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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18

DIR. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES has one
popularity in speaking of which at his
Cambridge home he says: II have always
made it rule Of my life never to walk
against the wind when could by any
means avoid it. Out of my windows
here l study the direction of the air
currents by the smoke or by the rip.
pies of the water of the bay. My usual
walk is between here and Chester park.
but whether l ride there and walk back,
or vice versa, depends upon the direc.
tion of the wind. I never walk both
ways. There is a weather-cock atop
the stable of neighbor near by tina.
generally gives me the cue"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18
CHURCHES.

DREsBYTERIAN.-D J. g. RiheldaiPer,
l. pastor. Services every Sabbath at 10: 30
o'clock An. and At o'clock P. n. Sab.
bath school At II o'clock II.
NETHODIST.-Rev. F. A. Cone, Pastor.
4I Services every Sabbath, at 1880 o'clock
A. n. and atsP.N. Sabbath school at 12E.
THRISTIAN.- N.-Preachins on every Lords
~ Day at l0:30 O'Clock A. n. and p. ~, BY
J. @. Harrison. Sunday School at u n.
EPISCOPAL.-Churc Of Tho Holy Com
~ munion. Rev. 8. B. Purves. Service
every Sunday, except the last Sunday in the
month, at 1879 A. n. and P n. sunday
school at I'm.
NATHOLIC.-Timeso OF service 70 b ~
~ nounccd hereafter
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18
HUMOROUS.

No, Clarissa, when the bouquet Of
wine is spoken of it is not the bios
som on the drinkers nose that is re-
ferred to.-Washington Post.
-Professor-Namet the bones of the
skull. Ratified Student-Oh! indeed,
sir, I've got them in my head. but l
just can't think of their names, sir
Philadelphia Record.
~ think" said the disconsolate
farce comedian, that I'll 60 and get
vaccinated." What for?" "To see if
l can't find something that will take"
Washington Post.
"A Delightful Thing to Contemplate.
~ don't think papa cares much for
you, Fred" she whispered, softly.
''That's all right" he replied, fore
warned is forearmed, you know.
wouldn't it be NICE" she continued, in
much lower whisper, ''if you were
really four armed?'-Epoch.
-Which?-A beautiful young lady
and her once beautiful mother were
walking down the street together when
they met two gentlemen whom the
mother knew. How much your daugh-
ter resembles you," exclaimed one.
How closely you resemble your daugh-
ter" exclaimed the other. Now which
of these gentlemen was invited home to
tea?-Somerville Journal. .
-Mikman-"Didy you buy that COW
you were asking about?" Suburban
mo; l was going to, but wilkins told
me just in time that the critter hadn't
any upper teeth" Milkman-"I sup
pose you know that Wilkins bought
her?" Suburban-"No, did hep Milk
mainland that cows never have any
upper teeth?" Suburban-''Thunder
s that so?''-Boston Transcript.
The safest plan to pursue at swell
reception, where the walters and the
male guests are clad in swallow-t tails,
is to jam your hands into your panta-
looms pockets and jingle q few coins
when you meet a stranger. If his eyes
begin to bulge and his hand commences
to travel toward you, he's q waiter.
This is a straight tip.-Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
This morning." writes a Sunday
school teacher, 81 gave the children q
little talk about their souls. When
had done, thought would ask them
few questions to see if they understood
what 1 had told them. So 1 began:
"What did God give us besides our
bodies" Perhaps You can imagine
what my emotions were when they in
stantly responded, Laigs" "-Harper's
Bazar.
Percy (aged five)-''Papa, if you
had been married to Harry Lees man.
ma, and Harry's papa had been married
to my mamma, whose boy would have
been, anyhow" Papa coughing very
hard behind his paper)-"I-I-well,
Percy, my dear, think this is lovely
day for little boy to 60 out and play,
You'd better run right out now, like a
good little boy."-Smith, Gray & Co.
Monthly. e.. ... .4'
She Read the Papers.-A certain lit
tie girl, who is just learning to read
short words, takes great interest in the
big letters she sees in the newspapers.
The other evening, after she had kept
her mamma busy reading the advertise
ments in the newspapers to her, she
knelt down to say her prayers. Dear
Lord" she lisped, make me pure"
then she hesitated, and went on, with
added fervor, a moment later, make
me Ok scfutely pure; like baking pow
der"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18

IN New York city there is million
aire who smokes Pennsylvania cigars
that cost him 81 per 100. He consumes
three of these per day. In one year,
therefore, his cigars cost him $40 95, in
ten years 500. so, and in forty years the
expense of the indulgence reaches the
frightful total of $43s! This reckless
extravaganza on the part of a New York
millionaire is incredible, but the story
is vouched for by persons of unimpeach-
able veracity
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18
MANY STARVING TO DEATH.

