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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07

been extinct HEAD OF A BELL BIRD.
nearly fifty years. and the few specimens
now in possession OF museums are re-
garded as extremely valuable. The
price paid for this specimen in 1868 was
S625 The species was abundant in the
waters of the northe astern coast as far
south as Nahant. and on Audubon's bay
was remembered as not at all rare.
Forty specimens only are known to sci
ence, four of them being in museums in
this country Several young marine
birds are here represented. such as the
Mother Carey's chicken
The birds OF South America are pext
arranged. where will be seen the same
classification, the thrushes Of that coun.
try leading 1t will prove instructive to
compare the family group of individual
species with those Of other countries.
Although the birds OF South America
are the more brilliant in color other
countries show varieties quite as inter.
estlng in other respects The bell.
bird utters notes that clearly simulate
the tones Of q convent bell heard at q
distance. The elongated waffle On It's
beak is hollow. and connected with the
nostrils, and is thought to be instrumen.
tai in the production Of the strange
notes.
The great goatsucker Is allied to the
whip-poor-will OF this country's woods,
and. like it. has q mouth OF enormous
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07
FROM EVERY CLINE.
Some Of tho Attractions Of q Nat
ral History Museum.
Tho Collection Of Material . Slow Proc
ess-A Notable New York Institution
and Its showinE-Aow tho Depart
ments Are Arranged.

The renowned British museum. an
immense store house Of about every
thing under the sun. was organized In
1853, so that its development has been
truly at q snail's pace. In this country.
says the St Louis Globe Democrat,
there are several similar institutions
that carry the honor of age without hav-
ing yet reached. by good deal. the
limit of their capabilities The Philo-
sophical Society, OF Philadelphia. pub
lished it's Introductory volume in 1859,
the Academy Of Natural Science, in the
same city, was organized in 1879, and
the Lyceum Of Natural History, of New
York, had an Organization In 1917 In
Boston there is the Academy Of Arts
and Sciences, that has been in exist
ance over q century. but neither this
or the others mentioned fill the place OF
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07

A FEW weeks before the census takers
began the regular census the citizens Of
Elm Grove, w. Va, thought to enumer-
ate their population. preparatory to in
cooperating the town. The following
is the remarkable result: Number of
males over twenty-one years of age, 14s;
number of males under twenty-ohe
years of age, las; number of females
over sixteen years of age, 14s: number
of females under sixteen years of age,
14s; grand total. 592.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FIRE destroyed one-half of the busi-
ness portion of Minden, Ont, on the
2Sth.
In Buenos Ayres more fighting oc-
Cured on the 2sth between the insur-
gents and troops. The rebels had been
joined by the navy and the warships
were bombarding the capital. The
Government forces were defeated and
1000 of them killed or wounded.
In the Pellisi" coal mine at St.
Etienne, France, an explosion of fire
damp on the 10Th caused the death Of
100 miners, and about fifty others were
terribly burned.
ADvIcEs of the 29th say that the Gov.
ernment in the Argentine Republic had
suppressed the mutineers and that they
had deposited their arms in the arsenal
at Buenos Ayres. Peace had been re-
stored in that city.
On the 30th ult. ukase was issued at
St. Petersburg forbidding further work
by Protestant missionaries, especially
in Western Russia
THE Government of Russia on the
3Oth ult ordered the application Of
edicts against the Jews which would
drive 100000 of that race from the
country.
ADvIcEs Of the 3Oth ult. from Buenos
Ayres stated that quiet was restored
there and that the leaders of the revo-
luton had accepted the Governments
terms.
In London an American named Har-
gan shot and killed three persons on
the 31st ult and was afterward fatally
injured by an excited mob.
BUENos AyREs dispatches of the 3lst
ult indicated that peace had been re-
established in the Argen zine Republic.
During the insurrection the fleet bonn
barded the city. One thousand men
were said to have been killed and 5, 900
injured during the progress of tho hos
tiities
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MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
BURNED TO A CRISP.
A Servant Girl Drops . Match Into Can
OF Gasoline.

a Servant Girl Drops . Match Into . Can
. OF Gasoline.
Mary Swanson, young girl about IA
years old, living seven miles west of
Rochester, met her death in horrible
manner. She had heard that gasoline
applied to furniture and then ignited
would simply fash and do no damage,
and would also destroy red ants, which
were very troublesome. She tried this
once and it was successful. but while
she was making the second attempt she
heard some one coming, and was SO
startled that she dropped the lighted
match into the can of gasoline. She
was Immediately enveloped in flame
and burned in terrible manner. Aid
came at once, and every thing was done
to save her life, but it availed nothing.
She died four hours after the fatal match
dropped.
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CHURCHES.

