indicted for employing all
the saloon-keepers in town as police
men simply to assist them to pay their
licenses.
The coal product in Indiana the past
year was s,G76, 900 tons, exceeding that
of the previous year by 573, 500 tons.
THE Oklahoma Legislature received
from Governor Steele the Kingfsher
capital bill without his approval. This
leaves Guthrie the capital
DIR. E. SHURLEY and DIR. Fl. Gibbs,
two of the foremost physicians in Mich
igan, announced that they had discov-
cred a consumption cure whose efficacy
was beyond question.
JOHN SPEARMAN, aged 81 years, his
wife and their grandson, aged IL years,
were murdered at Shalzopee, Mimi, by
some person unknown.
The roof of the Roanoke (Va.) ma
chine works was crushed by snow, caus-
ing $780, 600 damages. One man was
killed and eight severely injured.
The banking house of s. A. Kean &
Co., in Chicago, closed it's doors.
THE two young daughters of Mrs.
Nick Melchert, at Aurora, ILL.,, were
drowned while skating
AFTER the jury at Wichita, Kan, in
the case of Nellie Mayors, charged with
robbery and assault, had been out fifty
two hours Judge Balderson declared
that he would have verdict. At a.
m. he introduced minister into the
jury-room, who preached for an hour,
prayed and withdrew. A verdict of
guilty was reached Immediately after.
The death of Hugh Lehort occurred
on the 18th at Benton, ILL.,, at the age
of 103 years
In Chicago the Burton block was
burned for the third time within two
years. The loss was $1,000
GOVERNOR HARVEY appointed Judge
R. w. Mcbride, of Elkhart, to the posi-
ton on the Supreme Bench of Indiana
made vacant by the death of Justice
Mitchell.
AT Brandenburg KY, Mrs Jesse Hig-
bee, % years old, was arrested for ia
tally poisoning her four children. She
was believed to be crazy.
DIR. F. O. VINCENT shot and killed his
wife at Fresno, CAL, from whom he
had been separated for some time, and
thsn took his own LIE with poison.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25

THE proclamation of the President
making it penal offense for the captain
of an ocean steamship flying our flag
to refuse relief to other vessels found in
a disabled condition is praiseworthy
attempt to regulate one of the revolt
ing practices of human cruelty. It
seems almost incredible that there
should be need of such proclamation
within the confines of civilization. Yet
instances are fresh in the public mind
in which business rivalry has prompted
the rejection of all appeals for aid from
a competing vessel in distress. These
instances are few, and will be fewer
when other countries initiate us.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25

MODERATION and temperance in all
things, whether of work or of pleasure,
should be more cultivated. A little
more time for meals and the social
amenities of life, little more method
in all that we do. together with self,
repression of nervousness, cultivation
of open-air freedom and exercise and a
better division of the hours of labor
would make stronger and steadier men
and women. fuller purses and happie,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25

THE Philadelphia Record gives figures
showing how the dark continent has
been carved up by the territory-grab bbing
powers. France comes first with 2,3OO,.
600 square miles, Great Britain next
With 1909, 600 miles, then Germany
with l,030, 900 miles, and lastly Portgu
gal which gained only IT'S, 600 miles BY
the division. Not even professional
statistican can figure out where the
natives of Africa come in.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25

A COLLECTION of the effects of Gener-
al George Washington, the property Of
the late Lorenzo Lewis, grand nephew
of Washington, was sold at Philadel-
phia. and the highest price paid was
S760 for the last memorandum book Of
Washington, the last entry therein
being dated December 3, 1899. One
hundred and fifty articles brought
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25

THE New York Herald is "agin" the
long-legged double-cylindered panta.
loon. 1t says: THE best way to begin
a reform is with knee breeches, knick
erbockers or something of the sort
Ordinary trousers are an abomination
a nightmare. They represent the dis
tressing delirium of dress; are ungain.
ly, awkward, uncom Portable and alto
gether atrocious"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25

Our of nine hundred foreign mission
aries at present in India it is said that
the oldest is an American-Rcv. JOHN
Newton, of the Presbyterian church.
the veteran missionary at Lahore, who.
at the age of seventy-eight years, is
still worker in his chosen field.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25
CHURCHES.