Great Suffering Among the Foreign Popu-
lstion I'm the Argentine Rspuhlic.
SOUTHAMPTON, June 1s.-Over 500
families have arrived here by steamers
from Buenos Ayres, having been forced
to leave in consequence Of the stoppage
of work there and the lack of money.
Nearly all are entirely destitute, and
the Southampton authorities were
obliged to provide them with food and
other necessaries. The foreign popu1a.
ton, large numbers of whom etnigrst-
ed there on glowing promises Of highly
paid lAbor, are said to be In somo
sssss sesssllS d1tnf q 6sssyStitEs
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18

The four-masted ship Shenandoah,
the finest and largest sailing vessel that
ever flew the stars and stripes, reached
San Francisco May 25 after voyage
of l26 days from New York. Her fast
est run was thirteen knots an hour for
twenty-four hours. There is only one
larger sailing ship ahoat, the French
five-masted steel ship France. Faster
time than the Shenandoah has been
made often between New York and
San Francisco, but by much smaller
ships. Her length is 299.7 feet, her
breadth 49.1 feet and her depth 2s.s
feet, and she spreads 1000 yards of
canvas. Her net tonnage is 3, 25S. A TONS
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18

A DUEL with rocking chairs is re-
ported in New York. Many a man has
had the unpleasant experience of duel
with one rocking chair in the dark, but
when it comes to more than one he
would have little chance to escape with
his life. One rocking chair is more
than match for man trying to find
his way through dark parlor.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18

NUMEROUS remedies, such as am
monia, oil of cloves, chloroform, etc.,
have been recommended for mosquito
bites, but writer says that ordinary
soap is as good as any of them. He al
ways carries small piece with him on
his country excursions, and in case of a
bite makes lather over the affected
part and allows it to dry on. The burn
ing is at once relieved ard all pain
soon disappears. Should it. return, as
sometimes happens, it is only necessary
to repeat the application.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18
COLLAPSE OF A BIG FIRM.
The London 4 Liverpool Clothing Com.
pany Fails.

The London = Liverpool Clothing Com.
pany Fails.
New YORK, June IA series of un-
fortunate complications and continued
bad business caused the assignment of
two of the largest retail clothing
houses in the city. They are the Lon
don & Liverpool Clothing Company,
at Bowery and Hester street, and Mack
& Co., at Nos. 463 and 467 Broad
way. Both concerns, although appar-
emily under separate management,
were owned and controlled by 1sidor
Rosenheim and Isaac 8. Mack. Their
liabilities are estimated at about $780, :
600 and the assets at from $175, 900 to
5000, 900, most of which consist of mer-
chandise on hand. The firm viii prob
ably be able to settle with their cred
itors on basis of seventy-ive cents on
a dollar
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18
MacdOnald's Successor

OTTAWA, Ont, June 13.-Hon. ]. J.
c. Abbott has been called upon to form
a ministry, and has undertaken the
task.
It was in conformity with his excel
lency's desire that Hon. j. j. C. Abbott
undertook the formation of cabinet,
and the honorable gentleman's decision
was arrived at with full understand
ing with those of his colleagues who
had been spoken of in connection with
the premiership, and with assurances
from them of their cordial support.
Senator Abbott was formerly mayor
of Montreal, and is the Conservative
leader in the upper house of the do
minion parliament.
DETAILS were received at San Fran
cisco on the 14th, of the execution of
fifteen Chinese pirates at Hong Kong
before an immense crowd in the public
square.
ELDER GERARD, a Presbyterian di-
vine at Seattle, Wash, was convicted
in the United States court of smuggling
opium.
| THE steamer City of Richmond while
in mid-ocean discovered fire among the
cotton bales in the hold. Prompt ac-
ton on the part of the officers prevent
ed panic. The steamer Servia was
sighted and acted as convoy.
A TENEMENT house on Third avenue,
New York, burned ON the 18th. The
fire resulted in the death of three mem.
bers of family named Brady.
| ITALY was rocked by earthquakes on
the 18th.
PRICE BfsMAncE is sielt,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18

