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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-06-08
FOUND GUILTY.

Prof. Charles A. Briggs Convicted of the
Charge Of Aeresy.
WASHINGTON, June Another step
has been made by the general assembly
in convicting Prof. Briggs of heresy.
The status of the case may be explained
in this way: The New York presbytery
acquitted Prof. Briggs of various
charges. An appeal was taken against
that acquittal to the general assembly,
and late last night, after many hours
of debate, the assembly sustained the
appeal from the New York presbytery
by the following vote: To sustain, 29S
to sustain in part, IS; total, 1888; not to
sustain 116
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-06-08
LIFE'S SORROWS.

The conservation Of life to hus-,
band or wife has recently been emu
lated in the highest sense of the word
of God as laid down in the bible.
There can be no more noble example
in human history. Through all the
years of suffering the wife's thoughts
were ever with the afflicted, and ever
ready to respond to the electric but,
ton that should call her to his side to
administer to his wants, to soothe and
comfort his unconscious mind. And
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-06-08
A Dead Man.

The body of dead man was discov-
cred within 100 feet and directly in
front of the dwelling of w. G. Moore,
who resides on the outskirts of La
Prairie. Moore Immediately notified
the village marshal, who wired the cor
oner at Grand Rapids. The body was
badly decomposed and every appear
ance indicates that the man had frozen
to death last winter whilst IN drunken
stupor. Two bottles of liquor were
sticking out of his pockets. His feet
were covered with moccasins, but other
wise he had not the dress of an ordi-
nary wOOdsman.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-06-08
Work of an Insane Man.

Several of the school houses in Kan
diyohi county have been entered during
the night and both teachers and pupils
books burned. The loss Mn each cas- e
was from $15 to $25. The books, in
Guiding the pulpit bible, were taken
from the Lutheran church at Green
Lake and burned. Several wooden
crosses were taken from the graves ar d
piled on the burning books. The depre-
dations extended in southwesterly di-
rectlon across the county. 1t is now
thought to be the work of an insane
person.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-06-08
FIREMEN KILLED.

Fatal Results Of a B,a .e in the City of
e.. Omaha Neb.
OMAHA. Neb., June 5.--The large
furniture house of Charles Shiverick &
Co., on Farham street, burned to the
ground Saturday night, and the fire
was attended with5he death of Capt.
c. D. Cox and Robert Ouray, of the fire
department, and the fatal injury of
Firemen Ben Norris Charles Ellington,
George Coulter, G. H. Piingle and James
Conlev, of Scranton, Pa, a bystander.
The loss on the building is $4,000 and
the stock s15O,0OO. Ed Maurers res
taurant next door was damaged $780,.
600,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-06-08

New York Republican newspaper
reporters and correspondents had
hard time writing the Duke of Tama-
mes name correctly. They wanted to
write it "Duke of Tammany," with
Dick Croker as the Duke.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-06-08
An Illinois Bank Robbed.

AVA, ILL.,, June AT noon Thursday
Dean Brothers bank was robbed of
$4,000 or more in cash by unknown par
ties It was done while Banker Dean
and his employees were at dinner,
and although two men were seen
coming from behind the building
nothing wrong was Suspected.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-06-08
An Ohio Bank Fails.

PAuLD1Ne, O., June 3.-Potter's bank,
the oldest bank in Paulding county,
and heretofore considered one of
the safest, has closed its doors.
The bank was established in
1874 and has always done a
large banking business. The bank
has also done large business loaning
money on land in this county. Several
township treasurers were caught for
many thousand dollars and the whole
town will suffer from the failure
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-06-08

A great many people are trying to
put into words their definition of
gentleman. The effort will be bene-
fetal if all the writer's try to live up to
their own definitions.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-06-08
Saws He Is a Pauper.

TOLEDO, o., June A financial
crash, which has been expected for
some time, came Thursday evening.
Col. Isaac d. Smead, the founder and
head of the twenty or more great heat
ing and ventilating concerns bearing
his name, stated that he was pauper.
His liabilities and assets will become
known to some extent to-day, when a
receiver will be appointed.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-06-08
Doctors Puzzled.

PANAMA, June "A peculiar disease
has broken out among the Indians at
Quito. Hundreds have died from it.
Those in the Chillo valley are the
greatest sufferers. First the skin of
the victim itches violently. In short
time the body turns to sky blue color.
It swel]s to three times its ordinary
size and then death follows. The dis
ease puzzles the doctors.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-06-08
THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1898.
The DR.. Briggs heresy trial was a
disgrace to the cause of religion, and
particularly to Professionalism.

