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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10

The above map shows the location and eA
tent Of the flooded areas. North Of Arkansas
City, for some distance above the mouth Of
the White river, at Emporia Circle, the land
on the Arkansas side is all under water.
To the east in Mississippi from Green
ville short distance below Arkansas
City nearly down to Vicksburg, the
whole basin Of the Deer creek and Sun
flower river Is flooded and the back water
threatens the Yazoo On the westward again,
in Louisiana, the Tensas basin is flooded from
5tAAS break in the Lake Providence levees and
many rich plantations lie three and four feet
under the rushing tide. Where the river turns
to the east there is another series Of crevasses
above New Orleans, the water from which,
flowing into Lake Ponchartrain, saved New
Orleans from disastrous food. Taken alto
gether, the flooded areas cover hundreds Of
square miles and will cause loss Of upwards
of million dollars.
volume of water is coming out of the
crevasse and is sweeping every thing
before it. Houses, cribs, stables and
fences are being washed away, and
many head of stock have already been
lost. Mrs. L. T. Martin lost fifteen
mules, and nearly all the corn, hay and
cotton seed on two or three plantations
Ao'o oCoA S"OPV away No ANoS nave
been lost.
NEW ORLEANS, April 5. "A special
from Arkansas City says: Another wind
and rain storm ragged here Thursday
night. About l o'clock several
strong blasts of wind in rapid
succession severely tested the
strength of every house in town,
and brought the occupants out of
their beds. For several minutes it
looked as though the town would be
blown away. The terrors of storm in
a town covered by water to a depth of
from eight to twelve feet, can hardly be
imagined. The Catholic church, an
elegant little structure, was blown
from its foundations and consider
ably damaged. The building was
flooded to the depth of eight feet, and
all Of the furniture and fixtures badly
damaged. A negro church was also
blown from its foundation, but did not
sustain very serious damage. Three or
four residences were treated likewise.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 5-The COM
mittees of the citizens relief fund sent
down the river to Laconia and Henrico
to investigate the condition of the food
sufferers returned Thursday. They re-
port that in Laconia alone fully 600 peo-
pie, mostly negroes, are without food or
houses. Few houses are left in
the city, and. in one gin house
there are $50 persons huddled to-
gether like SO many cattle. The water
is from six to twelve feet deep on
the plantations. Forty houses were
washed down by last Thursdays storm.
At Modoc, Ark, 42o people were found
to be suffering for food. At islands
Nos 46 and A, below Helena, 100
people were found in the same condi-
tion, and at Henrico 125 more. In the
limited investigation made by the COM
mittee fully one thousand people were
found to be homeless and hungry, and
these we're all found at points on the
liveE
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10

expensive Per-
s i a n-patterned
bands and gal
looms, employ
ing them with
stylish and un-
common g # e ct
on skirts, as
borders, and on
bodices a n d
street jackets.
B | ack toilets
will be extern
s i v g ly worn
both in light
and stately ma
teri ais. Ele-
CANT black dim
ner gowns for
p a s t-E a 8 t e r
wear are en-
riched by Per-
sian embroider-
les, gold, bronze
and silyerpasse-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10

School Mistress Tommy. what did
you disobey me for?
Tommy-'Cos 1 thought you'd whip
me.
School-Mistress-What did you want
me to whip you for7
Tommy-'Cos pa said he would i. you
didn't, and he hurts --Harper's Bazar.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10

braided, and if the goods are unpat-
termed, rows of ribbon are largely used.
Handsome clairettes and crepalines,
convent cloths and other fine woolens
are made up with round waists and Gre
cian draperies. and trimmed with Per-
ian-brocaded ribbons, or in com mbjnation
with surah the shade of the wool fabric.
The charming creamy and silvery
tints in gray are noticed among choice
and expensive tailor gowns from Paris
and London. The elegant textiles COM
posing these dresses do not require any
Intricate manipulation, and the Greek
effects and clinging draperies which
fashion favors are peculiarly adapted
to them. Some gowns are in princesse
shape at the back, with open redingote
fronts. Others are fashioned with
princesse fronts, with plaits or panel
pieces adjusted to the hips, or with
3recian draperie1 arranged with classic
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10

put in place for eighteen dollars. The
principal defect in the apparatus is the
necessity for calling the hired man to set
the trap again after it has fred off
peddler, but the associations engineer
hopes to remedy this.
The second part of the committees
report deals with the back-gate prob
lem, and suggests the use of powerful
spring on the alley gate that can be re-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10
Handled with Care,