1RESBYTERlAN.-Dr j. G.. Riheldaffer,
i. pastor. Services every Sabbath at 10: 30
O'Clock AN. and at O'Clock P N. Sab.
bath school at Il O'Clock n.
NTETHODIST.-Rev. F. A. Cone, Pastor.
Nl Services every sabbath, at 1880 o'clock
A. N. and al 8 Pm. Sabbath school at IL Y.
THRI>TIAN-Preac on every Lords
J. G. Harrison. SUNDAY School at II NJ.
FPISCOPAL.-Churc of The Holy Com
IL muuiOn Rev. :. B. Purves. Sc vice
every Sunuay, except the last Sunday in the
month, at | :3J A. NJ. and NJ. SUNDAY
school at I'm.
NATHOLIC.-Timeso Of service to be an
~ nounced hereafter.
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KILLED WITH A PICK.
John McAllister the Victim Of q HOrrib
Murder at St Paul.

John McAliister the Victim OF q Horrible
Murder at st. Paul.
Charles Price has surrendered himself
to the st. Paul police, saying that he
had quarreled with John McAllister
early in the evening over 5000, which
Price claims he had been defrauded of
by McAllister and that he drove the
point of coai-pick into McAllister's
brain. lie then hid the dead body in a
coal shute, and after few hours gave
himself up to the police. The murder
was committed in North St. Paul, where
both men worked, and the quarrel was
witnessed and reported by others, but
none of them saw the murder.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07
MINNEAPOLIS MILLS.
rho English syndicate Fails to Secure thu
C. &. Washburn Plant.

Ih0 EngitSh syndicate FAILS to secure the
C. &. Washburn Plant.
The Pillsbury English syndicate,
which last fall bought the big Pillsbury
and w. d. Washburn Touring mills in
Minneapolis, with daily capacity of
about $4,000 barrels, has failed in its
efforts to secure the mills belonging to
the c. c. Washburn Company. The
other night a lease for an additional five
years was signed with Washburn, Cros-
by & Co., who have for number of
years been operating these mills.
Shortly after the lease was signed the
president of each company was served
with an injunction restraining him from
executing the lease, but too late.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07

LORD RosEBERRY in his dining-room
at Berkeley Square has given the place
of honor to a portrait of George Wash
ington recentls acquired. 1t is by Gill
bert Stuart, and is one of the only two
genuine portraits now existing painted
from life. This particular picture was
painted by Stuart upon the commission
of Lord Shelburne and Bates, about the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07

THE long distance telephone is max
ing its way rapidly everywhere in Eu-
rope. London and Paris are shortly to
be united by telephone, and Prague and
BudaPesth are already united, Brus-
sells and Paris have long been in tele-
phone correspondence.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07

the old-style ac-
Icessories OF tree
limbs and green
rnoss being done
away with The
birds OF Q &C b
country are In
distinct groups,
making q pleas
ing effect. Draw.
ings. descriptions
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07

DR.. HAMILTON, United States Sur
geon-General, left for Europe the other
day for the purpose of esta blishing ply
sicians at every port in Europe from
which immigrants embark to this coun-
try, in connection with the United
States marine hospital service.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07

MISS ANNA BREWSTER, society girl
Of New York, who went out to visit her
brother-in-law, Secretary Reamy, in
Japan. has gone on pleasure trip
to Siberia. going from Nagasaki to
Vladivostocl1. 1t is the first case known
of a young American lady going to the
Siberian frontier, except for missionary
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07

A RAILROAD is to he Quilt from Arch
angel to Vologda to unite the extreme
habitable north of the Russian Empire
with the interior The contractors are
merchants of Vologda, who carry on a
large business with the natives of
rob pro1
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07