The national census computes that
there are 100000 more male than
female persons in the United States,
but nevertheless the minority rules.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-06-08
The Public Debt.

WASHINGTON, June 3.-The public
debt statement issued yesterday showed
that the debt decreased 1888, 435 during
the month of May. The cash in the
treasury was 1854, 122,9s4. The total
debt, less the cash balance in the treas
ury, amounts to $40, 1856, 733
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-06-08
Killed by Q Cave-In.

LEADvnLE, Col, June 2.-Another
cavern accident occurred at the Busk-
Ivanhoe tunnel Thursday in which
three men were killed, two others fatal.
" and one seriously injured
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-06-08
only a Minister Resident.

ROME, June 1.-The newspaper Sc
coli having stated that American Min
ister Potter had been raised to the rank
of ambassador, Mr.. Potter authorizes q
denial that the statement is true.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-06-08
TOOK Their Own lives.

CHICAGO, June 4.-Augustus Victor
son and Thomas G. McLaury committed
suicide yesterday at the Hotel Me
tropole. The former was wealthy
Chicagoan and the latter a wealthy
resident Of New Orleans. Dependency
was given as the cause in both cases.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-06-08

So long as there are lynchings in
Texas and Georgia, or in Michigan
and Indiana, there is plenty of work
in the United States for the mission
aries in case China sends them home.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-06-08
Home Missionary Society.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y, June H.
At the sixty-ninth annual meeting
here of the Home Missionary Society of
the United States Gen. O. O. Howard,
United States army, was elected presi-
dent
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-06-08
At the "U."

The university catalogue for 1898 is
out. The summary of students shows
total of 1890, as against 1874 at the
same time last year. Of these, 1,2OS
are men and but 412 are women. There
are SO students in the Graduate Depart
ment, 631 in the College of Science, Lit
erature and Arts; 223 in the College of
Engineering, Metallurgy and Mechanic
Arts; Isl in the College of Agriculture;
277 in the Department of Law; 173 in
the College of Medicine and Surgery; "a
in the College Of Homeopathic Medicine
and Surgery; CT in the College of Den
tistry; 10 in the College of Pharmacy.
There are SIX women taking law and
IA medicine.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-06-08
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Lost s1,4oo.

! + =
Louis Grant, prominent farmer %
Elizabeth, Mimi, was garotted and
robbed Of 81. 400 on the lake front in
Chicago. He went there to see the fair
and met two confidence men while
walking on the lake 'front.' in the even
ing. They took some drinks and after
several rounds the trio went out and
sat on one of the benches. One of the
confidence men, seeming to know the
topography of the neighborhood where
Grant lived, induced him to believe he
had found two old friends from his
home. About II o'clock he arose to go
to his hotel, when one of the men
clutched him by the throat, shutting off
his wind, and then went through his
pockets. He was then knocked down
and beaten into insensibility, the rob-
bers making good their escape.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-19
RAILROAD GROWTH.
Wonderful Progress Manifested During
 the Decade Just Closed.

Wonderful Progress Manifested During
 the Decade Just Closed.
 In review of the progress of the dec ade just ended as shown in the last census R. H. Edmonds says in the En- gineering Magazinc:~
 Railroad construction progressed rapidly during the decade. It is diff cult to realize that whereas we now have 1TO,6O0 miles in operation we had only 03,200 miles in 1880. At the end of 1890 we had lG6.OOO miles-a gain of 73,50O during tho decade, or about 80 per cent. Thirty leading roads, which operated 31 ,500 miles of track in 1886 and hauled 06, 900, 900 ton of freight, in 1890 operated T6,400 miles and hauled 2G2, 900, 900 tons
 The number ot passengers carried by these roads increased from 5S, 400, ,000 to lS3, ,000,0 Tho number of locomo, tives on all tho roads in the United States increased from 17,OOO in 1880 tc 8, 300 in 1890, and the number of pas senger, freight and baggage cars from 556,0 to 1,O92, 1000. The capital in vested in railroads as represented .by bonds and capital stock was little less than $5,00O, 900, 900 in 1880 and a little less than S10, 900, ,OOO, 900 in 1890.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-19
NEWS OF THE DAY