II don't see why you criticise the mail
service. I sent letter to man in Chi
cago q month ago."
"And when did he get it?''
HE didn't get 1t. The letter came
back to me in good shape, and that after
having gone way out to San Francisco"
-Iifo
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10

petticoats and Directoire redingotes Of
the figured silk, the skirt-portion
slashed to the waist, at intervals, to re-
veal the filmy lace. There are full
fronts to the corsage, which give char
acter to the whole, and often mousque-
taire revers of velvet are added.
Fashionable modistes and ladies'
tailors are making great use of the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10
A Friendly Association.

The Young Women's Friendly Asso.
citation was recently organized at st.
Paul and the following officers were
elected: Rt Rev. n NJ. Gilbert, Presi-
dent: Charles P. NoIes, First Vice.
President; J. Elbert Moore, Second
Vice-President; T. l.. Schurmeier, Third
Vice-President; Newton R. Frost, Re-
cording Secretary; J. M. Lichtenberger,
Corresponding Secretary; William B.
Bend, Treasurer. The objects OF the club
are to provide quarters for young ladies
employed in stores where they may
have library, with classes, lectures
and entertainments.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10
EAtrAsAkaAco.

Farmer Oatley (reading from news
paper to his wife)-It is estimated that
the recent dinner given by Mrs Bunder-
blank was served at cost Of at least
ten dollars plate. Gee whiz, Ma-thy!
what must the victuals have cost?
Mrs. Oatley-Lands sake, Joshua! and
such folks always has different pate
for every thing they eat. The Jury.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10
"Another Thing, Ye Know"

English Snob-Why do you 60 around
with that dawg9 hate dawg, donoher
know?
American Dude-But not that dawg.
You would love that dawg. His mother
was owned by is royal ighness.
English Snob-Aw, noble bwutel Do
you mind if pat him on the 'ed-Texas
Siftings.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10

DURING tho late snow blockade six
hundred passengers at Reno, New, to
amuse themselves, issued handsome
little paper entitled The owbound,
Souvenir of tho Sierra" 1t contains
very handsome illustrations of the place,
and rccites the efforts made to pass the
two weeks of waiting.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10

A REPORT says that within the past
four weeks two hundred icebergs have
been seen floating in the Atlantic ocean.
No one but Il mariner can realize the
menace which these monsters are to
navigation. Every winter vessels sail
from port and no tidings are ever heard
of them again. Until the sea will have
yielded up its final secrets, no one can
estimate how large a proportion Of
catastrophes has been due to collisions
with these pitilesS floaters
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10

ONE of the industries of New York is
the insurance of babies. The sum
paid is usually five cents week on
each child. Tho system is productive
of good in 50 far that it assures very
poor people against being put to ex-
tremes in the event of death in the
family On the other hand, the pos
sible and even probable abuses are OBJ
vious, for it gives heartless parents
direct personal interest in tho death of
one who is entirely at their mercy.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10
Covered with Boiling Pitch.

Mrs. M. Pierro was burned to death
at Duluth the other morning as the re.
suit of a peculiar accident. She was
boiling pitch and threw some water
into the kettle to cool it. In some way
the kettle was upset and the unfortu.
nate woman was covered with its con
tents, which caught fire, and she was
burned to a crisp.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10
A PEDDLER KICKER.
Housaholders Have at Last Found
a Protector.

The Householders' Mutual Protective
and Beneficial Association has mapped
out a vigorous policy for the new year,
says the Philadelphia Record, and ex-
poets soon to inaugurate several impor-
tant reforms in domestic economy. The
last meeting of the association was held
on Saturday evening, January 4, and at
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10
Born on the Train.