DRESBYTERIAN.-Dr. j. G RiheldaMer,
L pastor. Services every Sabbath at 10: 30
O'Clock AN. and at o'clock P n. Sab
bath school at L o'clock n.
NETHODIST-Rev. F. A. Cone, Pastor.
4N1 Services every Sabbath, at 1880 O'Clock
A. N. and al Pm sabbath school at IL Y.
NHRISTIAN.- Preaching on every Lord's
~ Day at 1880 O'Clock A. NJ. and p. ~, BY
J. G. Harrison. Sunday school at Y NJ.
EPISCOPAL.-Churc Of The Holy Com,
~ muuiOn Rev. :. B. Purves. SeI vice
every Sunday. except the last Sunday in the
month, at lJ:3J A. n. and M. sunday
school at I'm.
NATHOLIC.-Timeso Of service to be an
~ nounced hereafter.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25

AMERICAN ideas continue to be in
urgent demand abroad. The company
organized for the purpose of reclaim
ing the barren steppes of South Russia
will capitalize an American idea, first ad.
vanced, it is believed, by the enterpris-
ing native who wished to turn the Sahara
desert into a garden patch by digging
trenches to the Atlantic ocean. The Sa-
hara still remains waste, but that is
not to be taken as any reflection upon the
idea. Irrigation is destined to occupy an
important place in the agriculture of the
future. AS the population pushes out it
will become more and more necessary
to put to practical use all available land.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25

THE fact that the Indians do not ap-
preciate the blessings of civilization and
probably never will is seen in the fact
that a squaw has committed suicide be-
cause her husband was made a police
man on the reservation
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25

COLLECTOR PHELPS stated before the
Congressional committee on immigra-
tion at San Francisco that from July
ported in round numbers 176, 900 pounds
OF prepared smoking opium, the duties
on which approximated 81, 76O, 900. Dur
ing the same period 177,00O pounds Of
crude opium were imported.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25

In his long life of eighty years P. T..
Barnum has had most versatile ca
reer Before becoming travelling
Snowman he had been successfully the:
proprietor of an oyster saloon, an ed
itor. bartender, a negro minstrel, a
clearinghouse keeper, dramatic critic.
preacher, bank president, author and
partner in a clock factory. He finally
found his true vocation
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25


Joseph Brecken, of St. Paul, was run
over by street car and killed.
Faribault will have a new bank. Ex-
Postmaster John R. Parshale will be
identified with the management.
The different Masonic bodies of st.
j Paul have contributed about $4,000 for
the new Masonic hall in the Lowry
arcade.
The colored population of St. Paul
are preparing for an emancipation
celebration to take place on January 1,
in Armory Hall.
Hillyer & Baker, furniture dealers.
one of the pioneer business firms OF
Winona, assigned the other day. Liza
bilities, $4,000: assets, $4,000.
Patrick Ryan, a laborer at St. Paul,
shot his wife, who had begun divorce
proceedings against him, and then sur
rendered himself.
E. Stansbury, aged "a years, an old
and respected citizen of Rochester, died
the other day.
The third biennial report of the State
Dairy Commissioners shows total of
994, 1914 COWS in Minnesota, an increase
of 63O, ,391 since 1885,
There is now a total of 1913 miles of
water mains in the city of St. Paul,
26 miles and 4,Os5 feet of which were
laid the present year.
There have been eighteen suicides in
Minneapolis during the year now draw
ing to a close.
Governor Merriam has appointed
Judge Stearns, of Duluth, member of
the Board of Regents.
By the breaking of scaffold at New
Duluth, four carpenters fell thirty feet
and were badly hurt. One may die.
Three prisoners under sentence to the
State penitentiary nearly made their
escape from the Wilkin County jail at
Breckenridge.
Frank NJ. Carlson, an old man with
gray hair and beard, committed suicide
at Minneapolis by shooting. He lived
alone, and over So, 900 was found on his
person.
The committee in charge of reorganiz-
ing the Bell & Eyster Bank in Dubuque
as National one have made applica-
ton to Washington for blanks, and
would organize at once with $500, 900
capital.
Patrick Ryan, a laborer employed at
the Northern Pacific shops at st. Paul,
shot his wife and then walked to the
police station and gave himself up. His
wife had commenced divorce proceed
ings against him.
Minneapolis is counting on having a
snow carnival this winter, but has not
yet fixed the date.
All the Duluth lumber companies
have their camps in full operation. The
total cut this season was estimated at
sc, ,000, 900 feet.
An unknown man, supposed to be q
ramp, fell from wall near the North
srn Pacific tracks in st. Paul and was
Killed.
Mrs. N. X. Allen, mother of Major
Charles j. Allen, United States Army,
Of the department of Dakota, died In
Pafis, France. The remains would be
brought 70 81. Paul, .--
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25
Our Future Diplomats.