Estimates place the shipments of gold on to -morrow's steamer as high as s, 000, 900.
 John O'Loughlin, of Jersey City. fell from fourth floor window last evening and was instantly killed.
 It is now given out officially that the Pennsylvania does not intend to meet the New York CentraPs Exposition flyer. The jury at New Brunswick, N. J., in the case of Henry H. Palmer, declared him insane. Palmer says that he will appeal the case.
 Hon. Max Judd, Consul General to Austria, left yesterday for his post on the Augusta Victoria. He was accompanied by Mrs. Judd.
 The work of double tracking the New Jersey & New York road is being pushed vigorously several miles of track having already been laid.
 The total number of fourth, class post masters appointed yesterday was 95, of which 69 were to fill vacancies caused by resignations and death. The latest report growing out of the Western trip of President Van Horne of the Canadian Pacific, is that he intends to build line through the Rocky Mountains via Crows Pass.
 The New York Central's monster Worlds Fair engine No. 999 has been seRt to the company's West Albany shops for over hauling prior to being placed on exhibition at the big show.
 Thomas H. Carter, chairman of the Ma tional Republican committee. has returned to Helena, Mont, from the East and will make his home there and probably resume the practice of law.
 The Elizabeth, N. J., City Council has ordered new election for chief engineer of the fire department. N. H. Astfolk was elected by a majority of 4, and Joseph Brown, his opponent, contested the elcc- tion on the ground of fraud
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-19
A HoLIDAY-LovINo PEOPLE.

The Co!onists of New Zealand Prefer to
 Take Life Rather Easily.
 The colonists of New Zealand arc q holiday-malling people, says Pearson's Weekly There is almost an average of one recognized holiday to month, and it is a common practice for all working people to take two or more days at Christmas, the New Year and Easter, so as to ma';c an unbro!1en playt;me of three or four days, includ- ing Sunday. Then the great mass of the people give themselves up to amusement. Horse races, athletic sports, boat races and excursions are carried on in every available spot, and are attended by large and behaved crowds. The commonest of all holiday arnuscments, however, is the picnic The several trades, sectS and societies have picnics of their own, to which the public are cordially welcome on the payment of small sum toward the expense of the entertainment. It is amusing to the railway traveller to note, as he passes through some pleas ant countryside, not one or two, but perhaps fifty different picnics in full swing, each numbering scores or hun dreds of guests. It has been said with much more truth than is usually to be found in epigrams of this kind that ''in New Zealand people are like cattle. You need only to turn a number of them into pasture and leave them alone and they will be perfectly hap py." On n warm and tempting New Years day an entcrprising burglar might walk through New Zealand city and help himself, undisturbed, tc the contents of most of the houses Dwellings and streets are alike de serted, and the casual sojourner who does not understand the ways of the place seeks in vain for some one tc speak to. By six or seven o'clock ir the evening the streets are lively witf returning crowds.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-19
New Corporations.

ALBANY, N. Y.. May 19.-Thcse new companies have been incorporated: The The "Who Wol!" Publishing Ccmpany of New York city. to print books and peri ,dicals; capital, $1O,U00; The Drake >> b. wiCt Company of Mddletown; capital, $lO, 0OO East White Plains Improvement Company; capital, $l0,O00; Utica Subway Coniany of Utica; to construct and main tain su bways for telegraph, telephone, electric Ii; ;ht. fire and police wires; clpi- tai, $lO,O0Q; The American Egg E"iE Company of New York city, to manufac turc anl deal in egg yolk; capital, f2,1pOi The RAinebcck Electric Light and Power Company; capital, 5, 900.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-19
MUST COME TO TERMS
hid Tran sit Commission Gives the Man
 haitian Roads the ltimatum.

Rapid Transit Commission Gives the Man.
 haitian Roads the Ultimatum.
 NEW YORK, May 19.-The Rapid Tram sit Commission has sent its ultmia- tum to the Manhattan Company's Com mittee on Extension and refused to say more than that the matter rests now en- tirely in the hands of the Manhattan com- pany.
 The commissions ultimatum is the same as the original proposition excepting there is an extension of the time in which the company must build to Yonkers, which is now eight years. The compensation de- maadel is ns before, 5 per cent of the net receipts to le estimated by deducting the operating expenses, cost of maintenance and taxes for the gross receipts.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-19
-llE DISCOVERY oF AMERIcA.
The Cost of CoIumbus' First Voyage EstlA
 mated to Have Been About Gs.5oo.