GOATSUCKER some of the ma.
tive tribes Of New Zealand, with large
collection Of skulls from most of the
chronological regions. A whole family
of full-grown male and female orang-
outang and others Of different agos,
come next AS the scale goes down.
ward there are apes and monkeys.
There are so many species that the nat
ural affinity between the three-orangs,
apes and monkeys-can be distinctly
traced without difficulty Bats and
lemurs are the lowest forms OF the
mammals. The succeeding grade in
the descending scale reveals the insect
ivore in moles, hedgehogs and other
creatures. Although so small and hum.
BILE the mole has brain as big as bat
The large family Of carniverous ami
mails is arranged next in order. with
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07

A CoLoRED dentist in Macon, Ca, is
said to use his fingers only in extract
ing teeth. They are strong as forceps,
and he claims he can pull teeth faster
and with less pain than any dentist US
ing instruments
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07

issued orders that those who sell papers
or other printed matter in the streets
shall not be allowed to pursue their vo-
cation if they are not dressed in proper
uniform or if they do not appear clean
and tidv
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07

SHEET-IRoN is rolled so thin at the
Pittsburgh iron mills that twelve thou
sand sheets are required to mako sin.
gle inch in thickness. Light shines as
readily through one of these sheets as it
does through ordinary tissue paper.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07

THE tallest schoolgirl in the world,
it is said. lives at Riednaun, Germany.
She is eleven years old and six feet tall.
The highest branches of learning ought
not to be out of her reach
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07

johnson & Hurd's planing-mill IN
Minneapolis was burned the other day.
The loss was from $45, 600 to 500, 600.
Thomas Cullyford recently sold the
Hotel st. Louis at Duluth for $500. 600
cash. The Boston Investment Company
was the purchaser.
The dead body of an infant 5 months
old was found in a bureau drawer in q
house at Duluth the other day. The
police Investigated and were said to be
on the track of quite an extensive baby
farming plant
Hanlan, the oarsman, issued a chal-
lenge at Duluth few days ago for q
three-mile race with Gaudaur for 81, 900
to 50, 500 a side. He put up $3.50 as
forfeit
Frad Stebbins, fireman, member Of
q river excursion party at st. Paul, fell
into the river and was drowned recently.
The permit for the St. Paul city rail-
way electric plant was taken out the
600. The chimney will be 900 feet high.
Charles B. Waite, the New York al
derman who turned informer in the ia
nous Doodle trials, and who was at one
time proprietor of the great Wind
sor and Brevoort hotels, is now an en-
ploye of hotel in St. Paul the proprie-
tor of which was formerly Mr.. Waite's
chief cook.
An unidentified man, about % years
old, was stabbed to death the other
night in Duluth by an unknown assail-
ant.
DR.. George -Sessin, well-known cit
izen of Minneapolis, where he had been
practicing veterinary surgery for some
years, died the other morning, aged 48
years
Fire broke out several nights ago in
the 1ry-kilns and lumber yard of You
mans Bros & Hodgins at Minneapolis,
and before the flames could be brought
under control /, ,0OO, 900 shingles, $50, 600
feet of lumber. one dry-kiln and four.
shingle sheds were destroyed. Loss,
$40, 600; no insurance.
1t is estimated that the damage to
crops in Wabasha County by the storm
of few nights ago will exceed 500, 600.
The United States Senate recently
passed an amendment to pay the MEDIA
wakenton Indians s., 600 for annuities.
1t was also voted to remove the Turtle
Mountain Chippewas to the White
Earth reservation in Minnesota
Fire destroyed barn on the farm OF
Peter E. Hanson, two miles southwest
OF Lichfeld . few days ago Seven
horses eight or ten harnesses. 100 bush.
els Of oats, sixty-fve tons Of bay. car
risges, sleiRhs, stc.. were totally de-
itroved,
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Depravod Times.

Mrs. Browntop--Simon, they are not
satisfied with sanding the sugar and
watering the milk They are adulterat-
ing every thing.
Mr. h. What have you discovered
now. dear? DIS @EEf#
4 Mrs B.-Well. this morning ] actual.
~ caught the gas man pouring water
into the meter The Jury. G .
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07

THEODORE TILToN emerges from his
Partisan seclu>ion long enough to re-
mark: No. I shall never 60 back to
America. Society there has committed
a crime against me. defended myself
and was beaten"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07

THE Vignette of William Henry Har-
rison. the Presidents grandfat ther, will
be placed on the twenty-dollar silver
certificate authorized by the silver bill.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07

ACCORDING to a recent ukase Of the
Gar no one who is not of the Christian
faith will be allow to serve on a jury
unless by the special approval of the
Minister of the Interior and the Minis
ter of Justice
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07

GENERAL FREMONT was the last sur
vivor of the four Major ap-
pointed early in the war. They were
Fremont, Mcclellan. Halleck and Wool
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07
He Would bs Harder to swallow.