ANYBODY who buys a glass of liquor
in Boston now can drink it standing,
sitting, running, or lying down. The
late restrictive law as to bodily atti-
tn e in imbibing fluids was regarded as
contrary to the teachings of Delsarte,
opposed to the spirit of Ibsenism and
un-Emersonian in its nature. Its re
peal was inevitable.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18

A CIRCULAR has been issued by the
state department at Washington an
nouncing the fact that subjects of for
eign countries may only take advantage
of the copyright laws of the United
States when their respective govern
ments are willing to grant the same
privileges to subjects of the United
States when in foreign countries.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18
tice of the supreme court, Daniel B.

tice of the supreme court, Daniel b.
Turney; railroad commissioner, C. s.
Hart. The platform favors straight
out prohibition, the free and unlimited
coinage of silver, Australian ballot re-
form, state constabulary to inforce
prohibition, and the immediate aboli-
tion of the whole United States inter
nal revenue system.
FLAMES damaged the Concordia opera
house at Baltimore to the extent of
800, 200.
AT Lincoln, Neb., a storm did great
damage to outbuildings and numerous
houses were undermined
The courthouse at Fort Pierre, S. D.,
was burned, and all the records of
Stanley county were consumed.
AT Akron, o., Thomas Hoffman, en-
ployed in a clay mill, slipped into a
grinding machine and was ground to
pieces.
REPORTS from the valley of the Red
river, in Texas and Indian territory,
show the loss of life and property from
the recent floods was greater than was
at first supposed. -.
THE Peoria OILY distiller. Edward
Spelman, who was the chief officer be
Camp co." Clan-na-Gael, at the time
DR.. Cronin was sentenced to death in
that body, died from injuries received
in fall.
OHIO prohibitionists in convention at
Springfield nominated for governor
John A. Ashenhurst; lieutenant gov
ernor, w. J. Kirkendall; supreme
judge, H. L. Blake; auditor of state,
Charles A. Reeser; school commission
er, Prof. E. r. Zollers. The platform
declares in favor of prohibition of the
liquor traffic, opposes alien ownership
of land, favors government control OF
railroads and telegraph lines, woman
suffrage, liberal pensions and better
immigration laws.
A TEN-ACRE tract of land slid down
hill at Oak Mills. Kan. On the land
there was part of a wheat field, a
farmhouse and several hundred trees.
THE firm of Little & Co., shoe dealers
at Cincinnati, has failed for $3.50, 1000.
THE death of Col. Nathan Whitney,
probably the oldest member of the
masonic order in the world, and SOL
dier of the war of 1912, occurred at
Dixon, ILL.,, at the age of 100 years and
months.
NEAR Leon, I. T., the bodies of two
men, a woman and child have been
found in some driftwood. They were
drowned in the recent floods
AT Dayton, O., a cloudburst flooded
everything. Lightning struck in many
parts of the city and several tenement
houses were blown down.
PRoH1BIrIoNIsTs at Jamestown, N. D.,
have succeeded in closing every saloon
in the city.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18

THERE are more women in British
India (124, 900, ,OOO) than there are men,
women and children in Great Britain,
France and Germany put together,
with the population of several other
minor European states cast in as we'll
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18
| REMARKABLE family is that

A REMARKABLE family is that of
Charles King, of Salem, Mass, who
died recently at the age of ITO years,
leaving 900 direct descendants in four
generations. One of his brothers lived
1O7 years, another 1o4 years and another
eighty-nine years. Charles King had
eight sons and six daughters OF his
children's children Charles, Jr., has fif-
teen, Michael twelve, and Jean, with
whom he lived, seventeen-seven boys
and ten girls, most of whom are enjoying
good health. william, another son, who
lived in Vermont, has fourteen, and a
daughter, seventeen. A son, Francis,
had fourteen, and Peter fourteen also.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18
Tho Green-Eyed Monster.

In st. Paul Mrs. Kate Cresson, wife
of George L. Cresson, assistant engi-
neer of the Omaha road, charged Miss
Margaret R. Gibson with trying to steal
her husband and fred several shots at
her in a public building. Miss Gibson
lodged behind a pillar without being
hit, and Mrs. Cresson swooned and was
taken to her home.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18

THE sensational sun-spot man of the
Rochester IN. W Democrat declares
that: "If the present spottedness con-
tinues we may experience year with
out summer, i'll which frosts may be
expected every month" That is what
happened in ''the cold year" 1916, when
the country was new, but if we haven't
outgrown that sort of thing by this
time what is our boasted progress good
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18
A GREAT GUN.