On the Wisconsin Central train which
arrived at st. Paul the other morning
an infant was born just after the train
left Milwaukee. The mother was Mrs.
George Richards, of Cottage Grove, and
was en- route from England. Her hus-
band was at the depot to meet her, and
an hour after was 50 excited that he
could not say as to whether the addition
to his family was boy or girl. Mother
and child were doing we'll at the city
hospital The baby would be named
Waupaca
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10

THERE are to-day royal and imperial
orders in the world with a prodigious
assortment of collars, crosses, stars and
other fancy insignia, laid up for the
tickling of human ambition. The old
est is St Andrews Order, first insti-
tuted in England in 7s7. disused after
ward and re-established in 1910
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10

art and grace.
China silks ap-
pc ar in mos t
tempting quail
ties and patterns.
These are usual
ty trimmed with
tinted or gay-col-
ored moire rib
bons the shade of
the figure in the
silk; and charm
ing, indeed, are
30 m Q of these
toilets, a Zuave
jacket girdle and
a 8 b Of moire
ng included
n the accesso-
ries. More elab-
orate and dressy
.oilets of these
yilks are made
with rich lace
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10
Sugar Loaf Mountain.

In the city of Winona there stands .
romantic and picturesque mountain
called Sugar Loaf, which is an enormous
square rock. One day a beautiful Indian
maiden for some reason mounted this
dangerous rock and jumped from the
elevation with the intention of COM
mitting suicide. Her name was Winona,
and to her that city owes its name
Winona. James Tawney and John Har-
ris, of that place, are now in Washing.
ton with bill appropriating money for
the establishment of an observatory on
Sugar Loaf mountain, which is the high.
est point on the Mississippi river.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10
FROM WASHINGTON.

In the United States the visible sup
ply of wheat and corn on the 31st ult.
was, respectively, 81, ia. .093 and 20, 204,-
6S6 bushels.
THE public debt statement issued on
the 1st showed the total debt to be
1889, S62, 544; cash in the Treasury,
$32, 615,s ,s42; debt less cash in Treasury,
81, O23, 1877, 672; decrease during March,
S11, 3s9, ,S57; decrease since June 80,
1889, $53, 4SS, ,949
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10

Charley Jones' Well, did you propose
to Miss Binks at the Tompk.ns reosp-
ton last night as you inten1ed9
Bobby Su4th- No; the conservatory
was occupied at the time 1 wanted it.
THAT SOP Who was in tasre?'
"Miss Binks and Tom Robinson ~
Tina
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10
What He Thought of Thsm.

Enthusiastic Proprietor-What do you
think of the new hotel?
Prospective Guest (dihadently) -
Rather fine.
E. P. - Fine? Grand, think! Did
you notice the fresco work in tho
dining-room and the new furniture in
the hall?
P. G.-Yes, noticed them.
E. P. (persistently) - Well what do
you think?
P. G. (gloomily) - Oh, I suppose I'll
have to pay for them before I leave
Lippincott's.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10

s n g e r W 90 ! q
either bordered
or e l a b o rately
braided. 7 h 9 y
are d a i n t ly
m a d 9, for in
stance, of softest
French camel's
hair in delicious
old rose tints, in
pale E m pi r g
green, in soft
graylsh shades,
in the faint rosy
violets, and in
Marquise brown,
and the exquisite
dyes in d ov e,
fawn and gray SO
dear always to
t b Q arti s t ic
French w O m a n.
The collar, re.
vers and cufs ara
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10

THE rapid increase in the wealth,
business and prosperity of the United
States during the last ten years is SIM
ply marvellous. The total wealth of the
country is now ST., 459, 600, 900, equal to
Learly $1,000 per head. This is an in
crease in ten years of s1s, 0OO, 600, 900 or
forty-two per cent. England's wealth in
1885 is given as $50, 600, 600, 900, giving an
average wealth per head of 81, ,545 The
average in Scotland is $l,215 per head
and in Ireland $565. The total wealth of
France is estimated at $50, 900, 600, 600.
England exacts in taxes $50 per head
of population, while each individual in
the United States pays but $12.5o.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10
Different Advice in Different Cases.