Mother-Didn't tell you You couldn't
90 nutting and climb that great tall
tree?
Dick Kuteone- Do you suppose I'd 60
then, whom you told me not to?
Mother-How did you get all those
butternut stains on your hands then2
Dick Kuteone-Ah-well-you see,
Jim wore his butternut jeans. and IL
rained, and we ended up our walk with
a sor, OF wrestling-match."
Then lie and his maternal relative
had another, in which the worsted slip.
psr was not w0ystsd. Judge,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25

Miss MAUD HOWE, a young woman of
Lcith, has immortalized herself by
swimming $50 yards in minutes and 40
seconds. thus breaking the record, which
is not exactly in woman's line. And
Miss Daisy Stanley, of the lady cricket
ers. after playing cricket all the after
noon. ran $50 yards in % 4-5 seconds in
her cricketing costume.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

ORDERS have been sent to the Gov
ernment officials in the Caucasus for
the expulsion of all Jews who are not
authorized to reside there.
A PORTION of the bridge over the Ma
Indies, gave way, and four laborers were
killed.
In Ireland the political campaign re-
suited in a free fight at Ballinakill on
the 10th between the Parneu and Nc
Carthy factions. Meetings of the re-
spective parties were in progress and
violent speeches were made. The Par
nellites finally charged the Mccarthy
ties and many persons were injured.
Michael Davitt, among others, received
a severe wound on the head, and lime
was thrown in Mr.. Parnell's eyes, blind
ing him, but it was not thought that his
sight was permanently injured.
NEAR Charlottetown, P. E. l., an
aged couple by the name of Higgins
were frozen to death.
WATER covered the Cowichan district
of Vancouver Island, B. c., and houses,
barns, bridges and every thing movable
washed away. The loss was over $780,
600.
SEVEN men went over precipice in
the Alps and fell distance of $500 feet.
Their bodies were recovered in fright
fully mutilated condition.
WHILE crossing a frozen lake near
Grenoble, in Italy, three priests broke
through the ice and were drowned.
AFTER swindling the Bank of Mont
treal out of $40, 900 James N. Henry dis
appeared from Chatham, Ont.
THE boat in which Captain Nor
ton left America on trip across the
Atlantic was signaled off Gibraltar.
AT Hornu, Belgium, eighteen men
fell in cage to the bottom of coal
mine and were killed.
In Russia another plot to assassinate
the Car was discovered, members of a
noblemen's club being the conspirators.
In Bombay, India, thirty persons were
killed by the collapse of house, and
many others were injured.
A STATUE of the late Frederick of
Germany was unvailed at Windsor by
Queen Victoria.
AT Santa Clara, Cuba, Valentine San
chez Lopez and Guillermo Perez Cruz
were executed for the murder of Don
Tomas Cacesis.
ARTHUR HoYT DAY, who murdered
his wife by pushing her over a cliff at
Niagara Falls, was hanged at Welland
Ont. Days sister was the principal
witness against him.
FIFTEEN persons were killed in a
wreck on the Intercolonial road at ST.
Joseph station, near Quebec, and from
thirty to fifty were injured, four Of
them fatally.
The Jack the Ripper" of Mexico,
Antonio Guerrero, has been convicted
of long string of crimes, including
eight murders, ar d sentenced H. death.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25
Life Sentence for killing His Chum.