The Cost of Columbus First Voyage EstlA
 mated to Have Been About ss.5Oo.
 German geographer, Prof. Ruge, has busted himself in attempting to an- swer the interesting question what 1t cost to discover America. The records of the cost of the caravels themselves do not seem to be extant, but the arch ives of Palos show what was the amount paid for the actual expenses of the voyage. It foots up LAO, ,0O0 mar avedis, but what was the purchasing power of the maravedi at the end of the fifteenth century, or how it can be translated into modern terms, seems much more difficult than in respect to the medieval coinage of some other countries than Spain.
 The researches of the German pro- lessor lead him to the conclusion, how ever, that the first voyage cost, as nearly as possible, $7 ,500. The items of this expenditure are not less curious than the extreme modesty of the az gregate. The yearly pay of the ''ad- miral" was $S20; of the captains, S192 each; of the pilots, from $1S2.50 to $153.5O, and of a surgeon, but $3S.35. The ships surgeon was then, apparent ly, as he sometimes is now, a medical student who was more eager for ad- venture than for profit. As for the sail ors, their monthly allowance was some thing less than S2.50
 Considering the revenue to Spain itself within the two centuries that followed the discovery in gold and sill yer alone, the return from the outlay upon Columbus expedition makes that outlay perhaps the most profitable commercial operation in the history of the world, says the New York Times. The voyage itself will be admitted to have been astonshingly cheap. It is to be hoped that an accurate account has been kept and will be published of the expenses of the voyage which has just been made by the reproduced caravcls, so that parallel may be drawn in this respect also. Even from the fifteenth century point of view it is evident that the voyage of Columbus was too small an affair to attract the attention of the politicians. There was nothing in it for them. In fact, the outftting of the expedition that discovered America was an undertak- ing so petty that it would not now at tract the cupidity of district leader '
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-19
NEW YORK < TElVI ETEiAgg.
assenger Train Service, week days, May :, ls9s

Passenger Train Service, week days, May ', l89S
 Traius leave wsterQury ter BOSTON 345 7:So, 2. m.; I.0c, @3.45, 3.55 r.r- PROVIDENCE i5 1:S0 & rgl.; t:00 355 ln. 1EW YORK via Rrewsters~ 2 1c .,.m. WORCESTER 5 45 7:8o a. m.; 1.p. n. SEW LONDON 3:i5 7:30 a. m., 100, 355 , m. PUTNAM 3;l5 7:8o 8. rn., 100. 3.55, ci VILLIMANTIC-3 45 7:30 $. "a; i:oU s3:4E, 355 D. m. SPRINGFIELD % 8, fa. 955 D. m. NEW HAVEN via Pla!nviIle- 1o:.O 8, fl. HARTFORD s:4s 7:So, ooO, lc:<O J. m; leo *3;45 3.55, s:15 p. m. NEW BRITAIN 3 45 7:5G, 9:O0 1920, Q. rl. :C0 *3.45, 3.55, S:15 D. m. PLAINv1LLE-s s:45 7:So, sco t9;tO, a. n.; LOG *34h 3.55, S:15 p. m. BRISTOL-8:45 7:So, 9.o0, 1o4o Q. m.: i:oc *S:a5, 3.55, Sis D. m TERRYVILIE-730 900, t0:s0 a. IT,; l:0C, %3:5! S6o, s:15 D. m' wATERVILLE-7:3o 900, iosO m.; "2'&S, 355 S:15p. m. UNION CITY-fsGb a ln, 5:5o D. m. ToWANTIC- 8. m., f2:1O, 5:5O ?. m, SOUTHFORD-s:05 a. m.; 2:10, $50 p. m. PoMPERAUG VALLEY s:Cs am; 21C,s:5Opm SANDY HOOK s:O5a. m.;2:;o, 5:5o p. m. HAWLEYVIILE--9:0 a. h.; s:1o, $50 D. ui. DANBURY--s:o5 a. m; 2:1o, $50, l0'45 D. ID BREWsTERs-s:O5 8. m; 2:1o, pm, ILI-oN-HUDSON-8:o5 a. rn.; 2:1o p. m. kag-Rinrhamton, Elmira, Jamestown, Cleve-
 land, Akron and Chicago SOS m.; 2:l0 p.
 m. POUGHKEEPSIE-via Hopeweh jurction, s:C5 am; l0;i5 pm.
 Sundays only.
 MERIDEN BRANCH.
 GOING EAST, Teave Waterbury-New Euglandistation 4:aO, 500 a. m los, 4:3O D. m.; Dublin. street BOO, S:33 a. m., 1855, 5:00 p. m.
 GOING WEST. LEAVE MERlDEN for Waterbury-7.o2, 9.30 a, m; ;12. 40, $50 p, m. Arrive Dublin street @A0 iG at a m 1.S5, 7.56 D. m.; at Water bury, New England station, 7;55, -oo 2. m,, goo, S:3o D. m.. l, D. BARTON, Gen sup't, Boston.
 =w R. BABCoCK c. P. A. sBog oas
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-19
Spots on Tobacco.