1t Is Expected to Throw . Missile for .
Distance Of 1B Miles.
ATLANTIC HIeHLANDs, N. j., June Is.
The Seton new steel breech-loading
gun, the largest ever made in this eoun-
try, has been landed at Sandy Hook. It
was cast at Watervliet arsenal, West
Troy, and is 34X feet long and has q
bore of "a feet. It will stand charge
of 40 pounds of powder. 1t is calculat-
ed to give a muzzle penetration in
wrought-iron Of 80 inches It is said the
gun will throw a distance of Is miles,
and when tested will give all the build
ings on the point of the Hook lively
shaking up.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18

A LOUISIANA farmer is reported to be
the possessor of a COW, perfect in every
other particular, which is only the size
of good-sized Newfoundland dog.
Whether or not it gives condensed
milk is not stated
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18

GEN. BooTH's first practical move IN
the way of improving the condition of
the working poor of London is to es-
tablish matchmaking factory, in
which higher rate of wages will be
paid than in ordinary concerns.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18

THE experiment of asserting mail
matter on steamships as it is assorted
on railroads has proved to be a perfect
success, and the plan will be adopted
for the entire ocean postal service.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18
LATER.
Scores We're Killed.

Berne, June IA most horrible ac-
cident occurred on the Muenchenstein
& Bale railway to-day through the col
lapse of a bridge beneath heavily
loaded excursion train. The train was
crowded with people on the way to at
tend musical fete. Sixty persons
were killed outright, while hundreds
were injured. Two engines and the
first car plunged into the river and all
the passengers in the car were drowned.
Two cars remained suspended from the
bridge. All the train men were killed.
Thirteen cars were saved.
The musical fete at Muenchenstein
was abandoned as soon as the news of
the accident arrived, and hundreds of
villagers hurried to the scene to assist
in rescuing the victims. The bridge
was an iron skeleton structure, which
was considered we'll built and substan-
tial.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18

During the progress of dance in
Winona Police Officer Vincent Kukow-
ski was found by two men from the
dance with woman near the hall. On
discovering the officer and his female
companion the two men beat hasty
retreat, whereupon the officer drew his
revolver and shot one of them, julius
Demmer, inflicting fatal wound. The
officer and his companion were 'ocked
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18
Brakeman and Tramp Both Killed.

GRRELEY, Col, June 49, - While
brakeman J. Dillon was attempting to
get tramp from q freight train the
tramp shot and killed Dillon. The
tramp then jumped from the train and
started across the fields pursued by
Brakeman Mattling, who shot the
tramp three times, killing him in
stantly,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18

THE United States now has larger
trade with Costa Rica than any other
nation. The total value of last years
imports was S4,250, 900, of which the
United States furnished S., 500, 600.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18
The News I,r,env unron,oIsd.

R. Milo Jacks, of Rochester, sold his
mare Maud B to John De Jee, of Chica.
go, for $1,070.
A firemen's tournament will be held
ut Pipestone on July 2, 8, and 4. Over
81, 900 in cash will be given in purses.
Litchfeld has two baseball mines
composed entirely of young ladies.
w. A. Brown, of st. Paul, indicted
for passing q worthless check, forfeited
his bond Of 500.
Joseph Roach, of Mortified, has been
awarded the government contract to
furnish sheep and cattle for Fort Berth
old and Standing Rock agencies.
Charles M. Cafferty, aged IL, of Still
water, fell from the logs in Lake St..
Croix and was drowned.
John Robertson, of Rochester. sol d a
pair of matched bays to r. b. Walker,
of Minneapolis, for $500.
In May there were 29s births and 1914
deaths in Minneapolis. The death rate
was 11.77 against 2.o1 for April.
w. NJ. Carr, of Winona, has been
sentenced to thirteen months impris-
onment for fraudulent use of the mails.
Reports from various parts of Rice
county say that cutworms were doing
considerable damage to the crops.
Otherwise the crops were never better.
The barn Of larger Olsen, at Sacred
Heart, was destroyed by fire caused
by lightning; loss, e2,5oo A stallio-.
belonging to a farmer's club was burned.
1t was bought for 81, 400.
A highly respected lady Of Rochester
aged 60 years, was found dead in her
bed, death having resulted from heart
disease.
The Minneapolis grand Jury recently
discharged made a report severely scor-
ing the ministers of the city for in
Weighing against the large number of
immoral places said to be running in
Minneapolis on the ground that the
ministers based their remarks on hear
say and rumor.
Lewis Corke, . locomotive engineer,
while drawing seine in the Red river,
near Breckenridge, stepped in . deep
hole and was drowned.
Merret Devereaux, boy 10 years of
age, living near Park Rapids, acci-
dentally shot himself while trying to
load s2-caliber rife.
George E. Cleveland, postmaster at
Verdi, Lincoln county, has resigned his
position.
The farmers Of Rice county are talk
Ing Of establishing cheese factory at
Northfeld owing TO the reduction in
the price Of milk ty the Crescent Cream
sry con1any:
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18
THE EAST.