Last July John McAllister of North
Benton, Mont, and Charles Price, q
sailor, met in St. Paul by chance and
chummed together. July 81 Price dis
covered that his friend had six dollars
and Drained him with a coupling pin to
secure the money. Recently Price
pleaded guilty to murder and was SEN
fenced to States prison for life.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25
New Industry in the Northwest.

Work has begun on the development
of the extensive slate quarries at Thom-
son, on the st. Louis river, twenty
miles from Duluth. The deposits are
at least six times as extensive as the
New Jersey deposits, which have been
considered the largest in the world, and
in which $4,000 men are now engaged.
This work will open up new industry
in the Northwest which will be very
large and important
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25

AN invalid's chair propelled by cleo
tricity is among the late novelties. The
battery is capable of propelling the
chair over an ordinary road for nine
hours at the rate of six miles per
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25

GENERAL BOOTH, it is reported, should
his scheme for the betterment of the
wretchedly poor of Great Britain be
successful, will endeavor to repeat its
operation in this country.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25
Big Purchase by a Syndicate.

A St. Paul syndicate purchased the
stove factory of Redway & Burton at
Cincinnati, for 100000. The works,
which have been located in Cincinnati
since 1858, will be brought to St. Paul,
together with about $50 men. Among
the gentlemen interested are A. B. Stick
ney, Albert Scheffer, Henry Castle and
George F. Farwell.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25
The Medical Ion,,nal SAWS that a N

THE Medical Journal says that a well,
healthy man will suffer more from the
prick of pin than he will from the
pain of dissolution in case he dies nat
>nral death. 1t assures the !ilnid that
there is really no pain conure.ed xith
the act of dying.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25

IT appears that Massachusetts, has had
a younger Governor than Russell, who
is thirty-three years Of age. The man
was Boutwell,, and his age was thirty
two years.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25
LAT Err.
Wrecked For Plum dor

WooDvILLE, Miss, Dec. 21.-A most
diabolical, atrocious and successful at
tempt was made yesterday afternoon to
wreck the pay train of the Louisville,
New Orleans & Texas, on the Woodville
branch of that road. The pay train, af-
ter paying off the employees of the road
left here at 400 p. M, and proceeded
two and a half miles from this place
when the engineer, in turning the
curve, saw man at a distance of forty
yards, deliberately pull rail away. He
Immediately reversed the engine, called
for brakes, but it was too late, and ere
the echo of his whistle had died away,
the entire train was a wreck.
All of those aboard were injured more
or less. The miscreant who wrecked
the train was caught near the scene and
placed in Jail.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25
Diamond Robbery, In Michigan.

KALAMAZOO, Mich, Dec. ia
stranger went into F. p. Darcy's jewell
~ store Thursday to look at some dia-
monds and while being waited upon
stole stone valued at $500. He sue
ceeded in getting out of the city.
A Statue to the Late Emperor Frederick.
LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE Queen un-
vailed the statue erected in honor Of
the late Emperor Frederick Of Ger
many, at Windsor Castle. The Prince
of Wales and other members of the
royal family, as well as large number
of state dignitaries and prominent per-
sons, were present.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25
A Private Funeral.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-The military
honors connected with the funeral of the
late Major General Terry rendered by
the Secretary of War and Major, Cen
eral Schofeld, commanding the army,
have been declined by the family, it hav-
ing been decided by them not to have
any military display.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-25
Dick Moore's Seventeenth victory,

Dick Moore, the middle-weight, won
his seventeenth battle at the Olympic
Theater in St. Paul. His victim was
James Griffin, whom he put to sleep in
five minutes. At the opening of the
second round Moore struck Griffin a
side-winder in the left ear which stunned
him, and then chased him all over the
ring, knocking him out with left
handler on the point of the chin. The
mill was for purse of $500.