The pale round spots. about as large in circumference as tack head, that one sees on cigars, now and then. are said to bo caused by dew drops and rain drops, that act as burning glasses when the sun shines through them on the green tobacco leaf. Be that as it may, the florists declare that palms are often burned by knobs and corru- gations in the glass roofs of their greenhouses, as those irregularities tend to focus the suns rays The eff feet of this strong heat on the palm leaf-which is as sensitive to heat as it is to cold-is to cause a rusty brown spot to appear on the green. Some times t..e apparent motion of the sun m passing westward, will trace a linC of storth across the leaf Other plan ts are less susceptible to sun rays.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-19
AFTER TH5 FLOODS
The Destr uctiOn Begins to Be Seen When
 the Waters Go Down.

PITTsnURG, May 19. 9.-Meadville still pre- sents sorry sight. The water has re ceded some, but the entire western and northwestern portions of the city are still submerged. It is estimated that, in cluding the suburbs of VdlloniA ana Kerr town. no less than 5000 persons have been driven from their homes. When the water subsidies and the warm rays of the sun strike the territory now covered by three or four feet of water disease and epidemic are sure to be the result.
 No trains have run on either of the rail roads, and it is probable that numerous bridges along the lines have been carried off. The city is in frightful shape and business is at Standstill.
 At Franklin all the lower part of the city is flooded, the Venango mills, brush factory and other factories being unable tu do business The New York, Pennsylva- nia and Ohio tracks are under water fol several miles, and trains will be unable tc run for the balance of the week.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-19
BRIDGEPORT, Feb 25, 1893.

BRIDGEPORT, Feb 25, 1893. Sawyer Medicine Co:
 GENTLEMEN -I take pleasure in adding a word of commendation to the many giv- en in we'll deserved praise of your Dande- lion Compound I have used it in my family with wonderful results, and in an experience of more than 25 years in the drug business have never seen an article that gave such uniform and perfect satis- faction. My sales have more than doubled this season, and unhesitatingly pronounce it the best made and the most valuable blood purifier, alternative and spring tonic in the market. Yours truly,
 JOSEPH H. LUTZ, 36 Wall St.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-19
DIsTRICT OF WATERBURY, ss, probate

DISTRICT OF WATERBURY, ss, probate D court, May 1Tth, 1893.
 Estate of Bridget Smith, late of Waterbury, in said district, deceased.
 Edward Conlon, the admiois trator of said estate having exhibited his administration &C., count with said estate to this Court for allow ance, it is
 ORDERED That the 22nd day of May, AID, lS9S at o'clock in the forenoon, at the Probate office in Waterbury, be, and the same is assigned for a hearing on the allowance of said admins traitor account. with said estate, and this court directs the administrator to cite all persons in- terested therein to appear at said time and pls by publishing this order in some newspaper published in New Haven County, and having . circulation In said district.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-19
Willing to Make Amends.

Angry Candidate-1n your paper this morning. sir, you say "seem to have learned small amount of sense in the last five or six years" I look upon that as an intentional insult, sir, and I won't stand it.
 Editor-All right, sir. We'll say to- morrow morning that you don't seem to have learned small amount of sense in the last five or six years. Good morning.-Chicago Tribune.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-19
No Cause for Tears.

Kind Old Gentleman-What are you crying for, little boy2
 The Little Boy-oh, my!-the parrot got out of the cage and-and-I11 catch it -get-h-h-home. Booi hoo! hoo!
 Kind Old Gentleman Gin disgust)- Catch it when you get hondel We'll, why don't you go home and catch it? What are you standing believing here for?-Puclz
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-19
Dnnlage nt LOckpOrt.

LoCKroRr, N. Y. May l9-Tho 1S- milc creek has overtowed it's banks and has done much damage between this city and Clcott. Thirty feet of the dam at tho Tonpkins Flour mill, south of Nuwfuuc, was washed away. The dam and part of the old Van Horn mills were also carried away, and the race-way of the Newfane Basket factory rushed out.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-19

A TEXAS murderer who has been fighting in the courts for ten years to get a nine-years' sentence set aside has had a new trial and draws twelve years in the pcnitentiary.this time as his prize.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-19

DEcATuR's birthplace is still pointed out to visitors in the little villa of Ber- lin, Worcester county, Md. Not many years ago there were some remains of the house, a rude cabin, that sheltered the future commodore at his birth. The Decaturs were decent poor folk amid slave-holding aristocracy.