Fair Invalid-I guess it Is about
time for me to take my medicine
Dudekin-Ah, how ] wish were
your medicine SO that you would take
me.
Fair Invalid-Oh 1t Is not 90 disa-
greeable to take as you perhaps think.
brakes Magazine.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07

FRIEDRICH BEER, the Austrian sculp-
tor, now in P,ris, has discovered pro-
cess for making marble fluid and mold
ing it as bronze is nodded. The new
process is mparatively inexpensive.
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Gauda ur Beats Them All.

In the professional oarsman race in
Duluth few days ago, single skulls, a
distance of three miles with a turn,
Gaudaur, Teemer, Hosmer, Hanlan.
Hamm aud Mckay started. Gaudaur
won, his time being 1881. Teemer was
second, Hosmer third and Hanlan
fourth. The purses were S1,70o to the
winner, $500 to the second and $500 to
the third.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07

every thing has
so combined in
its favor that
the material al
ready gathered
is extensive and
valuable. T b 9
highest type Of
life. q 8 repre-
sen ted in man,
is in the frst
d 9 partm e n t.
His lowest es-
tate Is shown in
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07
Threw Pepper in Their Eyes.

AS the 1890 train on the Omaha
pulled out of Duluth the other day
three men boarded it, and began orer-
ations by throwing red pepper in the
eyes of the passengers nearest them,
and then began to collect all the jewell
ry and valuables handy. Among the
victims was Judge Clough, of Superior.
One of the men was arrested in Superior
and the other two were believed to be
the day.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07

width TO take in
the great moths
that fit in the
twilight.
The visitor is
likely to make
a stand at the
case of hum ming
birds. There are
800 of those little
birds. gorgeous
in plumage and
equally strange
In d decoration and
comparative size.
Some ara verV
nearly as large
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07

THE lectures of Explorer Stanley in
this country will consist of fifty. six
nights in week, beginning Nov. II,
with recess during the Christmas
hr>1
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07

A MILLIONAIRE Chinaman of San
Francisco, named Wag Yin Wan, has
bought 100000 acres of land in Te-
hauntepec, where he will establish a
ChineSa city
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07
ARGUS PHEASANT.

. popular public museum Of natural
history.
At Central Park. New York, one was
incepted about twenty years ago. and
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-07