Patient-Well, what do you find is the
matter, doctor?
Doctor-You are very bilious, sir, and
you must at once stop drinking-by the
way, do you live in your own home or
do you board?
Patient-Board.
Doctor-Then, as I was about to say,
you must stop drinking chicory.-Judge.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10

CHARLES E. Cross, formerly president
of bank at Raleigh, N. c., has been
convicted of forgery and embezzlement
and sentenced to seven years penal
servitude. An old slave. who belonged
to the young mans father, made a per-
sistent appeal to serve out the sentence
in his young massy's" place. Instances
OF the fidelity and devotion of the negro
are not rare, but seldom has there been
more affecting case than this. The
old slaves request could not be granted.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10

THE new German Chancellor General
Caprivi, is an inveterate smoker and a
moderate drinker. He manifests
marked preference for wine over beer,
ipplv
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
THE GRANGER CASES.

4 Former Declsion Reversed by the Su-
preme Court of the United States.
The Supreme Court of the United
States recently reversed the decision Of
the Minnesota Supreme Court in what
are known as the granger cases. The
Minnesota decision was against the con-
tention of the railroad compar
MES. The decision declares that the
law of Minnesota neither contemplates
nor allows any issue to be made as to
the reasonableness of the rates estab-
lished by the State railroad commissions
ers, thus establishing an extra ju-
dicial tribunal in violation of the con-
stitution of the United States. This be.
ing the case, the decision is reversed
and the case remanded Us
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10

HERE is the name of Western Ten
nessee colored girl. 1t is pronounced
;n sing-song way: Cary-Ann Happy
Ann Ann Eliza-Scales Blow-the- Bellows
Potterfeld Rosa sa-Ann-Thomas. There
is much in such a name as that.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10
How 1t Happened.

A.-You are so modest don't see how
you ever came to propose to your wife.
B.-That was very simple. said moth
ing, and she said nothing, and so one
word brought on another. Texas Sift
ings.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10

ACCORDING to recent official return
the length of the telegraph lines on the
globe is at present about 600, 900 miles,
or twenty-six times its circumference at
the equator The length of wire is
1,6Ss,eS miles, or eighty times the
length of the equator. Europe has
telegraph lines measuring 232, 27O miles;
America 176, 264; Asia, SO, 375; Australia,
81, 053, and Africa 1878. These are the
land lines. There are, besides, $50 sub
marine cables of tota! length of 49,
7Ol nautical miles.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10

THE widow of jefferson Davis, since
his death, signs her name "V. jefferson
Davis" Many persons doubtless sup
poses he has added the name jefferson to
her Christian name, Varina But this is
not the proper explanation. v. is the
abbreviation of veuve, the French for
widow, and it is the custom of Louisiana,
and perhaps in other parts of the South,
for widows to place that letter before
the Christian names of their husbands.
V, jefferson Davis simply means the
widow of jefferson Davis
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10
Ready to BE Dished.

Little Tim (whose father is . poll
tician)-Now, I guess we'll have some
thing to eat.
Mother-What do you mean, Timmy?
Little Tim-Why, every body issayin'
that pas goose is cooked."-Chicago
GlOhA
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10

NATURE is very good. Eighty thou
sand years ago, in anticipation of the
past mild winter, she deposited thick
layers OF ice in the Stevens mine on
Mount Mcclellan in California. They
have lust been found
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10
What Was Wanted.

Tobey Wedd (nervors,y, just before
the ceremony - Say, Fred, see taat
every thing goes of al right I'm 30
afraid there will be hitch in the pro-
ceedings somewhere.
Best Mana hitchi OF course. TIL
see that there is-Lawrence Amsri,an.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10

OHIO and one or two other States
have tried the parole or ticket-of-leave
plan to some extent with results that
are in the main very encouraging. New
Jersey is about to experiment in that
direction. The prisons in that State
are over1owing and this plan will fur
nish relief. 1t is claimed that under it's
operation a much larger per cent of the
convicts become good citizens and a
much better opportunity is afforded
them to get out of the bad ruts
and become useful members of So
ciety. Besides, the State is relieved
of a good deal of expense by this
method.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10
A SHINING EXAMPLE.