AN inventory shows the estate of the
late p. T. Barnum, of Bridgeport,
Conn.,, to be as follows: Personal prop
erty, 81, ,2S5, $50; real estate, 1898, 933;
making a grand total of S4,e79, ,533.
The death of John Hoyt, probably
the oldest manufacturer of paper in the
country. occurred at Manchester, N.
H.. at the age of "a years.
OWEN sweeney, injured while brake
man on the New York, Hartford & New
Haven railroad, has recovered $27,50O
damages.
JUDGE C. J. MCCURDY died at his home
in Lyme, Conn.,, aged "a years. He was
said to have been the oldest graduate
from Yale.
A MAN named Carpenter died in
Lockport, N. Y, aged 1o4 years.
THE firm of Charles Haight & Co. :,
flour merchants of New York, has
failed for $4OO, 900.
| THE ex-city treasurer of Philadel-
phia, John Bardsley, pleaded guilty to
seventeen different indictments involv-
ing total of $673, ,4O5.
IT was said that ex-Warden Brush, of
the Sing Sing IN. W prison, had en-
be zzled $175,ooo.
FIVE young persons who lived in
Flushing, L. l., were drowned in Flush
ing bay by the sinking of boat. They
were Lizzie and Annie Ryan, Lizzie
Riden binder, William Hoffman and Job
| Bernard.
HENRY and William Trumbar (broth-
ers), living 10 miles apart in Luzerne
county, Pa, retired to their beds in the
best of health and in the morning both
were found dead in bed by their wives.
Representatives from each family went
to communicate the sad news, when
they met on the road half way between
the houses.
The Reformed Presbyterian synod in
session at Pittsburgh, Pa, expelled the
five young ministers charged with
heresy.
CAMPBELL & Co.'S cotton mill at
Manayunk, Pa. was partially destroyed
by fire. Loss, 1926, 600.
AT Princeton, N. j., the 144th annual
commencement exercises of Princeton
university took place
w. b. PRESCOTT, of Toronto, Ont. was
elected president of the International
Typographical union at the session in
Boston.
IT was said that Julio Merzbacher,
the Spanish-American agent of the
New York Life Insurance Company,
was a defaulter to the extent of $780,
900.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18

A sTREET-CAR conductor in Chicago
was fined ten dollars for using profane
language in the presence of passengers.
The precedent is as good as the habit is
had
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18

county Indebtedness, the per capita in
this country shows decrease from
S46. SO in 1880 to $40. 46 in 1890, or more
| than one-half.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18
Hansed in Baltimore.

BALTIMORE, Md, June 13.-William
Blaney was hanged in the jail-yard
here for the murder Of his grandmother
and sunt in theif homs In this city
III tAs Ai6ht sf MSS
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18

SIXTY-FoUR earthquakes were felt in
Japan during March. On March 81
nine shocks occurred.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18

BROOKLYN has girl forger aged
eleven and a boy burglar aged eight, so
it will be seen that the male sex is still
clearly in the lead.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18

HARVARD university has S65, 600
bound volumes in her library; Yale
has 200, 600; Cornell, $50, 600; Columbia,
10000; Syracuse $4,000, Dartmouth,
$500; Brown, $4,000; Princeton, 65,-
900; Bowdoin, $4,000; university Of Viz'
ginia, 10000.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-06-18
An International Issue.

Land spectators and explorers have
selected valuable mineral and iron
claims on Hunters island with a view
Of homesteading them and raising IN
issue between Great Britain and the
United States as TO the boundry line
between Canada and Minnesota The
island has been claimed heretofore by
Canada. It is one of the richest blocks
of land in North America in the matter
of timber and mineral resources.