The Republicans of Tennessee met
at Nashville on the 30th ult and nomt-
mated Lewis T. Baxter for Governor and
w. NJ. Smith for Supreme Judge. The
platform indorses President Harrison's
Administration and the Federal elec-
tiOn bill.
A FIRE on the sOth ult. in E. E. Ayers
lumber yard in Chicago caused loss OF
$l5o, 900.
The Illinois Senate passed the worlds
fair bill on the soth ult and the House
adopted the resolution for constitu-
tional amendment to raise funds.
The Michigan Prohibitionists at Lam
sing on the 30th ult., nominated A. s.
Partridge for Governor, Henry A. Allen
for Lieutenant Governor, E. s. Par
menter for Secretary of State, L. s. Ives
for Auditor-General, A. P. Codington
for Treasurer, James D. Adsit for At
torney-General, David Howell for Su-
perintendent OF Public Instruction, and
Noah w. Cheever for Supreme Judge.
The Michigan Industrial party, com
posed of Union Labor people, Green
hackers, Knights of Labor and the
L dTu A114ouSC, NOV "o A|ohOAh6 VIZ
the 31st ult and nominated the follow
ing ticket: For Governor, Eugene II.
Belden; Lieutenant Governor. John Nc
Gregor; Secretary of State, William E.
Adams; State Treasurer, II. E. Black
man; Auditor, William w. Graham; At
torney-General, A. A. Ellis; Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, Charles
A. Lytler; Supreme Court Judge, o. J.
Atkinson.
THE following nominations for Con-
gress were made on the 3lst nit: Illi-
nois. Tenth district, Joseph H Barnum
Labor); Alabama, Second district. H. A.
Herbert (Dem.) renominated; Georgia,
Second district, II. C. Turner (Dem.) re-
nominated.
On the 31st ult. the constitutional
amendment, granting the city of Chica-
go the right to issue $4,000, 600 in bonds
in CT the worlds fair, was passed by
the Illinois Legislature, the people to
vote on the bond issue at the November
election.
AT Live Oak, Fla, Kelley Stewart
(colored) was hanged on the S1st ult. for
the murder of John Hawkins about two
years ago.
NATHAN CRUME, a Mexican war vet
eran. died at Greensburg, Ind, on the
31st ult, in the 92d year of his age.
The thermometer registered loo de-
grees at st. Louis on the 31st ult., the
hottest day of the season.
FIRE destroyed the business portion
of Walnut, ILL.,. on the 31st ult. Loss,
Sl25, 900; insurance, $40, 900.
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the lion at its
head. The ex-
cellence Of this
specimen. as q
work of art, is
such that a gold
m g d al of the
Par is Exposi.
ton Of 1867 was
a W ard ed it.
T b Q cetaceans
are represented
b 70 ai Il Q re n t
\
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IT is not generally known that Bis
marck has an adopted son, now twenty
years of age. One evening during the
Franco-Prussian war Bismarck entered
his sleeping apartments near Paris,
and found tiny baby boy curled up
asleep on his pillow. The mother had
left note saying that her husband had
been killed at Sedan, and despair and
want had forced her to give up her
child. Bismarck scratched his head
over his doubtful prize of war, but
finally accepted it and sent it by
special nurse to Berlin, where he had it
we'll cared for. He is model young
man, devotedly attached to the Prince.
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THE recent death of DR.. G. II. E. Pc
ters, the astronomer at Litchfield OBJ
servatory, Hamilton College, New York,
removes one of the most prominent of the
old school Of scientific workers. He held
his position at Hamilton for thirty-two
years and was forty-seven years old when
he accepted it. Hence he died at ripe old
age, but was active to the last. His work
included the discovery Of forty-eight
planetoids, the largest number credited
to any one man, but closely approximate
ed by the late Prot. Watson, who ran
neck-and-neck race with him for years in
hunting for these objects which move
between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
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THE EAST

AFTER a cruise OF eight months in
foreign waters the American so quadron
of evolution arrived at New York on the
10Th.
On the Goth the Commercial Gazette
of Pitts sburgh, Pa, celebrated its 104th
anniversary. The paper was established
by John Scull, July 30. 1856. and printed
on the first press brought west of the
Allegheny mountains.
The Democrats of the Thirteenth
Pennsylvania district on the Goth re-
nominated James B. Reilly for Con-
gress.
AT 8 o'clock on the morning of the
30th ult. fire originating in the Pew
building at Seneca Falls, N. Y, burned
over an area of nearly three acres, and
many of the best business buildings in
that village were wiped out, including
the three newspaper offices. Loss,
500, 900.
A NEWSPAPER at Johnstown, Pa,
on the 3lst ult. printed what it claimed
to be the first correct list of the victims
Of the great food, giving the number of
the dead at 2, 1871, which leaves over 200
bodies not yet recovered.
JEREMIAH MILLER, living near Me-
chanicsburg, Pa, shot and killed his
wife on the 3lst ult. and then took his
own life. Nine children were left Or
phans. jealousy caused the crime.
THE death of Mrs. Sally Brown. aged
los years. occurred at Colchester, N. H.,
on the 3lst ult. She was the oldest per-
son in the State.
REPUBLICAN League clubs of New
York will hold their State convention
at Saratoga on the 4th of September.
NEARLY two acres of 81 osely packed
buildings at Braddock, Pa, o"cunied
chiefly by Hungarian laborers were
burned on the 81 1t ult
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Two Duluth Men Drowned.

In a squall after the yatch race at
Daluth several days ago the Roamer,
Laura and Albatross instantly capsized.
In the Roamer were three men, C. P.
Lindner, j. Clark and c. H. Purcell.
The last named alone was saved. being
picked up by tug after being in the
water ten minutes. The other two
sank with the boat, which was ballasted
with iron.