Husband ION the inside)-I SUPPOSE II
some people would see me now they
would say was henpecked, hut l don't
care. Ihain'tgot no objections to ho.din'
the baby awhile to relieve an over
worked wife-The Jury.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10

WILLIAM WALDORF AsToR has ar
ranged as q filial tribute. to his father,
the late John Jacob Astor, to place
massive bronze doors at the Broadway
entrance Of Trinity Church in New
York This memorial is to cost $1oo..
600. ~
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10

the eastern end OF the Thirty-second
ward was fled that evening, and it II
understood that the devices will first be
put into practical use in that section Of
the city.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10

1r is stated that two million orange
trees have been planted in San Ber-
nardino County, Cal. since January l,
1890
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10

REV. DIR. PARKHURsT, of New York,
says he knows man, and offers to give
his name, whose life am bition has been
to amass fortune of millions. Until
he had reached the goal he promised
himself neither rest nor enjoyment nor
benevolence. A few days ago he was
appealed to on behalf of a most worthy
object. He gave her just twenty
five cents and in reply to the express
sion of astonishment such contribu-
tion from millionaire could not fail to
bring forth, he said: "You don't know
how it hurts me to give away that
twenty-five cents. I've nearly reached
my twenty-million-dolla mark"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10
Day and Night.

"She isn't handsome in the daytime,
but get her at night in the ballroom, by
George! she is like one Of Hoyt's plays"
"What are you talking about?''
"'The Midnight Belle .'"-Munsey's
Weekly.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10
Tha Rnlinr Passion.

"Papa, what do you intend to give me
for birthday PRESENT." asked young
girl of her father, well-known New
York magistrate.
"Give you?" said the magistrate,
whose mind was evidently on some
thing else, "give you2 I'll give you
six months. IN. Y. Ledger
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10
Easy to Please.

Tramp-Have you got something for
me to do?
Farmer-No, guess not; there is not
much work just now.
Tramp-I dent need much. You
would be surprised to see with how
little work could worry aiong.-Texas
SiftinpS. -e---llz----s-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-04-10

vile and three boys OF H. r. WommacK
lost their lives on the 1st by the caving
ing in of sand bank near Vernon, Tex.
In Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska
and Illinois on the 1st license carried in
issue in the municipal election.
The death of General T. C. Anderson,
member Of the famous Louisiana re-
turning board of 1875, occurred on the
I'd at New Orleans, aged 10 years.
In the West the number of hogs
packed during the winter season, No
vember l to March /, was 6,663, 8O2,
against 5. 4SS, s52 during the same period
year ago.
REPUBLICANS of Iowa who are op-
posed to prohibition met in convention
resolutions asking the General As
sembly to so modify the law as to give
to each community the right to decide
whether it shall have prohibition or
not.
In quarrel over the latter's farm
near Grand Haven, Mich, Michael Mill
man shot and killed his wife on the I'd.
On the I'd Mrs. Ann Kise, of Vim
cennes, Ind, aged 70 years, fell into an
open fireplace and was fatally burned.
FEMALE crusaders on the I'd emptied
ffty-one kegs and twenty-one cases Of
beer into the streets of Pennington and
De Lassus, Mo.
IN the flooded districts along the Mis-
sissippi river the water Was gradually
falling on the I'd.
AT Hamilton, O., Dolpha Grabham
was killed and his younger brother ia
tally injured by piece of falling scant-'
ling on the Sd.
WILLIAM Hicks and Robert Mccoy
(colored) were hanged on the Sd at
bonneville, Ca, for the murder of Will
lam Hughes and his wife last Novem-
Der.
THREE children of William Brown,
who had been locked in their home
near Huron, S. D., were burned to death
on the Sd.
A CYCLONE at Galena, Monmouth and
Champaign, in Illinois, on the Sd un-
roofel houses leveled fences and up
rooted trees, causing great damage. No
lives were lost.
IStlI cHCut VI Au uId0 hd1SLodu
from the editorial management of the
Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette was re-
ported on the Sd.
DEMOCRATS in Tennessee will meet in
State convention at Nashville July Is.
On the Sd the female crusaders at
Pennington, Mo-, destroyed another
wagon-load of beer and attempted to
enter several saloons but found them
barricaded.
PLANTATIONS near Greenviile, Miss,
which were always considered above
high-water mark, and were never before
submerged, were inundated on the Sd,
the flood being the highest on record.
The death of Mrs. Elizabeth Price,
said to be the oldest person in Central
Illinois, occurred on the Sd at Blooming.
ton in the Tooth year of her age.